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by William Faulkner
3.9(158,429)
Faulkner's novel explores the decay of a Southern family, the Compsons, through the fragmented thoughts of its siblings, haunted by their past and consumed by their present.
by Jeffery Deaver
4.2(158,217)
A quadriplegic forensic genius, confined to his bed, guides a young detective through New York's streets to decipher clues left by a serial killer who dismembers victims based on a forgotten historical terror.
by Colleen Hoover
4.3(158,121)
A writer ghostwriting for an injured author finds a chilling autobiography that blurs truth and manipulation, forcing a choice between love and a devastating secret.
by Henry David Thoreau
3.8(157,871)
Thoreau's Walden chronicles his two-year experiment in simple living by Walden Pond, offering insights into nature and human existence.
by William Shakespeare
3.8(157,847)
In Venice, a desperate loan for love leads to a chilling demand for a pound of flesh, ultimately unraveling in a courtroom where cleverness triumphs over vengeful contracts.
by Eckhart Tolle
4.1(157,778)
Eckhart Tolle guides readers to move past ego-driven suffering and embrace a spiritually awakened life, finding personal fulfillment and global peace.
by Stephen King
4.2(157,345)
Roland and his group must protect a village from child-abducting 'Wolves' and use a dangerous seeing sphere, all while rushing to save the Dark Tower's earthly form from corporate evil.
by Elizabeth Gilbert
4.0(157,326)
In 1940s New York City, a young woman's theatrical awakening leads her to a life of pleasure, self-discovery, and unconventional love, told from her ninety-five-year-old perspective.
by Aravind Adiga
3.7(156,970)
A driver's journey from rural Indian poverty to entrepreneurial wealth becomes a dark comedy about ambition, corruption, and class, culminating in a chilling act of rebellion.
by Jon Krakauer
4.0(156,956)
Krakauer examines the 'divinely inspired' double murder by two fundamentalist Mormon brothers, showing the intersection of faith, polygamy, and violence in America's religious fringes.
by Ralph Ellison
3.9(156,730)
A nameless Black man's journey from the Jim Crow South to Harlem shows the invisibility of racial identity in 1950s America.
by Jess Walter
3.7(156,704)
A romance starts on the Italian coast in 1962 and affects fifty years of lives, Hollywood dreams, and 'Beautiful Ruins'.
by Jonathan Franzen
3.8(156,297)
As the patriarch gets Parkinson's and his wife anxiously plans a final family Christmas, the adult Lambert children deal with their own messy lives, forcing them all to confront uncomfortable truths and old grievances that define their fractured American family.
by Isaac Asimov
4.2(156,207)
As the First Galactic Empire crumbles, the Foundation, guided by psychohistory, confronts the unexpected emergence of the Mule, a mutant capable of shattering Seldon's plan for humanity's future.
by Jane Harper
4.0(155,534)
Amidst a devastating drought, a federal agent returns to his isolated hometown to investigate a friend's murder, only to unearth a shared, long-buried secret that threatens to expose the town's darkest truths.
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
3.4(155,444)
Four dysfunctional siblings' dreams of a shared inheritance unravel when their reckless brother's drunken driving puts their financial future at risk and forces them to confront their lifelong resentments.
by Leigh Bardugo
4.1(155,410)
As Ravka falls to the Darkling, Alina, a weakened Sun Summoner, must find the mythical firebird and face the truth of her bond with her enemy to save her world, even if it means sacrificing her future.
by Philippa Gregory
3.9(155,307)
A commoner secretly marries a king, putting her into the Wars of the Roses where her sons become the 'Princes in the Tower,' changing England's future.
by Karen Marie Moning
4.1(155,285)
A sassy, bubblegum-pink-loving American uncovers a hidden world of dangerous, seductive Fae in Dublin while investigating her sister's murder, ultimately discovering her own latent powers and a race against time to find a dark, reality-bending artifact.
by Fredrik Backman
4.0(155,172)
A seven-year-old goes on a whimsical journey through her grandmother's apology letters, uncovering the magic and messy truths behind their shared, eccentric lives.
by Michelle McNamara
4.1(155,093)
A tenacious true crime journalist's obsessive, posthumously published investigation into the Golden State Killer exposes the chilling details of his reign of terror and the wreckage left in his wake.
by Michael Connelly
4.1(155,059)
Haunted by his past as a Vietnam 'tunnel rat,' LAPD detective Harry Bosch navigates departmental corruption and personal demons to find a killer, forcing him to choose between justice and vengeance.
by Suzanne Collins
3.8(154,723)
To restore his family's name, a young Coriolanus Snow mentors the District 12 tribute in the 10th Hunger Games, fighting literal and political battles where his ambition meets an unexpected human connection.
by Orson Scott Card
4.3(153,731)
From the brutal streets of a dystopian Earth to the strategic battlegrounds of outer space, a small but brilliant boy named Bean must outwit ruthless gangs and alien invaders alike, all while navigating his complex rivalry with Ender Wiggin, to save humanity.