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  1. Moonraker

    Ian Fleming

    ★ 3.8 (22k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    James Bond must uncover the sinister truth behind a beloved national hero and his seemingly patriotic rocket program before a dazzling weapon of mass destruction unleashes its terrible beauty upon the world.

  2. The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy

    Rachel Joyce

    ★ 4.0 (22k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    On the edge of death, Queenie Hennessy writes her confession, revealing twenty years of secrets to find peace and an unexpected connection with the man walking across England to save her.

  3. The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

    Natasha Pulley

    ★ 3.7 (22k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In gaslit 1883 London, a mysterious Japanese watchmaker, a gifted physicist, and a Scotland Yard telegraphist become entangled by a sentient golden pocket watch, revealing a hidden world of clockwork precognition, ancient Japanese magic, and dangerous loyalty.

  4. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

    Thomas S. Kuhn

    ★ 4.0 (22k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    Kuhn shows that science progresses through 'paradigm shifts' rather than steady discovery, fundamentally changing our view of how we understand the universe.

  5. Mariana

    Susanna Kearsley

    ★ 4.1 (22k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A woman buys her dream house, only to discover it's a portal to 17th-century England, where she relives a past life of forbidden love and danger that threatens her present.

  6. The Definitive Book of Body Language

    Allan Pease

    ★ 4.0 (22k) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    Understand gestures, expressions, and postures to decode intentions and succeed in any social interaction, from job interviews to romantic encounters.

  7. The Line of Beauty

    Alan Hollinghurst

    ★ 3.7 (22k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In Thatcher's 1980s Britain, a young, gay man obsessed with art moves into the home of a powerful Tory family, observing their lives of class, desire, and belonging, until their tragic collapse.

  8. Skellig

    David Almond

    ★ 3.8 (22k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a collapsing garage, a boy whose sister is ill finds a creature of feather and bone, an enigmatic being that blends bird, angel, and the essence of hope.

  9. Chesapeake

    James A. Michener

    ★ 4.2 (22k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Follow the Steed family through four centuries of American history, as their lives connect with the story of the Chesapeake Bay, from its wild beginnings to the founding of a nation.

  10. The River

    Gary Paulsen

    ★ 3.8 (22k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Tasked by the government to relive his harrowing survival, Brian Robeson must once again brave the wilderness, this time rafting an unconscious psychologist down a treacherous river after a lightning strike disables their only communication.

  11. My Booky Wook

    Russell Brand

    ★ 3.4 (22k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Russell Brand’s raw memoir describes his journey from addiction and self-destruction to comedy stardom and sobriety.

  12. Wolf Brother

    Michelle Paver

    ★ 4.2 (22k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Six millennia ago, a twelve-year-old outcast and his telepathic wolf-cub companion must brave primeval forests and treacherous glaciers to defeat a malevolent spirit threatening their ancient world.

  13. My Name is Mary Sutter

    Robin Oliveira

    ★ 3.8 (22k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    During the Civil War, a determined midwife defies social rules and personal pain to become a surgeon, working on battlefields in Washington D.C. and influencing the men who see her talent.

  14. The Valkyries

    Paulo Coelho

    ★ 3.3 (22k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In the Mojave Desert, Paulo Coelho and his wife begin a 40-day quest to break a curse, guided by his guardian angel and the mysterious Valkyries.

  15. The Wisdom of Crowds

    James Surowiecki

    ★ 3.8 (22k) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    Many people, not just a few, are key to solving problems, gaining knowledge, and making accurate predictions in all areas of life and leadership.

  16. Ozma of Oz

    L. Frank Baum

    ★ 4.0 (22k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When a storm-tossed Dorothy washes ashore in the whimsical land of Ev, she must gather a talking chicken, a mechanical man, and old friends to outwit the cunning Nome King and rescue the imprisoned royal family, even if it means facing his most potent enchantments.

  17. The Door Into Summer

    Robert A. Heinlein

    ★ 4.0 (22k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Betrayed and robbed of his revolutionary robot invention, a brilliant engineer from 1970 is tricked into a thirty-year suspended animation, only to awaken in a future where he must reclaim his past and outwit those who wronged him.

  18. The House in the Cerulean Sea

    T.J. Klune

    ★ 4.5 (22k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A caseworker for magical youth discovers an unexpected family and challenges his own rigid beliefs when assigned to an island orphanage housing six 'dangerous' children, including the Antichrist, and their enigmatic caretaker.

  19. The War I Finally Won

    Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

    ★ 4.5 (22k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    During World War II, Ada navigates her new life, confronting past trauma, unexpected friendships, and war's moral dilemmas while protecting loved ones and finding her place in a healing world.

  20. The Book with No Pictures

    B.J. Novak

    ★ 4.3 (22k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    This picture-less book makes readers say ridiculous sounds and phrases, turning story time into an unforgettable, silly spectacle.

  21. The Killer Collective

    Barry Eisler

    ★ 3.9 (22k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    When a child pornography investigation threatens powerful figures, a detective, a sniper, and a team of assassins and spies must navigate shifting loyalties and global conspiracies to expose corruption at the highest levels of government.

  22. Blood Canticle

    Anne Rice

    ★ 3.7 (22k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    The vampire Lestat, yearning for redemption, helps a country singer's ghost and investigates a 5,000-year-old Taltos, as the worlds of Blackwood Farm and the Mayfair Witches merge, drawing him dangerously close to the witch Rowan Mayfair.

  23. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

    Annie Dillard

    ★ 4.1 (22k) average on GoodreadsBiography
  24. Charlie Bone and the Time Twister

    Jenny Nimmo

    ★ 3.9 (22k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As a boy twisted through time from 1916 appears at Bloor's Academy, Charlie Bone must protect him from the sinister Yewbeam aunts and the powerful Bloors before time runs out for them both.

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