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East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.45 — 700,374 ratings — published 1952
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.57 — 272,821 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 — 1,398,246 ratings — published 2018
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.20 — 551,509 ratings — published 2020
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.37 — 926,261 ratings — published 1946
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.40 — 409,099 ratings — published 1879
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.27 — 936,997 ratings — published 2014
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
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avg rating 4.28 — 314,454 ratings — published 1989
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 1,314,902 ratings — published 2011
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 610,867 ratings — published 2011
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.22 — 331,491 ratings — published 2006
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.27 — 375,117 ratings — published 180
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,104,240 ratings — published 1992
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,140,566 ratings — published 1866
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.51 — 1,781,434 ratings — published 2021
Educated (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 1,950,953 ratings — published 2018
Circe (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,434,761 ratings — published 2018
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.34 — 677,592 ratings — published 2017
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 641,338 ratings — published 2014
Catch-22 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 901,163 ratings — published 1961
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 901,832 ratings — published 2005
1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,701,322 ratings — published 1949
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.31 — 698,391 ratings — published 2016
Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.13 — 792,439 ratings — published 2016
Dune (Dune, #1)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,691,459 ratings — published 1965
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.28 — 443,239 ratings — published 1967
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 1,446,045 ratings — published 2022
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.60 — 276,179 ratings — published 1985
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 1,139,880 ratings — published 1967
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 4.20 — 434,580 ratings — published 1995
Brave New World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,137,547 ratings — published 1932
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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avg rating 4.48 — 1,059,919 ratings — published 2006
The Sword of Kaigen (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.42 — 108,876 ratings — published 2019
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.28 — 350,636 ratings — published 2015
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,969,547 ratings — published 1813
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 1,606,529 ratings — published 2020
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 304,183 ratings — published 2014
Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
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avg rating 4.05 — 124,885 ratings — published 2017
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 380,449 ratings — published 1989
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
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avg rating 4.66 — 715,120 ratings — published 2010
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 882,598 ratings — published 2022
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,518,419 ratings — published 1969
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 2,135,736 ratings — published 2011
The Stranger (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,497,861 ratings — published 1942
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
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avg rating 4.08 — 528,245 ratings — published 2006
A Little Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 993,274 ratings — published 2015
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
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avg rating 4.30 — 356,165 ratings — published 2006
Leviathan Wakes (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 335,107 ratings — published 2011
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 2,958,303 ratings — published 1963
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as shortlist)
avg rating 3.89 — 375,370 ratings — published 1984
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