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Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.30 — 35,088 ratings — published 2019
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.66 — 734,852 ratings — published 2010
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,096,948 ratings — published 2006
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.28 — 357,453 ratings — published 2015
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,723,206 ratings — published 1965
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,223,879 ratings — published 2015
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,125,197 ratings — published 2007
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,830,995 ratings — published 1996
The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.16 — 304,627 ratings — published 2019
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,251,261 ratings — published 1954
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.30 — 362,730 ratings — published 2006
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 26 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.56 — 814,189 ratings — published 2016
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.03 — 449,667 ratings — published 2015
Eden 2:b (Star Dreamers #1)
by (shelved 25 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.33 — 6,373 ratings — published
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.10 — 78,549 ratings — published 2019
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,659,728 ratings — published 1937
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,159,755 ratings — published 2012
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,890,051 ratings — published 1997
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
by (shelved 20 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.76 — 538,722 ratings — published 2014
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.15 — 560,526 ratings — published 2018
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.37 — 737,754 ratings — published 2007
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,651,183 ratings — published 1995
The Tainted Cup (Ana and Din Mysteries, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.29 — 116,703 ratings — published 2024
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.17 — 199,924 ratings — published 2019
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.14 — 168,502 ratings — published 2017
A Wizard of Earthsea (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.01 — 379,679 ratings — published 1968
The Silmarillion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.04 — 351,862 ratings — published 1977
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.10 — 261,321 ratings — published 2018
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.20 — 456,539 ratings — published 1995
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,535,856 ratings — published 2016
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,741,220 ratings — published 2012
The Goblin Emperor (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.06 — 58,393 ratings — published 2014
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,015,683 ratings — published 2014
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,337,778 ratings — published 2008
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
by (shelved 17 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.56 — 665,031 ratings — published 2008
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 3.88 — 264,161 ratings — published 2004
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.56 — 4,036,704 ratings — published 2023
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.19 — 600,839 ratings — published 2020
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.30 — 200,500 ratings — published 2015
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,189,008 ratings — published 1954
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,097,577 ratings — published 1955
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.16 — 199,648 ratings — published 2014
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.28 — 208,774 ratings — published 2016
The Traitor Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.04 — 27,765 ratings — published 2015
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 3.99 — 124,158 ratings — published 2013
The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.55 — 643,168 ratings — published 2011
The Eye of the World (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.19 — 616,776 ratings — published 1990
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.30 — 339,574 ratings — published 2023
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
by (shelved 14 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.71 — 1,287,140 ratings — published 2018
Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as worldbuilding)
avg rating 4.16 — 60,078 ratings — published 2018
“We are snowflakes in the wind, Zhak! It seems we are at the mercy of fortune, but together we can cover even the mountains!”
― The Tribe of Vimar
― The Tribe of Vimar
“He had walked with those who could crack the world like eggs.”
― Circe
― Circe
