Henry Avila
573 ratings (3.90 avg)
573 reviews
Goodreads librarian

#1 most followed
#1 best reviewers
#1 top reviewers
#1 top readers
#1 top librarians

Henry Avila

Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Henry.

https://www.goodreads.com/henryavila

Consider Phlebas:...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Loading...
Arthur Schopenhauer
“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
Arthur Schopenhauer

Albert Camus
“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
Albert Camus

William Shakespeare
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
William Shakespeare, As You Like It

Henry James
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
Henry James

Voltaire
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
Voltaire

59349 Reading the Classics — 4044 members — last activity May 10, 2025 07:28AM
This is a group for people who want to read the classics and discuss them as a group. Each month we will choose as a group a book to read. Everyone is ...more
72899 International League of Super Reviewers — 59 members — last activity Aug 29, 2025 09:35AM
The International League of Super Reviewers is a group dedicated to defending the earth against alien menaces and super-villains by writing superior b ...more
48310 Jules Verne — 71 members — last activity Feb 14, 2019 01:45PM
Travel with us through the pages of Jules Verne and explore adventures new and old.
107682 Classic Science Fiction — 104 members — last activity Jul 27, 2021 11:07AM
Participate in a group that reads and discusses science fiction books from 1990 and earlier, or BI (before the internet). The ultimate melting pot for ...more
289 Victorians! — 3800 members — last activity 6 hours, 55 min ago
Some of the best books in the world were written and published in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901. What's not to love? Dickens, the Brontes, Co ...more
More of Henry’s groups…
year in books
Anna Avian
1,187 books | 2,714 friends

Nurul Aini
1,455 books | 319 friends

Jon
Jon
298 books | 58 friends

Kate
5,381 books | 1,024 friends

Maria E...
1,295 books | 126 friends

Fiona M...
10,986 books | 1,327 friends

Vonia
2,884 books | 1,398 friends

Jena
3,080 books | 5,000 friends

More friends…
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Best Cozy Mystery Series
2,728 books — 2,864 voters
The Egyptian by Mika WaltariThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryDeath Comes for the Archbishop by Willa CatherFrenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
Literary Historical Fiction
1,165 books — 1,116 voters

More…



Polls voted on by Henry

Lists liked by Henry