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  1. Chromosome 6

    Robin Cook

    ★ 3.9 (14k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In equatorial Africa, a medical thriller unfolds as genetic manipulation blurs the lines between humanity and primal nature, threatening existence.

  2. Highly Illogical Behavior

    John Corey Whaley

    ★ 4.0 (14k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    An ambitious girl's attempt to 'cure' her agoraphobic classmate for a college psychology project unravels into a web of unexpected friendships, hidden truths, and collapsing emotional walls.

  3. Imagine Me

    Tahereh Mafi

    ★ 3.7 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Juliette faces her true identity as Ella, navigating a world on the edge of war, where her past and future threaten her understanding of love, loyalty, and her role in fighting the Reestablishment.

  4. Woman on the Edge of Time

    Marge Piercy

    ★ 4.0 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Trapped in a 1970s mental institution, a Chicana woman faces two possible futures—a feminist, ecological society or a patriarchal, consumerist one—and realizes her choices might decide which world comes to be.

  5. The October Country

    Ray Bradbury

    ★ 4.2 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A carnival of the macabre, where funhouse mirrors show parasitic observers, poker chips whisper dark secrets, and childhood nostalgia is both celebrated and mourned in chilling tales.

  6. Demon Thief

    Darren Shan

    ★ 4.2 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When a peculiar boy who sees swirling lights discovers a terrifying demon world, he's thrust into a brutal mission as a Disciple, hunting monstrous entities to the death.

  7. Six Characters in Search of an Author

    Luigi Pirandello

    ★ 3.9 (14k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    Six unfinished characters interrupt a play rehearsal, demanding the actors bring their own tragic, unwritten drama to life.

  8. The Brothers K

    David James Duncan

    ★ 4.4 (14k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Four brothers and their twin sisters navigate Eisenhower-era America and the Vietnam War, shaped by their father's lost baseball dream and their mother's strong faith, in a story of family, politics, and the game's lasting spirit.

  9. Mutiny on the Bounty

    Charles Bernard Nordhoff

    ★ 4.0 (14k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A true story of the sea, where the South Pacific pushes a ship's crew to its limit, leading to a mutiny against their captain and a desperate fight for survival.

  10. Z for Zachariah

    Robert C. O'Brien

    ★ 3.7 (14k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    In a post-nuclear world, a lone teenage girl's fragile sanctuary is threatened by the arrival of a mysterious, potentially dangerous survivor, forcing her to confront the terrifying reality that isolation might be preferable to companionship.

  11. Too Close to Home

    Linwood Barclay

    ★ 4.0 (14k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    When a murder destroys his neighbors, a landscaper in a quiet town uncovers a decade of dark secrets, forcing him to face the possibility that the killer is not just close, but already inside his home.

  12. Immortal Beloved

    Cate Tiernan

    ★ 4.1 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Nastasya, a decadent immortal, faces supernatural rehab after her best friend's brutal act, where a mysterious immortal helps her unlock a forgotten past and confront a deadly threat.

  13. Big Nate Goes for Broke

    Lincoln Peirce

    ★ 4.5 (14k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Nate and his friends brave the Ultimate Snowdown, a chaotic snow-sculpting showdown against their arch-rivals from Jefferson Middle School, determined to finally break their losing streak.

  14. Fugitive Pieces

    Anne Michaels

    ★ 3.9 (14k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Haunted by the silent screams of his family lost to the Holocaust, a young Jewish survivor finds solace and a voice for the dead excavating ancient histories on a Greek isle, unearthing not just artifacts but the insidious ways power distorts truth.

  15. Draw

    Cora Brent

    ★ 3.9 (14k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After escaping a brutal past, a young woman seeking a fresh start is drawn to a dangerous childhood tormentor, Cord Gentry, whose violent profession and wild nature spark a forbidden desire she cannot deny.

  16. Rabbit Redux

    John Updike

    ★ 3.8 (14k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In 1969, a middle-aged Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom, left by his family, searches for purpose and belief amid social unrest and personal ruin.

  17. Shadow Study

    Maria V. Snyder

    ★ 4.1 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    With her magic gone and peace between nations collapsing, Yelena must find a hidden enemy threatening Valek and everything she cares about, or watch their lives and love fall apart.

  18. Partners in Crime

    Agatha Christie

    ★ 3.8 (14k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Tommy and Tuppence, a daring duo, trade domesticity for danger, diving headfirst into a whirlwind of perplexing cases from stolen pearls to poisoned chocolates, all while masquerading as the masterminds of Blunt's International Detective Agency.

  19. Dark Disciple

    Christie Golden

    ★ 4.0 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A Jedi and a former Sith assassin must join forces to find the galaxy's most brutal warlord, Count Dooku, before their shared pasts destroy them.

  20. Afternoon on the Amazon

    Mary Pope Osborne

    ★ 3.9 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Jack and Annie fall into the Amazon rainforest, outwitting vampire bats and killer ants, as they race to find their way back to the Magic Tree House.

  21. Darth Paper Strikes Back

    Tom Angleberger

    ★ 4.1 (14k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When Origami Yoda's creator is suspended, a group of middle schoolers must gather evidence to clear their friend's name and stop Darth Paper's mischief.

  22. Appointment in Samarra

    John O'Hara

    ★ 3.8 (14k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In the glittering, booze-soaked high society of 1930s Gibbsville, a single impulsive act by Julian English ignites a rapid, self-destructive plunge from privilege, exposing the brittle facade of the American dream.

  23. Wanted

    Sara Shepard

    ★ 3.9 (14k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    Rosewood's most fashionable liars prepare to unmask their tormentor, only to find some secrets are best left buried, especially when the truth threatens to unravel their lives.

  24. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

    Judith Kerr

    ★ 4.0 (14k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Nine-year-old Anna's world of school and tobogganing shatters as her Jewish family secretly flees Hitler's Germany, leaving behind everything she knows, including her beloved pink rabbit.

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