54 books
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13 voters
Orphan Books
Showing 1-50 of 5,191
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 40 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,328,576 ratings — published 1997
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,106,598 ratings — published 1908
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,309,718 ratings — published 1847
Orphan Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.20 — 462,578 ratings — published 2013
Bud, Not Buddy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.97 — 114,943 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,460,219 ratings — published 1998
The Secret Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,288,986 ratings — published 1911
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.22 — 189,339 ratings — published 2007
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 18 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,804,727 ratings — published 1999
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.02 — 568,031 ratings — published 1999
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
by (shelved 16 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.04 — 210,750 ratings — published 1880
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 14 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,167,107 ratings — published 2000
Oliver Twist (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.88 — 426,297 ratings — published 1838
The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.15 — 565,441 ratings — published 2008
A Little Princess (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.23 — 323,693 ratings — published 1905
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 13 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,088,685 ratings — published 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 13 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,772,976 ratings — published 2003
Pictures of Hollis Woods (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.03 — 30,582 ratings — published 2002
The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.95 — 210,445 ratings — published 2000
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,860,604 ratings — published 2005
James and the Giant Peach (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.04 — 514,046 ratings — published 1961
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 12 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,637,268 ratings — published 2005
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,097,807 ratings — published 2012
The BFG (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.23 — 524,724 ratings — published 1982
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.36 — 948,481 ratings — published 2020
Counting by 7s (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.14 — 87,193 ratings — published 2013
The False Prince (Ascendance, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.24 — 109,098 ratings — published 2012
Maniac Magee (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.90 — 128,346 ratings — published 1990
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.02 — 244,280 ratings — published 1999
The Cider House Rules (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.17 — 195,190 ratings — published 1985
The Higher Power of Lucky (The Hard Pan Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.58 — 13,767 ratings — published 2006
Daddy-Long-Legs (Daddy-Long-Legs, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.13 — 75,278 ratings — published 1912
The Queen's Gambit (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.18 — 136,721 ratings — published 1983
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
by (shelved 9 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,156,798 ratings — published 2020
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 9 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,587,038 ratings — published 2018
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.49 — 957,976 ratings — published 2006
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,358,353 ratings — published 2012
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.86 — 184,021 ratings — published 2000
David Copperfield (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.04 — 257,627 ratings — published 1850
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.47 — 777,730 ratings — published 2022
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,709,411 ratings — published 2018
Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.23 — 224,276 ratings — published 1909
The Thief Lord (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.99 — 102,317 ratings — published 2000
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,725,413 ratings — published 2013
The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.13 — 139,376 ratings — published 1924
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,008,110 ratings — published 2012
The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.01 — 173,440 ratings — published 2000
A Single Shard (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.95 — 42,473 ratings — published 2001
A Place to Hang the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.56 — 22,752 ratings — published 2021
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.21 — 840,873 ratings — published 1862
“Do you not know that God entrusted you with that money (all above what buys necessities for your families) to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to help the stranger, the widow, the fatherless; and, indeed, as far as it will go, to relieve the wants of all mankind? How can you, how dare you, defraud the Lord, by applying it to any other purpose?”
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“History is orphan. It can speak, but cannot hear. It can give, but cannot take. Its wounds and tragedies can be read and known, but cannot be avoided or cured.”
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