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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.56 — 3,940,714 ratings — published 2023
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.66 — 723,547 ratings — published 2010
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,571,812 ratings — published 2015
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,704,878 ratings — published 1965
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,076,190 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 — 2,812,664 ratings — published 1996
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,789,703 ratings — published 1997
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 60 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,465,950 ratings — published 2016
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,210,885 ratings — published 2015
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,622,824 ratings — published 1937
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,678,615 ratings — published 2012
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
by (shelved 49 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,934,392 ratings — published 2017
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.28 — 353,492 ratings — published 2015
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,262,320 ratings — published 2008
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
by (shelved 46 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.76 — 529,944 ratings — published 2014
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,307,834 ratings — published 2020
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as world-building)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,150,948 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 — 3,233,716 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 — 299,927 ratings — published 2019
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 43 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,879,488 ratings — published 2023
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
by (shelved 39 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,975,510 ratings — published 2013
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 38 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,030,429 ratings — published 1999
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.27 — 970,725 ratings — published 2014
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 37 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,662,140 ratings — published 1998
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 35 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,588,369 ratings — published 2015
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 35 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,177,682 ratings — published 1954
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,117,719 ratings — published 2007
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 34 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.56 — 806,304 ratings — published 2016
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 34 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,226,211 ratings — published 2007
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 33 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,339,138 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 32 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,917,050 ratings — published 2003
A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #5)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,282,986 ratings — published 2021
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.60 — 390,981 ratings — published 2017
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,757,864 ratings — published 2014
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,087,283 ratings — published 1955
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.56 — 651,932 ratings — published 2008
Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,925,004 ratings — published 2025
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,865,122 ratings — published 2018
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,325,360 ratings — published 2009
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.37 — 723,183 ratings — published 2007
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.19 — 612,761 ratings — published 1990
Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,006,583 ratings — published 2024
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.03 — 445,926 ratings — published 2015
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 29 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,768,409 ratings — published 2005
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.20 — 571,454 ratings — published 2020
House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.41 — 950,056 ratings — published 2022
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,050,033 ratings — published 1998
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.56 — 283,938 ratings — published 2023
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.30 — 358,836 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 — 816,783 ratings — published 2022
“Conner howled in pain, causing Shayna to quickly dismiss her own. Shayna dismissed her own discomfort.
"Sorry about that. I guess I've smelled worse-like fur-lined boots that have been worn without socks. Now, that is pretty foul and—"
"Get them off! Take them off now! It burns!" shrieked Conner. He
attempted to jerk away, but Shayna held firm.
"I can't, Conner. You heard what Rileau said. I just can't!"
"It hurts really bad, like so unbelievably bad," he whined.
"I's going to be okay," she whispered repeatedly.
Shayna began humming and cooing as if he were a small child. She tried hard to block out his moans and focused on rocking him. She held the wad of leaves firmly on the oozing blisters. She knew her friend was in pain, but she would not risk losing him, especially when she realized she could no longer hear Seneca screaming. The only sounds she heard came from Conner as he whimpered quietly next to her. Warm stinging tears cascaded down her cheeks, but she didn't dare wipe them, as she refused to lessen the pressure on the leaf compress.”
― Crossroads and the Dominion of Four
"Sorry about that. I guess I've smelled worse-like fur-lined boots that have been worn without socks. Now, that is pretty foul and—"
"Get them off! Take them off now! It burns!" shrieked Conner. He
attempted to jerk away, but Shayna held firm.
"I can't, Conner. You heard what Rileau said. I just can't!"
"It hurts really bad, like so unbelievably bad," he whined.
"I's going to be okay," she whispered repeatedly.
Shayna began humming and cooing as if he were a small child. She tried hard to block out his moans and focused on rocking him. She held the wad of leaves firmly on the oozing blisters. She knew her friend was in pain, but she would not risk losing him, especially when she realized she could no longer hear Seneca screaming. The only sounds she heard came from Conner as he whimpered quietly next to her. Warm stinging tears cascaded down her cheeks, but she didn't dare wipe them, as she refused to lessen the pressure on the leaf compress.”
― Crossroads and the Dominion of Four
“This tremendous world I have inside of me. How to free myself, and this world, without tearing myself to pieces. And rather tear myself to a thousand pieces than be buried with this world within me.”
― Diaries, 1910-1923
― Diaries, 1910-1923
