Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
“Just under the crown of the arch dangled a pair of feet
'Mr Savage!'
Slowly, very slowly, like two unhurried compass needles, the feet turned towards the right; north, north east, east, south east, south, south-south-west; then paused, after a few seconds, turned as unhurried back towards the left. South-south-west, south-south-east, east”
― Brave New World
'Mr Savage!'
Slowly, very slowly, like two unhurried compass needles, the feet turned towards the right; north, north east, east, south east, south, south-south-west; then paused, after a few seconds, turned as unhurried back towards the left. South-south-west, south-south-east, east”
― Brave New World
“Not so much like drops of water, though water, it is true, can wear holes in the hardest granite; rather, drops of liquid sealing-wax, drops that adhere, incrust, incorporate themselves with what they fall on, till finally the rock is all one scarlet blob.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“Mario, what do you get when you cross an insomniac, an unwilling agnostic, and a dyslexic.’ ‘I give.’ ‘You get somebody who stays up all night torturing himself mentally over the question of whether or not there’s a dog.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“His voice faltered. "O Brave New World,' he began, then suddenly interrupted himself;”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“He defines philosophy as the finding of bad reason for what one believes by instinct. As if one believes anything by instinct! One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
King’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at King’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by King
Lists liked by King




