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The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as parable)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,719,238 ratings — published 1988
The Pearl (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as parable)
avg rating 3.58 — 286,679 ratings — published 1947
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as parable)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,581,384 ratings — published 1943
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as parable)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,767,902 ratings — published 1945
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as parable)
avg rating 3.86 — 278,369 ratings — published 1970
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as parable)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,363,390 ratings — published 1952
A Christmas Carol (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as parable)
avg rating 4.09 — 959,403 ratings — published 1843
Who Moved My Cheese? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as parable)
avg rating 3.87 — 519,887 ratings — published 1998
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as parable)
avg rating 4.09 — 908,317 ratings — published 1922
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as parable)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,259,575 ratings — published 1964
The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as parable)
avg rating 4.33 — 31,055 ratings — published 2007
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as parable)
avg rating 4.18 — 291,500 ratings — published 1993
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as parable)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,527,572 ratings — published 1915
The Pilgrim's Progress (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as parable)
avg rating 4.08 — 163,992 ratings — published 1678
Theo of Golden (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.45 — 520,500 ratings — published 2023
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.83 — 691,364 ratings — published 1886
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.07 — 503,373 ratings — published 2021
The Celestine Prophecy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.74 — 125,068 ratings — published 1993
How Much Land Does a Man Need? (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.11 — 20,768 ratings — published 1886
Hector and the Search for Happiness (Audio CD)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.48 — 17,822 ratings — published 2002
Hinds' Feet on High Places (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.35 — 61,803 ratings — published 1955
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,984,253 ratings — published 1818
The Velveteen Rabbit (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.31 — 276,689 ratings — published 1922
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.57 — 631,682 ratings — published 1851
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.93 — 416,842 ratings — published 1925
The Greatest Salesman in the World (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.21 — 69,646 ratings — published 1968
Bartleby the Scrivener (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.93 — 79,064 ratings — published 1853
The Richest Man in Babylon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.23 — 251,680 ratings — published 1926
Fish: A Proven Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.92 — 29,528 ratings — published 1996
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,961,639 ratings — published 1963
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,295,436 ratings — published 1954
The Prince and the Pauper (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.87 — 126,943 ratings — published 1881
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.07 — 182,417 ratings — published 1883
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.28 — 720,566 ratings — published 1956
Šuns archipelagas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,788 ratings — published 2018
The Archer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.65 — 23,519 ratings — published 2003
The Ardent Swarm (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.08 — 8,648 ratings — published 2017
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.55 — 249,877 ratings — published 2019
The Parable of the Homemade Millionaire (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.16 — 38 ratings — published
The Pilgrimage (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.64 — 70,147 ratings — published 1987
The Parade (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.64 — 9,394 ratings — published 2019
The Man Who Planted Trees (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.18 — 22,412 ratings — published 1953
The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.26 — 610 ratings — published 2015
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.38 — 6,187 ratings — published 2007
The Ant and the Elephant: Leadership for the Self: A Parable and 5-Step Action Plan to Transform Workplace Performance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,111 ratings — published 2004
Good Omens (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.25 — 842,330 ratings — published 1990
Three Questions (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.88 — 3,184 ratings — published 1885
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.05 — 130,820 ratings — published -560
“And so the first question that the Levite asked was, "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But then the Good Samaritan came by. And he reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"
That's the question before you tonight. Not, "If I stop to help the sanitation workers, what will happen to all of the hours that I usually spend in my office every day and every week as a pastor?" The question is not, "If I stop to help this man in need, what will happen to me?" "If I do not stop to help the sanitation workers, what will happen to them?" That's the question.”
― The Radical King
That's the question before you tonight. Not, "If I stop to help the sanitation workers, what will happen to all of the hours that I usually spend in my office every day and every week as a pastor?" The question is not, "If I stop to help this man in need, what will happen to me?" "If I do not stop to help the sanitation workers, what will happen to them?" That's the question.”
― The Radical King
“A cherry pie is . . . ephemeral. From the moment it emerges from the oven it begins a steep decline: from too hot to edible to cold to stale to mouldy, and finally to a post-pie state where only history can tell you that it was once considered food. The pie is a parable of human life.”
― The Gone-Away World
― The Gone-Away World
