41 books
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51 voters
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as tense)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,091,800 ratings — published 2008
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as tense)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,747,336 ratings — published 2023
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as tense)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,434,460 ratings — published 2019
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as tense)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,244,102 ratings — published 2009
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as tense)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,500,658 ratings — published 2012
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as tense)
avg rating 4.27 — 3,739,610 ratings — published 2022
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as tense)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,797,309 ratings — published 2010
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 7 times as tense)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,187,563 ratings — published 2025
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as tense)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,746,215 ratings — published 2023
As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as tense)
avg rating 4.19 — 593,373 ratings — published 2021
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as tense)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,491,331 ratings — published 1985
Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as tense)
avg rating 4.17 — 428,949 ratings — published 2024
Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as tense)
avg rating 3.94 — 927,471 ratings — published 2021
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as tense)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,584,999 ratings — published 2021
Five Survive (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as tense)
avg rating 4.08 — 293,848 ratings — published 2022
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as tense)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,332,060 ratings — published 2011
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
by (shelved 6 times as tense)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,243,004 ratings — published 2020
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as tense)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,338,560 ratings — published 2015
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as tense)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,433,131 ratings — published 2011
The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,868,297 ratings — published 2023
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 3.81 — 408,220 ratings — published 1959
Lapvona (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 3.54 — 105,591 ratings — published 2022
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,003,680 ratings — published 2019
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,798,704 ratings — published 2018
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,337,585 ratings — published 2016
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,396,954 ratings — published 2015
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,074,889 ratings — published 1992
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,822,548 ratings — published 2017
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,252,261 ratings — published 2006
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 3.50 — 209,223 ratings — published 2016
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.56 — 788,095 ratings — published 2016
Before I Go to Sleep (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 3.90 — 372,234 ratings — published 2011
Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,802,393 ratings — published 2025
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.07 — 373,204 ratings — published 1892
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,100,157 ratings — published 2023
First Lie Wins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 3.99 — 835,447 ratings — published 2024
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 3.84 — 150,056 ratings — published 2022
Never Lie (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,610,698 ratings — published 2022
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,737,621 ratings — published 1977
Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.07 — 629,628 ratings — published 2022
Let the Right One In (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.04 — 122,404 ratings — published 2004
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 3.77 — 435,105 ratings — published 2017
The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.26 — 785,489 ratings — published 2022
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,550,297 ratings — published 2012
Does It Hurt? (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 3.88 — 276,432 ratings — published 2022
The Perfect Marriage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,233,860 ratings — published 2020
“The caption reads, “Emperor Andon-Roon enjoys a surge in popularity after brokering a peace deal with Caderyn after twelve cycles of war.” For some reason this evokes strong emotions in her—deep sorrow, anger—and she stares at the screen transfixed, as if straining to find herself in the story.”
― Deehabta’s Song
― Deehabta’s Song
“If he could blush through his fur, he would have.”
― Down in the Valley
― Down in the Valley














