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Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.28 — 477,801 ratings — published 1986
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.95 — 242,163 ratings — published 2023
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,143,955 ratings — published 2011
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,118,644 ratings — published 2020
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.30 — 338,709 ratings — published 2023
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,624,834 ratings — published 1943
Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.03 — 89,874 ratings — published 2020
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.02 — 431,869 ratings — published 2022
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,655,938 ratings — published 1937
Stardust (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.09 — 490,146 ratings — published 1999
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.06 — 625,699 ratings — published 1871
The Princess Bride (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.27 — 965,744 ratings — published 1973
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,881,064 ratings — published 1997
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.02 — 362,646 ratings — published 2022
The Spellshop (Spellshop, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.99 — 188,989 ratings — published 2024
Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.06 — 786,863 ratings — published 2021
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.19 — 597,583 ratings — published 2020
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.25 — 849,745 ratings — published 1990
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.23 — 119,052 ratings — published 2024
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.97 — 991,941 ratings — published 2016
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.23 — 224,032 ratings — published 1812
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.13 — 809,661 ratings — published 2002
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.95 — 42,027 ratings — published 2011
The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.15 — 572,652 ratings — published 2008
The Secret Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,344,267 ratings — published 1911
Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.07 — 111,171 ratings — published 2007
Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.09 — 246,891 ratings — published 2024
Wildwood Dancing (Wildwood, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.10 — 33,176 ratings — published 2006
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.99 — 434,983 ratings — published 1983
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.88 — 263,941 ratings — published 2004
The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.16 — 128,476 ratings — published 1968
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.88 — 139,549 ratings — published 2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,696,725 ratings — published 1998
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,077,847 ratings — published 1999
The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.48 — 565,296 ratings — published 2022
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.19 — 211,573 ratings — published 2021
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.01 — 667,897 ratings — published 2013
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,085,117 ratings — published 1979
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,384,103 ratings — published 2011
Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.16 — 570,100 ratings — published 1996
Matilda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,156,892 ratings — published 1988
Where the Wild Things Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,091,866 ratings — published 1963
The Phantom Tollbooth (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.20 — 314,656 ratings — published 1961
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,950,158 ratings — published 2003
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 3.86 — 42,460 ratings — published 2026
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales (Emily Wilde, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.07 — 69,391 ratings — published 2025
Peter Pan (Peter Pan, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.03 — 380,160 ratings — published 1911
Heartless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.08 — 284,863 ratings — published 2016
Under the Whispering Door (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.10 — 344,649 ratings — published 2021
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as whimsy)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,889,063 ratings — published 2018
“Didn't you tie the mittens on her feet (Wednesday Evening's) extra special nice?
Yes--she is an extra special nice pigeon. She cries for pity when she wants pity. And she shuts her eyes when she doesn't want to look at you. And if you look deep in her eyes when her eyes are open you will see lights there exactly like the lights on the pastures and the meadows when the mist is drifting on a Wednesday evening just between the twilight and gloaming.”
― Rootabaga Stories
Yes--she is an extra special nice pigeon. She cries for pity when she wants pity. And she shuts her eyes when she doesn't want to look at you. And if you look deep in her eyes when her eyes are open you will see lights there exactly like the lights on the pastures and the meadows when the mist is drifting on a Wednesday evening just between the twilight and gloaming.”
― Rootabaga Stories
“They are lovely pigeons to look at and their eyes are full of lessons to learn.."
They came back yesterday, they came back home," was the answer. "They came back limping on their feet with their toes turned in so far they nearly turned backward.
Every day the last six days I get a telegram, six telegrams from six pigeons--and at last they come home.”
― Rootabaga Stories
They came back yesterday, they came back home," was the answer. "They came back limping on their feet with their toes turned in so far they nearly turned backward.
Every day the last six days I get a telegram, six telegrams from six pigeons--and at last they come home.”
― Rootabaga Stories
