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East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.45 — 675,941 ratings — published 1952
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.58 — 253,396 ratings — published 2023
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 41 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,369,948 ratings — published 2018
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.37 — 911,968 ratings — published 1946
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.20 — 526,475 ratings — published 2020
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.39 — 402,337 ratings — published 1880
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,298,758 ratings — published 2011
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.28 — 309,544 ratings — published 1989
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 604,161 ratings — published 2011
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.22 — 325,558 ratings — published 2006
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,636,490 ratings — published 2021
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.27 — 885,176 ratings — published 2014
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.28 — 367,349 ratings — published 180
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,081,230 ratings — published 1992
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,121,850 ratings — published 1866
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,922,834 ratings — published 2018
Circe (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,407,465 ratings — published 2018
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 633,379 ratings — published 2014
Catch-22 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 896,799 ratings — published 1961
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 887,178 ratings — published 2005
1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,629,939 ratings — published 1948
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,420,711 ratings — published 2022
Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.06 — 120,168 ratings — published 2017
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 28 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.34 — 660,645 ratings — published 2017
Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.13 — 771,276 ratings — published 2016
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,129,312 ratings — published 1967
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,672,117 ratings — published 1965
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.28 — 436,400 ratings — published 1967
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as shortlist)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,119,414 ratings — published 1932
The Sword of Kaigen (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.43 — 103,442 ratings — published 2019
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
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avg rating 4.59 — 263,355 ratings — published 1985
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 688,605 ratings — published 2016
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
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avg rating 4.28 — 345,722 ratings — published 2015
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,920,533 ratings — published 1813
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.19 — 422,255 ratings — published 1995
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,578,440 ratings — published 2020
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,034,627 ratings — published 2006
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 855,645 ratings — published 2022
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 373,932 ratings — published 1989
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
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avg rating 4.66 — 701,774 ratings — published 2010
Blood Over Bright Haven (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 158,395 ratings — published 2023
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.34 — 297,297 ratings — published 2014
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 2,090,107 ratings — published 2011
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
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avg rating 4.08 — 517,809 ratings — published 2006
A Little Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 973,310 ratings — published 2015
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
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avg rating 4.30 — 351,752 ratings — published 2006
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 330,287 ratings — published 2011
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 2,922,112 ratings — published 1963
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.24 — 821,434 ratings — published 1966
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,264,983 ratings — published 2015
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