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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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avg rating 4.48 — 1,100,954 ratings — published 2006
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The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.66 — 736,964 ratings — published 2010
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The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2) The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
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avg rating 4.37 — 740,397 ratings — published 2007
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The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3) The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.56 — 667,450 ratings — published 2008
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One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1) One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.25 — 793,549 ratings — published 2022
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,126,632 ratings — published 2007
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Warbreaker Warbreaker (ebook)
by (shelved 22 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.29 — 309,828 ratings — published 2009
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Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2) Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
by (shelved 20 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.76 — 540,395 ratings — published 2014
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A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1) A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.03 — 450,311 ratings — published 2015
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Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3) Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
by (shelved 17 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.59 — 399,809 ratings — published 2017
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.56 — 4,058,870 ratings — published 2023
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The Alloy of Law (Mistborn, #4) The Alloy of Law (Mistborn, #4)
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avg rating 4.19 — 318,242 ratings — published 2011
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Elantris (Elantris, #1) Elantris (Elantris, #1)
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avg rating 4.16 — 377,804 ratings — published 2005
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Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy, #1) Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.16 — 60,253 ratings — published 2018
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Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2) Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.37 — 609,236 ratings — published 2023
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,906,062 ratings — published 1997
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Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1) Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
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avg rating 4.05 — 132,265 ratings — published 2017
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A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2) A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.18 — 245,827 ratings — published 2016
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The Black Prism (Lightbringer, #1) The Black Prism (Lightbringer, #1)
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avg rating 4.22 — 135,109 ratings — published 2010
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Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
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avg rating 4.45 — 1,226,410 ratings — published 2015
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A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic, #3) A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.29 — 203,888 ratings — published 2017
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The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1) The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
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avg rating 4.19 — 617,481 ratings — published 1990
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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avg rating 4.43 — 4,708,718 ratings — published 1998
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The Emperor's Soul The Emperor's Soul (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 143,893 ratings — published 2012
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Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1) Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
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avg rating 3.91 — 1,161,360 ratings — published 2012
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The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2) The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.55 — 643,944 ratings — published 2011
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The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1) The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.22 — 326,766 ratings — published 2025
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Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3) Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,998,844 ratings — published 2025
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Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1) Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.30 — 341,093 ratings — published 2023
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A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1) A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as magic-system)
avg rating 3.93 — 234,820 ratings — published 2020
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Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4) Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.56 — 272,858 ratings — published 2020
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,388,455 ratings — published 2000
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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1) Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
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avg rating 4.18 — 2,753,567 ratings — published 2012
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Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.20 — 458,910 ratings — published 1995
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The Night Circus The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as magic-system)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,146,264 ratings — published 2011
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Alchemised Alchemised (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.29 — 392,495 ratings — published 2025
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Blood Over Bright Haven Blood Over Bright Haven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.30 — 193,232 ratings — published 2023
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Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2) Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,957,295 ratings — published 2023
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The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.56 — 300,916 ratings — published 2023
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The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1) The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.25 — 832,180 ratings — published 2022
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Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1) Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
by (shelved 8 times as magic-system)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,995,314 ratings — published 2002
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.15 — 562,894 ratings — published 2018
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.28 — 358,225 ratings — published 2015
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,264,643 ratings — published 2007
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,090,843 ratings — published 1999
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Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3) Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,815,855 ratings — published 2014
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The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6) The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.40 — 211,773 ratings — published 2016
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Shadows of Self (Mistborn, #5) Shadows of Self (Mistborn, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.25 — 231,437 ratings — published 2015
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Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1) Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as magic-system)
avg rating 4.16 — 222,659 ratings — published 1995
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Uprooted Uprooted (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 275,577 ratings — published 2015
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“Every reading costs something. Never something I choose, never something I can prepare for. Just a piece of myself, gone, and no way of knowing beforehand what it'll be or how much it'll hurt once I finally notice it's missing.”
― Hazel Wilding, What the Baker Kept

Robin Craig Clark
“Peter painted the valley with deliberate, quiet strokes. His routine was simple: he mixed the river’s water into his inks and pigments, and the valley, in turn, bled onto his page. It was a gentle partnership. A sketch of a deer would twitch its ink-stained ears on the heavy parchment, its tiny lungs rising and falling to the rhythm of Peter's own breathing. He was no sorcerer with incantations, just a man who painted what was already there. Yet, when the peace of the wild was broken and imperilled, the landscape responded to his hand. An ink stroke could tilt a mountain ridge or cause the briars to tighten, proving that the tip of a pen struck with more force than a poacher's gun.

— Description of Peter Goodhope, [Heart of the Earth]”
― Robin Craig Clark, Heart of the Earth

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