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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 142 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,692,718 ratings — published 1997
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 93 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,622,578 ratings — published 1998
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 91 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,984,192 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 90 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,303,874 ratings — published 2000
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,215,123 ratings — published 1954
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,033,236 ratings — published 1996
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 50 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,000,788 ratings — published 2001
The Corrections (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.85 — 202,098 ratings — published 2001
Dreamcatcher (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.66 — 188,737 ratings — published 2001
A Painted House (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.78 — 105,031 ratings — published 2001
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,777,849 ratings — published 2001
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 38 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,164,847 ratings — published 1954
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 38 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,075,814 ratings — published 1955
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Bridget Jones, #2)
by (shelved 36 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.63 — 117,192 ratings — published 1999
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,577,859 ratings — published 1937
Skipping Christmas (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.58 — 92,161 ratings — published 2001
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.95 — 421,493 ratings — published 2001
Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.96 — 574,230 ratings — published 2001
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.17 — 156,299 ratings — published 2001
Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.86 — 565,321 ratings — published 2001
The Red Tent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.21 — 639,878 ratings — published 1997
1st to Die (Women's Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.10 — 363,800 ratings — published 2001
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.93 — 791,522 ratings — published 1999
Prodigal Summer (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.05 — 132,451 ratings — published 2000
House of Sand and Fog (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.86 — 137,197 ratings — published 1999
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.31 — 742,500 ratings — published 2001
Quidditch Through the Ages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.79 — 190,744 ratings — published 2001
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,977,214 ratings — published 1951
The Brethren (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.78 — 102,662 ratings — published 2000
Icy Sparks (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.69 — 43,669 ratings — published 1998
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.97 — 564,645 ratings — published 2001
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.85 — 739,427 ratings — published 2001
Chocolat (Chocolat, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.96 — 132,784 ratings — published 1999
Mystic River (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.17 — 169,907 ratings — published 2001
The Bonesetter's Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.00 — 134,086 ratings — published 2001
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.69 — 184,663 ratings — published 2000
The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.11 — 806,850 ratings — published 1998
We Were the Mulvaneys (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.75 — 106,199 ratings — published 1996
Seven Up (Stephanie Plum, #7)
by (shelved 21 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.16 — 134,917 ratings — published 2001
White Oleander (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.00 — 369,923 ratings — published 1999
The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,367,779 ratings — published 2001
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,134,728 ratings — published 1997
Open House (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.70 — 61,556 ratings — published 2000
The Fourth Hand (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.34 — 31,963 ratings — published 2001
The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.10 — 180,205 ratings — published 2001
Bel Canto (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.94 — 333,022 ratings — published 2001
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
by (shelved 19 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.97 — 156,437 ratings — published 2001
Tell No One (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as 2001)
avg rating 4.05 — 196,874 ratings — published 2001
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as 2001)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,077,645 ratings — published 1925
“Managers who inspire extraordinary loyalty from their people tend to be highly charismatic, humorous, good-looking, and tall. So, by all means, strive to be those things. If you don't feel able to improve any of those factors very much, you might consider holding on to your people by designing a little slack into their lives.”
― Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
― Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
“If the essential task of middle managers is reinvention, when is that task to be carried out? The answer is, during time that is not used up directing day-to-day business. The fact that managers have time on their hands (i.e., their operations tasks take up less than eight hours per day) gives them time for reinvention. The extra time is not waste, but slack. Without it they could function in only their operational roles. Reinvention would be impossible because the people who could make it happen are just too busy to take the time.
Even companies that didn't fire their change centers have hurt themselves by encouraging their middle managers to stay extremely busy. In order to enable change, companies have to learn that keeping managers busy is a blunder. If you have busy managers working under you, they are an indictment of your vision and your capacity to transform that vision into reality. Cut them some slack.”
― Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
Even companies that didn't fire their change centers have hurt themselves by encouraging their middle managers to stay extremely busy. In order to enable change, companies have to learn that keeping managers busy is a blunder. If you have busy managers working under you, they are an indictment of your vision and your capacity to transform that vision into reality. Cut them some slack.”
― Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
