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  1. Are You My Mother?

    P.D. Eastman

    ★ 4.2 (213k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A newly hatched baby bird embarks on a determined, yet often comical, quest to find his mother, asking everything from a kitten to an airplane, 'Are you my mother?'

  2. Beartown

    Fredrik Backman

    ★ 4.3 (213k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In the isolated, hockey-obsessed town of Beartown, a single act of violence shatters a community's fragile dreams, forcing them to confront the true cost of loyalty, ambition, and silence.

  3. Lilac Girls

    Martha Hall Kelly

    ★ 4.3 (213k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Three women—a New York socialite, a Polish resistance courier, and a German doctor—find their lives connected by the horrors of Ravensbrück and the fight for justice after WWII.

  4. Redeeming Love

    Francine Rivers

    ★ 4.5 (213k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1850s California, Angel, a prostitute, is slowly changed by the constant love of Michael Hosea, a man sent by God to redeem her. She flees from her feelings of unworthiness, eventually finding her ultimate healing in divine love.

  5. Lady Tan's Circle Of Women

    Lisa See

    ★ 4.3 (213k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    In 15th-century China, two women born under the same sign form a strong bond, going against societal rules to practice medicine and advocate for women's health in a world that sees educated women as worthless.

  6. Postmortem

    Patricia Cornwell

    ★ 4.0 (212k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta must find a serial killer known as 'Mr. Nobody' in a city paralyzed by fear, battling sabotage and threats from within the police department as she races against time.

  7. It Ends with Us

    Colleen Hoover

    ★ 4.4 (212k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A young woman building her dream life in Boston finds her perfect romance with a charming neurosurgeon threatened by his hidden darkness and the unexpected reappearance of her protective first love.

  8. The Polar Express

    Chris Van Allsburg

    ★ 4.3 (212k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    On Christmas Eve, a mysterious train whisks a doubting boy away to the North Pole, where he receives the first gift of Christmas and a timeless lesson in believing.

  9. A Little Life

    Hanya Yanagihara

    ★ 4.3 (212k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Follow four college friends navigating ambition, art, and devastating trauma in New York City, as their unwavering bond is tested by the enigmatic and increasingly broken Jude, whose unspeakable past threatens to define their lives forever.

  10. Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories

    Truman Capote

    ★ 3.9 (211k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    In 1940s New York, the mysterious and lively Holly Golightly deals with gangsters, millionaires, and her own difficult emotions, finding peace at Tiffany's sparkling windows.

  11. Crossed

    Ally Condie

    ★ 3.5 (211k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a world where love is controlled, a determined girl defies a strict society and ventures into the dangerous wilderness to find her forbidden love, only to uncover a rebellion and a network of lies that threatens everything.

  12. It's Kind of a Funny Story

    Ned Vizzini

    ★ 4.1 (211k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    A driven New York City teenager's pursuit of perfection crumbles under the weight of his own ambition, landing him in a psychiatric hospital where he discovers an unexpected path to healing among a cast of fellow patients.

  13. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

    Eckhart Tolle

    ★ 4.1 (211k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Eckhart Tolle's "The Power of Now" guides readers to dismantle mental barriers to peace and happiness through present-moment awareness, turning spiritual ideas into practical steps for daily life.

  14. Preludes & Nocturnes

    Neil Gaiman

    ★ 4.2 (210k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    After seventy years of magical imprisonment, the personification of Dreams, Morpheus, embarks on a surreal and dangerous quest across mythical places and the waking world to reclaim his lost artifacts, encountering Lucifer, John Constantine, and his cheerful sister, Death, along the way.

  15. The Martian Chronicles

    Ray Bradbury

    ★ 4.1 (210k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Humanity's dreams and fears meet the ancient, psychic world of Mars, as Earth's settlers colonize a planet that reflects their deepest desires and anxieties.

  16. Needful Things

    Stephen King

    ★ 3.9 (210k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In the quiet town of Castle Rock, a mysterious new shopkeeper grants everyone their deepest desires, but the price is paid in escalating pranks and betrayals that spiral the community into a maelstrom of self-destruction.

  17. Don Quixote

    Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

    ★ 3.9 (210k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A deluded hidalgo, fueled by archaic tales of chivalry, renames himself Don Quixote and sets forth with his pragmatic squire, Sancho Panza, to revive a bygone era of knighthood through a series of increasingly anachronistic and comical misadventures.

  18. Slammed

    Colleen Hoover

    ★ 4.3 (209k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After her father's sudden death, 18-year-old Layken finds an intense, hopeful connection with her new neighbor, Will, only for a shocking secret to slam their budding romance to an agonizing halt.

  19. The Testaments

    Margaret Atwood

    ★ 4.2 (209k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Fifteen years after Offred's uncertain fate, three women from within and without Gilead reveal the explosive truths and hidden rebellions that could finally shatter its totalitarian grip.

  20. The Truth About Forever

    Sarah Dessen

    ★ 4.1 (209k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After her father's death, Macy finds joy and self-discovery by joining a chaotic catering crew, renovating a beach house, and connecting with an artist who helps her live fully.

  21. Then She Was Gone

    Lisa Jewell

    ★ 4.0 (209k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A decade after her daughter vanished, a mother finds herself drawn to a new man whose child bears an unsettling resemblance to her lost girl, reigniting the chilling mystery of what truly happened.

  22. Pachinko

    Min Jin Lee

    ★ 4.3 (208k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A young Korean woman's choice to raise her son in Japan starts a multi-generational story about prejudice, poverty, and the search for identity.

  23. A Monster Calls

    Patrick Ness

    ★ 4.3 (208k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A grieving boy's nightmares manifest into a tree monster that demands the terrifying truth about his mother's terminal illness, forcing him to confront the complex, messy emotions of loss and acceptance.

  24. A Great and Terrible Beauty

    Libba Bray

    ★ 3.8 (208k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In 1895, a privileged English girl exiled to a Victorian boarding school discovers a hidden realm of magic, dark secrets, and dangerous power that connects her to a mysterious past and a perilous destiny.

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