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  1. Second Chance Pass

    Robyn Carr

    ★ 4.2 (14k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    After tragedy, a widow and her late husband's best friend, who has loved her for years, find a second chance at happiness despite old loyalties and a meddling town.

  2. Tooth and Nail

    Ian Rankin

    ★ 3.9 (14k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A Scottish inspector, battling prejudice and a cunning serial killer in London, finds a dangerous ally in a captivating psychologist, making him a target himself.

  3. Ruined

    Paula Morris

    ★ 3.9 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In New Orleans, a lonely teenager finds an ethereal friendship in a cemetery, uncovering a spectral romance and a dangerous past.

  4. The Authenticity Project

    Clare Pooley

    ★ 4.0 (14k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    An eccentric artist's green notebook, filled with raw truths, connects six strangers, forcing them to shed their curated lives and find unexpected love and friendship in a bustling café.

  5. Of Fire and Stars

    Audrey Coulthurst

    ★ 3.8 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A fire-wielding princess betrothed to a prince must hide her forbidden magic while falling for his rebellious sister amidst a kingdom-shaking assassination plot, forcing them to choose between duty and a love that could ignite war.

  6. The Protector

    Carla Capshaw

    ★ 3.9 (14k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A devout gladiator, enslaved and fighting for survival, finds his faith and his heart tested when he's tasked with protecting a cynical, high-society Roman woman whose life is as precarious as his own.

  7. Beaches

    Iris Rainer Dart

    ★ 4.2 (14k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    From Atlantic City summers to the shores of adulthood, two vastly different women navigate three decades of life, love, and loss, bound by an unbreakable, ocean-laced friendship.

  8. Before the Coffee Gets Cold

    Toshikazu Kawaguchi

    ★ 3.8 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a Tokyo cafe, customers can briefly revisit the past, but only for the time it takes their coffee to cool, making them face life's truths and the people who shaped them.

  9. Omerta

    Mario Puzo

    ★ 3.7 (14k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Orphaned and adopted into the Aprile crime family, Astorre Viola, the seemingly unassuming horseman, must embrace his carefully cultivated destiny as the last Don's true heir amidst a violent power vacuum and betrayals from within and without.

  10. My Year of Meats

    Ruth Ozeki

    ★ 4.0 (14k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A Japanese-American TV producer uncovers the dark truths of industrial agriculture and its impact on women's bodies while filming a meat-sponsored show, leading her to a connection with a struggling Japanese housewife.

  11. Black and Blue

    Anna Quindlen

    ★ 4.1 (14k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A woman flees her abusive husband with her son, reinventing herself in a new city while constantly looking over her shoulder, knowing his possessive love will inevitably hunt her down.

  12. The Dressmaker

    Rosalie Ham

    ★ 3.4 (14k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Armed with a sewing machine and Parisian haute couture, a wronged dressmaker returns to her dusty Australian hometown to stitch a dazzling path of revenge through the very women who once cast her out.

  13. Indignation

    Philip Roth

    ★ 3.7 (14k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A brilliant but overbearing young man's rigid adherence to principle and unspoken desires unravel his promising future amidst the anxieties of the Korean War era.

  14. The Fourth Apprentice

    Erin Hunter

    ★ 4.3 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A drought threatens the warrior Clans. Three cats with special powers await a fourth apprentice, who is fated to complete a prophecy vital for their survival.

  15. Obsidian

    Jennifer L. Armentrout

    ★ 4.2 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When a snarky new girl moves to West Virginia, she discovers her infuriatingly attractive neighbor is an alien who accidentally marks her, thrusting her into a dangerous intergalactic conflict where staying close to him is her only chance of survival, if she doesn't kill him first.

  16. Yellow Star

    Jennifer Roy

    ★ 4.2 (14k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A young girl named Syvia shows courage and endures heartbreak in the Lodz ghetto, fighting for survival, told in free verse.

  17. The Commitments

    Roddy Doyle

    ★ 4.0 (14k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In Dublin's working-class streets, amateur musicians led by Jimmy Rabbitte and Joey 'The Lips' Fagan form a Motown tribute band, only to find their biggest challenge is keeping their chaotic personal lives and egos from tearing their dream apart.

  18. And the Shofar Blew

    Francine Rivers

    ★ 4.2 (14k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A pastor's ambition to build his church conflicts with his wife's spiritual wisdom, making them face the real cost of their faith and God's will.

  19. Old Filth

    Jane Gardam

    ★ 3.9 (14k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    An eighty-year-old retired judge, haunted by a brutal childhood in the fading British Empire, confronts the indelible stains of his past in a lyrical journey through memory and regret.

  20. Medea and Other Plays

    Euripides

    ★ 4.0 (14k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    When gods stay silent, Euripides shows the raw human rage of betrayed queens and vengeful daughters as they break society's rules to get their horrific justice.

  21. Flat Stanley His Original Adventure

    Jeff Brown

    ★ 3.9 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    After waking up as thin as a pancake, a boy named Stanley discovers the unexpected advantages of his new two-dimensional life, from sliding under doors to traveling in an envelope, ultimately becoming an unlikely hero who helps catch art thieves.

  22. Rabbit at Rest

    John Updike

    ★ 4.0 (14k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    As his body fails in the late 1980s, former basketball star Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom deals with a struggling son, an independent wife, and a lifetime of choices, searching for meaning in his final years.

  23. The Hand That First Held Mine

    Maggie O'Farrell

    ★ 3.9 (14k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Fifty years apart, a Soho reporter embracing unconventional motherhood and a present-day painter grappling with fragmented memories are linked by art, love, and a secret that unravels their lives.

  24. Revenge of the Wannabes

    Lisi Harrison

    ★ 3.8 (14k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    As Christmas nears, the Body Alive Dance Studio becomes a place of ambition and betrayal, where friendships are tested and rivalries ignite amid dance moves and holiday drama.

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