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The Pearl (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as parable)
avg rating 3.59 — 295,101 ratings — published 1947
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as parable)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,781,849 ratings — published 1988
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as parable)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,628,138 ratings — published 1943
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as parable)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,851,228 ratings — published 1945
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as parable)
avg rating 3.86 — 281,020 ratings — published 1970
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as parable)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,386,646 ratings — published 1952
A Christmas Carol (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as parable)
avg rating 4.09 — 967,200 ratings — published 1843
Who Moved My Cheese? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as parable)
avg rating 3.87 — 523,363 ratings — published 1998
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as parable)
avg rating 4.09 — 923,272 ratings — published 1922
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as parable)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,268,398 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 — 31,502 ratings — published 2007
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as parable)
avg rating 4.18 — 302,760 ratings — published 1993
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as parable)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,580,444 ratings — published 1915
The Pilgrim's Progress (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as parable)
avg rating 4.08 — 166,028 ratings — published 1678
Theo of Golden (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.41 — 713,301 ratings — published 2023
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.83 — 707,296 ratings — published 1886
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.06 — 529,807 ratings — published 2021
The Celestine Prophecy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.74 — 126,137 ratings — published 1993
The Man Who Planted Trees (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.18 — 23,355 ratings — published 1953
How Much Land Does a Man Need? (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.11 — 21,901 ratings — published 1886
Hector and the Search for Happiness (Audio CD)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.48 — 17,944 ratings — published 2002
Hinds' Feet on High Places (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.35 — 62,410 ratings — published 1955
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,029,174 ratings — published 1818
The Velveteen Rabbit (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.31 — 277,991 ratings — published 1922
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.58 — 638,664 ratings — published 1851
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.93 — 427,408 ratings — published 1925
The Greatest Salesman in the World (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.21 — 70,093 ratings — published 1968
Bartleby the Scrivener (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.93 — 80,712 ratings — published 1853
The Richest Man in Babylon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.23 — 255,785 ratings — published 1926
Fish: A Proven Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.91 — 29,665 ratings — published 1996
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,015,707 ratings — published 1963
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,334,207 ratings — published 1954
The Prince and the Pauper (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.87 — 127,655 ratings — published 1881
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.07 — 185,480 ratings — published 1883
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.28 — 726,035 ratings — published 1956
Šuns archipelagas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,850 ratings — published 2018
The Archer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.64 — 23,929 ratings — published 2003
The Ardent Swarm (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.08 — 8,745 ratings — published 2017
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.55 — 253,591 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 — 71,026 ratings — published 1987
The Parade (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.65 — 9,516 ratings — published 2019
The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.26 — 611 ratings — published 2015
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.38 — 6,294 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 — 3,116 ratings — published 2004
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.25 — 850,351 ratings — published 1990
Three Questions (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.88 — 3,248 ratings — published 1885
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.05 — 131,309 ratings — published -560
“All Of Life: The Learning, The Knowledge, The Beauty, The Love, The Friendship, The Power, The Possibilities - All These I'm Looking At. Look You Also Why Life Lasts.”
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“The truth is that Trout, like Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury and many others, writes parables. These are set in frames which have become called, for no good reason, science fiction. A better generic term would be 'future fairy tales'. And even this is objectionable, since many science fiction stories take place in the present or the past, far and near.”
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