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The Foundling (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.98 — 34,424 ratings — published 2020
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.97 — 38,799 ratings — published 2017
Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 26 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.33 — 6,751 ratings — published
The Glassblower of Murano (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.63 — 8,333 ratings — published 2006
The Cellist of Sarajevo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.00 — 45,718 ratings — published 2008
Matrix (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.67 — 70,922 ratings — published 2021
Harlem Rhapsody (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.06 — 11,293 ratings — published 2025
Clara and Mr. Tiffany (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.88 — 58,304 ratings — published 2010
The Orphan's Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.05 — 97,201 ratings — published 2017
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 21 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,528,386 ratings — published 2016
Vivaldi's Virgins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.75 — 3,026 ratings — published 2007
The Other Einstein (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.87 — 91,379 ratings — published 2016
The Violinist of Venice (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,934 ratings — published 2015
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.94 — 800,894 ratings — published 1999
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,222,632 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 — 2,989,951 ratings — published 2017
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.56 — 813,432 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 4.14 — 4,653,942 ratings — published 2015
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,037,433 ratings — published 1813
The Age of Light (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.58 — 13,751 ratings — published 2019
A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #5)
by (shelved 13 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,335,087 ratings — published 2021
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,479,463 ratings — published 2017
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,802,152 ratings — published 2014
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,159,022 ratings — published 2012
The Marriage Portrait (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.01 — 225,033 ratings — published 2022
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.56 — 4,025,167 ratings — published 2023
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,170,694 ratings — published 2019
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,497,405 ratings — published 2018
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,504,855 ratings — published 2017
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,643,286 ratings — published 2020
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.15 — 559,228 ratings — published 2018
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,503,130 ratings — published 2011
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,438,265 ratings — published 2018
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,881,894 ratings — published 1997
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,798,506 ratings — published 2005
Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.44 — 735,538 ratings — published 2014
Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.09 — 829,311 ratings — published 2013
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,735,264 ratings — published 2012
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,078,259 ratings — published 1999
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,329,863 ratings — published 2008
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,017,343 ratings — published 2018
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.71 — 1,282,007 ratings — published 2018
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,889,294 ratings — published 2018
Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,252,199 ratings — published 2017
Heartless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.08 — 284,904 ratings — published 2016
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.41 — 321,913 ratings — published 2015
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,631,967 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 — 847,569 ratings — published 1989
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as character-development)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,255,899 ratings — published 2007
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as character-development)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,706,741 ratings — published 2020
“Pick up artists, and doing pick up it wasn't about harassing women. Being sex offender and etc.
(Please don't take my words out of context.)
It was when the nerd guy in school learn tricks how to be a social cool guy.”
― How to Talk to Anyone
(Please don't take my words out of context.)
It was when the nerd guy in school learn tricks how to be a social cool guy.”
― How to Talk to Anyone
“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
