Listopia > Ashley's votes on the list Best Books Ever (30 Books)
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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"second fave of the entire series; at this point we're familiar with nearly all the main characters"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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"naturally profound; makes a person question their values without even realizing it until the book is done"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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The Book Thief
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"easily one of the most descriptive books I've ever had the pleasure of reading; great characterizations for everyone involved"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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The Alchemist
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"this book is more than just a story about life, it gives life a story"
Ashley
rated it 4 stars
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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"after reading Kite Runner three times I didn't know how well another book by the same author would go for me, but I loved this book just as much if not more"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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The Kite Runner
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"one of those books that always stays with you"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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"read this book in high school (approx. 8 years ago) and the ending still haunts me. enough said."
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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The Poisonwood Bible
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"read this book in middle school with no idea of what it would be about or if I would even enjoy it. the characters are so relatable, so /real/, and it was interesting to learn about an era of world history I had previously had no knowledge of."
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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Great Expectations
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"Pip is my boy"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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Animal Farm
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"talking animals staging a revolution? count me in."
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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Matilda
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"second only to Hermione Granger in my heart"
Ashley
rated it 4 stars
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The Secret Life of Bees
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"this book taught me about bees as well as about life"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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"this book will always have a special place in my heart"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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"the end of the series that dominated and defined my childhood"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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"this book helped me be okay with the deaths of immediate family as well as just being intimately poignant"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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Holes (Holes, #1)
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"the first book I ever read in school. Stanley Yelnats and Zero were my heroes."
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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"fave shakespeare play tbh"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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The Joy Luck Club
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"I remember being assigned this book and expecting to hate it but ending up really enjoying it and then going on to read all her other works"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
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"so much better than The Hunger Games"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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The Wind in the Willows
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"this book has a special place in my heart; the first "big book" I read as a kid"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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A Light in the Attic
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"first book of poems I ever read"
Ashley
rated it 4 stars
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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"I love Sherlock Holmes"
Ashley
added it to to-read
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Gulliver’s Travels
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"it was fun"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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Fangirl
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"soooo easy to relate to and an interesting look into the world from a fangirl's POV"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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Eleanor & Park
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"EASILY one of my favorite books in the entire world of literature"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)
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"great series, but the first one is definitely my favorite of the three"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
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"this entire series"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
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"my favorite poet"
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added it to to-read
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
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"wonderful series"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)
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"a series I just couldn't put down"
Ashley
rated it 5 stars
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