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Fable Books
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Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 157 times as fable)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,540,258 ratings — published 1945
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 143 times as fable)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,561,438 ratings — published 1988
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as fable)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,472,131 ratings — published 1943
The Lion and the Mouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as fable)
avg rating 4.23 — 24,434 ratings — published 2009
Namesake (The World of the Narrows, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as fable)
avg rating 4.01 — 68,440 ratings — published 2021
Fable (The World of the Narrows, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as fable)
avg rating 4.00 — 115,621 ratings — published 2020
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as fable)
avg rating 4.05 — 129,646 ratings — published -560
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as fable)
avg rating 3.86 — 272,445 ratings — published 1970
Fables (Library Binding)
by (shelved 20 times as fable)
avg rating 4.15 — 8,818 ratings — published 1980
The Tortoise & the Hare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as fable)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,741 ratings — published 2013
Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as fable)
avg rating 3.98 — 560 ratings — published 2009
The Last Legacy (The World of the Narrows, #3)
by (shelved 16 times as fable)
avg rating 3.91 — 12,553 ratings — published 2021
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as fable)
avg rating 3.98 — 21,729 ratings — published 2000
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as fable)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,234,426 ratings — published 1964
The Grasshopper & the Ants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as fable)
avg rating 3.78 — 729 ratings — published 2015
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as fable)
avg rating 4.09 — 505,344 ratings — published 1972
The Wind in the Willows (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as fable)
avg rating 4.02 — 240,450 ratings — published 1908
Saint (The World of the Narrows, #0)
by (shelved 12 times as fable)
avg rating 4.16 — 13,660 ratings — published 2022
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as fable)
avg rating 4.55 — 235,418 ratings — published 2019
The Buried Giant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as fable)
avg rating 3.59 — 121,705 ratings — published 2015
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as fable)
avg rating 4.01 — 657,248 ratings — published 2013
The Time Keeper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as fable)
avg rating 3.90 — 122,447 ratings — published 2012
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as fable)
avg rating 4.32 — 54,174 ratings — published 2009
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as fable)
avg rating 4.16 — 965,342 ratings — published 2006
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as fable)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,752,228 ratings — published 2001
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as fable)
avg rating 4.23 — 221,162 ratings — published 1812
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as fable)
avg rating 4.13 — 131,156 ratings — published 2013
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as fable)
avg rating 4.23 — 31,903 ratings — published 1996
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as fable)
avg rating 4.32 — 195,693 ratings — published 1989
Once a Mouse... (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as fable)
avg rating 3.78 — 3,121 ratings — published 1961
The Fate of Fausto (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as fable)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,458 ratings — published 2019
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as fable)
avg rating 3.99 — 436,166 ratings — published 1865
The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as fable)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,614 ratings — published 2017
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as fable)
avg rating 3.89 — 182,812 ratings — published 1996
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as fable)
avg rating 3.39 — 65,183 ratings — published 2010
Squids Will be Squids: Fresh Morals, Beastly Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as fable)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,274 ratings — published 1998
Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as fable)
avg rating 3.98 — 143,497 ratings — published 2002
Charlotte’s Web (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as fable)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,043,945 ratings — published 1952
The Mysteries (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as fable)
avg rating 3.76 — 6,082 ratings — published 2023
The Tiger Who Would Be King (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as fable)
avg rating 3.59 — 280 ratings — published 2015
Fable: the Balverine Order (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as fable)
avg rating 3.75 — 890 ratings — published 2010
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as fable)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,149,132 ratings — published 1950
Seven Blind Mice (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as fable)
avg rating 4.20 — 8,411 ratings — published 1992
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as fable)
avg rating 4.11 — 137,635 ratings — published 2002
The Thief of Always (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as fable)
avg rating 4.21 — 37,377 ratings — published 1992
The Snow Child (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as fable)
avg rating 4.02 — 173,631 ratings — published 2012
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as fable)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,310,253 ratings — published 1952
The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as fable)
avg rating 4.03 — 512,023 ratings — published 2008
Town Mouse, Country Mouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as fable)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,740 ratings — published 1994
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as fable)
avg rating 3.94 — 58,353 ratings — published 2001
“A Swedish minister having assembled the chiefs of the Susquehanna Indians, made a sermon to them, acquainting them with the principal historical facts on which our religion is founded — such as the fall of our first parents by eating an apple, the coming of Christ to repair the mischief, his miracles and suffering, etc. When he had finished an Indian orator stood up to thank him.
‘What you have told us,’ says he, ‘is all very good. It is indeed bad to eat apples. It is better to make them all into cider. We are much obliged by your kindness in coming so far to tell us those things which you have heard from your mothers. In return, I will tell you some of those we have heard from ours.
‘In the beginning, our fathers had only the flesh of animals to subsist on, and if their hunting was unsuccessful they were starving. Two of our young hunters, having killed a deer, made a fire in the woods to boil some parts of it. When they were about to satisfy their hunger, they beheld a beautiful young woman descend from the clouds and seat herself on that hill which you see yonder among the Blue Mountains.
‘They said to each other, “It is a spirit that perhaps has smelt our broiling venison and wishes to eat of it; let us offer some to her.” They presented her with the tongue; she was pleased with the taste of it and said: “Your kindness shall be rewarded; come to this place after thirteen moons, and you will find something that will be of great benefit in nourishing you and your children to the latest generations.” They did so, and to their surprise found plants they had never seen before, but which from that ancient time have been constantly cultivated among us to our great advantage. Where her right hand had touched the ground they found maize; where her left had touched it they found kidney-beans; and where her backside had sat on it they found tobacco.’
The good missionary, disgusted with this idle tale, said: ‘What I delivered to you were sacred truths; but what you tell me is mere fable, fiction, and falsehood.’
The Indian, offended, replied: ‘My brother, it seems your friends have not done you justice in your education; they have not well instructed you in the rules of common civility. You saw that we, who understand and practise those rules, believed all your stories; why do you refuse to believe ours?”
― Remarks Concerning the Savages
‘What you have told us,’ says he, ‘is all very good. It is indeed bad to eat apples. It is better to make them all into cider. We are much obliged by your kindness in coming so far to tell us those things which you have heard from your mothers. In return, I will tell you some of those we have heard from ours.
‘In the beginning, our fathers had only the flesh of animals to subsist on, and if their hunting was unsuccessful they were starving. Two of our young hunters, having killed a deer, made a fire in the woods to boil some parts of it. When they were about to satisfy their hunger, they beheld a beautiful young woman descend from the clouds and seat herself on that hill which you see yonder among the Blue Mountains.
‘They said to each other, “It is a spirit that perhaps has smelt our broiling venison and wishes to eat of it; let us offer some to her.” They presented her with the tongue; she was pleased with the taste of it and said: “Your kindness shall be rewarded; come to this place after thirteen moons, and you will find something that will be of great benefit in nourishing you and your children to the latest generations.” They did so, and to their surprise found plants they had never seen before, but which from that ancient time have been constantly cultivated among us to our great advantage. Where her right hand had touched the ground they found maize; where her left had touched it they found kidney-beans; and where her backside had sat on it they found tobacco.’
The good missionary, disgusted with this idle tale, said: ‘What I delivered to you were sacred truths; but what you tell me is mere fable, fiction, and falsehood.’
The Indian, offended, replied: ‘My brother, it seems your friends have not done you justice in your education; they have not well instructed you in the rules of common civility. You saw that we, who understand and practise those rules, believed all your stories; why do you refuse to believe ours?”
― Remarks Concerning the Savages
“A Gentile met a rabbi and said to him, 'You have taught me many things but there is one thing in particular I want to learn very much but you do not wish to teach to me. I want you to teach me the Talmud.' The rabbi replied, 'You are a non-Jew and you have the brain of a non-Jew. There is no chance that you will succeed in understanding the Talmud.' But the Gentile continued in his attempt to persuade the rabbi to teach him the Talmud. Finally, the rabbi then said to the Gentile, 'I agree to teach you the Talmud on condition that you answer one question.' The Gentile agreed and asked the rabbi, 'What is the question?' The rabbi then said to the Gentile, 'Two men fall down through the chimney. One comes out dirty and the other comes out clean. Who of those goes to wash up?' 'Very simple,' replied the Gentile. 'The one who is dirty goes to wash up but the one who is clean does not go to wash up.' The rabbi then said to the Gentile, 'I told you that you would not succeed in understanding the Talmud. The exact opposite happened. The clean one looks at the dirty and thinks that he is also dirty and goes to wash up. The dirty one, on the other hand, looks at the clean one and thinks that he is also clean and therefore does not go to wash up.' The Gentile said to the rabbi, 'This I did not think of. Ask me, please, another question.' The rabbi then said to the Gentile, 'Two men fall down through the chimney. One comes out dirty and the other comes out clean. Who of these goes to wash up?' The Gentile replied to the rabbi, 'Very simple. The clean one looks at the dirty one and thinks he is also dirty and goes to wash up. The dirty one, on the other hand, looks at the clean one and thinks that he is also clean and therefore does not go to wash up.' The rabbi said to the Gentile, 'You are wrong again. I told you that you would not understand, The clean one looks into the mirror, sees that he is clean, and therefore does not go to wash up. The dirty one looks into the mirror, sees that he is dirty, and goes to wash up.' The Gentile complained to the rabbi, 'But you did not tell me that there was a mirror there.' The rabbi said to the Gentile, 'I said that you were a non-Jew, and that with your brain you would not succeed in understanding the Talmud. According to the Talmud, you have to think of all the possibilities.' 'All right,' groaned the Gentile to the rabbi. 'Let us try once more. Ask me one more question.' For the last time, the rabbi said to the Gentile, 'Two men fall through the chimney. One came out dirty and the other came out clean, Who of these went to wash up?' 'That is very simple!' replied the Gentile. 'If there is no mirror there the clean one will look at the dirty one and will think that he is also dirty and will therefore go to wash up. The dirty one will look at the clean one and will think that he is also clean and will therefore not go to wash up. If there is a mirror there, the clean one will look into the mirror and will see that he is clean and will therefore not go to wash up. The dirty one will look into the mirror and will see that he is dirty and will therefore go to wash up.' The rabbi said to the Gentile, 'I told you that you would not succeed in understanding. You are a non-Jew, you have a non-Jewish brain. Tell me, how is it possible for two men to fall through the a chimney and for one to come out dirty and for the other to come out clean?”
― Maimonides: Faith in Reason
― Maimonides: Faith in Reason












