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  1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J.K. Rowling
    4.7
  2. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
    Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Patrick Radden Keefe
    4.6
  3. The God of the Woods
    The God of the Woods Liz Moore
    4
  4. Moby-Dick
    Moby-Dick Herman Melville
    3.6
  5. Wolf Hall
    Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel
    4
  6. These Precious Days: Essays
    These Precious Days: Essays Ann Patchett
    4.6
  7. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
    The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
    4.5
  8. Land of Big Numbers
    Land of Big Numbers Te-Ping Chen
    3.6
  9. Sea of Tranquility: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller from the Author of Station Eleven
    Sea of Tranquility: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller from the Author of Station Eleven Emily St John Mandel
    4
  10. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
    South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Imani Perry
    4.3
  11. Trust: the dazzling twisty story of power, greed and love that begins in 1920s New York
    Trust: the dazzling twisty story of power, greed and love that begins in 1920s New York Hernan Diaz
    4.2
  12. An American Marriage: A Novel
    An American Marriage: A Novel Tayari Jones
    3.9
  13. Arthur Ashe: A Life
    Arthur Ashe: A Life Raymond Arsenault
    3.4
  14. Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
    Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom David W. Blight
    4.1
  15. Men Without Women
    Men Without Women Haruki Murakami
    4
  16. When We Cease to Understand the World: Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize
    When We Cease to Understand the World: Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize Benjamín Labatut
    4
  17. Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland
    Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland Patrick Radden Keefe
    4.6
  18. James: Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
    James: Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Percival Everett
    4.4
  19. The Souls of Black Folk
    The Souls of Black Folk W. E. B. Du Bois
    3
  20. Help Wanted: A Novel
    Help Wanted: A Novel Adelle Waldman
  21. Headshot
    Headshot Rita Bullwinkel
    4.1
  22. Lost Children Archive
    Lost Children Archive Valeria Luiselli
    4.1
  23. Mijn verhaal: Becoming
    Mijn verhaal: Becoming Michelle Obama
    4.3
  24. Seveneves
    Seveneves Neal Stephenson
    3.9
  25. The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
    The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World Melinda French Gates
    4.5
  26. Wolf Hall
    Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel
    4.1
  27. The Great Gatsby
    The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
    3.7
  28. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
    Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion Jia Tolentino
    4.1
  29. Exhalation
    Exhalation Ted Chiang
    4.3
  30. The Underground Railroad: LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017
    The Underground Railroad: LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 Colson Whitehead
    4.1
  31. The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
    The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir Samantha Power
    4.4
  32. Nuts To You
    Nuts To You Lynne Rae Perkins
    3.2
  33. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
    How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy Jenny Odell
    3.7
  34. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz
    The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz Erik Larson
    4.4
  35. We leven in water
    We leven in water Jess Walter
  36. Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir
    Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir Natasha Trethewey
    4.3
  37. The Glass Hotel: The haunting novel from the bestselling author of Station Eleven
    The Glass Hotel: The haunting novel from the bestselling author of Station Eleven Emily St John Mandel
    3.7
  38. The Wealth of Nations
    The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith
    3.4
  39. All That Is
    All That Is James Salter
    3.6
  40. Purity
    Purity Jonathan Franzen
    4.2
  41. Heart of Darkness
    Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
    3.6
  42. Self-Reliance: The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson as Inspiration for Daily Living
    Self-Reliance: The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson as Inspiration for Daily Living Ralph Waldo Emerson
    3.8
  43. The Sixth Extinction
    The Sixth Extinction Elizabeth Kolbert
    4.2
  44. Luster: Longlisted for the Women's Prize For Fiction
    Luster: Longlisted for the Women's Prize For Fiction Raven Leilani
    3.6
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