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by Pittacus Lore
4.2(122,526)
As the last six alien Garde scatter across Earth, Number Seven, Marina, develops her powers and hopes John Smith, Number Four, and a mysterious raven-haired girl will unite them to fight the Mogadorian hunters before humanity's adopted home becomes their final grave.
by J.K. Rowling
4.2(122,486)
A misplaced magical case in 1920s New York unleashes a menagerie of wondrous and dangerous creatures, forcing a shy magizoologist to confront dark forces threatening both the wizarding and non-magical worlds.
by Kimberly McCreight
3.8(122,446)
A grieving mother's relentless investigation into her daughter's supposed suicide uncovers the dark secrets of an elite all-girls school, revealing a truth far more sinister than she could have imagined.
by Jeff Kinney
4.2(122,181)
Greg Heffley must navigate his father's attempts to toughen him up with sports and 'manly' activities, or face the ultimate threat: military academy.
by David Sedaris
3.8(122,085)
David Sedaris hilariously explores the absurdities of family, mortality, and peculiar obsessions, finding deep humanity in unexpected observations, from his father's odd clothes to thinking about buying a Pygmy skeleton.
by J.R. Ward
4.3(122,059)
An ex-cop's love for an aristocratic vampire leads him to a desperate battle against ancient evils, only to become a pawn in the war he sought to join, testing love and sacrifice.
by Kevin Kwan
3.9(121,942)
Asia's wealthiest family fights over a dying matriarch's fortune and prime Singaporean estate, as long-buried secrets, couture sabotage, and scandalous rivalries explode, threatening their opulent lives.
by Simon Sinek
4.1(121,834)
Learn to articulate your core purpose, not just your products, to inspire loyalty and drive change.
by Pierce Brown
4.5(121,746)
In the final book, a changed Red miner starts a brutal, galaxy-wide revolution against the tyrannical Golds, making him fight former friends and inspiring the oppressed to break free and create a new future.
by Lemony Snicket
4.0(121,630)
In the sixth book of their sad story, the Baudelaire orphans go down a dark elevator shaft, finding red herrings, secret passages, and parsley soda, all while trying to outsmart a master of disguise and figure out some mysterious initials.
by Cynthia Hand
4.0(121,427)
Blessed with angelic power and haunted by prophetic visions, Clara must navigate a dangerous destiny and a celestial love triangle as a fiery apocalypse looms.
by Marcus Pfister
4.2(121,333)
A shimmering fish learns that true beauty and happiness come not from glittering scales, but from the joy of sharing them with others.
by Steven D. Levitt
4.0(121,251)
Levitt and Dubner explore the hidden incentives behind everything from prostitution and terrorism to global warming and chemotherapy, revealing the surprising logic that governs our world.
by J.P. Delaney
3.7(121,248)
A minimalist house designed by a reclusive architect forces two women, years apart, to face their pasts and question their minds as they uncover the truth behind the previous tenant's death, which mirrors their own lives.
by Nicole Krauss
3.9(121,146)
A forgotten Yiddish novel intertwines the lives of a lonely Polish émigré still yearning for his lost love and a tenacious teenage girl determined to cure her mother's solitude by finding its elusive author.
by Douglas Adams
4.0(121,083)
A disarmingly holistic detective, a couch, and an ancient ghost's time-traveling suicide attempt collide in a hilariously convoluted plot to save humanity from its own past.
by Amy Tan
4.0(121,064)
A mother's fading memories unlock a hidden past of ancestral curses, forbidden love, and shocking betrayals in a remote Chinese village, forever altering her daughter's understanding of their tumultuous bond.
by Art Spiegelman
4.4(120,866)
In this graphic memoir's haunting conclusion, a son confronts his aging, Holocaust-survivor father's past in Auschwitz and their difficult present in the Catskills, grappling with inherited trauma through the unforgettable metaphor of mice and cats.
by Hiromu Arakawa
4.5(120,836)
Alchemy comes at a brutal cost in this story of two brothers. One is a living suit of armor, the other an alchemist with prosthetic limbs. They hunt for a mythical stone to restore their bodies, but they uncover a conspiracy more dangerous than their own forbidden experiments.
by Jesse Andrews
3.5(120,732)
A self-deprecating film nerd and his only friend must face the difficult realities of dying and real connection when they try to make a last, terrible movie for a classmate.
by Stephen King
3.8(120,724)
When a simple road trip becomes a nightmare involving a monstrous sheriff, a group of strangers in the desolate town of Desperation, Nevada, must join forces against an ancient, evil entity to survive.
by J.R. Ward
4.3(120,438)
A seer's curse and endless war define Vishous's life until a human surgeon thaws his heart, but their forbidden love risks being lost to his solitary destiny.
by Ursula K. Le Guin
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On a frozen world where people have a single, fluid gender, an envoy from another planet challenges their isolation and customs, making them confront identity, love, and belonging.
by Sophie Kinsella
3.8(120,062)
As Becky Brandon shops for two, her perfect pregnancy unravels when her husband's ex-girlfriend becomes her obstetrician, forcing her to confront what else is on sale in her marriage.