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Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,301,088 ratings — published 1954
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,113,911 ratings — published 1925
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,773,818 ratings — published 2018
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,679,651 ratings — published 1967
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,595,066 ratings — published 2003
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,232,368 ratings — published 2008
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,728,670 ratings — published 1988
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 661,652 ratings — published 1996
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.41 — 219,902 ratings — published 1975
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,645,418 ratings — published 2020
Turtles All the Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 658,635 ratings — published 2017
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,981,470 ratings — published 2018
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,388,742 ratings — published 2017
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,453,332 ratings — published 2022
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,348,264 ratings — published 2017
James (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.41 — 591,704 ratings — published 2024
To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 3.81 — 224,596 ratings — published 1927
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 3.43 — 573,305 ratings — published 1899
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,969,644 ratings — published 1963
Good Omens (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.25 — 843,594 ratings — published 1990
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,092,732 ratings — published 1960
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,227,272 ratings — published 1954
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,083,267 ratings — published 1955
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,086,808 ratings — published 2009
Miss Julia's Marvelous Makeover (Miss Julia, #15)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,493 ratings — published 2014
Barn Dance! (Reading Rainbow)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 3.83 — 682 ratings — published 1986
Diego and the Baby Sea Turtles (Go, Diego, Go!)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 47 ratings — published 2008
Baby Sea Turtle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 3.80 — 15 ratings — published 2007
Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,723,987 ratings — published 2006
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,854,953 ratings — published 2010
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,310,927 ratings — published 2009
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,875,942 ratings — published 2003
The White Tiger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 3.77 — 206,267 ratings — published 2008
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 3.98 — 766,124 ratings — published 1987
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 974,310 ratings — published 1955
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,510,256 ratings — published 1942
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,143,325 ratings — published 1967
Fiabe e storie coreane (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 43 ratings — published 1994
The Coin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 3.41 — 17,271 ratings — published 2024
The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 84,078 ratings — published 2021
The Candymakers (The Candymakers, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 29,178 ratings — published 2010
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 831,179 ratings — published 2003
True Biz (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 83,824 ratings — published 2022
Roots: The Saga of an American Family (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.45 — 166,267 ratings — published 1976
The Son (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 38,925 ratings — published 2013
Beartown (Beartown, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.28 — 650,696 ratings — published 2016
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.60 — 279,864 ratings — published 1985
The Red Tent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 641,861 ratings — published 1997
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 216,363 ratings — published 2000
Post: A Short Story of No Consequence of All (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as narrative-fiction)
avg rating 4.42 — 325 ratings — published
“In a whodunnit, when a detective hears that Sir Somebody Smith has been stabbed thirty-six times on a train or decapitated, they accept it as a quite natural occurrence. They pack their bags and head off to ask questions, collect clues, ultimately to make an arrest. But I wasn't a detective. I was an editor—and, until a week ago, not a single one of my acquaintances had managed to die in an unusual and violent manner. Apart from my own parents and Alan, I hardly knew anyone who had died at all. It's strange when you think about it. There are hundreds and hundreds of murders in books and television. It would be hard for narrative fiction to survive without them. And yet there are almost none in real life, unless you happen to live in the wrong area. Why is it that we have such a need for murder mystery and what is it that attracts us—the crime or the solution? Do we have some primal need of bloodshed because our own lives are so safe, so comfortable? I made a mental note to check out Alan's sales figures in San Pedro Sula in Honduras (the murder capital of the world). It might be that they didn't read him at all.”
― Magpie Murders
― Magpie Murders
