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by Anita Diamant
4.2(520,252)
Through the voice of Dinah, Jacob's daughter, "The Red Tent" explores the intimate world of biblical women, revealing their sisterhood, spiritual traditions, and resilience in ancient Genesis.
by John Boyne
4.2(517,922)
A nine-year-old German boy's innocent friendship with a boy on the other side of a concentration camp fence reveals the Holocaust's unseen horrors.
by C.S. Lewis
4.3(517,740)
Four siblings enter the magical land of Narnia through a wardrobe, finding talking animals, mythical creatures, and an ongoing fight between good and evil, overseen by the lion Aslan.
by Stephen King
4.0(514,829)
In a desolate world like our own, Roland, the last gunslinger, pursues the Man in Black. He forms an unexpected bond with a boy from another Earth while on a quest about good, evil, and fate.
by Emily Giffin
3.9(507,432)
A lawyer's thirtieth birthday leads to an affair with her best friend's fiancé, forcing her to confront loyalty, love, and happiness.
by Alex Michaelides
4.1(507,237)
A painter's silence after shooting her husband five times sends a psychotherapist on a quest for truth that threatens his own sanity.
by Cixin Liu
4.1(505,063)
Decades after a secret Chinese military project broadcasts humanity's existence into the cosmos, an alien civilization on the brink of collapse intercepts the signal and sets Earth on a collision course with an invasion that divides humanity into welcoming collaborators and desperate defenders.
by Nicholas Sparks
4.2(504,747)
A rebellious New York teen, forced to spend summer with her estranged father in a quiet beach town, unexpectedly finds first love and begins to mend a broken family bond through the shared language of music and forgiveness.
by Angie Thomas
4.5(503,674)
After seeing her unarmed best friend shot by a police officer, 16-year-old Starr Carter must find her voice and decide whether to speak out, risking her safety and the balance of her two worlds.
by Yuval Noah Harari
4.4(502,425)
Sapiens tells the story of Homo sapiens, showing how our ability to create shared fictions helped us go from an ordinary ape to the planet's main species, changing Earth and our future.
by Chuck Palahniuk
4.2(498,931)
An insomniac office worker, an anarchist, and a fight club come together in a look at consumerism, masculinity, and the search for identity in a modern world.
by Stephen King
4.2(498,604)
Held captive by his self-proclaimed 'number one fan,' a famous author is forced to write his greatest work under the threat of unimaginable pain and psychological torture in an isolated house.
by Eoin Colfer
3.9(495,987)
A preteen criminal mastermind kidnaps a heavily armed fairy, unwittingly igniting a high-tech magical war beneath the surface of the Earth.
by Charlaine Harris
4.0(495,821)
When vampires reveal themselves to the world, telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse finds her quiet Louisiana life changed by a charming undead lover and a series of supernatural mysteries.
by Jenny Han
4.2(490,426)
Lara Jean's hidden love letters are mailed, making her face old crushes, including her sister's ex, and find real love.
by Malcolm Gladwell
3.9(487,482)
Explore the hidden power of quick judgments and how 'thin-slicing' information helps skilled decision-makers succeed instantly, often without conscious thought.
by Alan Moore
4.4(487,212)
Costumed vigilantes are outlawed. A detective and his former allies uncover a conspiracy from their violent past that affects their nuclear-threatened present. They must confront the moral complexities of power and justice.
by Laurie Halse Anderson
4.0(484,810)
A silent freshman artist navigates high school, her quietness a shield against a traumatic secret until she finds her power to speak through art and confronts her rapist.
by Anne Rice
4.0(484,530)
A vampire tells his story of immortal longing, moral decay, and the pain of eternal life, all while dealing with his need for human blood.
by Janet Evanovich
4.0(483,024)
Unemployed and desperate, Stephanie Plum trades lingerie for handcuffs, hunting down a charming ex-cop—who also happens to be the man who broke her heart and defiled her reputation years ago—in a hilarious and explosive quest for bounty money and overdue revenge.
by Robert Galbraith
3.9(481,916)
A war-wounded private investigator looks into the world of high fashion and rock 'n' roll to find out the truth behind a supermodel's supposed suicide.
by Cassandra Clare
4.1(480,909)
As peace settles and romance blossoms, Clary Fray's newfound happiness is shattered by a string of mysterious Shadowhunter murders and Jace's sudden withdrawal, forcing her to confront a chilling truth that threatens to unravel the fragile world she fought so hard to build.
by Neil Gaiman
4.0(480,713)
A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home, bringing back terrifying, magical memories of his seven-year-old self, a girl named Lettie, and the ancient horrors in a pond.
by Maria Semple
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After her eccentric, architect-turned-recluse mother vanishes before a family trip to Antarctica, a determined teenager pieces together a hilarious and heartbreaking mosaic of emails, invoices, and secret pasts to find her.