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by Ruta Sepetys
4.3(123,171)
In the brutal winter of WWII's Eastern Front, a Lithuanian nurse, a Prussian soldier with stolen art, and a pregnant Polish girl meet on the overcrowded Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship sailing into the icy Baltic. Their hope for freedom clashes with an unimaginable maritime tragedy.
by Geraldine Brooks
4.0(123,160)
A rare-book conservator uncovers centuries of human drama, sacrifice, and artistic wonder hidden within an ancient illuminated manuscript, tracing its journey through inquisitions, wars, and the people who risked everything to preserve its beauty and secrets.
by Colson Whitehead
4.3(123,036)
In Jim Crow-era Florida, two black boys forge a desperate friendship within a brutal reform school, their clashing ideals and cynicism leading to a decision that will ripple through their lives for decades.
by James Joyce
3.9(122,998)
Fifteen realistic tales by James Joyce examine the stagnant lives of early 20th-century Dubliners, showing their spiritual and emotional traps through moments of sudden, often unsettling, insight.
by George Saunders
3.8(122,955)
In a spectral Georgetown cemetery, a grief-stricken Abraham Lincoln visits the bardo where his deceased son, Willie, is caught in a hilarious and terrifying purgatory with a chorus of chattering ghosts, all grappling with the messy, unfinished business of life and death.
by Rick Riordan
4.3(122,900)
With the chaos snake Apophis threatening eternal darkness, Carter and Sadie Kane must unite squabbling gods and magicians, and bargain with a murderous ghost, to uncover an ancient spell that can weaponize the serpent's own shadow before the world plunges into oblivion.
by Jon Ronson
3.9(122,876)
Jon Ronson's investigation into the diagnosis of psychopathy unexpectedly leads him to question the sanity of the very people studying madness, revealing that the lines between sane and insane are blurrier than we think.
by Pittacus Lore
4.2(122,526)
As the last six alien Garde scatter across Earth, Number Seven, Marina, develops her powers and hopes John Smith, Number Four, and a mysterious raven-haired girl will unite them to fight the Mogadorian hunters before humanity's adopted home becomes their final grave.
by J.K. Rowling
4.2(122,486)
A misplaced magical case in 1920s New York unleashes a menagerie of wondrous and dangerous creatures, forcing a shy magizoologist to confront dark forces threatening both the wizarding and non-magical worlds.
by Kimberly McCreight
3.8(122,446)
A grieving mother's relentless investigation into her daughter's supposed suicide uncovers the dark secrets of an elite all-girls school, revealing a truth far more sinister than she could have imagined.
by Jeff Kinney
4.2(122,181)
Greg Heffley must navigate his father's attempts to toughen him up with sports and 'manly' activities, or face the ultimate threat: military academy.
by David Sedaris
3.8(122,085)
David Sedaris hilariously explores the absurdities of family, mortality, and peculiar obsessions, finding deep humanity in unexpected observations, from his father's odd clothes to thinking about buying a Pygmy skeleton.
by J.R. Ward
4.3(122,059)
An ex-cop's love for an aristocratic vampire leads him to a desperate battle against ancient evils, only to become a pawn in the war he sought to join, testing love and sacrifice.
by Kevin Kwan
3.9(121,942)
Asia's wealthiest family fights over a dying matriarch's fortune and prime Singaporean estate, as long-buried secrets, couture sabotage, and scandalous rivalries explode, threatening their opulent lives.
by Simon Sinek
4.1(121,834)
Learn to articulate your core purpose, not just your products, to inspire loyalty and drive change.
by Pierce Brown
4.5(121,746)
In the final book, a changed Red miner starts a brutal, galaxy-wide revolution against the tyrannical Golds, making him fight former friends and inspiring the oppressed to break free and create a new future.
by Lemony Snicket
4.0(121,630)
In the sixth book of their sad story, the Baudelaire orphans go down a dark elevator shaft, finding red herrings, secret passages, and parsley soda, all while trying to outsmart a master of disguise and figure out some mysterious initials.
by Cynthia Hand
4.0(121,427)
Blessed with angelic power and haunted by prophetic visions, Clara must navigate a dangerous destiny and a celestial love triangle as a fiery apocalypse looms.
by Marcus Pfister
4.2(121,333)
A shimmering fish learns that true beauty and happiness come not from glittering scales, but from the joy of sharing them with others.
by Steven D. Levitt
4.0(121,251)
Levitt and Dubner explore the hidden incentives behind everything from prostitution and terrorism to global warming and chemotherapy, revealing the surprising logic that governs our world.
by J.P. Delaney
3.7(121,248)
A minimalist house designed by a reclusive architect forces two women, years apart, to face their pasts and question their minds as they uncover the truth behind the previous tenant's death, which mirrors their own lives.
by Nicole Krauss
3.9(121,146)
A forgotten Yiddish novel intertwines the lives of a lonely Polish émigré still yearning for his lost love and a tenacious teenage girl determined to cure her mother's solitude by finding its elusive author.
by Douglas Adams
4.0(121,083)
A disarmingly holistic detective, a couch, and an ancient ghost's time-traveling suicide attempt collide in a hilariously convoluted plot to save humanity from its own past.
by Amy Tan
4.0(121,064)
A mother's fading memories unlock a hidden past of ancestral curses, forbidden love, and shocking betrayals in a remote Chinese village, forever altering her daughter's understanding of their tumultuous bond.