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The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,091,413 ratings — published 2011
Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.28 — 443,093 ratings — published 1986
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.36 — 943,756 ratings — published 2020
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.96 — 205,367 ratings — published 2023
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.32 — 275,791 ratings — published 2023
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,447,210 ratings — published 1943
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,426,151 ratings — published 1937
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.03 — 369,289 ratings — published 2022
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,307,539 ratings — published 1997
Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.05 — 76,959 ratings — published 2020
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.25 — 821,157 ratings — published 1990
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.06 — 606,405 ratings — published 1871
The Princess Bride (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.27 — 945,135 ratings — published 1973
Stardust (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.10 — 480,066 ratings — published 1999
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.04 — 322,771 ratings — published 2022
Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.12 — 181,012 ratings — published 2024
Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.06 — 640,071 ratings — published 2021
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.95 — 41,586 ratings — published 2011
The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.15 — 565,222 ratings — published 2008
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.23 — 220,806 ratings — published 1812
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.99 — 420,146 ratings — published 1983
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.87 — 254,073 ratings — published 2004
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.88 — 136,983 ratings — published 2001
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.13 — 777,678 ratings — published 2002
Peter Pan (Peter Pan, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.03 — 372,853 ratings — published 1911
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,004,034 ratings — published 1979
Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.16 — 560,329 ratings — published 1996
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,451,613 ratings — published 1998
Matilda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,100,173 ratings — published 1988
Where the Wild Things Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,057,149 ratings — published 1963
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,795,490 ratings — published 1999
The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.49 — 464,482 ratings — published 2022
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.25 — 98,179 ratings — published 2024
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,703,227 ratings — published 2018
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.97 — 855,229 ratings — published 2016
The Starless Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.84 — 232,886 ratings — published 2019
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.02 — 567,398 ratings — published 1999
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.01 — 655,883 ratings — published 2013
The Secret Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,287,148 ratings — published 1911
The Wind in the Willows (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.02 — 239,363 ratings — published 1908
The Phantom Tollbooth (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.20 — 305,555 ratings — published 1961
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,767,148 ratings — published 2003
The Spellshop (Spellshop, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.01 — 138,547 ratings — published 2024
The Wishing Game (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.03 — 186,198 ratings — published 2023
Under the Whispering Door (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.11 — 316,658 ratings — published 2021
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.22 — 180,847 ratings — published 2021
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.21 — 453,124 ratings — published 2020
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.28 — 134,700 ratings — published 2017
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.09 — 230,802 ratings — published 2017
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.99 — 433,359 ratings — published 1865
“They are lovely pigeons to look at and their eyes are full of lessons to learn.."
They came back yesterday, they came back home," was the answer. "They came back limping on their feet with their toes turned in so far they nearly turned backward.
Every day the last six days I get a telegram, six telegrams from six pigeons--and at last they come home.”
― Rootabaga Stories
They came back yesterday, they came back home," was the answer. "They came back limping on their feet with their toes turned in so far they nearly turned backward.
Every day the last six days I get a telegram, six telegrams from six pigeons--and at last they come home.”
― Rootabaga Stories
“Joshua took another small sip from his wine glass as his gaze and his thoughts drifted away from the flat-screen television mounted above the marbled fireplace to ponder a roomful of sports jackets and pantsuits and in some cases cocktail dresses but only of neutral tones and minimal detailing if for no other reason than to avoid becoming the subject of the next petty scandal that would nevertheless send shockwaves through their haughty and insular world. The way they stood in their intimate clusters. Their drink glasses held in various poses of sophistication. And whenever they did bring glass to mouth in accordance with judiciously preset intervals it was also for show, as he believed was true of their subdued conversations, which, from where he was sitting, appeared to be nothing more than the unintelligible murmurings of barely moving lips. A whole list of observations came to mind. Not one of them flattering in any way. The atmosphere thick with that certain stuffiness and elitist redolence of an ivy league alumni fundraising gala. Of course, he readily admitted to himself that out of everyone in the room he was very likely the most materially bereft and least credentialed and that this stinging truth undoubtedly inflamed his plebeian impulse. But that’s not what was bugging him.”
― The Subtle Cause
― The Subtle Cause
