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by (shelved 4 times as beta)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,387 ratings — published

by (shelved 4 times as beta)
avg rating 4.30 — 24,563 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 4 times as beta)
avg rating 3.82 — 28,571 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 4 times as beta)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,137,700 ratings — published 1954

by (shelved 3 times as beta)
avg rating 3.63 — 212,721 ratings — published 1897

by (shelved 3 times as beta)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,643 ratings — published 2021

by (shelved 3 times as beta)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,038,446 ratings — published 1866

by (shelved 3 times as beta)
avg rating 3.98 — 63,323 ratings — published 1993

by (shelved 3 times as beta)
avg rating 4.27 — 504,407 ratings — published 1942

by (shelved 3 times as beta)
avg rating 4.06 — 136 ratings — published 2021

by (shelved 3 times as beta)
avg rating 4.13 — 364 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 3 times as beta)
avg rating 3.84 — 10,802 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 3 times as beta)
avg rating 4.23 — 107 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 3 times as beta)
avg rating 4.11 — 11,703 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 3 times as beta)
avg rating 4.17 — 648,714 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 3 times as beta)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,939 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 3 times as beta)
avg rating 4.07 — 9,210 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 3 times as beta)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,525 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 3 times as beta)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,994 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.32 — 310 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.56 — 200 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.03 — 35,610 ratings — published 2025

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.24 — 448 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 3.95 — 177 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 3.93 — 78,832 ratings — published 1948

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.39 — 993,258 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 3.98 — 76,494 ratings — published 1997

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.46 — 228 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,076 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,166 ratings — published 2019

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,033 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.10 — 6,575 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.62 — 105 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.47 — 49 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,010 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 3.99 — 4,672 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 3.69 — 49 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.65 — 319 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,647 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.19 — 185 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.14 — 7,176 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.16 — 5,392 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 3.73 — 13,629 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.29 — 852 ratings — published 2023

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.26 — 351 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as beta)
avg rating 4.25 — 40 ratings — published

“Now let's say you've finished your first draft. Congratulations! Good job! Have a glass of champagne, send out for pizza, do whatever it is you do when you've got something to celebrate. If you have someone who has been impatiently waiting to read your novel-a spouse, let's say, someone who has perhaps been working nine to five and helping to pay the bills while you chase your dream-then this is the time to give up the goods...if, that is, your first reader or readers will promise not to talk to you about the book until you are ready to talk to them about it.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“The sprig of parsley garnishing the plate experiences soul-crushing rejection if left uneaten”
― Wrath of Betty
― Wrath of Betty