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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 337 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,377,818 ratings — published 1949
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 279 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,479,939 ratings — published 1945
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 220 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,793,708 ratings — published 1953
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 220 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,387,893 ratings — published 1985
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 215 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,809,526 ratings — published 1960
The Midnight Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 211 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,397,479 ratings — published 2020
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 188 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,780,018 ratings — published 1993
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 183 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,520,031 ratings — published 1988
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 172 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,850,285 ratings — published 2005
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 158 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,056,651 ratings — published 1932
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 147 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,666,915 ratings — published 2012
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,169,631 ratings — published 1954
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 119 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,830,010 ratings — published 2018
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 119 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,981,865 ratings — published 1999
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.37 — 861,624 ratings — published 1946
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 115 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,786,650 ratings — published 2008
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,240,901 ratings — published 2011
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,460,296 ratings — published 2003
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 113 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,002,671 ratings — published 2017
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 112 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,439,104 ratings — published 1943
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,371,321 ratings — published 1942
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,846,199 ratings — published 1890
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 105 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.47 — 2,997,197 ratings — published 2009
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 104 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.41 — 793,944 ratings — published 2016
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 3.85 — 841,510 ratings — published 2005
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.24 — 784,217 ratings — published 1966
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,851,314 ratings — published 1818
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,183,889 ratings — published 1997
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,717,838 ratings — published 2007
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,744,125 ratings — published 2001
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 93 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.19 — 859,017 ratings — published 2008
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,860,263 ratings — published 1951
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,199,119 ratings — published 1963
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,472,635 ratings — published 1969
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,021,146 ratings — published 2007
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,845,568 ratings — published 1925
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,147,911 ratings — published 1947
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,352,335 ratings — published 1956
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,395,675 ratings — published 1915
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,586,960 ratings — published 2003
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 77 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,529,586 ratings — published 2016
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 77 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.35 — 4,104,442 ratings — published 2009
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,736,473 ratings — published 2005
The Screwtape Letters (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 74 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.27 — 513,471 ratings — published 1942
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,466,140 ratings — published 1985
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,271,265 ratings — published 2004
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 3.73 — 993,011 ratings — published 2023
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,804,030 ratings — published 1937
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 70 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,675,561 ratings — published 2010
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as thought-provoking)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,061,962 ratings — published 1866
“We choose our next world through what we learn in this one. Learn nothing, and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome.”
― Jonathan Livingston Seagull
― Jonathan Livingston Seagull
“Various large trees— willowy peppers and especially the pines—seem to be reaching down to hold your hand.”
― Digging for God
― Digging for God
