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by Alex Haley
4.4(146,094)
Following Kunta Kinte and his descendants, 'Roots' shows slavery's brutality and an American family's lasting resilience.
by Sally Thorne
4.1(145,985)
A fiercely competitive executive assistant and her equally ambitious, infuriatingly handsome rival discover their elaborate office 'hating game' might actually be a passionate prelude to love.
by H.G. Wells
3.6(145,409)
A brilliant but unstable scientist discovers invisibility, then uses his unseen existence to terrorize people as he tries to reverse his condition.
by Alan Bradley
3.8(145,356)
In the summer of 1950, an eleven-year-old chemistry prodigy with a penchant for poisons finds her life truly begins when a mysterious dead bird and a dying man in the cucumber patch launch her into a delightfully macabre investigation at her family's eccentric estate.
by Gretchen Rubin
3.6(145,268)
by Stephen King
4.3(145,128)
In the final act, Roland the gunslinger must navigate a collapsing multiverse and confront the Crimson King to reach the Dark Tower, the center of all reality, and complete his decades-long quest.
by Masashi Kishimoto
4.4(144,916)
A loud ninja-in-training, burdened by a legendary demon fox sealed inside him, tries to prove himself and become the Hokage, his village's leader.
by Agatha Christie
4.1(144,801)
When a universally despised colonel is murdered in a vicar's study, Miss Marple must navigate a village teeming with suspects who all secretly wished him dead.
by Isaac Asimov
4.3(144,567)
As the formidable Mule closes in, the galaxy's fate depends on finding the Second Foundation, a quest that throws a sharp 14-year-old girl into a dangerous game of minds and empires.
by Nicholas Sparks
3.9(144,478)
Twenty-five years after a devastating separation, high school sweethearts Amanda and Dawson are reunited by their mentor's death, forcing them to confront their lost love and the paths not taken during a single weekend.
by Laura Hillenbrand
4.2(144,419)
This is the true story of Seabiscuit, a crooked-legged racehorse, and the unlikely trio who made him an American sports legend, captivating a nation during the Great Depression.
by Thomas Keneally
4.3(144,236)
Amidst the horrors of the Holocaust, a German industrialist risks everything to turn his factory into a sanctuary, saving over a thousand Jews from the gas chambers through bribery and deception.
by Sylvain Reynard
4.0(144,077)
A tormented Dante scholar, haunted by a dark past and addicted to pleasure, finds his world shattered by his new graduate student, forcing a perilous journey towards an impossible redemption.
by L.M. Montgomery
4.2(143,967)
Anne Shirley, a new schoolteacher in Avonlea, handles the funny and heartfelt parts of growing up, meddling in romances, taking in new orphans, and figuring out a handsome doctor-to-be's confusing feelings, all while her red hair and temper stay wild.
by Terry Pratchett
4.0(143,853)
A young girl with wizarding powers defies ancient traditions to enter an all-male university and save Discworld from a magical cataclysm.
by Philip Pullman
4.3(143,625)
A young girl and her daemon travel across parallel worlds, fighting celestial powers and facing the nature of Dust, free will, and destiny to save all of existence.
by Douglas Adams
4.1(143,443)
Arthur Dent returns to a familiar Earth, only to find himself in a cosmic scavenger hunt for God's final message, involving dolphins, a giant robot, and the universe's lingering absurdity.
by Bisco Hatori
4.4(143,307)
A scholarship student at an elite academy accidentally breaks a priceless vase and must join a club of six charming, wealthy boys who entertain female clients, leading to unexpected friendships and developing romance.
by Bryan Stevenson
4.6(143,058)
Bryan Stevenson, a young lawyer, confronts the racial injustice of America's legal system through the fight for Walter McMillian, a man wrongly condemned to death row, showing how mercy can improve a broken justice system.
by Justin Halpern
4.0(142,571)
After a breakup, a 28-year-old moves back home to record his 73-year-old, unfiltered, Socrates-but-angrier father's hilariously profane wisdom on everything from dating to Nazis, transforming their chaotic kitchen conversations into a viral memoir.
by Josh Malerman
4.0(142,513)
An unseen force drives people to madness. A mother, blindfolded, must navigate a dangerous river with her two children, using only sound to escape the horror.
by Jodi Picoult
4.0(142,352)
A daughter uses her missing elephant researcher mother's journals to find her, uncovering family secrets and the science of animal grief.
by Maria V. Snyder
4.1(142,074)
Condemned for murder, a young woman's reprieve as a food taster becomes a daily dance with death as she navigates palace intrigue, rebellion, and burgeoning magic, all while slowly succumbing to a deliberate, inescapable poison.
by Rupi Kaur
4.2(142,061)
Rupi Kaur's collection of poems and illustrations explores the cycle of growth—wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming—celebrating self-discovery, ancestry, and various forms of love.