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  1. Tantalize

    Cynthia Leitich Smith

    ★ 3.3 (13k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Quincie opens a vampire-themed restaurant and faces a werewolf rite of passage, pulling her into a deadly supernatural love triangle where she might become prey.

  2. The Demon in the Wood

    Leigh Bardugo

    ★ 4.0 (13k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    This story uncovers the origins of the Shadow Summoner, showing the lonely boy who became the feared Darkling and shaped Ravka's fate.

  3. Scumble

    Ingrid Law

    ★ 4.0 (13k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When thirteen-year-old Ledger Kale's seemingly useless savvy for making things fall apart turns out to be a powerful, property-destroying force, he must wrangle his chaotic gift, outsmart a nosy reporter, and save his uncle's ranch from foreclosure in the Wild West.

  4. The Improbability of Love

    Hannah Rothschild

    ★ 3.7 (13k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A lovelorn chef finds a lost 18th-century masterpiece in a junk shop, starting a high-stakes treasure hunt through London's art world and forcing her to confront its secrets and her own capacity for love.

  5. Hunters of Dune

    Brian Herbert

    ★ 3.7 (13k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As the universe faces a new Butlerian Jihad, humanity's heroes must unite against the technologically advanced Hunters who threaten the last of the Bene Gesserit and the legacy of the Kwisatz Haderach.

  6. Enigma

    Robert Harris

    ★ 3.9 (13k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    At Bletchley Park during WWII, a brilliant but troubled codebreaker races to crack Germany's new Enigma cipher, all while investigating the disappearance of the woman he loves, who he suspects might be a spy.

  7. Navigating Early

    Clare Vanderpool

    ★ 4.1 (13k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    After WWII, a grieving Kansas boy at a Maine boarding school goes on a quest with an eccentric, pi-reciting classmate to find a legendary bear, discovering truths about loss, reality, and the stories we believe.

  8. The Interpretation of Murder

    Jed Rubenfeld

    ★ 3.5 (13k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In 1909 New York, Sigmund Freud and his American protégé must unravel the dark subconscious of a city terrorized by a sadistic killer preying on heiresses, all while navigating a conspiracy to discredit the very foundations of psychoanalysis.

  9. Under the Net

    Iris Murdoch

    ★ 3.8 (13k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In bohemian London, a charming but aimless young translator chases an old love, falls into absurd misadventures, and grapples with an enigmatic philosopher's ideas about language.

  10. The Sign of the Twisted Candles

    Carolyn Keene

    ★ 4.0 (13k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Nancy Drew unravels a decades-old family feud and unearths a hidden birthright, transforming the life of a young woman caught in its bitter grip.

  11. Turned

    Morgan Rice

    ★ 3.4 (13k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Uprooted to a perilous NYC, 18-year-old Caitlin's budding romance is eclipsed by a terrifying transformation, thrusting her into a hidden vampire war and a forbidden love with a mysterious protector who holds the key to her true parentage and the fate of their world.

  12. Carter Beats the Devil

    Glen David Gold

    ★ 4.1 (13k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a 1920s world of grand illusions and hidden dangers, master magician Charles Carter must find out how President Harding died, even if it means his own carefully built life might disappear.

  13. The Lie

    Helen Dunmore

    ★ 3.8 (13k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A WWI survivor returns to Cornwall, haunted by the trenches and a love forged in their fires, only to find peace shattered by a past lie's unforeseen consequences.

  14. SilverFin

    Charlie Higson

    ★ 3.8 (13k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Before he was the legendary spy, a young James Bond uncovers a deadly, aquatic secret called SilverFin while navigating the treacherous waters of a new boarding school.

  15. Farewell Waltz

    Milan Kundera

    ★ 3.9 (13k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    At a fertility spa, a jazz trumpeter's one-night stand leads to a five-day mix-up of mistaken paternity, jealous lovers, and philosophical jokes, showing how modern life has stripped us of tragedy.

  16. Shine

    Lauren Myracle

    ★ 3.8 (13k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    In a town full of secrets and bias, a determined teen uncovers the truth behind her best friend's hate crime, challenging her community.

  17. Devious Lies

    Parker S. Huntington

    ★ 4.1 (13k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A broke princess, desperate for a job, finds herself at the mercy of the vengeful billionaire whose family she unknowingly ruined, only to discover his elaborate scheme for revenge might just be a twisted path to claiming her heart.

  18. Fire Bringer

    David Clement-Davies

    ★ 4.2 (13k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Born under the shadow of his father's murder and marked by prophecy, a young deer named Rannoch flees his corrupt herd to seek the courage and truth that will one day free his kind from the grip of tyranny.

  19. Braveheart

    Randall Wallace

    ★ 4.2 (13k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    After the brutal murder of his true love and a deep desire for Scottish freedom, William Wallace changes from a farmer into a legendary rebel, fighting against the tyrannical English Plantagenet king.

  20. Hotel

    Arthur Hailey

    ★ 4.0 (13k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Beneath the gilded facade of New Orleans' St. Gregory Hotel, a five-day drama of ambition, betrayal, and hidden desires unfolds as a diverse cast navigates personal crises and professional intrigue amidst the sweltering Louisiana heat.

  21. Tonight on the Titanic

    Mary Pope Osborne

    ★ 4.0 (13k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Jack and Annie go on a journey aboard the Titanic. They race against time to save lives, including their own, before the ship sinks.

  22. Incendiary

    Amy A. Bartol

    ★ 3.6 (13k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A woman haunted by the past finds herself on a rain-swept Irish coast, where ancient fae secrets and a mysterious voice awaken a fierce beauty she never knew she possessed.

  23. Elijah of Buxton

    Christopher Paul Curtis

    ★ 3.9 (13k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    The first child born free in a Canadian settlement of former slaves travels to the dangerous American South to get back stolen money, confronting the realities his family escaped and finding his own path to freedom.

  24. The Fall

    Albert Camus

    ★ 4.2 (13k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A former lawyer in an Amsterdam bar dissects his own moral failings, challenging the reader to confront their own hidden hypocrisy.

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