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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as poetic)
avg rating 3.99 — 449,739 ratings — published 2019
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,213,159 ratings — published 2011
Milk and honey (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as poetic)
avg rating 3.95 — 845,279 ratings — published 2014
This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 41 times as poetic)
avg rating 3.82 — 379,572 ratings — published 2019
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,629,796 ratings — published 1943
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.26 — 136,403 ratings — published 1929
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,503,692 ratings — published 2018
The Poet X (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 21 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.36 — 146,786 ratings — published 2018
The Sun and Her Flowers (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.07 — 394,290 ratings — published 2018
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,028,861 ratings — published 1890
The Prophet (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.23 — 341,155 ratings — published 1923
Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.10 — 634,008 ratings — published 2007
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,332,746 ratings — published 1963
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as poetic)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,179,476 ratings — published 1925
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as poetic)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,299,920 ratings — published -800
Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.16 — 53,313 ratings — published 2016
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as poetic)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,901,460 ratings — published 1590
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,647,820 ratings — published 2020
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.28 — 697,455 ratings — published 2012
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as poetic)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,784,099 ratings — published 1988
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,083,798 ratings — published 2014
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,995,999 ratings — published 2005
Bluets (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.02 — 62,329 ratings — published 2009
Brown Girl Dreaming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.15 — 95,386 ratings — published 2014
Open Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as poetic)
avg rating 3.97 — 95,629 ratings — published 2021
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,085,358 ratings — published 1999
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,545,112 ratings — published 1974
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.55 — 253,770 ratings — published 2019
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 11 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,820,559 ratings — published 2018
The Princess Saves Herself in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as poetic)
avg rating 3.82 — 164,378 ratings — published 2016
Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.21 — 387,896 ratings — published 2010
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as poetic)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,145,441 ratings — published 2011
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as poetic)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,032,363 ratings — published 1818
Leaves of Grass (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.11 — 120,248 ratings — published 1855
Martyr! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.13 — 233,034 ratings — published 2024
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,145,975 ratings — published 1992
The Complete Stories and Poems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.40 — 302,229 ratings — published 1849
Macbeth: Moment by Moment (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as poetic)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,061,821 ratings — published 1623
The House on Mango Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as poetic)
avg rating 3.67 — 254,356 ratings — published 1984
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.04 — 592,235 ratings — published 1985
Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.34 — 311,814 ratings — published 1956
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as poetic)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,022,786 ratings — published 2018
Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,097,069 ratings — published 1601
Inside Out & Back Again (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.12 — 69,181 ratings — published 2011
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as poetic)
avg rating 3.87 — 985,466 ratings — published 1955
Inferno (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.03 — 214,538 ratings — published 1321
A Light in the Attic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.37 — 484,705 ratings — published 1981
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as poetic)
avg rating 3.89 — 163,200 ratings — published 1962
Água Viva (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as poetic)
avg rating 4.24 — 30,028 ratings — published 1973
Time Is a Mother (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as poetic)
avg rating 3.90 — 39,956 ratings — published 2022
“I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another til I drop.”
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“Maybe life is all about twirling under one of those midnight skies,
cutting a swathe through the breeze
and gently closing your eyes.”
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cutting a swathe through the breeze
and gently closing your eyes.”
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