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A list of books eligible for the independent reading project in my Chicago Literature class. Books for this project cannot have been made into a TV show or movie.
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4.29 avg rating — 185,543 ratings
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4.12 avg rating — 595,162 ratings
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3.72 avg rating — 2,086 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 91,686 ratings
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4.08 avg rating — 90,467 ratings
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3.53 avg rating — 8,453 ratings
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3.78 avg rating — 42,512 ratings
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3.90 avg rating — 19,953 ratings
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3.45 avg rating — 119,567 ratings
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3.94 avg rating — 2,515 ratings
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3.70 avg rating — 2,714 ratings
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3.75 avg rating — 7,583 ratings
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3.22 avg rating — 102 ratings
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3.82 avg rating — 516 ratings
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3.77 avg rating — 638 ratings
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18

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3.82 avg rating — 1,199 ratings
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19

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3.91 avg rating — 17,236 ratings
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3.73 avg rating — 6,037 ratings
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21

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3.85 avg rating — 205,577 ratings
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22

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3.42 avg rating — 163 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 114,825 ratings
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3.56 avg rating — 7,024 ratings
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25

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3.87 avg rating — 3,252 ratings
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26

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4.45 avg rating — 33,797 ratings
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27

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4.13 avg rating — 1,222 ratings
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28

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3.76 avg rating — 9,766 ratings
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29

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3.79 avg rating — 63 ratings
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30

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3.93 avg rating — 13,440 ratings
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31

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3.43 avg rating — 22,955 ratings
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32

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3.63 avg rating — 3,782 ratings
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33

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3.59 avg rating — 2,675 ratings
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3.62 avg rating — 2,676 ratings
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35

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3.56 avg rating — 1,759 ratings
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4.07 avg rating — 1,145 ratings
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3.44 avg rating — 21,053 ratings
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38

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3.56 avg rating — 256,759 ratings
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4.07 avg rating — 1,885 ratings
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40

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4.13 avg rating — 194,313 ratings
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41

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4.17 avg rating — 17,308 ratings
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42

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3.60 avg rating — 16,689 ratings
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43

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4.14 avg rating — 22,154 ratings
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3.53 avg rating — 9,137 ratings
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45

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3.96 avg rating — 394,003 ratings
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46

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3.55 avg rating — 5,662 ratings
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4.03 avg rating — 8,689 ratings
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4.07 avg rating — 2,466 ratings
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3.53 avg rating — 511 ratings
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3.64 avg rating — 1,337 ratings
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51

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4.36 avg rating — 1,112 ratings
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52

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4.47 avg rating — 337 ratings
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53

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4.10 avg rating — 106 ratings
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3.51 avg rating — 298 ratings
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55

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3.82 avg rating — 11,147 ratings
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56

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4.16 avg rating — 5,051 ratings
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4.26 avg rating — 42 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 153 ratings
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4.23 avg rating — 73 ratings
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60

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3.72 avg rating — 31,714 ratings
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61

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3.91 avg rating — 5,541 ratings
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3.46 avg rating — 1,237 ratings
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63

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3.60 avg rating — 815 ratings
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4.06 avg rating — 13,854 ratings
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65

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3.86 avg rating — 875 ratings
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66

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4.04 avg rating — 264,573 ratings
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3.73 avg rating — 5,056 ratings
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4.08 avg rating — 3,627 ratings
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3.75 avg rating — 2,147 ratings
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70

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3.89 avg rating — 11,865 ratings
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3.66 avg rating — 16,985 ratings
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3.98 avg rating — 243,884 ratings
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4.25 avg rating — 3,916 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 406 ratings
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75

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3.78 avg rating — 1,463 ratings
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76

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3.68 avg rating — 11,692 ratings
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3.65 avg rating — 3,435 ratings
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3.63 avg rating — 13,402 ratings
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 788,287 ratings
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4.33 avg rating — 474 ratings
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81

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4.18 avg rating — 3,621 ratings
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82

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3.54 avg rating — 1,196 ratings
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83

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4.26 avg rating — 6,036 ratings
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84

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4.48 avg rating — 123,687 ratings
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4.31 avg rating — 152 ratings
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3.78 avg rating — 643 ratings
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4.07 avg rating — 165 ratings
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3.94 avg rating — 7,245 ratings
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3.99 avg rating — 1,749 ratings
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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93

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3.88 avg rating — 468 ratings
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3.54 avg rating — 480 ratings
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3.67 avg rating — 1,305 ratings
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95 books · 1 voter · list created September 22nd, 2025 by Mike Murray (votes) .
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