127 books
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41 voters
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The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as profound)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,422,041 ratings — published 1943
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as profound)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,496,924 ratings — published 1988
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as profound)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,829,615 ratings — published 1890
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as profound)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,777,427 ratings — published 1960
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as profound)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,837,442 ratings — published 2005
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as profound)
avg rating 4.37 — 853,623 ratings — published 1946
Fight Club (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 635,972 ratings — published 1996
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as profound)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,773,611 ratings — published 1953
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 1,176,182 ratings — published 1997
Night (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 1,347,456 ratings — published 1956
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as profound)
avg rating 4.01 — 792,236 ratings — published 2003
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 3,155,792 ratings — published 1954
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as profound)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,445,406 ratings — published 2003
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as profound)
avg rating 4.08 — 861,262 ratings — published 1922
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as profound)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,815,496 ratings — published 1925
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as profound)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,129,026 ratings — published 1947
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 2,371,164 ratings — published 1985
East of Eden (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.43 — 620,044 ratings — published 1952
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 1,222,185 ratings — published 1964
Brave New World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 2,046,342 ratings — published 1932
1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,338,408 ratings — published 1949
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as profound)
avg rating 4.10 — 984,921 ratings — published 2001
A Little Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 894,860 ratings — published 2015
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as profound)
avg rating 4.41 — 785,262 ratings — published 2016
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as profound)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,814,402 ratings — published 1818
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.45 — 1,708,997 ratings — published 2007
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 378,320 ratings — published 1880
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as profound)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,404,060 ratings — published 2022
A Tale for the Time Being (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 133,503 ratings — published 2013
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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avg rating 4.36 — 1,181,810 ratings — published 2012
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
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avg rating 4.37 — 3,546,870 ratings — published 2018
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 1,051,801 ratings — published 1866
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
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avg rating 4.29 — 669,573 ratings — published 2012
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,923,737 ratings — published 2011
Meditations (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 333,213 ratings — published 180
The Prophet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 325,011 ratings — published 1923
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 2,767,074 ratings — published 1993
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 1,973,192 ratings — published 1999
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 1,007,240 ratings — published 1846
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 470,356 ratings — published 2012
Life of Pi (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 1,739,883 ratings — published 2001
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 4,447,480 ratings — published 1945
This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as profound)
avg rating 3.85 — 321,479 ratings — published 2019
Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as profound)
avg rating 4.10 — 584,702 ratings — published 2007
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 1,380,298 ratings — published 1915
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
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avg rating 3.75 — 853,901 ratings — published 2017
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as profound)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,814,921 ratings — published 2018
The Secret History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 988,944 ratings — published 1992
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 1,025,633 ratings — published 2013
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as profound)
avg rating 4.11 — 534,684 ratings — published 1984
“Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.”
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