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Animal Farm
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4.02 avg rating — 4,579,782 ratings
"Probably one of the most important books I've ever read and still valid today."
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Pride and Prejudice
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4.30 avg rating — 4,827,027 ratings
"So beautifully written you can almost feel the muslin dresses."
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rated it 5 stars
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The Great Gatsby
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3.93 avg rating — 5,941,283 ratings
"Sumptuously written about a long gone hedonistic existence. I loved it from the first page."
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rated it 5 stars
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Memoirs of a Geisha
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4.16 avg rating — 2,114,060 ratings
"Gave great insight into the life of the Geisha."
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The Color Purple
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4.28 avg rating — 754,444 ratings
"A strong, colourful story, amazing characters, it made me both laugh and cry."
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rated it 5 stars
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A Christmas Carol
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4.09 avg rating — 942,628 ratings
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rated it 5 stars
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Anna Karenina
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4.10 avg rating — 935,403 ratings
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rated it 5 stars
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The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9)
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4.36 avg rating — 157,329 ratings
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
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4.30 avg rating — 583,292 ratings
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rated it 5 stars
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The Iliad
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3.93 avg rating — 511,790 ratings
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The Velveteen Rabbit
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4.31 avg rating — 273,520 ratings
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Rebecca
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4.25 avg rating — 725,092 ratings
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The Name of the Rose
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4.14 avg rating — 396,691 ratings
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The Canterbury Tales
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3.53 avg rating — 238,342 ratings
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The Crucible
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3.61 avg rating — 465,581 ratings
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
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4.45 avg rating — 164,975 ratings
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rated it 4 stars
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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 213,124 ratings
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rated it 5 stars
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The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
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4.35 avg rating — 833,604 ratings
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rated it 4 stars
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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4.45 avg rating — 2,742,778 ratings
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Emma
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4.05 avg rating — 987,468 ratings
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
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4.26 avg rating — 102,752 ratings
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The Wind in the Willows
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4.02 avg rating — 241,423 ratings
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Sophie’s Choice
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4.17 avg rating — 94,602 ratings
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rated it 2 stars
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles
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3.84 avg rating — 303,307 ratings
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All Creatures Great and Small / All Things Bright and Beautiful
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4.34 avg rating — 15,740 ratings
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Death of a Salesman
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3.59 avg rating — 259,763 ratings
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Dead Poets Society
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4.17 avg rating — 156,505 ratings
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Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
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4.21 avg rating — 286,398 ratings
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Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
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4.41 avg rating — 213,379 ratings
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rated it 5 stars
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Beowulf
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3.50 avg rating — 348,661 ratings
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The Iliad / The Odyssey
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4.07 avg rating — 84,119 ratings
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Antigone (Theban Plays, #3)
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3.68 avg rating — 177,629 ratings
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The Thorn Birds
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4.25 avg rating — 365,358 ratings
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rated it 5 stars
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David Copperfield
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4.04 avg rating — 259,473 ratings
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rated it 5 stars
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
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3.93 avg rating — 782,458 ratings
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rated it 4 stars
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The French Lieutenant’s Woman
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3.88 avg rating — 55,632 ratings
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rated it 4 stars
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Treasure Island
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3.85 avg rating — 542,202 ratings
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The Aeneid
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3.87 avg rating — 143,938 ratings
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rated it 5 stars
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King Lear
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3.91 avg rating — 238,095 ratings
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The Horse Whisperer
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3.86 avg rating — 61,810 ratings
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The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
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4.09 avg rating — 514,128 ratings
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Far From the Madding Crowd
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3.97 avg rating — 166,734 ratings
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rated it 5 stars
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A Room with a View
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3.89 avg rating — 202,251 ratings
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rated it 5 stars
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Vanity Fair
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3.81 avg rating — 133,324 ratings
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rated it 3 stars
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World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
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4.33 avg rating — 276,862 ratings
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A Passage to India
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3.68 avg rating — 86,050 ratings
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Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
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3.92 avg rating — 39,539 ratings
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The Waste Land
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4.11 avg rating — 59,381 ratings
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Love Story (Love Story, #1)
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3.65 avg rating — 64,481 ratings
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All the President’s Men
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4.18 avg rating — 58,070 ratings
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rated it 4 stars
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Brideshead Revisited
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 127,032 ratings
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rated it 5 stars
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
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3.87 avg rating — 66,245 ratings
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Doctor Zhivago
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4.01 avg rating — 103,289 ratings
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rated it 5 stars
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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
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4.17 avg rating — 220,230 ratings
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rated it 4 stars
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The Tempest
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3.78 avg rating — 228,052 ratings
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The Night Before Christmas
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4.40 avg rating — 128,391 ratings
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All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)
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4.36 avg rating — 158,880 ratings
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All Things Bright and Beautiful (All Creatures Great and Small, #3-4)
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4.36 avg rating — 83,366 ratings
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Jaws (Jaws, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 179,769 ratings
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Villette
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3.78 avg rating — 80,944 ratings
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Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)
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4.38 avg rating — 396,073 ratings
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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Adrian Mole, #1)
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3.88 avg rating — 51,966 ratings
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The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers
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4.26 avg rating — 28,892 ratings
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Bel-Ami
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3.86 avg rating — 49,317 ratings
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Chesapeake
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4.22 avg rating — 27,394 ratings
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Eye of the Needle
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4.22 avg rating — 170,171 ratings
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The Woman in White
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4.01 avg rating — 166,521 ratings
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Out of Africa / Shadows on the Grass
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4.20 avg rating — 11,865 ratings
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Rising Sun
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3.66 avg rating — 54,205 ratings
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
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3.91 avg rating — 12,185 ratings
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