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The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 4242 times as literature)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,147,827 ratings — published 1925
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 4101 times as literature)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,771,489 ratings — published 1949
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 3884 times as literature)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,128,464 ratings — published 1960
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3765 times as literature)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,815,511 ratings — published 1945
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3612 times as literature)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,014,523 ratings — published 1813
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 3204 times as literature)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,015,513 ratings — published 1951
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 2982 times as literature)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,160,189 ratings — published 1866
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 2691 times as literature)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,954,677 ratings — published 1937
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 2681 times as literature)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,318,527 ratings — published 1954
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 2636 times as literature)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,006,601 ratings — published 1890
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 2634 times as literature)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,416,594 ratings — published 1847
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 2592 times as literature)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,529,947 ratings — published 1942
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 2526 times as literature)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,155,995 ratings — published 1932
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 2509 times as literature)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,296,390 ratings — published 1847
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 2477 times as literature)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,005,527 ratings — published 1818
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2343 times as literature)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,563,331 ratings — published 1915
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2268 times as literature)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,377,825 ratings — published 1952
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2208 times as literature)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,994,693 ratings — published 1963
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 2176 times as literature)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,287,689 ratings — published -800
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2162 times as literature)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,152,934 ratings — published 1967
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 2077 times as literature)
avg rating 4.40 — 415,753 ratings — published 1879
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 2040 times as literature)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,354,400 ratings — published 1885
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 2037 times as literature)
avg rating 4.11 — 969,051 ratings — published 1878
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 1970 times as literature)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,529,049 ratings — published 1969
A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 1943 times as literature)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,034,766 ratings — published 1859
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1902 times as literature)
avg rating 3.87 — 979,791 ratings — published 1955
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1877 times as literature)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,892,746 ratings — published 1590
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 1830 times as literature)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,085,312 ratings — published 1846
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 1814 times as literature)
avg rating 3.57 — 635,802 ratings — published 1851
Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 1783 times as literature)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,091,656 ratings — published 1601
Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 1769 times as literature)
avg rating 3.80 — 895,746 ratings — published 1861
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1754 times as literature)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,028,824 ratings — published 1939
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 1696 times as literature)
avg rating 4.17 — 378,403 ratings — published 1868
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 1681 times as literature)
avg rating 3.43 — 576,062 ratings — published 1899
The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 1619 times as literature)
avg rating 3.44 — 942,571 ratings — published 1850
The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1589 times as literature)
avg rating 3.94 — 537,831 ratings — published -750
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1580 times as literature)
avg rating 3.99 — 905,244 ratings — published 1961
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1575 times as literature)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,564,201 ratings — published 1985
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 1567 times as literature)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,543,479 ratings — published 1897
Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
by (shelved 1566 times as literature)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,340,809 ratings — published 1811
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1547 times as literature)
avg rating 4.09 — 917,464 ratings — published 1922
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1518 times as literature)
avg rating 4.22 — 866,069 ratings — published 1862
Don Quixote (Paperback)
by (shelved 1498 times as literature)
avg rating 3.92 — 315,784 ratings — published 1605
Macbeth: Moment by Moment (Paperback)
by (shelved 1493 times as literature)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,057,162 ratings — published 1623
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 1474 times as literature)
avg rating 4.46 — 729,239 ratings — published 1952
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 1469 times as literature)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,758,200 ratings — published 1988
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 1458 times as literature)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,544,425 ratings — published 1868
Emma (Paperback)
by (shelved 1457 times as literature)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,024,080 ratings — published 1815
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1407 times as literature)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,610,836 ratings — published 1943
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 1372 times as literature)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,317,566 ratings — published 1963
“Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.”
― Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
― Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
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