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

C.S. Lewis
“No man can be an exile if he remembers that all the world is one city.”
C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces

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