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The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
by (shelved 77 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.66 — 711,920 ratings — published 2010
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.56 — 3,853,172 ratings — published 2023
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,490,558 ratings — published 2015
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,686,810 ratings — published 1965
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,053,959 ratings — published 2006
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 62 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,794,008 ratings — published 1996
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,705,212 ratings — published 1997
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 61 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,406,241 ratings — published 2016
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,198,574 ratings — published 2015
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,583,483 ratings — published 1937
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,618,845 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 — 2,882,754 ratings — published 2017
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.28 — 349,518 ratings — published 2015
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,185,385 ratings — published 2008
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
by (shelved 46 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.76 — 520,934 ratings — published 2014
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as world-building)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,141,461 ratings — published 2012
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,258,555 ratings — published 2020
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,217,530 ratings — published 1954
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 43 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,819,335 ratings — published 2023
The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.16 — 295,085 ratings — published 2019
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
by (shelved 39 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,928,878 ratings — published 2013
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 38 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,990,161 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 37 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,627,568 ratings — published 1998
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.27 — 923,853 ratings — published 2014
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,110,167 ratings — published 2007
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 34 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,547,622 ratings — published 2015
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 34 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,200,990 ratings — published 2007
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 34 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,166,446 ratings — published 1954
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 33 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.56 — 798,199 ratings — published 2016
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 33 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,308,278 ratings — published 2000
A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #5)
by (shelved 32 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,238,445 ratings — published 2021
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 32 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,891,279 ratings — published 2003
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
by (shelved 32 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.56 — 638,721 ratings — published 2008
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,714,804 ratings — published 2014
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.37 — 708,416 ratings — published 2007
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.19 — 608,516 ratings — published 1990
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.60 — 383,575 ratings — published 2017
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.03 — 443,047 ratings — published 2015
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,077,254 ratings — published 1955
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,835,843 ratings — published 2018
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 29 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,744,459 ratings — published 2005
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,288,572 ratings — published 2009
Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,869,549 ratings — published 2025
Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.31 — 979,086 ratings — published 2024
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,043,171 ratings — published 1998
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.57 — 268,383 ratings — published 2023
House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.41 — 913,610 ratings — published 2022
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.30 — 355,022 ratings — published 2006
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.20 — 545,307 ratings — published 2020
The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.26 — 802,766 ratings — published 2022
“Her body faded away so far, she almost lost her connection to it. Utter
blackness enveloped her, shutting off all warmth. All light. All love. All
support. All hope. She was pinned, alone, naked, and freezing before a
beast so terrifying she struggled to avert her gaze but could not.
Horns arose from the top of what had to be a head. Fangs protruded
obscenely from a frowning hole that must have been a mouth.
Unsheathed claws threatened instant evisceration. Horrifying eyes.
Two cesspits of black fury in which red flames churned like burning
blood. They bore down on Helen, intensifying the pressure on her to
the point of agony.
Inside her head a message played over and over. You are helpless.
Helen’s fragmented thoughts spun wildly. What to do? How to stop
this nightmare?
The wretched voice roared again, like nails clashing against slate.
“Give me the stone! Now!”
― Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal
blackness enveloped her, shutting off all warmth. All light. All love. All
support. All hope. She was pinned, alone, naked, and freezing before a
beast so terrifying she struggled to avert her gaze but could not.
Horns arose from the top of what had to be a head. Fangs protruded
obscenely from a frowning hole that must have been a mouth.
Unsheathed claws threatened instant evisceration. Horrifying eyes.
Two cesspits of black fury in which red flames churned like burning
blood. They bore down on Helen, intensifying the pressure on her to
the point of agony.
Inside her head a message played over and over. You are helpless.
Helen’s fragmented thoughts spun wildly. What to do? How to stop
this nightmare?
The wretched voice roared again, like nails clashing against slate.
“Give me the stone! Now!”
― Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal
“Conscience is the cement
that settles character in place.
Character is the cement
that settles civilization in place.”
― Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
that settles character in place.
Character is the cement
that settles civilization in place.”
― Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
