97 books
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74 voters
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The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as profound)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,549,307 ratings — published 1943
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as profound)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,674,959 ratings — published 1988
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as profound)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,022,222 ratings — published 1960
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as profound)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,948,660 ratings — published 1890
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as profound)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,937,837 ratings — published 2005
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as profound)
avg rating 4.37 — 913,242 ratings — published 1946
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as profound)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,240,042 ratings — published 1997
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as profound)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,925,406 ratings — published 1963
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as profound)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,266,601 ratings — published 1954
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as profound)
avg rating 4.02 — 821,564 ratings — published 2003
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as profound)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,699,255 ratings — published 1945
Night (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 1,388,344 ratings — published 1956
1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,636,339 ratings — published 1948
Fight Club (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 655,373 ratings — published 1996
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as profound)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,271,471 ratings — published 1947
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 2,503,631 ratings — published 1985
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as profound)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,559,785 ratings — published 2003
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as profound)
avg rating 4.09 — 898,558 ratings — published 1922
Brave New World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,121,028 ratings — published 1932
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as profound)
avg rating 4.10 — 998,831 ratings — published 2001
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as profound)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,046,704 ratings — published 1925
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as profound)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,781,626 ratings — published 2007
The Stranger (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,470,717 ratings — published 1942
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as profound)
avg rating 4.45 — 677,935 ratings — published 1952
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as profound)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,252,558 ratings — published 1964
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as profound)
avg rating 4.27 — 975,068 ratings — published 2015
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as profound)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,577,230 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 — 686,121 ratings — published 2012
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as profound)
avg rating 4.41 — 833,996 ratings — published 2016
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as profound)
avg rating 4.39 — 402,961 ratings — published 1880
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as profound)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,563,256 ratings — published 2022
Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as profound)
avg rating 4.10 — 613,000 ratings — published 2007
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as profound)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,497,328 ratings — published 1915
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as profound)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,213,304 ratings — published 2012
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
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avg rating 4.37 — 3,724,580 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as profound)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,925,234 ratings — published 2018
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,123,542 ratings — published 1866
We Are the Ants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 54,618 ratings — published 2016
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 2,093,778 ratings — published 2011
Meditations (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 368,052 ratings — published 180
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 822,454 ratings — published 1966
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 1,959,430 ratings — published 1818
Mere Christianity (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as profound)
avg rating 4.37 — 466,718 ratings — published 1952
The Prophet (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as profound)
avg rating 4.23 — 334,651 ratings — published 1923
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 2,040,297 ratings — published 1999
The Help (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 3,063,097 ratings — published 2009
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,056,032 ratings — published 1846
Veronika Decides to Die (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 246,560 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 — 481,369 ratings — published 2012
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as profound)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,773,128 ratings — published 2001
“We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.”
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