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  1. Most of All You

    Mia Sheridan

    ★ 4.1 (11k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A woman broken by past betrayals finds her emotional defenses falling away because of a kind man, forcing them both to face whether love can truly fix them.

  2. Johnny Mnemonic

    William Gibson

    ★ 3.8 (11k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A data courier with a brain overloaded by corporate secrets races against time and the Yakuza, who crave his cryogenically preserved head, to deliver his illicit cargo before it kills him.

  3. Sorcerer to the Crown

    Zen Cho

    ★ 3.8 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A freed slave and Sorcerer Royal must team up with a woman of immense, untamed power to solve England's magical drought, uncovering a conspiracy that could change sorcery forever.

  4. The Prose Edda

    Snorri Sturluson

    ★ 4.2 (11k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    Explore the ancient Norse cosmos, from its mythical creation and the struggles of gods, giants, dwarves, and elves, to the predicted twilight of Ragnarok, all preserved in Snorri Sturluson's saga.

  5. A Happy Death

    Albert Camus

    ★ 3.8 (11k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In Algiers, a young man named Mersault murders for money, then searches for a life of deliberate happiness and a death free of anger or regret.

  6. Take Me There

    Susane Colasanti

    ★ 3.6 (11k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    During a single tumultuous week, three interconnected teens navigate the wreckage of past relationships and the dizzying thrill of new crushes, all while plotting to take down their school's reigning mean girl.

  7. Blood Music

    Greg Bear

    ★ 3.8 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A scientist's self-experiment with intelligent cells starts a biological revolution that threatens to consume all existence.

  8. Tracks

    Louise Erdrich

    ★ 3.9 (11k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In early 1900s North Dakota, a community faces the loss of ancestral lands and the encroaching world, relying on the enduring, often mystical, power of its Anishinaabeg heritage.

  9. Prisoner of Tehran

    Marina Nemat

    ★ 4.2 (11k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    After Iran's 1979 revolution, a sixteen-year-old girl's protest against classroom Koran studies leads to her arrest and a brutal journey through Evin Prison's torture chambers, ending in a death sentence that tests her will to survive and her desire for freedom.

  10. Travels with My Aunt

    Graham Greene

    ★ 3.8 (11k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A retired bank manager's quiet life changes forever when his eccentric aunt takes him on a global adventure through a world of smugglers, spies, and free spirits, pushing him to leave his old life behind.

  11. All My Friends are Superheroes

    Andrew Kaufman

    ★ 3.8 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A man with an invisible problem must make his superhero wife see him again before their cross-country flight lands and she perfects him out of her life forever.

  12. Profiles in Courage

    John F. Kennedy

    ★ 3.9 (11k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    John F. Kennedy's book examines eight American politicians who risked their careers by acting on their beliefs, showing the importance of courage when facing opposition.

  13. The Brief History of the Dead

    Kevin Brockmeier

    ★ 3.7 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a shrinking afterlife where existence depends on remembrance, a newspaper editor and a stranded scientist race against oblivion.

  14. Game

    Barry Lyga

    ★ 4.2 (11k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Haunted by his serial killer father's legacy, Jazz travels to New York City to confront a new murderer, playing a deadly game of cat and mouse where every move could prove he's more like his dad than he dares to admit.

  15. A Walk Across America

    Peter Jenkins

    ★ 4.0 (11k) average on GoodreadsLifestyle

    Disillusioned with 1970s America, Peter Jenkins walks across the country, meeting hermits, confronting racial tensions, and working in mills, ultimately rediscovering himself and his faith in the nation.

  16. The Outlaws of Sherwood

    Robin McKinley

    ★ 3.8 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a new Sherwood, Robin Hood finds his strongest ally in Marian, a skilled archer who helps him fight for justice against King John.

  17. Double Cross

    Malorie Blackman

    ★ 4.1 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a segregated world, Tobey's desperate quest for a better life with Callie Rose forces him to choose between quick money and gang violence, all while a divided society crumbles.

  18. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    Deborah Moggach

    ★ 3.5 (11k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    Seven cash-strapped British retirees find their golden years hilariously upended and unexpectedly rekindled when they trade the comforts of home for a dilapidated, yet charming, retirement hotel in bustling Bangalore.

  19. Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen

    Susan Gregg Gilmore

    ★ 3.7 (11k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    In 1970s Ringgold, Georgia, a headstrong preacher's daughter plots her escape to Atlanta from the local Dairy Queen, only to find that tragedy and unexpected revelations lead her salvation back to the small town she yearns to leave.

  20. A Contract With God

    Will Eisner

    ★ 4.1 (11k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1930s Dropsie Avenue, a rabbi's lost faith begins four stories that capture the Bronx's spirit in a graphic novel.

  21. The Famished Road

    Ben Okri

    ★ 3.7 (11k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A spirit-child chooses to live in the mortal world, navigating poverty and wonder with an unyielding smile.

  22. Under the Greenwood Tree

    Thomas Hardy

    ★ 3.7 (11k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In a Victorian village, a church musician's simple life changes when a charming schoolmistress arrives, threatening tradition and starting a complicated love.

  23. The Law of Attraction

    N.M. Silber

    ★ 3.8 (11k) average on GoodreadsMystery
  24. Maximum Ride Forever

    James Patterson

    ★ 4.1 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Maximum Ride and her flock fly through a ruined, post-apocalyptic Earth, searching for truth and confronting their destiny in a final battle.

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