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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,815,504 ratings — published 1890
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The Odyssey The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,168,671 ratings — published -700
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,984,441 ratings — published 1847
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,309,084 ratings — published 1949
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.29 — 886,178 ratings — published 2015
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,694,514 ratings — published 1813
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 35 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,828,283 ratings — published 2005
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,044,155 ratings — published 1866
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,754,416 ratings — published 1960
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,223,260 ratings — published 2011
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Thinking, Fast and Slow Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.17 — 573,210 ratings — published 2011
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.16 — 976,586 ratings — published 1992
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 3.99 — 878,367 ratings — published 1961
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.10 — 915,457 ratings — published 1878
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Dracula Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,432,687 ratings — published 1897
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,796,540 ratings — published 1818
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Dune (Dune #1) Dune (Dune #1)
by (shelved 27 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,591,264 ratings — published 1965
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The Iliad The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 3.93 — 500,293 ratings — published -800
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 3.56 — 607,602 ratings — published 1851
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The Master and Margarita The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.28 — 408,328 ratings — published 1967
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,082,840 ratings — published 1967
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,358,855 ratings — published 1985
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War and Peace War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.17 — 360,035 ratings — published 1869
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,281,593 ratings — published 1846
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A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,002,145 ratings — published 1859
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Circe Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,304,993 ratings — published 2018
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Don Quixote Don Quixote (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 3.91 — 300,198 ratings — published 1615
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,929,152 ratings — published 2014
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 3.87 — 928,727 ratings — published 1955
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The Midnight Library The Midnight Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,346,498 ratings — published 2020
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Little Women (Little Women, #1) Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,415,909 ratings — published 1868
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Emma Emma (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.05 — 961,227 ratings — published 1815
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Ulysses Ulysses (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 3.77 — 139,314 ratings — published 1922
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Becoming Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,173,145 ratings — published 2018
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The Goldfinch The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,021,711 ratings — published 2013
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,434,164 ratings — published 2003
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,793,773 ratings — published 1925
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,038,936 ratings — published 1932
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Madame Bovary Madame Bovary (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 3.71 — 368,051 ratings — published 1877
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Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 20 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.19 — 282,241 ratings — published 2015
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A Thousand Splendid Suns A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,702,251 ratings — published 2007
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American Gods American Gods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.10 — 983,392 ratings — published 2001
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The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 3.44 — 907,233 ratings — published 1850
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Meditations Meditations (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.28 — 329,859 ratings — published 180
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The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.39 — 375,941 ratings — published 1880
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Mansfield Park Mansfield Park (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 3.86 — 374,910 ratings — published 1814
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Les Misérables Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.21 — 835,379 ratings — published 1862
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,404,220 ratings — published 2005
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The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.06 — 438,073 ratings — published 2016
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Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as tsundoku)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,121,838 ratings — published 2015
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Alberto Manguel
“Ultimately, the number of books always exceeds the space they are granted.”
Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night

Joshua Isard
“Organizing the books was a fun afternoon. We decided to put the thick hardback books, mostly intro. to philosophy textbooks and Norton literature anthologies, on the top shelves where they looked good but stayed out of reach since there's no reason for opening them ever again. Then we went by genre: mysteries, cozies, modernists, mountains, sci-fi, beloved childhood volumes, books we bought abroad, books required in school we couldn't sell back, books bought for us we'll read soon, books bought for us we have no intention of reading, books we want to read but are too long for a commitment with our current schedules...We're not really done with this organization, and I doubt we ever will be, but that's one great part about it.”
Joshua Isard, Conquistador of the Useless

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