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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as hype)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,922,430 ratings — published 2008
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as hype)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,734,955 ratings — published 2018
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as hype)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,105,055 ratings — published 2017
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as hype)
avg rating 3.97 — 879,050 ratings — published 2016
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as hype)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,411,884 ratings — published 2012
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as hype)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,383,685 ratings — published 2011
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as hype)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,724,234 ratings — published 2010
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as hype)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,870,183 ratings — published 2018
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as hype)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,099,480 ratings — published 2011
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as hype)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,539,036 ratings — published 2023
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 12 times as hype)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,632,620 ratings — published 2018
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as hype)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,882,076 ratings — published 2005
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as hype)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,736,612 ratings — published 1996
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as hype)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,160,156 ratings — published 2009
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as hype)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,012,484 ratings — published 2012
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as hype)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,729,214 ratings — published 2012
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as hype)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,463,561 ratings — published 2020
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as hype)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,350,500 ratings — published 2018
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as hype)
avg rating 4.66 — 670,618 ratings — published 2010
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as hype)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,459,470 ratings — published 1937
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as hype)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,990,342 ratings — published 2011
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as hype)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,154,201 ratings — published 2015
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as hype)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,213,682 ratings — published 2015
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as hype)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,978,511 ratings — published 2014
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as hype)
avg rating 3.67 — 7,319,836 ratings — published 2005
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as hype)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,077,972 ratings — published 2020
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as hype)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,507,205 ratings — published 2020
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as hype)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,853,068 ratings — published 2019
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as hype)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,450,112 ratings — published 2005
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as hype)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,023,727 ratings — published 2009
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as hype)
avg rating 4.28 — 929,605 ratings — published 2015
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as hype)
avg rating 4.24 — 347,762 ratings — published 2015
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as hype)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,287,552 ratings — published 2011
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as hype)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,107,651 ratings — published 2012
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as hype)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,225,878 ratings — published 2011
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as hype)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,496,698 ratings — published 2003
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as hype)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,357,066 ratings — published 2022
The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as hype)
avg rating 3.54 — 277,850 ratings — published 2020
People We Meet on Vacation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as hype)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,697,568 ratings — published 2021
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as hype)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,265,814 ratings — published 2019
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as hype)
avg rating 4.28 — 135,398 ratings — published 2017
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as hype)
avg rating 4.34 — 626,401 ratings — published 2017
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as hype)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,292,611 ratings — published 2015
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as hype)
avg rating 4.07 — 614,413 ratings — published 2014
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as hype)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,450,748 ratings — published 2012
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as hype)
avg rating 4.27 — 778,687 ratings — published 2014
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as hype)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,301,396 ratings — published 2011
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as hype)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,153,808 ratings — published 1954
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as hype)
avg rating 3.62 — 2,129,644 ratings — published 2006
“...Cleveland was the first war over the protection of children to be fought not in the courts, but in the media...
Given that most of the hearings took place out of sight of the press, the following examples are taken from the recollection of child protection workers present in court. In one case, during a controversy that centred fundamentally around disputes over the meaning of RAD [reflex anal dilatation], a judge refused to allow ‘any evidence about children’s bottoms’ in his courtroom.
A second judge — hearing an application to have their children returned by parents about whom social services had grave worries told the assembled lawyers that, as she lived in the area, she could not help but be influenced by what she read in the press.
Hardly surprising then that child protection workers soon found courts not hearing their applications, cutting them short, or loosely supervising informal deals which allowed children to be sent back to parents, even in cases where there was explicit evidence of apparent abuse to be explained and dealt with. (p21)
[reflex anal dilatation (RAD): a simple clue which is suggestive of anal penetration from outside. It had been recognised as a valuable weapon in the armoury of doctors examining children for many decades and was endorsed by both the British Medical Association and the Association of Police Surgeons. (p18)]”
― Creative Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Challenges and Dilemmas
Given that most of the hearings took place out of sight of the press, the following examples are taken from the recollection of child protection workers present in court. In one case, during a controversy that centred fundamentally around disputes over the meaning of RAD [reflex anal dilatation], a judge refused to allow ‘any evidence about children’s bottoms’ in his courtroom.
A second judge — hearing an application to have their children returned by parents about whom social services had grave worries told the assembled lawyers that, as she lived in the area, she could not help but be influenced by what she read in the press.
Hardly surprising then that child protection workers soon found courts not hearing their applications, cutting them short, or loosely supervising informal deals which allowed children to be sent back to parents, even in cases where there was explicit evidence of apparent abuse to be explained and dealt with. (p21)
[reflex anal dilatation (RAD): a simple clue which is suggestive of anal penetration from outside. It had been recognised as a valuable weapon in the armoury of doctors examining children for many decades and was endorsed by both the British Medical Association and the Association of Police Surgeons. (p18)]”
― Creative Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Challenges and Dilemmas
“In her book claiming that allegations of ritualistic abuse are mostly confabulations, La Fontaine’s (1998) comparison of social workers to ‘nazis’ shows the depth of feeling evident amongst many sceptics. However, this raises an important question: Why did academics and journalists feel so strongly about allegations of ritualistic abuse, to the point of pervasively misrepresenting the available evidence and treating women disclosing ritualistic abuse, and those workers who support them, with barely concealed contempt? It is of course true that there are fringe practitioners in the field of organised abuse, just as there are fringe practitioners in many other health-related fields. However, the contrast between the measured tone of the majority of therapists and social workers writing on ritualistic abuse, and the over-blown sensationalism of their critics, could not be starker. Indeed, Scott (2001) notes with irony that the writings of those who claimed that ‘satanic ritual abuse’ is a ‘moral panic’ had many of the features of a moral panic: scapegoating therapists, social workers and sexual abuse victims whilst warning of an impending social catastrophe brought on by an epidemic of false allegations of sexual abuse. It is perhaps unsurprising that social movements for people accused of sexual abuse would engage in such hyperbole, but why did this rhetoric find so many champions in academia and the media?”
― Organised Sexual Abuse
― Organised Sexual Abuse
