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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,662,208 ratings — published 2015
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,888,657 ratings — published 1997
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,223,672 ratings — published 2015
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,891,415 ratings — published 2018
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,336,552 ratings — published 2008
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,659,201 ratings — published 1937
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.68 — 7,544,066 ratings — published 2005
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,740,224 ratings — published 2012
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,250,982 ratings — published 1954
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,081,859 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,700,372 ratings — published 1998
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,534,570 ratings — published 2016
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 18 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,258,341 ratings — published 2007
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,364,535 ratings — published 2009
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
by (shelved 17 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,995,769 ratings — published 2017
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 17 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,953,166 ratings — published 2003
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 17 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,901,669 ratings — published 2010
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 17 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,380,755 ratings — published 2000
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.56 — 4,034,736 ratings — published 2023
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,026,077 ratings — published 2013
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 16 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,800,931 ratings — published 2005
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,144,674 ratings — published 2011
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,120,928 ratings — published 2020
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,209,449 ratings — published 2011
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,580,601 ratings — published 2005
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,351,793 ratings — published 2011
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.56 — 814,052 ratings — published 2016
A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4)
by (shelved 14 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.70 — 2,386,331 ratings — published 2018
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,056,574 ratings — published 2019
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.15 — 560,315 ratings — published 2018
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,805,989 ratings — published 2014
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,830,721 ratings — published 1996
Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.06 — 788,881 ratings — published 2021
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,172,121 ratings — published 2019
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.97 — 993,761 ratings — published 2016
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,222,285 ratings — published 2007
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,241,159 ratings — published 1950
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,125,076 ratings — published 2007
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,651,095 ratings — published 1995
A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #5)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,342,271 ratings — published 2021
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,166,180 ratings — published 2020
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,500,214 ratings — published 2018
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,710,445 ratings — published 2020
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,635,935 ratings — published 2015
Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,047,505 ratings — published 2007
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.35 — 759,126 ratings — published 2011
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.30 — 891,817 ratings — published 2010
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,540,441 ratings — published 2005
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,720,992 ratings — published 1965
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as escapism)
avg rating 3.63 — 2,190,367 ratings — published 2006
“Once I learned, I went online and ordered every romance novel I could find. They're fairy tales for grown-ups.”
― The Darkest Night
― The Darkest Night
“To read fiction means to play a game by which we give sense to the immensity of things that happened, are happening, or will happen in the actual world. By reading narrative, we escape the anxiety that attacks us when we try to say something true about the world. This is the consoling function of narrative — the reason people tell stories, and have told stories from the beginning of time.”
― Six Walks in the Fictional Woods
― Six Walks in the Fictional Woods
