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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 5,810,383 ratings — published 1925
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as prose)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,331,258 ratings — published 1949
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as prose)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,352,867 ratings — published 1942
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as prose)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,441,536 ratings — published 1945
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as prose)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,842,310 ratings — published 1951
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as prose)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,772,057 ratings — published 1960
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 69 times as prose)
avg rating 3.87 — 931,448 ratings — published 1955
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as prose)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,826,590 ratings — published 1890
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as prose)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,049,531 ratings — published 1866
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as prose)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,808,799 ratings — published 1818
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 1,377,512 ratings — published 1915
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as prose)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,700,648 ratings — published 1996
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 61 times as prose)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,770,086 ratings — published 1953
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as prose)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,086,267 ratings — published 1967
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as prose)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,395,516 ratings — published 1937
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as prose)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,044,596 ratings — published 1932
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as prose)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,465,938 ratings — published 1969
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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avg rating 4.47 — 11,212,339 ratings — published 1997
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as prose)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,710,909 ratings — published 1813
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as prose)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,185,651 ratings — published 1963
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as prose)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,787,309 ratings — published 1937
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as prose)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,993,112 ratings — published 1847
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as prose)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,153,241 ratings — published 1954
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as prose)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,286,528 ratings — published 1952
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as prose)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,367,986 ratings — published 1985
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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as prose)
avg rating 3.43 — 551,694 ratings — published 1899
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 879,722 ratings — published 1961
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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avg rating 4.43 — 4,411,140 ratings — published 1998
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The Little Prince The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as prose)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,419,102 ratings — published 1943
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The Trial The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as prose)
avg rating 3.94 — 385,090 ratings — published 1925
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Ulysses Ulysses (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as prose)
avg rating 3.77 — 139,578 ratings — published 1922
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 43 times as prose)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,748,835 ratings — published 1999
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Dune (Dune #1) Dune (Dune #1)
by (shelved 43 times as prose)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,596,846 ratings — published 1965
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,017,529 ratings — published 2006
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as prose)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,990,626 ratings — published 1979
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as prose)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,920,168 ratings — published 2011
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as prose)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,287,801 ratings — published 1847
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Carrie Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as prose)
avg rating 3.99 — 828,209 ratings — published 1974
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 4.00 — 760,835 ratings — published 1962
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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avg rating 4.57 — 4,124,252 ratings — published 2000
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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avg rating 4.58 — 3,605,486 ratings — published 2005
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Dubliners Dubliners (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 3.84 — 172,677 ratings — published 1914
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,728,849 ratings — published 2008
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,054,455 ratings — published 2007
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To the Lighthouse To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 3.81 — 210,996 ratings — published 1927
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as prose)
avg rating 4.10 — 917,956 ratings — published 1878
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as prose)
avg rating 4.02 — 388,890 ratings — published 2019
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as prose)
avg rating 4.11 — 534,026 ratings — published 1984
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Siddhartha Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as prose)
avg rating 4.08 — 860,421 ratings — published 1922
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 36 times as prose)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,737,693 ratings — published 2003
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Charlotte Eriksson
“Take a shower. Wash away every trace of yesterday. Of smells. Of weary skin. Get dressed. Make coffee, windows open, the sun shining through. Hold the cup with two hands and notice that you feel the feeling of warmth. 
 You still feel warmth.
Now sit down and get to work. Keep your mind sharp, head on, eyes on the page and if small thoughts of worries fight their ways into your consciousness: threw them off like fires in the night and keep your eyes on the track. Nothing but the task in front of you. 
Get off your chair in the middle of the day. Put on your shoes and take a long walk on open streets around people. Notice how they’re all walking, in a hurry, or slowly. Smiling, laughing, or eyes straight forward, hurried to get to wherever they’re going. And notice how you’re just one of them. Not more, not less. Find comfort in the way you’re just one in the crowd. Your worries: no more, no less.

Go back home. Take the long way just to not pass the liquor store. Don’t buy the cigarettes. Go straight home. Take off your shoes. Wash your hands. Your face. Notice the silence. Notice your heart. It’s still beating. Still fighting. Now get back to work.
Work with your mind sharp and eyes focused and if any thoughts of worries or hate or sadness creep their ways around, shake them off like a runner in the night for you own your mind, and you need to tame it. Focus. Keep it sharp on track, nothing but the task in front of you.
Work until your eyes are tired and head is heavy, and keep working even after that.

Then take a shower, wash off the day. Drink a glass of water. Make the room dark. Lie down and close your eyes.
Notice the silence. Notice your heart. Still beating. Still fighting. You made it, after all. You made it, another day. And you can make it one more. 
You’re doing just fine.
You’re doing fine.

I’m doing just fine.”
Charlotte Eriksson, You're Doing Just Fine

Charlotte Eriksson
“I don’t need anyone else to distract me from myself anymore,
like I always thought I would.”
Charlotte Eriksson, You're Doing Just Fine

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