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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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avg rating 4.47 — 11,709,423 ratings — published 1997
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,585,357 ratings — published 1937
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
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avg rating 3.89 — 374,608 ratings — published 1984
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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avg rating 4.22 — 2,061,510 ratings — published 1979
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,496,624 ratings — published 1985
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1)
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avg rating 3.98 — 77,043 ratings — published 2000
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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avg rating 4.41 — 3,218,336 ratings — published 1954
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,001,383 ratings — published 2001
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (ebook)
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avg rating 4.09 — 529,252 ratings — published 1968
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
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avg rating 4.28 — 349,736 ratings — published 2015
Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
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avg rating 4.16 — 567,466 ratings — published 1996
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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avg rating 4.45 — 2,794,952 ratings — published 1996
The City & the City (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 81,699 ratings — published 2009
The Dispossessed (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 159,767 ratings — published 1974
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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avg rating 4.57 — 4,309,745 ratings — published 2000
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 10,189,013 ratings — published 2008
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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avg rating 4.43 — 4,629,251 ratings — published 1998
Stranger in a Strange Land (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 329,772 ratings — published 1961
Snow Crash (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 302,237 ratings — published 1992
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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avg rating 4.50 — 3,892,508 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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avg rating 4.58 — 4,992,140 ratings — published 1999
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
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avg rating 4.08 — 526,095 ratings — published 2006
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
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avg rating 3.99 — 122,225 ratings — published 2013
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 664,446 ratings — published 2013
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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avg rating 4.36 — 4,290,305 ratings — published 2009
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as genre)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,110,565 ratings — published 2007
A Wizard of Earthsea (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 372,909 ratings — published 1968
1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,686,639 ratings — published 1948
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, #1)
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avg rating 3.90 — 677,071 ratings — published 1982
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
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avg rating 3.80 — 326,084 ratings — published 2014
Leviathan Wakes (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 334,221 ratings — published 2011
Good Omens (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 840,421 ratings — published 1990
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 261,106 ratings — published 2004
The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)
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avg rating 4.54 — 744,978 ratings — published 1959
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
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avg rating 4.59 — 1,077,728 ratings — published 1955
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
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avg rating 4.51 — 1,166,974 ratings — published 1954
The Man in the High Castle (Vintage)
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avg rating 3.59 — 242,298 ratings — published 1962
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,639,388 ratings — published 1995
Brave New World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,133,922 ratings — published 1932
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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avg rating 4.58 — 3,745,554 ratings — published 2005
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 610,712 ratings — published 1951
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
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avg rating 4.28 — 313,439 ratings — published 1989
The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)
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avg rating 3.53 — 281,841 ratings — published 2009
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 639,721 ratings — published 2014
The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 38,204 ratings — published 2000
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 56,876 ratings — published 2009
Embassytown (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 35,413 ratings — published 2011
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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avg rating 4.13 — 3,837,166 ratings — published 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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avg rating 4.62 — 4,202,208 ratings — published 2007
“People don't read anymore. And, when they do, they don't read books like this one, but instead read books that depress them, because those books are seen as important. Somehow, the Librarians have successfully managed to convince most people in the Hushlands that they shouldn't read anything that isn't boring.
It comes down to Biblioden the Scrivener's great vision for the world — a vision in which people never do anything abnormal, never dream, and never experience anything strange. His minions teach people to stop reading fun books, and instead focus on fantasy novels. That's what I call them, because these books keep people trapped. Keep them inside the nice little fantasy that they consider to be the 'real' world. A fantasy that tells them they don't need to try something new.
After all, trying new things can be difficult.”
― Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones
It comes down to Biblioden the Scrivener's great vision for the world — a vision in which people never do anything abnormal, never dream, and never experience anything strange. His minions teach people to stop reading fun books, and instead focus on fantasy novels. That's what I call them, because these books keep people trapped. Keep them inside the nice little fantasy that they consider to be the 'real' world. A fantasy that tells them they don't need to try something new.
After all, trying new things can be difficult.”
― Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones
“The truth is that Trout, like Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury and many others, writes parables. These are set in frames which have become called, for no good reason, science fiction. A better generic term would be 'future fairy tales'. And even this is objectionable, since many science fiction stories take place in the present or the past, far and near.”
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