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Escapism Books
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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 — 4,379,614 ratings — published 2015
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,588,200 ratings — published 1997
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,179,621 ratings — published 2015
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,792,226 ratings — published 2018
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,074,980 ratings — published 2008
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,529,924 ratings — published 1937
Twilight (Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.68 — 7,401,050 ratings — published 2005
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,194,379 ratings — published 1954
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 20 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,571,382 ratings — published 1998
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,536,901 ratings — published 2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 19 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,163,609 ratings — published 2007
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,932,928 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 — 3,324,216 ratings — published 2016
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 17 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,709,612 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 17 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,854,552 ratings — published 2003
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,116,152 ratings — published 2011
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 17 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,264,679 ratings — published 2000
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,235,802 ratings — published 2009
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
by (shelved 16 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,810,563 ratings — published 2017
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,494,346 ratings — published 2005
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,320,704 ratings — published 2011
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 16 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,789,959 ratings — published 2010
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,727,987 ratings — published 2023
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,862,979 ratings — published 2013
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,071,729 ratings — published 2011
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.56 — 786,389 ratings — published 2016
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,034,471 ratings — published 2020
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.33 — 999,686 ratings — published 2019
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.16 — 513,981 ratings — published 2018
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,651,817 ratings — published 2014
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,770,457 ratings — published 1996
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,109,634 ratings — published 2019
A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.71 — 2,225,166 ratings — published 2018
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.97 — 922,488 ratings — published 2016
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,190,567 ratings — published 2007
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,186,314 ratings — published 1950
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,099,288 ratings — published 2007
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,630,381 ratings — published 1995
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,396,692 ratings — published 2018
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,205,094 ratings — published 2020
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,549,447 ratings — published 2020
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,487,844 ratings — published 2015
Eclipse (Twilight Saga, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,014,910 ratings — published 2007
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.34 — 746,174 ratings — published 2011
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.30 — 882,674 ratings — published 2010
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,483,898 ratings — published 2005
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,662,587 ratings — published 1965
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,042,571 ratings — published 1979
New Moon (Twilight Saga, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.62 — 2,152,271 ratings — published 2006
Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.06 — 709,747 ratings — published 2021
“Thus he spent his whole life searching for his own truth, but it remained hidden to him because he had learned at a very young age to hate himself for what his mother had done to him. (...) But not once did he allow himself to direct his endless, justified rage at the true culprit, the woman who had kept him locked up in her prison for as long as she could. All his life he attempted to free himself of that prison, with the help of drugs, travel, illusions, and above all poetry. But in all these desperate efforts to open the doors that would have led to liberation, one of them remained obstinently shut, the most important one: the door to the emotional reality of his childhood, to the feelings of the little child who was forced to grow up with a severely disturbed, malevolent woman, with no father to protect him from her.”
― The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Hurtful Parenting
― The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Hurtful Parenting
“People love escapism and there should be a place for it.”
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