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The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 386,402 ratings — published 1892
The Stranger (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,522,731 ratings — published 1942
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 294 times as short)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,802,179 ratings — published 1945
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 276 times as short)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,552,423 ratings — published 1915
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 240 times as short)
avg rating 4.07 — 513,606 ratings — published 2021
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 238 times as short)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,948,452 ratings — published 1937
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 237 times as short)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,374,273 ratings — published 1952
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Paperback)
by (shelved 236 times as short)
avg rating 4.14 — 258,363 ratings — published 1886
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 232 times as short)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,603,579 ratings — published 1943
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 217 times as short)
avg rating 4.10 — 408,935 ratings — published 2017
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.66 — 408,684 ratings — published 2016
White Nights (Paperback)
by (shelved 201 times as short)
avg rating 4.06 — 445,769 ratings — published 1848
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 318,164 ratings — published 1962
Foster (Paperback)
by (shelved 172 times as short)
avg rating 4.30 — 201,261 ratings — published 2010
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 167 times as short)
avg rating 4.20 — 207,802 ratings — published 2021
The Lottery (Paperback)
by (shelved 163 times as short)
avg rating 4.03 — 119,377 ratings — published 1948
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 163 times as short)
avg rating 4.04 — 697,611 ratings — published 1995
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 162 times as short)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,748,868 ratings — published 1988
Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 156 times as short)
avg rating 4.34 — 299,462 ratings — published 1956
This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 153 times as short)
avg rating 3.82 — 373,372 ratings — published 2019
A Short Stay in Hell (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 112,372 ratings — published 2011
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 2,986,643 ratings — published 1963
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 6,136,980 ratings — published 1925
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 280,841 ratings — published 1929
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 139 times as short)
avg rating 3.83 — 696,864 ratings — published 1886
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 136 times as short)
avg rating 4.16 — 259,122 ratings — published 1864
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (Library Binding)
by (shelved 136 times as short)
avg rating 4.37 — 58,103 ratings — published 1973
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 135 times as short)
avg rating 4.39 — 341,452 ratings — published 2012
Chess Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as short)
avg rating 4.26 — 194,812 ratings — published 1942
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as short)
avg rating 3.86 — 227,227 ratings — published 1872
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as short)
avg rating 4.09 — 915,328 ratings — published 1922
The Tell-Tale Heart (Library Binding)
by (shelved 111 times as short)
avg rating 4.24 — 131,499 ratings — published 1843
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.65 — 455,428 ratings — published 2007
The Pearl (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as short)
avg rating 3.59 — 290,437 ratings — published 1947
Galatea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 107 times as short)
avg rating 3.93 — 133,659 ratings — published 2013
A Christmas Carol (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as short)
avg rating 4.09 — 962,910 ratings — published 1843
The Grownup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 100 times as short)
avg rating 3.54 — 159,877 ratings — published 2014
Open Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as short)
avg rating 3.97 — 94,579 ratings — published 2021
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 98 times as short)
avg rating 3.89 — 48,015 ratings — published 2020
The Six Deaths of the Saint (Into Shadow, #3)
by (shelved 96 times as short)
avg rating 4.29 — 40,583 ratings — published 2022
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as short)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,401,909 ratings — published 1956
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 95 times as short)
avg rating 3.64 — 772,130 ratings — published 2015
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 133,580 ratings — published 1929
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as short)
avg rating 3.43 — 575,092 ratings — published 1899
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as short)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,312,753 ratings — published 1954
The Importance of Being Earnest (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 415,735 ratings — published 1895
Interpreter of Maladies (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 211,440 ratings — published 1999
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as short)
avg rating 3.85 — 257,037 ratings — published 1958
The Time Machine (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 580,591 ratings — published 1895
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
by (shelved 92 times as short)
avg rating 4.24 — 235,579 ratings — published 2018
“... No, Thanks”
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