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A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 21 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,433,956 ratings — published 2016
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,204,573 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 — 2,906,642 ratings — published 2017
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.56 — 802,213 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 4.15 — 4,528,316 ratings — published 2015
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,734,612 ratings — published 2014
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,978,518 ratings — published 1813
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,146,261 ratings — published 2012
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.56 — 3,896,433 ratings — published 2023
A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #5)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,258,727 ratings — published 2021
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,145,892 ratings — published 2019
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,379,249 ratings — published 2017
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,443,249 ratings — published 2018
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,483,903 ratings — published 2017
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,472,929 ratings — published 2011
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,611,072 ratings — published 2020
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,403,340 ratings — published 2018
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.15 — 540,841 ratings — published 2018
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,755,967 ratings — published 2005
Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.44 — 719,212 ratings — published 2014
Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.09 — 811,574 ratings — published 2013
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,645,413 ratings — published 2012
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,009,575 ratings — published 1999
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,222,772 ratings — published 2008
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,746,117 ratings — published 1997
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.71 — 1,224,710 ratings — published 2018
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,850,171 ratings — published 2018
Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,195,946 ratings — published 2017
Heartless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.08 — 278,364 ratings — published 2016
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.41 — 319,279 ratings — published 2015
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,566,384 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 — 840,300 ratings — published 1989
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,213,150 ratings — published 2007
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,639,347 ratings — published 2020
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,033,223 ratings — published 2019
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,802,680 ratings — published 2016
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,769,449 ratings — published 2018
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,977,830 ratings — published 2018
Spinning Silver (ebook)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.17 — 157,960 ratings — published 2018
Skyward (Skyward, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.46 — 173,051 ratings — published 2018
Siege and Storm (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.80 — 699,606 ratings — published 2013
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.75 — 902,618 ratings — published 2017
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,039,134 ratings — published 2017
Kings Rising (Captive Prince, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.42 — 87,096 ratings — published 2016
Ruin and Rising (Shadow and Bone, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.97 — 605,426 ratings — published 2014
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,304,366 ratings — published 2011
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.27 — 946,642 ratings — published 2014
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,086,527 ratings — published 1960
The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.94 — 116,051 ratings — published 2014
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,306,293 ratings — published 2009
“And yet, in all of his efforts to understand the Mirror, his great mystery, his attempts to prove logic had failed again and again.
Tests and theories and science—these things were his bread and butter—and they were meaningless now, in the face of mystery.”
― The Paragon
Tests and theories and science—these things were his bread and butter—and they were meaningless now, in the face of mystery.”
― The Paragon
“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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