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by Meg Cabot
3.7(64,665)
A talkative American girl ruins her long-distance relationship, then finds herself in romantic trouble and wedding chaos at a French château, where her big mouth might save the day.
by Carrie Fisher
3.8(64,516)
From Princess Leia's intergalactic fame to personal battles with addiction and bipolar disorder, Carrie Fisher's 'Wishful Drinking' is a raw, funny, and ultimately moving account of Hollywood and her own mind.
by Franz Kafka
4.0(64,480)
In a piercing, posthumously revealed confession, Franz Kafka examines the stifling paternal authority and deep alienation that shaped his life and art, showing the unbridgeable gap between a son's soul and a father's expectations.
by Robert Dugoni
4.3(64,392)
Born with rare red pupils, Sam Hill navigates a lifetime of being an outsider, searching for meaning and acceptance after a tragedy forces him to confront his past and rediscover the true vision of what matters.
by Henning Mankell
3.8(64,347)
A small-town Swedish detective, battling personal demons, must navigate a rising tide of xenophobia and a brutal double murder triggered by a dying whisper to catch the 'faceless killers' before his community implodes.
by John Grisham
3.8(64,275)
Two down-on-their-luck lawyers and a burned-out associate stumble into a potentially lucrative class-action lawsuit against a pharmaceutical giant, hoping to strike it rich without ever stepping foot in a courtroom.
by Barbara Kingsolver
4.0(64,141)
A woman returns to her dying Arizona hometown, confronting a distant father, an environmental crisis, and a captivating Apache philosopher who challenges her to reclaim her dreams and identity.
by Helen Hoang
3.9(64,096)
An autistic man who believes he cannot feel love meets an impulsive Vietnamese woman desperate for a new life; he learns that love, like the heart, understands many languages.
by Colleen Hoover
4.3(64,029)
A tragedy forces a mother and daughter, already in conflict, to deal with grief, forbidden love, and secrets that might pull their family apart.
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.1(63,920)
Haunted by the memory of a mother he can't recall and blessed with a mysterious power of 'conduction,' Hiram Walker navigates the brutal realities of slavery and the perilous path to freedom, determined to rescue the family he left behind.
by Cixin Liu
4.4(63,814)
With humanity's every thought exposed to an alien invasion force centuries away, a select few must craft secret strategies hidden within their own minds, even from their own kind, to save a doomed Earth.
by Thomas Hardy
3.8(63,721)
A stone mason's intense pursuit of knowledge and love collapses against class barriers, social rules, and a tragic fate tied to his free-spirited cousin in Victorian England.
by Anne Rice
3.8(63,697)
Armand, a vampire with a youthful appearance, struggles with eternal life, slavery, and Marius's influence, ultimately choosing between immortality and his soul's salvation, from Mongol-era Kiev Rus to Renaissance Venice and beyond.
by Shirley Jackson
4.1(63,627)
Shirley Jackson's unsettling collection shows how ordinary towns and homes hide chilling rituals and cruel acts, revealing the darkness beneath everyday life.
by Laila Ibrahim
4.3(63,622)
Raised by her enslaved wet nurse in antebellum Virginia, a privileged white girl grapples with the heartbreaking realities of slavery and the impossible choice between familial loyalty and the woman who truly raised her.
by Louise L. Hay
4.2(63,604)
Transform your health and life by understanding how your thoughts shape your reality, offering a direct path to self-healing.
by Charles Bukowski
3.9(63,526)
Fifty-year-old Henry Chinaski, a newly famous poet, falls into a spiral of hangovers and lust, navigating women and booze with his usual dark humor.
by Courtney Summers
4.1(63,520)
After her younger sister is brutally murdered, Sadie seeks vengeance, leaving clues for a podcast host to follow through rural America.
by Stephenie Meyer
3.8(63,518)
Experience the familiar, forbidden romance of Edward and Bella anew, this time through the tormented eyes of a vampire battling his predatory instincts against an overwhelming, dangerous love.
by Stephen Hawking
4.0(63,503)
Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow challenge our deepest ideas about creation, reality, and the universe's origin, proposing a multiverse born from quantum fluctuations where observation shapes history, and M-theory is the ultimate quest for everything.
by Michael Connelly
4.1(63,493)
When a detective's apparent suicide unravels into a series of murders from Hollywood to Mexico, Harry Bosch must navigate a deadly game where the truth is as elusive as 'black ice'.
by Angie Thomas
4.3(63,430)
Sixteen-year-old Bri has to use her father's rap legacy to save her family from eviction, all while finding her own voice in a world of lyrical battles.
by Lee Child
4.1(63,312)
An ex-military drifter finds a woman's West Point ring in a pawn shop. His quest to return it uncovers a criminal conspiracy in the American Midwest.
by Mary Doria Russell
4.1(63,300)
A Jesuit mission to a planet of singing aliens finds a universe so beautiful and brutal, it shatters their faith and changes what they think it means to be human.