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Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 2,781,231 ratings — published 1590
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 3,137,243 ratings — published 1954
James (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 410,998 ratings — published 2024
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 4,101,781 ratings — published 1947
The Color Purple (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 741,157 ratings — published 1982
Hamlet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,026,637 ratings — published 1601
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 4,403,424 ratings — published 1945
1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,284,220 ratings — published 1949
All Quiet on the Western Front (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 508,909 ratings — published 1928
The Alchemist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 3,464,317 ratings — published 1988
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 342,864 ratings — published 1892
The 48 Laws of Power (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 213,935 ratings — published 1998
Piranesi (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 422,220 ratings — published 2020
Love in the Time of Cholera (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 538,819 ratings — published 1985
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.97 — 2,747,220 ratings — published 1953
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 992,701 ratings — published 2017
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 6,734,361 ratings — published 1960
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 359,266 ratings — published 2015
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.49 — 212,605 ratings — published 2014
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,921,741 ratings — published 2014
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 348,066 ratings — published 1989
War and Peace (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 359,085 ratings — published 1869
Brave New World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 1,261,299 ratings — published 1932
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 1,038,144 ratings — published 1866
The Iliad (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.93 — 498,441 ratings — published -800
The Canterbury Tales (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.52 — 235,433 ratings — published 1400
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 1,359,854 ratings — published 1915
Dracula (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 1,426,799 ratings — published 1897
The Odyssey (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 1,165,041 ratings — published -700
The Dagger and the Flame (The City of Fantome, #1)
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avg rating 3.85 — 16,841 ratings — published 2024
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
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avg rating 4.26 — 1,136,975 ratings — published 1991
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 757,449 ratings — published 1962
Inferno (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.03 — 201,907 ratings — published 1320
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
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avg rating 4.05 — 445,793 ratings — published 2011
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 824,296 ratings — published 2005
Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 8,449 ratings — published 1972
Catch-22 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 876,761 ratings — published 1961
Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 15,990 ratings — published 1983
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 29,336 ratings — published 1962
The Time Machine (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 555,848 ratings — published 1895
The Outsiders (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 1,553,338 ratings — published 1967
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 4,675,396 ratings — published 1813
The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.44 — 905,256 ratings — published 1850
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 1,787,861 ratings — published 1818
Emma (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 957,885 ratings — published 1815
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 208,348 ratings — published 2003
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 714,898 ratings — published 1966
The Invisible Man (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.63 — 212,677 ratings — published 1897
The Second Sex (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 46,275 ratings — published 1949
Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 233,227 ratings — published 1956
“Advice is not for fish how to swim.”
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“You look just as I hoped you would.'
From the cobwebs of my memory, I recalled similar words Tamlin had once whispered in my ear. 'If this necessary?' I said, gesturing to the paint and clothing.
'Of course,' he said coolly. 'How else would I know if anyone touches you?'
He approached, and I braced myself as he ran a finger along my shoulder, smearing the paint. As soon as his finger left my skin, the paint fixed itself, returning the design to its original form. 'The dress itself won't mar it, and neither will your movements,' he said, his face close to mine. His teeth were far too near to my throat. 'And I'll remember precisely where my hands have been. But if anyone else touches you- let's say a certain High Lord who enjoys springtime- I'll know.' He flicked my nose. 'And, Feyre,' he added, his voice a caressing murmur, 'I don't like my belongings tampered with.'
Ice wrapped around my stomach. He owned me for a week every month. Apparently, he thought that extended to the rest of my life, too.”
― A Court of Thorns and Roses
From the cobwebs of my memory, I recalled similar words Tamlin had once whispered in my ear. 'If this necessary?' I said, gesturing to the paint and clothing.
'Of course,' he said coolly. 'How else would I know if anyone touches you?'
He approached, and I braced myself as he ran a finger along my shoulder, smearing the paint. As soon as his finger left my skin, the paint fixed itself, returning the design to its original form. 'The dress itself won't mar it, and neither will your movements,' he said, his face close to mine. His teeth were far too near to my throat. 'And I'll remember precisely where my hands have been. But if anyone else touches you- let's say a certain High Lord who enjoys springtime- I'll know.' He flicked my nose. 'And, Feyre,' he added, his voice a caressing murmur, 'I don't like my belongings tampered with.'
Ice wrapped around my stomach. He owned me for a week every month. Apparently, he thought that extended to the rest of my life, too.”
― A Court of Thorns and Roses
