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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,400,547 ratings — published 1937
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,718,439 ratings — published 1813
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,087,798 ratings — published 1967
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as desert-island)
avg rating 3.56 — 609,430 ratings — published 1851
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,290,644 ratings — published 1847
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as desert-island)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,173,751 ratings — published -700
The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 8 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.35 — 824,931 ratings — published 1978
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,314,962 ratings — published 2018
Beyond the Sea (ebook)
by (shelved 7 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.10 — 7,172 ratings — published 2016
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,779,827 ratings — published 1960
Robinson Crusoe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as desert-island)
avg rating 3.68 — 328,452 ratings — published 1719
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 7 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,130,182 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,756,555 ratings — published 1999
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.39 — 378,599 ratings — published 1880
Infinite Jest (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.25 — 100,164 ratings — published 1996
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.17 — 361,318 ratings — published 1869
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 6 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,609,747 ratings — published 2005
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,052,647 ratings — published 1866
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 6 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,059,212 ratings — published 2007
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.43 — 620,527 ratings — published 1952
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.57 — 231,271 ratings — published 1985
The Lord of the Rings (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.54 — 723,849 ratings — published 1954
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,019,189 ratings — published 2006
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,356,849 ratings — published 1942
On the Island (On the Island, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.11 — 86,782 ratings — published 2011
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,156,825 ratings — published 1954
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.25 — 705,800 ratings — published 1938
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,066,648 ratings — published 2007
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 3.85 — 534,770 ratings — published 1882
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.19 — 802,311 ratings — published 2008
Nine Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.18 — 153,884 ratings — published 1953
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,083,889 ratings — published 2011
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,775,087 ratings — published 1953
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,462,128 ratings — published 1985
The Swiss Family Robinson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 3.91 — 109,488 ratings — published 1812
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.10 — 985,090 ratings — published 2001
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,742,544 ratings — published 2003
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,838,447 ratings — published 2005
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.09 — 502,570 ratings — published 1972
To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as desert-island)
avg rating 3.81 — 211,408 ratings — published 1927
Lovewrecked (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as desert-island)
avg rating 3.87 — 6,017 ratings — published 2020
I Capture the Castle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as desert-island)
avg rating 3.99 — 114,363 ratings — published 1948
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.07 — 602,078 ratings — published 2014
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as desert-island)
avg rating 3.87 — 252,692 ratings — published 2004
The Princess Bride (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.27 — 942,394 ratings — published 1973
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
by (shelved 4 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.28 — 701,179 ratings — published 1956
The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.55 — 612,685 ratings — published 2011
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,010,780 ratings — published 1998
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,740,992 ratings — published 2008
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as desert-island)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,830,943 ratings — published 1890
“Tell me you spotted a condom tree over to the right by the stream of lube.”
― Rock and a Hard Place
― Rock and a Hard Place
“If I were allowed to take just one book to the proverbial desert island, it might be a dictionary.”
― The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
― The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
