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Extraordinary Books
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,773,698 ratings — published 1960
July found by chance - Season 1 (ebook)
by (shelved 7 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,627 ratings — published 2018
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 3.67 — 7,206,865 ratings — published 2005
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,835,945 ratings — published 2005
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,712,345 ratings — published 1813
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,731,330 ratings — published 2008
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,972,134 ratings — published 1999
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,288,376 ratings — published 1847
Archer's Voice (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.17 — 655,673 ratings — published 2014
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,993,912 ratings — published 1847
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2 (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 3.93 — 22,113 ratings — published 2003
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,271,453 ratings — published 1962
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.25 — 712,559 ratings — published 1938
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.33 — 379,640 ratings — published 2008
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.61 — 341,661 ratings — published 2017
Cutting for Stone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.33 — 422,099 ratings — published 2009
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 3.99 — 429,494 ratings — published 1865
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,419,926 ratings — published 1943
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.49 — 790,010 ratings — published 2016
Vicious (Villains, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.19 — 312,831 ratings — published 2013
Angle of Repose (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.24 — 61,701 ratings — published 1971
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,332,888 ratings — published 2015
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,261,397 ratings — published 2011
The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.11 — 786,775 ratings — published 1998
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.01 — 259,207 ratings — published 1931
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,025,046 ratings — published 2013
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,128,719 ratings — published 1936
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 3.98 — 483,190 ratings — published 1987
Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.10 — 676,991 ratings — published 2007
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 3.95 — 56,055 ratings — published 2000
Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,250,589 ratings — published 1936
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.35 — 4,078,908 ratings — published 2009
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,750,391 ratings — published 1999
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,493,925 ratings — published 1988
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,642,409 ratings — published 2012
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,215,396 ratings — published 1997
Obsidian (Lux #1)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.13 — 294,797 ratings — published 2011
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,827,416 ratings — published 1890
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,333,333 ratings — published 1949
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 3.91 — 230,403 ratings — published 2009
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,707,795 ratings — published 2007
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,461,231 ratings — published 1985
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.09 — 502,324 ratings — published 1972
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,843,106 ratings — published 1951
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.34 — 936,404 ratings — published 2019
World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.14 — 107,896 ratings — published 2013
Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.10 — 198,021 ratings — published 2011
Gemma Bovery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,770 ratings — published 1999
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
by (shelved 2 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,123,187 ratings — published 2020
Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as extraordinary)
avg rating 4.59 — 226,930 ratings — published 2020
“Do not ask your children
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is the way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder
and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.”
― The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is the way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder
and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.”
― The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents
“In extraordinary times, the ordinary takes on a glow and wonder all of its own”
― Human.4
― Human.4
