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Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as tension)
avg rating 4.16 — 903,472 ratings — published 2023
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as tension)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,440,273 ratings — published 2023
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as tension)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,709,474 ratings — published 2018
Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as tension)
avg rating 4.07 — 570,785 ratings — published 2024
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as tension)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,127,967 ratings — published 2015
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as tension)
avg rating 4.64 — 3,141,996 ratings — published 2016
Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as tension)
avg rating 4.06 — 644,702 ratings — published 2021
A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4)
by (shelved 10 times as tension)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,040,810 ratings — published 2021
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as tension)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,059,353 ratings — published 2019
Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as tension)
avg rating 4.45 — 538,591 ratings — published 2018
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as tension)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,652,818 ratings — published 2017
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as tension)
avg rating 4.33 — 954,588 ratings — published 2019
The Sweetest Oblivion (Made, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as tension)
avg rating 4.01 — 367,134 ratings — published 2018
Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as tension)
avg rating 4.34 — 771,514 ratings — published 2024
The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as tension)
avg rating 4.27 — 732,924 ratings — published 2022
Twisted Hate (Twisted, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as tension)
avg rating 3.94 — 786,984 ratings — published 2022
From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as tension)
avg rating 4.21 — 835,080 ratings — published 2020
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as tension)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,108,859 ratings — published 2020
The Spanish Love Deception (Love Deception, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as tension)
avg rating 3.80 — 804,085 ratings — published 2021
The Hating Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as tension)
avg rating 3.86 — 824,729 ratings — published 2016
Birthday Girl (ebook)
by (shelved 7 times as tension)
avg rating 3.92 — 480,554 ratings — published 2018
Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as tension)
avg rating 4.17 — 373,454 ratings — published 2024
Twisted Love (Twisted, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as tension)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,596,704 ratings — published 2021
Mile High (Windy City, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as tension)
avg rating 4.03 — 513,001 ratings — published 2022
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as tension)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,358,482 ratings — published 2012
Beach Read (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as tension)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,613,254 ratings — published 2020
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as tension)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,143,823 ratings — published 2015
Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as tension)
avg rating 4.45 — 665,535 ratings — published 2014
These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as tension)
avg rating 3.80 — 169,092 ratings — published 2020
Phantasma (Wicked Games, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 4.05 — 299,540 ratings — published 2024
The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 4.49 — 467,535 ratings — published 2022
Spark of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 4.17 — 257,672 ratings — published 2023
When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 3.99 — 280,696 ratings — published 2024
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,526,337 ratings — published 2023
A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 4.16 — 402,108 ratings — published 2023
The Jasad Heir (The Scorched Throne, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 4.06 — 36,481 ratings — published 2023
Lightlark (Lightlark, #1)
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avg rating 3.84 — 323,977 ratings — published 2022
Twisted Games (Twisted, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,049,491 ratings — published 2021
Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 3.93 — 238,757 ratings — published 2017
Twisted Lies (Twisted, #4)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 4.16 — 677,440 ratings — published 2022
The Predator (Dark Verse, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 3.98 — 137,989 ratings — published 2020
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,062,200 ratings — published 2020
Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 3.86 — 357,779 ratings — published 2020
The Love Hypothesis (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,857,947 ratings — published 2021
Scarred (Never After, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 3.85 — 208,861 ratings — published 2022
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,209,298 ratings — published 2011
To Bleed a Crystal Bloom (Crystal Bloom, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 3.72 — 20,712 ratings — published 2021
Finale (Caraval, #3)
by (shelved 5 times as tension)
avg rating 4.13 — 371,908 ratings — published 2019
Bride (Bride, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as tension)
avg rating 4.00 — 674,801 ratings — published 2024
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as tension)
avg rating 3.97 — 859,974 ratings — published 2016
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“I felt like I was some kind of primitive spring-loaded machine, placed under far more tension than it had ever been built to sustain, about to blast apart at great danger to anyone standing nearby. I imagined my body parts flying off my torso in order to escape the volcanic core of unhappiness that had become: me.”
― Eat, Pray, Love
― Eat, Pray, Love
“It might have been a new way for her heart to beat.”
― The Amber Spyglass
― The Amber Spyglass












