89 books
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71 voters
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The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 317 times as short)
avg rating 4.07 — 373,558 ratings — published 1892
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 278 times as short)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,679,689 ratings — published 1945
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 275 times as short)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,460,973 ratings — published 1942
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 259 times as short)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,486,112 ratings — published 1915
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 226 times as short)
avg rating 4.08 — 482,111 ratings — published 2021
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 218 times as short)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,540,855 ratings — published 1943
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 218 times as short)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,343,016 ratings — published 1952
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 217 times as short)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,892,174 ratings — published 1937
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Paperback)
by (shelved 214 times as short)
avg rating 4.14 — 238,151 ratings — published 1886
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 211 times as short)
avg rating 4.11 — 389,600 ratings — published 2017
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 202 times as short)
avg rating 3.67 — 392,171 ratings — published 2016
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 198 times as short)
avg rating 3.91 — 306,960 ratings — published 1962
White Nights (Paperback)
by (shelved 177 times as short)
avg rating 4.07 — 391,659 ratings — published 1848
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 163 times as short)
avg rating 4.20 — 197,712 ratings — published 2021
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 156 times as short)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,661,640 ratings — published 1988
Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 154 times as short)
avg rating 4.34 — 273,466 ratings — published 1956
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 151 times as short)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,914,132 ratings — published 1953
The Lottery (Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as short)
avg rating 4.03 — 115,836 ratings — published 1948
This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 149 times as short)
avg rating 3.83 — 357,068 ratings — published 2019
Foster (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as short)
avg rating 4.30 — 184,544 ratings — published 2010
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as short)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,029,191 ratings — published 1925
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 144 times as short)
avg rating 4.06 — 587,713 ratings — published 1995
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 138 times as short)
avg rating 4.39 — 336,563 ratings — published 2012
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as short)
avg rating 4.22 — 270,940 ratings — published 1929
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 127 times as short)
avg rating 3.83 — 681,237 ratings — published 1886
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 127 times as short)
avg rating 4.16 — 243,922 ratings — published 1864
A Short Stay in Hell (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as short)
avg rating 4.14 — 82,467 ratings — published 2011
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (Library Binding)
by (shelved 122 times as short)
avg rating 4.37 — 55,629 ratings — published 1973
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as short)
avg rating 3.86 — 213,711 ratings — published 1872
The Tell-Tale Heart (Library Binding)
by (shelved 104 times as short)
avg rating 4.24 — 128,237 ratings — published 1843
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 103 times as short)
avg rating 3.65 — 420,053 ratings — published 2007
Chess Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as short)
avg rating 4.26 — 182,565 ratings — published 1942
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as short)
avg rating 4.09 — 895,818 ratings — published 1922
Galatea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 102 times as short)
avg rating 3.93 — 128,451 ratings — published 2013
A Christmas Carol (Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as short)
avg rating 4.09 — 952,266 ratings — published 1843
Open Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as short)
avg rating 3.98 — 92,124 ratings — published 2021
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 97 times as short)
avg rating 3.90 — 46,720 ratings — published 2020
The Grownup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as short)
avg rating 3.55 — 156,577 ratings — published 2014
Interpreter of Maladies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 93 times as short)
avg rating 4.18 — 208,641 ratings — published 1999
The Six Deaths of the Saint (Into Shadow, #3)
by (shelved 92 times as short)
avg rating 4.30 — 38,660 ratings — published 2022
The Pearl (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as short)
avg rating 3.58 — 279,902 ratings — published 1947
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as short)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,257,076 ratings — published 1954
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as short)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,385,264 ratings — published 1956
The Importance of Being Earnest (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 411,330 ratings — published 1895
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 89 times as short)
avg rating 3.65 — 734,725 ratings — published 2015
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
by (shelved 89 times as short)
avg rating 4.25 — 225,138 ratings — published 2018
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 662,091 ratings — published 2013
The House on Mango Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as short)
avg rating 3.68 — 242,787 ratings — published 1984
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as short)
avg rating 3.85 — 254,362 ratings — published 1958
“He who makes fun of a short and fat man’s weight is much less cruel than he who makes fun of his height.”
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