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World Building Books
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The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
by (shelved 74 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.66 — 700,763 ratings — published 2010
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 71 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,767,245 ratings — published 2023
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,414,352 ratings — published 2015
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,670,600 ratings — published 1965
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 65 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,032,750 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 — 2,777,775 ratings — published 1996
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,623,237 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 — 3,350,385 ratings — published 2016
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 53 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,185,281 ratings — published 2015
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,546,492 ratings — published 1937
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,563,213 ratings — published 2012
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.28 — 345,346 ratings — published 2015
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
by (shelved 48 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,834,033 ratings — published 2017
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,109,000 ratings — published 2008
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as world-building)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,131,355 ratings — published 2012
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,759,993 ratings — published 2023
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,222,748 ratings — published 2020
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
by (shelved 43 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.76 — 512,047 ratings — published 2014
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,201,862 ratings — published 1954
The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.16 — 290,459 ratings — published 2019
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
by (shelved 38 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,884,868 ratings — published 2013
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 38 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,950,553 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 37 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,586,020 ratings — published 1998
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.27 — 881,600 ratings — published 2014
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 34 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,175,379 ratings — published 2007
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 34 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,155,752 ratings — published 1954
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 33 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.56 — 789,867 ratings — published 2016
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 33 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,278,324 ratings — published 2000
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,102,721 ratings — published 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 32 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,866,229 ratings — published 2003
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
by (shelved 32 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.56 — 626,100 ratings — published 2008
A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #5)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,196,730 ratings — published 2021
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,507,717 ratings — published 2015
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.38 — 694,415 ratings — published 2007
The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.19 — 604,411 ratings — published 1990
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.03 — 439,934 ratings — published 2015
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,672,895 ratings — published 2014
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 30 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,067,783 ratings — published 1955
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,805,405 ratings — published 2018
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.60 — 376,217 ratings — published 2017
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 29 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,720,910 ratings — published 2005
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,252,484 ratings — published 2009
Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.31 — 947,897 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 — 1,037,215 ratings — published 1998
Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
by (shelved 27 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,815,337 ratings — published 2025
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.58 — 251,805 ratings — published 2023
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.20 — 524,660 ratings — published 2020
House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2)
by (shelved 26 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.42 — 884,728 ratings — published 2022
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.30 — 351,428 ratings — published 2006
The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as world-building)
avg rating 4.26 — 788,665 ratings — published 2022
“...we could think or feel as we wished toward the characters, or as the poet, discounting history, invited us to; we were the poet's guest, his world was his own kingdom, reached, as one of the poems told us, through the 'Ring of Words'...”
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“Adventure begins with a question. Some doors open only when you’re ready to step through the Passage. Every riddle reveals more than just an answer. Stories don’t end. They open different worlds.”
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