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  1. Dare Me

    Megan Abbott

    ★ 3.2 (25k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Behind the glamour of high school cheerleading, a new coach's arrival sets off a chain reaction of obsessive friendship, fierce ambition, and dark secrets, ending in a suicide that exposes the dangerous loyalties within a squad of girls.

  2. Manuscript Found in Accra

    Paulo Coelho

    ★ 3.8 (25k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    On the eve of a crusader invasion, a wise Copt gathers the people of Jerusalem to share wisdom on fear, love, and the human spirit, urging them to find peace within amidst chaos.

  3. Better off Friends

    Elizabeth Eulberg

    ★ 3.9 (25k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Childhood best friends Macallan and Levi navigate the tricky waters of platonic friendship, battling external assumptions and their own doubts about whether they are truly 'just friends' or meant for something more.

  4. A Secret Kept

    Tatiana de Rosnay

    ★ 3.4 (25k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A nostalgic seaside trip unearths a shocking three-decade-old family secret, forcing a brother to confront a hidden truth about his mother and re-evaluate every relationship in his life.

  5. Waiting for the Barbarians

    J. M. Coetzee

    ★ 3.9 (25k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A magistrate's quiet frontier life unravels into rebellion against the Empire's brutal tactics, forcing him to confront his complicity in an oppressive system.

  6. Good Wives

    Louisa May Alcott

    ★ 4.0 (25k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    The March sisters navigate adulthood, love, and societal expectations as they grow into 'good wives' in post-Civil War America.

  7. Drowned Wednesday

    Garth Nix

    ★ 3.9 (25k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Whisked from a hospital bed to a pirate ship on a magical sea, Arthur Penhaligon must brave swashbuckling battles, monstrous leviathans, and the encroaching 'Nothing' to claim the Third Key and save countless realms from oblivion.

  8. Did You Ever Have a Family

    Bill Clegg

    ★ 3.8 (25k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
  9. The Scent Keeper

    Erica Bauermeister

    ★ 4.0 (25k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    On a secluded island, a young woman raised on the magic of scent must unravel her father's fragrant secrets and her own identity when she's thrust into a world more complex and dangerous than she imagined.

  10. They Do It with Mirrors

    Agatha Christie

    ★ 3.8 (25k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    When a seemingly errant shot at a reform home administrator coincidentally kills a mysterious visitor in another room, Miss Marple must unravel a deadly design hidden within the sprawling Victorian mansion.

  11. Defiance

    C.J. Redwine

    ★ 4.3 (25k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a city where women are subservient, a defiant huntress forges her own path into a monster-ridden wasteland with the boy who broke her heart, unraveling a conspiracy that could ignite a war.

  12. Apt Pupil

    Stephen King

    ★ 3.9 (25k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A seemingly ordinary teenager blackmails an elderly Nazi war criminal, not for justice, but to vicariously experience the chilling depths of his unspeakable past, igniting a dangerous dance between predator and protégé.

  13. Small Sacrifices

    Ann Rule

    ★ 4.2 (25k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Ann Rule's true crime book dissects the darkness that led Diane Downs, a mother, to shoot her three children in an attempt to reclaim her life.

  14. Kissing Coffins

    Ellen Schreiber

    ★ 3.9 (25k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A goth girl's world changes when she falls for a mysterious boy, only to search for him when he vanishes, making her face the dark truths of their love.

  15. Thirteen

    Lauren Myracle

    ★ 4.2 (25k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    At thirteen, Winnie is in the middle of a turbulent time, balancing changing friendships, first loves, and family shifts that threaten to upend her world.

  16. Lucky Jim

    Kingsley Amis

    ★ 3.8 (25k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A history lecturer navigates the pretentious world of a 1950s British university, dealing with academic rituals and romantic entanglements that threaten his career.

  17. Canada

    Richard Ford

    ★ 3.5 (25k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    After his parents' bank robbery upends his ordinary life, fifteen-year-old Dell Parsons is sent to a remote Canadian town, where he struggles with his past and the threat of a killer.

  18. Of Love and Shadows

    Isabel Allende

    ★ 4.0 (25k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In a country ruled by terror, a journalist and a photographer risk everything to expose a horrific crime, their shared pursuit of justice leading to a forbidden love that challenges a violent government.

  19. The Coffin Club

    Ellen Schreiber

    ★ 4.1 (25k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When goth-girl Raven stumbles upon a secret vampire disco beneath the Coffin Club, she's pulled into a dangerous power struggle between two charismatic vampires, threatening to turn her Hipsterville life upside down.

  20. The Running Dream

    Wendelin Van Draanen

    ★ 4.3 (25k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    After an accident ends her running career, a teenager finds a new goal for herself and a friend, learning what strength truly means.

  21. The Bone Garden

    Tess Gerritsen

    ★ 4.0 (25k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A modern skull discovery reveals a chilling 1830s Boston tale of medical students robbing graves, a serial killer hunting nurses, and a desperate race to clear an innocent man before the past's horrors claim another victim.

  22. Treachery in Death

    J.D. Robb

    ★ 4.5 (25k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    When Detective Peabody overhears two dirty cops discussing murder and corruption, she teams up with Eve Dallas and Roarke to expose them before becoming their next victim.

  23. Nicholas and Alexandra

    Robert K. Massie

    ★ 4.2 (25k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    In the twilight of Imperial Russia, Tsar Nicholas and Empress Alexandra, bound by a love deepened by their hemophiliac son and a devotion to Rasputin, unknowingly brought about the dramatic fall of their ancient dynasty.

  24. The Myth of Sisyphus

    Albert Camus

    ★ 4.2 (25k) average on GoodreadsPhilosophy

    Camus writes about confronting life's absurdity, not to despair, but to find joy in rebelling against a meaningless world, like Sisyphus embracing his task.

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