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by Sarah Dessen
3.9(61,813)
Shy, self-conscious Colie finds her voice and a place to belong during a summer working at the Last Chance Cafe with two friends.
by Nathan Hill
4.1(61,799)
A struggling writer's quest to understand his estranged, radicalized mother's past after she becomes a media sensation reveals a complex family story, forcing him to confront hidden truths and reclaim his own life.
by George Saunders
4.0(61,783)
In a world of backyard pole decorations and unsettling drug trials, George Saunders illuminates the struggles of ordinary people lost within their own minds and a subtly crumbling America.
by Paul Auster
3.9(61,768)
In New York City, a detective's search for a missing person turns into an investigation of identity, coincidence, and existence.
by Clare Pooley
4.1(61,749)
A group of seniors, a daycare, and a teen dad team up to save their community center, showing that age does not limit friendship or grand larceny.
by Veronica Roth
3.8(61,654)
In a galaxy where unique currentgifts define destiny, a resilient woman with the power to inflict pain and a loyal man who can disrupt it are forced together, challenging the brutal tyranny of her brother and the deep-seated animosity between their worlds.
by Walter Isaacson
4.1(61,546)
Walter Isaacson shows Leonardo da Vinci as the ultimate Renaissance man, whose curiosity and imagination joined art and science, from the Mona Lisa to flying machines, revealing a genius at the crossroads of humanistic creativity and scientific inquiry.
by Colleen Hoover
4.3(61,536)
A story about a marriage struggling with infertility and unspoken resentments, where a forgotten promise might help mend a broken love.
by Chuck Palahniuk
3.8(61,508)
In a world near a viral apocalypse, the oral history of Buster 'Rant' Casey, a rebel who turned urban demolition derbies into biological terrorism, reveals the truth behind his highway death and the pandemic he may have started.
by Holly Black
4.0(61,470)
A boy warned his whole life to avoid magic finds himself drawn into a dangerous sorcery school, where a dark destiny and a loyal puppy await.
by Ann-Marie MacDonald
4.0(61,441)
On Cape Breton, four sisters face a multigenerational saga of forbidden love, ambition, and a secret that threatens to shatter their family's web of sin, guilt, and redemption.
by Charles Bukowski
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Henry Chinaski, a defiant, drunken poet, stumbles through WWII-era America, leaving a trail of broken jobs and sordid encounters.
by Amie Kaufman
3.9(61,408)
Stranded on a desolate planet after a spaceliner crash, a privileged heiress and a working-class war hero must survive the alien wilderness and a dangerous truth about their survival.
by Melissa Albert
3.6(61,392)
A nomadic teen, haunted by bad luck, must enter the sinister world of her reclusive grandmother's dark fairy tales to rescue her abducted mother, uncovering the truth behind her own cursed life.
by Richard Castle
3.6(61,344)
During a New York City heatwave, an NYPD detective investigates a real estate tycoon's suspicious death among Manhattan's elite, all while dealing with a ride-along journalist.
by Anna Todd
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Tessa deals with shocking family news and Hardin's destructive anger, making her decide if their passionate, yet harmful, love is worth the constant drama or if it's time to leave.
by Martin Cruz Smith
4.0(61,283)
In Moscow, where truth is a luxury, Chief Investigator Arkady Renko investigates a triple murder of unrecognizable victims in Gorky Park, navigating international espionage and Soviet corruption to find a killer before he becomes the next casualty.
by Sidney Sheldon
4.0(61,274)
Framed by the mob and abandoned, a woman seeks ingenious revenge, becoming a master of disguise to outwit those who ruined her future.
by Jane Smiley
3.8(61,200)
An aging Iowa farmer's plan to divide his land among his three daughters backfires, uncovering generations of family secrets and resentments, much like the story of King Lear in the American heartland.
by Anonymous
4.0(61,139)
To survive, Shahrazad tells King Shahriyar a thousand and one enchanting tales of genies, sorcerers, and clever lovers, creating a picture of medieval Islamic life and imagination.
by Barbara Kingsolver
3.8(61,133)
Between Frida Kahlo's Mexico and WWII America, Harrison Shepherd navigates a life shaped by art, revolution, and the space between personal truth and public perception.
by Alyson Noel
4.0(61,096)
To save her ailing immortal love, Ever must journey to a mystical dimension and confront his dark past, forcing her to choose between rewriting her own tragic history and sacrificing the one person she cannot live without.
by Kent Haruf
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Two widowed neighbors in rural Colorado form an unconventional bond, sharing their beds and their deepest truths to ease the loneliness of aging.
by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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A twelve-year-old genius copes with tragedy by counting by 7s and finds an unconventional new family.