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Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.28 — 477,807 ratings — published 1986
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.95 — 242,170 ratings — published 2023
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,143,960 ratings — published 2011
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,118,666 ratings — published 2020
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.30 — 338,719 ratings — published 2023
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,624,855 ratings — published 1943
Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.03 — 89,879 ratings — published 2020
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.02 — 431,905 ratings — published 2022
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,655,975 ratings — published 1937
Stardust (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.09 — 490,147 ratings — published 1999
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.06 — 625,703 ratings — published 1871
The Princess Bride (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.27 — 965,749 ratings — published 1973
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,881,188 ratings — published 1997
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.02 — 362,655 ratings — published 2022
The Spellshop (Spellshop, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.99 — 189,003 ratings — published 2024
Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.06 — 786,889 ratings — published 2021
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.19 — 597,613 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 — 849,749 ratings — published 1990
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.23 — 119,054 ratings — published 2024
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.97 — 991,959 ratings — published 2016
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.23 — 224,032 ratings — published 1812
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.13 — 809,669 ratings — published 2002
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.95 — 42,027 ratings — published 2011
The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.15 — 572,655 ratings — published 2008
The Secret Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,344,274 ratings — published 1911
Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.07 — 111,173 ratings — published 2007
Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.09 — 246,895 ratings — published 2024
Wildwood Dancing (Wildwood, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.10 — 33,176 ratings — published 2006
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.99 — 434,983 ratings — published 1983
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.88 — 263,942 ratings — published 2004
The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.16 — 128,476 ratings — published 1968
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.88 — 139,549 ratings — published 2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,696,759 ratings — published 1998
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,077,891 ratings — published 1999
The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.48 — 565,308 ratings — published 2022
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.19 — 211,577 ratings — published 2021
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.01 — 667,899 ratings — published 2013
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,085,121 ratings — published 1979
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,384,105 ratings — published 2011
Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.16 — 570,100 ratings — published 1996
Matilda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,156,902 ratings — published 1988
Where the Wild Things Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,091,870 ratings — published 1963
The Phantom Tollbooth (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.20 — 314,657 ratings — published 1961
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,950,190 ratings — published 2003
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.86 — 42,467 ratings — published 2026
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales (Emily Wilde, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.07 — 69,391 ratings — published 2025
Peter Pan (Peter Pan, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.03 — 380,159 ratings — published 1911
Heartless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.08 — 284,868 ratings — published 2016
Under the Whispering Door (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.10 — 344,651 ratings — published 2021
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,889,085 ratings — published 2018
“What's life without whimsy?”
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“She figured the oxidants would either be defeated or win decisively.”
― 21st Century Intolerant: A collection of short stories about the struggles of modern life, from the trivial to the terrifying.
― 21st Century Intolerant: A collection of short stories about the struggles of modern life, from the trivial to the terrifying.
