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by David McCullough
4.1(77,137)
From a Missouri farm to the Oval Office, Harry S. Truman unexpectedly faced the atomic age, the start of the Cold War, and the Korean conflict, showing a courageous resolve that reshaped the 20th century.
by Guillermo del Toro
3.8(77,098)
When a silent, dark plane lands at JFK, a CDC doctor uncovers a chilling vampiric contagion that forces him to join a Holocaust survivor and an unlikely team in a desperate fight to save New York City from an ancient, bloodthirsty evil.
by John Grisham
3.7(76,999)
A public defender's routine murder case turns into a complex conspiracy against a pharmaceutical company, offering him a life-changing fortune or professional ruin.
by Terry Pratchett
4.2(76,879)
When Death takes an unexpected holiday, his granddaughter Susan must step into the sleigh to save Hogswatch and reality itself from the consequences of humanity losing its belief.
by Amanda Lovelace
3.9(76,768)
Amanda Lovelace's poetry collection shows her change from a quiet princess to a strong queen, helping readers heal and find self-love.
by Wassily Kandinsky
3.8(76,684)
Kandinsky's important book says art should be free from material things. It asks artists to start a spiritual change using abstract shapes and color psychology in their paintings.
by Amish Tripathi
4.1(76,525)
Haunted by betrayal, Shiva, the prophesied destroyer of evil, quests across ancient India to unmask a Naga warrior and unravel a web of deceit that threatens his faith and world.
by Norman Bridwell
4.1(76,388)
Join Emily Elizabeth and her red dog, Clifford, as they navigate a world of oversized adventures and heartwarming mutual care.
by Thomas J. Stanley
4.0(76,304)
America's wealthiest individuals often live unassuming lives, prioritizing frugality and smart investing over lavish displays of wealth.
by Knut Hamsun
4.0(76,288)
Knut Hamsun's *Hunger* depicts a starving writer's descent into alienation and self-destruction, painting an unforgettable portrait of a man pushed to his limits.
by Alexandra Bracken
4.3(76,231)
Haunted by her past and wielding dangerous psionic powers, Ruby, a 'monster' to herself and others, must betray her current allies to find the one boy who holds the key to a nation's deadly secret – and who wouldn't even recognize the girl she's become.
by Hugh Howey
4.1(76,104)
In a subterranean silo where dissent is punished with a one-way trip to a toxic surface, a mechanic's forbidden curiosity unravels generations of carefully constructed lies.
by Kelly Harms
3.8(76,026)
A burnt-out single mom escapes to New York City for the summer, only to find herself torn between a new romance and the life she left behind when a crisis forces her two worlds to collide.
by Ian McEwan
3.6(75,977)
On their wedding night in 1962, two virgins, burdened by expectations and anxiety, navigate intimacy on Chesil Beach, leading to a single, unspoken moment that changes their lives forever.
by Tana French
3.9(75,752)
Detective Scorcher Kennedy unearths a chilling conspiracy behind a family's murder in a desolate, half-built luxury estate, forcing him to confront the dark, buried secrets of his own past tied to the same haunted ground.
by Rick Riordan
3.9(75,738)
Orphaned siblings Amy and Dan Cahill are thrust into a global scavenger hunt against their cutthroat relatives, deciphering cryptic clues to a world-altering fortune hidden by their powerful ancestors, all while readers can join the chase online.
by Michael Scott
4.1(75,628)
With Paris destroyed and his own power fading, Nicholas Flamel must trust the prophetic Newman twins, guiding them to learn water magic from an unstable immortal while fighting dark alchemists and a cursed sword's influence.
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.2(75,559)
In a kingdom nearing civil war, an orphan is forced into a competition to impersonate a lost prince, uncovering deceit where truth may be the most dangerous lie.
by Paul Beatty
3.7(75,557)
A young Black man, raised as a psychological experiment, tries to save his erased hometown by bringing back slavery and segregation, leading to a funny, absurd Supreme Court trial that criticizes American racial politics.
by Janette Sebring Lowrey
4.1(75,357)
Five little puppies dig a hole under the fence and go out to play in the meadow, but one poky puppy lags behind and misses out on dessert after supper.
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
3.9(75,351)
A young boy in rural West Virginia defies the local hunter, Judd Travers, to protect a gentle beagle he names Shiloh, risking his family's safety and his own conscience to save the dog from abuse.
by John Sandford
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A serial killer who enjoys outsmarting the police with traps meets his intellectual match in Lieutenant Lucas Davenport.
by Michael Shaara
4.3(75,273)
Shaara explores the hearts and minds of Lee, Longstreet, Chamberlain, and Buford during the four most crucial and bloody days of the American Civil War at Gettysburg, revealing the human cost and moral dilemmas that shaped the conflict.
by Vince Flynn
4.2(75,255)
After the Lockerbie attack kills his girlfriend, Mitch Rapp changes from a college athlete into a deadly black ops agent, enacting revenge across Europe and Beirut.