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by Jan Karon
4.3(22,605)
In Mitford, Father Tim and Cynthia's love story shows romance can bloom anew, even in quiet places.
by Wendy Mass
4.3(22,532)
Four uniquely talented children, each hiding a secret, compete in a national candy-making contest where the sweetest creations might just reveal the most unexpected truths about friendship and family.
by Lisa McMann
3.7(22,530)
Seventeen-year-old Janie unwillingly enters other people's dreams, a curse that turns her into an active participant in a terrifying nightmare, blurring the lines between observer and victim.
by Huntley Fitzpatrick
3.7(22,515)
On an island of rich and poor, a summer of romance and family secrets makes a young woman face uncomfortable truths about her past, her future, and the boy she thought she knew.
by Chris Gardner
4.2(22,499)
From the hard streets of San Francisco, where he and his toddler son were homeless, Chris Gardner's strong spirit made a way to Wall Street, ending a family pattern of abandonment and showing what the American Dream can be.
by Shea Ernshaw
3.8(22,468)
In the cursed town of Sparrow, where drowned witch sisters return annually to steal bodies and lure boys to their deaths, a local girl must choose between saving a mysterious newcomer and succumbing to the town's wicked legacy.
by Alain de Botton
4.0(22,442)
Alain de Botton brings ancient wisdom from six philosophers to help modern readers with love, money, and self-doubt, showing how philosophy can still guide the soul.
by D.J. MacHale
4.2(22,438)
A young Traveler named Bobby Pendragon must break the rules of inter-territorial travel to save a world from a plague.
by Augusten Burroughs
4.0(22,426)
Augusten Burroughs navigates the hilarious and harrowing tightrope of sobriety, trading his glamorous drunken Manhattan life for the fluorescent reality of rehab, only to face the ultimate challenge: returning to his old world, sober.
by Sheila Turnage
4.0(22,422)
An 11-year-old, hurricane-found, quick-witted girl in a small Southern town must solve a murder to save her eccentric adoptive family, all while secretly searching for her birth mother.
by Agatha Christie
3.8(22,390)
Hercule Poirot investigates strange thefts at a student hostel, where a diamond ring in soup and cut rucksacks point to a complex plot beyond simple kleptomania, and a widespread fear suggests a killer lives among the eccentric residents.
by Joe McGinniss
4.1(22,387)
A charismatic doctor's seemingly perfect life unravels into a chilling true crime saga when he is accused of murdering his pregnant wife and two young daughters, leaving the nation to wonder if he is a grieving husband or a cold-blooded killer.
by Ian Fleming
3.8(22,386)
James Bond must uncover the sinister truth behind a beloved national hero and his seemingly patriotic rocket program before a dazzling weapon of mass destruction unleashes its terrible beauty upon the world.
by Rachel Joyce
4.0(22,359)
On the edge of death, Queenie Hennessy writes her confession, revealing twenty years of secrets to find peace and an unexpected connection with the man walking across England to save her.
by Natasha Pulley
3.7(22,358)
In gaslit 1883 London, a mysterious Japanese watchmaker, a gifted physicist, and a Scotland Yard telegraphist become entangled by a sentient golden pocket watch, revealing a hidden world of clockwork precognition, ancient Japanese magic, and dangerous loyalty.
by Thomas S. Kuhn
4.0(22,354)
Kuhn shows that science progresses through 'paradigm shifts' rather than steady discovery, fundamentally changing our view of how we understand the universe.
by Susanna Kearsley
4.1(22,353)
A woman buys her dream house, only to discover it's a portal to 17th-century England, where she relives a past life of forbidden love and danger that threatens her present.
by Allan Pease
4.0(22,326)
Understand gestures, expressions, and postures to decode intentions and succeed in any social interaction, from job interviews to romantic encounters.
by Alan Hollinghurst
3.7(22,312)
In Thatcher's 1980s Britain, a young, gay man obsessed with art moves into the home of a powerful Tory family, observing their lives of class, desire, and belonging, until their tragic collapse.
by David Almond
3.8(22,307)
In a collapsing garage, a boy whose sister is ill finds a creature of feather and bone, an enigmatic being that blends bird, angel, and the essence of hope.
by Gary Paulsen
3.8(22,285)
Tasked by the government to relive his harrowing survival, Brian Robeson must once again brave the wilderness, this time rafting an unconscious psychologist down a treacherous river after a lightning strike disables their only communication.
by James A. Michener
4.2(22,285)
Follow the Steed family through four centuries of American history, as their lives connect with the story of the Chesapeake Bay, from its wild beginnings to the founding of a nation.
by Russell Brand
3.4(22,284)
Russell Brand’s raw memoir describes his journey from addiction and self-destruction to comedy stardom and sobriety.
by Michelle Paver
4.2(22,273)
Six millennia ago, a twelve-year-old outcast and his telepathic wolf-cub companion must brave primeval forests and treacherous glaciers to defeat a malevolent spirit threatening their ancient world.