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1984 1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,472,923 ratings — published 1949
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
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avg rating 4.18 — 3,450,766 ratings — published 2005
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.58 — 34,049 ratings — published 2003
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 6,894,690 ratings — published 1960
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I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 20,262 ratings — published 2018
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.97 — 2,842,945 ratings — published 1953
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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avg rating 4.47 — 11,429,386 ratings — published 1997
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A History of Reading A History of Reading (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 5,497 ratings — published 1996
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A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 2,266 ratings — published 1995
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84, Charing Cross Road 84, Charing Cross Road (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 98,975 ratings — published 1970
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 1,431,896 ratings — published 1915
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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 14,118 ratings — published 2011
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Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.32 — 5,586 ratings — published 2018
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Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.48 — 7,420 ratings — published 2011
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 1,893,663 ratings — published 1818
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 3,576,175 ratings — published 1988
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 4,198,121 ratings — published 1947
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 2,079,974 ratings — published 1932
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 4,561,042 ratings — published 1945
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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 — 1,314,969 ratings — published 1952
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The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 5,730,499 ratings — published 2012
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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 3,442,144 ratings — published 2005
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Life of Pi Life of Pi (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 1,754,939 ratings — published 2001
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Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1) Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
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avg rating 3.67 — 2,868,231 ratings — published 2011
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 9,925,480 ratings — published 2008
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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 14,312 ratings — published 1998
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My Reading Life My Reading Life (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.95 — 8,292 ratings — published 2010
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The Littlest Library The Littlest Library (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.68 — 12,366 ratings — published 2021
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റാം C/O ആനന്ദി [RAM C/O ANANDHI] റാം C/O ആനന്ദി [RAM C/O ANANDHI] (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 3,220 ratings — published 2020
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What You Are Looking for Is in the Library What You Are Looking for Is in the Library (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 118,787 ratings — published 2020
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El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 25,526 ratings — published 2019
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.32 — 1,302,505 ratings — published 2018
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The Reading List The Reading List (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 132,339 ratings — published 2021
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Klara and the Sun Klara and the Sun (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 435,377 ratings — published 2021
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,979,324 ratings — published 2014
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Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3) Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
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avg rating 4.60 — 357,584 ratings — published 2017
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The War of the Worlds The War of the Worlds (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 350,150 ratings — published 1898
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Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 6,012 ratings — published 2017
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Why Read the Classics? Why Read the Classics? (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 3,363 ratings — published 1991
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How to Read and Why How to Read and Why (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.61 — 3,864 ratings — published 2000
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One for the Books One for the Books (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.56 — 1,447 ratings — published 2012
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How to Read a Story How to Read a Story (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,886 ratings — published 2015
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The Little Prince The Little Prince (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 2,482,804 ratings — published 1943
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Watchmen Watchmen (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 594,728 ratings — published 1987
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,083,198 ratings — published 1866
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 3,898,139 ratings — published 1951
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #2) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
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avg rating 4.24 — 3,155,508 ratings — published 1950
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,405,235 ratings — published 1942
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
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avg rating 4.20 — 733,314 ratings — published 1934
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C.S. Lewis
“The true reader reads every work seriously in the sense that he reads it whole-heartedly, makes himself as receptive as he can. But for that very reason he cannot possibly read every work solemly or gravely. For he will read 'in the same spirit that the author writ.'... He will never commit the error of trying to munch whipped cream as if it were venison.”
C.S. Lewis, An Experiment in Criticism

Melissa Marr
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