My personal top 50 post-2000 Modern Classics.
Multiple books that are part of the same series will be represented by the primary work in the series.
Any Modern Classic that can be categorised as Horror or Dark Academia are in those respective lists.
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3.84 avg rating — 337,071 ratings
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4.47 avg rating — 800,552 ratings
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3.83 avg rating — 612,235 ratings
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4.07 avg rating — 1,315,832 ratings
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4.31 avg rating — 413,498 ratings
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4.09 avg rating — 445,948 ratings
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4.06 avg rating — 445,933 ratings
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3.95 avg rating — 3,401,951 ratings
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4.01 avg rating — 268,237 ratings
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3.96 avg rating — 1,043,006 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 11,373 ratings
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4.05 avg rating — 470,752 ratings
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4.07 avg rating — 615,630 ratings
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4.04 avg rating — 48,783 ratings
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3.98 avg rating — 82,166 ratings
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4.15 avg rating — 3,454,811 ratings
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4.28 avg rating — 932,605 ratings
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4.12 avg rating — 11,874 ratings
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3.91 avg rating — 233,717 ratings
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3.95 avg rating — 564,291 ratings
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4.04 avg rating — 664,134 ratings
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3.70 avg rating — 249,908 ratings
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3.96 avg rating — 73,553 ratings
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4.47 avg rating — 11,441,183 ratings
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3.85 avg rating — 198,721 ratings
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4.46 avg rating — 1,740,374 ratings
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3.89 avg rating — 1,599,693 ratings
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4.39 avg rating — 2,885,802 ratings
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4.34 avg rating — 628,438 ratings
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3.94 avg rating — 156,733 ratings
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4.43 avg rating — 501,360 ratings
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3.67 avg rating — 70,628 ratings
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4.30 avg rating — 171,583 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 197,245 ratings
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4.22 avg rating — 49,002 ratings
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3.81 avg rating — 1,874,866 ratings
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4.02 avg rating — 118,881 ratings
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4.18 avg rating — 3,453,040 ratings
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4.21 avg rating — 475,935 ratings
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4.35 avg rating — 9,936,495 ratings
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4.39 avg rating — 4,117,631 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 225,885 ratings
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4.01 avg rating — 138,385 ratings
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3.79 avg rating — 175,282 ratings
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