608 books
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The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as first)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,688,268 ratings — published 1988
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as first)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,668,057 ratings — published 1997
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as first)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,761,807 ratings — published 2016
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as first)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,064,136 ratings — published 1925
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as first)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,040,304 ratings — published 1960
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as first)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,151,871 ratings — published 2008
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 19 times as first)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,871,962 ratings — published 2003
Twisted Love (Twisted, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as first)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,732,251 ratings — published 2021
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as first)
avg rating 4.17 — 606,769 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as first)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,282,128 ratings — published 1947
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as first)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,657,801 ratings — published 1948
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as first)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,106,850 ratings — published 2007
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as first)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,456,868 ratings — published 2015
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as first)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,906,840 ratings — published 2011
The Imperfectionists (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as first)
avg rating 3.55 — 50,472 ratings — published 2010
Twilight (Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as first)
avg rating 3.68 — 7,442,829 ratings — published 2005
The Deal (Off-Campus, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as first)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,302,807 ratings — published 2015
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as first)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,274,281 ratings — published 2012
Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as first)
avg rating 3.94 — 941,078 ratings — published 2021
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as first)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,381,125 ratings — published 2018
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as first)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,303,331 ratings — published 2017
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as first)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,192,699 ratings — published 2015
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as first)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,827,108 ratings — published 2012
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as first)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,451,932 ratings — published 2014
The 48 Laws of Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as first)
avg rating 4.08 — 238,150 ratings — published 1999
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as first)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,304,941 ratings — published 2011
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as first)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,594,709 ratings — published 2012
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as first)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,090,279 ratings — published 1992
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as first)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,282,716 ratings — published 2011
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as first)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,871,747 ratings — published 2019
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as first)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,821,886 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as first)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,933,982 ratings — published 2018
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as first)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,174,928 ratings — published 1991
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as first)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,178,531 ratings — published 1936
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as first)
avg rating 4.27 — 904,561 ratings — published 2014
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as first)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,200,334 ratings — published 2007
From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as first)
avg rating 4.21 — 889,366 ratings — published 2020
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as first)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,383,055 ratings — published 1847
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as first)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,129,062 ratings — published 2020
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as first)
avg rating 3.97 — 943,763 ratings — published 2016
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as first)
avg rating 4.14 — 412,009 ratings — published 2014
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as first)
avg rating 4.03 — 441,779 ratings — published 2015
Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as first)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,204,757 ratings — published 2015
Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as first)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,380,665 ratings — published 2011
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as first)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,945,207 ratings — published 2005
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as first)
avg rating 4.16 — 836,416 ratings — published 1989
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as first)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,558,154 ratings — published 1943
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as first)
avg rating 4.30 — 885,598 ratings — published 2010
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as first)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,132,443 ratings — published 1997
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as first)
avg rating 3.99 — 898,583 ratings — published 1961
“I'd still like to see the Steve Coogan as Peter Sellers version of The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004).”
― The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
― The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
“That was our first time together. Interesting, an interesting experience, but not earth-shaking. But then, I never expected it to be earth-shaking, not with him.
What I was determined to avoid was emotional entanglement. A passing fling was one thing, an affair of the heart quite another.
Of myself I was fairly sure. I was not about to lose my heart to a man about whom I knew next to nothing.”
― Summertime
What I was determined to avoid was emotional entanglement. A passing fling was one thing, an affair of the heart quite another.
Of myself I was fairly sure. I was not about to lose my heart to a man about whom I knew next to nothing.”
― Summertime












