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  1. Prisoner of Night and Fog

    Anne Blankman

    ★ 4.0 (9k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1930s Munich, a young woman raised as Adolf Hitler's beloved 'pet' must choose between her indoctrinated loyalty to the Nazi party and the dangerous truth uncovered by a Jewish reporter about her father's death.

  2. The Upside of Falling

    Alex Light

    ★ 3.6 (9k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A cynical bookworm and a focused football captain fake a relationship to solve their individual problems, only to discover that their pretend romance might be the most genuine connection they've ever known.

  3. The Whispering Statue

    Carolyn Keene

    ★ 3.9 (9k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Disguised as an art gallery assistant, Nancy Drew investigates a swindling art dealer, stolen rare books, and a whispering statue that resembles her.

  4. One Step Too Far

    Tina Seskis

    ★ 3.5 (9k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A woman's desperate escape to a new identity in London crumbles as the truth of her past, and the shocking act that triggered her flight, relentlessly pursues her.

  5. Almost Transparent Blue

    Ryū Murakami

    ★ 3.3 (9k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    In a haze of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, a group of aimless youths in a Japanese port town near an American military base spiral through a brutal, image-intensive descent into their own self-destruction.

  6. Close to Famous

    Joan Bauer

    ★ 4.0 (9k) average on GoodreadsLifestyle

    In the quirky town of Culpepper, a twelve-year-old baking prodigy and her singing mother find unexpected solace and the courage to confront their past, all while the girl secretly grapples with learning to read.

  7. Marcovaldo

    Italo Calvino

    ★ 3.9 (9k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    In a bleak industrial city, the perpetually bewildered Marcovaldo chases fleeting natural wonders and ill-fated schemes, only to find his dreams comically unraveling in unexpected ways.

  8. Sabbath's Theater

    Philip Roth

    ★ 3.9 (9k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Mickey Sabbath, a sixty-four-year-old puppeteer, embarks on a lecherous and grief-stricken odyssey through his past after the death of his mistress, leaving a trail of farcical disasters and confronting the ghosts of his scandalous life.

  9. The Echo Maker

    Richard Powers

    ★ 3.4 (9k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    After an accident makes him believe his sister is an impostor, a man's search for answers unravels his mind and the lives of those around him, as migrating cranes reflect their world's delicate balance.

  10. Love Life

    Rob Lowe

    ★ 3.6 (9k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    From the Playboy Mansion's hot tub to coaching a kids' basketball team, Rob Lowe offers a witty and poignant backstage pass to his life, revealing the unexpected truths of Hollywood, fatherhood, and lasting love.

  11. The Bunker Diary

    Kevin Brooks

    ★ 3.8 (9k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A kidnapped teenager awakens in a concrete bunker with five strangers, connected to the outside only by an elevator, as they deal with captivity and the chilling realization their captor watches them.

  12. The Beatrice Letters

    Lemony Snicket

    ★ 3.8 (9k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Lemony Snicket uses a sad collection of cryptic letters and mementos to show the untold secrets, regrets, and tragic love story behind the Baudelaire saga.

  13. The Dying Animal

    Philip Roth

    ★ 3.6 (9k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    An aging intellectual, who sees himself as a master of sexual freedom, finds his world of detached pleasure broken by an obsessive love for a young student, making him face the intense reality of passion and death.

  14. Motherhood

    Sheila Heti

    ★ 3.6 (9k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A woman in her late thirties considers whether to become a mother, looking to philosophy, mysticism, and her own body for an answer.

  15. The Eagle of the Ninth

    Rosemary Sutcliff

    ★ 3.9 (9k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A disgraced Roman centurion, haunted by his father's vanished legion, embarks on a perilous quest beyond Hadrian's Wall to retrieve its lost eagle standard and restore his family's honor.

  16. How Stella Got Her Groove Back

    Terry McMillan

    ★ 3.8 (9k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A forty-two-year-old investment analyst’s spontaneous Jamaican vacation ignites an unexpected romance with a man half her age, forcing her to confront her desires and redefine her life.

  17. Harvey

    Mary Chase

    ★ 4.1 (9k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An eccentric man's invisible, six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, Harvey, disrupts his sister's social life, leading to a mistaken commitment, a frantic search, and the realization that a bit of delusion might be the most sensible way to live.

  18. Frozen

    Melissa de la Cruz

    ★ 3.6 (9k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a frozen, post-apocalyptic New Vegas, a blackjack dealer with a dangerous secret gambles on a mercenary crew and a cocky runner to find a mythical warm paradise, risking her heart and her life against sinister magic and treacherous lies.

  19. Arthur

    Stephen R. Lawhead

    ★ 4.0 (9k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Born from war-torn Britain, the illegitimate son Arthur, guided by Merlin and foretold by Taliesin, becomes the Pendragon, forging a legendary reign of peace, only to have his noble heart broken by the very treachery he sought to end.

  20. The Sunflower

    Richard Paul Evans

    ★ 4.1 (9k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In the Amazon, a heartbroken woman and a grieving doctor, both recovering from shattered lives, find healing and love on a humanitarian mission in Peru.

  21. Day

    Elie Wiesel

    ★ 3.8 (9k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Haunted by the Holocaust, a survivor grapples with the meaning of life and the specter of death after a New York City accident forces him to confront his shattered faith and the burden of memory.

  22. Nectar In A Sieve

    Kamala Markandaya

    ★ 3.6 (9k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In a South Indian village, a young woman named Rukmini navigates the cycles of monsoon, drought, and famine, enduring industrialization and poverty.

  23. Lavinia

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    ★ 3.8 (9k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Princess Lavinia of Latium, silent in Virgil's epic, tells her own story: her life shaped by prophecy, the war she caused, and her love for Aeneas.

  24. The Will to Power

    Friedrich Nietzsche

    ★ 4.0 (9k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Friedrich Nietzsche's private notebooks, carefully compiled and annotated, show the origins of his ideas on nihilism, morality, art, and human will.

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