40 books
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37 voters
Whimsical Books
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The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,091,994 ratings — published 2011
Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
by (shelved 89 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.28 — 443,554 ratings — published 1986
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,449,619 ratings — published 1943
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.36 — 945,668 ratings — published 2020
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.32 — 276,544 ratings — published 2023
Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.06 — 641,838 ratings — published 2021
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as whimsical)
avg rating 3.96 — 205,901 ratings — published 2023
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as whimsical)
avg rating 3.97 — 857,025 ratings — published 2016
A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
by (shelved 41 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.16 — 400,298 ratings — published 2023
Stardust (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.10 — 480,187 ratings — published 1999
The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
by (shelved 36 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.49 — 465,713 ratings — published 2022
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,314,855 ratings — published 1997
The Starless Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as whimsical)
avg rating 3.84 — 232,996 ratings — published 2019
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.03 — 370,117 ratings — published 2022
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.21 — 454,568 ratings — published 2020
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.01 — 656,061 ratings — published 2013
Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.05 — 77,123 ratings — published 2020
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,705,469 ratings — published 2018
Finale (Caraval, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.13 — 370,556 ratings — published 2019
Legendary (Caraval, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.10 — 446,975 ratings — published 2018
The Spellshop (Spellshop, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.01 — 139,159 ratings — published 2024
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as whimsical)
avg rating 3.99 — 433,669 ratings — published 1865
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.04 — 323,433 ratings — published 2022
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.25 — 98,482 ratings — published 2024
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.17 — 926,711 ratings — published 1964
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories (The Folk of the Air, #3.5)
by (shelved 24 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.14 — 263,381 ratings — published 2020
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.06 — 606,665 ratings — published 1871
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as whimsical)
avg rating 3.95 — 41,589 ratings — published 2011
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.11 — 114,366 ratings — published 2016
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,428,371 ratings — published 1937
The Wishing Game (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.03 — 186,402 ratings — published 2023
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.08 — 94,155 ratings — published 2022
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.09 — 231,127 ratings — published 2017
The Princess Bride (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.27 — 945,381 ratings — published 1973
Under the Whispering Door (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.11 — 316,977 ratings — published 2021
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.28 — 134,775 ratings — published 2017
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,105,435 ratings — published 1908
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,194,557 ratings — published 2022
Nettle & Bone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.08 — 140,015 ratings — published 2022
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as whimsical)
avg rating 3.66 — 676,246 ratings — published 2015
Water Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as whimsical)
avg rating 3.77 — 41,643 ratings — published 2025
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales (Emily Wilde, #3)
by (shelved 18 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.09 — 50,245 ratings — published 2025
The Midnight Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as whimsical)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,414,142 ratings — published 2020
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
by (shelved 18 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.33 — 952,576 ratings — published 2019
The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.01 — 166,118 ratings — published 2019
Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.16 — 560,442 ratings — published 1996
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.00 — 508,893 ratings — published 1900
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 18 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,162,722 ratings — published 2000
The Phantom Tollbooth (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.20 — 305,699 ratings — published 1961
The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as whimsical)
avg rating 4.34 — 69,400 ratings — published 2017
“Over his shoulder, she saw Skulduggery walk in. "Oh, hell," she muttered.
Wreath's smile reappeared. "It's Skulduggery, isn't it?"
Over his shoulder, she saw Skulduggery walk in. "Oh , hell," she muttered.
Wreath's smile reappeared. "It's Skulduggery, isn't it?"
"Please don't annoy him."
"Me? When have I EVER annoyed the great Skulduggery Pleasant?"
Skulduggery arrived at their table. Wreath smile up at him. "Hello."
"I will shoot you in the eye," Skulduggery said.
Wreath glanced at Valkyrie. "I think I've annoyed him.”
― The Dying of the Light
Wreath's smile reappeared. "It's Skulduggery, isn't it?"
Over his shoulder, she saw Skulduggery walk in. "Oh , hell," she muttered.
Wreath's smile reappeared. "It's Skulduggery, isn't it?"
"Please don't annoy him."
"Me? When have I EVER annoyed the great Skulduggery Pleasant?"
Skulduggery arrived at their table. Wreath smile up at him. "Hello."
"I will shoot you in the eye," Skulduggery said.
Wreath glanced at Valkyrie. "I think I've annoyed him.”
― The Dying of the Light
“Humans were strange but endearing creatures.”
― Do Not Be Afraid: A Whimsical Urban Fantasy About a Stranded Angel, a Hellhound Puppy, and a Second Chance on Earth
― Do Not Be Afraid: A Whimsical Urban Fantasy About a Stranded Angel, a Hellhound Puppy, and a Second Chance on Earth












