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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 1727 times as action)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,216,452 ratings — published 2008
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 1303 times as action)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,303,177 ratings — published 2009
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 1124 times as action)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,848,271 ratings — published 2010
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 1002 times as action)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,470,969 ratings — published 2011
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 627 times as action)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,650,867 ratings — published 2012
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 598 times as action)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,541,475 ratings — published 2005
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
by (shelved 548 times as action)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,737,894 ratings — published 2009
Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, #1)
by (shelved 495 times as action)
avg rating 4.08 — 359,130 ratings — published 1997
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 494 times as action)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,640,837 ratings — published 2012
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
by (shelved 459 times as action)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,162,287 ratings — published 2013
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 446 times as action)
avg rating 4.56 — 3,889,115 ratings — published 2023
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 446 times as action)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,573,758 ratings — published 2003
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 427 times as action)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,416,409 ratings — published 2006
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 420 times as action)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,203,454 ratings — published 2015
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 410 times as action)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,449,153 ratings — published 2000
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
by (shelved 392 times as action)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,258,936 ratings — published 2007
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
by (shelved 385 times as action)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,208,163 ratings — published 2007
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
by (shelved 380 times as action)
avg rating 4.56 — 1,185,658 ratings — published 2009
The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1)
by (shelved 377 times as action)
avg rating 4.05 — 443,732 ratings — published 1980
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
by (shelved 373 times as action)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,253,879 ratings — published 2008
Legend (Legend, #1)
by (shelved 366 times as action)
avg rating 4.15 — 572,601 ratings — published 2011
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 361 times as action)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,738,919 ratings — published 1997
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
by (shelved 348 times as action)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,946,145 ratings — published 2013
Stormbreaker (Alex Rider #1)
by (shelved 347 times as action)
avg rating 3.98 — 110,440 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 328 times as action)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,211,033 ratings — published 2007
Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2)
by (shelved 321 times as action)
avg rating 4.08 — 170,218 ratings — published 1998
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 318 times as action)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,521,854 ratings — published 2015
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 316 times as action)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,320,492 ratings — published 2000
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 316 times as action)
avg rating 4.29 — 964,002 ratings — published 2010
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 308 times as action)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,641,147 ratings — published 1998
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 308 times as action)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,006,207 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 303 times as action)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,901,478 ratings — published 2003
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 293 times as action)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,731,388 ratings — published 2014
Tripwire (Jack Reacher, #3)
by (shelved 290 times as action)
avg rating 4.12 — 145,892 ratings — published 1999
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 289 times as action)
avg rating 4.27 — 942,766 ratings — published 2014
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 288 times as action)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,429,319 ratings — published 2016
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 287 times as action)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,801,331 ratings — published 1996
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 281 times as action)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,843,866 ratings — published 2023
The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)
by (shelved 278 times as action)
avg rating 3.90 — 665,076 ratings — published 2010
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2)
by (shelved 276 times as action)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,008,977 ratings — published 2008
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
by (shelved 273 times as action)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,092,911 ratings — published 1990
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 273 times as action)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,753,931 ratings — published 2005
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 271 times as action)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,062,639 ratings — published 2006
The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, #3)
by (shelved 271 times as action)
avg rating 3.78 — 514,048 ratings — published 2011
Ice Station (Shane Schofield, #1)
by (shelved 269 times as action)
avg rating 4.12 — 35,733 ratings — published 1998
The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, #2)
by (shelved 266 times as action)
avg rating 4.40 — 686,155 ratings — published 2011
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 263 times as action)
avg rating 4.56 — 801,454 ratings — published 2016
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 261 times as action)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,337,776 ratings — published 2011
The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)
by (shelved 258 times as action)
avg rating 4.12 — 392,412 ratings — published 1984
I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)
by (shelved 254 times as action)
avg rating 3.93 — 354,555 ratings — published 2010
“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. ”
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“Don't Just
Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don't just hear, listen.
Don't just talk, act.
Don't just tell, show.
Don't just exist, live.”
― The Light in the Heart
Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don't just hear, listen.
Don't just talk, act.
Don't just tell, show.
Don't just exist, live.”
― The Light in the Heart
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