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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,801,125 ratings — published 1949
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,149,546 ratings — published 1960
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,577,372 ratings — published 1985
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,026,618 ratings — published 1951
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,327,315 ratings — published 1963
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,168,048 ratings — published 1925
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,990,862 ratings — published 2005
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,625,174 ratings — published 2003
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,533,548 ratings — published 1969
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,009,816 ratings — published 1963
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,840,704 ratings — published 1945
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,329,615 ratings — published 1954
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 907,041 ratings — published 1961
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,138,754 ratings — published 1992
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,158,083 ratings — published 1967
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,163,622 ratings — published 1932
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,775,115 ratings — published 1988
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 28 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.87 — 983,511 ratings — published 1955
Yol (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,095,363 ratings — published 2006
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,914,459 ratings — published 1993
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,966,875 ratings — published 1937
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.85 — 921,098 ratings — published 2005
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,081,797 ratings — published 1999
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,543,784 ratings — published 1942
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,875,772 ratings — published 1997
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,699,106 ratings — published 1967
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 797,864 ratings — published 1962
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 795,152 ratings — published 1962
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,791,774 ratings — published 2001
Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.96 — 580,544 ratings — published 2001
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,149,483 ratings — published 1997
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,576,502 ratings — published 1915
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,384,109 ratings — published 1952
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.46 — 750,943 ratings — published 1952
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 517,787 ratings — published 1987
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,638,709 ratings — published 2003
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.25 — 774,003 ratings — published 1938
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 572,006 ratings — published 1984
Love in the Time of Cholera (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.94 — 565,155 ratings — published 1985
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 775,680 ratings — published 1982
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,032,650 ratings — published 1939
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.25 — 850,822 ratings — published 1966
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,653,702 ratings — published 1937
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 389,663 ratings — published 1989
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.85 — 257,958 ratings — published 1958
Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.34 — 308,621 ratings — published 1956
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.04 — 590,002 ratings — published 1985
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 3.80 — 384,502 ratings — published 1991
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.09 — 759,628 ratings — published 1966
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as contemporary-classics)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,021,023 ratings — published 2015
