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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 87 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,413,820 ratings — published 1997
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 71 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,910,599 ratings — published 2008
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,802,973 ratings — published 1813
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,885,733 ratings — published 1960
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as old-books)
avg rating 3.67 — 7,313,379 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 55 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,492,836 ratings — published 1998
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 54 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,193,201 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 53 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,840,811 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 51 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,794,689 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 50 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,656,836 ratings — published 2005
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,380,303 ratings — published 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 49 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,109,395 ratings — published 2007
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as old-books)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,916,682 ratings — published 1925
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,323,545 ratings — published 1847
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,460,680 ratings — published 1868
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 47 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,154,619 ratings — published 2009
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,551,582 ratings — published 1945
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,724,112 ratings — published 2012
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 44 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,719,353 ratings — published 2010
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,461,428 ratings — published 1949
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as old-books)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,051,553 ratings — published 1847
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,455,402 ratings — published 1937
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,437,041 ratings — published 2005
Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, #3)
by (shelved 39 times as old-books)
avg rating 3.74 — 1,993,208 ratings — published 2007
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)
by (shelved 39 times as old-books)
avg rating 3.62 — 2,127,921 ratings — published 2006
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,878,776 ratings — published 1890
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,808,023 ratings — published 1993
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as old-books)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,822,581 ratings — published 1590
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)
by (shelved 36 times as old-books)
avg rating 3.76 — 1,872,920 ratings — published 2008
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as old-books)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,192,661 ratings — published -800
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as old-books)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,888,414 ratings — published 1818
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,150,129 ratings — published 1954
Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,296,256 ratings — published 1811
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.10 — 931,609 ratings — published 1878
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
by (shelved 30 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,152,651 ratings — published 1950
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as old-books)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,893,831 ratings — published 1951
Emma (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.05 — 983,217 ratings — published 1815
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as old-books)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,622,829 ratings — published 2012
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as old-books)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,835,977 ratings — published 1937
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,476,173 ratings — published 1897
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,477,977 ratings — published 1943
Holes (Holes, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,363,046 ratings — published 1998
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 26 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,878,999 ratings — published 2005
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as old-books)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,200,507 ratings — published 1954
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,192,738 ratings — published 1947
Matilda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,109,900 ratings — published 1988
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as old-books)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,569,455 ratings — published 1988
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,168,516 ratings — published 2007
Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as old-books)
avg rating 4.15 — 777,191 ratings — published 1817
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as old-books)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,077,154 ratings — published 1932
“It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.”
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“As for the shop there is a breed of Homo sapiens that will walk inside, take a deep breath, and say, 'Mmm, I just love the smell of old books.' They are to be got rid of as quickly as possible, with whatever violence it takes. I have heard the line a thousand times and never, never have I sold a book to any one of those people.”
― A Factotum in the Book Trade
― A Factotum in the Book Trade










