145 books
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106 voters
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The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as profound)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,473,635 ratings — published 1943
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as profound)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,563,511 ratings — published 1988
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as profound)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,874,852 ratings — published 1890
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as profound)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,877,305 ratings — published 1960
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as profound)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,875,648 ratings — published 2005
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as profound)
avg rating 4.37 — 875,647 ratings — published 1946
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as profound)
avg rating 4.18 — 642,527 ratings — published 1996
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as profound)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,832,127 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 — 1,198,837 ratings — published 1997
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 3,197,007 ratings — published 1954
Night (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 1,362,625 ratings — published 1956
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as profound)
avg rating 4.01 — 802,491 ratings — published 2003
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 3,489,414 ratings — published 2003
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as profound)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,451,399 ratings — published 1949
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as profound)
avg rating 4.08 — 875,869 ratings — published 1922
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 2,418,534 ratings — published 1985
Brave New World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 2,074,631 ratings — published 1932
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as profound)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,908,931 ratings — published 1925
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as profound)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,187,793 ratings — published 1947
East of Eden (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.44 — 636,813 ratings — published 1952
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 1,234,777 ratings — published 1964
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as profound)
avg rating 4.10 — 990,323 ratings — published 2001
A Little Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 924,516 ratings — published 2015
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as profound)
avg rating 4.41 — 805,110 ratings — published 2016
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as profound)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,884,112 ratings — published 1818
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as profound)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,732,947 ratings — published 2007
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 385,732 ratings — published 1880
The Stranger (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,397,516 ratings — published 1942
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 4,543,246 ratings — published 1945
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as profound)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,458,634 ratings — published 2022
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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avg rating 4.36 — 1,193,865 ratings — published 2012
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
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avg rating 4.37 — 3,620,197 ratings — published 2018
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,078,237 ratings — published 1866
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as profound)
avg rating 4.29 — 675,826 ratings — published 2012
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 1,979,296 ratings — published 2011
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as profound)
avg rating 4.28 — 347,711 ratings — published 180
Mere Christianity (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as profound)
avg rating 4.37 — 457,254 ratings — published 1952
The Prophet (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as profound)
avg rating 4.23 — 328,761 ratings — published 1923
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 2,804,798 ratings — published 1993
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 1,998,841 ratings — published 1999
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 1,022,225 ratings — published 1844
Veronika Decides to Die (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 242,354 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 4.08 — 474,843 ratings — published 2012
Life of Pi (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 1,752,624 ratings — published 2001
This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as profound)
avg rating 3.84 — 333,836 ratings — published 2019
Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1)
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avg rating 4.10 — 594,863 ratings — published 2007
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,449,932 ratings — published 2020
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 1,422,856 ratings — published 1915
A Tale for the Time Being (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 134,991 ratings — published 2013
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as profound)
avg rating 3.75 — 868,369 ratings — published 2017
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― The Pink Cadillac
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