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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 255 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,346,806 ratings — published 1985
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 176 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,281,101 ratings — published 1949
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Station Eleven Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 161 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.07 — 595,785 ratings — published 2014
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 149 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.20 — 245,111 ratings — published 1993
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Never Let Me Go Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 146 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.85 — 823,697 ratings — published 2005
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 144 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,260,375 ratings — published 1932
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 138 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,745,603 ratings — published 1953
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
by (shelved 133 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.00 — 283,236 ratings — published 2003
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The Left Hand of Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.10 — 212,200 ratings — published 1969
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 130 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,666,672 ratings — published 2008
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Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
by (shelved 119 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.79 — 286,487 ratings — published 2014
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Sea of Tranquility Sea of Tranquility (Hardcover)
by (shelved 106 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.06 — 285,583 ratings — published 2022
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 105 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.29 — 321,545 ratings — published 2015
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Klara and the Sun Klara and the Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.74 — 415,820 ratings — published 2021
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The Power The Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.75 — 248,248 ratings — published 2016
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Kindred Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.31 — 261,543 ratings — published 1979
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This Is How You Lose the Time War This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 93 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.85 — 314,947 ratings — published 2019
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 91 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.35 — 4,048,263 ratings — published 2009
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American Gods American Gods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 90 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.10 — 981,932 ratings — published 2001
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How High We Go in the Dark How High We Go in the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.82 — 68,181 ratings — published 2022
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Piranesi Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.22 — 421,234 ratings — published 2020
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,009,576 ratings — published 2006
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 86 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.11 — 3,626,151 ratings — published 2010
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Dune (Dune #1) Dune (Dune #1)
by (shelved 86 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,584,246 ratings — published 1965
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Stories of Your Life and Others Stories of Your Life and Others (ebook)
by (shelved 84 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.25 — 121,400 ratings — published 2002
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 83 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.08 — 468,786 ratings — published 2006
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Severance Severance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.89 — 125,185 ratings — published 2018
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The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.26 — 145,078 ratings — published 1974
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,274,589 ratings — published 2011
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The Giver (The Giver, #1) The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,749,718 ratings — published 1993
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (ebook)
by (shelved 77 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.09 — 499,732 ratings — published 1968
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The Midnight Library The Midnight Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,322,778 ratings — published 2020
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The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
by (shelved 75 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.20 — 407,748 ratings — published 2019
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,458,725 ratings — published 1969
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Dark Matter Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.13 — 677,637 ratings — published 2016
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.16 — 414,725 ratings — published 2022
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The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
by (shelved 73 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.07 — 131,484 ratings — published 2009
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Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.01 — 263,921 ratings — published 2004
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,786,901 ratings — published 1818
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
by (shelved 71 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,267,372 ratings — published 1962
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The Martian The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,250,221 ratings — published 2011
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,980,494 ratings — published 1979
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,455,597 ratings — published 1985
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The City & the City The City & the City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.90 — 76,842 ratings — published 2009
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I Who Have Never Known Men I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.13 — 344,771 ratings — published 1995
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The Memory Police The Memory Police (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.71 — 127,848 ratings — published 1994
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Snow Crash Snow Crash (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.01 — 294,515 ratings — published 1992
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.23 — 171,366 ratings — published 2021
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.12 — 344,404 ratings — published 2017
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,400,915 ratings — published 1945
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Edwin D. Ferretti III
“If I had known how difficult it was to edit my book, I would have done that first then written the story.”
Edwin D. Ferretti III, The Darkside of the Medallion

Margaret Atwood
“I feel buried.”
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

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