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avg rating 4.20 — 5,701,322 ratings — published 1949
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 3,586,240 ratings — published 2003
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 4,762,208 ratings — published 1945
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.39 — 2,959,545 ratings — published 2005
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 7,076,302 ratings — published 1960
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 2,534,053 ratings — published 1985
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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 — 4,303,206 ratings — published 1947
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 6,097,946 ratings — published 1925
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 1,139,880 ratings — published 1967
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My Sister's Keeper My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 1,288,807 ratings — published 2004
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Memoirs of a Geisha Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 2,138,036 ratings — published 1997
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,137,547 ratings — published 1932
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A Thousand Splendid Suns A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 1,800,710 ratings — published 2007
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 1,314,902 ratings — published 2011
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 3,292,991 ratings — published 1954
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,497,861 ratings — published 1942
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 3,987,631 ratings — published 1951
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Night Night (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 1,396,295 ratings — published 1956
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 993,274 ratings — published 2015
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 2,958,303 ratings — published 1963
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,969,517 ratings — published 1813
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.45 — 1,037,568 ratings — published 2017
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 2,053,409 ratings — published 2014
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The Help The Help (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 3,080,955 ratings — published 2009
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 2,396,153 ratings — published 1847
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,140,566 ratings — published 1866
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 1,976,060 ratings — published 1890
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 2,926,870 ratings — published 1937
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The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 2,484,004 ratings — published 2002
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 926,261 ratings — published 1946
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 1,104,240 ratings — published 1992
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Speak Speak (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 642,069 ratings — published 1999
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 901,163 ratings — published 1961
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The Giver (Giver, #1) The Giver (Giver, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 2,885,149 ratings — published 1993
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Atonement Atonement (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 575,492 ratings — published 2001
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 1,950,953 ratings — published 2018
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Thinking, Fast and Slow Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 610,867 ratings — published 2011
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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 — 2,057,781 ratings — published 1999
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 2,269,806 ratings — published 1847
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 3,715,188 ratings — published 1988
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,398,246 ratings — published 2018
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Where the Crawdads Sing Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
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avg rating 4.37 — 3,762,068 ratings — published 2018
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The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 5,851,574 ratings — published 2012
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Into the Wild Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.02 — 1,218,326 ratings — published 1996
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Yol Yol (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,078,077 ratings — published 2006
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Room Room (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.08 — 846,795 ratings — published 2010
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Water for Elephants Water for Elephants (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 1,722,245 ratings — published 2006
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 960,243 ratings — published 1878
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 179,669 ratings — published 2019
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.87 — 972,057 ratings — published 1955
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Daniel Webster
“We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people”
Daniel Webster

Marcus Porcius Cato
“Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.”
Cato the Elder

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