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  1. Rhapsodic

    Laura Thalassa

    ★ 4.1 (38k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A siren with a magical debt bracelet must reconnect with the fae king who knows her past. They race to stop a plot snatching fae warriors, finding glass caskets and whispers of an ancient evil.

  2. After the Quake

    Haruki Murakami

    ★ 3.8 (38k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    After the Kobe earthquake, ordinary people face strange challenges: an electronics salesman delivers a mysterious package, a 'son of God' searches for his human father, and a giant talking frog asks for help to save Tokyo. These events reveal the odd, often unsettling, parts of human life.

  3. Rebel Belle

    Rachel Hawkins

    ★ 3.8 (38k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A Southern belle born for tiaras discovers her destiny is to become a super-powered Paladin, protecting the sarcastic boy she despises, who might just be fated to destroy the world.

  4. The Burning Maze

    Rick Riordan

    ★ 4.4 (38k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Apollo, now the mortal Lester, must go through the Labyrinth with a demigod and a satyr to face a Roman emperor and an Oracle, all to save Camp Jupiter.

  5. Artificial Condition

    Martha Wells

    ★ 4.3 (38k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    To understand the massacre in its past and the truth behind its 'Murderbot' nickname, a security unit teams with a research vessel to revisit the site where it went rogue. It unearths a conspiracy deeper than its fragmented memories suggest.

  6. The Book of Disquiet

    Fernando Pessoa

    ★ 4.4 (38k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    Explore the mind of a Lisbon clerk as everyday life turns into a maze of existential dread, dreams, and personal discovery.

  7. Ceremony in Death

    J.D. Robb

    ★ 4.3 (38k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In a future New York where ancient evils persist, Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates a fellow officer's death, forcing her to confront loyalty, justice, and the power of malevolence, all while a personal warning lands on her doorstep.

  8. Friend Request

    Laura Marshall

    ★ 3.8 (38k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A Facebook friend request from a long-dead classmate forces a woman to face dark secrets and a forgotten night that could shatter her life.

  9. The Miseducation of Cameron Post

    Emily M. Danforth

    ★ 4.0 (38k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    After her parents' sudden death, a teenage girl dealing with her first same-sex kiss is sent to live with her conservative aunt, forcing her to find herself and navigate forbidden love in a small, judgmental Montana town.

  10. Murder in Mesopotamia

    Agatha Christie

    ★ 3.9 (38k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    At a Mesopotamian archaeological dig, a nurse becomes involved in a series of murders, leading Hercule Poirot to find the killer before more people die.

  11. No One Here Gets Out Alive

    Danny Sugerman

    ★ 3.9 (38k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Explore Jim Morrison's complex life, the Doors' frontman, through the eyes of those closest to him, showing the poet, rebel, and self-destructive figure who challenged reality until his early death.

  12. The Winter of Our Discontent

    John Steinbeck

    ★ 4.0 (38k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In 1960s Long Island, a fallen aristocrat trapped in a grocery clerk's life grapples with the corrosive allure of ambition and the slippery slope of moral compromise, desperate to reclaim his family's lost prestige.

  13. Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great

    Judy Blume

    ★ 4.0 (38k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Sheila Tubman, a girl who calls herself 'great,' faces her secret fears and carefully built image during a summer away. She learns to accept her real, imperfect self with help from a new friend.

  14. Quit

    Annie Duke

    ★ 3.8 (38k) average on GoodreadsSelf-Help

    Annie Duke explains why quitting is not a failure but a smart strategy for success in business, career, and personal life.

  15. Restore Me

    Tahereh Mafi

    ★ 4.2 (38k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Newly crowned Supreme Commander Juliette Ferrars struggles with her lethal touch and global power, as a tragedy threatens to dismantle her new world and make her the monster she fears.

  16. Thunderstruck

    Erik Larson

    ★ 3.7 (38k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    In an era of scientific marvels and Edwardian opulence, a meek doctor's desperate attempt at the perfect murder collides with Marconi's revolutionary wireless, igniting the first global manhunt across the vast, once-silent Atlantic.

  17. Taran Wanderer

    Lloyd Alexander

    ★ 4.1 (38k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Taran, no longer an Assistant Pig-Keeper, travels through Prydain to find his family, discovering that true identity comes from within, not from noble birth.

  18. Super Sad True Love Story

    Gary Shteyngart

    ★ 3.5 (38k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    In a near-future America collapsing under credit crises and digital oversharing, an analog man clinging to books and diaries falls for a ruthlessly modern woman, hoping their improbable love can redeem a world obsessed with immortality and instant gratification.

  19. The Practice of the Presence of God

    Brother Lawrence

    ★ 4.3 (38k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    Learn how a 17th-century cook found constant, joyful connection with God in everyday tasks, even in life's busiest moments.

  20. Fracture Me

    Tahereh Mafi

    ★ 3.7 (38k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Adam faces war against his half-brother, a broken heart, fears for his loved ones, and the weight of a rebellion that could destroy everything.

  21. The House We Grew Up In

    Lisa Jewell

    ★ 3.9 (38k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    An Easter weekend tragedy breaks the Bird family, scattering them for decades until an unseen force brings them back to their childhood home to find the truth.

  22. Lincoln

    Gore Vidal

    ★ 4.2 (38k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    Gore Vidal strips away the myth to reveal Abraham Lincoln as a shrewd, melancholic political animal, navigating personal tragedy and a deeply divided capital to reluctantly emancipate a nation teetering on the brink of collapse.

  23. Spilled Milk

    K.L. Randis

    ★ 4.3 (38k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    After a desperate call to social services backfires, a single glass of spilled milk becomes the catalyst for Brooke Nolan to expose her father's escalating brutality and navigate a broken system, risking everything for justice even as she confronts the painful truth that not everyone wants to be saved.

  24. Ragtime

    E.L. Doctorow

    ★ 3.9 (38k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In early 20th-century America, the lives of a wealthy New Rochelle family, a Harlem pianist, and an immigrant peddler intersect with historical figures like Houdini and Freud, exploring class, race, and the pursuit of justice.

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