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The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,899,634 ratings — published 1925
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,867,222 ratings — published 1960
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,885,403 ratings — published 1951
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 56 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,826,449 ratings — published 1953
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,454,071 ratings — published 1868
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,308,775 ratings — published 1952
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 53 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,335,768 ratings — published 1885
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,828,088 ratings — published 1937
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,480,505 ratings — published 1969
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,215,361 ratings — published 1963
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,880,490 ratings — published 2008
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 43 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,519,264 ratings — published 2003
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.44 — 635,121 ratings — published 1952
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.03 — 992,397 ratings — published 1939
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 39 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,141,500 ratings — published 2009
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,710,558 ratings — published 2012
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 37 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,707,939 ratings — published 2010
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,033,437 ratings — published 2006
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,016,882 ratings — published 1876
On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.61 — 447,461 ratings — published 1957
The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.44 — 918,084 ratings — published 1850
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.20 — 778,969 ratings — published 1962
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,022,015 ratings — published 1992
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.57 — 614,855 ratings — published 1851
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.67 — 7,296,866 ratings — published 2005
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.09 — 727,772 ratings — published 1966
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,729,031 ratings — published 1996
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,392,763 ratings — published 2000
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,996,155 ratings — published 1999
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,622,270 ratings — published 1965
Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,255,757 ratings — published 1936
As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.72 — 186,659 ratings — published 1930
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,801,099 ratings — published 1993
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.28 — 751,009 ratings — published 1982
The Sound and the Fury (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.86 — 195,751 ratings — published 1929
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.98 — 489,460 ratings — published 1987
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.99 — 317,627 ratings — published 1940
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.99 — 885,591 ratings — published 1961
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,107,850 ratings — published 1997
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,015,146 ratings — published 2009
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,037,807 ratings — published 2013
The Sun Also Rises (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.79 — 492,994 ratings — published 1926
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.18 — 641,873 ratings — published 1996
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,341,361 ratings — published 2018
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,973,100 ratings — published 2011
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,069,927 ratings — published 2017
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,702,325 ratings — published 1977
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.99 — 385,779 ratings — published 1937
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,282,925 ratings — published 1962
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.62 — 2,123,714 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
