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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 3.99 — 448,779 ratings — published 2019
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,144,435 ratings — published 2011
This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 9 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 3.82 — 378,688 ratings — published 2019
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,499,093 ratings — published 2018
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 3.87 — 984,451 ratings — published 1955
To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 3.81 — 228,003 ratings — published 1927
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.02 — 43,641 ratings — published 2014
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,024,595 ratings — published 1890
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,644,480 ratings — published 2020
Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.24 — 40,098 ratings — published 1998
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.28 — 696,982 ratings — published 2012
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,208,217 ratings — published 2011
The God of Small Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 3.96 — 344,587 ratings — published 1997
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 3.44 — 8,669 ratings — published 1945
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 3.99 — 389,121 ratings — published 2011
Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.16 — 72,070 ratings — published 1913
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 3.99 — 518,536 ratings — published 1987
The White Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 3.80 — 42,575 ratings — published 2016
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,159,472 ratings — published 1967
The Prophet (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.23 — 340,871 ratings — published 1923
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,173,460 ratings — published 1925
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,993,300 ratings — published 2005
Martyr! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.13 — 231,402 ratings — published 2024
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,013,474 ratings — published 1963
Hamnet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.20 — 525,250 ratings — published 2020
The Waves (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.14 — 57,507 ratings — published 1931
Dandelion Wine (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.09 — 82,762 ratings — published 1957
In the Dream House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.37 — 172,146 ratings — published 2019
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,124,815 ratings — published 2007
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.26 — 135,993 ratings — published 1929
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,142,037 ratings — published 1992
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,329,821 ratings — published 1963
Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.11 — 117,326 ratings — published 2014
Yol (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,096,832 ratings — published 2006
Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.13 — 173,125 ratings — published 2012
Pale Fire (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.17 — 60,976 ratings — published 1962
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.05 — 412,635 ratings — published 2012
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,905,599 ratings — published 2012
The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.16 — 128,521 ratings — published 1968
The Bone People (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.03 — 24,726 ratings — published 1984
The River Has Roots (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 3.94 — 54,030 ratings — published 2025
Orbital (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 3.47 — 174,323 ratings — published 2023
Angels Before Man (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.05 — 7,266 ratings — published 2022
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,039,545 ratings — published 1813
Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 3.77 — 378,798 ratings — published 1925
Sea of Tranquility (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.04 — 319,476 ratings — published 2022
The Book of Disquiet (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.38 — 40,475 ratings — published 1982
Midnight’s Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 3.97 — 137,141 ratings — published 1981
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as poetic-prose)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,023,072 ratings — published 2015
“Out in the wilderness, the quiet was so extraordinary he began to feel sad, recalling the noise of men's voices and the busy lives they led. The stars looked so close together. If only he could be in the sky and use the stars like stepping stones.”
― Lonesome Dove
― Lonesome Dove
“She gave me for my pains a world of sighs.”
― Othello
― Othello
