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by Vincent Bugliosi
4.0(125,364)
This is the prosecutor's account of the Charles Manson murders, exposing Manson's psychological control over his followers and the Tate-LaBianca murders.
by Robert Jordan
4.4(125,281)
As the Last Battle rages and reality unravels, Perrin must master his inner wolf to escape spectral hunters, while Mat faces an impossible dance with the Aelfinn and Eelfinn in the ominous Tower of Ghenjei to save a lost friend.
by Liv Constantine
3.9(125,196)
A social climber infiltrates the life of a rich couple, only to find the perfect facade hides dark secrets.
by Michael Cunningham
3.9(125,158)
Three women across different eras and continents find their lives linked by Virginia Woolf's 'Mrs. Dalloway' as they face their own desires, societal expectations, and the passage of time.
by Teresa Driscoll
4.0(124,692)
A woman's guilt over a missed opportunity to help a missing girl turns into a terrifying ordeal when she becomes the target of a mysterious stalker who knows her secret, exposing a web of lies among those closest to the vanished teen.
by John Flanagan
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Feared as dark magicians, the mysterious Rangers recruit a small, orphaned boy named Will, who quickly discovers their true purpose as the kingdom's silent protectors against a looming invasion by the malevolent Lord Morgarath.
by Marcus Aurelius
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Explore the private reflections of a Roman emperor on the universe, leadership, and his own soul, offering lasting wisdom for self-mastery and inner strength.
by Zadie Smith
3.8(124,344)
In multicultural London, the intertwined lives of the English Iqbal and Jewish-Jamaican Jones families unravel across three generations, showing how friendship, love, war, and the inescapable past comically and poignantly affect them.
by Stephen King
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When a novelist's violent pseudonym takes on a life of its own, Thad Beaumont must confront the terrifying reality that his dark literary creation is committing real-world murders, all while framing him with his own bloody fingerprints.
by Mitch Albom
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A broken man, near suicide, gets one miraculous day to reconnect with his deceased mother, learning about her untold sacrifices and mending his life.
by Emmuska Orczy
4.1(124,259)
During the French Revolution, the Scarlet Pimpernel, a master of disguise, saves innocents from the guillotine while a French agent tries to find out who he is.
by Hajime Isayama
4.4(123,623)
Humanity lives behind huge walls, safe from man-eating giants. When the giants break through, a young boy's desire for freedom starts a bloody fight for survival.
by Lori Gottlieb
4.4(123,559)
When a therapist suddenly finds herself on the other side of the couch, she discovers that the universal struggles of her diverse patients mirror her own journey through love, loss, and the messy, humorous business of being human.
by Terry Pratchett
4.0(123,544)
As a large red star moves towards Discworld, the only hope rests with the inept wizard Rincewind, who must save a world he once fell off.
by Eoin Colfer
4.0(123,448)
Thirteen-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl’s latest brilliant plan involves showing a dangerous, stolen fairy supercomputer to a ruthless American businessman, confident that with his bodyguard Butler, nothing could go wrong.
by Sylvia Nasar
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This is the true story of John Nash, a brilliant mathematician who descended into schizophrenia but re-emerged decades later to claim the Nobel Prize for his work in game theory.
by Trenton Lee Stewart
4.2(123,173)
Four uniquely gifted orphans infiltrate a mind-bending academy run by a nefarious villain, relying on their individual talents and burgeoning friendship to thwart a plot that threatens to brainwash the world.
by Ruta Sepetys
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In the brutal winter of WWII's Eastern Front, a Lithuanian nurse, a Prussian soldier with stolen art, and a pregnant Polish girl meet on the overcrowded Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship sailing into the icy Baltic. Their hope for freedom clashes with an unimaginable maritime tragedy.
by Geraldine Brooks
4.0(123,160)
A rare-book conservator uncovers centuries of human drama, sacrifice, and artistic wonder hidden within an ancient illuminated manuscript, tracing its journey through inquisitions, wars, and the people who risked everything to preserve its beauty and secrets.
by Colson Whitehead
4.3(123,036)
In Jim Crow-era Florida, two black boys forge a desperate friendship within a brutal reform school, their clashing ideals and cynicism leading to a decision that will ripple through their lives for decades.
by James Joyce
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Fifteen realistic tales by James Joyce examine the stagnant lives of early 20th-century Dubliners, showing their spiritual and emotional traps through moments of sudden, often unsettling, insight.
by George Saunders
3.8(122,955)
In a spectral Georgetown cemetery, a grief-stricken Abraham Lincoln visits the bardo where his deceased son, Willie, is caught in a hilarious and terrifying purgatory with a chorus of chattering ghosts, all grappling with the messy, unfinished business of life and death.
by Rick Riordan
4.3(122,900)
With the chaos snake Apophis threatening eternal darkness, Carter and Sadie Kane must unite squabbling gods and magicians, and bargain with a murderous ghost, to uncover an ancient spell that can weaponize the serpent's own shadow before the world plunges into oblivion.
by Jon Ronson
3.9(122,876)
Jon Ronson's investigation into the diagnosis of psychopathy unexpectedly leads him to question the sanity of the very people studying madness, revealing that the lines between sane and insane are blurrier than we think.