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Lolita (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.87 — 984,514 ratings — published 1955
Half His Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as provocative)
avg rating 3.21 — 196,631 ratings — published 2026
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as provocative)
avg rating 3.77 — 493,811 ratings — published 2017
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as provocative)
avg rating 4.09 — 454,612 ratings — published 2020
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as provocative)
avg rating 3.65 — 469,626 ratings — published 2007
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as provocative)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,547,643 ratings — published 1942
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as provocative)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,628,062 ratings — published 2003
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as provocative)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,534,868 ratings — published 1969
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,013,712 ratings — published 1963
1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 5,809,412 ratings — published 1949
Rejection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 3.72 — 55,578 ratings — published 2024
The Craziest Book Ever Written (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 3.52 — 153 ratings — published
The Atrocity Exhibition (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 3.75 — 7,558 ratings — published 1969
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,007,639 ratings — published 2001
Lapvona (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 3.53 — 113,583 ratings — published 2022
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,187,382 ratings — published 2023
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,024,884 ratings — published 1890
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 4.16 — 265,153 ratings — published 1864
Free Will (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 3.86 — 39,178 ratings — published 2012
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 4.18 — 667,059 ratings — published 1996
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,023,226 ratings — published 2015
The Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 3.75 — 260,712 ratings — published 2016
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 3.73 — 33,012 ratings — published 2005
Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 4.21 — 45,162 ratings — published 2014
Simulacra and Simulation (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 4.00 — 17,687 ratings — published 1981
Chasing the Scream: The Search for the Truth About Addiction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 4.49 — 22,626 ratings — published 2015
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,832,423 ratings — published 2007
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,029,654 ratings — published 1951
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 4.08 — 74,050 ratings — published 2001
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 4.19 — 894,221 ratings — published 2008
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,332,697 ratings — published 1954
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,935,974 ratings — published 2011
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,847,755 ratings — published 1945
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 3.99 — 518,592 ratings — published 1987
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as provocative)
avg rating 4.08 — 224,627 ratings — published 2003
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as provocative)
avg rating 4.01 — 869,922 ratings — published 2000
Juice (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as provocative)
avg rating 3.90 — 8,212 ratings — published 2024
Motherhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as provocative)
avg rating 3.63 — 22,412 ratings — published 2018
How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as provocative)
avg rating 4.26 — 10,979 ratings — published 2023
The Correspondent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as provocative)
avg rating 4.42 — 978,896 ratings — published 2025
Harboring the Enemy: The Civil War Heroine History Forgot (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as provocative)
avg rating 3.83 — 31 ratings — published
No More Mr. Nice Guy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as provocative)
avg rating 4.04 — 25,793 ratings — published 2000
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as provocative)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,329,988 ratings — published 1963
Fruit Fly (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as provocative)
avg rating 4.13 — 64,125 ratings — published 2026
Black Bag (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as provocative)
avg rating 3.70 — 6,762 ratings — published 2026
You Shamrock My World: A Sweet and Lucky St. Patrick's Day Board Book for Babies and Toddlers (Punderland)
by (shelved 1 time as provocative)
avg rating 3.68 — 103 ratings — published
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as provocative)
avg rating 3.43 — 578,445 ratings — published 1899
The Passion According to G.H. (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as provocative)
avg rating 4.10 — 24,023 ratings — published 1964
Yesteryear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as provocative)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,104,379 ratings — published 2026
“To hell with good intentions…You will not
help anybody by your good intentions.”
―
help anybody by your good intentions.”
―
“Trying to be offensive for the sole purpose of being offensive should always deem one the least offensive of offenders.”
― Healology
― Healology
