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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,701,654 ratings — published 1949
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 45 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,959,664 ratings — published 2005
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,076,545 ratings — published 1960
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,969,777 ratings — published 1813
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,207,175 ratings — published 2008
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,728,891 ratings — published 1997
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,098,218 ratings — published 1925
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,976,252 ratings — published 1890
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,987,805 ratings — published 1951
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,715,395 ratings — published 1988
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,140,666 ratings — published 1866
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,762,531 ratings — published 1945
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,137,634 ratings — published 1932
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 26 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.87 — 972,083 ratings — published 1955
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,526,555 ratings — published 1868
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,594,484 ratings — published 1937
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,958,523 ratings — published 1963
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,135,996 ratings — published 2011
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,538,325 ratings — published 2005
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,534,237 ratings — published 1985
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,468,270 ratings — published 2011
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,057,878 ratings — published 1999
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.99 — 901,179 ratings — published 1961
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,293,125 ratings — published 1954
Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.80 — 890,966 ratings — published 1861
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,269,940 ratings — published 1847
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,201,968 ratings — published 2015
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,528,294 ratings — published 1897
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,586,359 ratings — published 2003
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,512,754 ratings — published 2015
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,139,949 ratings — published 1967
A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,029,963 ratings — published 1859
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,691,566 ratings — published 1965
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.17 — 375,583 ratings — published 1868
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,844,553 ratings — published 2010
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,020,272 ratings — published 1939
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,294,771 ratings — published 1963
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,844,236 ratings — published 2018
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.22 — 859,268 ratings — published 1862
Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,212,851 ratings — published 2015
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,650,063 ratings — published 2012
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,799,177 ratings — published 1996
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,851,778 ratings — published 2012
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,298,906 ratings — published 2009
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,104,333 ratings — published 1992
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,898,563 ratings — published 2003
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,222,126 ratings — published 1954
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,396,242 ratings — published 1847
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,363,283 ratings — published 2017
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.11 — 960,276 ratings — published 1878
“He wanted to know what the current trends were. What were people reading? What did I think about the decline in reading overall?
I told him that the books aimed at children and teens that were selling were the ones the Ministry of Education had promoted as ‘library recommendations’, and that the decline in reading among children was largely the fault of their parents.
‘Parents these days don’t read books themselves, but they feel they should make their children read. Since they aren’t readers, they have no idea what to give their children. That’s why they cling to the recommendations from the Ministry of Education. Those books are all insufferably boring and, as a result, the kids learn to hate books; it’s a vicious circle, with no end in sight.”
― Malice
I told him that the books aimed at children and teens that were selling were the ones the Ministry of Education had promoted as ‘library recommendations’, and that the decline in reading among children was largely the fault of their parents.
‘Parents these days don’t read books themselves, but they feel they should make their children read. Since they aren’t readers, they have no idea what to give their children. That’s why they cling to the recommendations from the Ministry of Education. Those books are all insufferably boring and, as a result, the kids learn to hate books; it’s a vicious circle, with no end in sight.”
― Malice
