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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as basement)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,594,538 ratings — published 1937
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as basement)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,222,151 ratings — published 1954
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as basement)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,572,379 ratings — published 2003
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
by (shelved 8 times as basement)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,001,657 ratings — published 2006
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 2,396,270 ratings — published 1847
Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as basement)
avg rating 3.86 — 565,647 ratings — published 2001
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as basement)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,987,844 ratings — published 1951
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as basement)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,208,194 ratings — published 2007
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as basement)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,447,548 ratings — published 2000
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as basement)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,528,327 ratings — published 1897
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as basement)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,637,118 ratings — published 1998
The Pilot's Wife (Fortune's Rocks Quartet, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as basement)
avg rating 3.57 — 103,538 ratings — published 1998
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as basement)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,308,155 ratings — published 1962
Paper Towns (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as basement)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,515,089 ratings — published 2008
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 7 times as basement)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,316,960 ratings — published 2000
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as basement)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,885,285 ratings — published 1993
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 7 times as basement)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,751,140 ratings — published 2005
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as basement)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,269,979 ratings — published 1847
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as basement)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,799,208 ratings — published 1996
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as basement)
avg rating 4.17 — 611,608 ratings — published 1951
Deception Point (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 708,625 ratings — published 2001
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as basement)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,001,515 ratings — published 1999
Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 3.91 — 607,228 ratings — published 2013
Digital Fortress (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 3.71 — 672,024 ratings — published 1998
Snow Falling on Cedars (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 3.86 — 196,610 ratings — published 1994
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,169,624 ratings — published 1954
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 4.35 — 852,956 ratings — published 1989
The Secret of Red Gate Farm (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #6)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 3.90 — 16,496 ratings — published 1931
The Mystery at Lilac Inn (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #4)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 3.97 — 26,135 ratings — published 1930
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 552,494 ratings — published 1882
Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,978,058 ratings — published 2002
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,498,050 ratings — published 1985
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 3.89 — 283,043 ratings — published 1869
Shutter Island (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 4.14 — 237,227 ratings — published 2003
The Rainmaker (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 4.02 — 211,191 ratings — published 1995
The Runaway Jury (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 4.03 — 317,838 ratings — published 1996
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,511,374 ratings — published 2005
A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 4.12 — 832,652 ratings — published 1989
Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 4.11 — 424,551 ratings — published 2008
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 4.19 — 609,732 ratings — published 1990
The Sum of All Fears (Jack Ryan, #6)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 4.08 — 67,695 ratings — published 1991
Prelude to Foundation (Foundation, #6)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 4.17 — 98,639 ratings — published 1988
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,898,583 ratings — published 2003
Timeline (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 3.87 — 220,041 ratings — published 1999
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as basement)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,484,031 ratings — published 2002
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as basement)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,969,851 ratings — published 1813
Seven Up (Stephanie Plum, #7)
by (shelved 5 times as basement)
avg rating 4.16 — 135,090 ratings — published 2001
The Arctic Incident (Artemis Fowl, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as basement)
avg rating 3.96 — 161,474 ratings — published 2002
Cold Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as basement)
avg rating 3.89 — 252,096 ratings — published 1997
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as basement)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,293,165 ratings — published 1954
“If something bad smells in the basement, it will eventually make its way to the attic.”
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“I think of human existence as being like a two-story house. On the rst oor people gather together to take their meals, watch television, and talk. e second oor contains private chambers, bedrooms where people go to read books, listen to music by themselves, and so on. en there is a basement;
this is a special place, and there are a number of things stored here. We don’t use this room much in our daily life, but some- times we come in, vaguely hang around the place. en, my thought is that underneath that basement room is yet another basement room. is one has a very special door, very di - cult to gure out, and normally you can’t get in there—some people never get in at all. . . . You go in, wander about in the darkness, and experience things there you wouldn’t see in the normal parts of the house. You connect with your past there, because you have entered into your own soul. But then you come back. If you stay over there for long you can never get back to reality.”
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this is a special place, and there are a number of things stored here. We don’t use this room much in our daily life, but some- times we come in, vaguely hang around the place. en, my thought is that underneath that basement room is yet another basement room. is one has a very special door, very di - cult to gure out, and normally you can’t get in there—some people never get in at all. . . . You go in, wander about in the darkness, and experience things there you wouldn’t see in the normal parts of the house. You connect with your past there, because you have entered into your own soul. But then you come back. If you stay over there for long you can never get back to reality.”
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