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Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as general)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,414,630 ratings — published 1945
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 108 times as general)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,489,972 ratings — published 2003
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as general)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,472,778 ratings — published 1988
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as general)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,298,063 ratings — published 1949
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as general)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,220,356 ratings — published 2011
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as general)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,745,435 ratings — published 1960
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as general)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,429,957 ratings — published 2003
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as general)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,141,860 ratings — published 1954
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as general)
avg rating 4.47 — 2,979,477 ratings — published 2009
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as general)
avg rating 4.01 — 889,531 ratings — published 2005
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as general)
avg rating 4.22 — 415,693 ratings — published 2003
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 80 times as general)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,359,190 ratings — published 2000
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 80 times as general)
avg rating 4.19 — 852,093 ratings — published 2008
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as general)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,785,373 ratings — published 1925
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 78 times as general)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,847,927 ratings — published 2003
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 77 times as general)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,399,801 ratings — published 2005
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as general)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,829,061 ratings — published 1951
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 76 times as general)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,824,701 ratings — published 2005
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as general)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,446,680 ratings — published 2002
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as general)
avg rating 4.01 — 847,549 ratings — published 2000
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as general)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,736,172 ratings — published 2001
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as general)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,699,676 ratings — published 2007
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as general)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,379,253 ratings — published 1937
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 67 times as general)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,687,832 ratings — published 2008
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 66 times as general)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,753,913 ratings — published 1953
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as general)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,267,346 ratings — published 2004
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as general)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,122,656 ratings — published 1936
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
by (shelved 62 times as general)
avg rating 4.24 — 769,351 ratings — published 2007
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
by (shelved 62 times as general)
avg rating 4.26 — 976,077 ratings — published 2006
Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as general)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,686,990 ratings — published 2006
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as general)
avg rating 3.96 — 617,081 ratings — published 2005
American Gods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 60 times as general)
avg rating 4.10 — 982,824 ratings — published 2001
Deception Point (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as general)
avg rating 3.76 — 694,184 ratings — published 2001
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as general)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,685,822 ratings — published 1813
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as general)
avg rating 4.04 — 448,805 ratings — published 1997
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as general)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,578,316 ratings — published 2003
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as general)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,918,357 ratings — published 2017
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as general)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,091,326 ratings — published 1997
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as general)
avg rating 3.85 — 826,795 ratings — published 2005
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as general)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,775,723 ratings — published 1937
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as general)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,691,865 ratings — published 1996
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as general)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,792,541 ratings — published 1818
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as general)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,163,852 ratings — published 1997
Dune (Dune #1)
by (shelved 51 times as general)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,588,589 ratings — published 1965
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as general)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,278,953 ratings — published 1846
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as general)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,354,140 ratings — published 1985
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as general)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,461,204 ratings — published 1969
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as general)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,081,257 ratings — published 1967
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 50 times as general)
avg rating 4.35 — 4,058,483 ratings — published 2009
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as general)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,035,976 ratings — published 1932
“Everybody is equally weak on the inside, just that some present their ruins as new castles and become kings –”
― Nightmarish Sacrifice
― Nightmarish Sacrifice
“There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general:
(1) Recklessness, which leads to destruction;
(2) cowardice, which leads to capture;
(3) a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults;
(4) a delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame;
(5) over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble.”
― The Art of War
(1) Recklessness, which leads to destruction;
(2) cowardice, which leads to capture;
(3) a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults;
(4) a delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame;
(5) over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble.”
― The Art of War
