133 books
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11 voters
Gentle Books
Showing 1-50 of 2,031
A Gentle Reminder (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.24 — 22,176 ratings — published 2021
Untold Stories of the Little Prince (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as gentle)
avg rating 3.61 — 238 ratings — published
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.02 — 132,767 ratings — published 2020
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,446,508 ratings — published 2022
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.20 — 199,681 ratings — published 2021
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,550,857 ratings — published 1943
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,053,106 ratings — published 2020
The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.33 — 71,297 ratings — published 2017
At Home in Mitford (Mitford Years, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.13 — 71,561 ratings — published 1994
The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.49 — 24,340 ratings — published 2021
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.55 — 247,371 ratings — published 2019
The Tea Dragon Festival (Tea Dragon, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.39 — 33,251 ratings — published 2019
All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)
by (shelved 4 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.36 — 161,133 ratings — published 1970
The Travelling Cat Chronicles (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.33 — 110,030 ratings — published 2012
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,726,712 ratings — published 2018
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #13)
by (shelved 4 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.14 — 17,445 ratings — published 2012
Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as gentle)
avg rating 3.99 — 46,598 ratings — published 2001
The Full Cupboard of Life (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #5)
by (shelved 4 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.03 — 35,234 ratings — published 2003
Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as gentle)
avg rating 3.98 — 61,636 ratings — published 2000
Village School (Fairacre, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,235 ratings — published 1955
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as gentle)
avg rating 3.81 — 278,199 ratings — published 1998
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,509,406 ratings — published 1868
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 3.65 — 741,472 ratings — published 2015
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 3.88 — 94,921 ratings — published 2022
Tom Lake (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 3.93 — 526,139 ratings — published 2023
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 3.63 — 207,639 ratings — published 2010
The Lord God Made Them All (All Creatures Great and Small, #7)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.45 — 30,427 ratings — published 1981
All Things Bright and Beautiful (All Creatures Great and Small, #3-4)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.36 — 84,109 ratings — published 1976
Aquicorn Cove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.17 — 14,929 ratings — published 2018
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.03 — 400,602 ratings — published 2022
The Keeper of Lost Things (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 3.80 — 168,191 ratings — published 2017
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street (The Vanderbeekers, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.11 — 28,995 ratings — published 2017
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.31 — 689,862 ratings — published 2016
The Whole Town's Talking (Elmwood Springs, #4)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 3.68 — 23,398 ratings — published 2016
Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Maggie Hope Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 3.75 — 35,357 ratings — published 2012
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,197,421 ratings — published 1950
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,253,521 ratings — published 2012
A Light in the Window (Mitford Years, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.27 — 29,826 ratings — published 1995
Thrush Green (Thrush Green, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,495 ratings — published 1959
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #8)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.08 — 28,190 ratings — published 2007
44 Scotland Street (44 Scotland Street, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 3.61 — 28,235 ratings — published 2004
The Sunday Philosophy Club (Isabel Dalhousie, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 3.36 — 26,377 ratings — published 2004
The Double Comfort Safari Club (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #11)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.07 — 21,228 ratings — published 2010
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.19 — 823,257 ratings — published 2008
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.20 — 65,726 ratings — published 2005
Theo of Golden (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.49 — 380,490 ratings — published 2023
In the Time of Five Pumpkins (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #26)
by (shelved 2 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.27 — 4,226 ratings — published
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as gentle)
avg rating 3.93 — 112,678 ratings — published 2025
Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as gentle)
avg rating 4.28 — 462,209 ratings — published 1986
The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as gentle)
avg rating 3.79 — 166,783 ratings — published 2023
“whatever you do
be gentle with yourself.
you don’t just live
in this world
or your home
or your skin.
you also live
in someone’s eyes.”
―
be gentle with yourself.
you don’t just live
in this world
or your home
or your skin.
you also live
in someone’s eyes.”
―
“She stared at me, like day stares at an hourglass and night, the sand trickling through time; the sea disappearing to eyes in the dark. But I hear her waves coming in, as she whispers one last chance goodbye.”
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