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The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 31 times as the)
avg rating 4.35 — 862,567 ratings — published 1978
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as the)
avg rating 4.25 — 789,342 ratings — published 2007
Beyond Good and Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as the)
avg rating 4.03 — 120,362 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 — 846,304 ratings — published 1990
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as the)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,628,282 ratings — published 1937
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 21 times as the)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,179,314 ratings — published 1954
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as the)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,560,453 ratings — published 2005
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 21 times as the)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,088,768 ratings — published 1955
Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)
by (shelved 20 times as the)
avg rating 3.80 — 84,063 ratings — published 1990
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as the)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,236,092 ratings — published 1954
Basic Writings of Nietzsche (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 17 times as the)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,146 ratings — published 1967
The Appeal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as the)
avg rating 3.66 — 64,550 ratings — published 2008
1st to Die (Women's Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as the)
avg rating 4.10 — 365,472 ratings — published 2001
This Side of Paradise (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as the)
avg rating 3.63 — 81,984 ratings — published 1920
The Red Tent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as the)
avg rating 4.21 — 643,531 ratings — published 1997
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as the)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,118,747 ratings — published 1960
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as the)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,272,348 ratings — published 2008
3rd Degree (Women's Murder Club, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as the)
avg rating 4.08 — 106,113 ratings — published 2004
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as the)
avg rating 3.88 — 108,978 ratings — published 2007
2nd Chance (Women's Murder Club, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as the)
avg rating 4.09 — 128,207 ratings — published 2002
Disclosure (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as the)
avg rating 3.80 — 75,356 ratings — published 1994
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as the)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,313,635 ratings — published 1954
The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)
by (shelved 12 times as the)
avg rating 4.55 — 748,595 ratings — published 1955
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
by (shelved 11 times as the)
avg rating 4.56 — 1,191,910 ratings — published 2009
American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as the)
avg rating 3.93 — 25,024 ratings — published 2009
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as the)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,424,402 ratings — published 2006
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as the)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,266,256 ratings — published 2007
Jingo (Discworld, #21; City Watch, #4)
by (shelved 10 times as the)
avg rating 4.19 — 75,796 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 4.19 — 325,005 ratings — published 1980
Mere Christianity (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as the)
avg rating 4.37 — 473,999 ratings — published 1952
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as the)
avg rating 3.89 — 134,984 ratings — published 2006
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as the)
avg rating 4.18 — 663,929 ratings — published 1996
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as the)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,750,330 ratings — published 1988
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as the)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,260,223 ratings — published 2008
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as the)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,880,526 ratings — published 2012
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as the)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,138,723 ratings — published 1925
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as the)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,328,758 ratings — published 1947
Going Rogue: An American Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.31 — 11,871 ratings — published 2008
The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as the)
avg rating 3.84 — 400,499 ratings — published 1513
The Power of Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as the)
avg rating 4.26 — 54,657 ratings — published 1988
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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avg rating 4.13 — 3,871,442 ratings — published 2010
I'd Rather We Got Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as the)
avg rating 3.32 — 1,520 ratings — published 2009
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as the)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,330,252 ratings — published 2009
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as the)
avg rating 4.13 — 308,104 ratings — published 2013
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as the)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,802,388 ratings — published 1997
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as the)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,075,639 ratings — published 1979
“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
“If men could become pregnant – or be legally raped, or understand the unsubtle differences between ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – I am certain they would soon change their tune about abortion and the treatment and trivialization of the suffering of rape victims.”
― Pearls Before Swine
― Pearls Before Swine
