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  1. A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23

    W. Phillip Keller

    ★ 4.5 (8k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    Join a shepherd to understand Psalm 23's practical wisdom, showing God's care through sheep's behavior.

  2. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

    J.M. Barrie

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Before Neverland, Peter Pan was a forgotten baby, living a whimsical, secret life amongst the birds and fairies of London's Kensington Gardens, learning to fly with the help of a mischievous crow and a thimble-sized kiss.

  3. Snow White and Rose Red

    Patricia C. Wrede

    ★ 3.8 (8k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In Elizabethan England, two sisters discover love and ancient secrets while navigating a magical forest and a mysterious bear, in a fresh retelling of a classic fairy tale.

  4. The Tibetan Book of the Dead

    Padmasambhava

    ★ 4.1 (8k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    This ancient Tibetan guide explains the path from life to death and beyond, with practices for daily transformation and insights into the after-death state.

  5. Wish

    Barbara O'Connor

    ★ 4.3 (8k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Sent to live with strangers in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a determined wish-maker discovers that a skinny stray dog and an unexpected friendship might just grant her a different kind of wish entirely.

  6. Fever Crumb

    Philip Reeve

    ★ 3.7 (8k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a post-apocalyptic London where women are deemed illogical, an engineering apprentice named Fever Crumb deals with forgotten memories and a mysterious past that links her to the city's monstrous history and uncertain future.

  7. Pages for You

    Sylvia Brownrigg

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A seventeen-year-old college freshman becomes an eager, if ultimately heartbroken, pupil to an enigmatic older graduate student, learning about literature, love, and life's harsh lessons in a passionate, East Coast coming-of-age story.

  8. Focus

    Alyssa Rose Ivy

    ★ 4.1 (8k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Navigating freshman year and a supernatural society, Allie finds herself entangled with the future king, her destiny now linked to a world she can no longer escape.

  9. Thereby Hangs a Tail

    Spencer Quinn

    ★ 4.0 (8k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    When a pampered show dog and her owner disappear, canine detective Chet and his human Bernie must find the dognappers and untangle a dangerous plot.

  10. Totem and Taboo

    Sigmund Freud

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Freud's book explores how society, religion, and morality began, connecting the incest taboo and Oedipal complex to human civilization.

  11. Rule of the Bone

    Russell Banks

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A teen runaway named Bone navigates the drug-fueled world of 1990s rural New York, finding his way to self-discovery and belonging.

  12. The Denial of Death

    Ernest Becker

    ★ 4.2 (8k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Ernest Becker's Pulitzer-winning work argues that humanity's deepest motivations, from heroism to madness, are defenses against the terrifying, unacknowledged truth of our own inevitable death.

  13. All Things Cease to Appear

    Elizabeth Brundage

    ★ 3.7 (8k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In a town marked by an unsolved murder, a professor's wife is found dead, revealing family secrets, old suspicions, and a chilling look at psychopathy that affects a community for decades.

  14. Darkest Hour

    Jenny Carroll

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A modern teen's forbidden love for a 19th-century ghost clashes with the spectral fury of his murdered fiancée, who demands an end to backyard construction to keep her lover's century-old secret buried.

  15. Front and Center

    Catherine Gilbert Murdock

    ★ 4.0 (8k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    D.J. Schwenk, a girl who'd rather be in the background, finds herself front and center on the basketball court, in the spotlight of college scouts, and in the complicated tangle of new romance and an undeniable past love.

  16. Zelda

    Nancy Milford

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Zelda Fitzgerald's life with F. Scott Fitzgerald was a dazzling, tragic story of madness, artistic struggle, and fiery demise, forever entangled in the shadow of his ambition.

  17. If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things

    Jon McGregor

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A single day on a quiet English street unfolds into a web of interconnected lives, where ordinary hopes and despairs build to a sudden, shattering tragedy and a surprising twist that redefines everything.

  18. The Mystery of the Yellow Room

    Gaston Leroux

    ★ 3.7 (8k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A young woman is attacked in a room locked from the inside, but her assailant disappears without a trace, creating a mystery that defies logic.

  19. Far Far Away

    Tom McNeal

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In the isolated town of Never Better, a young outcast, Jeremy Johnson Johnson, finds his only friend and protector in the mischievous ghost of Jacob Grimm. Jacob warns him of a growing evil, just as a curious local girl threatens to expose their secret, putting their otherworldly bond and the town at risk.

  20. Dragonfly

    Julia Golding

    ★ 4.0 (8k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A disciplined princess and a carousing prince, forced into an arranged marriage for the sake of their kingdoms, must survive kidnapping, brainwashing, and a host of treacherous characters to forge an alliance and perhaps, an unexpected love.

  21. Beauty and Sadness

    Yasunari Kawabata

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A celebrated writer's reunion with his former, much younger lover ignites a dangerous game of obsession and revenge, orchestrated by her jealous protégée amidst the ancient beauty of Kyoto.

  22. The Case for God

    Karen Armstrong

    ★ 3.8 (8k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    Karen Armstrong explores humanity's ancient search for the sacred, showing how modern rationalism has clouded our understanding of God and arguing for a return to religion as a compassionate, experiential practice vital for our divided world.

  23. Wolverine

    Chris Claremont

    ★ 4.0 (8k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Wolverine travels to Japan to win the heart of the woman he loves, Mariko, but must first defeat her criminal father and his army of ninjas.

  24. Dead to You

    Lisa McMann

    ★ 3.7 (8k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A kidnapped boy's return at sixteen shatters his family's peace as forgotten memories expose a truth more terrifying than his absence.

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