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Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12865 times as classic)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,002,229 ratings — published 1813
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 10981 times as classic)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,114,125 ratings — published 1960
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 10772 times as classic)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,134,180 ratings — published 1925
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 9546 times as classic)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,752,473 ratings — published 1949
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 9121 times as classic)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,410,796 ratings — published 1847
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8744 times as classic)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,799,135 ratings — published 1945
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 8270 times as classic)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,289,197 ratings — published 1847
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 7845 times as classic)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,997,840 ratings — published 1890
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 7581 times as classic)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,998,357 ratings — published 1818
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 7335 times as classic)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,539,513 ratings — published 1868
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 7014 times as classic)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,008,042 ratings — published 1951
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 6369 times as classic)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,311,422 ratings — published 1954
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 6187 times as classic)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,946,996 ratings — published 1937
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6105 times as classic)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,984,770 ratings — published 1963
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5982 times as classic)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,888,518 ratings — published 1590
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 5850 times as classic)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,538,910 ratings — published 1897
Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
by (shelved 5607 times as classic)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,337,027 ratings — published 1811
Emma (Paperback)
by (shelved 5501 times as classic)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,021,736 ratings — published 1815
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 5181 times as classic)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,080,975 ratings — published 1846
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 4885 times as classic)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,154,663 ratings — published 1866
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 4851 times as classic)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,353,135 ratings — published 1885
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 4741 times as classic)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,624,558 ratings — published 1937
A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 4605 times as classic)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,033,255 ratings — published 1859
Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 4517 times as classic)
avg rating 4.15 — 808,886 ratings — published 1817
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 4454 times as classic)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,150,902 ratings — published 1932
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 4418 times as classic)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,281,188 ratings — published -800
The Secret Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4287 times as classic)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,337,060 ratings — published 1911
A Christmas Carol (Paperback)
by (shelved 4285 times as classic)
avg rating 4.09 — 962,636 ratings — published 1843
Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 4274 times as classic)
avg rating 3.80 — 894,303 ratings — published 1861
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 4269 times as classic)
avg rating 4.11 — 966,562 ratings — published 1878
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4208 times as classic)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,601,918 ratings — published 1943
The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 3915 times as classic)
avg rating 3.44 — 941,222 ratings — published 1850
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3873 times as classic)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,550,777 ratings — published 1915
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3856 times as classic)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,373,445 ratings — published 1952
Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 3854 times as classic)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,089,195 ratings — published 1601
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
by (shelved 3847 times as classic)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,154,252 ratings — published 1908
Macbeth: Moment by Moment (Paperback)
by (shelved 3548 times as classic)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,054,349 ratings — published 1623
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback)
by (shelved 3456 times as classic)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,044,607 ratings — published 1876
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3427 times as classic)
avg rating 4.22 — 864,740 ratings — published 1862
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3260 times as classic)
avg rating 4.25 — 763,396 ratings — published 1938
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3244 times as classic)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,026,404 ratings — published 1939
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 3211 times as classic)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,521,024 ratings — published 1942
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3196 times as classic)
avg rating 3.83 — 696,416 ratings — published 1886
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3162 times as classic)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,326,054 ratings — published 1947
Northanger Abbey (Paperback)
by (shelved 3142 times as classic)
avg rating 3.85 — 471,087 ratings — published 1817
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 3116 times as classic)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,234,469 ratings — published 1954
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 3031 times as classic)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,311,114 ratings — published 1963
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 3027 times as classic)
avg rating 3.57 — 634,520 ratings — published 1851
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2969 times as classic)
avg rating 3.87 — 977,385 ratings — published 1955
Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 2932 times as classic)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,271,099 ratings — published 1936
“Styles may change, details may come and go, but the broad demands of aesthetic judgement are permanent.”
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“Yea, and if some god shall wreck me in the wine-dark deep,
even so I will endure…
For already have I suffered full much,
and much have I toiled in perils of waves and war.
Let this be added to the tale of those.”
― The Odyssey
even so I will endure…
For already have I suffered full much,
and much have I toiled in perils of waves and war.
Let this be added to the tale of those.”
― The Odyssey
