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Les Misérables

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"One of the great books of all and a novel steeped in so many ideas. It takes the heart of the gospel and turns it into a grand story!"
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The Picture of Dorian Gray

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"In its portrayal of debauchery it challenges us to not be like Dorian"
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To Kill a Mockingbird

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"A beautiful tale about humanity really..."
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The Lord of the Rings (The ...

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4.54 avg rating — 731,611 ratings
"A grand epic about fantasy creatures - but also about the heroes among us"
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes

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4.51 avg rating — 217,071 ratings
"You can learn plenty from the stories of Sherlock Holmes"
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Pygmalion

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3.89 avg rating — 109,873 ratings
"A play about moral responsibility and language!"
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Father Brown: The Essential...

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3.92 avg rating — 981 ratings
"Full of ideas that are applicable to helping you be a better person. Good books too!"
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The Complete Tales and Poems

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4.40 avg rating — 296,358 ratings
"Poe may have had a twisted sense of imagination but his works are full of inspirational ideas. Inspiration can help uplift people!"
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Paradise Lost

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3.86 avg rating — 182,870 ratings
"An epic of humanity and spirituality. Alongside some beautiful literature work!"
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonde...

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4.06 avg rating — 609,936 ratings
"Logic, insanity and imagination. Inspirational, a little bizarre but one hundred percent full of good ideas for reality."
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Peter Pan (Peter Pan, #2)

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4.03 avg rating — 374,063 ratings
"You'll learn why you should never fully grow up."
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Nineteen Eighty-Four

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4.20 avg rating — 5,475,749 ratings
"Good dystopian novels challenge how we view the world. That's a good thing in my view!"
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Brave New World

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"Challenges us not to be hedonistic and how we let consumerism drive our lives. Powerful."
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Fahrenheit 451

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3.97 avg rating — 2,844,228 ratings
"Shows the power of books, ideas and poetry."
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Lord of the Flies

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3.70 avg rating — 3,205,390 ratings
"Challenges our views on society, humanity and innocence."
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The Great Gatsby

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3.93 avg rating — 5,927,311 ratings
"A book of unlikeable characters that like Dorian teaches us not to be so hedonistic."
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Hamlet

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"It's Shakespeare! What else? Okay it's a play but it comes in a book form!"
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The Merchant of Venice

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Othello

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Much Ado About Nothing

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Macbeth

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King Lear

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Romeo and Juliet

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Frankenstein

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3.91 avg rating — 1,894,845 ratings
"Again, a book about social and moral responsibility."
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Dracula

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4.02 avg rating — 1,479,183 ratings
"Also a book about responsibility. It will make you a better person by also a) making you realise that Twilight is not good vampire fiction and b) help you discover how to kill vampires - very handy!"
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Green Eggs and Ham

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4.32 avg rating — 847,889 ratings
"You'll learn about fine dining. Also about stubbornness, imagination, language and why you should keep part of you as an inner child!"
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