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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as smart)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,277,613 ratings — published 2011
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as smart)
avg rating 4.17 — 595,127 ratings — published 2011
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as smart)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,613,516 ratings — published 1945
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as smart)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,942,399 ratings — published 1960
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as smart)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,812,514 ratings — published 2022
The 48 Laws of Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as smart)
avg rating 4.08 — 230,303 ratings — published 1999
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as smart)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,536,536 ratings — published 1948
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as smart)
avg rating 4.27 — 947,286 ratings — published 2015
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as smart)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,331,467 ratings — published 2018
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as smart)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,856,155 ratings — published 1813
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as smart)
avg rating 4.19 — 872,743 ratings — published 2008
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as smart)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,428,520 ratings — published 2016
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as smart)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,908,206 ratings — published 1890
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as smart)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,970,765 ratings — published 1925
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as smart)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,493,297 ratings — published 1969
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as smart)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,050,325 ratings — published 1992
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as smart)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,903,555 ratings — published 2005
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as smart)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,304,585 ratings — published 2011
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as smart)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,159,851 ratings — published 1936
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as smart)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,480,660 ratings — published 1985
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as smart)
avg rating 4.37 — 892,414 ratings — published 1946
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as smart)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,457,496 ratings — published 1985
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as smart)
avg rating 4.07 — 477,712 ratings — published 2012
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as smart)
avg rating 4.13 — 566,174 ratings — published 2012
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as smart)
avg rating 4.22 — 425,671 ratings — published 2003
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as smart)
avg rating 4.28 — 331,834 ratings — published 2020
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as smart)
avg rating 4.13 — 148,762 ratings — published 2021
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as smart)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,887,080 ratings — published 2018
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as smart)
avg rating 4.28 — 356,763 ratings — published 180
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as smart)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,243,225 ratings — published 1963
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as smart)
avg rating 4.04 — 461,154 ratings — published 1997
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as smart)
avg rating 4.21 — 178,692 ratings — published 1984
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as smart)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,873,660 ratings — published 1953
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as smart)
avg rating 4.21 — 482,606 ratings — published 1988
Neanderthal Seeks Human (Knitting in the City, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as smart)
avg rating 3.88 — 68,314 ratings — published 2013
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as smart)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,481,534 ratings — published 1868
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as smart)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,383,724 ratings — published 2022
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as smart)
avg rating 4.18 — 289,707 ratings — published 2015
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as smart)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,614,439 ratings — published 1988
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as smart)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,428,899 ratings — published 1942
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as smart)
avg rating 4.15 — 403,171 ratings — published 2014
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as smart)
avg rating 3.87 — 953,794 ratings — published 1955
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as smart)
avg rating 3.94 — 577,686 ratings — published -500
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as smart)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,762,545 ratings — published 2012
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as smart)
avg rating 4.01 — 900,868 ratings — published 2005
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as smart)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,345,026 ratings — published 1847
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as smart)
avg rating 4.16 — 827,295 ratings — published 1989
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as smart)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,260,782 ratings — published 2021
The Love Hypothesis (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as smart)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,938,581 ratings — published 2021
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”
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“I’m smart in some ways- pretty good vocabulary, solid at math – but I am definitely the stupidest smart person there is… I was going to be the worst friend in the history of dying girls… Because I don’t really have a moral compass and I need to rely on (Earl) for guidance, or else I might accidentally become like a hermit or a terrorist or something. How fucked up is that.”
― Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
― Me and Earl and the Dying Girl












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