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  1. Peak

    Roland Smith

    ★ 4.0 (18k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A rebellious teen climber, arrested for scaling skyscrapers, must choose between juvenile detention and a perilous Everest ascent with his estranged, self-serving father, risking everything to become the youngest to reach the summit.

  2. Ghostgirl

    Tonya Hurley

    ★ 3.3 (18k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    After a gummy bear incident turns her literally invisible and dead, unpopular Charlotte Usher discovers that the afterlife is just another high school, and she's still determined to snag the most popular boy, even if it means haunting her way into his heart.

  3. Story of O

    Pauline Réage

    ★ 3.3 (18k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    In the clandestine world of Parisian desire, a fashion photographer named O willingly descends into a journey of extreme sexual submission to prove the depths of her love for René, discovering a paradoxical freedom within her complete surrender.

  4. The Wolf and the Dove

    Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

    ★ 4.1 (18k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    After the Norman conquest, a Saxon princess and her Norman captor find love as their warring spirits and loyalties clash.

  5. The Reef

    Nora Roberts

    ★ 3.9 (18k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A marine archaeologist and a salvager dive into the Caribbean, battling deception and desire to find a cursed amulet and solve a mysterious death.

  6. Through the Zombie Glass

    Gena Showalter

    ★ 4.3 (18k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Alice Bell fights a growing darkness within herself and searches for answers about her boyfriend's strange behavior as soul-eating zombies threaten their world.

  7. The Sound of Glass

    Karen White

    ★ 4.0 (18k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A widow dealing with guilt inherits her reclusive husband's ancestral Lowcountry home. She unearths a buried history, forcing her to confront family secrets and her own path to healing amidst the pluff mud and jasmine.

  8. Dark Rivers of the Heart

    Dean Koontz

    ★ 3.9 (17k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    After stepping through a mysterious red door, Spencer Grant is plunged into a relentless chase, hunted by a shadowy agency and an 'Angel of Death,' all while battling a fragmented memory and the terrifying resurgence of his own buried inner demons.

  9. The Wretched of the Earth

    Frantz Fanon

    ★ 4.2 (17k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    Frantz Fanon analyzes the psychological scars of colonialism and argues that revolutionary violence is the necessary, though painful, path to liberation for the oppressed.

  10. Do Not Say We Have Nothing

    Madeleine Thien

    ★ 3.9 (17k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A young woman in Vancouver uncovers her family's artistic sacrifices and political defiance across generations of China's 20th century, linking her father's past to the fates of musicians and revolutionaries.

  11. The Start of Me and You

    Emery Lord

    ★ 4.1 (17k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A year after tragedy, a meticulously planned high school comeback involving an old crush unravels when a quirky Quiz Bowl team and a sweet, nerdy cousin challenge a grieving girl to truly live again.

  12. Villa Incognito

    Tom Robbins

    ★ 3.7 (17k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Three soldiers choose to stay lost, and four generations of women are linked to a mythical Japanese figure, in a story of identity and illusion that questions reality itself.

  13. JPod

    Douglas Coupland

    ★ 3.7 (17k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Six 'J' co-workers at a Vancouver tech company navigate absurd game development, growing marijuana operations, and the chaos of 21st-century life, all while their personal worlds unravel with Coupland's signature wit and cultural commentary.

  14. The Bronze Key

    Cassandra Clare, Holly Black

    ★ 4.1 (17k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    At the Magisterium, Call, Tamara, and Aaron must unmask a killer whose dark magic threatens their school, forcing them to confront the terrifying duality of power.

  15. The Old Curiosity Shop

    Charles Dickens

    ★ 3.8 (17k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A selfless young girl and her sick grandfather escape across Victorian England, pursued by a grotesque moneylender, in a story of lost innocence and strong devotion.

  16. Marked

    P.C. Cast

    ★ 3.9 (17k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird discovers her destiny as a super-fledgling with elemental powers at a vampyre boarding school, where she must challenge a corrupt elite to protect her newfound friends and embrace her unique connection to the Goddess Nyx.

  17. The Prestige

    Christopher Priest

    ★ 3.9 (17k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a Victorian world of gaslight and illusion, two rival magicians begin a century-spanning feud, blurring the lines between stagecraft and terrifying science, leaving a legacy of obsession and dark secrets for their descendants to unravel.

  18. Trillion Dollar Coach

    Eric Schmidt

    ★ 4.0 (17k) average on Goodreads

    Silicon Valley leaders share the wisdom of Bill Campbell, the legendary coach who guided Google, Apple, and other tech giants to success.

  19. The Secret Scripture

    Sebastian Barry

    ★ 3.8 (17k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Confined for decades, an elderly woman’s secret memoir, intertwined with her psychiatrist's journal, unearths a harrowing, passionate history of love, loss, and the hidden brutalities of 20th-century Ireland.

  20. The Dice Man

    Luke Rhinehart

    ★ 3.6 (17k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A psychiatrist gives his decisions to a dice roll, starting a chaotic experiment that questions fate, free will, and sanity.

  21. The Voice of the Night

    Dean Koontz

    ★ 3.9 (17k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A timid teenager's fascination with his charismatic, death-obsessed best friend drags him into a escalating game of terror where the line between observer and participant blurs with every chilling act.

  22. Scoop

    Evelyn Waugh

    ★ 3.8 (17k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    In Evelyn Waugh's satirical novel, an unwitting nature correspondent is mistakenly sent to cover a war in the fictional African nation of Ishmaelia, comically exposing the sensationalism and errors of Fleet Street journalism.

  23. The Krishna Key

    Ashwin Sanghi

    ★ 3.6 (17k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A historian races to uncover Krishna's ancient legacy, battling a serial killer who believes he is the deity's final avatar, as a conspiracy threatens to reshape the Vedic Age.

  24. The Enchanted April

    Elizabeth von Arnim

    ★ 3.9 (17k) average on GoodreadsLifestyle

    Four Englishwomen, escaping their dreary lives for a wisteria-draped Italian castle, discover unexpected joy, self-revelation, and rekindled romance under the Mediterranean sun.

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