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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 120 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,515,977 ratings — published 1997
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 100 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,007,048 ratings — published 2008
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 94 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,539,859 ratings — published 1998
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 93 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,895,706 ratings — published 1999
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,541,830 ratings — published 1948
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 87 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,235,145 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 84 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,686,658 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 82 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,828,024 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 79 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,140,969 ratings — published 2007
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,495,469 ratings — published 1937
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as leisure)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,617,476 ratings — published 1988
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 70 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,201,977 ratings — published 2009
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 66 times as leisure)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,539,681 ratings — published 2003
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 66 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,760,605 ratings — published 2010
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,859,956 ratings — published 1813
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as leisure)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,974,741 ratings — published 1925
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,522,605 ratings — published 2003
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,946,598 ratings — published 1960
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,754,957 ratings — published 1996
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,617,913 ratings — published 1945
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as leisure)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,922,766 ratings — published 1951
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,645,513 ratings — published 1965
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as leisure)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,096,636 ratings — published 1932
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 48 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,905,304 ratings — published 2005
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,179,132 ratings — published 1954
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,030,962 ratings — published 1979
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,765,198 ratings — published 2012
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as leisure)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,228,298 ratings — published 1954
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as leisure)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,876,366 ratings — published 1953
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,468,877 ratings — published 2005
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,000,408 ratings — published 2014
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,179,203 ratings — published 2017
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,459,956 ratings — published 1985
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 41 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,672,766 ratings — published 2018
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,910,361 ratings — published 1890
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,481,202 ratings — published 1985
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 38 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,139,972 ratings — published 1954
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,278,825 ratings — published 2011
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as leisure)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,413,792 ratings — published 2000
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,511,291 ratings — published 1943
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as leisure)
avg rating 3.68 — 7,364,949 ratings — published 2005
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,889,012 ratings — published 2018
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,306,073 ratings — published 2011
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,475,138 ratings — published 2012
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 37 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,028,327 ratings — published 1998
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as leisure)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,315,287 ratings — published 2015
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,172,206 ratings — published 1950
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,119,236 ratings — published 1997
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,018,450 ratings — published 1999
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as leisure)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,493,978 ratings — published 1969
“In the old days, before I was married, or knew a lot of women, I would just pull down all the shades and go to bed for three or four days. I'd get up to shit. I'd eat a can of beans, go back to bed, just stay there for three or four days. Then I'd put on my clothes and I'd walk outside, and the sunlight was brilliant, and the sounds were great. I felt powerful, like a recharged battery. But you know the first bring-down? The first human face I saw on the sidewalk, I lost half my charge right there.”
― Charles Bukowski: Sunlight Here I Am: Interviews and Encounters 1963-1993
― Charles Bukowski: Sunlight Here I Am: Interviews and Encounters 1963-1993
“My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.”
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