266 books
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115 voters
Story Books
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The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as story)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,689,415 ratings — published 1988
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as story)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,558,836 ratings — published 1943
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as story)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,720,025 ratings — published 1945
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 64 times as story)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,670,434 ratings — published 1997
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as story)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,659,576 ratings — published 1948
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as story)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,506,996 ratings — published 1915
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as story)
avg rating 4.39 — 405,189 ratings — published 1879
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as story)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,129,598 ratings — published 1866
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as story)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,065,536 ratings — published 1925
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as story)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,569,165 ratings — published 2003
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 38 times as story)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,564,305 ratings — published 2003
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as story)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,941,100 ratings — published 1813
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as story)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,041,850 ratings — published 1960
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as story)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,788,122 ratings — published 2007
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as story)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,971,060 ratings — published 1951
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as story)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,352,690 ratings — published 1952
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as story)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,154,149 ratings — published 2008
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as story)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,775,888 ratings — published 2001
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as story)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,828,106 ratings — published 2012
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as story)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,886 ratings — published 1997
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as story)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,126,989 ratings — published 1932
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 30 times as story)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,295,848 ratings — published 2000
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as story)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,133,702 ratings — published 1967
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as story)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,390 ratings — published 2007
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 30 times as story)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,613,393 ratings — published 1998
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as story)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,481,052 ratings — published 1942
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as story)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,973,744 ratings — published 1999
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as story)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,568,171 ratings — published 1937
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as story)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,055,731 ratings — published 1979
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as story)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,945,860 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 27 times as story)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,880,914 ratings — published 2003
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as story)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,040,396 ratings — published 2014
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 26 times as story)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,190,602 ratings — published 2007
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as story)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,595,674 ratings — published 2020
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as story)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,910,039 ratings — published 1937
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 25 times as story)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,872,089 ratings — published 2003
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as story)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,061,074 ratings — published 1846
Just After Sunset (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as story)
avg rating 3.88 — 61,536 ratings — published 2008
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as story)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,348,802 ratings — published 2011
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as story)
avg rating 3.89 — 281,929 ratings — published 1869
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as story)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,211,083 ratings — published 1954
The Idiot (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as story)
avg rating 4.21 — 226,889 ratings — published 1869
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as story)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,305,873 ratings — published 2017
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as story)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,232,571 ratings — published -700
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as story)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,276,415 ratings — published 1954
White Nights (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as story)
avg rating 4.06 — 409,779 ratings — published 1848
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as story)
avg rating 3.86 — 277,302 ratings — published 1970
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as story)
avg rating 4.21 — 856,499 ratings — published 1862
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as story)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,958,140 ratings — published 1890
“No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words.”
― Lord of Light
― Lord of Light
“Do not lose hope — what you seek will be found. Trust ghosts. Trust those that you have helped to help you in their turn. Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story. (from 'Instructions')”
― Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
― Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders













