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2001 Books
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 137 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,298,461 ratings — published 1997
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 90 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,447,725 ratings — published 1998
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 89 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,791,147 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 88 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,156,819 ratings — published 2000
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,120,247 ratings — published 1954
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,019,851 ratings — published 1996
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.10 — 987,547 ratings — published 2001
The Corrections (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.84 — 197,219 ratings — published 2001
A Painted House (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.77 — 101,867 ratings — published 2001
Dreamcatcher (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.66 — 185,511 ratings — published 2001
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 38 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,113,640 ratings — published 1954
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,745,325 ratings — published 2001
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 38 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,030,540 ratings — published 1955
Skipping Christmas (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.57 — 87,623 ratings — published 2001
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Bridget Jones, #2)
by (shelved 35 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.63 — 115,813 ratings — published 1999
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.17 — 154,748 ratings — published 2001
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.95 — 417,370 ratings — published 2001
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,423,257 ratings — published 1937
The Red Tent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.20 — 629,652 ratings — published 1997
Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.86 — 561,132 ratings — published 2001
Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.95 — 560,732 ratings — published 2001
1st to Die (Women's Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.10 — 357,788 ratings — published 2001
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.93 — 777,826 ratings — published 1999
Prodigal Summer (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.05 — 127,210 ratings — published 2000
House of Sand and Fog (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.86 — 136,141 ratings — published 1999
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.97 — 559,554 ratings — published 2001
Quidditch Through the Ages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.80 — 188,297 ratings — published 2001
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,864,721 ratings — published 1951
The Brethren (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.77 — 100,653 ratings — published 2000
Icy Sparks (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.69 — 43,306 ratings — published 1998
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.85 — 732,062 ratings — published 2001
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.31 — 713,689 ratings — published 2001
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.69 — 183,409 ratings — published 2000
Mystic River (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.17 — 164,255 ratings — published 2001
Chocolat (Chocolat, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.96 — 130,894 ratings — published 1999
The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.11 — 790,104 ratings — published 1998
We Were the Mulvaneys (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.75 — 104,935 ratings — published 1996
Seven Up (Stephanie Plum, #7)
by (shelved 21 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.16 — 132,771 ratings — published 2001
The Bonesetter's Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.00 — 132,676 ratings — published 2001
The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,348,418 ratings — published 2001
Tell No One (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.06 — 188,285 ratings — published 2001
White Oleander (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.00 — 365,754 ratings — published 1999
Open House (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.70 — 61,058 ratings — published 2000
The Fourth Hand (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.33 — 31,550 ratings — published 2001
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
by (shelved 19 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.97 — 153,058 ratings — published 2001
Me Talk Pretty One Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.01 — 718,758 ratings — published 2000
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,854,423 ratings — published 1925
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,101,855 ratings — published 1997
Black House (The Talisman, #2)
by (shelved 18 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.04 — 68,644 ratings — published 2001
“In 2001, the internet and email was facilitating my international job search that ultimately landed me in Hawaii, managing the world’s largest telescopes atop Mauna Kea.”
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“If the essential task of middle managers is reinvention, when is that task to be carried out? The answer is, during time that is not used up directing day-to-day business. The fact that managers have time on their hands (i.e., their operations tasks take up less than eight hours per day) gives them time for reinvention. The extra time is not waste, but slack. Without it they could function in only their operational roles. Reinvention would be impossible because the people who could make it happen are just too busy to take the time.
Even companies that didn't fire their change centers have hurt themselves by encouraging their middle managers to stay extremely busy. In order to enable change, companies have to learn that keeping managers busy is a blunder. If you have busy managers working under you, they are an indictment of your vision and your capacity to transform that vision into reality. Cut them some slack.”
― Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
Even companies that didn't fire their change centers have hurt themselves by encouraging their middle managers to stay extremely busy. In order to enable change, companies have to learn that keeping managers busy is a blunder. If you have busy managers working under you, they are an indictment of your vision and your capacity to transform that vision into reality. Cut them some slack.”
― Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
