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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 220 times as best)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,547,352 ratings — published 1997
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 205 times as best)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,566,000 ratings — published 1948
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 194 times as best)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,035,917 ratings — published 2008
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 193 times as best)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,965,286 ratings — published 1960
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 151 times as best)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,911,985 ratings — published 1999
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 147 times as best)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,876,737 ratings — published 1813
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 147 times as best)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,150,803 ratings — published 2007
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 143 times as best)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,913,396 ratings — published 2005
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as best)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,054,088 ratings — published 2011
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 132 times as best)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,695,923 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 126 times as best)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,839,608 ratings — published 2003
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 125 times as best)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,095,127 ratings — published 2007
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 124 times as best)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,203,694 ratings — published 2017
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 124 times as best)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,248,021 ratings — published 2000
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 122 times as best)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,173,090 ratings — published 2015
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 121 times as best)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,520,891 ratings — published 1943
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as best)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,531,646 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 118 times as best)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,553,546 ratings — published 1998
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as best)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,059,652 ratings — published 1992
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as best)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,119,795 ratings — published 1967
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as best)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,931,536 ratings — published 1951
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as best)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,105,779 ratings — published 1866
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 106 times as best)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,777,261 ratings — published 2012
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as best)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,992,651 ratings — published 1925
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 103 times as best)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,291,188 ratings — published 2016
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 101 times as best)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,216,256 ratings — published 2009
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as best)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,631,764 ratings — published 1988
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 99 times as best)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,683,515 ratings — published 2023
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as best)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,920,062 ratings — published 1890
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 98 times as best)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,761,701 ratings — published 1996
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as best)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,638,007 ratings — published 1945
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as best)
avg rating 4.27 — 955,323 ratings — published 2015
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 96 times as best)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,483,697 ratings — published 1985
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 93 times as best)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,024,071 ratings — published 1999
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as best)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,510,202 ratings — published 1937
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as best)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,353,836 ratings — published 1847
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 86 times as best)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,695,042 ratings — published 2016
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as best)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,762,358 ratings — published 2007
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 85 times as best)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,481,573 ratings — published 2005
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 82 times as best)
avg rating 4.49 — 1,010,871 ratings — published 2006
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as best)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,007,751 ratings — published 2014
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 80 times as best)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,475,258 ratings — published 2005
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 79 times as best)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,416,070 ratings — published 2011
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 76 times as best)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,337,493 ratings — published 2015
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 76 times as best)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,035,946 ratings — published 1979
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as best)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,284,066 ratings — published 2011
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as best)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,440,612 ratings — published 1942
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
by (shelved 74 times as best)
avg rating 4.66 — 689,248 ratings — published 2010
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as best)
avg rating 4.28 — 430,204 ratings — published 1967
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