Life of Pi
Recommended by David Allen, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #1 in Ocean, Ranked #2 in Tiger — see more rankings.
Yann Martel's imaginative and unforgettable Life of Pi is a magical reading experience, an endless blue expanse of storytelling about adventure, survival, and ultimately, faith. The precocious son of a zookeeper, 16-year-old Pi Patel is raised in Pondicherry, India, where he tries on various faiths for size, attracting "religions the way a dog attracts fleas." Planning a move to Canada, his father packs up the family and their menagerie and they hitch a ride on an enormous freighter. After a harrowing shipwreck, Pi finds himself adrift in the Pacific Ocean, trapped on a 26-foot... more
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- #99 in 10th Grade
- #90 in 12th Grade
- #54 in 14-Year-Old
- #97 in 15-Year-Old
- #90 in 17-Year-Old
- #90 in 18-Year-Old
- #20 in 21st Century
- #55 in 9th Grade
- #98 in Action Adventure
- #89 in Adaptation
- #31 in Adventure
- #18 in Adventure Fiction
- #13 in Animals
- #37 in Archives
- #48 in Asian
- #31 in Award-Winning
- #54 in Beautiful
- #62 in Bestseller
- #68 in Book Club
- #30 in Boy
- #94 in Bucket List
- #54 in Buzzfeed
- #5 in Canada
- #3 in Canadian
- #75 in Catalog
- #61 in Charisma
- #14 in Children's Boat
- #76 in Collection
- #92 in Coming Of Age
- #71 in Contemporary
- #80 in Current
- #51 in Dramatic
- #97 in Existential
- #85 in Fantasy Adventure
- #100 in Feel-Good
- #26 in Fiction
- #73 in Fun
- #76 in GoT
- #82 in God
- #70 in Good Read
- #63 in Goodreads
- #5 in Hinduism
- #93 in Humanity
- #7 in Indian
- #80 in Insightful
- #48 in Inspiring
- #76 in Interesting
- #43 in Islam
- #93 in Library
- #58 in Life
- #59 in Life Changing
- #15 in Literary
- #55 in Literature
- #15 in Magical Realism
- #23 in Meaning Of Life
- #23 in Modern
- #52 in Modern Classic
- #5 in Modern Fiction
- #47 in Movie
- #29 in Movies
- #97 in Must-Read
- #36 in Novel
- #42 in Options
- #42 in Orange
- #76 in Plot Twist
- #29 in Popular
- #71 in Raw
- #87 in Recent
- #48 in Religion
- #17 in Retail
- #54 in Roman
- #85 in Self Discovery
- #30 in Ships
- #57 in Soul
- #60 in Spain
- #54 in Spiritual
- #53 in Spirituality
- #19 in Storytelling
- #91 in Summer
- #63 in Summer Reading
- #10 in Survival
- #58 in Teen Boys
- #41 in Thought-Provoking
- #76 in To-Read
- #92 in Top Ten
- #47 in Twist
- #56 in Wanderlust
- #88 in World
- #35 in Zoology
- #5 in Zoos
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