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by Charles Frazier
3.9(221,434)
Amidst the desolation of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier's difficult journey home to his beloved shows enduring love and human resilience.
by Margaret Atwood
4.0(221,061)
In a world reshaped by genetic engineering after an apocalypse, Snowman, possibly the last human, navigates a desolate land, haunted by his past and the green-eyed Children of Crake, as he grapples with the destructive legacy of the man who altered life itself.
by Sophie Kinsella
3.8(220,967)
After a car crash erases three years, a twenty-five-year-old wakes to find herself a glamorous, high-powered executive with a millionaire husband, only to discover her 'perfect' new life is built on secrets and lies she can't remember.
by Anonymous
4.4(220,480)
This foundational text, spanning millennia and continents, combines divine revelation, human history, and lasting wisdom, shaping the spiritual and ethical outlook of Western civilization.
by Edgar Allan Poe
4.4(220,153)
This collection of Poe's tales and poems explores the darker side of human thought and imagination.
by Charlaine Harris
4.0(219,839)
Sookie's road trip to a Mississippi vampire club to find her missing undead boyfriend takes a dark turn when she discovers him entangled in a betrayal that forces her to choose between rescue and revenge.
by Lauren Oliver
4.0(219,616)
Haunted by the girl she left behind in a fiery escape, Lena navigates the Wilds and a growing rebellion, fueled by defiance and a forbidden love that ignites the revolution.
by J.R.R. Tolkien
3.9(219,296)
Elves defy gods and fight a millennia-long war against the Dark Lord Morgoth to reclaim three stolen, star-infused jewels.
by Napoleon Hill
4.2(217,656)
Learn the thirteen principles of success from early 20th-century business leaders to achieve financial independence and personal fulfillment.
by David Grann
4.2(217,206)
Shipwrecked survivors of a secret British war mission tell wildly conflicting tales of mutiny and murder, forcing a court martial to unravel the brutal truth of their desperate struggle for survival on a desolate island.
by Stephen King
4.2(217,186)
The last gunslinger must pull three souls from modern-day New York through mystical doors to aid him in his desperate quest for the Dark Tower, battling both earthly and otherworldly demons along the way.
by Robert Galbraith
4.0(216,932)
Private investigator Cormoran Strike must navigate a venomous literary world to unmask a killer who brutally silences a novelist whose latest manuscript exposes the darkest secrets of everyone he knows.
by David Mitchell
4.0(216,149)
Six connected stories span centuries, from a 19th-century Pacific journey to a future after the world ends, showing how lives change and choices echo through time, shaping destinies as civilizations rise and fall.
by Karen M. McManus
4.0(215,992)
Five high school stereotypes walk into detention, but only four walk out alive, leaving a murdered gossip blogger and a web of secrets that could incriminate any of them.
by Tammara Webber
4.1(215,894)
A college freshman dealing with an assault finds comfort and strength with a quiet art student who becomes her protector.
by Diana Wynne Jones
4.3(215,856)
Transformed into an old woman by a witch's curse, a young hat maker named Sophie must navigate the eccentricities of a notorious wizard and his magical, mobile castle to break her enchantment and discover true love.
by Holly Black
4.1(215,664)
A mortal girl raised in the treacherous, immortal world of Faerie must outwit a cruel prince and navigate deadly court intrigue to find her place and protect her family, even if it means becoming as ruthless as her enemies.
by Nicholas Sparks
4.0(214,941)
A divorced journalist finds a message in a bottle, which leads her to the grieving author and a new love.
by Neil Gaiman
4.1(214,833)
Neil Gaiman retells the lives of Odin, Thor, and Loki, bringing the ancient Norse myths to life from creation to Ragnarok.
by William Shakespeare
4.1(214,654)
Two couples in Messina find love amid mistaken identities and witty arguments. One pair faces a villain's plot, and the other their own stubbornness, all leading to a joyful resolution.
by Robert Jordan
4.3(214,258)
Hunted by prophecy and his own growing, uncontrollable power, Rand al'Thor runs from a future that promises both salvation and madness. His friends also deal with their own new abilities and the spread of a forgotten evil.
by Jonas Jonasson
3.8(213,716)
A 100-year-old man escapes his birthday party, steals a suitcase of cash, and goes on a road trip that reveals how he accidentally shaped the 20th century.
by P.D. Eastman
4.2(213,395)
A newly hatched baby bird embarks on a determined, yet often comical, quest to find his mother, asking everything from a kitten to an airplane, 'Are you my mother?'
by Fredrik Backman
4.3(213,163)
In the isolated, hockey-obsessed town of Beartown, a single act of violence shatters a community's fragile dreams, forcing them to confront the true cost of loyalty, ambition, and silence.