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by Roald Dahl
4.0(118,212)
When the world's most revolting couple, the Twits, push their pranks too far, their mistreated monkeys and a family of Roly-Poly birds conspire to turn the tables in a hilariously grotesque act of poetic justice.
by Maggie Stiefvater
4.3(118,197)
Ley lines awaken and ancient sleepers stir. Blue Sargent and the Raven Boys face shifting loyalties and the unraveling of their certainties, all while getting closer to the truth of a lost Welsh king and the cost of magic.
by Robin Hobb
4.2(118,179)
Resurrected and scarred, the former assassin Fitz embarks on a desperate, magic-infused quest for vengeance against the treacherous Prince Regal, hoping to save his crumbling kingdom and the last vestiges of his soul.
by William Makepeace Thackeray
3.8(118,061)
In the ballrooms and battlefields of Napoleonic England, two women—one a social climber and the other an idealist—live in a society where ambition and virtue clash.
by Robert Dugoni
4.0(118,017)
Twenty years after her sister's murder, a Seattle homicide detective reopens the cold case, uncovering dangerous small-town secrets that shatter her past and put her life at risk.
by Virginia Woolf
4.2(118,000)
To write, a woman needs talent, a room of her own, and money, making a physical and mental space for her voice in a male-dominated world.
by Ernest Hemingway
4.0(117,896)
In this posthumous memoir, Ernest Hemingway vividly recaptures the intoxicating poverty and creative camaraderie of his youth among literary giants in 1920s Paris, a time when he discovered his voice while living on the edge of starvation and brilliance.
by Janet Evanovich
4.2(117,894)
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum navigates exploding cars, an incontinent dog, persistent arson attempts, and disastrous skin days, all while trying to clear her enigmatic colleague Ranger of a mob hit.
by Frederick Forsyth
4.3(117,769)
An anonymous assassin, known as the Jackal, plans to kill France's President Charles de Gaulle, while intelligence agencies try to find him and stop the assassination.
by Jeff Kinney
4.2(117,764)
Greg Heffley's ultimate summer fantasy of endless video games and zero responsibilities clashes with his mom's outdoor-centric vision, all while a new family member threatens to upend everything.
by Shirley Jackson
4.0(117,670)
Isolated in their crumbling mansion, the eccentric Blackwood sisters, one a suspected poisoner and the other a darkly protective recluse, must defend their peculiar sanctuary from an avaricious cousin and a prying world.
by Stephen King
3.9(117,639)
In the summer of '73, a college student working at a North Carolina amusement park uncovers a brutal murder, experiences a child's final days, and grows up in a way that changes his view of life and death.
by Karin Slaughter
4.1(117,531)
A lawyer faces her mother's unsolved murder from nearly 30 years ago when a new tragedy in her hometown reopens old wounds and reveals her family's hidden secrets.
by Azar Nafisi
3.6(117,508)
by Jim Butcher
4.3(117,457)
Caught between a vampiric duel, a sacred relic theft, and his semi-vampire ex-girlfriend's return, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden faces a supernatural storm where each win might lead him closer to his end.
by Diana Gabaldon
4.4(117,360)
During the American Revolution, Jamie and Claire Fraser navigate war and family, trying to change history and protect loved ones, while their daughter in the future uncovers parts of their past that threaten her own life.
by Lao Tzu
4.3(117,120)
The Tao Te Ching reveals a path to enlightened leadership and personal harmony through humility, spontaneity, and connection to the universe's natural flow.
by Jerry Spinelli
3.9(116,862)
An orphaned boy with a knack for legendary feats and an aversion to standing still runs into a racially divided town, inadvertently weaving himself into its fabric and challenging its deep-seated prejudices.
by Brandon Sanderson
4.3(116,861)
In a world where color provides power and gods are reborn as mortals, two royal sisters navigate divine politics, ancient magic, and a reluctant God King to prevent a war that could destroy them.
by Eowyn Ivey
4.0(116,720)
In 1920s Alaska, a childless homesteader couple's despair changes with the sudden arrival of a wild, mysterious girl, born from snow and myth, who redefines their ideas of family, nature, and the line between reality and fairy tale.
by David Benioff
4.3(116,520)
In besieged Leningrad, two friends go on a dangerous quest for a dozen eggs, finding courage and friendship in the face of death.
by Jacquelyn Mitchard
3.9(116,457)
When her three-year-old son disappears from a hotel lobby, a mother's worst fear starts a ten-year journey of guilt, hope, and the difficult question of what family means when the lost child returns.
by Tamora Pierce
4.2(116,168)
A determined young girl secretly trains as a knight, facing perilous battles and hidden magic on her quest for knighthood.
by Julie Kagawa
4.1(116,130)
Stripped of her powers and imprisoned by the Winter Court, half-human Meghan must forge an iron will to expose the unseen threat of the Iron fey, even as her heart yearns for the treacherous prince who abandoned her.