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by Terry Pratchett
4.3(94,183)
Armed with a frying pan and a strong will, young Tiffany Aching, helped by a clan of six-inch-high, sword-wielding blue men, must face Fairyland's nightmare to rescue her brother and save her world from the Elves' queen.
by Kristin Hannah
4.2(93,956)
A mother's life shatters after her children and their foster friend are in a tragic accident, making her face blame, forgiveness, and a mother's love.
by Cormac McCarthy
4.0(93,899)
In post-WWII Texas, sixteen-year-old John Grady Cole, the last in a ranching family, rides south with his friends into a beautiful but brutal Mexico. There, the romantic ideal of the cowboy clashes with the harsh realities of fate and violence.
by Jodi Picoult
3.7(93,743)
A woman's perfect life shatters when a policeman reveals her father kidnapped her as a child, forcing her to confront her past and redefine family.
by Allen Ginsberg
4.1(93,609)
Ginsberg's electrifying collection is a raw, impassioned scream against the conformity and destruction of his generation, a jazz-infused lament for the 'best minds' driven to madness.
by Leo Tolstoy
4.1(93,360)
A judge with a mysterious illness faces the emptiness of his life, finding truth only as he nears death.
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
4.0(93,290)
In a post-apocalyptic world, cloistered monks guard ancient knowledge, watching centuries of rediscovery, hubris, and humanity's endless cycle of self-destruction.
by Evelyn Waugh
4.0(93,254)
An artist, Charles Ryder, recounts his deep involvement with the Marchmain family and the slow decline of their privileged world, influenced by modernity and faith.
by Dalai Lama XIV
4.2(93,167)
The Dalai Lama, guided by a Western psychiatrist, shares practical wisdom on finding lasting inner peace amid life's challenges and achieving happiness.
by Tana French
4.0(93,015)
A detective is forced to confront the ghosts of his past when the cold case of his vanished first love resurfaces in the working-class Dublin neighborhood he fled two decades prior.
by Frank E. Peretti
4.2(92,920)
In the quiet town of Ashton, a skeptical journalist and a pastor uncover a New Age conspiracy, finding themselves in a war where angelic and demonic forces fight for human souls.
by Raina Telgemeier
4.2(92,741)
Amidst the chaos of middle school theater, set designer Callie navigates backstage carpentry woes, dwindling ticket sales, and a whirlwind of crushes on two brothers, all while striving to build a Broadway-worthy set for 'Moon Over Mississippi'.
by Carson McCullers
4.0(92,728)
In a sleepy 1930s Southern town, a silent, all-observing deaf man becomes the unexpected confidant for a range of lonely, lost, and longing people, each projecting their deepest desires onto his quiet empathy.
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
4.0(92,617)
In a Siberian Gulag, Ivan Denisovich lives through one day, where every small gain is a victory against Stalin's regime.
by Han Kang
3.6(92,615)
A woman's choice to stop eating meat upends her ordinary life, leading to a disturbing change in her body and mind as her family tries to control her defiance.
by Kiersten White
3.9(92,477)
Armed with a taser and a quirky sense of humor, a 'normal' girl working for a supernatural containment agency finds her chaotic love life with a faerie ex and a shapeshifter complicated by a dark prophecy that puts her at the heart of paranormal destruction.
by Stephen Crane
3.3(92,369)
A young Civil War recruit's shame-fueled flight from the battlefield turns into a desperate quest for a "red badge of courage" amidst the brutal realities of war.
by Ursula Hegi
4.1(92,245)
by Sabaa Tahir
4.3(91,991)
A Scholar slave and a former Mask flee a tyrannical Empire, infiltrating its most brutal prison to save a brother. They are hunted by an emperor, a commandant, and a former friend turned Blood Shrike.
by Alice Feeney
3.8(91,526)
Trapped in a coma, Amber Reynolds pieces together the chilling truth of her accident, only to discover her own memories might be the most dangerous lie of all.
by Sarah Orne Jewett
4.1(91,500)
A summer visitor to a remote Maine fishing village discovers the quiet dignity, lasting friendships, and solitude in the lives of its resilient, sea-weathered inhabitants.
by Bill Clinton
3.8(91,284)
When a cyberterror plot threatens America and a traitor lurks within his cabinet, the President of the United States vanishes, becoming both suspect and victim in a real-time race against an unprecedented attack.
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
4.2(91,270)
Laura Ingalls's childhood in Minnesota, from a sod house on Plum Creek to the dangers of blizzards and grasshopper plagues, shows family strength and the comfort of Pa's fiddle on the frontier.
by Jon Scieszka
4.2(91,253)
Classic fairy tales are turned upside down with silly characters and a strong-smelling cheese man in this funny, chaotic collection.