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by Eva Ibbotson
4.2(12,456)
In 1910, a spirited English orphan journeys to the Amazon, only to find her dreams of exotic adventure thwarted by her repellent relatives, forcing her to forge her own path among enigmatic actors, hidden heirs, and the wild beauty of the river.
by Heather O'Neill
3.8(12,449)
In 1930s Montreal, two orphaned prodigies navigate a theatrical underworld of charismatic pianos and radicalized chorus girls, fighting to reunite and create their dream circus against all odds.
by Elizabeth Scott
3.6(12,447)
Torn between an illicit connection and an unbreakable friendship, Sarah finds herself ensnared in a heart-wrenching secret when her long-standing crush on her best friend's boyfriend ignites into a forbidden and undeniable spark.
by Anna Godbersen
3.6(12,445)
In the dangerous summer of 1929, three young women chase their dreams and confront the dark secrets of New York's Jazz Age elite, where fame, fortune, and family ties have deadly consequences.
by Rachel Hawthorne
3.8(12,432)
A nature-loving teen discovers her destined love is a brooding werewolf, forcing her to choose between her human life and a perilous supernatural destiny as their kind faces annihilation.
by Edwidge Danticat
3.7(12,429)
Danticat shows how love, loss, and memory span generations and borders, revealing the fragile threads that hold Haitian families together even as life threatens to unravel them.
by Salman Rushdie
3.9(12,425)
From Cochin's spice markets to Spain's sun-drenched landscapes, Moraes 'Moor' Zogoiby, a storyteller and the last of a powerful dynasty, tells a witty and surreal story of wild passions, family hatreds, and love's terrifying power that shaped modern India.
by Erich Maria Remarque
4.3(12,423)
In Nazi-occupied Europe, a desperate refugee in Lisbon gets passage to freedom from a mysterious stranger, in exchange for an all-night confession of love, loss, and the will to survive.
by Victoria Schwab
4.1(12,419)
In the ghostly catacombs beneath Paris, Cassidy Blake confronts a powerful, awakened spirit threatening the city, all while navigating her parents' haunted TV show and her ghost best friend.
by Robert Frank
4.2(12,416)
Robert Frank's influential photobook, with an introduction by Jack Kerouac, captures the reality of 1950s American life through simple yet revealing images of its people and places.
by Lisa Mantchev
3.7(12,408)
In a magical theater where every play ever written comes to life, a parentless girl named Bertie fights to save her eccentric family of actors and her home from an ancient, destructive force, while caught in a love triangle between a dashing pirate and a seductive air spirit.
by Rebecca Stead
3.9(12,407)
Three best friends in seventh grade deal with new relationships, body image, and betrayal, while an accident survivor finds her purpose and a new boy questions what friendship means.
by Janice Thompson
3.6(12,406)
An Italian-Texan wedding planner, new to country music, finds romance and humor while organizing a 'Boot Scoot'n' wedding for her mob-adjacent family.
by Alwyn Hamilton
4.4(12,405)
Amani, a sharpshooting Demdji, must lead a desperate band of rebels across a mythical desert to rescue her imprisoned prince and ignite a revolution, all while battling ghouls, enemy soldiers, and her own doubts about leadership.
by Derek Landy
4.5(12,392)
A magical plague gives unstable powers to ordinary teens. Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain must stop a new group of corrupted, god-like beings from destroying the city.
by Lisi Harrison
3.8(12,391)
New girl Claire must navigate the treacherous social world of Octavian Country Day, where queen bee Massie Block rules with perfectly coiffed ruthlessness, friendships are fragile, and popularity is a full-contact sport.
by Oliver Goldsmith
3.6(12,388)
In a delightful twist of fate, a quick-witted heiress masquerades as a barmaid to disarm a suitor whose shyness with gentlewomen is matched only by his audacious flirtations with commoners.
by Paul Auster
3.7(12,381)
Through the eyes of a loyal and philosophical dog, Mr. Bones, we follow the final journey of his brilliant, homeless owner, Willy G. Christmas, as they travel from Brooklyn to Baltimore to find Mr. Bones a new home before Willy dies.
by Paul Auster
3.6(12,360)
After the 2008 economic collapse, a young man's photographs of abandoned items connect squatters, artists, and dreamers in Brooklyn, all dealing with their pasts and an uncertain future in a broken America.
by Ellen Schreiber
4.0(12,350)
Raven's immortal romance with Alexander is tested when his mysterious parents arrive, turning a thrilling dinner party into a potential future-altering revelation.
by Jennifer Crusie
3.7(12,347)
Amidst marital betrayal, a suspicious daughter, and a long-lost lover's reappearance, Maddie Faraday navigates the scandals of small-town Ohio, where every secret threatens to unravel her life.
by Mark Twain
3.9(12,343)
Before Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain navigated the mighty Mississippi, chronicling its vanished grandeur, humorous eccentricities, and the formative steamboat days that launched a literary legend.
by Doug TenNapel
4.0(12,337)
A boy accidentally zapped into the afterlife discovers he has unique powers that could save or doom Ghostopolis, making him team up with his spectral grandfather and the wrangler who sent him there to find a way home.
by Janette Rallison
3.9(12,322)
When a cell phone-wielding fairy godmother messes up a prom wish, a heartbroken sophomore lands in a medieval quest, turning classic fairy tales into a scramble for a prince, a prom, and survival against trolls and dragons.