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Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It (Paperback)
by (shelved 212 times as languages)
avg rating 4.08 — 12,828 ratings — published 2014
Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as languages)
avg rating 3.66 — 5,764 ratings — published 2014
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as languages)
avg rating 3.91 — 7,314 ratings — published 2010
Wheelock's Latin (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as languages)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,796 ratings — published 1956
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as languages)
avg rating 3.91 — 43,992 ratings — published 1990
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as languages)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,435 ratings — published 1994
Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 68 times as languages)
avg rating 3.92 — 4,648 ratings — published 2014
Polyglot: How I Learn Languages (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as languages)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,437 ratings — published 1970
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as languages)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,074 ratings — published 2005
Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as languages)
avg rating 3.54 — 1,479 ratings — published 2012
Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as languages)
avg rating 3.79 — 4,148 ratings — published 2018
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as languages)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,264 ratings — published 2003
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as languages)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,214 ratings — published 2001
Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I: Familia Romana (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as languages)
avg rating 4.60 — 1,053 ratings — published 1996
In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as languages)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,974 ratings — published 2009
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as languages)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,039 ratings — published 2005
The Loom of Language: An Approach to the Mastery of Many Languages (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as languages)
avg rating 4.17 — 391 ratings — published 1943
Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as languages)
avg rating 4.15 — 447,909 ratings — published 2022
Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as languages)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,792 ratings — published 1999
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as languages)
avg rating 4.23 — 12,318 ratings — published 2011
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as languages)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,436,361 ratings — published 1943
Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as languages)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,810 ratings — published 1993
The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as languages)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,010 ratings — published 2015
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as languages)
avg rating 3.77 — 2,785 ratings — published 2011
The New Penguin Russian Course: A Complete Course for Beginners (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as languages)
avg rating 4.19 — 464 ratings — published 1996
Remembering the Kanji I: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as languages)
avg rating 4.25 — 875 ratings — published 1977
In Other Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as languages)
avg rating 3.75 — 15,617 ratings — published 2015
How to Learn Any Language: Quickly, Easily, Inexpensively, Enjoyably and on Your Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as languages)
avg rating 3.81 — 862 ratings — published 1991
Becoming Fluent: How Cognitive Science Can Help Adults Learn a Foreign Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as languages)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,533 ratings — published 2015
English Grammar in Use With Answers: Reference and Practice for Intermediate Students (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as languages)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,970 ratings — published 1985
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as languages)
avg rating 4.18 — 86,797 ratings — published 1918
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as languages)
avg rating 4.05 — 12,424 ratings — published 2019
How to Speak Any Language Fluently: Fun, stimulating and effective methods to help anyone learn languages faster (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25 times as languages)
avg rating 3.85 — 494 ratings — published 2017
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as languages)
avg rating 3.91 — 11,185 ratings — published 2007
Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish: A Creative and Proven Approach (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as languages)
avg rating 4.28 — 977 ratings — published 1953
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as languages)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,165 ratings — published 2008
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as languages)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,271,573 ratings — published 1997
501 French Verbs (Barron's 501 French Verbs) (English and French Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as languages)
avg rating 4.25 — 650 ratings — published 2003
Mastering Arabic: The Complete Course for Beginners (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as languages)
avg rating 4.09 — 188 ratings — published 1990
Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament with Scripture, Subject, and Greek Word Indexes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as languages)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,493 ratings — published 1995
Short Stories in French for Beginners (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as languages)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,201 ratings — published
The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as languages)
avg rating 3.99 — 4,759 ratings — published 1974
Japanese for Busy People I: Romanized (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as languages)
avg rating 3.78 — 465 ratings — published 1984
The Story of French (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as languages)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,000 ratings — published 2002
Japanese from Zero! 1: Proven Techniques to Learn Japanese for Students and Professionals (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as languages)
avg rating 4.36 — 873 ratings — published 2006
Short Stories in Italian for Beginners: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Italian the fun way! (Readers Vol. 1) (Italian Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as languages)
avg rating 3.97 — 961 ratings — published 2015
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as languages)
avg rating 3.94 — 5,128 ratings — published 2003
GENKI: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese, Vol. II (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as languages)
avg rating 4.35 — 689 ratings — published 1999
Language Families of the World (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 19 times as languages)
avg rating 4.41 — 985 ratings — published 2019
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as languages)
avg rating 4.18 — 9,178 ratings — published 2017
“Which natural gift would you most like to possess? The ability to master other languages (which would have hugely enhanced the scope of these answers).
How would you like to die? Fully conscious, and either fighting or reciting (or fooling around).
What do you most dislike about your appearance? The way in which it makes former admirers search for neutral words.”
― Hitch 22: A Memoir
How would you like to die? Fully conscious, and either fighting or reciting (or fooling around).
What do you most dislike about your appearance? The way in which it makes former admirers search for neutral words.”
― Hitch 22: A Memoir
“Different languages, the same thoughts; servant to thoughts and their masters.”
― The Sun Watches the Sun
― The Sun Watches the Sun












