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Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.51 — 1,897,287 ratings — published 2021
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
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avg rating 4.56 — 292,849 ratings — published 2023
Yol (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,092,871 ratings — published 2006
Piranesi (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 589,708 ratings — published 2020
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 2,195,768 ratings — published 2011
Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 306,011 ratings — published 1956
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 775,809 ratings — published 1987
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
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avg rating 4.60 — 292,161 ratings — published 1985
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
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avg rating 4.30 — 336,588 ratings — published 2023
The Martian (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 1,386,550 ratings — published 2011
Circe (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,487,505 ratings — published 2018
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 2,078,683 ratings — published 1999
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 446,499 ratings — published 2019
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 452,913 ratings — published 1967
Dune (Dune, #1)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,715,957 ratings — published 1965
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 971,236 ratings — published 1878
Gun, With Occasional Music (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.76 — 11,893 ratings — published 1994
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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avg rating 4.57 — 4,367,559 ratings — published 2000
The Bone Clocks (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 102,081 ratings — published 2014
The Secret History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 1,133,199 ratings — published 1992
On the Road (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.61 — 461,244 ratings — published 1957
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 1,789,933 ratings — published 2005
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 2,617,419 ratings — published 1943
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 918,347 ratings — published 1922
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.58 — 636,904 ratings — published 1851
The Prophet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 340,021 ratings — published 1923
Kaizen: The Key To Japan's Competitive Success (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.62 — 13 ratings — published
The Midnight Train (The Midnight World, #2)
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avg rating 3.96 — 87,365 ratings — published 2026
Land (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 54,375 ratings — published 2026
Theo of Golden (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.42 — 668,822 ratings — published 2023
Hallucinations (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.93 — 25,947 ratings — published 2012
The Man in the High Castle (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.58 — 245,401 ratings — published 1962
The Mad Scientist's Daughter (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 3,521 ratings — published 2013
Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.43 — 7,300 ratings — published 1991
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 88,310 ratings — published 2015
Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 17,390 ratings — published 1990
Python's Kiss (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.91 — 2,974 ratings — published 2026
Harm's Way (Alan Gregory, #4)
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avg rating 3.92 — 2,112 ratings — published 1996
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.60 — 41,509 ratings — published 2005
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
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avg rating 4.28 — 204,232 ratings — published 2020
Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)
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avg rating 4.28 — 94,507 ratings — published 2022
The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 326,449 ratings — published 1970
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 77,913 ratings — published 2014
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 240,086 ratings — published 2025
To a God Unknown (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 16,401 ratings — published 1933
Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking, #3)
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avg rating 4.22 — 92,056 ratings — published 2010
Don't Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guantanamo (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.66 — 847 ratings — published 2021
Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)
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avg rating 4.36 — 164,406 ratings — published 2024
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6)
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avg rating 4.44 — 196,202 ratings — published 2005
Travels with Charley: In Search of America (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 112,982 ratings — published 1961
“During the worst of it, onlookers who have learned my story often comment to me that, “All the hardships you suffered were part of a divine plan for your life because something good came from each bad thing.” As though a divine presence decided to teach me these great lessons through pain. I am affronted by such a suggestion because it robs me of my accomplishment by removing the element of transcendence.
I don’t believe we learn anything from suffering. If human beings inherently learned through suffering, we would be a population of enlightened beings and we’re not. We learn from suffering if and only if we manage to transcend our suffering to find meaning in what is otherwise senseless. This process of transcendence is a profoundly human one that imparts the deepest—most lasting—sense of achievement.”
― To Lose the Madness: Field Notes on Trauma, Loss and Radical Authenticity
I don’t believe we learn anything from suffering. If human beings inherently learned through suffering, we would be a population of enlightened beings and we’re not. We learn from suffering if and only if we manage to transcend our suffering to find meaning in what is otherwise senseless. This process of transcendence is a profoundly human one that imparts the deepest—most lasting—sense of achievement.”
― To Lose the Madness: Field Notes on Trauma, Loss and Radical Authenticity
“Forgiveness is a transformative act because it asks you to be a more empathetic and compassionate person, thereby making you better than the person you were when you were first hurt.”
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