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  1. Day of Doom

    David Baldacci

    ★ 4.1 (15k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his sister Amy race to stop the shadowy Vespers from using strange ransoms to unleash a global catastrophe, culminating in a desperate sprint to prevent the world from going BOOM.

  2. UnSouled

    Neal Shusterman

    ★ 4.2 (15k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a world where teenagers can be 'unwound' for their body parts, two fugitives, a former tithe, and a rewound boy with fragmented memories race to uncover the secrets of a woman erased from history, hoping to dismantle the system that created them before they are all changed.

  3. The Education of Little Tree

    Forrest Carter

    ★ 4.1 (15k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    During the Great Depression, a young Cherokee orphan learns about nature and life from his grandparents in the Tennessee mountains.

  4. Obsession

    Jennifer L. Armentrout

    ★ 4.3 (15k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A deadly assassin must choose between his duty to protect a woman who saw his alien kind and a forbidden desire that could destroy them both.

  5. Geography Club

    Brent Hartinger

    ★ 3.7 (15k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    In the difficult world of high school, a secret club offers LGBTQ+ teens a safe place to explore who they are and find love, all while keeping their identities hidden from judging classmates.

  6. The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley

    Hannah Tinti

    ★ 3.9 (15k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A daughter learns about her father's violent past, a life on the run marked by twelve bullet wounds. His history affects her present, leading to a confrontation about love and family.

  7. As Old As Time

    Liz Braswell

    ★ 3.9 (15k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When Belle touches the enchanted rose, she's thrust into a forgotten past, revealing a shocking truth: her own mother may be the one who cursed the Beast.

  8. The Doll People

    Ann M. Martin

    ★ 4.0 (15k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A century-old doll risks turning into a lifeless toy to find her missing aunt, navigating a culture clash with a loud, modern plastic doll family next door.

  9. The Gate Thief

    Orson Scott Card

    ★ 3.8 (15k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A high school student with the stolen power of thirteen centuries of gatemages must survive assassination attempts and a broken magical realm to understand why the Great Gates were sealed and confront the ancient forces behind their closure.

  10. Release

    Patrick Ness

    ★ 3.7 (15k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Adam's perfect Saturday collapses as his relationships change and he discovers more about himself, while a vengeful ghost from the lake emerges, connecting their lives in one destructive day.

  11. Stanton Adore

    T.L. Swan

    ★ 4.0 (15k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    Seven years after a holiday romance branded him with betrayal, a CEO returns to confront the woman he can't have, battling his rekindled desire against the bitter sting of their past.

  12. A Civil Action

    Jonathan Harr

    ★ 4.0 (15k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    A lawyer risks everything to fight corporate polluters in a true story about environmental injustice, a poisoned water supply, and childhood leukemia.

  13. A New Hope

    Alan Dean Foster

    ★ 4.1 (15k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A bored farm boy on a desert planet finds a desperate plea from a captive princess, sparking a galaxy-wide rebellion and forcing him to face a dark empire with a legendary lightsaber and growing mystical powers.

  14. More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

    Alvin Schwartz

    ★ 4.1 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    This chilling collection blurs the line between life and death, turning practical jokes gruesome, and bringing classic scares to life with Stephen Gammell's unsettling illustrations.

  15. Stand on Zanzibar

    John Brunner

    ★ 4.0 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a hyper-overpopulated 2010 where corporations control the world, an executive's rise and his spy roommate's discovery of a deadly genetic breakthrough intertwine through a story of hive-living and chilling foresight.

  16. Tigers in Red Weather

    Liza Klaussmann

    ★ 3.4 (14k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    On a fading Martha's Vineyard estate, two cousins face the broken promises of post-war life and the lingering effects of a murder that shatters their privileged world.

  17. Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind

    Ann B. Ross

    ★ 3.8 (14k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    When a prim Southern widow's late husband's illegitimate son appears on her doorstep, she's thrust into a whirlwind of scandal, robbery, and kidnapping, forcing her to speak her mind with a wit as sharp as her Steel Magnolia poise.

  18. Gentlemen and Players

    Joanne Harris

    ★ 3.9 (14k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    At an old British grammar school, a resentful former student returns as a teacher, carefully planning 'pranks' to destroy the school and get revenge on its traditional faculty.

  19. Stone Fox

    John Reynolds Gardiner

    ★ 4.0 (14k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A boy and his dog race against an undefeated musher to save his grandfather's farm from foreclosure in a dogsled competition.

  20. The Rogue

    Trudi Canavan

    ★ 4.0 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As Lorkin learns the Sachakan rebels' magic and Sonea confronts a rogue's growing control, internal conflict at the University threatens to break the Guild apart.

  21. First Among Equals

    Jeffrey Archer

    ★ 3.9 (14k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    Four ambitious MPs, bound by rivalry and shared history, navigate three decades of cutthroat British politics, their personal lives intertwined with their relentless pursuit of the ultimate prize: Prime Minister.

  22. Honor

    Elif Shafak

    ★ 4.1 (14k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In 1970s London, a Turkish immigrant family's desperate pursuit of honor within a new culture tragically culminates in an act of violence, exposing the devastating clash between tradition and assimilation.

  23. Harrison Bergeron

    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

    ★ 4.2 (14k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    In a dystopian 2081 where enforced equality cripples individual potential, a superhuman teenager named Harrison Bergeron defies the Handicapper General's handicaps, leading to his tragic end.

  24. Gomorrah

    Roberto Saviano

    ★ 3.8 (14k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    Through personal stories and detailed reporting, Roberto Saviano shows the Camorra's hold on Naples. He reveals how this crime network's involvement in fashion, drugs, and waste disposal has turned the region into a center of global corruption and environmental damage.

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