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  1. Sandworms of Dune

    Brian Herbert

    ★ 3.6 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Humanity's last hope flees into the unknown. A resurrected Paul Muad'Dib must face the truth of the Kwisatz Haderach and the origin of the Honored Matres as the war between Man and Machine ends.

  2. The Breaks of the Game

    David Halberstam

    ★ 4.2 (11k) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    Halberstam examines the world of professional basketball, showing the connection between talent, travel, and the unseen pressures that shape legends.

  3. Pie

    Sarah Weeks

    ★ 4.0 (11k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    After her pie-queen aunt bequeaths her secret recipe to a remarkably disagreeable cat, a young girl named Alice must unravel a culinary mystery amidst a pie-crazed town to discover the true ingredients of happiness.

  4. The Paladin Prophecy

    Mark Frost

    ★ 4.0 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A seemingly ordinary teenager, forced into a clandestine prep school after his parents' disappearance, uncovers his latent superhuman abilities and a millennia-old war tied to his very existence.

  5. Midwinterblood

    Marcus Sedgwick

    ★ 3.7 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    On a mysterious, isolated island, two souls are bound by an ancient curse, reliving fragmented lives and searching for each other across seven distinct historical eras, each marked by a different moon.

  6. The Varieties of Religious Experience

    William James

    ★ 4.0 (11k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    William James, a psychologist, examines individual experiences of faith, showing a range of human spirituality that needs tolerance and respect.

  7. Awakenings

    Oliver Sacks

    ★ 4.1 (11k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    In a Bronx hospital, Dr. Sacks uses a new drug to wake catatonic patients from decades of sleep, showing the sad, brief beauty of their reanimated lives.

  8. Pre-Suasion

    Robert B. Cialdini

    ★ 4.0 (11k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Learn how to prepare people's minds before you speak, making them open to your message and more likely to agree.

  9. Away

    Amy Bloom

    ★ 3.4 (11k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A young Russian immigrant, Lillian Leyb, travels from New York's Yiddish theaters to the Alaskan wilderness in search of her lost daughter after surviving a brutal attack.

  10. The Bride Collector

    Ted Dekker

    ★ 3.8 (11k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    An FBI agent hunts a serial killer who adorns his beautiful victims with bridal veils, forcing him to seek help from a mysterious young woman with an uncanny connection to the killer's dark world.

  11. Password to Larkspur Lane

    Carolyn Keene

    ★ 4.0 (11k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    When a cryptic message arrives via carrier pigeon, Nancy Drew is propelled into a shadowy mystery surrounding a sinister retreat and the secrets it holds.

  12. Raphael

    D.B. Reynolds

    ★ 4.0 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Malibu's elite includes powerful vampires. When a Vampire Lord's beloved is kidnapped, he enlists a human private investigator. Their search ignites a dangerous passion that threatens to consume them both amidst betrayals and deadly foes.

  13. Divisadero

    Michael Ondaatje

    ★ 3.5 (11k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In 1970s Northern California, a violent act shatters a makeshift family, propelling its members across continents and decades as they grapple with the indelible echoes of their shared, fractured past.

  14. The Worst Best Man

    Lucy Score

    ★ 4.3 (11k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A Brooklyn maid of honor must work with the insufferable, yet attractive, best man to save her best friend's wedding, only to find him her biggest challenge yet.

  15. Point Counter Point

    Aldous Huxley

    ★ 3.9 (11k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Aldous Huxley's novel dissects the intellectual elite of the 1920s, showing the comedy and tragedy that comes from their ideals clashing with their messy lives.

  16. The God Project

    John Saul

    ★ 3.9 (11k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In Eastbury, healthy babies die mysteriously, forcing terrified parents to face a horrifying truth that twists life and death.

  17. London Fields

    Martin Amis

    ★ 3.7 (11k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In a London near collapse, the alluring Nicola Six, haunted by visions of her own death, sets two men against each other, forcing them to confront the murder she knows one of them will commit.

  18. The Gospel of Loki

    Joanne Harris

    ★ 3.7 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Through the eyes of Loki, the ultimate trickster, see the rise and fall of Asgard, where every divine triumph and betrayal is painted with a mischievous, self-serving brush.

  19. Soul Eater

    Michelle Paver

    ★ 4.3 (11k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a desperate midwinter quest, Torak must brave the dangerous stronghold of the Soul-Eaters to rescue his kidnapped wolf-brother from a chilling sacrifice.

  20. Paris Spleen

    Charles Baudelaire

    ★ 4.3 (11k) average on GoodreadsPhilosophy

    In 19th-century Paris, Baudelaire examines the city's intoxicating squalor and fleeting beauty, creating a new prose poetry that reflects a restless era.

  21. My Bondage and My Freedom

    Frederick Douglass

    ★ 4.3 (11k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Frederick Douglass escapes slavery, finding his freedom and articulating a complex vision for emancipation that influenced the world.

  22. Plague Ship

    Clive Cussler

    ★ 4.1 (11k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    When a covert ship encounters a mysteriously decimated cruise liner, its one-legged captain is thrust into a race against a deadly cult's apocalyptic plot to unleash a global plague.

  23. The Bridge

    Iain Banks

    ★ 3.9 (11k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A man with no memory wakes on an endless bridge, haunted by war dreams and drawn to his rescuer's daughter, as he faces the unsettling truth of his own fractured self.

  24. The 33 Strategies of War

    Robert Greene

    ★ 4.3 (11k) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    Learn from military history's greatest minds with 33 strategies for success in any competition, from the boardroom to personal life.

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