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  1. Every Last Breath

    Jennifer L. Armentrout

    ★ 4.3 (24k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A half-demon girl, caught between a demon prince and a Warden, must make a deadly deal and unleash her own power to save her best friend and her world from an ancient evil.

  2. Idol

    Kristen Callihan

    ★ 4.1 (24k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A reclusive artist's quiet life changes when a broken rock star takes refuge with her, sparking a passion that challenges fame and personal sanctuary.

  3. The Pilgrims of Rayne

    D.J. MacHale

    ★ 4.2 (24k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    On the world of Ibara, Bobby Pendragon finds a secret that keeps its people unaware, while Saint Dane prepares his final attack, forcing Courtney to find a corrupted Mark and prevent disaster.

  4. Last Night in Twisted River

    John Irving

    ★ 3.8 (24k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    After a boy mistakes a constable's girlfriend for a bear, he and his father flee across half a century of American life, forever pursued by an unyielding hatred born in the logging camps of New Hampshire.

  5. Autobiography of a Face

    Lucy Grealy

    ★ 4.0 (24k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    A young woman's struggle with a disfiguring cancer becomes a lifelong battle against society's focus on appearance, showing that being deemed 'ugly' can be a greater tragedy than the disease itself.

  6. Existentialism is a Humanism

    Jean-Paul Sartre

    ★ 4.0 (24k) average on GoodreadsPhilosophy

    Sartre's lecture changed how people saw existentialism, showing that in a godless world, humans are free and must create their own meaning, affecting everyone with each choice.

  7. Made You Up

    Francesca Zappia

    ★ 4.0 (24k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    A schizophrenic high school senior, battling vivid delusions and armed with a camera and Magic 8-Ball, must distinguish imagined romance from terrifying reality when a boy she thought was a figment of her mind appears in her classes.

  8. Call for the Dead

    John le Carré

    ★ 3.8 (24k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    When a routine security check ends in an apparent suicide, George Smiley must navigate British intelligence to uncover a truth far more sinister than a broken career.

  9. Deadline

    Chris Crutcher

    ★ 4.1 (24k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Armed with a terminal diagnosis and a year to live, a sarcastic high school senior in rural Idaho secretly embarks on a quest to become a football legend, torment his civics teacher, save a local drunk, and win the girl of his dreams, all while grappling with the realization that everyone around him harbors their own hidden burdens.

  10. Peeps

    Scott Westerfeld

    ★ 3.8 (24k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A college student, unknowingly infected with a parasite that turns his girlfriends into vampire-like ghouls, must hunt his own creations for a secret organization while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens humanity's very existence.

  11. Once Upon a Marigold

    Jean Ferris

    ★ 4.0 (24k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A commoner living in a cave with a troll must outwit a regicidal queen to save the princess he adores and the kingdom itself.

  12. The Dreaming Void

    Peter F. Hamilton

    ★ 4.2 (24k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A mysterious, expanding void threatens the galaxy. Humanity's shared dreams of a paradise within it spark a desperate race: either embark on a catastrophic pilgrimage or prevent the universe's ultimate consumption.

  13. The 8th Habit

    Stephen R. Covey

    ★ 4.0 (24k) average on Goodreads

    Stephen Covey shows how to find your unique voice and inspire others by blending your talents, needs, conscience, and passions.

  14. On the Way to the Wedding

    Julia Quinn

    ★ 3.8 (24k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A Bridgerton's quest for instant true love goes hilariously awry when he falls for the wrong woman, only to realize his perfect match is the practical best friend he enlisted to help, now inconveniently engaged to another.

  15. The Sea

    John Banville

    ★ 3.5 (24k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    After his wife's death, a middle-aged Irishman returns to his childhood seaside town, uncovering secrets of first love and death shared with a mysterious family one summer.

  16. A Place Called Freedom

    Ken Follett

    ★ 4.0 (24k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In 1766 Scotland, a defiant coal miner and a highborn lady, both yearning for liberation, risk everything to escape their respective prisons and chase the elusive promise of freedom across continents, from London's bustling streets to the plantations of Virginia.

  17. Terms of Endearment

    Larry McMurtry

    ★ 4.2 (24k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In "Terms of Endearment," an indomitable mother and her spirited daughter navigate life's hilarious and heart-wrenching challenges, showing that their bond remains strong even through tragedy.

  18. Perfect Scoundrels

    Ally Carter

    ★ 4.3 (24k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A master thief, Kat Bishop, must pull off her most audacious heist yet to save her blue-blood boyfriend's inheritance from a corporate con, even if it means sacrificing their relationship in the process.

  19. Then Came You

    Jennifer Weiner

    ★ 4.0 (24k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1990s Philadelphia, a Princeton student, a struggling housewife, and a socialite with a child — and her skeptical stepdaughter’s unexpected pregnancy — converge in a story of ambition, sacrifice, and belonging.

  20. The Seagull

    Anton Chekhov

    ★ 3.9 (24k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    At a lakeside country estate, artistic hopes, unrequited love, and a sad search for meaning intertwine, ending in a young woman's shattered dreams and a tragic echo.

  21. Among the Betrayed

    Margaret Peterson Haddix

    ★ 4.1 (24k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Trapped by a dystopian regime, Nina must choose between her own life and betraying three innocent children. She navigates a game of loyalty and deceit where nothing is as it seems.

  22. Main Street

    Sinclair Lewis

    ★ 3.8 (24k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    An educated woman's progressive ideas conflict with the suffocating conformity and provincialism of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, in a satire of small-town American life.

  23. After I Do

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    ★ 4.0 (24k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A year-long marital separation with a single rule of no contact forces a woman to redefine love, loyalty, and the foundations of her marriage as she navigates self-discovery and societal pressures.

  24. A Single Man

    Christopher Isherwood

    ★ 4.1 (24k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    An English professor in 1960s Southern California grieves his partner's death, finding quiet strength in a single day as an outsider.

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