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Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.28 — 472,103 ratings — published 1986
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,136,750 ratings — published 2011
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.95 — 237,602 ratings — published 2023
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,099,219 ratings — published 2020
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.30 — 331,585 ratings — published 2023
Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.04 — 88,225 ratings — published 2020
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,601,592 ratings — published 1943
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,624,119 ratings — published 1937
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.02 — 412,414 ratings — published 2022
Stardust (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.09 — 488,794 ratings — published 1999
Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.06 — 768,290 ratings — published 2021
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.06 — 623,212 ratings — published 1871
The Princess Bride (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.27 — 963,157 ratings — published 1973
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,792,692 ratings — published 1997
The Spellshop (Spellshop, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.99 — 180,901 ratings — published 2024
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.03 — 356,973 ratings — published 2022
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.25 — 845,799 ratings — published 1990
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.23 — 116,666 ratings — published 2024
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.20 — 572,438 ratings — published 2020
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.23 — 223,565 ratings — published 1812
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.13 — 803,642 ratings — published 2002
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.97 — 975,194 ratings — published 2016
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.95 — 41,968 ratings — published 2011
The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.15 — 571,263 ratings — published 2008
The Secret Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,336,937 ratings — published 1911
Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.07 — 110,425 ratings — published 2007
Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.09 — 240,099 ratings — published 2024
The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.48 — 552,822 ratings — published 2022
Wildwood Dancing (Wildwood, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.10 — 33,055 ratings — published 2006
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.99 — 432,829 ratings — published 1983
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.88 — 262,516 ratings — published 2004
The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.16 — 127,495 ratings — published 1968
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.88 — 139,163 ratings — published 2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,663,319 ratings — published 1998
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,031,838 ratings — published 1999
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.20 — 207,440 ratings — published 2021
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.01 — 666,177 ratings — published 2013
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,074,245 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 — 1,380,075 ratings — published 2011
Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.16 — 568,868 ratings — published 1996
Matilda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,149,636 ratings — published 1988
Where the Wild Things Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,087,785 ratings — published 1963
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,917,961 ratings — published 2003
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales (Emily Wilde, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.07 — 67,444 ratings — published 2025
Peter Pan (Peter Pan, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.03 — 379,079 ratings — published 1911
Under the Whispering Door (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.10 — 341,243 ratings — published 2021
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,866,094 ratings — published 2018
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.27 — 139,613 ratings — published 2017
The Starless Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.84 — 242,607 ratings — published 2019
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.08 — 245,044 ratings — published 2017
“[He] said he didn't think we should be afraid to embrace whimsy. I asked him what he meant by whimsy, and he struggled to define it. He said it's that nagging idea that life could be magical; it could be special if we were only willing to take a few risks.”
― A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
― A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
“Did you name your pigeons with names?" asked Wiffle (the Chick).
These three, the sandy and golden brown, all named themselves by where they came from. This is Chickamauga, here is Chattanooga, and this is Chattahoochee. And the other three all got their names from me when I was feeling high and easy. This is Blue Mist, here is Bubbles, and last of all take a look at Wednesday Evening in the Twilight and the Gloaming."
Do you always call her Wednesday Evening in the Twilight and the Gloaming?"
Not when I am making coffee from breakfast. If I am making coffee for breakfast then I just call her Wednesday Evening.”
― Rootabaga Stories
These three, the sandy and golden brown, all named themselves by where they came from. This is Chickamauga, here is Chattanooga, and this is Chattahoochee. And the other three all got their names from me when I was feeling high and easy. This is Blue Mist, here is Bubbles, and last of all take a look at Wednesday Evening in the Twilight and the Gloaming."
Do you always call her Wednesday Evening in the Twilight and the Gloaming?"
Not when I am making coffee from breakfast. If I am making coffee for breakfast then I just call her Wednesday Evening.”
― Rootabaga Stories
