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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3.83 avg rating — 353,455 ratings
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4.46 avg rating — 838,253 ratings
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3.83 avg rating — 617,668 ratings
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4.07 avg rating — 1,329,198 ratings
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4.31 avg rating — 418,419 ratings
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4.08 avg rating — 474,956 ratings
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4.06 avg rating — 451,092 ratings
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3.96 avg rating — 3,422,668 ratings
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4.01 avg rating — 271,061 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 1,057,148 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 11,475 ratings
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4.05 avg rating — 484,878 ratings
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4.07 avg rating — 627,869 ratings
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4.03 avg rating — 51,514 ratings
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3.98 avg rating — 83,285 ratings
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4.15 avg rating — 3,490,956 ratings
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4.27 avg rating — 960,753 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 12,386 ratings
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3.91 avg rating — 236,284 ratings
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3.95 avg rating — 569,467 ratings
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4.04 avg rating — 667,248 ratings
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3.70 avg rating — 252,134 ratings
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3.96 avg rating — 74,592 ratings
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4.47 avg rating — 11,572,385 ratings
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3.85 avg rating — 200,436 ratings
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4.46 avg rating — 1,767,526 ratings
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3.89 avg rating — 1,611,653 ratings
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4.39 avg rating — 2,919,950 ratings
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4.34 avg rating — 649,647 ratings
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4.01 avg rating — 815,886 ratings
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3.93 avg rating — 166,017 ratings
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4.42 avg rating — 548,704 ratings
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3.67 avg rating — 72,428 ratings
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4.29 avg rating — 175,744 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 201,412 ratings
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4.22 avg rating — 50,069 ratings
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3.81 avg rating — 1,919,149 ratings
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4.02 avg rating — 120,594 ratings
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4.18 avg rating — 3,480,445 ratings
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4.21 avg rating — 511,025 ratings
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4.35 avg rating — 10,059,138 ratings
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4.39 avg rating — 4,222,983 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 230,229 ratings
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4.01 avg rating — 140,854 ratings
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3.79 avg rating — 177,115 ratings
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