It is a truth universally acknowledged that a great book can change your life. But finding the right one isn’t always easy.
Luckily, book lovers on TikTok are making the choice simpler by convincing others to read their favorites with just a single, unforgettable line. Some are poetic, some are chilling, and some will leave you desperate to know more. Take a look below—you might just find your next obsession.
#1 "Dead Poets Society" By Nancy H. Kleinbaum
"We're dreaming of tomorrow and tomorrow isn't coming"
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#2 "The Perks Of Being A Wallflower" By Stephen Chbosky
"We accept the love we think we deserve"
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#3 "De Profundis" By Oscar Wilde
"Remember that the fool in the eyes of the gods and the fool in the eyes of man are very different."
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#4 "The Secret History" By Donna Tartt
“Forgive me for the things I did, but mostly for the ones I did not.”
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#5 "To Kill A Mockingbird" By Harper Lee
“The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience”
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#6 "1984" By George Orwell
“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”
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#7 "Frankenstein" By Mary Shelley
"Life, although it may only be an accumulatiom of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it"
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#8 "The Song Of Achilles" By Madeline Miller
'He is half of my soul, as the poets say. I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell, I would know him blind by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth I would know him in death, at the end of the world."
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#9 "The Bell Jar" By Sylvia Plath
“The floor seemed wonderfully solid. It was comforting knowing that I had fallen and could fall no further”
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#10 "Lockwood & Co. Series" By Jonathan Stroud
"Can I offer you a cup of tea while you ransack our place?"
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#11 "Pride And Prejudice" By Jane Austen
"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain”
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#12 "The Little Prince" By Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
"If you see a boy in the desert, under a star with golden like hair that's smiling you'll know exactly who it is. Don't make me suffer for much longer though, let me know he is back."
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#13 "The Cruel Prince" By Holly Black
“- How did you know which one I would choose? - I didn't. I poisoned them both.”
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#14 "Catching Fire (The Hunger Games)" By Suzanne Collins
“You could live a 100 lifetimes and never deserve that boy”
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#15 "If We Were Villains" By M. L. Rio
"Do you blame Shakespeare for any of it?" "I blame him for all of it."
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#16 "The Stranger" By Albert Camus
"Mother died last night, or maybe the day before"
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#17 "Circe" By Madeline Miller
"He was another knife. I could feel it. A different sort, but a knife sitll. I did not care. I thought: give me the blade. Some things are worth spilling blood for."
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#18 "A Little Life" By Hanya Yanagihara
"And so I try to be kind to everything I see, and in everything I see, I see him."
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#19 "Shatter Me" By Tahereh Mafi
"it didn't matter how many times he had to remove their memories. Aaron fell in love with her. Every time"
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#20 "Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction" By David Sheff
"Have you seen my son, have you seen my beautiful boy, tell him I miss him"
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#21 "Normal People" By Sally Rooney
"I’m not a religious person, but I do think sometimes that God made you for me"
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#22 "Fourth Wing" By Rebecca Yarros
"I chose you not as my next, but as my last and should you fall, then I will follow”
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#23 "Crimson Rivers" By Zeppa Zariel
“No one ever thinks to look up — until there’s a sound.”
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#24 "The Catcher In The Rye" By J. D. Salinger
"Don't ever tell anybody anything, if you do, you start missing everybody"
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#25 "Song Of Achilles" By Madaline Miller
“I would recognize you in total darkness, were you mute and I deaf. I would recognize you in another lifetime entirely, in different bodies, different times. And I would love you in all of this, until the last star in the sky burnt out into oblivion."
#26 "Percy Jackson And The Olympians: Titans Curse" By By Rick Riordan
"Stars..." she wispered "I can see the stars again my lady..."
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#27 "Call Me By Your Name" By Andre Aciman
"Is it better to speak or to die?"
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#28 "Aristotle And Dante" (2 Book Series) By Benjamin Alire Sáenz
A:I'm glad you're not like me, Dante. If you would be, I would never love you D:Did you just said that you love me?
#29 "The Outsiders" By S. E. Hinton
“Dally’s tougher than I am. Why can I take it while he can’t?”
#30 "The Last Olympian" ("Percy Jackson And The Olympians", Book 5) By Rick Riordan
“The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.”
#31 "The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes" ("A Hunger Games" Novel) By Suzanne Collins
“I think there’s a natural goodness built into human beings. You know when you’ve stepped across the line into evil, and it’s your life’s challenge to try and stay on the right side of that line.”
#32 "The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo: The Sunday" By Taylor Jenkins Reid
"I spent half my life loving her and the other half hiding how much I loved her"
#33 "A Good Girl's Guide To Murder" By Holly Jackson
"She was 17, you were her teacher.."
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#34 "Six Of Crows" By Leigh Bardugo
"No mourners, no funerals"
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#35 "The Lightning Thief "("Percy Jackson And The Olympians", Book 1) By Rick Riordan
“Look, I didn’t want to be a half-blood.”
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#36 "Red, White & Royal Blue" By Casey Mcquiston
"My life is the crown and yours is politics and I will NOT trade one prison for another."
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#37 "No Longer Human" By Osamu Dazai
"Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being."
#38 "The Secret History" By Donna Tartt
"The snow in the mountains was melting and bunny had been dead for several weeks"
#39 "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" By Suzanne Collins
“Maybe I’d think that, too, Caesar. If it weren’t for the baby.”
#40 "Powerless" By Lauren Roberts
"They broke her fingers. Her sewing hands. Her talented fingers. Broken. Then they broke her.'
#41 "The Burning God" "(The Poppy War" Trilogy) By R. F. Kuang
"Ruin me, ruin us, and I'll let you"
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#42 "The Setting Sun" By Osamu Dazai
"I felt as though the colour of my blood had turned a little darker" and "they say that people who like summer flowers, die in the summer. I wonder if that's true"
#43 "They Both Die At The End" By Adam Silvera
"I kiss the boy who brought me to life the day we're going to die"
#44 "Looking For Alaska" By John Green
“How do I get out of this labyrinth? Is it the labyrinth of life or death? Or… suffering?”
#45 "Heaven Official's Blessing 1: Tian Guan Ci Fu" (Novel) By Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
"Body in abyss, heart in paradise"
#46 "The Inheritance Games" By Jennifer Lynn Barnes
“I love you, I would die to protect you. I would make you hate me to keep you safe. Because damn it, Avery - some things are too precious to gamble.”
#47 "Solitaire" By Alice Oseman
"I swear to god I am a freak, I mean it. One day I'm going to forget how to wake up."
#48 "Twisted Hate" By Ana Huang
"Remember when I said I forgive you? I lied"
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#49 "Twisted Games" By Ana Huang
“By the way Princess, that book is upside down”
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#50 A Court Of Mist And Fury By Sarah J. Maas
“To the stars who listen” “and the dreams that answered”
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#51 "Reckless" ("The Powerless" Trilogy) By Lauren Roberts
“She was supposed to be my forever, now i’ll watch her become someone else’s, because the beast doesn’t get the beauty”
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#52 "Better Than The Movies" By Lynn Painter
"She’s not you." "What?" "She.Isn’t.You"
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#53 "Keeping 13 - The Boys Of Tommen" By Chloe Walsh
“Babies taking care of babies"
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#54 "The One" (Selection Series, Book 3) By Kiera Cass
"Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break anyway"
#55 "Iron Flame" (The Empyrean, 1) By Rebecca Yarros
“Less than a minute. That’s how long it took you to fall out of love with me”
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#56 "Twisted Love" By Ana Huang
“That’s my girl. Hate me. Don’t cry over me. Never cry over me. I’m not worth it.”
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#57 "Manacled" By Sen Lin Yu
"Don't die Draco" "Only because you asked Granger"
#58 "A Court Of Wings And Ruin" ("A Court Of Thorns And Roses", 3) By Sarah J. Maas
“I would have waited five hundred more years for you. A thousand years. And if this was all the time we were allowed to have… The wait was worth it”
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#59 "Art Heist, Baby!" By Otrtbs
"And he never did fall in love again"
#60 "The Raven Boys" ("The Raven" Cycle) By Maggie Stiefvater
'Adam smiled cheerily. Ronan would start wars and burn cities for that true smile, elastic and amiable'
#61 "All The Young Dudes" By Mskingbean89
“You can’t read, can you?”
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