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Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.30 — 32,454 ratings — published 2019
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.66 — 680,966 ratings — published 2010
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.49 — 994,920 ratings — published 2006
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,641,623 ratings — published 1965
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,164,841 ratings — published 2015
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.28 — 337,957 ratings — published 2015
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,090,027 ratings — published 2007
The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.17 — 283,057 ratings — published 2019
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.30 — 345,057 ratings — published 2006
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,174,469 ratings — published 1954
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.03 — 434,340 ratings — published 2015
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,750,320 ratings — published 1996
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,485,234 ratings — published 1937
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.57 — 776,850 ratings — published 2016
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,115,764 ratings — published 2012
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,494,814 ratings — published 1997
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
by (shelved 20 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.76 — 496,345 ratings — published 2014
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.16 — 496,123 ratings — published 2018
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,623,579 ratings — published 1995
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.18 — 186,003 ratings — published 2019
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.14 — 156,496 ratings — published 2017
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.01 — 364,023 ratings — published 1968
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.38 — 669,002 ratings — published 2007
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.11 — 252,294 ratings — published 2018
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.19 — 407,829 ratings — published 1995
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,247,602 ratings — published 2016
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,456,899 ratings — published 2012
The Goblin Emperor (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.06 — 55,252 ratings — published 2014
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.27 — 812,324 ratings — published 2014
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,136,756 ratings — published 1954
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
by (shelved 16 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.56 — 603,505 ratings — published 2008
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.21 — 490,325 ratings — published 2020
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.17 — 187,368 ratings — published 2014
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 3.99 — 119,765 ratings — published 2013
The Silmarillion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.04 — 338,679 ratings — published 1977
The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.55 — 624,716 ratings — published 2011
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,986,852 ratings — published 2008
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,621,430 ratings — published 2023
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.32 — 295,176 ratings — published 2023
Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.16 — 55,864 ratings — published 2018
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,050,919 ratings — published 1955
A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.29 — 196,257 ratings — published 2017
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.29 — 198,332 ratings — published 2016
The Traitor Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.04 — 25,607 ratings — published 2015
Siege and Storm (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 3.80 — 687,494 ratings — published 2013
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,309,155 ratings — published 2011
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.19 — 597,342 ratings — published 1990
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 3.87 — 256,568 ratings — published 2004
The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.30 — 82,837 ratings — published 2024
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
by (shelved 13 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.71 — 1,115,809 ratings — published 2018
“Hey, Josh, this is the guy who called dibs on my womb after one date. I know it sounds crazy, but he's also half Godzilla, so it all makes perfect sense in his world.”
― Skydive
― Skydive
“If you have ever been disappointed in a badly-made setting, you know the felling of betrayal and the sting of wasted time. When you invest time and money in a fictional work, only to discover the world is poorly made, it's a betrayal of your trust.”
― Way With Worlds Book 1: Crafting Great Fictional Settings
― Way With Worlds Book 1: Crafting Great Fictional Settings
