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by Agatha Christie
3.8(33,676)
A poisoned dart mid-flight turns a seemingly ordinary passenger plane into a high-altitude death trap, leaving Hercule Poirot to unravel a sky-high mystery among a cabin full of suspects.
by Miranda July
3.8(33,670)
Miranda July's characters find intimate moments in the quiet, peculiar spaces between people, in a world where loneliness is a shared secret.
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4.2(33,640)
Born of fire and bound to five warrior brothers, Panchaali navigates a world of gods, war, and forbidden desire, defiantly reshaping an ancient epic from the heart of a woman.
by Ellis Peters
4.0(33,623)
In 12th-century Wales, Brother Cadfael looks for a saint's relics but finds a murder instead, leading him to uncover a killer amidst faith, love, and old loyalties.
by Ron Rash
3.5(33,561)
In the unforgiving 1929 North Carolina mountains, a ruthless timber empress, barren and brutal, wages a deadly war against her husband's illegitimate son, unraveling their empire and their passionate, violent marriage.
by Dean Koontz
3.9(33,525)
A man's terrifying nightly amnesia leads two investigators into a spiraling mystery, where only a young man with Down's Syndrome holds the key to the "bad place" from which no one returns.
by J.D. Robb
4.4(33,525)
In a futuristic New York, Lieutenant Eve Dallas hunts a killer who photographs his beautiful, murdered victims, forcing her to confront a terrifying artistic vision.
by J.D. Robb
4.3(33,520)
In a future New York City, Lieutenant Eve Dallas uncovers a conspiracy of murders targeting society's most vulnerable, forcing her to fight for her reputation and justice against a powerful killer.
by Dean Koontz
4.0(33,509)
A cynical detective and her partner hunt a serial killer whose monstrous origins are tied to an immortal, reality-bending enigma known as Deucalion, all set in a city shadowed by an ancient conspiracy.
by Greg Iles
4.2(33,505)
A Mississippi lawyer uncovers a violent, decades-old KKK conspiracy to save his father from a murder charge, revealing the past's deadly hold on the present.
by Susan Cooper
4.1(33,503)
As the Dark prepares to engulf the world, young Will Stanton, the last Old One, must unite with ancient powers and mortal allies in a desperate quest through time and the Welsh hills to save reality.
by Jeff Lindsay
3.6(33,472)
When a ritualistic double homicide in Miami silences his inner serial killer, Dexter Morgan must confront an ancient evil that makes his own dark urges seem like child's play, forcing him to question the nature of malevolence.
by Nora Ephron
3.6(33,471)
A pregnant cookbook author navigates the hilarious and heartbreaking wreckage of her perfect marriage crumbling due to her husband's affair, all while sharing recipes and plotting comical revenge.
by Sheri Reynolds
3.8(33,451)
In an isolated church awaiting the Rapture, fifteen-year-old Ninah struggles with sermons of damnation and a forbidden earthly passion that threatens her community.
by Reed Hastings
4.3(33,447)
Netflix's journey from DVD rentals to a global entertainment giant was fueled by its unique culture of freedom, responsibility, and candor, where 'adequate performance gets a generous severance.'
by Kim Holden
4.4(33,446)
An optimistic college student, who has never believed in love, finds herself in a passionate romance with a mysterious musician, all while guarding a secret that threatens to unravel her world.
by Rick Riordan
4.1(33,424)
As the Vespers emerge, Amy and Dan Cahill must uncover their family's secrets and Grace Cahill's final legacy to protect the world from a brewing war.
by Graham Greene
4.0(33,333)
In 1930s Mexico, a whisky-soaked, morally compromised priest, hunted by an anti-clerical government, grapples with his duty and his sins as he faces an almost certain trap to hear a dying man's confession.
by Gabrielle Zevin
3.7(33,287)
After a coin toss leads to amnesia, a teenage girl must rebuild her past, navigating forgotten loves, new connections, and hidden secrets, all while finding out who she truly is.
by Ariana Franklin
4.0(33,272)
In a superstitious medieval England, a brilliant female forensic doctor from Sicily must conceal her identity to unmask a serial killer preying on children and save the Jewish community from a blood libel.
by Shannon Hale
4.0(33,272)
A quiet boy with a gift for observation must navigate a treacherous political situation and a string of murders in an enemy land to save his companions.
by Alyson Noel
4.1(33,252)
After an unexpected journey to the afterlife, Riley discovers her eternal leisure is cut short by a new job as a Soul Catcher, forcing her to confront a centuries-old ghost and a mysterious, alluring mentor in a quest that blurs the lines between life, death, and an unexpected romance.
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
3.8(33,250)
Tired of tedious royal lessons and a dull fiancé, Cinderella schemes to ditch her crown and elope with the palace's stable boy, proving that 'happily ever after' is a matter of fierce will, not glass slippers.
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
3.7(33,244)
A 'timequake' makes humanity relive a dreadful decade of lost free will. Vonnegut’s satire examines memory, suicide, and reading through his recurring sci-fi writer, Kilgore Trout.