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3.30 avg rating — 22,037 ratings

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3.42 avg rating — 6,849 ratings

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3.86 avg rating — 18,299 ratings

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3.76 avg rating — 301,221 ratings

""Satire at it’s finest.""

3.74 avg rating — 576 ratings

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3.90 avg rating — 26,833 ratings

""Written by the mastermind behind the Stanford Prison Project. A fascinating study on human behavior.""

4.01 avg rating — 854,856 ratings

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3.87 avg rating — 39,559 ratings

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3.90 avg rating — 24,310 ratings

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4.23 avg rating — 328,675 ratings

""Words to live by.""

4.15 avg rating — 436,597 ratings

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3.94 avg rating — 570,247 ratings

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4.09 avg rating — 265,919 ratings

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4.33 avg rating — 2,472,436 ratings

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4.21 avg rating — 216,980 ratings

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3.89 avg rating — 337,209 ratings

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3.80 avg rating — 361,589 ratings

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4.11 avg rating — 543,163 ratings

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4.02 avg rating — 166,882 ratings

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3.89 avg rating — 297,754 ratings

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4.33 avg rating — 1,108,099 ratings

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4.18 avg rating — 337,670 ratings

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