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  1. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

    Jamie Ford

    ★ 4.0 (263k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A Chinese American man's discovery of a Japanese parasol in a long-shuttered hotel unlocks a bittersweet flood of memories, propelling him to unearth a lost love story forged amidst the painful backdrop of WWII internment camps.

  2. Neuromancer

    William Gibson

    ★ 3.9 (262k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a future ruled by artificial intelligence, a former hacker navigates corporate espionage, cyberspace gods, and threats to human consciousness.

  3. The House of Hades

    Rick Riordan

    ★ 4.5 (262k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Percy and Annabeth battle starvation and monsters in Tartarus. Their demigod friends on the surface must find the House of Hades and reopen the Doors of Death before Gaea starts a world war.

  4. A Streetcar Named Desire

    Tennessee Williams

    ★ 4.0 (261k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    In New Orleans, a Southern belle's attempt at maintaining her refined image clashes with her brother-in-law's rough nature, leading to her mental collapse.

  5. The Undomestic Goddess

    Sophie Kinsella

    ★ 3.8 (259k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A high-powered, burnt-out attorney accidentally reinvents herself as a hapless yet charming housekeeper in rural England, discovering domestic happiness and unexpected love while comically fumbling with everything from ironing boards to her past.

  6. An American Marriage

    Tayari Jones

    ★ 4.0 (258k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A promising Black couple's American Dream shatters when the husband is wrongly imprisoned, forcing his artist wife to navigate a new love and an impossible choice when he is suddenly freed five years later.

  7. The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

    Corrie ten Boom

    ★ 4.4 (257k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    During World War II, a Dutch watchmaker and her family turn their home into a refuge for Jewish people, risking their lives and eventually facing a concentration camp.

  8. Under the Dome

    Stephen King

    ★ 3.9 (257k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    An invisible dome traps a small Maine town, forcing residents to fight for survival. An Iraq veteran leads a group against a corrupt politician and the dome's mystery before humanity collapses.

  9. Where She Went

    Gayle Forman

    ★ 4.0 (257k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Three years after a tragic accident, rock star Adam and Juilliard student Mia spend one night in New York to confront their past, rekindle their love, and decide if they have a future.

  10. Little House on the Prairie

    Laura Ingalls Wilder

    ★ 4.2 (256k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In the Kansas Territory, young Laura Ingalls and her family build a new home, facing frontier life's joys and dangers, from planting crops to navigating conflicts.

  11. Last Sacrifice

    Richelle Mead

    ★ 4.4 (255k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Framed for murder and facing execution, Rose Hathaway races to expose the real killer, clear her name, and secure Lissa's claim to the Moroi throne, all while battling the darkness of death and her heart's pleas for the two men she loves.

  12. The Mysterious Affair at Styles

    Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.0 (255k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A recuperating war veteran's peaceful country retreat turns deadly when a poisoning at Styles Priory forces him to partner with an eccentric Belgian refugee detective to unmask a cunning killer.

  13. I'll Give You the Sun

    Jandy Nelson

    ★ 4.1 (254k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Tragedy separates artistic twins Noah and Jude. They must uncover past truths to heal their fractured relationship and find their way back to each other.

  14. The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    ★ 4.1 (254k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Sherlock Holmes must unravel the chilling legend of a spectral hound and a family curse before the beast on the desolate moors claims its next victim.

  15. Are You My Mother? Cloth Book

    Philip D. Eastman

    ★ 4.2 (253k) average on Goodreads

    A newly hatched Baby Bird goes on a journey, asking every creature and machine he meets, "Are you my mother?"

  16. A Court of Wings and Ruin

    Sarah J. Maas

    ★ 4.4 (253k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    With a devastating war approaching, Feyre goes undercover in the enemy court, playing a dangerous game of espionage and lies among powerful High Lords to save her world, even if it means losing everything.

  17. Saga, Vol. 1

    Brian K. Vaughan

    ★ 4.2 (252k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Two star-crossed soldiers from warring alien races risk their lives and defy galactic conflict to protect their newborn daughter in a universe that wants them dead.

  18. Ways of Seeing

    John Berger

    ★ 3.9 (251k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" changes how we see art by showing the historical and social forces that shape our view, making us question the power dynamics in every image.

  19. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

    Laura Joffe Numeroff

    ★ 4.3 (251k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A single cookie plunges a boy into a spiraling, hilariously demanding odyssey as he caters to the insatiable whims of a tiny, take-charge mouse.

  20. Odd Thomas

    Dean Koontz

    ★ 4.0 (250k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A short-order cook who sees the dead must race against time to prevent a disaster in his desert town, guided by silent specters and the love of his life, before a mysterious stranger unleashes evil.

  21. Killing Floor

    Lee Child

    ★ 4.0 (249k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Framed for murder, ex-military policeman Jack Reacher must uncover a conspiracy in a Georgia town where everyone is a suspect.

  22. For Whom the Bell Tolls

    Ernest Hemingway

    ★ 4.0 (249k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    An American dynamiter finds love and duty with Spanish guerrillas as he faces a dangerous bridge demolition and the tragedy of war.

  23. The Green Mile

    Stephen King

    ★ 4.5 (249k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    On death row in the 1930s, a kind giant with a miraculous gift makes a prison guard question what justice means and see the wonder in the condemned.

  24. Red Rising

    Pierce Brown

    ★ 4.3 (248k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a brutal, color-coded future, a low-caste miner unearths a galaxy-spanning lie and infiltrates the elite ruling class, transforming himself into the very enemy he vows to destroy in order to liberate his people.

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