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American Gods (American Gods, #1)
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avg rating 4.10 — 999,115 ratings — published 2001
Odd and the Frost Giants (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 37,813 ratings — published 2008
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 346,623 ratings — published 2017
The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1)
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avg rating 4.23 — 244,992 ratings — published 2015
Runemarks (Runemarks, #1)
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avg rating 3.74 — 9,021 ratings — published 2007
The Ogress and the Orphans (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 9,519 ratings — published 2022
The Gospel of Loki (Loki, #1)
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avg rating 3.74 — 15,438 ratings — published 2014
Giants of the Frost (Europa #2)
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avg rating 3.90 — 1,038 ratings — published 2004
Walk Two Moons (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 175,042 ratings — published 1994
A Snicker of Magic (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 14,171 ratings — published 2014
Chomp (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.99 — 23,948 ratings — published 2012
Maniac Magee (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 129,277 ratings — published 1990
Forbidden City (City Spies #3)
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avg rating 4.44 — 6,421 ratings — published 2022
Johnny Tremain (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 52,005 ratings — published 1943
The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 161,624 ratings — published 1958
The Westing Game (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 239,050 ratings — published 1978
Bud, Not Buddy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 116,289 ratings — published 1999
Secret of the Pink Pokemon (Pokemon Chapter Book #10)
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avg rating 4.20 — 500 ratings — published 2000
Matilda (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 1,134,518 ratings — published 1988
Tuck Everlasting (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 299,945 ratings — published 1975
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 10,132,113 ratings — published 2008
The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 5,786 ratings — published 2021
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,125,097 ratings — published
The Laws of Human Nature (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.33 — 31,110 ratings — published 2018
The 48 Laws of Power (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 237,170 ratings — published 1999
A Tale of Magic... (A Tale of Magic, #1)
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avg rating 4.26 — 28,530 ratings — published 2019
Golden Gate (City Spies #2)
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avg rating 4.36 — 9,921 ratings — published 2021
The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 176 ratings — published 2022
City Spies (City Spies, #1)
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avg rating 4.28 — 18,163 ratings — published 2020
The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 873 ratings — published 1990
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 118,014 ratings — published 2016
¿Nos tomamos un café? (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 728 ratings — published 2008
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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avg rating 4.62 — 4,183,209 ratings — published 2007
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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avg rating 4.58 — 3,727,954 ratings — published 2005
The Grave (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.62 — 1,022 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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avg rating 4.50 — 3,873,638 ratings — published 2003
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 7,280 ratings — published 2023
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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avg rating 4.57 — 4,287,221 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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avg rating 4.58 — 4,962,278 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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avg rating 4.43 — 4,595,790 ratings — published 1998
The House at the Edge of Magic (The House at the Edge of Magic, #1)
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avg rating 3.69 — 5,133 ratings — published 2021
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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avg rating 4.47 — 11,647,262 ratings — published 1997
Witchlings (Witchlings, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 5,759 ratings — published 2022
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.72 — 20,602 ratings — published 1973
New Dragon City (New Dragon City #1)
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avg rating 4.15 — 1,548 ratings — published 2022
The Season of Styx Malone (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 3,582 ratings — published 2018
The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
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avg rating 4.43 — 27,201 ratings — published 1982
The Courage of Cat Campbell (Poppy Pendle)
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avg rating 4.10 — 475 ratings — published 2015
“Another example of the same attitude, this time on a less cosmic and more humble scale, comes from the life of the warrior-poet Egil Skallagrimsson. According to his saga, toward the end of his life, one of his sons died, after the others had died before him. Such was the depth of Egil's grief that he planned to kill himself, but his surviving daughter convinced him instead to use his poetic talent to compose a memorial poem for his lost children. Egil's poem is called The Wreck Of Sons (Sonatorrek). In it, Egil bemoans his lot in life and curses Odin, his patron god, for having made him suffer so much. But Egil finds that this suffering has also carried a gift within it, for his anguish inspires him to compose better poetry than ever before. He lets loose an eloquent cry of both despair and joy, or at least contented acceptance. The final three stanzas read:
I offer nothing
With an eager heart
To the greatest of gods,
The willful Odin.
But I must concede
That the friend of the wise
Has paid me well
For all my wounds.
The battle-tested
Foe of the wolf
Has given me
A towering art,
And wits to discern
In those around me
Who wishes well,
Who wishes ill.
Times are dire,
Yet glad is my heart,
Full of courage,
Without complaint.
I wait for the goddess
Of dirt and of death
Who stands on the headland
To bear me away.”
― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
I offer nothing
With an eager heart
To the greatest of gods,
The willful Odin.
But I must concede
That the friend of the wise
Has paid me well
For all my wounds.
The battle-tested
Foe of the wolf
Has given me
A towering art,
And wits to discern
In those around me
Who wishes well,
Who wishes ill.
Times are dire,
Yet glad is my heart,
Full of courage,
Without complaint.
I wait for the goddess
Of dirt and of death
Who stands on the headland
To bear me away.”
― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
“It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn its might against them. Unfortunately man is preyed upon by microbes, which are too small to be appreciated.”
― The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once & Future King
― The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once & Future King
