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  1. Rome

    Jay Crownover

    ★ 4.2 (31k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A sassy, commitment-wary bartender with a broken heart finds unexpected love and healing with a scarred, emotionally rigid ex-soldier battling his own war demons.

  2. The Spy

    Paulo Coelho

    ★ 3.4 (31k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Mata Hari's journey, from a penniless dancer to a celebrated Parisian courtesan, led her into a web of wartime suspicion and an accusation of espionage, resulting in her tragic execution.

  3. The Bonehunters

    Steven Erikson

    ★ 4.5 (31k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As rebellion's remnants cling to a cursed city, gods draw knives in a cosmic war, their celestial blood set to spill into the mortal realm and change existence.

  4. Cradle and All

    James Patterson

    ★ 3.9 (31k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    As immaculate conceptions herald a global apocalypse, a former nun turned PI must unravel a divine conspiracy to save two virgin mothers and humanity's future from an unholy war between light and darkness.

  5. Life Expectancy

    Dean Koontz

    ★ 4.0 (31k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Haunted by his dying grandfather's chilling prophecy of five dark days, Jimmy Tock must confront an escalating series of nightmarish events, each pushing him closer to a destiny as terrifying as it is wondrous.

  6. Another Roadside Attraction

    Tom Robbins

    ★ 4.0 (31k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    When Jesus's mummified body appears in a roadside zoo, a clairvoyant redefines spirituality with a flea circus, and Western civilization unravels through a psychedelic lens of fertility worship and existential inquiry.

  7. Jacob Have I Loved

    Katherine Paterson

    ★ 3.7 (31k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    On a remote Chesapeake Bay island, a girl deals with intense sibling rivalry and tries to find her own identity while living in the shadow of her 'perfect' twin.

  8. Orthodoxy

    G.K. Chesterton

    ★ 4.2 (31k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    Chesterton describes his intellectual journey, finding that the Christian faith perfectly answers the riddles he discovered through his own reasoning.

  9. Silent Scream

    Angela Marsons

    ★ 4.0 (31k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    D.I. Kim Stone unearths a decades-old pact of silence and murder, forcing her to confront the chilling echoes of her own past to stop a killer whose gruesome spree began with a child's grave.

  10. Lunar Park

    Bret Easton Ellis

    ★ 3.6 (31k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A famous author, Bret Ellis, is haunted by his past and the specter of his own fictional creations. He descends into a terrifying reality where his new family and his sanity are threatened by murders that mirror his darkest novels.

  11. Last Night at Chateau Marmont

    Lauren Weisberger

    ★ 3.5 (31k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A New York breadwinner's world shatters when her struggling musician husband becomes an overnight rockstar, thrusting her into a whirlwind of paparazzi, scandal, and the ultimate test of their marriage amidst the glamorous chaos of Chateau Marmont.

  12. The Bromance Book Club

    Lyssa Kay Adams

    ★ 3.9 (31k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    To save his marriage after learning his wife faked orgasms, a baseball player secretly joins a romance book club where men use steamy novels to help him learn how to truly connect with his wife.

  13. The Last Hero

    Terry Pratchett

    ★ 4.2 (31k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    With aching backs and a thirst for one last hurrah, legendary barbarian Cohen and his geriatric horde embark on an epic quest to return fire to the gods, inadvertently setting the stage for Discworld's fiery apocalypse.

  14. Midnight Crossroad

    Charlaine Harris

    ★ 3.7 (31k) average on GoodreadsFantasy
  15. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

    Olga Tokarczuk

    ★ 4.0 (31k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In a secluded Polish village, an eccentric astrologer and animal lover embarks on a personal crusade to uncover a series of bizarre murders, convinced the perpetrators are not human and that only she can decipher the celestial clues.

  16. The Woman Upstairs

    Claire Messud

    ★ 3.3 (31k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A quiet elementary school teacher's hidden artistic dreams turn into a dangerous obsession when she falls for a captivating, bohemian family, only to face a devastating betrayal from her muse.

  17. Warrior of the Light

    Paulo Coelho

    ★ 3.7 (31k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Discover your inner warrior and live your most authentic life by embracing self-discovery and finding wisdom in everyday challenges.

  18. The Magic Finger

    Roald Dahl

    ★ 3.7 (31k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When a young girl's uncontrollable 'magic finger' transforms her hunting-obsessed neighbors into birds, they discover the terrifying reality of life as the hunted.

  19. The Shock of the New

    Robert Hughes

    ★ 3.7 (31k) average on GoodreadsReference

    Robert Hughes's "The Shock of the New" takes readers on a journey through a century of modern art, explaining the changes from Cubism to Pop Art.

  20. Beyond Order

    Jordan B. Peterson

    ★ 4.1 (31k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Find meaning and purpose by balancing order and chaos in a world that often seeks control.

  21. Midnight Bayou

    Nora Roberts

    ★ 4.0 (31k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    An impulsive lawyer buys a decaying New Orleans mansion, uncovering a century-old tragedy and a passionate romance as he battles ghostly visions and unearths the house's dark secrets with a woman tied to its past.

  22. Down Among the Sticks and Bones

    Seanan McGuire

    ★ 4.2 (31k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Trapped in a twisted parental experiment, twin sisters Jacqueline and Jillian escape to a macabre fairytale world of mad scientists and dangerous choices, only to discover some cages are of their own making.

  23. Innocent Traitor

    Alison Weir

    ★ 4.0 (31k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Forced onto the throne as a teenage pawn in a deadly Tudor power struggle, Lady Jane Grey navigates religious fervor and familial betrayal, ultimately sacrificing her young life for a crown she never desired.

  24. A Place Called Here

    Cecelia Ahern

    ★ 3.7 (31k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A woman who finds lost things disappears into 'Here,' a place for all that's missing, making her face what loss and belonging really mean.

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