Wit, Wisdom and Wisecracks: The Most Frequently Quoted Authors on Goodreads

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The Complete Works
The Complete Works 4.48 avg rating β€” 57,543 ratings
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The Complete Works of Jane Austen
The Complete Works of Jane Austen 4.57 avg rating β€” 33,821 ratings
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C.S. Lewis Signature Classics
C.S. Lewis Signature Classics 4.45 avg rating β€” 4,433 ratings
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The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1-4)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1-4) 4.38 avg rating β€” 389,833 ratings
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Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)
Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7) 4.73 avg rating β€” 299,540 ratings
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Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays
Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays 4.32 avg rating β€” 6,262 ratings
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J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings 4.61 avg rating β€” 141,525 ratings
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The Basic Works of Aristotle
The Basic Works of Aristotle
by: Aristotle
4.24 avg rating β€” 2,452 ratings
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Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde 4.47 avg rating β€” 15,293 ratings
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The Essential Rumi
The Essential Rumi 4.39 avg rating β€” 49,828 ratings
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Ideas and Opinions
Ideas and Opinions 4.12 avg rating β€” 3,290 ratings
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Selected Speeches and Writings
Selected Speeches and Writings 4.22 avg rating β€” 320 ratings
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The Second World War
The Second World War 4.48 avg rating β€” 1,715 ratings
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The Essential Groucho: Writings By, For, and about Groucho Marx
The Essential Groucho: Writings By, For, and about Groucho Marx 3.83 avg rating β€” 409 ratings
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The Analects
The Analects
by: Confucius
3.81 avg rating β€” 23,508 ratings
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Plato: Complete Works
Plato: Complete Works
by: Plato
4.37 avg rating β€” 11,938 ratings
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Mississippi Writings: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Life on the Mississippi / Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Pudd’nhead Wilson
Mississippi Writings: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Life on the Mississippi / Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Pudd’nhead Wilson 4.46 avg rating β€” 1,084 ratings
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Basic Writings of Nietzsche
Basic Writings of Nietzsche 4.13 avg rating β€” 4,104 ratings
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Five Novels: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations
Five Novels: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations 4.27 avg rating β€” 4,249 ratings
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Essays and Lectures
Essays and Lectures 4.31 avg rating β€” 2,872 ratings
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In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories and Prayers
In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories and Prayers 4.35 avg rating β€” 553 ratings
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Mohandas Gandhi: Essential Writings
Mohandas Gandhi: Essential Writings 4.08 avg rating β€” 355 ratings
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The Time Trilogy (Time Quintet, #1-3)
The Time Trilogy (Time Quintet, #1-3) 4.31 avg rating β€” 7,950 ratings
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The Dr. Seuss Collection
The Dr. Seuss Collection
by: Dr. Seuss
4.41 avg rating β€” 148 ratings
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The Complete Prose of Woody Allen
The Complete Prose of Woody Allen 3.97 avg rating β€” 4,439 ratings
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The Complete Works of Lao Tzu: Tao Teh Ching & Hua Hu Ching
The Complete Works of Lao Tzu: Tao Teh Ching & Hua Hu Ching
by: Lao Tzu
4.34 avg rating β€” 547 ratings
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The Works of G.K. Chesterton
The Works of G.K. Chesterton 4.34 avg rating β€” 223 ratings
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Tennyson's Poetry
Tennyson's Poetry 4.07 avg rating β€” 8,007 ratings
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A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches 4.57 avg rating β€” 2,429 ratings
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Selected Works of Virginia Woolf
Selected Works of Virginia Woolf 4.31 avg rating β€” 245 ratings
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The Story of My Life
The Story of My Life 4.08 avg rating β€” 150,147 ratings
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Lake Wobegon Days
Lake Wobegon Days 3.64 avg rating β€” 8,324 ratings
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E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962
E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962 4.35 avg rating β€” 21,532 ratings
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Four Novels
Four Novels 4.27 avg rating β€” 831 ratings
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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes 4.81 avg rating β€” 41,683 ratings
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The Giving Tree
The Giving Tree 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,209,747 ratings
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Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales
Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales 4.18 avg rating β€” 173 ratings
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In His Own Write
In His Own Write 4.01 avg rating β€” 5,850 ratings
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Selected Works
Selected Works 4.02 avg rating β€” 3,611 ratings
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The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, The Accident
The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, The Accident 4.29 avg rating β€” 5,353 ratings
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Diary and Sundry Observations of Thomas Alva Edison
Diary and Sundry Observations of Thomas Alva Edison 3.95 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
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The Great Conversation: The Substance Of A Liberal Education (Great Books Of The Western World, #1)
The Great Conversation: The Substance Of A Liberal Education (Great Books Of The Western World, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 654 ratings
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Steinbeck Centennial Editions
Steinbeck Centennial Editions 4.47 avg rating β€” 179 ratings
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Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements
Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements
by: Malcolm X
4.47 avg rating β€” 6,239 ratings
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Walden, Civil Disobedience, and Other Writings (Norton Critical Editions)
Walden, Civil Disobedience, and Other Writings (Norton Critical Editions) 3.84 avg rating β€” 619 ratings
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Discworld Collection: Unseen Academicals, The Colour Of Magic, Going Postal, Making Money, The Light Fantastic, Equal Rites, Mort (Discworld Novel)
Discworld Collection: Unseen Academicals, The Colour Of Magic, Going Postal, Making Money, The Light Fantastic, Equal Rites, Mort (Discworld Novel) 4.74 avg rating β€” 325 ratings
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The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt 3.93 avg rating β€” 3,655 ratings
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The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou
The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou 4.24 avg rating β€” 2,976 ratings
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The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide
The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide 4.58 avg rating β€” 3,734 ratings
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Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette & The Professor
Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette & The Professor 4.30 avg rating β€” 312 ratings
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Essential Thinkers - Socrates
Essential Thinkers - Socrates
by: Plato
4.15 avg rating β€” 112 ratings
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Complete Lyrics of Bob Marley: Songs of Freedom
Complete Lyrics of Bob Marley: Songs of Freedom 4.41 avg rating β€” 142 ratings
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The Plague, The Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, and Selected Essays
The Plague, The Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, and Selected Essays 4.33 avg rating β€” 1,119 ratings
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The AndrΓ© Gide Reader
The AndrΓ© Gide Reader 4.50 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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Collected Fictions
Collected Fictions 4.56 avg rating β€” 25,156 ratings
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The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride 4.27 avg rating β€” 936,541 ratings
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Conversations avec Picasso
Conversations avec Picasso 4.42 avg rating β€” 189 ratings
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The Complete Wreck
The Complete Wreck 4.34 avg rating β€” 16,573 ratings
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The Muppet Show Book
The Muppet Show Book 4.33 avg rating β€” 187 ratings
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My Autobiography
My Autobiography 4.03 avg rating β€” 8,116 ratings
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4.24 avg rating β€” 1,948,194 ratings
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Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating β€” 1,819,795 ratings
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The Rebel
The Rebel 4.14 avg rating β€” 18,047 ratings
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Ω…Ψ±Ϊ― Ψ―Ψ± Ω…ΫŒβ€ŒΨ²Ω†Ψ―
Ω…Ψ±Ϊ― Ψ―Ψ± Ω…ΫŒβ€ŒΨ²Ω†Ψ― 3.53 avg rating β€” 2,388 ratings
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Conversations with Marilyn: Portrait of Marilyn Monroe
Conversations with Marilyn: Portrait of Marilyn Monroe 4.23 avg rating β€” 110 ratings
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Four Novels: Adam Bede / The Mill on the Floss / Silas Marner / Middlemarch
Four Novels: Adam Bede / The Mill on the Floss / Silas Marner / Middlemarch 4.15 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
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Peter Pan and Other Plays
Peter Pan and Other Plays 3.91 avg rating β€” 744 ratings
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Cherokee Mist: lost writings of Jimi Hendrix
Cherokee Mist: lost writings of Jimi Hendrix 3.94 avg rating β€” 66 ratings
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The Real Frank Zappa Book
The Real Frank Zappa Book 4.13 avg rating β€” 6,579 ratings
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Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write or Add
Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write or Add 3.70 avg rating β€” 200 ratings
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Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines
Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines 4.38 avg rating β€” 32 ratings
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The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda 4.43 avg rating β€” 20,292 ratings
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A Message to Garcia: And Other Classic Success Writings
A Message to Garcia: And Other Classic Success Writings 3.76 avg rating β€” 3,575 ratings
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Theodore Roosevelt: Letters and Speeches
Theodore Roosevelt: Letters and Speeches 4.37 avg rating β€” 89 ratings
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Henry and June: The Unexpurgated Diary of AnaΓ―s Nin, 1931-1932
Henry and June: The Unexpurgated Diary of AnaΓ―s Nin, 1931-1932 3.93 avg rating β€” 13,251 ratings
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Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
4.10 avg rating β€” 4,965 ratings
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Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land 3.92 avg rating β€” 323,279 ratings
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The Absolute Sandman, Volume 1
The Absolute Sandman, Volume 1 4.64 avg rating β€” 22,526 ratings
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W.C. Fields by Himself
W.C. Fields by Himself 3.83 avg rating β€” 69 ratings
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The Complete Peanuts, 1950-1952 (The Complete Peanuts, #1)
The Complete Peanuts, 1950-1952 (The Complete Peanuts, #1) 4.41 avg rating β€” 8,819 ratings
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The Family Circus: Daily and Sunday Comics, Vol. 1: 1960-1961
The Family Circus: Daily and Sunday Comics, Vol. 1: 1960-1961
by: Bil Keane
4.24 avg rating β€” 83 ratings
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Three Mrs. Murphy Mysteries: Wish You Were Here; Rest in Pieces; Murder at Monticello (Mrs. Murphy, #1-3)
Three Mrs. Murphy Mysteries: Wish You Were Here; Rest in Pieces; Murder at Monticello (Mrs. Murphy, #1-3) 4.19 avg rating β€” 175 ratings
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Nicholas Sparks Collection
Nicholas Sparks Collection 4.59 avg rating β€” 1,458 ratings
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The Twilight Saga
The Twilight Saga 3.93 avg rating β€” 121,931 ratings
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The Sarah Dessen Gift Set (3 Books)
The Sarah Dessen Gift Set (3 Books) 4.50 avg rating β€” 1,462 ratings
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Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It
Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It
by: Mae West
3.88 avg rating β€” 230 ratings
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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life 3.88 avg rating β€” 105,646 ratings
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Becoming an Invitational Leader: A New Approach to Professional and Personal Success
Becoming an Invitational Leader: A New Approach to Professional and Personal Success really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 40 ratings
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A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"
A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles" 4.25 avg rating β€” 36,990 ratings