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by Michael Bond
4.2(75,255)
A polite bear from Peru, who loves marmalade and causes unintentional chaos, finds a home and adventure with the Brown family in London.
by Jojo Moyes
4.0(75,242)
A forgotten trove of passionate letters from 1960 unravels a forbidden affair, compelling a modern journalist to unearth the lovers' fate and confront the echoes in her own complicated life.
by Dave Eggers
4.2(75,239)
Orphaned by civil war, Valentino Achak Deng journeys across Sudan and Ethiopia, facing loss and finding strength as he navigates conflict.
by Claudia Gray
3.6(75,235)
At a mysterious boarding school for the undead, an ordinary girl falls for a rebellious boy, only to discover their forbidden love is a dangerous secret that could expose her own dark truth.
by Alice Hoffman
3.8(75,134)
Two bewitched sisters, bound by an ancient curse and the longing for ordinary love, discover that escaping their magical legacy is far more complicated than running away.
by Cornelia Funke
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As the Inkworld falls to the Adderhead's rule and winter spreads, Mo, the Silver Tongue, must outsmart Death and rewrite a tragic story to save his family and their enchanted world.
by C.S. Lewis
3.9(75,067)
A philologist abducted to Mars finds a universe full of life and purpose, only to learn his own Earth is the 'silent planet,' cut off from the cosmos.
by Francine Rivers
4.6(75,055)
In war-torn Jerusalem and decadent ancient Rome, a Jewish slave girl keeps her forbidden faith, navigating a dangerous love with a Roman aristocrat while a barbarian gladiator fights for survival in the arena.
by William Strunk Jr.
4.2(74,946)
This guide distills the art of clear, concise writing into actionable principles, helping you craft elegant and impactful sentences.
by Anne Rice
3.8(74,911)
Hunted by a mortal woman and pursued by the Devil himself, Lestat enters a spiritual battle for his soul, choosing between damnation and salvation across all creation.
by David McCullough
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Wilbur and Orville Wright, two bicycle mechanics, used grit, curiosity, and ingenuity to achieve human flight.
by Nora Roberts
4.1(74,795)
An architect renovating a historic inn finally builds the courage to pursue the bookstore owner he's liked since adolescence, as their small town watches their love story unfold.
by Naomi Novik
4.2(74,735)
A moneylender's daughter, who boasts of turning silver into gold, accidentally traps herself and two other women in a dangerous game with the Staryk king and a cursed tsar, threatening their world.
by R.A. Salvatore
4.2(74,551)
A drow outcast defies his murderous family and the evil of his race in the sunless Underdark, seeking a new life beyond the shadows.
by John Grisham
3.6(74,510)
Three law students, burdened by predatory debt from a fraudulent institution, devise a plan to expose the corrupt system and escape financial ruin by quitting school just months before graduation.
by George Eliot
3.6(74,430)
A reclusive weaver, embittered by betrayal and loss, finds redemption and the meaning of wealth through an orphaned golden-haired child.
by David Foster Wallace
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In a future America where corporate sponsorship has taken over the calendar and entertainment is a weapon, the fractured lives of a junior tennis prodigy, his absent intellectual father, and a recovering addict converge in a sprawling, tragicomic exploration of addiction, depression, and the relentless pursuit of happiness.
by Robert Goolrick
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An isolated, wealthy businessman and a calculating woman with a secret plan marry, each intending to kill the other, only to find their sinister goals complicated by an unexpected love.
by Iain M. Banks
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During a galaxy-wide war between a religious empire and a utopian civilization, a cynical shapeshifter and his crew brave a deadly labyrinth on a forbidden world to find a rogue AI that could change the war's outcome.
by Jeffrey Archer
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A dockworker's son in 1920s Bristol learns a secret about his parents, moving him from the shipyards to an elite school and forcing a choice between Oxford and WWII, all while questioning who he is.
by Aprilynne Pike
3.8(74,133)
A teenager learns she is a faerie whose new wings mean a dangerous future tied to an ancient magical world and a forbidden romance.
by Alex Garland
3.9(73,994)
On a secluded Thai island, an adventurous backpacker's discovery of a utopian beach community quickly devolves into a struggle for survival as human nature's darker side erodes paradise.
by Brandon Sanderson
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A lawman in a world of magic and technology hunts mythical artifacts and uncovers a conspiracy that threatens his family and modern society.
by Lee Child
4.1(73,905)
Stranded in a brutal South Dakota snowstorm, Jack Reacher finds himself in a desperate race against a professional assassin to protect a lone woman whose testimony could expose a town's deadly secrets, all while a ticking clock counts down their final 61 hours.