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Most Interesting World
Unique and interesting worlds. Speculative fiction only please!
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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Dune (Dune #1)
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
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Alice in Wonderland
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Jane Carruth (Adapted By)
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1984
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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
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Viciously Yours (Fae Kings of Eden, #1)
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Jamie Applegate Hunter (Goodreads Author)
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A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
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The Elephant Tree
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Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
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Leigh Bardugo (Goodreads Author)
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
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The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
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Local Woman Missing
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Mary Kubica (Goodreads Author)
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Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
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Sara Pascoe (Goodreads Author)
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
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Hidden Pictures
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Jason Rekulak (Goodreads Author)
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Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
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American Gods
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
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Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author)
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The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
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Heretical Fishing (Heretical Fishing, #1)
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The Club
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Ellery Lloyd (Goodreads Author)
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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
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Marissa Meyer (Goodreads Author)
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City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
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Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 2,138,759 ratings
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The Lies of Vampires and Slayers (Magic on Main Street, #1)
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K.M. Shea (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 8,496 ratings
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No One Can Know
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Kate Alice Marshall (Goodreads Author)
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Those Empty Eyes
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Charlie Donlea (Goodreads Author)
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 1,275,382 ratings
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The Little Prince
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4.33 avg rating — 2,400,398 ratings
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Head Like a Hole
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Andrew Van Wey (Goodreads Author)
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Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12)
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Harlan Coben (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 45,671 ratings
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Gray After Dark
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Noelle W. Ihli (Goodreads Author)
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Ask for Andrea
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Noelle W. Ihli (Goodreads Author)
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A Dead and Stormy Night (Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries, #1)
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Not Forever, But For Now
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Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author)
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What Lies in the Woods
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Kate Alice Marshall (Goodreads Author)
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The Roommate
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Kiersten Modglin (Goodreads Author)
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Look Closer
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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The Girl Who Was Taken
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Charlie Donlea (Goodreads Author)
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The Shards
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The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
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James Dashner (Goodreads Author)
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Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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Fahrenheit 451
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Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
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K. Ritz (Goodreads Author)
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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
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I'm Glad You're Dead: Preternatural Chronicles Book 1
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Hunter Blain (Goodreads Author)
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
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The Left Hand of Darkness
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The Art of Avoiding Your Werewolf (Wildwood, #1)
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Lola Glass (Goodreads Author)
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Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
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Christopher Paolini (Goodreads Author)
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Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
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Magical Midlife Awakening (Leveling Up, #9)
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K.F. Breene (Goodreads Author)
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Salvager
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Scott Moon (Goodreads Author)
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The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
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Scott Lynch (Goodreads Author)
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A Cursed Son (Remnants of the Fallen Kingdom, #1)
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Day Leitao (Goodreads Author)
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts
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Katherine Arden (Goodreads Author)
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Marked by Magic (Tracking Trouble #1)
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Lindsay Buroker (Goodreads Author)
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Lucky Son of a Gun (The Demon Accords, #19)
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John Conroe (Goodreads Author)
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Code Yellow in Gretna Green (Midlife Recorder, #5)
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Linzi Day (Goodreads Author)
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Accidental Mystic (Midlife Melody, #1)
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The Night Circus
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Erin Morgenstern (Goodreads Author)
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The Art of Avoiding Your Alpha (Wildwood, #2)
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Lola Glass (Goodreads Author)
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A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
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The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, #1)
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James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author)
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Get Rich or Get Lucky
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Max Nowaz (Goodreads Author)
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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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House of Vampires and Flame (Shades of Ruin and Magic #1)
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Meg Xuemei X (Goodreads Author)
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Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)
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Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author)
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Lady of Darkness (Lady of Darkness, #1)
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Melissa K. Roehrich (Goodreads Author)
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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
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Becky Chambers (Goodreads Author)
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Brave New World
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Water Moon
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Samantha Sotto Yambao (Goodreads Author)
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I Am Not Jessica Chen
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Ann Liang (Goodreads Author)
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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
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The Zombie Room
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A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-5)
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The Three Witches and The Master
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Max Nowaz (Goodreads Author)
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Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
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Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)
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A Language of Dragons
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Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
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Leigh Bardugo (Goodreads Author)
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Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
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Mother of Death & Dawn (The War of Lost Hearts, #3)
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Carissa Broadbent (Goodreads Author)
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A Game of Love and Betrayal (The Choosing Chronicles, #1)
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Elayna R. Gallea (Goodreads Author)
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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Steel Blood
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Gabriel F.W. Koch (Goodreads Author)
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Feb 20, 2013 08:43AM
Now that somebody mentioned it, Carrol's Wonderland is a VERY interesting world :)
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Evgeny wrote: "Now that somebody mentioned it, Carrol's Wonderland is a VERY interesting world :)"I totally agree 🙂 which is why I voted for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (#79).
I think a good test of an interesting world is if it would survive outside of the book. Meaning, what would happen after a few years in this scenario? Would free will, greed, tribalism allow this world to exist, or does it only exist in an oddly specific set of circumstances inside of the book?
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is not meant to be on this list can someone remove it?
hello goodreaders I would love to suggest my novel YGGDRASIL: The New Saga that is inside an interesting world based on the Norse Cosmology
Nancy wrote: "Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is not meant to be on this list can someone remove it?"What number is it?
wow very cool thank you very cool i like wow very so yes wow cool goood list very cool
Jonathan wrote: "hello goodreaders I would love to suggest my novel YGGDRASIL: The New Saga that is inside an interesting world based on the Norse Cosmology"Do stop promoting your own book like this... It's annoying.
Hi Tammie I really missed your comment 1 year later.. It is #1734
This list looked very good, and I was trying to decide which world I would consider most interesting - BUT then I noticed that the list is nonsensical! Why would any list have multiple entries for Harry Potter, or Song of Ice and Fire, Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit, (etc.). Each of these series feature a single world. Since the list is not rationally constructed, it feels like a waste of time participating.
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