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by Karen Armstrong
3.8(8,195)
Karen Armstrong explores humanity's ancient search for the sacred, showing how modern rationalism has clouded our understanding of God and arguing for a return to religion as a compassionate, experiential practice vital for our divided world.
by Chris Claremont
4.0(8,193)
Wolverine travels to Japan to win the heart of the woman he loves, Mariko, but must first defeat her criminal father and his army of ninjas.
by Lisa McMann
3.7(8,187)
A kidnapped boy's return at sixteen shatters his family's peace as forgotten memories expose a truth more terrifying than his absence.
by Jerry Seinfeld
3.6(8,186)
Jerry Seinfeld dissects the mundane absurdities of everyday life, from the proper way to eat a Junior Mint to the existential dread of airplane peanuts, with his signature observational wit.
by Elizabeth George
3.6(8,177)
Fifteen-year-old Joel makes a desperate pact to protect his younger brothers from a gang, leading to the tragic murder of Inspector Thomas Lynley's wife.
by Sam Shepard
3.7(8,177)
In sun-baked Southern California, two estranged brothers—one a screenwriter, the other a drifter—clash over a film deal, blurring who they are and the stories they try to sell.
by Krista Ritchie
4.0(8,168)
A headstrong billionaire, used to constant public attention, finds his world upended when his new bodyguard ignites a forbidden passion that could expose them both.
by Jessica Sorensen
4.1(8,167)
Exiled from her underground colony for a single mistake, a teenage warrior must uncover the leaders' deadly secrets and find a cure for vampirism while fighting for survival on the surface.
by Joyce Carol Oates
3.3(8,164)
This novel explores the chilling mind of Quentin P., a sexual psychopath whose twisted logic turns the story into a terrifying journey through a killer's thoughts.
by Richard Paul Evans
4.2(8,156)
A man tells the story of the winter he spent with a mysterious runaway girl, his first love, who saw the future in candlelight, changing his life forever and leaving him with secrets that still affect him decades later.
by Jenny Torres Sanchez
4.5(8,154)
Three Guatemalan teens risk their lives on the perilous journey of La Bestia, seeking refuge across the U.S.-Mexico border while outrunning the dangers of their past and the unknown future.
by Ray Bradbury
4.1(8,150)
This collection of Bradbury's imaginative tales takes readers into a world where time travel shatters history, ancient sea monsters seek companionship, and the human spirit faces wonder and terror among the stars and in everyday life.
by Joe Abercrombie
4.5(8,150)
A crippled torturer, a narcissistic nobleman, and a barbarian trying to outrun his past meet in a brutal story of power, betrayal, and dark humor. No one is truly good, and redemption is a bloody, elusive idea.
by Franklin W. Dixon
3.9(8,149)
by Naguib Mahfouz
3.8(8,147)
In a decaying Alexandrian pension, a beautiful peasant girl fleeing an arranged marriage becomes the unwitting catalyst for a spiraling Rashomon-like drama among post-revolutionary Egyptian intellectuals and aristocrats, each projecting their own desires and failures onto her.
by Lynda Barry
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Lynda Barry's "autobifictionalography" is a watercolor-drenched look at adolescent angst, family chaos, and the unforgettable, lice-ridden demons that shaped her.
by Julie Klassen
3.9(8,138)
A disgraced vicar's daughter, pregnant and seeking refuge in a mysterious London manor, finds her past colliding with her present when a former suitor, now with his own secrets, reappears within its walls.
by Lane Smith
4.1(8,138)
A young boy explores a topiary garden, discovering his Grandpa Green's life story and forgotten memories sculpted into living art.
by Victoria Holt
3.9(8,138)
A young governess arrives at a windswept Cornish estate. She becomes entangled in the master's dark past, a spoiled child's secrets, and a forbidden love that threatens to expose a dangerous truth.
by Marisa Silver
3.9(8,132)
A single, iconic photograph of a Depression-era migrant mother connects the lives of two women—one who took the picture, the other who lived its hardship—and uncovers a modern-day professor's family secret.
by Ajay Pandey
4.1(8,131)
A man who planned his life finds his world changed by a free spirit, learning deep lessons of love and loss after she is gone.
by Anonymous
4.5(8,130)
This enduring text, first published in 1939, shares the core principles and personal stories that have guided millions to sobriety and a new way of life.
by Don Winslow
4.6(8,125)
A DEA agent's thirty-year feud with a cartel leader becomes a brutal, global journey of revenge and justice, forcing him to face the true cost of battling evil without losing himself in Mexico's drug war.
by Sara Farizan
3.7(8,120)
In a country where their love is forbidden, a teenage girl considers a gender transition to legally marry her best friend, forcing her to choose between who she is and who she loves.