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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,557,017 ratings — published 2005
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,262,345 ratings — published 2008
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,789,749 ratings — published 1997
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,622,847 ratings — published 1937
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,850,298 ratings — published 2021
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 21 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,422,883 ratings — published 2006
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,233,735 ratings — published 1954
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,325,374 ratings — published 2009
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.56 — 3,940,760 ratings — published 2023
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,678,650 ratings — published 2012
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,170,781 ratings — published 2011
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,210,900 ratings — published 2015
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,484,414 ratings — published 2011
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,867,231 ratings — published 2010
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
by (shelved 15 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.56 — 1,190,713 ratings — published 2009
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,030,455 ratings — published 1999
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
by (shelved 14 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,259,030 ratings — published 2008
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 14 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,917,060 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 14 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,339,160 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 13 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,768,419 ratings — published 2005
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as adventurous)
avg rating 3.85 — 554,706 ratings — published 1882
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,264,899 ratings — published 2007
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as adventurous)
avg rating 3.97 — 974,541 ratings — published 2016
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,465,988 ratings — published 2016
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as adventurous)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,654,971 ratings — published 2012
Around the World in Eighty Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as adventurous)
avg rating 3.95 — 291,992 ratings — published 1872
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,662,151 ratings — published 1998
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.29 — 967,210 ratings — published 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 12 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,226,225 ratings — published 2007
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,865,142 ratings — published 2018
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,745,482 ratings — published 2009
Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,925,029 ratings — published 2025
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.13 — 803,472 ratings — published 2002
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,975,539 ratings — published 2013
The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.47 — 693,858 ratings — published 2012
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,177,690 ratings — published 1954
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,224,478 ratings — published 1950
The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.10 — 433,980 ratings — published 2010
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as adventurous)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,457,595 ratings — published 2000
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,879,526 ratings — published 2023
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,151,899 ratings — published 2020
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,155,186 ratings — published 2019
Legendary (Caraval, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.08 — 511,822 ratings — published 2018
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,571,910 ratings — published 2015
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,588,394 ratings — published 2015
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,812,674 ratings — published 1996
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as adventurous)
avg rating 3.88 — 284,338 ratings — published 1869
Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
by (shelved 9 times as adventurous)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,985,102 ratings — published 2002
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as adventurous)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,213,671 ratings — published 2007
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as adventurous)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,352,985 ratings — published 1885
“I love strawberry ice cream."
I blinked, confused. "Yes, I saw you chugging your In-N-Out milkshakes like you'd spent forty days in the desert. But what does that have to do with feelings?"
He tugged my hand. "No, listen. I mean, I've always ordered it whenever I go to an ice cream store, because I know I like it, even the cheap kind that's like the Ghost of Strawberries Past. Until I met you, I was basically treating my life like strawberry ice cream. I'd found something that I was good at, that I knew worked for me, and just did that, day in, day out. I told myself that this was what it took to be successful, but deep down I was afraid of fucking up, just the same way my parents are terrified of fucking up. I was afraid if I got close to someone, I'd make a mess and disappoint them.
"But now, with you, I want to try the whole ice cream parlor. I want to order, like, a monster sundae with all the crazy flavors I can think of. Blueberry cheesecake and mocha almond fudge and mango sorbet."
It still wasn't adding up. "You want to try new things because of me?"
"I want to be brave," he said earnestly. "To give my all to everything, even though it might not work out." He swallowed hard. "You're so strong, Ellie, and you believe in me. I want to be worthy of that. Worthy of your faith and your strength.”
― The Slowest Burn
I blinked, confused. "Yes, I saw you chugging your In-N-Out milkshakes like you'd spent forty days in the desert. But what does that have to do with feelings?"
He tugged my hand. "No, listen. I mean, I've always ordered it whenever I go to an ice cream store, because I know I like it, even the cheap kind that's like the Ghost of Strawberries Past. Until I met you, I was basically treating my life like strawberry ice cream. I'd found something that I was good at, that I knew worked for me, and just did that, day in, day out. I told myself that this was what it took to be successful, but deep down I was afraid of fucking up, just the same way my parents are terrified of fucking up. I was afraid if I got close to someone, I'd make a mess and disappoint them.
"But now, with you, I want to try the whole ice cream parlor. I want to order, like, a monster sundae with all the crazy flavors I can think of. Blueberry cheesecake and mocha almond fudge and mango sorbet."
It still wasn't adding up. "You want to try new things because of me?"
"I want to be brave," he said earnestly. "To give my all to everything, even though it might not work out." He swallowed hard. "You're so strong, Ellie, and you believe in me. I want to be worthy of that. Worthy of your faith and your strength.”
― The Slowest Burn
“Don't be afraid to try something new.”
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