127 books
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The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as profound)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,540,883 ratings — published 1943
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as profound)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,661,674 ratings — published 1988
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as profound)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,004,072 ratings — published 1960
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as profound)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,940,060 ratings — published 1890
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as profound)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,930,279 ratings — published 2005
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as profound)
avg rating 4.37 — 908,850 ratings — published 1946
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as profound)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,914,162 ratings — published 1953
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 1,235,148 ratings — published 1997
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 3,257,100 ratings — published 1954
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 819,168 ratings — published 2003
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 4,679,756 ratings — published 1945
Night (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 1,385,266 ratings — published 1956
1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,614,877 ratings — published 1948
Fight Club (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 653,847 ratings — published 1996
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as profound)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,261,077 ratings — published 1947
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 2,493,217 ratings — published 1985
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 3,550,909 ratings — published 2003
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as profound)
avg rating 4.09 — 895,831 ratings — published 1922
Brave New World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,115,458 ratings — published 1932
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as profound)
avg rating 4.10 — 997,763 ratings — published 2001
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as profound)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,029,251 ratings — published 1925
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 1,775,651 ratings — published 2007
The Stranger (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,461,003 ratings — published 1942
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as profound)
avg rating 4.45 — 671,240 ratings — published 1952
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as profound)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,250,465 ratings — published 1964
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as profound)
avg rating 4.27 — 969,141 ratings — published 2015
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
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avg rating 3.97 — 2,561,354 ratings — published 2020
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as profound)
avg rating 4.28 — 684,822 ratings — published 2012
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.41 — 830,485 ratings — published 2016
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as profound)
avg rating 4.39 — 400,849 ratings — published 1880
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as profound)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,552,527 ratings — published 2022
Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1)
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avg rating 4.10 — 610,621 ratings — published 2007
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 1,486,130 ratings — published 1915
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 1,211,020 ratings — published 2012
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
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avg rating 4.37 — 3,712,331 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 1,917,001 ratings — published 2018
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,117,905 ratings — published 1866
We Are the Ants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 54,535 ratings — published 2016
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 2,081,386 ratings — published 2011
Meditations (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 365,674 ratings — published 180
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 818,943 ratings — published 1966
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 1,951,774 ratings — published 1818
Mere Christianity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 465,644 ratings — published 1952
The Prophet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 333,897 ratings — published 1923
The Giver (Giver, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 2,855,172 ratings — published 1993
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 2,035,138 ratings — published 1999
The Help (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 3,057,578 ratings — published 2009
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,051,423 ratings — published 1846
Veronika Decides to Die (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 246,065 ratings — published 1998
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as profound)
avg rating 4.07 — 480,590 ratings — published 2012
“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.”
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