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1984 1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,603,396 ratings — published 1948
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,669,682 ratings — published 1945
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,125,447 ratings — published 1967
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 3,948,669 ratings — published 1951
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 1,481,731 ratings — published 1915
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,115,995 ratings — published 1866
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,456,138 ratings — published 1942
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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avg rating 4.47 — 11,595,906 ratings — published 1997
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,251,775 ratings — published 1954
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,902,167 ratings — published 1813
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,533,672 ratings — published 1937
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 6,994,501 ratings — published 1960
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The Little Prince The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,536,379 ratings — published 1943
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 1,935,507 ratings — published 1890
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 6,020,458 ratings — published 1925
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,654,793 ratings — published 1988
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,112,426 ratings — published 1932
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,487,775 ratings — published 1985
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Norwegian Wood Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.99 — 748,646 ratings — published 1987
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,908,321 ratings — published 1953
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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.43 — 566,490 ratings — published 1899
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.87 — 961,773 ratings — published 1955
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Kafka on the Shore Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.11 — 560,415 ratings — published 2002
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 2,222,739 ratings — published 1847
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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avg rating 4.43 — 4,574,744 ratings — published 1998
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,947,703 ratings — published 1818
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The Name of the Rose The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.14 — 400,788 ratings — published 1980
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Normal People Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,927,078 ratings — published 2018
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 1,340,633 ratings — published 1952
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 18 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,936,864 ratings — published 1999
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,546,419 ratings — published 2003
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Notes from Underground Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.17 — 242,755 ratings — published 1864
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 17 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,267,802 ratings — published 2000
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 1,072,417 ratings — published 1992
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Blindness Blindness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 17 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.18 — 347,666 ratings — published 1995
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Siddhartha Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 894,294 ratings — published 1922
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The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,048,951 ratings — published 1846
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.10 — 555,162 ratings — published 1984
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,082,469 ratings — published 2008
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,503,231 ratings — published 1969
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 781,128 ratings — published 1962
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 948,241 ratings — published 1878
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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)
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avg rating 4.41 — 3,196,093 ratings — published 1954
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.39 — 2,926,530 ratings — published 2005
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Dune (Dune, #1) Dune (Dune, #1)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,664,432 ratings — published 1965
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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)
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avg rating 4.22 — 2,043,874 ratings — published 1979
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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avg rating 3.96 — 3,426,862 ratings — published 2000
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The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 399,695 ratings — published 1880
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The Sorrows of Young Werther The Sorrows of Young Werther (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 159,164 ratings — published 1774
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Don Quixote Don Quixote (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 310,001 ratings — published 1605
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Terry Tempest Williams
“What other species now require of us is our attention. Otherwise, we are entering a narrative of disappearing intelligences.”
Terry Tempest Williams, Finding Beauty in a Broken World

Rachel Cusk
“And the blabbing, the telling, was the messiest thing of all: getting control of language was getting control of anger and shame, and it was hard, hard to turn it around, to take the mess of experience and make something coherent out of it. Only then did you know that you'd got the better of the things that had happened to you: when you controlled the story rather than it controlling you.”
Rachel Cusk, Transit

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