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The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado
Edgar Allan Poe
A Dark Romantic Tale of Revenge, Deceit, and Murder
2 min4.2
The Little Prince
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
A Tale About the Human Condition and the Search for Happiness
1 min4.8
Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens
A Coming-Of-Age Murder Mystery About Love, Nature & Abandonment
2 min4.7
The Midnight Library
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
A Fantasy Novel About the Choices That Lead to a Life Well-Lived
1 min4.6
Normal People
Normal People
Sally Rooney
A Novel
2 min4.5
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
A Post-Apocalyptic Dystopia Where Violence Is a Tool to Control
1 min4.6
Birnam Wood
Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton
A Novel
1 min4.2
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic on Racial Prejudice & Injustice
1 min4.7

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
Innocence Lost, Strength Found
1 min4.0
Knife
Knife
Salman Rushdie
Meditations After an Attempted Murder
1 min4.4
The Stranger
The Stranger
Albert Camus
A Philosophical Journey Into Alienation
1 min4.5
The Zone of Interest
The Zone of Interest
Martin Amis
A Novel
1 min4.1
Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Chronicles of a Tortured Soul
1 min3.6
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Love and Judgment in Puritan Times
1 min3.9
Filterworld
Filterworld
Kyle Chayka
How Algorithms Flattened Culture
2 min4.2
The Covenant of Water
The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese
A Spellbinding Tale of Life, Loss, and Faith in Vibrant Kerala
1 min4.4

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Brave New World
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
A Dystopian Novel on the Perils of State Control & New Technology
1 min4.4
Little Women
Little Women
Louisa M. Alcott
A Coming-of-Age Novel about True Love and Finding One's Place in Life
1 min4.7
Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey
E. L. James
An Erotic Romance Between a College Graduate and a Mysterious CEO
1 min3.0
A Rose for Emily
A Rose for Emily
William Faulkner
A Southern Gothic Tale on Death, Resistance to Change and Isolation
1 min4.4
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
The Horrors of Western Colonialism Told Through the Ivory Trade
1 min4.3
A Court of Thorns and Roses
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas
A Fantasy and Romance Novel Filled With Dangerous Faeries
1 min4.4
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
A Dystopian Classic on the Dark Side of Human Nature and Survival
2 min4.6
The Nightingale
The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah
A Novel
2 min4.6
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
The Dangers of the American Dream During the Great Depression
2 min4.5
American Psycho
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
A Violent Satire on Modern Capitalism and Corporate Greed
1 min4.3
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A Philosophical Masterpiece on the Boundaries Between Good and Evil
1 min4.6
Mad Honey
Mad Honey
Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
A Novel
1 min4.2
The Secret History
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
A Novel
2 min4.4
A Little Life
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
An Epic Novel About Queer Life, Friendship & Human Endurance
2 min4.8
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
A Novel
1 min3.5
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
A Coming-Of-Age Classic on Belonging and Teenage Alienation
2 min4.2
Hamlet
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
A Young Prince’s Tragic Descend Into Madness and Revenge
1 min4.7
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
An Emotional Story of Betrayal and Redemption in 1970s Afghanistan
2 min4.6
Macbeth
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
Regicide and Revenge in one of the World's Most Famous Tragedies
1 min4.6
Persuasion
Persuasion
Jane Austen
A Captivating Novel on Second Chances in the Early 19th Century.
1 min4.5
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
A Victorian Heroine’s Struggle for Self-Realization
1 min4.7
Hello Beautiful
Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano
A Novel
2 min4.0
Verity
Verity
Colleen Hoover
A #1 Bestselling Psychological Thriller With Bone-Chilling Twists
2 min4.1
The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
A Novel
2 min4.1

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