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The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,147,995 ratings — published 1925
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,128,643 ratings — published 1960
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,015,596 ratings — published 1951
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,954,776 ratings — published 1937
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,544,465 ratings — published 1868
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,994,813 ratings — published 1963
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,377,879 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 — 1,354,415 ratings — published 1885
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,317,632 ratings — published 1963
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 46 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,585,817 ratings — published 2003
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,529,087 ratings — published 1969
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,287,901 ratings — published 2008
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.46 — 729,388 ratings — published 1952
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,028,850 ratings — published 1939
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,887,162 ratings — published 2012
Yol (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,089,587 ratings — published 2006
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 39 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,337,908 ratings — published 2009
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 38 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,878,251 ratings — published 2010
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.20 — 796,330 ratings — published 1962
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,127,107 ratings — published 1992
On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.61 — 460,601 ratings — published 1957
The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.44 — 942,592 ratings — published 1850
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.68 — 7,516,982 ratings — published 2005
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,046,363 ratings — published 1876
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,819,094 ratings — published 1996
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,074,972 ratings — published 1999
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.09 — 756,598 ratings — published 1966
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.57 — 635,820 ratings — published 1851
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,462,239 ratings — published 2000
Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,272,113 ratings — published 1936
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,711,296 ratings — published 1965
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.99 — 905,261 ratings — published 1961
The Sound and the Fury (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.86 — 201,828 ratings — published 1929
As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.72 — 194,639 ratings — published 1930
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.99 — 327,861 ratings — published 1940
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,906,502 ratings — published 1993
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.28 — 773,673 ratings — published 1982
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.99 — 515,118 ratings — published 1987
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,084,996 ratings — published 2013
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.18 — 664,746 ratings — published 1996
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,442,672 ratings — published 2017
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,185,404 ratings — published 2011
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,146,375 ratings — published 1997
The Sun Also Rises (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.78 — 511,790 ratings — published 1926
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,477,939 ratings — published 2018
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,099,865 ratings — published 2009
A Farewell to Arms (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.82 — 367,565 ratings — published 1929
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,770,626 ratings — published 1977
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.99 — 885,248 ratings — published 1974
Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, #3)
by (shelved 24 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,040,844 ratings — published 2007
“A blade of grass is the journeywork of the stars”
― Leaves of Grass
― Leaves of Grass
“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
