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by Annie Duke
3.8(23,734)
Annie Duke, a former poker champion, shows how to handle life's uncertainties and make better decisions by evaluating probabilities like a professional bettor, instead of seeking certainty.
by Katherine Applegate
4.3(23,715)
An ancient oak, a silent confidante to generations of wishes, must now lend its wisdom and provide sanctuary when prejudice threatens the harmony of its beloved neighborhood.
by Mary Karr
3.9(23,703)
Mary Karr's memoir follows her journey from heavy drinking to sobriety and motherhood, while confronting her past.
by Meg Wolitzer
3.7(23,694)
A wife about to leave her famous novelist husband during his award ceremony flight confronts four decades of suppressed literary ambition and the secret behind their celebrated marriage.
by Marian Keyes
3.7(23,682)
A mysterious arrival at a quirky Dublin apartment building unravels the interconnected lives of its eccentric residents, forcing them to confront hidden desires, past heartbreaks, and the unexpected paths to love and self-discovery.
by Anna Banks
4.0(23,670)
Torn between two worlds and hunted by an ancient law, a half-human, half-Syrena princess must embrace her forbidden power to avert an underwater war and save a people she's never known.
by Joseph Kesselring
4.1(23,670)
Two kind, elderly sisters in Brooklyn poison lonely old men with elderberry wine, much to the horror of their nephew who uncovers their deadly secret.
by Charles M. Sheldon
4.2(23,667)
When a pastor challenges his congregation to live for a year asking 'What Would Jesus Do?' before every decision, their small town is changed by the radical, often uncomfortable, implications of Christ-like living.
by A.S. King
3.9(23,666)
A queer teen, stifled by her small-minded town and distant parents, finds solace and unexpected connection by confessing her deepest fears and desires to the anonymous passengers flying high above her backyard.
by David Small
4.0(23,661)
David Small's graphic memoir tells of his silent, Kafkaesque childhood, marked by a botched surgery that left him voiceless and a family full of dark secrets and misguided parental 'care'.
by Marissa Meyer
3.9(23,644)
A fiery farm girl teams up with a mysterious street fighter to rescue her missing, wolf-guarded grandmother, only to crash into a cyborg fugitive and a galaxy-spanning plot against a malevolent lunar queen.
by Brian McClellan
4.4(23,625)
Adro's capital falls to foreign rule, its army splits. Field Marshal Tamas, his son Taniel, and Inspector Adamat must fight betrayal and impossible odds to save their nation.
by Seanan McGuire
3.9(23,623)
A young girl from a world of sugar and spice seeks to save the mother she never knew, facing a reality that threatens to erase her very existence.
by Douglas Preston
4.1(23,617)
Special Agent Pendergast's search for his wife's killer reveals a multi-generational conspiracy, leading him to question if she faked her own death and was part of it all.
by Dennis Lehane
4.0(23,611)
In post-World War I Boston, a white police officer and a Black man on the run find their lives connected to historical figures and social movements, fighting for survival and family in a nation facing major change.
by Milan Kundera
3.9(23,605)
In a world where love is a game of strategy, Kundera shows the bittersweet irony and unexpected vanity, humiliation, and desperate search for reassurance beneath every calculated move.
by Chris Bohjalian
4.0(23,591)
In 1945, a Prussian aristocrat, her Scottish POW lover, and a Jewish corporal hiding his identity flee west through the collapsing Third Reich, testing their love, loyalty, and will to survive.
by William Shakespeare
3.7(23,575)
In ancient Rome, a decorated general's refusal of the emperorship ignites a brutal cycle of revenge that devours his family and plunges the city into a blood-soaked abyss.
by Alan Bradley
4.0(23,514)
Twelve-year-old amateur chemist Flavia de Luce is sent to a Canadian boarding school, where a mummified body falls from a chimney, pulling her into a mystery of disappearances and ghostly rumors.
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
4.2(23,505)
A hopeful young boy starts a chain reaction of selfless acts, showing that one simple idea can mend broken lives and spread to transform the world.
by J.D. Robb
4.3(23,505)
A thrill killer targets New York City's elite with old weapons and stolen identities, forcing Lt. Eve Dallas to navigate a world of wealth and perversion that pulls in her husband, Roarke, as she races to find a motive before the next murder.
by Ryan Holiday
4.3(23,493)
Ryan Holiday explains how self-discipline helps historical figures reach their full potential, achieve purpose, and avoid excess.
by Elise Kova
4.0(23,487)
A shy library apprentice with forbidden elemental magic accidentally saves a scarred sorcerer prince, thrusting her into a dangerous world of war, court intrigue, and an undeniable magical bond that could either save or destroy an empire.
by Jeff Lindsay
3.8(23,470)
Miami's favorite vigilante serial killer, Dexter Morgan, finds his post-honeymoon life interrupted by a new artistic murderer whose gruesome tableaus force Dexter to confront his own dark passenger while navigating married life.