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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,701,473 ratings — published 1949
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 45 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,959,593 ratings — published 2005
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,076,404 ratings — published 1960
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,969,625 ratings — published 1813
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,206,933 ratings — published 2008
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,728,611 ratings — published 1997
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,098,066 ratings — published 1925
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,976,132 ratings — published 1890
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,987,699 ratings — published 1951
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,715,284 ratings — published 1988
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,140,617 ratings — published 1866
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,762,350 ratings — published 1945
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,137,585 ratings — published 1932
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 26 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.87 — 972,066 ratings — published 1955
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,526,501 ratings — published 1868
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,594,366 ratings — published 1937
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,958,407 ratings — published 1963
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,135,840 ratings — published 2011
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,538,248 ratings — published 2005
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,534,110 ratings — published 1985
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,468,209 ratings — published 2011
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,057,824 ratings — published 1999
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.99 — 901,165 ratings — published 1961
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,293,049 ratings — published 1954
Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.80 — 890,960 ratings — published 1861
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,269,879 ratings — published 1847
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,201,927 ratings — published 2015
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,528,248 ratings — published 1897
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,586,286 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 — 4,512,550 ratings — published 2015
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,139,910 ratings — published 1967
A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,029,949 ratings — published 1859
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,691,490 ratings — published 1965
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.17 — 375,573 ratings — published 1868
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,844,434 ratings — published 2010
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,020,265 ratings — published 1939
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,294,710 ratings — published 1963
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,844,141 ratings — published 2018
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.22 — 859,254 ratings — published 1862
Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,212,811 ratings — published 2015
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,650,033 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 — 2,799,124 ratings — published 1996
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,851,665 ratings — published 2012
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,298,795 ratings — published 2009
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,104,285 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 — 3,898,490 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 — 3,222,064 ratings — published 1954
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,396,194 ratings — published 1847
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,363,014 ratings — published 2017
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as book-list)
avg rating 4.11 — 960,257 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
