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The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
by (shelved 77 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.66 — 712,267 ratings — published 2010
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.56 — 3,856,225 ratings — published 2023
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,493,203 ratings — published 2015
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,687,344 ratings — published 1965
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,054,678 ratings — published 2006
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 62 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,794,676 ratings — published 1996
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,708,041 ratings — published 1997
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 61 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,408,207 ratings — published 2016
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,199,005 ratings — published 2015
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,584,748 ratings — published 1937
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,620,624 ratings — published 2012
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
by (shelved 50 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,884,313 ratings — published 2017
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.28 — 349,675 ratings — published 2015
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,187,906 ratings — published 2008
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
by (shelved 46 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.76 — 521,196 ratings — published 2014
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as world-building)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,141,802 ratings — published 2012
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,259,849 ratings — published 2020
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,218,046 ratings — published 1954
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 43 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,821,386 ratings — published 2023
The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.16 — 295,226 ratings — published 2019
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
by (shelved 39 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,930,292 ratings — published 2013
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 38 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,991,515 ratings — published 1999
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.27 — 925,377 ratings — published 2014
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 36 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,628,706 ratings — published 1998
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,110,442 ratings — published 2007
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 34 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,548,877 ratings — published 2015
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 34 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,201,823 ratings — published 2007
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 34 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,166,774 ratings — published 1954
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 33 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.56 — 798,483 ratings — published 2016
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 33 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,309,261 ratings — published 2000
A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #5)
by (shelved 32 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,239,813 ratings — published 2021
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 32 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,892,100 ratings — published 2003
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
by (shelved 32 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.56 — 639,137 ratings — published 2008
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,716,146 ratings — published 2014
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.37 — 708,926 ratings — published 2007
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.19 — 608,688 ratings — published 1990
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.60 — 383,808 ratings — published 2017
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.03 — 443,149 ratings — published 2015
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,077,562 ratings — published 1955
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,836,925 ratings — published 2018
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 29 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,745,194 ratings — published 2005
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,289,781 ratings — published 2009
Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,871,462 ratings — published 2025
Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.31 — 980,079 ratings — published 2024
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,043,376 ratings — published 1998
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.57 — 268,941 ratings — published 2023
House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.41 — 914,648 ratings — published 2022
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.30 — 355,128 ratings — published 2006
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.20 — 546,020 ratings — published 2020
The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.26 — 803,267 ratings — published 2022
“Part certificate of birth, part medical records, part court-evaluated mental health status, and almost entirely badge of shame, other-born papers stated the nature of their powers and their known relatives. Other-born always came in a packageL in two or three or more siblings descended from sibling gods. Myths talked of the existence of other gods, too, but only twin, sister, or brother divinities bestowed their progenies with power. Some believed the power was too much for a single person to inherit, but Thais disagreed. Multitude is power, she used to say, We are stronger together.”
― Threads That Bind
― Threads That Bind
“Good engineer designs gadgets, great engineer designs society.”
― Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
― Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
