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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,495,678 ratings — published 1948
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,911,778 ratings — published 1960
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,438,276 ratings — published 1985
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,906,063 ratings — published 1951
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,941,283 ratings — published 1925
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,231,209 ratings — published 1963
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,505,756 ratings — published 2003
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 37 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,853,975 ratings — published 1953
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 37 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,890,162 ratings — published 2005
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,487,728 ratings — published 1969
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,579,807 ratings — published 1945
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,211,860 ratings — published 1954
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 888,568 ratings — published 1961
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,108,142 ratings — published 1967
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.85 — 860,033 ratings — published 2005
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,588,883 ratings — published 1988
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,818,399 ratings — published 1993
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,085,407 ratings — published 1932
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,848,096 ratings — published 1937
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,038,063 ratings — published 1992
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,413,383 ratings — published 1942
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.87 — 949,291 ratings — published 1955
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,042,062 ratings — published 2006
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,458,885 ratings — published 1997
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,612,585 ratings — published 1967
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,008,575 ratings — published 1999
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 781,743 ratings — published 1962
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 772,261 ratings — published 1962
Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.95 — 564,930 ratings — published 2001
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,757,283 ratings — published 2001
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,114,060 ratings — published 1997
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,601,202 ratings — published 2003
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,319,202 ratings — published 1952
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,439,834 ratings — published 1915
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.25 — 725,096 ratings — published 1938
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.11 — 546,555 ratings — published 1984
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.24 — 799,504 ratings — published 1966
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 754,444 ratings — published 1982
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.44 — 644,491 ratings — published 1952
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.04 — 556,870 ratings — published 1985
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,470,645 ratings — published 1937
Love in the Time of Cholera (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.94 — 548,509 ratings — published 1985
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 997,500 ratings — published 1939
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.85 — 252,246 ratings — published 1958
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 362,282 ratings — published 1989
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.98 — 492,574 ratings — published 1987
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.09 — 732,248 ratings — published 1966
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,022,229 ratings — published 1979
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.18 — 645,225 ratings — published 1996
American Psycho (Vintage Contemporaries)
by (shelved 16 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.80 — 364,340 ratings — published 1991










