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  1. The White Hotel

    D.M. Thomas

    ★ 3.8 (4k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In a hallucinatory blend of erotic fantasy and historical horror, a woman's vivid dreams recounted to Sigmund Freud unravel into the unspeakable realities of the Holocaust, attempting to reconcile individual psyche with collective fate.

  2. The Rescue

    Nicholas Sparks

    ★ 4.0 (4k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A firefighter who saves lives but avoids love must confront his fears when a single mother's son goes missing after a storm, forcing him to commit.

  3. How to Pray

    Pete Greig

    ★ 4.6 (4k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    Pete Greig makes prayer simple, offering a direct guide for anyone—from skeptics to believers—to have a real conversation with God.

  4. Ecotopia

    Ernest Callenbach

    ★ 3.6 (4k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    A skeptical American journalist visits a seceded Pacific Northwest nation. He finds an ecologically focused society where tree worship, a twenty-hour workweek, and ritual war games challenge his ideas. He must choose between two vastly different futures.

  5. Born on the Fourth of July

    Ron Kovic

    ★ 3.9 (4k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Ron Kovic's life changed after a battlefield injury, taking him from a patriotic soldier eager to fight in Vietnam to a wheelchair and the national stage as a strong voice against the war he once supported.

  6. Forget Me Not

    Ellie Terry

    ★ 4.3 (4k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    In a new town with new challenges, an astronomy-loving girl with Tourette's navigates friendship and self-acceptance, hoping her true self will shine without fear.

  7. Borderline

    Mishell Baker

    ★ 3.9 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A disabled, suicidal filmmaker gets a second chance policing mythical creatures in Hollywood, where she must find a missing fairy noble amidst a conspiracy that threatens to ignite an interdimensional war.

  8. Betrayed

    P.C. Cast

    ★ 3.8 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As Zoey's powers as a High Priestess grow, she faces the terrifying possibility that her magic also endangers the human friends she swore to protect.

  9. The Other Man

    R.K. Lilley

    ★ 3.9 (4k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A woman's peaceful life shatters when she falls for a dangerously dominant man whose alluring facade hides a web of calculated lies and a past she never saw coming.

  10. The Pushcart War

    Jean Merrill

    ★ 4.2 (4k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    New York City's pushcart peddlers win a 'war' against powerful delivery trucks using pea shooters, tacks, and wit.

  11. The Invention of Curried Sausage

    Uwe Timm

    ★ 3.4 (4k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    In the chaos of WWII's end, a woman's chance meeting with a deserter leads to an unlikely love and the creation of Germany's beloved curried sausage, linking wartime need with post-war invention.

  12. The Jackal

    J.R. Ward

    ★ 4.3 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A determined female warrior enters a lost, subterranean prison to rescue her sister, uncovering a devastating truth and igniting a passion with a mysterious, long-imprisoned male whose destiny connects with her own.

  13. White Tiger

    Kylie Chan

    ★ 3.9 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A nanny's life changes when her employer is a powerful Chinese god, pulling her into a dangerous world where ancient demons threaten his life and their growing romance.

  14. The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan

    Nancy Springer

    ★ 4.1 (4k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Enola Holmes, Sherlock's independent sister, reluctantly teams up with him to rescue her friend Lady Cecily from a forced marriage and a sinister orphanage, using clues from a pink fan.

  15. It Started With a Friend Request

    Sudeep Nagarkar

    ★ 3.6 (4k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Conservative Akash connects with free-spirited Aleesha over BlackBerry Messenger, developing a digital romance tested by tragedy, which forces his best friend, Aditya, to navigate the blurred lines of love, friendship, and heartbreak.

  16. Njal's Saga

    Anonymous

    ★ 4.0 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Njal's Saga shows the tragic story of ancient Iceland, a land of blood feuds where every insult demanded revenge and even the wisest advice could not stop fate.

  17. Unbowed

    Wangari Maathai

    ★ 4.1 (4k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Wangari Maathai's 'Unbowed' tells of her journey from a Kenyan village girl to a Nobel laureate, planting trees and democracy against tyranny.

  18. One for Sorrow

    Sarah A. Denzil

    ★ 4.1 (4k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A psychiatric nurse, haunted by her past, risks everything to prove a sweet-natured patient's innocence in a child murder, uncovering family secrets that expose the real killer.

  19. Tides of War

    Steven Pressfield

    ★ 3.9 (4k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    Through the eyes of his conflicted bodyguard, witness the rise and fall of Alcibiades, Athens' golden son and greatest general, as his brilliance and arrogance ignite a war that reshapes ancient Greece and ultimately consumes him.

  20. Full Fathom Five

    Max Gladstone

    ★ 4.1 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a world of manufactured gods, a disillusioned craftsman fights a conspiracy when her creations begin to die, forcing her to confront her divinely-controlled society.

  21. The Grimm Conclusion

    Adam Gidwitz

    ★ 4.2 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In the conclusion to the Grimm series, two children navigate a world of dark fairy tales, from 'The Juniper Tree' to the true Cinderella story, while outsmarting a witty narrator.

  22. To Dance with the White Dog

    Terry Kay

    ★ 4.2 (4k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    Haunted by grief and the spectral appearance of a mysterious white dog, an elderly widower journeys through the Georgia pines to reconcile with loss and the enduring spirit of his beloved wife.

  23. The Last Dragon

    Silvana De Mari

    ★ 4.0 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a world of endless rain and intolerance, the last elf and dragon must unite to fulfill an ancient prophecy and bring back summer's sun.

  24. The Years

    Virginia Woolf

    ★ 3.8 (4k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    Virginia Woolf's "The Years" follows the Pargiter family across three generations, showing London's changing society in the early 20th century and how personal lives clash with big historical events.

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