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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,362,887 ratings — published 2017
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,512,403 ratings — published 2015
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,535,185 ratings — published 2012
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,701,322 ratings — published 1949
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,534,067 ratings — published 1985
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as public-library)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,629,116 ratings — published 2020
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as public-library)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,369,264 ratings — published 2015
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,543,316 ratings — published 2019
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.11 — 402,205 ratings — published 2017
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as public-library)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,141,421 ratings — published 2023
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,529,781 ratings — published 2022
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,932,276 ratings — published 2019
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,959,545 ratings — published 2005
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,135,762 ratings — published 2011
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as public-library)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,131,215 ratings — published 2011
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,330,143 ratings — published 2015
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as public-library)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,958,332 ratings — published 1963
Funny Story (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,417,934 ratings — published 2024
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.56 — 3,878,317 ratings — published 2023
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,878,056 ratings — published 2022
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,606,544 ratings — published 2020
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 25 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,762,086 ratings — published 2018
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.22 — 638,786 ratings — published 2021
The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as public-library)
avg rating 3.86 — 510,861 ratings — published 2018
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,037,573 ratings — published 2017
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,481,118 ratings — published 2017
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,267,412 ratings — published 2012
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,336,741 ratings — published 2011
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,762,208 ratings — published 1945
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,080,772 ratings — published 2020
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,950,953 ratings — published 2018
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as public-library)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,292,991 ratings — published 1954
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,345,258 ratings — published 2017
Book Lovers (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,666,015 ratings — published 2022
Red, White & Royal Blue (Red, White & Royal Blue, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,271,895 ratings — published 2019
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as public-library)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,971,661 ratings — published 2018
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 22 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,422,354 ratings — published 2016
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,053,418 ratings — published 2014
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,031,414 ratings — published 2012
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as public-library)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,308,127 ratings — published 1962
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,206,787 ratings — published 2008
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as public-library)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,626,636 ratings — published 2003
Bride (Bride, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as public-library)
avg rating 3.99 — 765,518 ratings — published 2024
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,781,479 ratings — published 2021
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.00 — 778,241 ratings — published 2003
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as public-library)
avg rating 3.83 — 513,088 ratings — published 2016
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,634,083 ratings — published 2012
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as public-library)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,097,946 ratings — published 1925
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as public-library)
avg rating 3.77 — 507,504 ratings — published 2018
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as public-library)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,595,193 ratings — published 2022
“Did the men steal the papers?" Reynie asked, fearing her response.
No, because they are fools," Sophie said bitterly. "They demanded to see the papers, and when I did not answer fast enough -- they were very frightening, you see -- they hurt me so that I was not awake. . . . When I opened my eyes they were still trying to find the papers. They did not understand how we organize the library, you see. They were angry and creating a bad mess. . . . The police were coming and the men decided they must leave. I shouted at them as they left: 'It is a free and public library! All you had to do was ask!”
― The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
No, because they are fools," Sophie said bitterly. "They demanded to see the papers, and when I did not answer fast enough -- they were very frightening, you see -- they hurt me so that I was not awake. . . . When I opened my eyes they were still trying to find the papers. They did not understand how we organize the library, you see. They were angry and creating a bad mess. . . . The police were coming and the men decided they must leave. I shouted at them as they left: 'It is a free and public library! All you had to do was ask!”
― The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
“In the meantime, there is not an hour to lose. I am about to visit the public library.”
― Journey to the Center of the Earth
― Journey to the Center of the Earth











