Novel · Detective fictionI may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.Douglas AdamsThe Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul · 1988★ 1.9
NovelBeauty is an enormous, unmerited gift given randomly, stupidly.Khaled HosseiniAnd the Mountains Echoed · 2013★ 3.7
Historical literatureThe man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.HerodotusHistories · 430 BC★ 3.8
Autobiography and memoirHuman felicity is produc'd not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.Benjamin FranklinThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · 1790★ 3.9
Play · Tragedy (play)Fortune, that arrant whore, Ne’er turns the key to th’ poor.William ShakespeareKing Lear · 1606★ 4.6