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by Katherine Dunn
4.0(59,733)
The Binewskis, a family of self-made human oddities, run a carny act fueled by ambition and arsenic, blurring the lines between beauty and grotesque, love and depravity, and making you question what normalcy means.
by Simone Elkeles
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An aspiring astronaut's dreams and his family's peace are threatened when a forbidden love affair pulls him into a dangerous underworld, revealing a shocking truth about his own past.
by Nora Roberts
4.2(59,717)
In the magical hills of Ireland, a woman seeking comfort in folklore finds her destiny tied to a pub owner whose passion ignites a love as old and powerful as the land itself.
by Umberto Eco
3.9(59,687)
Three jaded editors, playing a dangerous game with occult manuscripts and a supercomputer, accidentally conjure a real-world conspiracy that drags them into a deadly hunt for an ancient secret.
by Jeanette Winterson
3.7(59,586)
Raised in the intense world of evangelical Christianity, a young woman's missionary path changes when her heart and faith are challenged by loving another woman.
by Jean-Dominique Bauby
4.0(59,577)
Trapped in a paralyzed body and able to communicate only by blinking one eyelid, a magazine editor dictates his memoir, turning an impossible situation into a story about the strength of the human spirit.
by Choderlos de Laclos
4.0(59,508)
In pre-revolutionary France, two jaded aristocrats wage a cruel war of seduction and betrayal through letters, orchestrating the downfall of innocents only to find their deceptions leading to an unforeseen, deadly reckoning.
by Stephen King
3.5(59,490)
A mysterious, otherworldly Buick Roadmaster in a rural Pennsylvania state police shed becomes a silent, breathing entity that consumes lives and fuels a young man's dangerous quest for answers after his father's death.
by Thomas More
3.5(59,452)
A seasoned traveler describes the radical, communal, and often unsettling customs of the isolated island of Utopia, making readers question their own 'civilized' world.
by Robert Ludlum
4.0(59,449)
David Webb must awaken his deadly alter ego, Jason Bourne, for a final, explosive confrontation with his nemesis, the Jackal, amidst a global conspiracy.
by Jonathan Kellerman
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A child psychologist helps a seven-year-old witness to a murder, uncovering a forty-year-old conspiracy that links to his own past and endangers the girl's life.
by Kerri Maniscalco
4.0(59,169)
A defiant lord's daughter secretly dissects corpses to unmask Jack the Ripper, only to find the killer's shadow creeping closer to her privileged world.
by Koushun Takami
4.2(59,129)
In a dystopian twist on adolescence, a class of junior high students is thrust onto a deserted island, armed, forced into a brutal deathmatch where friendship and morality clash against the urge to be the last one standing.
by Cece Bell
4.2(59,121)
Armed with a powerful hearing aid that grants her unexpected 'superpowers,' a young Cece navigates the isolating and often hilarious journey of finding friendship while embracing her deafness in a new school.
by Mariko Tamaki
3.7(59,116)
At Awago Beach, parental fights and new independence make Rose and her friend Windy deal with growing up, revealing secrets and the journey of adolescence.
by Jeff VanderMeer
3.5(59,085)
A new director unearths unsettling truths behind the Southern Reach's failed expeditions into the anomalous Area X, only to find the agency's secrets are as corrupting and inscrutable as the mysterious zone itself.
by Zadie Smith
3.6(59,076)
From London to West Africa, two childhood friends, linked by dance and the challenges of race and class, navigate ambition, betrayal, and the lasting impact of a broken bond.
by Helen Macdonald
3.7(58,914)
After her father dies, a falconer trains a wild goshawk, mirroring her struggle with loss and the bird's untamed spirit, while also dealing with another falconer's legacy.
by Maeve Binchy
4.0(58,878)
In 1950s Ireland, two small-town friends navigate the freedoms and betrayals of university life in Dublin, forever changing their circle and their understanding of independence.
by Chris Voss
4.4(58,826)
An FBI hostage negotiator shares communication methods to gain an advantage in any negotiation, from diffusing terrorists to debating your spouse.
by Miranda Kenneally
3.9(58,770)
A star high school quarterback navigates the pressures of college recruitment, her team's expectations, and a budding romance that could derail her entire future.
by R.K. Lilley
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A billionaire's haunted past and a threat to her life test Bianca and James's new love, forcing them to fight for their happy future amidst danger.
by Philip Roth
3.7(58,684)
Alexander Portnoy confesses his funny, guilt-ridden struggle between sexual desires and the strictures of his Jewish mother and upbringing.
by Alyson Noel
3.7(58,625)
Bound by dark magic to her nemesis, Ever must fight a dangerous, forbidden attraction to Roman while simultaneously protecting her reckless immortal friend and saving her true love, Damen, from a sinister plot.