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  1. Jennifer Government

    Max Barry

    ★ 3.7 (13k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    In a future where corporate identity is literal and assassination is a marketing strategy, a low-level employee's accidental hitman contract ignites a global chase with a government agent to expose the absurdity of unchecked capitalism.

  2. Manhunt

    Janet Evanovich

    ★ 3.7 (13k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A sharp-witted city woman seeking an Alaskan escape finds her biggest challenge yet in a rugged pilot who is determined not to be hunted.

  3. The Tin Roof Blowdown

    James Lee Burke

    ★ 4.2 (13k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    After Hurricane Katrina, Detective Dave Robicheaux navigates a lawless New Orleans, where stolen diamonds, desperate people, and a fight between good and evil unfold in a raw, memorable story.

  4. Love Story

    Erich Segal

    ★ 3.6 (13k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A wealthy Harvard athlete and a working-class music student build an unlikely, passionate love that challenges their different worlds, only to face a love that must end too soon.

  5. The Last Echo

    Kimberly Derting

    ★ 4.1 (13k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Haunted by the dead, a teenage girl with a macabre gift must navigate a deadly love triangle and a serial killer's obsession before she becomes the next trophy.

  6. Crystal Storm

    Morgan Rhodes

    ★ 4.2 (13k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As a ruthless empress seizes the throne and dark prophecies loom, unlikely alliances form and old grudges are set aside as a group of rebels and royals fight to control their destinies against a tyrannical force and a coming storm that will reveal the true cost of magic.

  7. The Twentieth Wife

    Indu Sundaresan

    ★ 4.0 (13k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Born a refugee, Mehrunnisa defies fate and the rigid confines of 17th-century Mughal society to pursue a forbidden love with Prince Salim, ultimately shaping an empire with her brilliance and unyielding ambition.

  8. The Colossus Rises

    Peter Lerangis

    ★ 3.9 (13k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A dying boy named Jack must race against time to find seven ancient magical artifacts hidden within the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World to save his life.

  9. Adulthood Rites

    Octavia E. Butler

    ★ 4.2 (13k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Torn between his five parents' alien legacy and humanity's self-destructive freedom, Akin, a uniquely human-Oankali child, must decide if his 'pure' human captors deserve the fertility that will inevitably lead to their own undoing.

  10. La famiglia Winshaw

    Jonathan Coe

    ★ 4.1 (13k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    Attraverso le vicende grottesche e brutali della famiglia Winshaw, questo romanzo dipinge un affresco socio-politico esilarante e agghiacciante dell'Inghilterra thatcheriana, rivelando sorprendenti analogie con la realtà contemporanea.

  11. Await Your Reply

    Dan Chaon

    ★ 3.5 (13k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Three strangers, each running from a created past or an uncertain future, find their quests for identity linked by secrets, lies, and the echoes of a shared, hidden history.

  12. Fractured

    Karin Slaughter

    ★ 3.8 (13k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    In wealthy Atlanta, a mother's revenge against a stranger found with her murdered daughter starts a three-day race for detectives Will Trent and Faith Mitchell to find the truth before another girl dies.

  13. Praise of Folly

    Erasmus

    ★ 3.9 (13k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    The goddess Folly delivers a brilliant satirical monologue, exposing the hypocrisies of mankind, from superstitious priests to pompous academics, and ultimately highlighting true Christian piety in 16th-century Europe.

  14. Breaking The Silence

    Diane Chamberlain

    ★ 4.2 (13k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A daughter's promise to her dying father uncovers a decades-old mystery, linking a silent child, a forgotten love, and a truth that shatters a woman's present and reveals her daughter's true parentage.

  15. Jumper

    Steven Gould

    ★ 3.9 (13k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A runaway teen with the power to instantaneously teleport across the globe discovers that a world without boundaries comes with exhilarating freedom and dangerous enemies.

  16. In Watermelon Sugar

    Richard Brautigan

    ★ 4.0 (13k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In a world made of watermelon sugar, where the sun changes color daily, a gentle community tries to build a perfect life, leaving behind a violent past.

  17. Saving Grace

    Julie Garwood

    ★ 3.5 (13k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A young widow, determined to avoid remarriage, finds her resolve tested and her heart captured by a Scottish warrior, only to have their growing love threatened by a royal plot.

  18. Nightrise

    Anthony Horowitz

    ★ 4.0 (13k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    As ancient evils awaken and a gate to another dimension opens, two psychically-linked twins must unlock their mysterious bond to join the fight against the Old Ones before humanity's last hope is extinguished.

  19. Ethics

    Baruch Spinoza

    ★ 4.1 (13k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    Spinoza's "Ethics" builds a universe from divine first principles, guiding the reader through mind, emotion, and human limitations to reveal a path to freedom and happiness through understanding.

  20. Undermajordomo Minor

    Patrick dewitt

    ★ 3.7 (13k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A compulsive liar and weakling gets caught in a dark, funny story of theft, heartbreak, and murder while working in a strange, isolated castle where love is dangerous.

  21. Sleepers

    Lorenzo Carcaterra

    ★ 4.2 (13k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Four Hell's Kitchen friends, scarred by a year of brutal abuse in a juvenile home, reunite decades later to orchestrate an elaborate, high-stakes revenge plot that blurs the lines between street justice and legal manipulation.

  22. Shoeless Joe

    W.P. Kinsella

    ★ 4.0 (13k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An Iowa corn farmer, guided by a mysterious whisper, plows under his livelihood to build a baseball field, conjuring the ghosts of America's pastime and confronting his own fractured past.

  23. Four Dead Queens

    Astrid Scholte

    ★ 3.8 (13k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A thief and an honest citizen work together to find the killer of four queens and save themselves, all while navigating a forbidden romance in a kingdom on the verge of collapse.

  24. How We Fight For Our Lives

    Saeed Jones

    ★ 4.3 (13k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    A young, Black, gay man journeys through the American South, navigating race, sexuality, and family to define his identity amid love, grief, and defiance.

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