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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as elite)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,212,709 ratings — published 2017
The Elite (The Selection, #2)
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avg rating 3.94 — 881,042 ratings — published 2013
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as elite)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,059,284 ratings — published 2011
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
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avg rating 4.63 — 3,300,839 ratings — published 2016
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
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avg rating 4.45 — 1,174,905 ratings — published 2015
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as elite)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,046,510 ratings — published 2008
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as elite)
avg rating 4.57 — 783,461 ratings — published 2016
A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #5)
by (shelved 10 times as elite)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,158,749 ratings — published 2021
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
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avg rating 4.46 — 2,789,921 ratings — published 2017
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as elite)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,349,908 ratings — published 2015
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
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avg rating 4.57 — 3,696,330 ratings — published 2023
The Secret History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 1,062,671 ratings — published 1992
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,781,031 ratings — published 2018
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
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avg rating 4.71 — 1,143,750 ratings — published 2018
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 3,392,096 ratings — published 2019
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
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avg rating 4.33 — 993,160 ratings — published 2019
Deviant King (Royal Elite, #1)
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avg rating 3.89 — 135,235 ratings — published 2019
Manacled (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as elite)
avg rating 4.62 — 163,842 ratings — published 2019
Piranesi (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 507,703 ratings — published 2020
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
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avg rating 4.27 — 1,102,453 ratings — published 2019
Normal People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 1,914,857 ratings — published 2018
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.39 — 2,916,452 ratings — published 2005
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 1,106,593 ratings — published 2020
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,882,572 ratings — published 1813
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as elite)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,221,365 ratings — published 2009
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
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avg rating 4.62 — 1,470,530 ratings — published 2015
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
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avg rating 4.19 — 2,513,401 ratings — published 2012
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
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avg rating 4.26 — 699,367 ratings — published 2022
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 554,750 ratings — published 1995
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 1,399,479 ratings — published 2022
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
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avg rating 3.84 — 1,256,354 ratings — published 2011
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.51 — 1,455,442 ratings — published 2021
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
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avg rating 4.37 — 3,690,656 ratings — published 2018
Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)
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avg rating 4.45 — 691,844 ratings — published 2014
The Love Hypothesis (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 1,961,954 ratings — published 2021
The Hating Game (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 841,075 ratings — published 2016
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)
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avg rating 4.45 — 1,189,518 ratings — published 2020
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
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avg rating 4.28 — 1,826,858 ratings — published 2019
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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avg rating 4.47 — 11,559,100 ratings — published 1997
The Deal (Off-Campus, #1)
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avg rating 4.20 — 1,088,512 ratings — published 2015
Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3)
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avg rating 4.55 — 480,571 ratings — published 2013
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
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avg rating 4.45 — 1,633,406 ratings — published 2014
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 4,419,234 ratings — published 2011
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,484,660 ratings — published 1985
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.65 — 2,213,978 ratings — published 2015
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,129,230 ratings — published 1908
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 1,889,933 ratings — published 2019
Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
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avg rating 4.06 — 701,466 ratings — published 2021
“It would be well to realize that the talk of ‘humane methods of warfare’, of the ‘rules of civilized warfare’, and all such homage to the finer sentiments of the race are hypocritical and unreal, and only intended for the consumption of stay-at-homes. There are no humane methods of warfare, there is no such thing as civilized warfare; all warfare is inhuman, all warfare is barbaric; the first blast of the bugles of war ever sounds for the time being the funeral knell of human progress… What lover of humanity can view with anything but horror the prospect of this ruthless destruction of human life. Yet this is war: war for which all the jingoes are howling, war to which all the hopes of the world are being sacrificed, war to which a mad ruling class would plunge a mad world.”
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“What Mr. Rothschild had discovered was the basic principle of power, influence, and control over people as applied to economics. That principle is "when you assume the appearance of power, people soon give it to you."
Mr. Rothschild had discovered that currency or deposit loan accounts had the required appearance of power that could be used to INDUCE PEOPLE [WC emphasis] (inductance, with people corresponding to a magnetic field) into surrendering their real wealth in exchange for a promise of greater wealth (instead of real compensation). They would put up real collateral in exchange for a loan of promissory notes. Mr. Rothschild found that he could issue more notes than he had backing for, so long as he had someone's stock of gold as a persuader to show to his customers.
Mr. Rothschild loaned his promissory notes to individuals and to governments. These would create overconfidence. Then he would make money scarce, tighten control of the system, and collect the collateral through the obligation of contracts. The cycle was then repeated. These pressures could be used to ignite a war. Then he would control the availability of currency to determine who would win the war. That government which agreed to give him control of its economic system got his support.”
― Behold a Pale Horse
Mr. Rothschild had discovered that currency or deposit loan accounts had the required appearance of power that could be used to INDUCE PEOPLE [WC emphasis] (inductance, with people corresponding to a magnetic field) into surrendering their real wealth in exchange for a promise of greater wealth (instead of real compensation). They would put up real collateral in exchange for a loan of promissory notes. Mr. Rothschild found that he could issue more notes than he had backing for, so long as he had someone's stock of gold as a persuader to show to his customers.
Mr. Rothschild loaned his promissory notes to individuals and to governments. These would create overconfidence. Then he would make money scarce, tighten control of the system, and collect the collateral through the obligation of contracts. The cycle was then repeated. These pressures could be used to ignite a war. Then he would control the availability of currency to determine who would win the war. That government which agreed to give him control of its economic system got his support.”
― Behold a Pale Horse
