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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.88 — 136,491 ratings — published 2001
The Midnight Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,339,218 ratings — published 2020
Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.13 — 682,667 ratings — published 2016
The Man in the High Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.59 — 231,329 ratings — published 1962
Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.16 — 557,648 ratings — published 1996
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,355,100 ratings — published 1985
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.04 — 420,925 ratings — published 2015
Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2)
by (shelved 39 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.13 — 55,823 ratings — published 2002
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,690,719 ratings — published 2008
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 35 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.11 — 3,636,431 ratings — published 2010
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 35 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.35 — 4,059,798 ratings — published 2009
Something Rotten (Thursday Next, #4)
by (shelved 34 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.16 — 35,826 ratings — published 2004
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,277,088 ratings — published 2011
11/22/63 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.35 — 625,467 ratings — published 2011
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,601,219 ratings — published 1995
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,300,179 ratings — published 1949
The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.09 — 42,201 ratings — published 2003
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,755,490 ratings — published 1993
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,167,020 ratings — published 1997
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,315,879 ratings — published 2011
First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)
by (shelved 26 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.02 — 27,410 ratings — published 2007
Stardust (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.10 — 477,812 ratings — published 1999
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.07 — 110,136 ratings — published 2006
American Gods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.10 — 982,919 ratings — published 2001
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
by (shelved 25 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.15 — 455,234 ratings — published 1997
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,755,030 ratings — published 1953
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,343,562 ratings — published 2011
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing (Thursday Next, #6)
by (shelved 23 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.98 — 20,037 ratings — published 2011
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 22 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.95 — 335,272 ratings — published 2009
Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.90 — 113,607 ratings — published 2009
Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.92 — 94,379 ratings — published 2009
Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)
by (shelved 21 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.90 — 54,822 ratings — published 2006
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.91 — 654,432 ratings — published 1982
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.11 — 378,475 ratings — published 2000
Recursion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.17 — 298,431 ratings — published 2019
A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.20 — 229,628 ratings — published 2016
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,036,552 ratings — published 1932
The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.74 — 64,425 ratings — published 2014
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.87 — 251,609 ratings — published 2004
Redshirts (ebook)
by (shelved 18 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.87 — 116,001 ratings — published 2012
The Burning Page (The Invisible Library, #3)
by (shelved 16 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.05 — 21,153 ratings — published 2016
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 16 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,107,043 ratings — published 2000
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,605,063 ratings — published 2012
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,391,957 ratings — published 2002
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 16 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,726,954 ratings — published 1999
The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.93 — 43,932 ratings — published 2020
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.95 — 37,265 ratings — published 2018
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 4.13 — 35,639 ratings — published 2018
The Masked City (The Invisible Library, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.95 — 27,787 ratings — published 2015
Ink and Bone (The Great Library, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as alternate-reality)
avg rating 3.96 — 31,826 ratings — published 2015
“So is that a yes,' the sheriff asked.
Daniel held his breath. The lawsuit, the cost of bail, these were enough to push Clyde into the zone. The world stopped on Rita's next breath. A single assertion could end this mess--protective custody; the sheriff would shield Daniel from Clyde's wrath.
'No,' Rita said in a steady strong voice. 'My husband does not abuse us.'
The lie kicked Daniel as hard as Clyde's boot.”
― Awakenings
Daniel held his breath. The lawsuit, the cost of bail, these were enough to push Clyde into the zone. The world stopped on Rita's next breath. A single assertion could end this mess--protective custody; the sheriff would shield Daniel from Clyde's wrath.
'No,' Rita said in a steady strong voice. 'My husband does not abuse us.'
The lie kicked Daniel as hard as Clyde's boot.”
― Awakenings
“In my family Monahwee is known for his magic with horses. My Aunt Lois Harjo said he was gifted in the ability to travel on a horse. He could leave for a destination at the same time as everyone else, but arrive before anyone, a feat impossible in linear time.
The world doesn't always happen in a linear manner. Nature is much more creative than that, especially when it comes to time and the manipulation of time and space. Europe has gifted us with inventions, books and the intricate mechanics of imposing structures on the earth, but there are other means to knowledge and the structuring of knowledge that have no context in the European mind.
When the explorer Magellan traveled around the world by ship, he stopped at Tierra del Fuego. The indigenous people who resided there could not see the huge flags of his ships as they docked out in the natural harbor. They had not previously imagined such structures and could not see them. Conversely, neither could European explorers see the particular meaning of indigenous realities.”
― She Had Some Horses
The world doesn't always happen in a linear manner. Nature is much more creative than that, especially when it comes to time and the manipulation of time and space. Europe has gifted us with inventions, books and the intricate mechanics of imposing structures on the earth, but there are other means to knowledge and the structuring of knowledge that have no context in the European mind.
When the explorer Magellan traveled around the world by ship, he stopped at Tierra del Fuego. The indigenous people who resided there could not see the huge flags of his ships as they docked out in the natural harbor. They had not previously imagined such structures and could not see them. Conversely, neither could European explorers see the particular meaning of indigenous realities.”
― She Had Some Horses
