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by Elizabeth George Speare
4.0(134,774)
Orphaned and adrift in the stark Puritanical Connecticut Colony, free-spirited Kit Tyler finds solace and danger in her forbidden friendship with an outcast 'witch' and a charming sailor, ultimately facing accusations of witchcraft herself.
by Kristin Hannah
4.2(134,576)
Two estranged sisters learn their cold Russian mother's harrowing past during the Leningrad siege, discovering a devastating secret that redefines their family and their understanding of love and sacrifice.
by L.M. Montgomery
4.2(134,515)
Anne Shirley navigates Redmond College, facing marriage proposals, loss, and the realization of true love, all while discovering her independent spirit in a charming old cottage shared with friends and a sassy black cat.
by Frank Herbert
3.9(134,418)
Haunted by visions and caught in the fanaticism he inspired, Emperor Paul Muad'Dib navigates political assassinations and personal betrayals, trying to avoid a future where his power crumbles and his beloved Chani faces a terrible fate.
by Walter Isaacson
4.1(134,361)
Walter Isaacson's biography illuminates how Albert Einstein's rebellious spirit fueled his groundbreaking scientific discoveries and shaped his extraordinary life.
by Stephen King
3.5(134,302)
Trapped and handcuffed to a bed in an isolated house with her dead husband beside her, Jessie must confront her darkest memories and a lurking, unspeakable horror to survive.
by Brandon Mull
4.1(134,288)
When a curious boy breaks ancient rules at his grandfather's secret magical preserve, two siblings must brave a world of mischievous satyrs, plotting witches, and vengeful imps to save their family and Fablehaven itself.
by J.D. Salinger
4.2(134,130)
Salinger's collection explores the minds of child prodigies, disillusioned soldiers, and young people, showing the isolation and brief insights of post-war American life.
by S.C. Stephens
4.1(133,942)
When her devoted boyfriend leaves for a dream job, a lonely college student finds herself drawn into a passionate, forbidden affair with a charismatic rock star, jeopardizing everything she thought she wanted.
by Malcolm Gladwell
4.0(133,927)
by Stephen King
4.0(133,845)
Susannah, possessed by a demon, races to give birth to Roland's destined enemy in 1999 New York, while the group is scattered across dimensions to fight gangsters, save a magical rose, and meet their own creator: Stephen King.
by Sarah J. Maas
4.6(133,816)
Imprisoned and tortured, Queen Aelin must ignite the last embers of her magic and the unbreakable bonds of her allies to forge a path through a war-torn realm and reclaim her throne before all of Erilea succumbs to the encroaching darkness.
by Huntley Fitzpatrick
4.0(133,812)
A watchful girl's secret summer romance with the boisterous boy next door forces her to choose between two vastly different families when an unexpected crisis shatters their idyllic world.
by Arthur C. Clarke
4.1(133,654)
Humanity's first contact with alien intelligence happens not through a greeting, but by exploring the silent, huge, and mysterious interior of an abandoned interstellar ark moving through our solar system.
by Sarah J. Maas
4.4(133,582)
Before she was a rebel queen, Celaena Sardothien was a defiant assassin navigating dangerous missions and forbidden love, all while wrestling with her ruthless master and a growing conscience that threatened her freedom.
by Jonathan Tropper
3.9(133,522)
When a man whose life has just imploded is forced to spend a week of Shiva with his wildly dysfunctional family, he must navigate old feuds, new secrets, and the bombshell news of his estranged wife's pregnancy.
by Herman Koch
3.2(133,397)
Over a multi-course meal, two affluent couples navigate polite conversation as they secretly deal with their sons' crime and the decisions they must make to protect them.
by Laurell K. Hamilton
4.0(133,229)
In a St. Louis overrun by the undead, necromancer Anita Blake hunts a serial killer for the city's most powerful vampire, battling her forbidden desire for the creatures she's sworn to destroy.
by Kathy Reichs
3.9(133,207)
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan unearths a chilling pattern in dismembered remains, plunging her into a hunt for a serial killer that puts her closest loved ones, including her own daughter, directly in the crosshairs.
by Virginia Woolf
3.8(133,185)
Through the fragmented perceptions of the Ramsay family and their guests, Woolf creates a meditation on loss, memory, and the elusive nature of truth against a Hebridean summer.
by Stephen King
3.6(132,971)
Lost in the ancient woods, nine-year-old Trisha McFarland, with only a Walkman and the imagined presence of her baseball hero Tom Gordon, must outwit a lurking, supernatural entity or become another forgotten whisper in the Appalachian shadows.
by Lemony Snicket
4.0(132,954)
At a boarding school filled with tyrannical teachers, devious plots, and an abundance of crabs, the Baudelaire orphans must outwit their guardians and uncover a sinister secret before they become the next victims.
by Tess Gerritsen
4.1(132,781)
A Boston detective hunts a surgeon who meticulously tortures and murders women, only to discover the killer's methods chillingly mirror a past attack on a doctor who believed she'd already killed her assailant.
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.2(132,551)
A Christ-like prince, aiming for pure goodness, enters a wild Russian society focused on wealth and desire, only to find his innocence spark scandal, betrayal, and tragic love.