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The Little Prince (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 2,608,271 ratings — published 1943
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as profound)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,754,851 ratings — published 1988
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as profound)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,124,473 ratings — published 1960
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as profound)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,004,090 ratings — published 1890
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.39 — 2,979,444 ratings — published 2005
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as profound)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,991,929 ratings — published 1963
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 938,944 ratings — published 1946
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,274,822 ratings — published 1997
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 4,810,727 ratings — published 1945
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 3,316,442 ratings — published 1954
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 3,612,025 ratings — published 2003
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 835,799 ratings — published 2003
Night (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 1,403,117 ratings — published 1956
1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 5,766,079 ratings — published 1949
Fight Club (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 664,409 ratings — published 1996
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as profound)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,332,185 ratings — published 1947
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 2,561,805 ratings — published 1985
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as profound)
avg rating 4.09 — 916,676 ratings — published 1922
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 415,145 ratings — published 1879
East of Eden (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.46 — 726,159 ratings — published 1952
Brave New World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,154,503 ratings — published 1932
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,005,007 ratings — published 2001
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.41 — 853,481 ratings — published 2016
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 6,143,989 ratings — published 1925
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 1,819,786 ratings — published 2007
The Stranger (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,527,422 ratings — published 1942
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as profound)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,264,562 ratings — published 1964
A Little Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 1,011,298 ratings — published 2015
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
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avg rating 3.97 — 2,677,461 ratings — published 2020
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
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avg rating 4.28 — 694,436 ratings — published 2012
Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as profound)
avg rating 4.10 — 628,876 ratings — published 2007
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 1,560,836 ratings — published 1915
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 1,225,658 ratings — published 2012
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
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avg rating 4.37 — 3,795,548 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 1,974,922 ratings — published 2018
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,158,545 ratings — published 1866
We Are the Ants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 55,066 ratings — published 2016
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 260,239 ratings — published 1864
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 2,181,708 ratings — published 2011
Meditations (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 382,450 ratings — published 180
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 844,268 ratings — published 1966
Frankenstein (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 2,003,431 ratings — published 1818
Mere Christianity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 474,681 ratings — published 1952
The Prophet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 339,177 ratings — published 1923
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 2,073,654 ratings — published 1999
The Help (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 3,098,272 ratings — published 2009
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 1,084,068 ratings — published 1846
Veronika Decides to Die (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 249,597 ratings — published 1998
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 485,750 ratings — published 2012
Life of Pi (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 1,788,104 ratings — published 2001
“Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.”
― Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
― Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
“All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.”
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven












