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The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Nymn's Best of Child Masterminds, Geniuses & Prodigies

14 books — 12 voters

The Physical Phenomena of Mysticism by Herbert Thurston

1000 Years' Chronicle of Extraordinary Natural Phenomena by Evgeny Borisenkov

The Two-headed Boy, and Other Medical Marvels by Jan Bondeson

•A Receptacle For The Various Fingers Of God Known Commonly As Prodigies

111 books — 2 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Young Authors

267 books — 97 voters

The Magician of Lublin by Isaac Bashevis Singer

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Secret Sign of the Lizard People by Kevin E. Buckley

Napoleon's Sorcerers by Darius A. Spieth

Lizards Spizeak Lizouder Than Wizards

105 books — 4 voters

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“ There's a stark difference between the words 'prodigy' and 'genius.' Prodigies can very quickly learn what other people have already figured out; geniuses discover that which no one has ever previously discovered. Prodigies learn; geniuses do. ...more ”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

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“ Those rare individuals society labels geniuses are almost always freaks of nature and are naturally gifted rather than being diligent students who became geniuses because of their education. ”
― James Morcan, The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy

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