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by Victor Hugo
4.2(9,898)
In 17th-century England, a man with a carved smile faces a cruel society, torn between a blind woman's love and a noblewoman's obsession, while a past secret threatens his life.
by Souad
4.0(9,891)
A true story of survival, 'Burned Alive' tells of Souad's escape from an honor killing and her quest to expose the practice.
by Don DeLillo
3.7(9,889)
A reclusive novelist leaves his quiet life to help release a hostage in Beirut, finding that the power to shape culture has moved from writing to violent acts, leaving his personal life in disarray.
by Lauren Myracle
3.7(9,884)
After a single, drunken kiss shatters her world and sends her best friend Kate into an icy silence, Lissa must navigate first love, self-discovery, and the courage to embrace an unexpected truth.
by Betsy Byars
3.6(9,880)
A summer of self-doubt turns into a desperate search for her missing brother, forcing Sara to face her biases and find unexpected strength.
by Edith Wharton
4.0(9,874)
Undine Spragg's relentless social climbing in early 20th-century New York exposes the emptiness of ambition and the fleeting nature of success in a world of changing values.
by Thomas Mann
4.1(9,867)
A brilliant German composer trades his soul for artistic genius, his tragic decline mirroring Germany's catastrophic embrace of nihilism and the rise of the Third Reich.
by Vivian Vande Velde
4.1(9,867)
Trapped in a deadly virtual reality game where every wrong move means real-life death, Giannine must outsmart riddles, monsters, and her own blunders to claim the throne and escape before her next demise becomes permanent.
by Alice Hoffman
3.7(9,862)
In a town where social currents run deep and separate, the discovery of a student's body in the river forces a local detective to navigate the hidden truths beneath the polished surface of an elite prep school.
by Karen Hesse
3.9(9,860)
A Jewish girl recounts her 1919 journey from Russian pogroms, through medical quarantine in Belgium, to America, dealing with identity, belonging, and family strength.
by Stylo Fantome
4.1(9,851)
A reformed lover tries to win back the woman he hurt with a dangerous game. He finds her heart, and their love, are now as unpredictable as his own.
by Paul Auster
3.9(9,851)
After a fireman squanders an inheritance on aimless wandering, he and a brash gambler lose everything in a rigged poker game, forcing them to repay their debt by building a mysterious stone wall for two eccentric millionaires in a desolate Pennsylvania field.
by Jhumpa Lahiri
3.7(9,846)
A Pulitzer-winning author's memoir of her intense quest to master Italian, showing the challenges and discoveries of linguistic change and cultural relocation.
by Rachel E. Carter
4.1(9,845)
A determined black mage fights for the coveted robe of leadership against a rival prince, only to discover a deeper political darkness threatening her kingdom and forcing an alliance with her greatest competitor.
by Stefan Zweig
4.2(9,844)
A young officer's brief moment of pity for a disabled heiress turns into a web of well-meaning lies, tragically linking their lives and showing how complicated human emotions can be.
by Isaac Asimov
4.2(9,843)
Asimov's collection tracks the intertwined futures of people and machines over forty years of science fiction, from early AI to humanity's future in space.
by Claudia Gray
4.0(9,839)
A soldier from a dying colony and a sentient mech warrior find unexpected love and a choice that could save or destroy their worlds.
by Paullina Simons
3.9(9,838)
From the rough-and-tumble streets of the 70s and 80s, an unyielding Tully navigates fierce friendships, tragic loves, and life's cruelest twists, only to discover that even when she thinks she has it all, destiny has one last devastating blow.
by Jojo Moyes
3.6(9,836)
When her planned romantic Parisian getaway crumbles, a young woman discovers her adventurous spirit in the city of love, with a charming Frenchman and a moped.
by A.M. Homes
3.7(9,835)
A divorced stockbroker's life implodes with a heart attack and a sinkhole, forcing him to forge unlikely connections in a surreal Los Angeles that mirrors his own apocalyptic transformation.
by Orhan Pamuk
3.9(9,832)
In Istanbul, a lawyer's search for his missing wife leads him to assume the identity of a newspaper columnist, blurring reality and history.
by J.P. Donleavy
3.6(9,831)
Follow the uproarious, booze-fueled misadventures of Sebastian Dangerfield, an American ne'er-do-well with an insatiable appetite for women and chaos, as he charmingly navigates post-WWII Dublin.
by Christopher Isherwood
4.0(9,828)
In 1931 Berlin, a young writer observes memorable characters, from the 'divinely decadent' Sally Bowles to a doomed Jewish family, as they face a world on the edge of Nazi power.
by Kacen Callender
4.5(9,812)
Felix Love, a Black, queer, and transgender teen, deals with a catfish scheme and a new love, finding that self-love is most important.