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  1. Silver on the Tree

    Susan Cooper

    ★ 4.1 (34k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As the Dark prepares to engulf the world, young Will Stanton, the last Old One, must unite with ancient powers and mortal allies in a desperate quest through time and the Welsh hills to save reality.

  2. Dexter in the Dark

    Jeff Lindsay

    ★ 3.6 (33k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    When a ritualistic double homicide in Miami silences his inner serial killer, Dexter Morgan must confront an ancient evil that makes his own dark urges seem like child's play, forcing him to question the nature of malevolence.

  3. Heartburn

    Nora Ephron

    ★ 3.6 (33k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    A pregnant cookbook author navigates the hilarious and heartbreaking wreckage of her perfect marriage crumbling due to her husband's affair, all while sharing recipes and plotting comical revenge.

  4. The Rapture of Canaan

    Sheri Reynolds

    ★ 3.8 (33k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In an isolated church awaiting the Rapture, fifteen-year-old Ninah struggles with sermons of damnation and a forbidden earthly passion that threatens her community.

  5. No Rules Rules

    Reed Hastings

    ★ 4.3 (33k) average on GoodreadsLeadership

    Netflix's journey from DVD rentals to a global entertainment giant was fueled by its unique culture of freedom, responsibility, and candor, where 'adequate performance gets a generous severance.'

  6. Bright Side

    Kim Holden

    ★ 4.4 (33k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    An optimistic college student, who has never believed in love, finds herself in a passionate romance with a mysterious musician, all while guarding a secret that threatens to unravel her world.

  7. Vespers Rising

    Rick Riordan

    ★ 4.1 (33k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As the Vespers emerge, Amy and Dan Cahill must uncover their family's secrets and Grace Cahill's final legacy to protect the world from a brewing war.

  8. The Power and the Glory

    Graham Greene

    ★ 4.0 (33k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In 1930s Mexico, a whisky-soaked, morally compromised priest, hunted by an anti-clerical government, grapples with his duty and his sins as he faces an almost certain trap to hear a dying man's confession.

  9. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

    Gabrielle Zevin

    ★ 3.7 (33k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After a coin toss leads to amnesia, a teenage girl must rebuild her past, navigating forgotten loves, new connections, and hidden secrets, all while finding out who she truly is.

  10. Mistress of the Art of Death

    Ariana Franklin

    ★ 4.0 (33k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In a superstitious medieval England, a brilliant female forensic doctor from Sicily must conceal her identity to unmask a serial killer preying on children and save the Jewish community from a blood libel.

  11. River Secrets

    Shannon Hale

    ★ 4.0 (33k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A quiet boy with a gift for observation must navigate a treacherous political situation and a string of murders in an enemy land to save his companions.

  12. Radiance

    Alyson Noel

    ★ 4.1 (33k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    After an unexpected journey to the afterlife, Riley discovers her eternal leisure is cut short by a new job as a Soul Catcher, forcing her to confront a centuries-old ghost and a mysterious, alluring mentor in a quest that blurs the lines between life, death, and an unexpected romance.

  13. Just Ella

    Margaret Peterson Haddix

    ★ 3.8 (33k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Tired of tedious royal lessons and a dull fiancé, Cinderella schemes to ditch her crown and elope with the palace's stable boy, proving that 'happily ever after' is a matter of fierce will, not glass slippers.

  14. Timequake

    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

    ★ 3.7 (33k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A 'timequake' makes humanity relive a dreadful decade of lost free will. Vonnegut’s satire examines memory, suicide, and reading through his recurring sci-fi writer, Kilgore Trout.

  15. The Valley of Fear

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    ★ 4.0 (33k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Sherlock Holmes uncovers the dark secrets of a country manor, revealing a sinister plot by a secret organization that spans from the English countryside to American coal mines.

  16. An Invisible Thread

    Laura Schroff

    ★ 4.0 (33k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    A chance encounter between a Manhattan sales executive and a homeless eleven-year-old boy becomes a nearly three-decade-long friendship, showing that a single act of kindness can create a strong bond across different lives.

  17. Island Beneath the Sea

    Isabel Allende

    ★ 4.1 (33k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Amidst the brutal beauty and revolutionary fervor of 18th-century Saint-Domingue, a slave named Zarité navigates a life of immense hardship and unexpected love, ultimately forging an unbreakable spirit against the backdrop of a world in constant flux.

  18. The Fever Code

    James Dashner

    ★ 4.1 (33k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    After sun flares and a plague devastate the world, a gifted boy named Thomas unknowingly designs a labyrinth meant to save humanity, only to become a prisoner in the conspiracy he helped build.

  19. Lexicon

    Max Barry

    ★ 3.9 (33k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In a world where language is a weapon and poets manipulate minds, a street-smart orphan and an amnesiac man become unwitting pawns in a secret war that threatens to unravel the very fabric of communication.

  20. Physics of the Impossible

    Michio Kaku

    ★ 4.1 (33k) average on GoodreadsReference

    Michio Kaku examines the fantastic technologies of science fiction, from invisibility to time travel, showing how close or far we are from making the 'impossible' real.

  21. Wicked Business

    Janet Evanovich

    ★ 3.8 (33k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A pastry chef with an inconvenient attraction to her supernatural partner must navigate Boston's hidden depths, ancient riddles, and a dangerous family feud to find a lust-infused relic before sinister forces unleash chaos.

  22. The Book of the Dead

    Douglas Preston

    ★ 4.1 (33k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Imprisoned FBI agent Pendergast must escape to confront his psychopathic brother, who has unleashed an ancient Egyptian curse upon a New York museum gala, igniting a catastrophic battle for their lives.

  23. Behind the Scenes at the Museum

    Kate Atkinson

    ★ 4.0 (33k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    From the surprising spark of conception, Ruby Lennox unspools a century of English life, untangling her family's knotted secrets with a wry wit and an insatiable curiosity.

  24. Sandman Slim

    Richard Kadrey

    ★ 3.9 (33k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    After escaping eleven years as a hitman in Hell, James Stark returns to a supernatural Los Angeles for revenge, only to find himself embroiled in an even larger cosmic battle between Heaven and Hell, all while saddled with a talking head.

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