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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 42 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,321,113 ratings — published 2018
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.44 — 647,889 ratings — published 1952
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.59 — 215,605 ratings — published 2023
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,272,582 ratings — published 2011
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.17 — 593,163 ratings — published 2011
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.21 — 486,326 ratings — published 2020
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.28 — 354,234 ratings — published 180
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.39 — 390,635 ratings — published 1880
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.37 — 887,686 ratings — published 1946
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
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avg rating 4.27 — 301,661 ratings — published 1989
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,513,488 ratings — published 1948
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,878,591 ratings — published 2018
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,092,881 ratings — published 1866
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 1,197,901 ratings — published 2021
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,365,907 ratings — published 2018
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
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avg rating 4.27 — 804,688 ratings — published 2014
Dune (Dune, #1)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,638,871 ratings — published 1965
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as shortlist)
avg rating 3.85 — 863,077 ratings — published 2005
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,043,185 ratings — published 1992
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.22 — 315,555 ratings — published 2006
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 28 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.34 — 634,394 ratings — published 2017
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as shortlist)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,089,633 ratings — published 1932
The Sword of Kaigen (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.44 — 94,479 ratings — published 2019
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,527,310 ratings — published 2020
Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.13 — 735,674 ratings — published 2016
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.14 — 363,618 ratings — published 1989
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,839,473 ratings — published 1813
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.28 — 425,082 ratings — published 1967
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 619,170 ratings — published 2014
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as shortlist)
avg rating 3.99 — 889,544 ratings — published 1961
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.58 — 246,380 ratings — published 1985
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,374,378 ratings — published 2022
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.32 — 673,622 ratings — published 2016
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,112,117 ratings — published 1967
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.28 — 941,073 ratings — published 2015
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as shortlist)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,862,338 ratings — published 1953
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.35 — 285,333 ratings — published 2014
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.65 — 2,155,018 ratings — published 2015
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 2,017,945 ratings — published 2011
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
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avg rating 4.28 — 337,053 ratings — published 2015
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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avg rating 4.49 — 990,501 ratings — published 2006
Blood Over Bright Haven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.33 — 135,224 ratings — published 2023
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 811,949 ratings — published 2022
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 2,127,660 ratings — published 1847
The Stranger (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,419,892 ratings — published 1942
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 599,513 ratings — published 1951
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.19 — 406,417 ratings — published 1995
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
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avg rating 4.66 — 678,663 ratings — published 2010
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.39 — 2,895,841 ratings — published 2005
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as shortlist)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,156,411 ratings — published 1936
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