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Blood Canticle (The Vampire Chronicles, #10)
by (shelved 28 times as characters)
avg rating 3.74 — 26,388 ratings — published 2003
Blackwood Farm (The Vampire Chronicles, #9)
by (shelved 25 times as characters)
avg rating 3.90 — 35,247 ratings — published 2002
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
by (shelved 18 times as characters)
avg rating 3.97 — 216,515 ratings — published 2001
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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avg rating 4.18 — 2,516,305 ratings — published 1868
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as characters)
avg rating 4.40 — 474,131 ratings — published 1969
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
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avg rating 4.45 — 1,194,391 ratings — published 2015
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as characters)
avg rating 4.45 — 687,569 ratings — published 1952
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as characters)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,472,984 ratings — published 2017
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as characters)
avg rating 4.27 — 983,158 ratings — published 2015
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 2,385,491 ratings — published 1847
Anxious People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as characters)
avg rating 4.16 — 859,289 ratings — published 2019
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as characters)
avg rating 3.86 — 276,382 ratings — published 2008
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as characters)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,071,128 ratings — published 2009
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as characters)
avg rating 4.46 — 869,377 ratings — published 2022
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,131,109 ratings — published 1866
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
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avg rating 4.56 — 795,424 ratings — published 2016
The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)
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avg rating 4.25 — 162,824 ratings — published 2016
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 2,042,382 ratings — published 2014
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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avg rating 4.48 — 1,046,930 ratings — published 2006
Hamlet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,078,933 ratings — published 1601
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
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avg rating 4.59 — 269,672 ratings — published 1985
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 2,912,142 ratings — published 1937
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 10,161,127 ratings — published 2008
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as characters)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,678,054 ratings — published 1997
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as characters)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,046,291 ratings — published 1960
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as characters)
avg rating 4.19 — 824,964 ratings — published 2008
The Book of Other People (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.45 — 3,317 ratings — published 2008
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
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avg rating 3.85 — 838,986 ratings — published 2020
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as characters)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,433,370 ratings — published 2022
Conversations with Friends (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as characters)
avg rating 3.73 — 623,589 ratings — published 2017
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as characters)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,064,391 ratings — published 2020
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 1,216,306 ratings — published 2012
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as characters)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,954,800 ratings — published 2018
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as characters)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,092,707 ratings — published 1992
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as characters)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,111,394 ratings — published 2011
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as characters)
avg rating 4.38 — 703,953 ratings — published 2007
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 3,522,928 ratings — published 2005
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
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avg rating 4.05 — 408,259 ratings — published 2012
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 827,136 ratings — published 1966
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 6,069,756 ratings — published 1925
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
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avg rating 4.52 — 1,107,725 ratings — published 2007
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 1,069,812 ratings — published 2013
The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as characters)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,367,088 ratings — published 2001
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as characters)
avg rating 4.20 — 427,989 ratings — published 1995
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as characters)
avg rating 4.32 — 934,675 ratings — published 2025
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as characters)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,862,240 ratings — published 2022
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as characters)
avg rating 4.18 — 193,048 ratings — published 2019
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as characters)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,724,799 ratings — published 1945
The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as characters)
avg rating 4.35 — 294,782 ratings — published 2022
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as characters)
avg rating 4.11 — 396,841 ratings — published 2017
“All worries are less with wine.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
“When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time.”
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