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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 82 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.56 — 4,019,381 ratings — published 2023
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.66 — 733,186 ratings — published 2010
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,648,872 ratings — published 2015
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,720,260 ratings — published 1965
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,094,002 ratings — published 2006
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,877,584 ratings — published 1997
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,828,441 ratings — published 1996
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 61 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,524,537 ratings — published 2016
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,222,046 ratings — published 2015
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,654,495 ratings — published 1937
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,732,279 ratings — published 2012
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
by (shelved 50 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,986,497 ratings — published 2017
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.28 — 356,806 ratings — published 2015
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,325,812 ratings — published 2008
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 46 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,931,588 ratings — published 2023
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
by (shelved 46 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.76 — 537,426 ratings — published 2014
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,366,902 ratings — published 2020
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as world-building)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,158,646 ratings — published 2012
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,248,522 ratings — published 1954
The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.16 — 303,927 ratings — published 2019
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
by (shelved 39 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,019,638 ratings — published 2013
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 39 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,076,016 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 39 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,695,108 ratings — published 1998
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 36 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,629,515 ratings — published 2015
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,008,460 ratings — published 2014
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 36 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,187,525 ratings — published 1954
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 35 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,375,911 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 35 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,254,379 ratings — published 2007
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,124,173 ratings — published 2007
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 34 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.56 — 813,044 ratings — published 2016
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 34 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,947,956 ratings — published 2003
A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #5)
by (shelved 32 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,331,391 ratings — published 2021
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
by (shelved 32 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.60 — 397,281 ratings — published 2017
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 32 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,096,251 ratings — published 1955
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
by (shelved 32 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.37 — 735,593 ratings — published 2007
Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,974,899 ratings — published 2025
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,799,694 ratings — published 2014
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.56 — 663,028 ratings — published 2008
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,888,063 ratings — published 2018
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,796,963 ratings — published 2005
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,358,478 ratings — published 2009
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.19 — 616,220 ratings — published 1990
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.19 — 596,381 ratings — published 2020
Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,026,738 ratings — published 2024
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.03 — 449,039 ratings — published 2015
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,056,014 ratings — published 1998
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.56 — 296,116 ratings — published 2023
House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,001,046 ratings — published 2022
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.30 — 362,155 ratings — published 2006
The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.25 — 827,884 ratings — published 2022
“It's a new world we gotta build - founded on love, tempered by reason.”
― Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat
― Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat
“I looked out on the Break, that ever-present twilight safely in the Goldilocks zone where the bitter colds of night and searing heats of day met and mingled. It was where we Reisende lived, nomadic, following the slow rotation of Neuen.”
― Neuen
― Neuen
