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The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 177 times as historic)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,994,177 ratings — published 2005
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 137 times as historic)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,352,028 ratings — published 1947
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
by (shelved 129 times as historic)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,190,964 ratings — published 1991
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as historic)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,041,403 ratings — published 1813
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as historic)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,209,792 ratings — published 2011
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
by (shelved 107 times as historic)
avg rating 4.35 — 863,681 ratings — published 1989
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 100 times as historic)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,082,233 ratings — published 2014
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as historic)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,421,081 ratings — published 2015
The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1)
by (shelved 81 times as historic)
avg rating 3.79 — 744,235 ratings — published 2000
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as historic)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,156,712 ratings — published 1960
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as historic)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,109,771 ratings — published 2009
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as historic)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,150,542 ratings — published 1997
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as historic)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,429,592 ratings — published 1847
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as historic)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,500,507 ratings — published 2018
The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)
by (shelved 64 times as historic)
avg rating 3.98 — 522,040 ratings — published 2000
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2)
by (shelved 63 times as historic)
avg rating 4.34 — 396,357 ratings — published 1992
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as historic)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,226,454 ratings — published 2018
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as historic)
avg rating 4.14 — 409,230 ratings — published 1980
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as historic)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,485,330 ratings — published 2017
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as historic)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,409,960 ratings — published 2012
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as historic)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,011,465 ratings — published 2006
Voyager (Outlander, #3)
by (shelved 51 times as historic)
avg rating 4.39 — 339,266 ratings — published 1993
Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as historic)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,354,334 ratings — published 1811
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
by (shelved 49 times as historic)
avg rating 4.33 — 286,036 ratings — published 2007
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as historic)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,555,522 ratings — published 1868
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 48 times as historic)
avg rating 4.34 — 704,900 ratings — published 2017
An Offer From a Gentleman (Bridgertons, #3)
by (shelved 48 times as historic)
avg rating 3.94 — 450,688 ratings — published 2001
Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4)
by (shelved 48 times as historic)
avg rating 3.87 — 454,766 ratings — published 2002
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as historic)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,645,479 ratings — published 2020
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as historic)
avg rating 4.33 — 357,185 ratings — published 2005
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as historic)
avg rating 4.20 — 834,799 ratings — published 2008
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as historic)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,093,835 ratings — published 1846
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as historic)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,312,690 ratings — published 1847
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as historic)
avg rating 4.11 — 288,847 ratings — published 1980
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as historic)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,857,630 ratings — published 2024
Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as historic)
avg rating 4.12 — 553,965 ratings — published 2022
Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4)
by (shelved 42 times as historic)
avg rating 4.36 — 276,027 ratings — published 1996
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as historic)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,175,392 ratings — published 1925
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as historic)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,919,794 ratings — published 2022
Between Shades of Gray (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as historic)
avg rating 4.36 — 289,772 ratings — published 2011
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
by (shelved 40 times as historic)
avg rating 4.31 — 758,510 ratings — published 2001
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as historic)
avg rating 4.04 — 591,404 ratings — published 1985
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
by (shelved 40 times as historic)
avg rating 4.09 — 520,092 ratings — published 2001
To Sir Phillip, With Love (Bridgertons, #5)
by (shelved 39 times as historic)
avg rating 3.69 — 332,502 ratings — published 2003
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as historic)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,628,761 ratings — published 2003
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as historic)
avg rating 3.94 — 602,457 ratings — published -500
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as historic)
avg rating 4.01 — 147,967 ratings — published 2017
Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as historic)
avg rating 4.35 — 273,613 ratings — published 2016
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as historic)
avg rating 4.30 — 891,850 ratings — published 2010
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as historic)
avg rating 4.00 — 786,816 ratings — published 2003
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