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by Ann B. Ross
3.8(14,470)
When a prim Southern widow's late husband's illegitimate son appears on her doorstep, she's thrust into a whirlwind of scandal, robbery, and kidnapping, forcing her to speak her mind with a wit as sharp as her Steel Magnolia poise.
by Joanne Harris
3.9(14,469)
At an old British grammar school, a resentful former student returns as a teacher, carefully planning 'pranks' to destroy the school and get revenge on its traditional faculty.
by John Reynolds Gardiner
4.0(14,458)
A boy and his dog race against an undefeated musher to save his grandfather's farm from foreclosure in a dogsled competition.
by Trudi Canavan
4.0(14,458)
As Lorkin learns the Sachakan rebels' magic and Sonea confronts a rogue's growing control, internal conflict at the University threatens to break the Guild apart.
by Jeffrey Archer
3.9(14,450)
Four ambitious MPs, bound by rivalry and shared history, navigate three decades of cutthroat British politics, their personal lives intertwined with their relentless pursuit of the ultimate prize: Prime Minister.
by Elif Shafak
4.1(14,443)
In 1970s London, a Turkish immigrant family's desperate pursuit of honor within a new culture tragically culminates in an act of violence, exposing the devastating clash between tradition and assimilation.
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
4.2(14,428)
In a dystopian 2081 where enforced equality cripples individual potential, a superhuman teenager named Harrison Bergeron defies the Handicapper General's handicaps, leading to his tragic end.
by Roberto Saviano
3.8(14,417)
Through personal stories and detailed reporting, Roberto Saviano shows the Camorra's hold on Naples. He reveals how this crime network's involvement in fashion, drugs, and waste disposal has turned the region into a center of global corruption and environmental damage.
by Robyn Carr
4.2(14,409)
After tragedy, a widow and her late husband's best friend, who has loved her for years, find a second chance at happiness despite old loyalties and a meddling town.
by Ian Rankin
3.9(14,408)
A Scottish inspector, battling prejudice and a cunning serial killer in London, finds a dangerous ally in a captivating psychologist, making him a target himself.
by Paula Morris
3.9(14,406)
In New Orleans, a lonely teenager finds an ethereal friendship in a cemetery, uncovering a spectral romance and a dangerous past.
by Clare Pooley
4.0(14,404)
An eccentric artist's green notebook, filled with raw truths, connects six strangers, forcing them to shed their curated lives and find unexpected love and friendship in a bustling café.
by Audrey Coulthurst
3.8(14,399)
A fire-wielding princess betrothed to a prince must hide her forbidden magic while falling for his rebellious sister amidst a kingdom-shaking assassination plot, forcing them to choose between duty and a love that could ignite war.
by Carla Capshaw
3.9(14,398)
A devout gladiator, enslaved and fighting for survival, finds his faith and his heart tested when he's tasked with protecting a cynical, high-society Roman woman whose life is as precarious as his own.
by Iris Rainer Dart
4.2(14,389)
From Atlantic City summers to the shores of adulthood, two vastly different women navigate three decades of life, love, and loss, bound by an unbreakable, ocean-laced friendship.
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
3.8(14,385)
In a Tokyo cafe, customers can briefly revisit the past, but only for the time it takes their coffee to cool, making them face life's truths and the people who shaped them.
by Mario Puzo
3.7(14,385)
Orphaned and adopted into the Aprile crime family, Astorre Viola, the seemingly unassuming horseman, must embrace his carefully cultivated destiny as the last Don's true heir amidst a violent power vacuum and betrayals from within and without.
by Ruth Ozeki
4.0(14,376)
A Japanese-American TV producer uncovers the dark truths of industrial agriculture and its impact on women's bodies while filming a meat-sponsored show, leading her to a connection with a struggling Japanese housewife.
by Anna Quindlen
4.1(14,372)
A woman flees her abusive husband with her son, reinventing herself in a new city while constantly looking over her shoulder, knowing his possessive love will inevitably hunt her down.
by Rosalie Ham
3.4(14,371)
Armed with a sewing machine and Parisian haute couture, a wronged dressmaker returns to her dusty Australian hometown to stitch a dazzling path of revenge through the very women who once cast her out.
by Erin Hunter
4.3(14,352)
A drought threatens the warrior Clans. Three cats with special powers await a fourth apprentice, who is fated to complete a prophecy vital for their survival.
by Philip Roth
3.7(14,352)
A brilliant but overbearing young man's rigid adherence to principle and unspoken desires unravel his promising future amidst the anxieties of the Korean War era.
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
4.2(14,351)
When a snarky new girl moves to West Virginia, she discovers her infuriatingly attractive neighbor is an alien who accidentally marks her, thrusting her into a dangerous intergalactic conflict where staying close to him is her only chance of survival, if she doesn't kill him first.
by Jennifer Roy
4.2(14,350)
A young girl named Syvia shows courage and endures heartbreak in the Lodz ghetto, fighting for survival, told in free verse.