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Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,336,265 ratings — published 1954
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.40 — 421,118 ratings — published 1879
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,552,012 ratings — published 1942
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,333,186 ratings — published 1963
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.10 — 573,547 ratings — published 1984
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.33 — 314,731 ratings — published 2014
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 3.85 — 924,617 ratings — published 2005
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,973,747 ratings — published 1937
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,855,867 ratings — published 1945
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,818,920 ratings — published 1949
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,032,993 ratings — published 1951
Martyr! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.13 — 233,272 ratings — published 2024
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,582,325 ratings — published 1915
Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.34 — 312,111 ratings — published 1956
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 3.99 — 449,882 ratings — published 2019
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,173,780 ratings — published 1866
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,294,825 ratings — published 2012
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.46 — 765,800 ratings — published 1952
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,784,819 ratings — published 1988
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.36 — 950,119 ratings — published 1946
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,162,045 ratings — published 1960
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,033,228 ratings — published 1818
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.03 — 746,285 ratings — published 1995
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.16 — 266,317 ratings — published 1864
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,025,864 ratings — published 2015
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 3.58 — 632,329 ratings — published 2018
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,023,391 ratings — published 2018
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,641,306 ratings — published 2003
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,508,314 ratings — published 2017
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,585,032 ratings — published 1985
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.49 — 193,183 ratings — published 2013
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,084,111 ratings — published 2014
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,996,440 ratings — published 2005
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,290,846 ratings — published 1997
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,029,508 ratings — published 1890
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.07 — 487,769 ratings — published 2012
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,536,295 ratings — published 1969
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,161,142 ratings — published 1967
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,631,414 ratings — published 2003
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 3.93 — 427,978 ratings — published 1925
The Wedding People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,498,661 ratings — published 2024
The Fall (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.02 — 148,316 ratings — published 1956
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.41 — 861,435 ratings — published 2016
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,996,024 ratings — published 2018
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.11 — 975,068 ratings — published 1878
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 4.25 — 854,271 ratings — published 1966
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,180,434 ratings — published 1925
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,092,474 ratings — published 2013
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 3.84 — 230,081 ratings — published 1952
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as the-human-condition)
avg rating 3.99 — 519,552 ratings — published 1987
“There is nothing you lack and all you will find; we are one at the heart - just divided by mind. Don't let life pass you by.”
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“Who we are is who we ACTUALLY are. It's never who we create in order for people to see. You might really hate who you actually are, so then you create a sub-genus type of yourself for other people to see. But that never changes who you are. The sub-genus type won't change your genus. The only way we change who we are is by looking at ourselves in the mirror long enough to make us vomit over our disgusting waywardness and long enough to fall in love with our strengths. But you can't just fall in love with your strengths. You also need to vomit over your hypocrisies and all of your other bullshit. And you can't just vomit, either. You also have to clean it up and embrace yourself afterwards. This is how you change your genus.”
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