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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,603,028 ratings — published 1948
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,669,372 ratings — published 1945
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,125,392 ratings — published 1967
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 3,948,535 ratings — published 1951
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,481,609 ratings — published 1915
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,115,903 ratings — published 1866
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,455,994 ratings — published 1942
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,595,403 ratings — published 1997
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,251,587 ratings — published 1954
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,901,912 ratings — published 1813
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,533,420 ratings — published 1937
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,994,177 ratings — published 1960
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,536,239 ratings — published 1943
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 1,935,354 ratings — published 1890
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,020,130 ratings — published 1925
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,654,602 ratings — published 1988
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,112,313 ratings — published 1932
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,487,609 ratings — published 1985
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.99 — 748,602 ratings — published 1987
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,908,125 ratings — published 1953
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.43 — 566,476 ratings — published 1899
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.87 — 961,737 ratings — published 1955
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.11 — 560,388 ratings — published 2002
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,222,529 ratings — published 1847
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,574,512 ratings — published 1998
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,947,569 ratings — published 1818
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.14 — 400,767 ratings — published 1980
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,926,924 ratings — published 2018
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,340,573 ratings — published 1952
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 18 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,936,615 ratings — published 1999
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,546,255 ratings — published 2003
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.17 — 242,727 ratings — published 1864
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 17 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,267,598 ratings — published 2000
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,072,281 ratings — published 1992
Blindness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 17 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.18 — 347,638 ratings — published 1995
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.08 — 894,234 ratings — published 1922
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,048,849 ratings — published 1846
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.10 — 555,138 ratings — published 1984
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,081,955 ratings — published 2008
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,503,181 ratings — published 1969
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.00 — 781,103 ratings — published 1962
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.11 — 948,208 ratings — published 1878
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,195,993 ratings — published 1954
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,926,371 ratings — published 2005
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,664,331 ratings — published 1965
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,043,795 ratings — published 1979
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,426,778 ratings — published 2000
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 399,655 ratings — published 1880
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.70 — 159,158 ratings — published 1774
Don Quixote (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.91 — 309,998 ratings — published 1605
“Places are never just places in a piece of writing. If they are, the author has failed. Setting is not inert. It is activated by point of view.”
― In the Dream House
― In the Dream House
“All stories have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is all at once the most wonderful yet terrifying thing in the world, which makes it nearly impossible to handle. It is such a great responsibility that it's best not to tell a story at all unless you know you can do it right. You must be very careful, or without knowing it you can change the world.”
― Dreams Of The Compass Rose
― Dreams Of The Compass Rose
