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The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,887,657 ratings — published 1925
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,854,360 ratings — published 1960
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,880,009 ratings — published 1951
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 58 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,819,589 ratings — published 1953
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,306,416 ratings — published 1952
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 55 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,335,196 ratings — published 1885
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,449,984 ratings — published 1868
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,823,078 ratings — published 1937
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,478,964 ratings — published 1969
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,212,154 ratings — published 1963
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,859,916 ratings — published 2008
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,516,863 ratings — published 2003
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.03 — 991,344 ratings — published 1939
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.44 — 633,489 ratings — published 1952
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 39 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,133,654 ratings — published 2009
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,031,791 ratings — published 2006
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,700,167 ratings — published 2012
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 37 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,701,133 ratings — published 2010
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,015,741 ratings — published 1876
On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.61 — 447,089 ratings — published 1957
The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.44 — 917,111 ratings — published 1850
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.20 — 778,451 ratings — published 1962
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.57 — 614,317 ratings — published 1851
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.09 — 726,822 ratings — published 1966
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,018,844 ratings — published 1992
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.67 — 7,284,638 ratings — published 2005
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,389,407 ratings — published 2000
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,725,762 ratings — published 1996
Dune (Dune #1)
by (shelved 32 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,619,568 ratings — published 1965
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,993,008 ratings — published 1999
Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,255,220 ratings — published 1936
As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.72 — 186,471 ratings — published 1930
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,796,533 ratings — published 1993
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.28 — 750,337 ratings — published 1982
The Sound and the Fury (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.86 — 195,615 ratings — published 1929
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.98 — 488,937 ratings — published 1987
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.99 — 317,357 ratings — published 1940
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.99 — 885,042 ratings — published 1961
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,106,321 ratings — published 1997
The Sun Also Rises (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.79 — 492,499 ratings — published 1926
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,011,110 ratings — published 2009
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,036,394 ratings — published 2013
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.18 — 641,238 ratings — published 1996
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,338,252 ratings — published 2018
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.92 — 242,314 ratings — published 1852
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,966,505 ratings — published 2011
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.99 — 385,441 ratings — published 1937
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.15 — 436,002 ratings — published 1963
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,281,645 ratings — published 1962
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.62 — 2,121,223 ratings — published 2006
“Millennials: We lost the genetic lottery. We graduated high school into terrorist attacks and wars. We graduated college into a recession and mounds of debt. We will never acquire the financial cushion, employment stability, and material possessions of our parents. We are often more educated, experienced, informed, and digitally fluent than prior generations, yet are constantly haunted by the trauma of coming of age during the detonation of the societal structure we were born into. But perhaps we are overlooking the silver lining. We will have less money to buy the material possessions that entrap us. We will have more compassion and empathy because our struggles have taught us that even the most privileged can fall from grace. We will have the courage to pursue our dreams because we have absolutely nothing to lose. We will experience the world through backpacking, couch surfing, and carrying on interesting conversations with adventurers in hostels because our bank accounts can't supply the Americanized resorts. Our hardships will obligate us to develop spiritual and intellectual substance. Maybe having roommates and buying our clothes at thrift stores isn't so horrible as long as we are making a point to pursue genuine happiness.”
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“اصولا بچه های طبیعی در ایتالیای عصر رنسانس زیاد بودند و بعضی از آنها کارهای بزرگی انجام دادند. علتش این بود که در عصر رنسانس مردم ناگهان متوجه شدند که امکانات زندگی کردن خیلی بیش از آن است که خیال می کرده اند؛ و اگر آدم آن طور که دلش می خواهد زندگی کند، اتفاق خاصی نمی افتد. به همین جهت گروه کثیری از مردم آن طور که دلشان می خواست زندگی کردند؛ در نتیجه بچه های طبیعی مثل شقایق که در صحرا می روید در سراسر ایتالیا پدیدار شدند. این تمایل مردم ایتالیا در آن دوره به زندگی دلخواه همان چیزی است که به (( روح رنسانس)) معروف است.”
― The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody: Great Figures of History Hilariously Humbled
― The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody: Great Figures of History Hilariously Humbled
