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  1. Treasure Hunters

    James Patterson

    ★ 4.2 (6k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    The Kidd siblings, experienced shipwreck divers, go on their most dangerous treasure hunt yet. They fight pirates and rivals to learn why their parents vanished and find them before it is too late.

  2. The Cage

    Ruth Minsky Sender

    ★ 4.1 (6k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    In the Lodz ghetto and Auschwitz, young Riva holds onto her mother's words of hope. She vows to survive the Holocaust and share her story, a powerful account of human endurance.

  3. The Rock of Tanios

    Amin Maalouf

    ★ 4.0 (6k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In the tumultuous 1880s Lebanese mountains, the illegitimate son of a sheik becomes an unlikely intermediary between warring European and Middle Eastern powers. His legend is born from a mysterious disappearance on a solitary rock.

  4. The Tenth Gift

    Jane Johnson

    ★ 3.8 (6k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A 17th-century embroidery book, revealing a Cornish woman's enslavement by Barbary pirates, leads a modern Londoner to Morocco, where she uncovers ancient secrets and finds her heart entangled by history.

  5. Walking Dead

    C.E. Murphy

    ★ 4.1 (6k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    On a chaotic Halloween, Seattle detective and reluctant shaman Joanne Walker must wrangle a city overrun by talkative zombies, the Wild Hunt, and a host of other undead party crashers, all while her mentor is missing and there's no magical manual for this particular apocalypse.

  6. Blood and Moonlight

    Erin Beaty

    ★ 3.9 (6k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A magically-sighted orphan overseeing a holy city's spires is thrust into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a brilliant, enigmatic detective and a brutal serial killer, all while guarding a secret that could either save her or make her the next victim.

  7. The Physics of Star Trek

    Lawrence M. Krauss

    ★ 3.8 (6k) average on GoodreadsReference

    Lawrence Krauss explains the real science behind 'Star Trek's' technologies, from warp drives to holodecks, showing what's possible and what isn't.

  8. Dogsong

    Gary Paulsen

    ★ 3.7 (6k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A young Inuit boy, wanting to learn his people's old ways, takes a dog sled into the Alaskan wilderness to find his own identity.

  9. Thousand Words

    Jennifer Brown

    ★ 3.8 (6k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After a vengeful ex-boyfriend leaks a private photo, propelling her into public shaming and isolation, Ashleigh finds an unexpected ally in Mack, the one person who received her viral image but chose not to look.

  10. Deadly Little Voices

    Laurie Faria Stolarz

    ★ 4.2 (6k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A high school junior with psychometric powers hears terrifying, berating voices and has chilling premonitions of danger, all while navigating a complex love triangle and her mentally unstable aunt's unsettling presence.

  11. Penmarric

    Susan Howatch

    ★ 4.1 (6k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In the windswept grandeur of a Cornish estate, a proud man's marriage ignites a three-generation saga of love, betrayal, and dark secrets, all inextricably bound to the ancient stones of Penmarric itself.

  12. Walking Across Egypt

    Clyde Edgerton

    ★ 3.9 (6k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    When a feisty 78-year-old widow with a penchant for pound cake and hymns takes in a stray dog and a teenage delinquent, her quiet Southern life is anything but predictable.

  13. The Good Son

    You-Jeong Jeong

    ★ 3.7 (6k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A young man with fractured memories must piece together the bloody fragments of the night his mother was murdered, only to discover the most terrifying suspect might be himself.

  14. The Future of an Illusion

    Sigmund Freud

    ★ 3.8 (6k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Freud uses psychoanalysis to describe religion as a collective neurosis, a comfort that prevents scientific reason.

  15. Honestly Ben

    Bill Konigsberg

    ★ 4.0 (6k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Ben tries to reclaim a 'normal' life of academic success and baseball glory after a past entanglement, but he finds himself drawn to a new girl, his mother's quiet struggles, and the undeniable pull of the boy who might be his true normal.

  16. The Foundling

    Georgette Heyer

    ★ 3.9 (6k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A sheltered young Duke, stifled by his guardians, escapes into intrigue, kidnapping, and romance when he rescues his cousin from a mysterious, beautiful foundling.

  17. Translations

    Brian Friel

    ★ 3.9 (6k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1833 rural Ireland, a British survey to translate Gaelic place names into English changes an Irish-speaking community's lives and culture, showing the human cost of an administrative act.

  18. Secret

    Brigid Kemmerer

    ★ 4.2 (6k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As elemental powers stir and a killer closes in, Nick Merrick fights to keep his family, his secrets, and his life from unraveling while navigating forbidden romance and the brewing storm of his own destiny.

  19. Melmoth the Wanderer

    Charles Maturin

    ★ 3.7 (6k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    A damned scholar roams the earth for 150 years, desperately seeking a soul desperate enough to inherit his infernal pact and free him from eternal damnation.

  20. Cross the Line

    Julie Johnson

    ★ 4.0 (6k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A woman's decade-long, unrequited love for her brother's best friend turns into a dangerous game of protection when she becomes the target of an unseen threat, forcing him to break every rule he made.

  21. The World According to Humphrey

    Betty G. Birney

    ★ 4.1 (6k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    From his cage in Room 26, a clever classroom hamster named Humphrey goes on weekend adventures with different students, secretly learning to read, write, and shoot rubber bands while navigating human emotions and a teacher he thinks dislikes him.

  22. The Cat Who Went to Heaven

    Elizabeth Coatsworth

    ★ 3.8 (6k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In ancient Japan, a compassionate artist's life changes when a humble cat inspires his masterpiece and brings unexpected blessings.

  23. The Buccaneers

    Edith Wharton

    ★ 3.9 (6k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In a Gilded Age transatlantic waltz, four American heiresses crash the gates of British aristocracy, seeking titles and love while defying the stifling corsets of Victorian societal expectations.

  24. The Rice Mother

    Rani Manicka

    ★ 4.1 (6k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A fourteen-year-old bride from Ceylon moves to war-torn Malaysia, where she becomes a strong matriarch who battles a harsh world and historical trauma to secure her family's future.

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