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A Note that MUST be written in the cover of every edition.. لم اتوقع أن هذا التحذير \"إن هذه الرواية تحذير وليست بدليل\" بهذه الواقعية، مازالت الحكومات العربية تراقب الجميع لحماية أمن الحكام..بينما مازال أمن…", "truncated": true, "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/526650534" }, "title_zh": "一九八四", "zh_edition": "traditional", "zh_purchase_url": "https://www.books.com.tw/products/0010556364", "genres": [ "Classics", "Fiction", "Science Fiction", "Dystopia", "Literature", "Politics", "Novels" ] }, { "id": "256683", "title": "City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)", "author": "Cassandra Clare", "rating": 4.06, "ratings_count": 2214650, "list_score": 879754, "source_rank": 34, "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256683", "source": "https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1.Best_Books_Ever?page=1", "review": { "author": "a", "excerpt": "IMPORTANT EDIT (1/14/18): Fam, I wrote this review in 2011. All of y'all commenting in 2018 need to get over it. I've moved to a different account. I've moved past Cassandra Clare and while I maintain that this book is a blatant rip off of about 1000 other books (and while a lot…", "truncated": true, "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/132834266" }, "title_zh": "骸骨之城", "zh_edition": "traditional", "zh_purchase_url": "https://www.books.com.tw/products/0010634192", "genres": [ "Fantasy", "Young Adult", "Romance", "Paranormal", "Urban Fantasy", "Fiction", "Vampires" ] }, { "id": "13079982", "title": "Fahrenheit 451", "author": "Ray Bradbury", "rating": 3.97, "ratings_count": 2986778, "list_score": 874049, "source_rank": 35, "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13079982", "source": "https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1.Best_Books_Ever?page=1", "review": { "author": "Emily May", "excerpt": "2026 If you're coming here to tell me this review ᗩGEᗪ ᒪIKE ᗰIᒪK, then yes, thank you, I have already been told ten million times. 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Waste time no more. Go grab a copy. Machiavellian intrigue, mythology, religion, politics, imperialism, environmentalism, the nature of power. All this set in a mind-boggling,…", "truncated": true, "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/156120010" }, "title_zh": "沙丘", "zh_edition": "traditional", "zh_purchase_url": "https://www.books.com.tw/products/0010980378", "zh_publisher": "大家出版", "genres": [ "Science Fiction", "Fiction", "Fantasy", "Classics", "Audiobook", "Science Fiction Fantasy", "Space Opera" ] }, { "id": "19543", "title": "Where the Wild Things Are", "author": "Maurice Sendak", "rating": 4.26, "ratings_count": 1088155, "list_score": 589134, "source_rank": 60, "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19543", "source": "https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1.Best_Books_Ever?page=1", "review": { "author": "Nathan", "excerpt": "I have no doubt that this book damaged me, psychologically, as a small child. 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Some very pc \"authors\" and \"editors\" took it upon themselves to change the N word to 'robot'. They then rewrote the book to take away any mention of humans and to 'robot…", "truncated": true, "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24420482" }, "title_zh": "赫克歷險記", "zh_edition": "traditional", "zh_purchase_url": "https://readmoo.com/book/210176574000101", "zh_publisher": "聯經出版", "genres": [ "Classics", "Fiction", "Historical Fiction", "Adventure", "Literature", "Young Adult", "School" ] }, { "id": "4214", "title": "Life of Pi", "author": "Yann Martel", "rating": 3.95, "ratings_count": 1787033, "list_score": 565661, "source_rank": 64, "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4214", "source": "https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1.Best_Books_Ever?page=1", "review": { "author": "Trevor", "excerpt": "I found a lot of this book incredibly tedious. I tend to avoid the winners of the Man / Booker – they make me a little depressed. 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This is going to be a hard review to write because I feel so conflicted about my final rating and just how much I actually liked this book. For one thing, I think the second half is a big improvement on the first half and, though this is my least favourite book by Ms…", "truncated": true, "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/502907466" }, "title_zh": "控制", "zh_edition": "traditional", "zh_purchase_url": "https://www.taaze.tw/products/11101015904.html", "zh_publisher": "時報文化", "genres": [ "Fiction", "Mystery", "Thriller", "Book Club", "Mystery Thriller", "Crime", "Suspense" ] }, { "id": "119322", "title": "The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)", "author": "Philip Pullman", "rating": 4.04, "ratings_count": 1646061, "list_score": 337258, "source_rank": 94, "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/119322", "source": "https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1.Best_Books_Ever?page=1", "review": { "author": "Sean Barrs", "excerpt": "This novel is an absolute work of pure genius, and is in my top ten reads of all time. 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At least that's what the mastermind behind it all believes. But the question is - who has the right to decide what justice is? And who is to decide what punishment serves t…", "truncated": true, "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/101058640" }, "title_zh": "一個都不留", "zh_edition": "traditional", "zh_purchase_url": "https://www.taaze.tw/products/11100237835.html", "zh_publisher": "遠流", "genres": [ "Mystery", "Classics", "Fiction", "Agatha Christie", "Thriller", "Crime", "Mystery Thriller" ] }, { "id": "52036", "title": "Siddhartha", "author": "Hermann Hesse", "rating": 4.09, "ratings_count": 915377, "list_score": 327867, "source_rank": 96, "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52036", "source": "https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1.Best_Books_Ever?page=1", "review": { "author": "Stephen", "excerpt": "My apologies if this review reeks of \"GUSHness.\" However, it gave me that ONE-OF-A-KIND reading experience that doesn't come along often and so I think it is certainly worthy of the praise I shall heep upon it. 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This absolutely entr…", "truncated": true, "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5180778" }, "title_zh": "安琪拉的灰燼", "zh_edition": "traditional", "zh_purchase_url": "https://www.taaze.tw/products/11100811149.html", "zh_publisher": "愛米粒", "genres": [ "Nonfiction", "Memoir", "Biography", "Classics", "Ireland", "Autobiography", "Biography Memoir" ] } ] }