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The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as prose)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,940,531 ratings — published 1925
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as prose)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,494,623 ratings — published 1948
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as prose)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,412,963 ratings — published 1942
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as prose)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,578,932 ratings — published 1945
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as prose)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,905,690 ratings — published 1951
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as prose)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,910,967 ratings — published 1960
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 73 times as prose)
avg rating 3.87 — 949,164 ratings — published 1955
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as prose)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,088,389 ratings — published 1866
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as prose)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,891,662 ratings — published 1890
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as prose)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,903,032 ratings — published 1818
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as prose)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,439,389 ratings — published 1915
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 63 times as prose)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,853,482 ratings — published 1953
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as prose)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,108,005 ratings — published 1967
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as prose)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,742,482 ratings — published 1996
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as prose)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,470,161 ratings — published 1937
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as prose)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,457,542 ratings — published 1997
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as prose)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,085,148 ratings — published 1932
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as prose)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,847,697 ratings — published 1937
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as prose)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,487,575 ratings — published 1969
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as prose)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,318,988 ratings — published 1952
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as prose)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,230,882 ratings — published 1963
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as prose)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,086,428 ratings — published 1847
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as prose)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,826,289 ratings — published 1813
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as prose)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,211,470 ratings — published 1954
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as prose)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,437,794 ratings — published 1985
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as prose)
avg rating 3.43 — 560,131 ratings — published 1899
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as prose)
avg rating 3.99 — 888,515 ratings — published 1961
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 49 times as prose)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,512,802 ratings — published 1998
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as prose)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,491,826 ratings — published 1943
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as prose)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,041,873 ratings — published 2006
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 45 times as prose)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,863,957 ratings — published 1999
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as prose)
avg rating 3.94 — 397,855 ratings — published 1925
Ulysses (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as prose)
avg rating 3.76 — 138,221 ratings — published 1922
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as prose)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,005,705 ratings — published 2011
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as prose)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,022,007 ratings — published 1979
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as prose)
avg rating 3.99 — 850,409 ratings — published 1974
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 40 times as prose)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,668,837 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 40 times as prose)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,122,066 ratings — published 2007
To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as prose)
avg rating 3.81 — 215,796 ratings — published 1927
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 39 times as prose)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,209,360 ratings — published 2000
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as prose)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,951,689 ratings — published 2008
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 39 times as prose)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,808,230 ratings — published 2003
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as prose)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,332,487 ratings — published 1847
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as prose)
avg rating 4.01 — 410,310 ratings — published 2019
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 4.10 — 935,292 ratings — published 1878
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 4.00 — 772,162 ratings — published 1962
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 4.17 — 232,009 ratings — published 1864
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,037,788 ratings — published 1992
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 4.11 — 546,470 ratings — published 1984
“But I was young
and didn’t know better
and someone should have told me to capture every second
every kiss & every night
Because now I’m sitting here alone and it’s getting really hard to breath because tears are growing in my throat and they want to break out, but there are people
watching
and I just want to be somewhere silent
somewhere still
But still I don’t want to be alone because I’m scared and lonely
and I don’t understand
Because I was alone my whole life
My whole life
I was so damn lonely and I was content with that
because I liked myself and my own company
and I didn’t need anyone
I thought
But then there was you .. ...
So, someone should have told me that love is for those few brave who can handle the unbearable emptiness,
the unbearable guilt and lack of oneself,
Because I lost myself to someone I love
and I might get myself back one day
but it will take time, it will take time.
This is gonna take some time.
I wish someone would have told me this.
Someone should have told me this.”
― Empty Roads & Broken Bottles: in search for The Great Perhaps
and didn’t know better
and someone should have told me to capture every second
every kiss & every night
Because now I’m sitting here alone and it’s getting really hard to breath because tears are growing in my throat and they want to break out, but there are people
watching
and I just want to be somewhere silent
somewhere still
But still I don’t want to be alone because I’m scared and lonely
and I don’t understand
Because I was alone my whole life
My whole life
I was so damn lonely and I was content with that
because I liked myself and my own company
and I didn’t need anyone
I thought
But then there was you .. ...
So, someone should have told me that love is for those few brave who can handle the unbearable emptiness,
the unbearable guilt and lack of oneself,
Because I lost myself to someone I love
and I might get myself back one day
but it will take time, it will take time.
This is gonna take some time.
I wish someone would have told me this.
Someone should have told me this.”
― Empty Roads & Broken Bottles: in search for The Great Perhaps
“So you will meet many ’someones’ who will give a new definition to your name.
And you can not build walls, must not close the door and please don’t hide,
because if you ask me about hurt
and love
I will say love. Love because the hurt will come and go no matter what, but only love makes it worth while. Only love can cure it.
Don’t be scared. Go. Love.”
―
And you can not build walls, must not close the door and please don’t hide,
because if you ask me about hurt
and love
I will say love. Love because the hurt will come and go no matter what, but only love makes it worth while. Only love can cure it.
Don’t be scared. Go. Love.”
―
