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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 4562 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,880,401 ratings — published 2008
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 4190 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,141,467 ratings — published 2009
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 4005 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,707,878 ratings — published 2010
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
by (shelved 3068 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,859,649 ratings — published 2011
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2579 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,710,474 ratings — published 2012
Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, #2)
by (shelved 2100 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.83 — 973,639 ratings — published 2011
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 2083 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,371,770 ratings — published 2011
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 2064 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,438,683 ratings — published 2012
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 2025 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,620,512 ratings — published 2012
Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades, #3)
by (shelved 1840 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.83 — 912,201 ratings — published 2012
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1519 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,095,918 ratings — published 2011
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 1370 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,729,009 ratings — published 1996
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1271 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,996,150 ratings — published 1999
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 1086 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,018,869 ratings — published 1998
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1010 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,015,099 ratings — published 2009
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 914 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,445,536 ratings — published 1937
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 892 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,441,155 ratings — published 2005
11/22/63 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 885 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.35 — 648,662 ratings — published 2011
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
by (shelved 863 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,355,813 ratings — published 2011
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 849 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,381,658 ratings — published 1997
Pandemonium (Delirium, #2)
by (shelved 846 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.02 — 245,678 ratings — published 2012
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 841 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,054,644 ratings — published 2011
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 841 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.55 — 844,652 ratings — published 2000
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 836 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,899,507 ratings — published 1925
The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 790 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.31 — 337,105 ratings — published 2012
Delirium (Delirium, #1)
by (shelved 776 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.95 — 478,800 ratings — published 2011
Matched (Matched, #1)
by (shelved 775 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.62 — 814,411 ratings — published 2010
Deadlocked (Sookie Stackhouse, #12)
by (shelved 770 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.74 — 107,484 ratings — published 2012
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 765 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.86 — 513,393 ratings — published 2011
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 746 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.17 — 790,553 ratings — published 2005
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 729 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,871,562 ratings — published 2005
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
by (shelved 718 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,164,847 ratings — published 2007
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
by (shelved 716 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.26 — 985,089 ratings — published 2006
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 709 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,478,927 ratings — published 1998
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
by (shelved 708 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.24 — 775,270 ratings — published 2007
City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments, #5)
by (shelved 707 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.21 — 566,171 ratings — published 2012
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 702 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,745,711 ratings — published 2005
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 679 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,010,311 ratings — published 2012
Crossed (Matched, #2)
by (shelved 672 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.52 — 258,752 ratings — published 2011
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 649 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,825,807 ratings — published 1999
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)
by (shelved 641 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.99 — 384,544 ratings — published 2011
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 636 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.34 — 737,182 ratings — published 2011
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 634 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,296,714 ratings — published 2011
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Paperback)
by (shelved 629 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.97 — 434,880 ratings — published 2005
The Sense of an Ending (Hardcover)
by (shelved 621 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.74 — 192,006 ratings — published 2011
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
by (shelved 611 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.02 — 555,670 ratings — published 2011
I've Got Your Number (Hardcover)
by (shelved 599 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.94 — 240,089 ratings — published 2011
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 579 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.90 — 200,816 ratings — published 2012
The Marriage Plot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 578 times as 2012)
avg rating 3.48 — 124,409 ratings — published 2011
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 569 times as 2012)
avg rating 4.07 — 866,174 ratings — published 2012
“Auctions are a venerable selling institution, in use since the time of Herodotus. The word comes from the Latin auctus, meaning to increase. An obscure term for auction, one guaranteed to impress friends and neighbors, is the Latin word subhastare. It is the conjunction of sub, meaning "under," and hasta, meaning "spear." After a military victory, a Roman soldier would plant his spear in the ground to mark the location of his spoils. Later, he would put these goods up for sale by auction.
¹The highest bidder was called the emptor, whence the term caveat emptor.”
― Principles of Pricing: An Analytical Approach
¹The highest bidder was called the emptor, whence the term caveat emptor.”
― Principles of Pricing: An Analytical Approach
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