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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as important)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,756,222 ratings — published 1949
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as important)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,042,647 ratings — published 2017
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as important)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,802,259 ratings — published 1945
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as important)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,557,507 ratings — published 1985
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as important)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,327,703 ratings — published 1947
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as important)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,116,943 ratings — published 1960
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as important)
avg rating 4.40 — 376,067 ratings — published 2015
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as important)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,986,674 ratings — published 1963
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as important)
avg rating 4.37 — 936,953 ratings — published 1946
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as important)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,401,913 ratings — published 1956
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 38 times as important)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,976,407 ratings — published 2005
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as important)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,151,873 ratings — published 1932
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 36 times as important)
avg rating 4.39 — 341,457 ratings — published 2012
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as important)
avg rating 4.52 — 120,420 ratings — published 2010
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as important)
avg rating 4.28 — 772,596 ratings — published 1982
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as important)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,312,335 ratings — published 1963
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as important)
avg rating 3.99 — 513,783 ratings — published 1987
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as important)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,155,735 ratings — published 1866
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as important)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,009,525 ratings — published 1951
So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as important)
avg rating 4.48 — 108,738 ratings — published 2018
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as important)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,327,476 ratings — published 2011
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 30 times as important)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,419,131 ratings — published 2018
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as important)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,748,938 ratings — published 1988
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as important)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,137,029 ratings — published 1925
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as important)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,603,636 ratings — published 1943
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as important)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,192,973 ratings — published 1936
How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as important)
avg rating 4.36 — 120,993 ratings — published 2019
Know My Name (ebook)
by (shelved 27 times as important)
avg rating 4.67 — 274,310 ratings — published 2019
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
by (shelved 27 times as important)
avg rating 4.16 — 174,400 ratings — published 2018
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as important)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,071,279 ratings — published 1999
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as important)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,552,453 ratings — published 1915
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as important)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,312,783 ratings — published 1954
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as important)
avg rating 4.35 — 66,147 ratings — published 2020
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as important)
avg rating 4.27 — 381,299 ratings — published 180
Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as important)
avg rating 4.62 — 271,996 ratings — published 2014
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as important)
avg rating 4.16 — 615,979 ratings — published 2011
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as important)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,095,479 ratings — published 2009
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as important)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,999,502 ratings — published 1890
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as important)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,608,005 ratings — published 2003
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as important)
avg rating 4.37 — 102,202 ratings — published 2017
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as important)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,971,014 ratings — published 2018
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as important)
avg rating 4.16 — 843,221 ratings — published 1989
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as important)
avg rating 4.06 — 644,416 ratings — published 1999
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as important)
avg rating 4.52 — 167,915 ratings — published 2020
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as important)
avg rating 4.33 — 181,863 ratings — published 2019
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as important)
avg rating 4.30 — 597,818 ratings — published 1969
The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as important)
avg rating 3.70 — 209,474 ratings — published 1848
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as important)
avg rating 4.16 — 638,939 ratings — published 2012
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as important)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,901,796 ratings — published 1993
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 22 times as important)
avg rating 3.87 — 977,831 ratings — published 1955
“The sun will rise no matter what pain we encounter. No matter how much we believe the world to be over, the sun will rise.”
― After I Do
― After I Do
“Because sometimes when someone is telling you something really important, it’s best to just let there be silence, to really think about what they’re saying. A lot of times people think they have to say something all insightful or wise or something to try and make the person feel better. But really, sometimes silence is best.”
― The Thing About the Truth
― The Thing About the Truth
