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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,582,261 ratings — published 2015
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,800,137 ratings — published 1997
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,212,351 ratings — published 2015
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,868,363 ratings — published 2018
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,270,556 ratings — published 2008
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,627,296 ratings — published 1937
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.68 — 7,507,020 ratings — published 2005
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,686,677 ratings — published 2012
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,235,677 ratings — published 1954
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,666,230 ratings — published 1998
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,035,252 ratings — published 1999
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 18 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,473,779 ratings — published 2016
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 18 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,229,230 ratings — published 2007
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,329,438 ratings — published 2009
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 17 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,870,733 ratings — published 2010
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
by (shelved 16 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,940,959 ratings — published 2017
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,982,110 ratings — published 2013
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 16 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,771,309 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 16 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,920,263 ratings — published 2003
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,137,339 ratings — published 2011
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 16 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,342,855 ratings — published 2000
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.56 — 3,950,606 ratings — published 2023
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,175,840 ratings — published 2011
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,559,868 ratings — published 2005
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,344,167 ratings — published 2011
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.56 — 807,210 ratings — published 2016
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,101,151 ratings — published 2020
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,043,569 ratings — published 2019
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.15 — 549,046 ratings — published 2018
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,763,872 ratings — published 2014
A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4)
by (shelved 13 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.70 — 2,336,623 ratings — published 2018
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,814,858 ratings — published 1996
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,157,255 ratings — published 2019
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.97 — 976,724 ratings — published 2016
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,214,746 ratings — published 2007
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,226,353 ratings — published 1950
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,118,645 ratings — published 2007
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,646,119 ratings — published 1995
Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.06 — 769,991 ratings — published 2021
A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #5)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,289,024 ratings — published 2021
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,153,588 ratings — published 2020
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,469,131 ratings — published 2018
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,670,491 ratings — published 2020
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,594,024 ratings — published 2015
Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,038,578 ratings — published 2007
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.35 — 755,664 ratings — published 2011
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.30 — 889,486 ratings — published 2010
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,525,874 ratings — published 2005
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,707,003 ratings — published 1965
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.62 — 2,179,899 ratings — published 2006
“I think that pretty much every form of fiction (I’d include fantasy, obviously) can actually be a real escape from places where you feel bad, and from bad places. It can be a safe place you go, like going on holiday, and it can be somewhere that, while you’ve escaped, actually teaches you things you need to know when you go back, that gives you knowledge and armour and tools to change the bad place you were in.
So no, they’re not escapist. They’re escape.”
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So no, they’re not escapist. They’re escape.”
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“Some people call reading an escape, but it's not - it's embracing the true reality of the best parts of who we are. It's not running away; it's running toward the thing we wish we could be, the thing we strive to be, the thing we never can be, but the thing which we always must try to become if we want to be something more than we are.”
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