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A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 21 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,467,482 ratings — published 2016
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,211,164 ratings — published 2015
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,935,630 ratings — published 2017
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.56 — 806,485 ratings — published 2016
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,573,815 ratings — published 2015
A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #5)
by (shelved 13 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,284,120 ratings — published 2021
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,419,541 ratings — published 2017
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,758,943 ratings — published 2014
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,001,236 ratings — published 1813
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,151,130 ratings — published 2012
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.56 — 3,942,562 ratings — published 2023
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,155,542 ratings — published 2019
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,465,554 ratings — published 2018
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,491,351 ratings — published 2017
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,484,867 ratings — published 2011
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,622,939 ratings — published 2020
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,417,133 ratings — published 2018
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.15 — 547,817 ratings — published 2018
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,791,510 ratings — published 1997
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,768,902 ratings — published 2005
Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.44 — 726,085 ratings — published 2014
Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.09 — 819,030 ratings — published 2013
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,680,102 ratings — published 2012
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,031,278 ratings — published 1999
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,263,880 ratings — published 2008
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,993,645 ratings — published 2018
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.71 — 1,244,788 ratings — published 2018
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,865,727 ratings — published 2018
Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,215,649 ratings — published 2017
Heartless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.08 — 281,037 ratings — published 2016
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.41 — 320,302 ratings — published 2015
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,589,387 ratings — published 2015
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.16 — 842,831 ratings — published 1989
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,226,753 ratings — published 2007
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,665,923 ratings — published 2020
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,042,040 ratings — published 2019
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,825,377 ratings — published 2016
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,787,739 ratings — published 2018
Spinning Silver (ebook)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.17 — 158,602 ratings — published 2018
Skyward (Skyward, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.46 — 173,860 ratings — published 2018
Siege and Storm (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.80 — 701,486 ratings — published 2013
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.75 — 906,677 ratings — published 2017
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,042,210 ratings — published 2017
Kings Rising (Captive Prince, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.42 — 87,699 ratings — published 2016
Ruin and Rising (Shadow and Bone, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.97 — 607,072 ratings — published 2014
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,315,915 ratings — published 2011
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.27 — 971,659 ratings — published 2014
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,113,068 ratings — published 1960
The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.94 — 116,209 ratings — published 2014
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,326,081 ratings — published 2009
“All tales, then, are at some level a journey into the woods to find the missing part of us, to retrieve it and make ourselves whole. Storytelling is as simple - and complex - as that. That's the pattern. That's how we tell stories.”
― Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story
― Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story
“He stopped creeping into people’s houses after midnight, not because he had lost interest in their secrets, but because he had finally learned that some secrets were not his to collect.”
― Perfectly Respectable People: A Collection of Short Stories
― Perfectly Respectable People: A Collection of Short Stories
