Decent ADULT books for ADULT readers

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A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,652 ratings
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The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,074 ratings
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The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,013 ratings
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,157 ratings
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Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating — 3,358,462 ratings
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,186 ratings
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Room
Room 4.08 avg rating — 826,332 ratings
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The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,843,026 ratings
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The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,617 ratings
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The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,416 ratings
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Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,821 ratings
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of the Hedgehog 3.80 avg rating — 195,797 ratings
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 787,044 ratings
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,184 ratings
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The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,768 ratings
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Still Alice
Still Alice 4.32 avg rating — 355,941 ratings
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The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating — 623,977 ratings
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,079 ratings
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The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,683 ratings
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The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,297 ratings
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand 3.90 avg rating — 144,380 ratings
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The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,450 ratings
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Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars 3.86 avg rating — 192,455 ratings
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I Know This Much Is True
I Know This Much Is True 4.21 avg rating — 320,914 ratings
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American Psycho
American Psycho 3.80 avg rating — 349,170 ratings
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A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,910 ratings
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The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,224 ratings
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Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,762 ratings
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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,693 ratings
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Factotum
Factotum 3.92 avg rating — 74,337 ratings
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating — 382,945 ratings
32.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating — 332,388 ratings
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The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating — 323,009 ratings
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War 4.02 avg rating — 556,620 ratings
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A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating — 156,850 ratings
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,632 ratings
37.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,829 ratings
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The Wasp Factory
The Wasp Factory 3.76 avg rating — 104,977 ratings
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Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)
Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 17,412 ratings
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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,036 ratings
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Plainsong (Plainsong, #1)
Plainsong (Plainsong, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 78,099 ratings
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Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream 4.11 avg rating — 63,283 ratings
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The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1)
The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 169,157 ratings
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A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 542,083 ratings
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Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 1,762,230 ratings
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Where'd You Go, Bernadette 3.87 avg rating — 592,717 ratings
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 136,054 ratings
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1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,098 ratings
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating — 311,640 ratings
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Rules of Civility
Rules of Civility 4.09 avg rating — 262,571 ratings
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Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2)
Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 174,907 ratings
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Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1)
Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 180,455 ratings
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House of Spies (Gabriel Allon, #17)
House of Spies (Gabriel Allon, #17) 4.31 avg rating — 33,804 ratings
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,472 ratings
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Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating — 417,368 ratings
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Lunar Park
Lunar Park 3.65 avg rating — 30,298 ratings
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Fight Club
Fight Club 4.18 avg rating — 629,418 ratings
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Chocolat (Chocolat, #1)
Chocolat (Chocolat, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 129,686 ratings
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Stones from the River (Burgdorf Cycle, #1)
Stones from the River (Burgdorf Cycle, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 96,151 ratings
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Year of Wonders
Year of Wonders 4.01 avg rating — 171,877 ratings
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The Paris Wife
The Paris Wife 3.82 avg rating — 302,769 ratings
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Watchers
Watchers 4.19 avg rating — 170,060 ratings
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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,519 ratings
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,207 ratings
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The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,577 ratings
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The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1)
The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 92,482 ratings
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Invisible Monsters
Invisible Monsters really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 149,316 ratings
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All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,557 ratings
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The Lacuna
The Lacuna 3.82 avg rating — 73,037 ratings
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 3.97 avg rating — 431,589 ratings
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Her Fearful Symmetry
Her Fearful Symmetry 3.27 avg rating — 95,638 ratings
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 176,373 ratings
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Midnight Sacrifice (Midnight, #2)
Midnight Sacrifice (Midnight, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 20,430 ratings
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A Merciful Truth (Mercy Kilpatrick, #2)
A Merciful Truth (Mercy Kilpatrick, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 31,808 ratings
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Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,842 ratings
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Left Neglected
Left Neglected 3.98 avg rating — 80,134 ratings
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My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite, #1)
My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 163,949 ratings
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Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,158 ratings
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The 7th Canon
The 7th Canon 4.28 avg rating — 26,903 ratings
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A Merciful Secret (Mercy Kilpatrick, #3)
A Merciful Secret (Mercy Kilpatrick, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 28,682 ratings
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Her Final Breath (Tracy Crosswhite, #2)
Her Final Breath (Tracy Crosswhite, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 68,586 ratings
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Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1)
Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 138,224 ratings
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Peace Like a River
Peace Like a River 4.03 avg rating — 99,194 ratings
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Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,559 ratings
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The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,504 ratings
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Birdsong
Birdsong 4.11 avg rating — 82,675 ratings
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In Farleigh Field
In Farleigh Field 4.01 avg rating — 70,782 ratings
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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal 4.23 avg rating — 179,760 ratings
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Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage 4.15 avg rating — 60,343 ratings
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 4.03 avg rating — 66,779 ratings
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A Merciful Death (Mercy Kilpatrick, #1)
A Merciful Death (Mercy Kilpatrick, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 55,723 ratings
92.
The Body Reader (Detective Jude Fontaine Mysteries, #1)
The Body Reader (Detective Jude Fontaine Mysteries, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 33,063 ratings
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Close to Home (Tracy Crosswhite, #5)
Close to Home (Tracy Crosswhite, #5) 4.31 avg rating — 44,486 ratings
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Orphan Train
Orphan Train 4.20 avg rating — 458,521 ratings
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,577 ratings
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The Gargoyle
The Gargoyle 3.97 avg rating — 50,388 ratings
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The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending 3.74 avg rating — 188,374 ratings
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All My Life (First Things, #1)
All My Life (First Things, #1)
by: Rucy Ban
3.52 avg rating — 1,760 ratings
97.
The Crooked Heart of Mercy
The Crooked Heart of Mercy 3.49 avg rating — 492 ratings
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Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,795 ratings
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