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  1. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

    Betty Edwards

    ★ 3.9 (382k) average on Goodreads

    Retrain your brain to see like an artist, transforming how you perceive and draw the world.

  2. Murder On The Orient Express

    Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.2 (381k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A luxurious train journey through the snow-laden European landscape turns deadly when a ruthless American business magnate is found stabbed to death, leaving Hercule Poirot to untangle a web of twelve suspects, each with a hidden connection to the victim's dark past and a shared secret.

  3. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

    Jonathan Safran Foer

    ★ 4.0 (380k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Nine-year-old Oskar Schell, carrying a tambourine and a boundless curiosity, sets out on a city-wide journey to decode a mysterious key, hoping it will answer the questions and ease the grief from his father's death on 9/11.

  4. Lightlark

    Alex Aster

    ★ 3.8 (380k) average on Goodreads

    In a deadly game where six cursed rulers vie for survival and freedom from ancient afflictions, a young queen must navigate treacherous alliances and forbidden love to break the curse that plagues her realm.

  5. A Child Called "It"

    Dave Pelzer

    ★ 4.1 (379k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    This memoir tells the story of a boy starved, beaten, and dehumanized into an 'it' by his mother, forcing him to play her deadly games to survive.

  6. Everything, Everything

    Nicola Yoon

    ★ 4.0 (379k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Confined by a rare illness, a sheltered girl's protected world shatters when she falls for the boy next door, forcing her to choose between safety and the perils of a life truly lived.

  7. James and the Giant Peach

    Roald Dahl

    ★ 4.0 (379k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Orphaned James escapes his cruel aunts by embarking on a whimsical, world-traversing adventure inside a colossal, magical peach with a band of quirky, oversized insect friends.

  8. Can You Keep a Secret?

    Sophie Kinsella

    ★ 3.8 (377k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    Emma's embarrassing secrets spill out to a charming stranger on a turbulent flight, only for her to discover he's her company's elusive CEO.

  9. The Great Alone

    Kristin Hannah

    ★ 4.3 (377k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1974 Alaska, a family seeking a fresh start off the grid finds their dreams of freedom shattered by the brutal wilderness and the escalating darkness within their volatile, PTSD-afflicted patriarch, forcing a mother and daughter to fight for survival against both nature and man.

  10. Before We Were Yours

    Lisa Wingate

    ★ 4.4 (376k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Five siblings living on a shantyboat lose their home and family in an adoption scandal, forcing one sister to fight for her family's survival. A modern-day prosecutor uncovers the truth linking their past to her own privileged present.

  11. The Woman in Cabin 10

    Ruth Ware

    ★ 3.7 (375k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A journalist on a luxury cruise sees a woman thrown overboard. When all passengers are accounted for, she questions her sanity while searching for the truth at sea.

  12. A Light in the Attic

    Shel Silverstein

    ★ 4.3 (374k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Enter a whimsical attic where 'Whatifs' whisper, and you'll find backward bills, polar bears in fridges, and the delightful absurdity of stolen knees, all told through Shel Silverstein's playful poems and drawings.

  13. The Pelican Brief

    John Grisham

    ★ 4.0 (374k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A brilliant but dangerous legal brief by a young law student unravels a conspiracy reaching the highest levels of power, forcing her into a desperate flight for survival with a tenacious journalist.

  14. The BFG

    Roald Dahl

    ★ 4.2 (373k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An orphaned girl teams up with a kind giant who catches dreams, and together they stop his human-eating giant relatives from attacking children in England.

  15. Orphan Train

    Christina Baker Kline

    ★ 4.2 (373k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A ninety-one-year-old orphan train rider and a troubled Penobscot foster teen forge an unlikely bond while unearthing a shared past of displacement and resilience.

  16. White Nights

    Fyodor Dostoevsky

    ★ 4.1 (371k) average on Goodreads

    A lonely dreamer in St. Petersburg finds his solitary world illuminated by a fleeting, four-night encounter with a young woman, only to confront the bittersweet fragility of idealized love and the stark return to reality.

  17. The wonderful Wizard of Oz

    L. Frank Baum

    ★ 4.0 (370k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Swept away by a cyclone to the land of Oz, young Dorothy must journey along the Yellow Brick Road with companions to find the Wizard who can grant their desires and return her home.

  18. Inkheart

    Cornelia Funke

    ★ 3.9 (369k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A young girl discovers her father can bring book characters to life, and they must confront villains he accidentally released.

  19. Rich Dad, Poor Dad

    Robert T. Kiyosaki

    ★ 4.1 (369k) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    Robert Kiyosaki explains that financial literacy, owning assets instead of liabilities, and making money work for you are the real ways to build wealth, lessons he learned from his biological 'poor dad' and his best friend's entrepreneurial 'rich dad.'

  20. A Discovery of Witches

    Deborah Harkness

    ★ 4.0 (369k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A witch and a vampire break ancient rules to find a lost manuscript that holds the key to their future and the survival of all creatures.

  21. Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion

    Mark Cotta Vaz

    ★ 4.2 (369k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Explore the making of the 'Twilight' movie with this illustrated guide, featuring exclusive photos, interviews, and details on bringing the vampire romance to life.

  22. Who Moved My Cheese?

    Spencer Johnson

    ★ 3.8 (367k) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    Four tiny maze-dwellers scramble to adapt when their beloved cheese supply vanishes, revealing a timeless parable about embracing change rather than fearing its inevitable relocation.

  23. The Subtle Knife

    Philip Pullman

    ★ 4.1 (366k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a haunted city where soul-eating Spectres lurk, Lyra and the fugitive Will Parry navigate treacherous alternate worlds to uncover a powerful, world-shattering secret, evading a destiny that threatens to consume them both.

  24. The Sun Also Rises

    Ernest Hemingway

    ★ 3.8 (366k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    After World War I, a jaded American journalist navigates his complex feelings for the untamable Lady Brett Ashley among the cafes of Paris and the bullfighting festivals of Spain, showing the disillusionment of the 'Lost Generation'.

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