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The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 29 times as the)
avg rating 4.35 — 839,578 ratings — published 1978
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as the)
avg rating 4.24 — 778,539 ratings — published 2007
Beyond Good and Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as the)
avg rating 4.03 — 115,118 ratings — published 1886
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as the)
avg rating 4.25 — 828,022 ratings — published 1990
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as the)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,478,690 ratings — published 1937
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 21 times as the)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,134,531 ratings — published 1954
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as the)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,459,387 ratings — published 2005
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 21 times as the)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,049,000 ratings — published 1955
Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)
by (shelved 20 times as the)
avg rating 3.79 — 81,978 ratings — published 1990
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as the)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,170,769 ratings — published 1954
Basic Writings of Nietzsche (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 17 times as the)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,130 ratings — published 1967
The Appeal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as the)
avg rating 3.65 — 62,898 ratings — published 2008
1st to Die (Women's Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as the)
avg rating 4.10 — 359,863 ratings — published 2001
This Side of Paradise (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as the)
avg rating 3.63 — 80,354 ratings — published 1920
The Red Tent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as the)
avg rating 4.21 — 633,561 ratings — published 1997
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as the)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,924,795 ratings — published 1960
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as the)
avg rating 3.88 — 107,516 ratings — published 2007
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as the)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,973,290 ratings — published 2008
3rd Degree (Women's Murder Club, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as the)
avg rating 4.08 — 103,401 ratings — published 2004
2nd Chance (Women's Murder Club, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as the)
avg rating 4.08 — 125,152 ratings — published 2002
Disclosure (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as the)
avg rating 3.80 — 74,751 ratings — published 1994
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as the)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,217,986 ratings — published 1954
The Lord of the Rings (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as the)
avg rating 4.54 — 733,716 ratings — published 1959
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
by (shelved 11 times as the)
avg rating 4.55 — 1,156,454 ratings — published 2009
American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as the)
avg rating 3.93 — 24,968 ratings — published 2009
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as the)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,378,707 ratings — published 2006
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as the)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,226,397 ratings — published 2007
Jingo (Discworld, #21; City Watch, #4)
by (shelved 10 times as the)
avg rating 4.19 — 73,850 ratings — published 1997
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as the)
avg rating 4.20 — 317,612 ratings — published 1980
Mere Christianity (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as the)
avg rating 4.37 — 460,332 ratings — published 1952
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as the)
avg rating 3.89 — 133,723 ratings — published 2006
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as the)
avg rating 4.18 — 646,249 ratings — published 1996
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as the)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,226,370 ratings — published 2008
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 5,750,838 ratings — published 2012
Going Rogue: An American Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as the)
avg rating 3.30 — 11,849 ratings — published 2008
The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as the)
avg rating 3.84 — 385,208 ratings — published 1532
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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avg rating 4.12 — 3,745,894 ratings — published 2010
I'd Rather We Got Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as the)
avg rating 3.32 — 1,522 ratings — published 2009
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as the)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,214,428 ratings — published 1947
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as the)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,185,122 ratings — published 2009
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as the)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,598,516 ratings — published 1988
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as the)
avg rating 4.13 — 298,849 ratings — published 2013
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as the)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,480,316 ratings — published 1997
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as the)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,953,577 ratings — published 1925
The Power of Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as the)
avg rating 4.26 — 53,917 ratings — published 1988
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as the)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,044,912 ratings — published 2006
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as the)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,025,603 ratings — published 1979
“You see," he continued, beginning to feel better, "once there was no time at all, and people found it very inconvenient. They never knew wether they were eating lunch or dinner, and they were always missing trains. So time was invented to help them keep track of the day and get to places where they should. When they began to count all the time that was available, what with 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour and 24 hours in a day and 365 days in a year, it seemed as if there was much more than could ever be used. 'If there's so much of it, it couldn't be very valuable,' was the general opinion, and it soon fell into dispute. People wasted it and even gave it away. Then we were giving the job of seeing that no one wasted time again," he said, sitting up proudly. "It's hard work but a noble calling. For you see"- and now he was standing on the seat, one foot on the windshield, shouting with his ams outstretched- "it is our most valuable possession, more precious than diamonds. It marches on, it and tide wait for no man, and-"
At that point in the speech the car hit a bump in the road and the watchdog collapsed in a heap on the front seat with his alarm ringing furiously.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
At that point in the speech the car hit a bump in the road and the watchdog collapsed in a heap on the front seat with his alarm ringing furiously.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
“Stages
As every flower fades and as all youth
Departs, so life at every stage,
So every virtue, so our grasp of truth,
Blooms in its day and may not last forever.
Since life may summon us at every age
Be ready, heart, for parting, new endeavor,
Be ready bravely and without remorse
To find new light that old ties cannot give.
In all beginnings dwells a magic force
For guarding us and helping us to live.
Serenely let us move to distant places
And let no sentiments of home detain us.
The Cosmic Spirit seeks not to restrain us
But lifts us stage by stage to wider spaces.
If we accept a home of our own making,
Familiar habit makes for indolence.
We must prepare for parting and leave-taking
Or else remain the slaves of permanence.
Even the hour of our death may send
Us speeding on to fresh and newer spaces,
And life may summon us to newer races.
So be it, heart: bid farewell without end.”
― The Glass Bead Game
As every flower fades and as all youth
Departs, so life at every stage,
So every virtue, so our grasp of truth,
Blooms in its day and may not last forever.
Since life may summon us at every age
Be ready, heart, for parting, new endeavor,
Be ready bravely and without remorse
To find new light that old ties cannot give.
In all beginnings dwells a magic force
For guarding us and helping us to live.
Serenely let us move to distant places
And let no sentiments of home detain us.
The Cosmic Spirit seeks not to restrain us
But lifts us stage by stage to wider spaces.
If we accept a home of our own making,
Familiar habit makes for indolence.
We must prepare for parting and leave-taking
Or else remain the slaves of permanence.
Even the hour of our death may send
Us speeding on to fresh and newer spaces,
And life may summon us to newer races.
So be it, heart: bid farewell without end.”
― The Glass Bead Game
