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by (shelved 898 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,365,009 ratings — published 1949
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 875 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,799,019 ratings — published 1960
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 812 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,469,499 ratings — published 1945
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 793 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,855,341 ratings — published 1951
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 773 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,835,564 ratings — published 1925
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 678 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,382,375 ratings — published 1985
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 667 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,195,409 ratings — published 1963
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 640 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,787,186 ratings — published 1953
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 605 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,165,128 ratings — published 1954
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 549 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.87 — 935,556 ratings — published 1955
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 547 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,799,366 ratings — published 1937
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 505 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,053,333 ratings — published 1932
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 471 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,470,715 ratings — published 1969
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 466 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 763,541 ratings — published 1962
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 441 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,366,311 ratings — published 1942
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 439 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,091,326 ratings — published 1967
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 418 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 881,785 ratings — published 1961
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 371 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.15 — 999,606 ratings — published 1992
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 367 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 775,553 ratings — published 1962
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 344 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,294,084 ratings — published 1952
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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 329 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.25 — 709,623 ratings — published 1938
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 316 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 985,433 ratings — published 1939
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 312 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,846,022 ratings — published 2005
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 311 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 746,802 ratings — published 1982
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On the Road On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 311 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.61 — 444,847 ratings — published 1957
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East of Eden East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 303 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.44 — 624,263 ratings — published 1952
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Mrs. Dalloway Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 299 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.78 — 351,647 ratings — published 1925
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 295 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,512,712 ratings — published 1988
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 286 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.98 — 485,336 ratings — published 1987
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 256 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,455,460 ratings — published 2003
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 254 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,411,601 ratings — published 1937
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Giovanni’s Room Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 249 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.34 — 242,655 ratings — published 1956
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 247 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,390,842 ratings — published 1915
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In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 239 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.09 — 722,121 ratings — published 1966
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 238 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.91 — 288,870 ratings — published 1962
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To the Lighthouse To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 237 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 212,258 ratings — published 1927
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 227 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.85 — 250,060 ratings — published 1958
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The Remains of the Day The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 222 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 353,975 ratings — published 1989
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Love in the Time of Cholera Love in the Time of Cholera (Paperback)
by (shelved 221 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.94 — 542,881 ratings — published 1985
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 220 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,141,934 ratings — published 1947
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The Master and Margarita The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 220 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 413,336 ratings — published 1967
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 218 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.74 — 409,046 ratings — published 1958
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 217 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,997,680 ratings — published 1979
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The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 211 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 386,280 ratings — published 1959
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The Outsiders The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 207 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,574,459 ratings — published 1967
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 206 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,109,491 ratings — published 1954
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 205 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.11 — 536,940 ratings — published 1984
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Wide Sargasso Sea Wide Sargasso Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 199 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.59 — 105,761 ratings — published 1966
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 193 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,262,585 ratings — published 1997
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The Trial The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 188 times as modern-classics)
avg rating 3.94 — 388,211 ratings — published 1925
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Sylvia Plath
“In the infinitesimal glow of the stars,
the trees and flowers were strewing
their cool odos. There was no moon.”
Sylvia Plath

Harper Lee
“…some people have more opportunity because they’re born with it…”
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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