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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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avg rating 4.47 — 11,465,261 ratings — published 1997
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,473,030 ratings — published 1937
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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avg rating 4.22 — 2,023,212 ratings — published 1979
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
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avg rating 3.89 — 366,000 ratings — published 1984
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,477,245 ratings — published 1985
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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avg rating 4.41 — 3,165,781 ratings — published 1954
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
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avg rating 4.10 — 992,535 ratings — published 2001
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1)
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avg rating 3.98 — 75,590 ratings — published 2000
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
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avg rating 4.28 — 336,148 ratings — published 2015
Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
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avg rating 4.16 — 562,676 ratings — published 1996
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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avg rating 4.45 — 2,744,057 ratings — published 1996
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (ebook)
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avg rating 4.09 — 515,335 ratings — published 1968
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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avg rating 4.43 — 4,516,481 ratings — published 1998
The City & the City (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 79,102 ratings — published 2009
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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avg rating 4.57 — 4,212,414 ratings — published 2000
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 9,958,926 ratings — published 2008
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 658,676 ratings — published 2013
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 152,228 ratings — published 1974
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
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avg rating 4.52 — 1,087,073 ratings — published 2007
Stranger in a Strange Land (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 326,879 ratings — published 1961
Snow Crash (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 298,543 ratings — published 1992
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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avg rating 4.50 — 3,810,840 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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avg rating 4.58 — 4,868,203 ratings — published 1999
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
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avg rating 3.99 — 119,460 ratings — published 2013
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 362,809 ratings — published 1968
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
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avg rating 3.91 — 666,003 ratings — published 1982
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
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avg rating 4.08 — 498,714 ratings — published 2006
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
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avg rating 3.80 — 306,548 ratings — published 2014
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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avg rating 4.36 — 4,177,931 ratings — published 2009
The Lord of the Rings (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.54 — 733,008 ratings — published 1959
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
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avg rating 4.58 — 1,047,001 ratings — published 1955
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
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avg rating 4.50 — 1,132,188 ratings — published 1954
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,621,379 ratings — published 1995
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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avg rating 4.58 — 3,671,203 ratings — published 2005
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 321,215 ratings — published 2011
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 827,317 ratings — published 1990
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 256,030 ratings — published 2004
The Man in the High Castle (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.59 — 236,450 ratings — published 1962
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 598,764 ratings — published 1951
Brave New World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 2,086,665 ratings — published 1932
The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)
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avg rating 3.53 — 278,955 ratings — published 2009
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 617,734 ratings — published 2014
The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 37,938 ratings — published 2000
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 56,213 ratings — published 2009
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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avg rating 4.12 — 3,739,604 ratings — published 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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avg rating 4.62 — 4,124,540 ratings — published 2007
1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,500,912 ratings — published 1948
The Martian Chronicles (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 286,811 ratings — published 1950
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 288,382 ratings — published 2003
“We should also not expect that men and women will make identical choices, or be driven to excel at identical things, or even, perhaps, be motivated by the same goals. To ignore our differences and demand uniformity is a different kind of sexism. Differences between the sexes are a reality, and while they can be cause for concern, they are also very often a strength, and we ignore them at our peril.”
― A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
― A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
“How can so many (white, male) writers narratively justify restricting the agency of their female characters on the grounds of sexism = authenticity while simultaneously writing male characters with conveniently modern values?
The habit of authors writing Sexism Without Sexists in genre novels is seemingly pathological. Women are stuffed in the fridge under cover of "authenticity" by secondary characters and villains because too many authors flinch from the "authenticity" of sexist male protagonists. Which means the yardstick for "authenticity" in such novels almost always ends up being "how much do the women suffer", instead of - as might also be the case - "how sexist are the heroes".
And this bugs me; because if authors can stretch their imaginations far enough to envisage the presence of modern-minded men in the fake Middle Ages, then why can't they stretch them that little bit further to put in modern-minded women, or modern-minded social values? It strikes me as being extremely convenient that the one universally permitted exception to this species of "authenticity" is one that makes the male heroes look noble while still mandating that the women be downtrodden and in need of rescuing.
-Comment at Staffer's Book Review 4/18/2012 to "Michael J. Sullivan on Character Agency ”
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The habit of authors writing Sexism Without Sexists in genre novels is seemingly pathological. Women are stuffed in the fridge under cover of "authenticity" by secondary characters and villains because too many authors flinch from the "authenticity" of sexist male protagonists. Which means the yardstick for "authenticity" in such novels almost always ends up being "how much do the women suffer", instead of - as might also be the case - "how sexist are the heroes".
And this bugs me; because if authors can stretch their imaginations far enough to envisage the presence of modern-minded men in the fake Middle Ages, then why can't they stretch them that little bit further to put in modern-minded women, or modern-minded social values? It strikes me as being extremely convenient that the one universally permitted exception to this species of "authenticity" is one that makes the male heroes look noble while still mandating that the women be downtrodden and in need of rescuing.
-Comment at Staffer's Book Review 4/18/2012 to "Michael J. Sullivan on Character Agency ”
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