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The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5996 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,688,182 ratings — published 2012
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 4669 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,359,028 ratings — published 2011
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
by (shelved 4101 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,138,098 ratings — published 2013
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 3815 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,617,854 ratings — published 2012
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 3550 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,425,909 ratings — published 2012
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3239 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,254,874 ratings — published 2012
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 2596 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.91 — 964,792 ratings — published 2009
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
by (shelved 2516 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,673,546 ratings — published 2009
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 2455 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,383,981 ratings — published 2014
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2453 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,861,883 ratings — published 2005
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2203 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,035,139 ratings — published 2013
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 2038 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,791,257 ratings — published 1993
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 2002 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,741,283 ratings — published 2005
The One (The Selection, #3)
by (shelved 1883 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.14 — 773,549 ratings — published 2014
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 1862 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.01 — 656,419 ratings — published 2013
Paper Towns (Paperback)
by (shelved 1796 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,484,781 ratings — published 2008
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
by (shelved 1783 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.01 — 592,899 ratings — published 2013
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 1778 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,334,979 ratings — published 1997
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 1766 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,694,157 ratings — published 2010
City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6)
by (shelved 1719 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.38 — 414,491 ratings — published 2014
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 1535 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,792,272 ratings — published 2012
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 1469 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,462,723 ratings — published 1998
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 1442 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,835,370 ratings — published 2008
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 1429 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.89 — 624,078 ratings — published 2013
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 1397 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,125,652 ratings — published 2009
Landline (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1383 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.54 — 171,737 ratings — published 2014
The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)
by (shelved 1372 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.89 — 639,370 ratings — published 2010
The Husband's Secret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1354 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.95 — 723,178 ratings — published 2013
The Selection (The Selection, #1)
by (shelved 1351 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,753,178 ratings — published 2012
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 1334 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,807,521 ratings — published 1999
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)
by (shelved 1326 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.40 — 403,213 ratings — published 2014
Where She Went (If I Stay, #2)
by (shelved 1287 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.97 — 305,027 ratings — published 2011
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 1285 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,722,226 ratings — published 1996
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 1262 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,008,372 ratings — published 2012
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
by (shelved 1256 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,353,356 ratings — published 2011
The Elite (The Selection, #2)
by (shelved 1223 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.94 — 867,575 ratings — published 2013
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 1222 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.05 — 292,899 ratings — published 2014
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1191 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,989,943 ratings — published 1999
Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1179 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.94 — 834,937 ratings — published 2009
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
by (shelved 1153 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,159,587 ratings — published 2007
Attachments (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1152 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.86 — 208,888 ratings — published 2011
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 1147 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,169,146 ratings — published 2000
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
by (shelved 1138 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,189,924 ratings — published 2012
The Invention of Wings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1130 times as 2014)
avg rating 4.26 — 331,562 ratings — published 2014
The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, #3)
by (shelved 1117 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.78 — 497,761 ratings — published 2011
Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)
by (shelved 1115 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.96 — 464,424 ratings — published 2010
An Abundance of Katherines (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1089 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.51 — 549,154 ratings — published 2006
Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the French Kiss, #3)
by (shelved 1072 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.98 — 119,264 ratings — published 2014
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1046 times as 2014)
avg rating 3.87 — 597,940 ratings — published 2012
“We writers always get our revenge on paper”
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“Something as superfluous as "play" is also an essential feature of our consciousness. If you ask children why they like to play, they will say, "Because it's fun." But that invites the next question: What is fun? Actually, when children play, they are often trying to reenact complex human interactions in simplified form. Human society is extremely sophisticated, much too involved for the developing brains of young children, so children run simplified simulations of adult society, playing games such as doctor, cops and robber, and school. Each game is a model that allows children to experiment with a small segment of adult behavior and then run simulations into the future. (Similarly, when adults engage in play, such as a game of poker, the brain constantly creates a model of what cards the various players possess, and then projects that model into the future, using previous data about people's personality, ability to bluff, etc. The key to games like chess, cards, and gambling is the ability to simulate the future. Animals, which live largely in the present, are not as good at games as humans are, especially if they involve planning. Infant mammals do engage in a form of play, but this is more for exercise, testing one another, practicing future battles, and establishing the coming social pecking order rather than simulating the future.)”
― The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
― The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
