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The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as parable)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,718,927 ratings — published 1988
The Pearl (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as parable)
avg rating 3.58 — 286,643 ratings — published 1947
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as parable)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,581,171 ratings — published 1943
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as parable)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,767,488 ratings — published 1945
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as parable)
avg rating 3.86 — 278,358 ratings — published 1970
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as parable)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,363,301 ratings — published 1952
A Christmas Carol (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as parable)
avg rating 4.09 — 959,364 ratings — published 1843
Who Moved My Cheese? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as parable)
avg rating 3.87 — 519,875 ratings — published 1998
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as parable)
avg rating 4.09 — 908,265 ratings — published 1922
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as parable)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,259,525 ratings — published 1964
The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as parable)
avg rating 4.33 — 31,050 ratings — published 2007
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as parable)
avg rating 4.18 — 291,417 ratings — published 1993
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as parable)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,527,376 ratings — published 1915
The Pilgrim's Progress (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as parable)
avg rating 4.08 — 163,979 ratings — published 1678
Theo of Golden (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.45 — 519,290 ratings — published 2023
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.83 — 691,311 ratings — published 1886
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.07 — 503,262 ratings — published 2021
The Celestine Prophecy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.74 — 125,062 ratings — published 1993
How Much Land Does a Man Need? (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.11 — 20,762 ratings — published 1886
Hector and the Search for Happiness (Audio CD)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.48 — 17,819 ratings — published 2002
Hinds' Feet on High Places (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.35 — 61,800 ratings — published 1955
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,984,093 ratings — published 1818
The Velveteen Rabbit (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.31 — 276,685 ratings — published 1922
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.57 — 631,650 ratings — published 1851
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.93 — 416,811 ratings — published 1925
The Greatest Salesman in the World (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.21 — 69,645 ratings — published 1968
Bartleby the Scrivener (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.93 — 79,061 ratings — published 1853
The Richest Man in Babylon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 4.23 — 251,661 ratings — published 1926
Fish: A Proven Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.92 — 29,528 ratings — published 1996
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parable)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,961,371 ratings — published 1963
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,295,238 ratings — published 1954
The Prince and the Pauper (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.87 — 126,936 ratings — published 1881
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.07 — 182,406 ratings — published 1883
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.28 — 720,547 ratings — published 1956
Šuns archipelagas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,788 ratings — published 2018
The Archer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.65 — 23,515 ratings — published 2003
The Ardent Swarm (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.08 — 8,646 ratings — published 2017
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.55 — 249,860 ratings — published 2019
The Parable of the Homemade Millionaire (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.16 — 38 ratings — published
The Pilgrimage (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.64 — 70,144 ratings — published 1987
The Parade (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.64 — 9,394 ratings — published 2019
The Man Who Planted Trees (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.18 — 22,410 ratings — published 1953
The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.26 — 610 ratings — published 2015
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.38 — 6,187 ratings — published 2007
The Ant and the Elephant: Leadership for the Self: A Parable and 5-Step Action Plan to Transform Workplace Performance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,111 ratings — published 2004
Good Omens (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.25 — 842,294 ratings — published 1990
Three Questions (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 3.88 — 3,184 ratings — published 1885
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parable)
avg rating 4.05 — 130,817 ratings — published -560
“The truth is that Trout, like Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury and many others, writes parables. These are set in frames which have become called, for no good reason, science fiction. A better generic term would be 'future fairy tales'. And even this is objectionable, since many science fiction stories take place in the present or the past, far and near.”
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“Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over again; finally it can be calculated in advance, and it becomes a part of the ceremony.
(Leoparden brechen in den Tempel ein und saufen die Opferkrüge leer; das wiederholt sich immer wieder; schließlich kann man es vorausberechnen, und es wird ein Teil der Zeremonie.)”
― Parables and Paradoxes
(Leoparden brechen in den Tempel ein und saufen die Opferkrüge leer; das wiederholt sich immer wieder; schließlich kann man es vorausberechnen, und es wird ein Teil der Zeremonie.)”
― Parables and Paradoxes
