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The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 177 times as historic)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,977,229 ratings — published 2005
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 136 times as historic)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,328,955 ratings — published 1947
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
by (shelved 128 times as historic)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,185,540 ratings — published 1991
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 111 times as historic)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,006,254 ratings — published 1813
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as historic)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,177,121 ratings — published 2011
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
by (shelved 107 times as historic)
avg rating 4.35 — 858,137 ratings — published 1989
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as historic)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,068,583 ratings — published 2014
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as historic)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,376,860 ratings — published 2015
The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1)
by (shelved 80 times as historic)
avg rating 3.79 — 740,420 ratings — published 2000
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as historic)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,119,051 ratings — published 1960
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as historic)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,096,232 ratings — published 2009
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as historic)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,144,831 ratings — published 1997
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as historic)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,412,705 ratings — published 1847
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as historic)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,470,265 ratings — published 2018
The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)
by (shelved 63 times as historic)
avg rating 3.98 — 518,576 ratings — published 2000
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2)
by (shelved 63 times as historic)
avg rating 4.34 — 394,653 ratings — published 1992
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as historic)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,218,105 ratings — published 2018
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as historic)
avg rating 4.14 — 406,928 ratings — published 1980
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as historic)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,428,412 ratings — published 2017
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as historic)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,402,163 ratings — published 1956
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as historic)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,005,329 ratings — published 2006
Voyager (Outlander, #3)
by (shelved 51 times as historic)
avg rating 4.39 — 337,917 ratings — published 1993
Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as historic)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,338,210 ratings — published 1811
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
by (shelved 49 times as historic)
avg rating 4.33 — 284,408 ratings — published 2007
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as historic)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,541,175 ratings — published 1868
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as historic)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,625,790 ratings — published 2020
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as historic)
avg rating 4.33 — 355,567 ratings — published 2005
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 47 times as historic)
avg rating 4.34 — 691,009 ratings — published 2017
An Offer From a Gentleman (Bridgertons, #3)
by (shelved 47 times as historic)
avg rating 3.94 — 447,798 ratings — published 2001
Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4)
by (shelved 47 times as historic)
avg rating 3.87 — 451,996 ratings — published 2002
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as historic)
avg rating 4.20 — 830,898 ratings — published 2008
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as historic)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,291,626 ratings — published 1847
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as historic)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,082,437 ratings — published 1846
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as historic)
avg rating 4.11 — 287,975 ratings — published 1980
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as historic)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,818,317 ratings — published 2024
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as historic)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,139,033 ratings — published 1925
Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as historic)
avg rating 4.13 — 542,030 ratings — published 2022
Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4)
by (shelved 42 times as historic)
avg rating 4.36 — 274,880 ratings — published 1996
Between Shades of Gray (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as historic)
avg rating 4.36 — 287,490 ratings — published 2011
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as historic)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,900,760 ratings — published 2022
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as historic)
avg rating 4.04 — 584,961 ratings — published 1985
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
by (shelved 40 times as historic)
avg rating 4.09 — 519,056 ratings — published 2001
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as historic)
avg rating 4.01 — 147,698 ratings — published 2017
To Sir Phillip, With Love (Bridgertons, #5)
by (shelved 39 times as historic)
avg rating 3.69 — 329,831 ratings — published 2003
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as historic)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,609,069 ratings — published 2003
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as historic)
avg rating 4.31 — 752,008 ratings — published 2001
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as historic)
avg rating 3.94 — 597,340 ratings — published -500
Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as historic)
avg rating 4.35 — 270,525 ratings — published 2016
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 — 782,450 ratings — published 2003
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as historic)
avg rating 4.30 — 889,560 ratings — published 2010
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