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  1. Anna and the French Kiss

    Stephanie Perkins

    ★ 4.0 (364k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    An American girl's Parisian dream of love takes an unexpected turn when her charming, taken crush in the City of Light makes her yearn for a single, perfect French kiss.

  2. Mrs Dalloway

    Virginia Woolf

    ★ 3.8 (361k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    Clarissa Dalloway's day of party preparations becomes a journey through memory, class, and quiet desperation, set against post-WWI London.

  3. The Nanny Diaries

    Emma McLaughlin

    ★ 3.4 (361k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A new NYU student enters the rich but strange world of a Park Avenue family, finding that caring for their child means dealing with privilege, marital problems, and her own declining sanity.

  4. Stardust

    Neil Gaiman

    ★ 4.1 (359k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    To win his beloved, a young man crosses into a magical land to find a fallen star, only to discover it's a spirited young woman with her own celestial problems.

  5. What Alice Forgot

    Liane Moriarty

    ★ 4.1 (357k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Amnesia forces a 39-year-old socialite to unravel the ten lost years that transformed her from a blissfully pregnant newlywed into a super-skinny, thrice-mothered divorcee, prompting a humorous yet poignant quest to rediscover her true self and the love she left behind.

  6. All Quiet on the Western Front

    Erich Maria Remarque

    ★ 4.0 (355k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    German schoolboys, sent to fight in World War I, learn the horror and pointlessness of war through the eyes of young Paul Bäumer.

  7. Eldest

    Christopher Paolini

    ★ 4.0 (355k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As war rages and shadows deepen, Eragon journeys to the elven lands for intense training, only to discover that the greatest threats may come not from the enemy, but from within his own alliances and the desperate fight for his cousin's life.

  8. Atlas Shrugged

    Ayn Rand

    ★ 3.7 (354k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    In a dystopian America where innovators vanish, a brilliant heiress races to uncover the truth behind the disappearing industrialists and the enigmatic John Galt, who vows to stop the world's progress.

  9. Running with Scissors

    Augusten Burroughs

    ★ 3.7 (351k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Abandoned to the care of his mother's eccentric, pill-popping psychiatrist, a twelve-year-old boy navigates a bizarre Victorian household, befriending a shed-dwelling pedophile and finding his own brand of normal amidst electroshock therapy and year-round Christmas trees.

  10. The Hobbit, Part One

    J.R.R. Tolkien

    ★ 4.3 (351k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A comfort-loving hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, is swept into an unexpected quest with a company of dwarves and a wizard to reclaim a mountain of treasure from the fiery hoard of the cunning dragon, Smaug.

  11. On The Road

    Jack Kerouac

    ★ 3.6 (349k) average on GoodreadsLifestyle

    Dean Moriarty and Sal Paradise go on a wild, cross-country trip with jazz, drugs, and a desperate search for meaning on America's post-war roads.

  12. Norwegian Wood

    Haruki Murakami

    ★ 4.0 (347k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Haunted by a past love and adrift in 1960s Tokyo, Toru Watanabe deals with loss and the messy allure of a new future.

  13. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

    Bill Bryson

    ★ 4.1 (346k) average on GoodreadsLifestyle

    Bill Bryson humorously describes his ill-prepared yet insightful attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail, meeting unique characters and the raw beauty of the wilderness.

  14. Milk and Honey

    Rupi Kaur

    ★ 4.1 (345k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Through stark poetry, "Milk and Honey" explores abuse, loss, and reclaiming womanhood, finding resilience in difficult experiences.

  15. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

    Charles Duhigg

    ★ 4.1 (343k) average on GoodreadsBusiness
  16. Circe

    Madeline Miller

    ★ 4.3 (343k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Banished witch-goddess Circe forges her own path through a world of vengeful Olympians and legendary mortals, mastering her magic to protect the love she finds on her solitary island.

  17. Where the Red Fern Grows

    Wilson Rawls

    ★ 4.1 (342k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A young boy's dream of owning coonhounds leads to an unforgettable journey of love, loss, and the unbreakable bond forged with his two dogs in the Ozark Mountains.

  18. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    Milan Kundera

    ★ 4.1 (342k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    After the Prague Spring, a surgeon, his lover, and their friends navigate love, betrayal, and existence, where every choice is final.

  19. The Call of the Wild

    Jack London

    ★ 3.9 (341k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Kidnapped from a life of leisure, a pampered dog named Buck is thrust into the brutal Yukon, where he must answer the primal call of the wild to survive as a sled dog and reclaim his dominance.

  20. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

    Lisa See

    ★ 4.1 (339k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 19th-century rural China, two girls navigate the brutal beauty standards of footbinding and the solace of a secret women's language, forming a lifelong bond tested by societal change and personal betrayal.

  21. Everything I Never Told You

    Celeste Ng

    ★ 3.9 (339k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In 1970s Ohio, the death of a Chinese American family's daughter shatters their world, exposing unspoken dreams, racial tensions, and the heavy weight of parental expectations.

  22. Crown of Midnight

    Sarah J. Maas

    ★ 4.4 (339k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As the King's Champion, Celaena Sardothien navigates court politics, forbidden magic, and shifting loyalties in a dangerous castle, all while protecting her true allegiances and secrets that could expose the crown's dark truth.

  23. The Death Cure

    James Dashner

    ★ 3.8 (338k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In the conclusion, Thomas, with his memories back, must outsmart WICKED and face the truth to save his friends and humanity, even if it means losing everything.

  24. The Couple Next Door

    Shari Lapena

    ★ 3.8 (337k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    After their baby vanishes during a dinner party next door, a couple's perfect life crumbles under suspicion, revealing secrets and betrayals.

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