4.63 avg rating — 3,198,182 ratings

"This is my favorite book. Of all time. I cannot describe in words the perfection of this book. I can only say that it deserves this place, and if you have read it, you know."

4.23 avg rating — 1,301,277 ratings

"The hardest book to face. Reality. I hide in fantasy books, in worlds I dream of, I run from the world through video games, I hide and flee and refuse to believe that this is all there is. But it is. And reality is the only place where we can find true happiness. Because reality is real. And it is all we have."

4.18 avg rating — 91,177 ratings

"The darkness lives inside, but it is overcome and accepted through challenge, experience, and love."

4.52 avg rating — 1,083,198 ratings

"Poetic in its syntax, and ascendant in its meaning, story, and life."

3.93 avg rating — 5,922,910 ratings

"The man who had it all, and yet had nothing in his own eyes. Gatsby. The decay and self-destruction of money, reminding us that true life lies within spiritual and emotional connection with each other, not materialism, physical pleasure, and money lest the world become an emotional wasteland, a valley of ashes, devoid of life."