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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.46 — 98,191 ratings — published 1959
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Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
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avg rating 4.54 — 369,291 ratings — published 2016
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We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
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avg rating 4.27 — 120,735 ratings — published 2016
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Artemis Artemis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 320,529 ratings — published 2017
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
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avg rating 4.08 — 483,751 ratings — published 2006
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Project Hail Mary Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 1,039,445 ratings — published 2021
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The Martian The Martian (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 1,271,991 ratings — published 2011
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Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
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avg rating 4.04 — 114,365 ratings — published 2002
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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 314,641 ratings — published 2011
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The Windup Girl The Windup Girl (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 77,984 ratings — published 2009
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Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3) Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
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avg rating 4.28 — 152,512 ratings — published 2013
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Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
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avg rating 3.89 — 361,355 ratings — published 1984
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Blindsight (Firefall, #1) Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 53,210 ratings — published 2006
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Junky Junky (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 71,012 ratings — published 1953
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Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3) Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
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avg rating 4.41 — 168,346 ratings — published 2010
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Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.30 — 307,564 ratings — published 2018
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Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
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avg rating 4.30 — 170,086 ratings — published 2015
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Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4) Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
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avg rating 4.23 — 126,064 ratings — published 2014
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 376,268 ratings — published 1971
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Aurora Aurora (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 27,610 ratings — published 2015
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Foundation (Foundation, #1) Foundation (Foundation, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 591,696 ratings — published 1951
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Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1) Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
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avg rating 4.23 — 53,576 ratings — published 2004
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Diaspora Diaspora (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 11,051 ratings — published 1997
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Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2) Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
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avg rating 3.96 — 40,742 ratings — published 1993
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Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2) Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
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avg rating 4.05 — 59,992 ratings — published 2019
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For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2) For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)
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avg rating 4.37 — 71,780 ratings — published 2017
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The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2) The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
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avg rating 4.40 — 215,465 ratings — published 2008
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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avg rating 3.93 — 2,508,476 ratings — published 2003
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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avg rating 4.23 — 1,289,261 ratings — published 2011
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Anathem Anathem (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 75,293 ratings — published 2008
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Cryptonomicon Cryptonomicon (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 116,604 ratings — published 1999
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Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 12,254 ratings — published 2001
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Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 182,841 ratings — published 1973
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Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1) Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1)
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avg rating 3.90 — 7,594 ratings — published 1954
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Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
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avg rating 3.99 — 61,315 ratings — published 2000
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Ringworld's Children (Ringworld #4) Ringworld's Children (Ringworld #4)
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avg rating 3.77 — 9,561 ratings — published 2004
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Trainspotting Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 177,747 ratings — published 1993
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.87 — 937,412 ratings — published 1955
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Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4) Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)
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avg rating 4.29 — 35,514 ratings — published 2020
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 862,478 ratings — published 1946
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Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
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avg rating 4.46 — 123,188 ratings — published 2020
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Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
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avg rating 4.24 — 167,030 ratings — published 2018
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Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2) Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
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avg rating 4.25 — 208,417 ratings — published 2018
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 359,575 ratings — published 2017
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Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
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avg rating 4.37 — 147,325 ratings — published 2018
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,025,826 ratings — published 2006
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (ebook)
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avg rating 4.09 — 508,024 ratings — published 1968
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Fate of Worlds (Fleet of Worlds #5; Ringworld #5) Fate of Worlds (Fleet of Worlds #5; Ringworld #5)
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avg rating 3.96 — 2,596 ratings — published 2018
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Being and Time Being and Time (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 27,608 ratings — published 1927
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Hard Times by Charles DickensA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorWhite Fragility by Robin DiAngeloThere Will Come Soft Rains by Ray BradburyMy Life and Hard Times by James Thurber
Hard and Soft
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Finnegans Wake by James JoyceUlysses by James JoycePhenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
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Thomas  Harris
“In her way, she was a hard one. Faith in any sort of natural justice was nothing but a night light; she knew of that. Whatever she did, she would end the same way with everyone does: flat on her back with a tube in her nose, wondering, "Is this all?”
Thomas Harris, Red Dragon

Mitch Albom
“Never tell a child that something it’s too hard”
Mitch Albom, For One More Day

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