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Fantasy Books
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 89833 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,689,803 ratings — published 1997
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 73595 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,621,256 ratings — published 1998
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 73132 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,576,542 ratings — published 1937
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 72400 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,982,747 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 69182 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,302,750 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 66115 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,886,692 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 65716 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,740,093 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 65246 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,196,336 ratings — published 2007
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 58230 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,790,733 ratings — published 1996
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 58080 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,214,544 ratings — published 1954
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 56967 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,476,378 ratings — published 2015
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 45215 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.56 — 3,837,176 ratings — published 2023
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 44014 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,049,839 ratings — published 2006
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 43938 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,608,758 ratings — published 2012
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 42909 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,196,251 ratings — published 2015
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 42201 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,395,937 ratings — published 2016
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 41798 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,164,451 ratings — published 1954
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 40385 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,108,750 ratings — published 2007
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 39601 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,075,453 ratings — published 1955
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 39390 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,042,017 ratings — published 1998
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 38316 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,830,128 ratings — published 2018
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 37337 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,526,510 ratings — published 2005
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
by (shelved 35817 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,873,823 ratings — published 2017
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 35689 times as fantasy)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,139,581 ratings — published 2012
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
by (shelved 35352 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,206,253 ratings — published 1950
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 32924 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.55 — 861,984 ratings — published 2000
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 31986 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.17 — 806,650 ratings — published 2005
Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
by (shelved 31866 times as fantasy)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,973,064 ratings — published 2002
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
by (shelved 31215 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,637,864 ratings — published 1995
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
by (shelved 30508 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,921,068 ratings — published 2013
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
by (shelved 29571 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.66 — 709,775 ratings — published 2010
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 29480 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.34 — 750,689 ratings — published 2011
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29399 times as fantasy)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,127,669 ratings — published 2011
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
by (shelved 27622 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.19 — 607,706 ratings — published 1990
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
by (shelved 27617 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,202,714 ratings — published 2007
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 27443 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,808,319 ratings — published 2023
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 27281 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,707,194 ratings — published 2014
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 27110 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.56 — 796,628 ratings — published 2016
Twilight (Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 26982 times as fantasy)
avg rating 3.68 — 7,453,471 ratings — published 2005
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 26855 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,000,692 ratings — published 2001
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
by (shelved 26666 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.03 — 442,504 ratings — published 2015
A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4)
by (shelved 26602 times as fantasy)
avg rating 3.71 — 2,278,866 ratings — published 2018
A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #5)
by (shelved 25919 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,230,718 ratings — published 2021
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
by (shelved 25709 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.38 — 705,827 ratings — published 2007
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 25642 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.20 — 429,343 ratings — published 1995
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 25260 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.15 — 531,564 ratings — published 2018
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
by (shelved 24600 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,133,587 ratings — published 2019
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24580 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,595,793 ratings — published 2020
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 24559 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,540,436 ratings — published 2015
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 24510 times as fantasy)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,409,814 ratings — published 2006
“Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Classic thinking teaches us of the four doors of the mind, which everyone moves through according to their need.
First is the door of sleep. Sleep offers us a retreat from the world and all its pain. Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint. This is the mind's way of protecting itself from pain by stepping through the first door.
Second is the door of forgetting. Some wounds are too deep to heal, or too deep to heal quickly. In addition, many memories are simply painful, and there is no healing to be done. The saying 'time heals all wounds' is false. Time heals most wounds. The rest are hidden behind this door.
Third is the door of madness. There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.
Last is the door of death. The final resort. Nothing can hurt us after we are dead, or so we have been told.”
― The Name of the Wind
First is the door of sleep. Sleep offers us a retreat from the world and all its pain. Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint. This is the mind's way of protecting itself from pain by stepping through the first door.
Second is the door of forgetting. Some wounds are too deep to heal, or too deep to heal quickly. In addition, many memories are simply painful, and there is no healing to be done. The saying 'time heals all wounds' is false. Time heals most wounds. The rest are hidden behind this door.
Third is the door of madness. There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.
Last is the door of death. The final resort. Nothing can hurt us after we are dead, or so we have been told.”
― The Name of the Wind
“It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
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fantastical, fantastyka, fantasy-fiction, fiction-fantasy, genre-fantasy, and фэнтези
