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The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,780,797 ratings — published 1988
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,811,631 ratings — published 1949
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,710,890 ratings — published 2020
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,994,215 ratings — published 2005
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,548,698 ratings — published 1942
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,084,097 ratings — published 1999
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.02 — 841,495 ratings — published 2003
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,849,695 ratings — published 1945
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,030,479 ratings — published 1951
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,156,827 ratings — published 1960
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,288,599 ratings — published 1997
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,581,883 ratings — published 1985
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,014,797 ratings — published 1963
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,917,218 ratings — published 1993
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,330,719 ratings — published 1963
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.03 — 740,635 ratings — published 1995
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,292,950 ratings — published 2012
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,082,269 ratings — published 2014
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,171,658 ratings — published 1866
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,792,690 ratings — published 2001
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,175,499 ratings — published 1925
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.36 — 948,588 ratings — published 1946
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,615,317 ratings — published 2022
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,484,873 ratings — published 2022
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 3.64 — 786,033 ratings — published 2015
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,020,072 ratings — published 2018
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,906,936 ratings — published 2012
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,580,426 ratings — published 1915
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.09 — 923,029 ratings — published 1922
The Wedding People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,491,837 ratings — published 2024
Beartown (Beartown, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.28 — 665,351 ratings — published 2016
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,627,397 ratings — published 1943
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,970,828 ratings — published 1937
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,165,988 ratings — published 1932
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.25 — 852,842 ratings — published 1966
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,639,941 ratings — published 2003
The Correspondent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.42 — 982,524 ratings — published 2025
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,863,399 ratings — published 2016
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.16 — 621,380 ratings — published 2011
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,025,987 ratings — published 1890
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 3.85 — 923,138 ratings — published 2005
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.19 — 894,349 ratings — published 2008
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,333,525 ratings — published 1954
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,535,197 ratings — published 1969
My Friends (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.30 — 642,544 ratings — published 2025
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 3.66 — 415,606 ratings — published 2016
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,919,835 ratings — published 2022
Beautiful World, Where Are You (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 3.52 — 522,391 ratings — published 2021
Anxious People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.16 — 894,556 ratings — published 2019
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 9 times as thoughtful)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,817,719 ratings — published 2018
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