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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
4.2(8,145)
Lynda Barry's "autobifictionalography" is a watercolor-drenched look at adolescent angst, family chaos, and the unforgettable, lice-ridden demons that shaped her.
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 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 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 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.
by Celia Thomson
3.8(8,118)
A seemingly ordinary teen's world shatters when she discovers she possesses nine lives, retractable claws, and enhanced senses, plunging her into an ancient war for survival against mysterious assassins.
by James M. Cain
3.9(8,116)
In 1940s California, Mildred Pierce goes from divorced waitress to successful restaurateur, but her triumphs are undone by dangerous men and her devotion to her manipulative daughter.
by Anna McPartlin
4.3(8,114)
Mia "Rabbit" Hayes, with her spirited daughter, unruly family, and beloved Johnny Faye around her, embraces every last moment of her fading life with love, music, and a zest for living.
by Jennifer Donnelly
4.2(8,109)
Six mermaid descendants of Atlantean rulers must brave treacherous seas, ancient evils, and heart-wrenching betrayals to recover powerful talismans and save their world from a looming, familiar darkness.
by Kenneth Oppel
4.2(8,092)
A heartbroken pilot-in-training faces cosmic life-forms and mechanical failures on a star-climbing vessel, all while dealing with his beloved's sudden engagement to another.