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The Foundling (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.98 — 34,434 ratings — published 2020
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.97 — 38,809 ratings — published 2017
Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 26 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.33 — 6,788 ratings — published
The Glassblower of Murano (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.63 — 8,341 ratings — published 2006
The Cellist of Sarajevo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.00 — 45,728 ratings — published 2008
Matrix (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.67 — 70,935 ratings — published 2021
Harlem Rhapsody (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.06 — 11,300 ratings — published 2025
Clara and Mr. Tiffany (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.88 — 58,311 ratings — published 2010
The Orphan's Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.05 — 97,211 ratings — published 2017
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 21 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,528,906 ratings — published 2016
Vivaldi's Virgins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.75 — 3,030 ratings — published 2007
The Other Einstein (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.87 — 91,394 ratings — published 2016
The Violinist of Venice (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,937 ratings — published 2015
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.94 — 800,985 ratings — published 1999
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,222,742 ratings — published 2015
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,990,444 ratings — published 2017
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.56 — 813,490 ratings — published 2016
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,654,669 ratings — published 2015
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,037,804 ratings — published 1813
The Age of Light (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.58 — 13,762 ratings — published 2019
A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #5)
by (shelved 13 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,335,600 ratings — published 2021
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,479,912 ratings — published 2017
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,802,463 ratings — published 2014
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,159,075 ratings — published 2012
The Marriage Portrait (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.01 — 225,071 ratings — published 2022
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.56 — 4,026,064 ratings — published 2023
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,170,832 ratings — published 2019
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,497,642 ratings — published 2018
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,504,987 ratings — published 2017
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,643,461 ratings — published 2020
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.15 — 559,338 ratings — published 2018
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,503,302 ratings — published 2011
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,438,472 ratings — published 2018
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,882,569 ratings — published 1997
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,798,748 ratings — published 2005
Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.44 — 735,625 ratings — published 2014
Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.09 — 829,411 ratings — published 2013
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,735,662 ratings — published 2012
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,078,609 ratings — published 1999
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,330,465 ratings — published 2008
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,017,566 ratings — published 2018
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.71 — 1,282,341 ratings — published 2018
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,889,509 ratings — published 2018
Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,252,489 ratings — published 2017
Heartless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.08 — 284,945 ratings — published 2016
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.41 — 321,926 ratings — published 2015
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,632,273 ratings — published 2015
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.16 — 847,619 ratings — published 1989
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,256,135 ratings — published 2007
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,707,082 ratings — published 2020
“From the beginning, I did not intend to create a typical classic fantasy. I wanted an organic, harmonious world where my story could evolve. If this world needed gnomes, I put them in there. As for drevalyankas, pikshas, bolugs and other totally original creatures, they appeared there somehow by themselves in the course of events, and then just began "to get under the feet of the main heroes"...”
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“It's never too late to change what you are, it took me a long time to figure that out.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
