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Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, the powerful, classic story about a man who receives an operation that turns him into a genius...and introduces him to heartache. Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the pe
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DancingDino shared a tip "I loved it! It was a short but intriguing book."
amina_qureshi shared a tip "I’ve never read something so insightful and cleaver"
jose_soriano shared a tip "Top three favorite novels of all time I highly highly recommend this"
linda_sherrin shared a tip "Loved the movie! It is different from the book... loved both!"
lee_watson shared a tip "I read this book and watched the movie in high school and I’ve used it to reintroduce my mother to reading."
nina_daniels shared a tip "Loved it. Tracked down the original short story, even better. Short story is tight and concise without losing anything."
embeckini shared a tip "Do you like crying? Great, this is the book for you."
sadie_c_8245 shared a tip "I appreciate your appreciation of this book!"
joojibee shared a tip "So sad but so amazing"
cherry_riley shared a tip "Omg this one broke my heart!"
bridget_walker_422 shared a tip "It was ok"
amber_carroll shared a tip "Beautiful"
marissa_elkins shared a tip "Absolutely bittersweet but worth the read regardless."
elsa_last shared a tip "Unexpected perspective"
natalia_aguilar_5600 shared a tip "My favorite book of all time!"
yoyoitsyabro777 shared a tip "By far one of my favorite books; will stick with me forever and each time I reread it it's just as good."
julie_lewis_2596 shared a tip "SOBBING"
benjamin_pape shared a tip "It is very emotionally engaging and the twist has a slow burn effect"
heather_keiffer-farr shared a tip "I appreciate this book so much more when I read it as an adult!!! ♥️"
joellesjournal shared a tip "such a beautiful but well-written book! sad ending but it was perfectly justified."
psudo_nym shared a tip "All of it."
amina_al-bahadli shared a tip "brilliant"
mechele_mihalovic shared a tip "Made me cry"
aimee_kaylor shared a tip "It's a tearjerker, but a very fast read. It will stick with you for a while afterwards.."
taylor_culver shared a tip "I honestly believe that every single human being on earth should read this .. we would all be better for it ❤️"
foreverthesickestsam shared a tip "This is my FAVORITE book, and has been since I read it nearly a decade ago."
georgia_mae shared a tip "this book was amazing! i laughed and cried!"
ashistrashhh shared a tip "oh god, i read this in eighth grade and it ****** the entire class up. it’s a great book though and i 100% recommend it"
michael_arcilla shared a tip "Not related to this book - or anything like this book at all! - but I'm currently loving Amoralman by Derek Delgaudio. 😊"
lulu_joven shared a tip "This is one of my favorite books ever"
sabrina_duprey shared a tip "I’m currently reading the sequel to Want by Cindy Pon. Both great!"
callie_bee shared a tip "Unique story, compelling and interesting, sad and true."
izzy_boss shared a tip "Beautiful book, my favourite, actually. It's such a sweet, emotional book. I relate to Charlie a lot."
rebecca_bernstein shared a tip "Literally my favorite book. Read and reread so many times and it still breaks my heart every time."
halle_dileva shared a tip "Absolutely!😊"
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