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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as prose)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,810,627 ratings — published 1925
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as prose)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,331,571 ratings — published 1949
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as prose)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,352,980 ratings — published 1942
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as prose)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,441,817 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 — 3,842,452 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 — 6,772,310 ratings — published 1960
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 69 times as prose)
avg rating 3.87 — 931,492 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 — 1,826,725 ratings — published 1890
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as prose)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,049,592 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 — 1,809,065 ratings — published 1818
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 1,377,634 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 — 2,700,721 ratings — published 1996
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 61 times as prose)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,770,269 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 — 1,086,310 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 — 4,395,688 ratings — published 1937
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as prose)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,044,682 ratings — published 1932
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as prose)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,465,987 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 — 11,212,819 ratings — published 1997
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as prose)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,711,156 ratings — published 1813
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as prose)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,185,743 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 — 2,787,416 ratings — published 1937
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as prose)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,993,223 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 — 3,153,347 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 — 1,286,580 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 — 2,368,113 ratings — published 1985
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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as prose)
avg rating 3.43 — 551,710 ratings — published 1899
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 879,736 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 — 4,411,328 ratings — published 1998
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The Little Prince The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as prose)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,419,233 ratings — published 1943
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The Trial The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as prose)
avg rating 3.94 — 385,138 ratings — published 1925
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Ulysses Ulysses (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as prose)
avg rating 3.77 — 139,584 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 — 4,749,058 ratings — published 1999
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Dune (Dune #1) Dune (Dune #1)
by (shelved 43 times as prose)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,596,940 ratings — published 1965
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,017,581 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 — 1,990,675 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 — 1,920,331 ratings — published 2011
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as prose)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,287,888 ratings — published 1847
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Carrie Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as prose)
avg rating 3.99 — 828,286 ratings — published 1974
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 4.00 — 760,855 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 — 4,124,428 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 — 3,605,615 ratings — published 2005
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Dubliners Dubliners (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 172,685 ratings — published 1914
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 9,729,247 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)
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avg rating 4.62 — 4,054,604 ratings — published 2007
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To the Lighthouse To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 3.81 — 211,010 ratings — published 1927
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as prose)
avg rating 4.10 — 917,979 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 — 388,934 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 — 534,068 ratings — published 1984
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Siddhartha Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as prose)
avg rating 4.08 — 860,450 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 — 3,737,844 ratings — published 2003
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Charlotte Eriksson
“It doesn’t matter how many times you leave, it will always hurt to come back and remember what you once had and who you once were. Then it will hurt just as much to leave again, and so it goes over and over again.
Once you’ve started to leave, you will run your whole life.”
Charlotte Eriksson

“And I do. I do wonder, I think about it all the time. What it would be like to kill myself. Because I never really know, I still can't tell the difference, I'm never quite certain whether or not I'm actually alive. I sit here every single day. Run, I said to myself. Run until your lungs collapse, until the wind whips and snaps at your tattered clothes, until you're a blur that blends into the background.

Run, Juliette, run faster, run until your bones break and your shins split and your muscles atrophy and your heart dies because it was always too big for your chest and it beat too fast for too long and you run.

Run run run until you can't hear their feet behind you. Run until they drop their fists and their shouts dissolve in the air. Run with your eyes open and your mouth shut and dam the river rushing up behind your eyes. Run, Juliette.

Run until you drop dead. Make sure your heart stops before they ever reach you. Before they ever touch you.

Run, I said.”
Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

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