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  1. Oliver Twist

    Charles Dickens

    ★ 3.9 (319k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 19th-century London, orphan Oliver Twist escapes the workhouse only to be caught by Fagin's gang, exposing the city's harsh reality through memorable characters.

  2. The Red Pyramid

    Rick Riordan

    ★ 4.1 (319k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Separated siblings, a brilliant Egyptologist father, and a Christmas Eve visit to the British Museum spiral into a globe-trotting quest to stop the awakening Egyptian gods and rescue their dad from the clutches of Set.

  3. She's Come Undone

    Wally Lamb

    ★ 3.9 (316k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    From a childhood marked by trauma, a morbidly obese and sharp-tongued Dolores Price journeys to reclaim her life and find redemption before she completely unravels.

  4. The Color of Magic

    Terry Pratchett

    ★ 4.0 (316k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    On a flat world on the back of a giant turtle, a jaded wizard is reluctantly saddled with the Discworld's first tourist and his sentient luggage, going on a chaotic journey to the edge of their belief-powered world.

  5. Under the Tuscan Sun

    Frances Mayes

    ★ 3.8 (316k) average on GoodreadsLifestyle

    An American writer buys a run-down Tuscan villa, beginning a journey of restoration, cooking, and self-discovery in the Italian countryside.

  6. Six of Crows

    Leigh Bardugo

    ★ 4.4 (316k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In the grimy, gas-lit canals of Ketterdam, a cutthroat criminal mastermind assembles a crew of six dangerous outcasts for an impossible heist, where the only thing riskier than their target is trusting each other.

  7. Othello

    William Shakespeare

    ★ 3.9 (315k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    A respected general's love for his wife turns into murderous jealousy, fueled by a vengeful ensign's lies, leading to a tragic end.

  8. The Thorn Birds

    Colleen McCullough

    ★ 4.2 (314k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Set in the Australian outback, a woman and a priest have a forbidden love that spans decades, making them confront faith, family, and fate.

  9. Turtles All the Way Down

    John Green

    ★ 4.0 (314k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Aza Holmes, a young woman dealing with escalating obsessive thoughts, searches for a missing billionaire, uncovering the complexities of friendship, unexpected love, and her own mind.

  10. The Witches

    Roald Dahl

    ★ 4.2 (314k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A young boy and his grandmother must stop a coven of child-hating witches, led by the Grand High Witch, before they turn all children in England into mice.

  11. Kiss the Girls

    James Patterson

    ★ 4.0 (313k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Detective Alex Cross races against time to unmask two cunning serial killers terrorizing the nation, whose synchronized murders escalate into a deadly competition.

  12. I Am Number Four

    Pittacus Lore

    ★ 3.9 (312k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An alien teenager, the fourth of nine powerful fugitives hiding on Earth, must embrace his developing superpowers and fight for survival as an ancient enemy hunts down and murders his kind.

  13. John Adams

    David McCullough

    ★ 4.1 (311k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    Explore the life of John Adams, a determined patriot whose commitment helped build a nation, and whose marriage to Abigail shows the personal cost of revolution.

  14. The Story of Art

    E.H. Gombrich

    ★ 3.9 (311k) average on GoodreadsReference

    Explore thousands of years of human creativity, from ancient cave art to modern masterpieces, with Gombrich's classic account, updated with new insights into art's changing story.

  15. Reflected in You

    Sylvia Day

    ★ 4.3 (311k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    Eva Tramell is drawn to the troubled Gideon Cross; their shared pasts fuel an obsessive love that borders on destructive.

  16. Daughter of Smoke & Bone

    Laini Taylor

    ★ 4.0 (311k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A blue-haired art student in Prague, whose sketchbooks teem with monsters, discovers her true identity is entwined with an ancient, violent war between angels and devils, sparked by a forbidden love that transcends worlds and time.

  17. Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Daniel Kahneman

    ★ 4.2 (309k) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    Explore how your mind's fast intuition clashes with slow logic, revealing the hidden biases that shape every decision, from investing to vacation planning.

  18. Hatchet

    Gary Paulsen

    ★ 3.7 (309k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Stranded in the unforgiving Canadian wilderness with only a hatchet, thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson must transform from a self-pitying boy to a resourceful survivor, battling hunger, fear, and the elements while grappling with the secret that shattered his family.

  19. Shadow and Bone

    Leigh Bardugo

    ★ 4.0 (307k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An ordinary orphan finds a unique power to summon light, pulling her into a world of magic, war, and dangerous romance as she fights to destroy a monstrous darkness threatening her country.

  20. Kafka on the Shore

    Haruki Murakami

    ★ 4.1 (306k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In a world where cats talk, fish fall from the sky, and old prophecies connect, a teenage runaway and an elderly man with a secret past go on a strange journey to escape fate and find out why their lives are linked.

  21. Goodnight Moon

    Margaret Wise Brown

    ★ 4.3 (305k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In a great green room, a little bunny softly bids goodnight to every cherished object, from a red balloon to the quiet old lady whispering 'hush,' in a rhythmic dance towards slumber.

  22. The Way of Kings

    Brandon Sanderson

    ★ 4.6 (305k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    On a storm-swept world where mystical Shardblades grant godlike power, a slave fights for his men's survival, a highprince grapples with ancient visions, and a young woman plots a daring theft, all while the echoes of a fallen order threaten to reshape their shattered reality.

  23. In the Woods

    Tana French

    ★ 3.8 (304k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Twenty years after being the sole, amnesiac survivor of three children who vanished into the woods, a detective must confront his own shattered past when a new murder in the same woods reopens the chilling, unsolved mystery of his childhood.

  24. A Brief History of Time

    Stephen Hawking

    ★ 4.2 (303k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    Stephen Hawking explores the universe's greatest mysteries, from the Big Bang to black holes and the nature of space-time.

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