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  1. Safe Harbour

    Danielle Steel

    ★ 4.1 (20k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    After a family tragedy, a young girl's art lessons connect her grieving mother with a kind artist, leading them on an unexpected path to healing and love despite past betrayals.

  2. The Sunday Philosophy Club

    Alexander McCall Smith

    ★ 3.4 (20k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    An Edinburgh philosopher watches a stranger fall to his death, decides that witnessing it makes it her business, and ends up choosing whether the man who caused it should be punished at all.

  3. Being and Time

    Martin Heidegger

    ★ 4.0 (20k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Heidegger's major work redefines existence, showing that being human means facing our mortality, thrown into a world of care, anxiety, and the constant need to live authentically.

  4. Season of Migration to the North

    Tayeb Salih

    ★ 3.7 (20k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A brilliant Sudanese scholar returns home from Europe, his past a haunting shadow threatening to unravel the tranquil facade of his village and expose the complex legacy of colonialism.

  5. Bound by Hatred

    Cora Reilly

    ★ 4.0 (20k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A defiant mafia daughter's flight from an arranged marriage ends with her forced union to the ruthless assassin who hunted her, igniting a volatile battle of wills and forbidden passion.

  6. The Hedge Knight

    George R.R. Martin

    ★ 4.3 (20k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An unknighted hedge knight and his secret Targaryen squire travel the Seven Kingdoms, navigating jousts, intrigues, and the realities of chivalry long before the dragons danced their final, fiery waltz.

  7. Blue Labyrinth

    Douglas Preston

    ★ 4.1 (20k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Special Agent Pendergast investigates his family's dark past after a murdered enemy appears on his doorstep with a mysterious turquoise clue.

  8. Remember

    Karen Kingsbury

    ★ 4.4 (20k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    After September 11th, a fiercely independent woman, estranged from her family and God, must confront her past and embrace forgiveness as she makes heartbreaking choices that will redefine her life and relationships.

  9. Digging to America

    Anne Tyler

    ★ 3.6 (20k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    An Iranian-American grandmother, Maryam, defines herself as an 'outsider,' but when her family's yearly adoption party connects them with a loud American family, she must rethink what it means to belong.

  10. Tweet Cute

    Emma Lord

    ★ 4.0 (20k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A high-achieving swim captain secretly running her family's fast-food Twitter account finds herself in a viral war with a deli-owning class clown over a stolen grilled cheese recipe, all while unknowingly falling for him on an anonymous chat app.

  11. Suicide Notes

    Michael Thomas Ford

    ★ 3.9 (20k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    A sarcastic teenager, convinced he's sane despite waking in a psych ward with bandaged wrists, slowly realizes the 'nutjobs' around him might hold the key to understanding his own unraveling.

  12. Lord of the Shadows

    Darren Shan

    ★ 4.2 (20k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Haunted by prophetic nightmares, Darren Shan returns to his transformed hometown, fearing destiny's dark hand awaits him in the very streets where his vampiric journey began.

  13. Pearls of Lutra

    Brian Jacques

    ★ 4.0 (20k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A determined hedgehog maid from Redwall Abbey races against the sinister Emperor Ublaz Mad Eyes to recover six stolen, mystical rose-colored pearls, the 'Tears of All Oceans,' to save a cherished life amidst a perilous trail of death and deception.

  14. The Core

    Peter V. Brett

    ★ 4.2 (20k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Humanity faces annihilation from an endless demon swarm. Two estranged heroes, one warded and one wielding enchanted weapons, must unite with allies and a captured demon prince to journey into the Core of evil and confront the Mother of Demons.

  15. The Crow Road

    Iain Banks

    ★ 4.0 (20k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    After his grandmother's sudden death, Prentice McHoan returns to his Scottish family, questioning death, desire, and his family's hidden past while uncovering many secrets.

  16. Ice Like Fire

    Sara Raasch

    ★ 3.8 (20k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A queen must navigate treacherous alliances and ancient magic to protect her people, even as her own heart is torn between duty and desire.

  17. The Emerald Atlas

    John Stephens

    ★ 3.9 (20k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Ten years after being separated from their parents, three siblings find a magical book that sends them on a time-traveling quest to fulfill an ancient prophecy and save their world from an evil force.

  18. The Astonishing Color of After

    Emily X.R. Pan

    ★ 4.1 (20k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Grief-stricken and convinced her mother’s spirit became a bird, a half-Asian teen travels to Taiwan, uncovering generations of family secrets and confronting the truth of love and loss through a quest for answers.

  19. Cash

    Johnny Cash

    ★ 4.0 (20k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    From the cotton fields of Arkansas to the Grand Ole Opry, Johnny Cash's autobiography is a raw, unflinching journey through the heart of American music, marked by addiction, redemption, and the unwavering love of June Carter.

  20. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

    Mariko Tamaki

    ★ 4.0 (20k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Freddy Riley struggles with an on-again, off-again relationship with the charming but cruel Laura Dean, leading her to seek advice from a mystic and friends to regain her self-respect and heal.

  21. The Moon and the Bonfires

    Cesare Pavese

    ★ 3.8 (20k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    An American expatriate returns to his Piedmontese village, uncovering a brutal wartime history of betrayal, illicit passion, and violent reprisal that forces him to confront the past's unsettling echoes.

  22. Save the Date

    Morgan Matson

    ★ 3.8 (20k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    As her childhood home faces sale, Charlie tries to make her family's last wedding weekend perfect, but it falls apart into a funny mess, forcing her to accept change and the future.

  23. The Other

    Thomas Tryon

    ★ 4.0 (20k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In 1930s Connecticut, the bond between thirteen-year-old twins becomes a terrifying mystery of personality transference that shatters the peaceful country setting.

  24. The Mime Order

    Samantha Shannon

    ★ 4.2 (20k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    London's most wanted, dreamwalker Paige Mahoney, must unite the underworld's gangs and clairvoyants against the Rephaim while on the run.

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