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The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,032,683 ratings — published 1925
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,007,572 ratings — published 1960
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,954,685 ratings — published 1951
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,916,252 ratings — published 1953
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,343,818 ratings — published 1952
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,503,568 ratings — published 1868
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 53 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,345,704 ratings — published 1885
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,893,800 ratings — published 1937
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,268,696 ratings — published 1963
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,505,734 ratings — published 1969
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,101,939 ratings — published 2008
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 43 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,556,664 ratings — published 2003
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.45 — 672,373 ratings — published 1952
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,010,578 ratings — published 1939
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,805,043 ratings — published 2012
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 39 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,249,130 ratings — published 2009
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,063,668 ratings — published 2006
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 37 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,801,668 ratings — published 2010
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.20 — 788,616 ratings — published 1962
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,077,444 ratings — published 1992
On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.61 — 454,422 ratings — published 1957
Twilight (Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.68 — 7,415,388 ratings — published 2005
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,032,736 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 — 2,776,243 ratings — published 1996
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.57 — 625,803 ratings — published 1851
The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.44 — 931,658 ratings — published 1850
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.09 — 743,712 ratings — published 1966
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,668,951 ratings — published 1965
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,430,060 ratings — published 2000
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,036,133 ratings — published 1999
Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,264,702 ratings — published 1936
As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.72 — 190,609 ratings — published 1930
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.99 — 896,065 ratings — published 1961
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,856,556 ratings — published 1993
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.28 — 763,466 ratings — published 1982
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.98 — 502,379 ratings — published 1987
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.99 — 322,957 ratings — published 1940
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,128,082 ratings — published 1997
The Sound and the Fury (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.86 — 198,792 ratings — published 1929
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,058,621 ratings — published 2009
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,062,694 ratings — published 2013
The Sun Also Rises (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.79 — 502,550 ratings — published 1926
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.18 — 654,124 ratings — published 1996
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,403,645 ratings — published 2018
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,257,537 ratings — published 2017
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,083,672 ratings — published 2011
New Moon (Twilight Saga, #2)
by (shelved 25 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.62 — 2,156,133 ratings — published 2006
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as american-authors)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,739,248 ratings — published 1977
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.99 — 394,331 ratings — published 1937
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as american-authors)
avg rating 3.99 — 864,967 ratings — published 1974
“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
