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To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,076,324 ratings — published 1960
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,057,781 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,728,456 ratings — published 1997
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 65 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,316,777 ratings — published 2000
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as growing-up)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,987,648 ratings — published 1951
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 63 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,898,439 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 60 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,001,276 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 59 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,636,919 ratings — published 1998
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 58 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,751,009 ratings — published 2005
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,885,166 ratings — published 1993
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,258,980 ratings — published 1964
Charlotte’s Web (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,094,813 ratings — published 1952
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,674,186 ratings — published 1967
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 54 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,208,035 ratings — published 2007
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,303,231 ratings — published 1947
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,851,588 ratings — published 2012
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as growing-up)
avg rating 3.95 — 260,007 ratings — published 1970
A Stone's Throw: A heartwarming story of a city girl and her rancher grandfather turning adversity into love and community (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 46 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.36 — 5,692 ratings — published
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,219,941 ratings — published 2012
The Secret Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,330,203 ratings — published 1911
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 45 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.06 — 601,233 ratings — published 1977
Holes (Holes, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,393,340 ratings — published 1998
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as growing-up)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,779,368 ratings — published 2005
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,206,787 ratings — published 2008
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,147,611 ratings — published 1908
Matilda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,142,940 ratings — published 1988
Smile (Smile, #1)
by (shelved 40 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.22 — 317,304 ratings — published 2009
Love You Forever (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.38 — 250,055 ratings — published 1986
Walk Two Moons (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.00 — 175,484 ratings — published 1994
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,526,457 ratings — published 1868
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 36 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,844,376 ratings — published 2010
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as growing-up)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,277,721 ratings — published 2012
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,213,412 ratings — published 1950
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.28 — 690,531 ratings — published 2012
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,538,203 ratings — published 2005
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.37 — 449,884 ratings — published 1990
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.30 — 529,164 ratings — published 1943
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,594,271 ratings — published 1937
Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as growing-up)
avg rating 3.80 — 463,265 ratings — published 1987
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 30 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,959,558 ratings — published 2005
Roller Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.27 — 70,978 ratings — published 2015
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as growing-up)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,292,991 ratings — published 1954
This One Summer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as growing-up)
avg rating 3.69 — 94,159 ratings — published 2014
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,468,158 ratings — published 2011
The BFG (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.23 — 538,382 ratings — published 1982
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,298,728 ratings — published 2009
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as growing-up)
avg rating 3.85 — 740,041 ratings — published 2001
Fangirl (ebook)
by (shelved 27 times as growing-up)
avg rating 3.93 — 789,108 ratings — published 2013
Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.02 — 426,870 ratings — published 1997
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as growing-up)
avg rating 4.05 — 642,070 ratings — published 1999
“I don't want to be a man," said Jace. "I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead."
"Well," said Luke, "you're doing a fantastic job.”
― City of Ashes
"Well," said Luke, "you're doing a fantastic job.”
― City of Ashes
“I've apparently been the victim of growing up, which apparently happens to all of us at one point or another. It's been going on for quite some time now, without me knowing it. I've found that growing up can mean a lot of things. For me, it doesn't mean I should become somebody completely new and stop loving the things I used to love. It means I've just added more things to my list. Like for example, I'm still beyond obsessed with the winter season and I still start putting up strings of lights in September. I still love sparkles and grocery shopping and really old cats that are only nice to you half the time. I still love writing in my journal and wearing dresses all the time and staring at chandeliers. But some new things I've fallen in love with -- mismatched everything. Mismatched chairs, mismatched colors, mismatched personalities. I love spraying perfumes I used to wear when I was in high school. It brings me back to the days of trying to get a close parking spot at school, trying to get noticed by soccer players, and trying to figure out how to avoid doing or saying anything uncool, and wishing every minute of every day that one day maybe I'd get a chance to win a Grammy. Or something crazy and out of reach like that. ;) I love old buildings with the paint chipping off the walls and my dad's stories about college. I love the freedom of living alone, but I also love things that make me feel seven again. Back then naivety was the norm and skepticism was a foreign language, and I just think every once in a while you need fries and a chocolate milkshake and your mom. I love picking up a cookbook and closing my eyes and opening it to a random page, then attempting to make that recipe. I've loved my fans from the very first day, but they've said things and done things recently that make me feel like they're my friends -- more now than ever before. I'll never go a day without thinking about our memories together.”
― Taylor Swift Songbook: Guitar Recorded Versions
― Taylor Swift Songbook: Guitar Recorded Versions
