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  1. Avalon

    Anya Seton

    ★ 3.9 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A French prince, shipwrecked on a quest for Avalon, becomes entangled with a Cornish maiden and a queen's beauty amidst Anglo-Saxon and Viking clashes in the New World.

  2. The One That Got Away

    Rhianne Aile

    ★ 3.8 (4k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A ladies' man and his best friend navigate unexpected love after a broken shoulder forces them into an intimacy that reshapes their ideas about friendship and desire.

  3. Blood Drive

    Jeanne C. Stein

    ★ 3.8 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A newly-turned vampire bounty hunter, Anna Strong, must embrace her supernatural strength to protect the long-lost niece she never knew from a deadly network of human predators.

  4. The Town

    Conrad Richter

    ★ 4.0 (4k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Chancey, Sayward Luckett Wheeler's youngest son, grows up in the Ohio wilderness as it transforms into an industrial town, dealing with progress, tradition, and his mother's legacy before the Civil War.

  5. Dangerous Deception

    Kami Garcia

    ★ 3.8 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A lovesick Incubus rocker journeys through the American South's supernatural world, confronting dark magic and rival Casters to rescue his missing, siren girlfriend from a sinister New Orleans evil.

  6. The Black Reckoning

    John Stephens

    ★ 4.3 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In the final book of the Books of Beginning trilogy, Emma must go into other realms, face monsters, and master the Book of Death to unite her siblings and stop the Dire Magnus from starting a world-ending war between magic and humanity.

  7. The Book of Delights

    Ross Gay

    ★ 4.3 (4k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Ross Gay’s "The Book of Delights" is a collection of essays that turns a year of everyday observations, from melting candy wrappers to quiet nods between strangers, into a reflection on joy, even among race, loss, and consumer culture.

  8. Wolf Totem

    Jiang Rong

    ★ 4.0 (4k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1960s Inner Mongolia, a Beijing intellectual's spiritual search among nomadic Mongols and their sacred wolves violently clashes with modern Han Chinese expansion, threatening both ancient culture and the wild spirit of the steppes.

  9. Mephisto

    Klaus Mann

    ★ 4.0 (4k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    As Nazism takes hold, an actor with great ambition compromises his soul for fame, becoming the devil he plays.

  10. Skin Hunger

    Kathleen Duey

    ★ 3.8 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A young woman's secret ability to talk to animals ties her to a nobleman's dangerous quest, forcing a heartbreaking choice that echoes through centuries to a brutal magic academy where survival is the first lesson.

  11. The Art of Peace

    Morihei Ueshiba

    ★ 4.2 (4k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    Explore the wisdom of Aikido's founder, Morihei Ueshiba, as he presents the 'Art of Peace' – a path to nonviolent victory and balanced living through compassion, understanding, and courage.

  12. Irma Voth

    Miriam Toews

    ★ 3.5 (4k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Nineteen-year-old Irma Voth, cast out by her Mennonite community, finds an unexpected path to freedom as a translator for a film crew, even as her domineering father tries to sabotage the production and reclaim his daughter.

  13. Circle of Fire

    Michelle Zink

    ★ 3.9 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As time runs out, Lia must find the keys to a prophecy and convince her estranged sister, Alice, to help, all while navigating a dangerous love triangle and the devastating secrets that threaten to tear their world apart.

  14. Shooting the Moon

    Frances O'Roark Dowell

    ★ 3.8 (4k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A young girl's hero worship for her military father crumbles as her brother's photographs from Vietnam expose the grim realities of war, forcing her to confront the limits of even a hero's power.

  15. The Outsider

    Stephen King

    ★ 4.0 (4k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    When a respected community member is linked to a horrific murder, a detective must face the terrifying idea that evil can wear a familiar face, defying logic and evidence.

  16. The Sherwood Ring

    Elizabeth Marie Pope

    ★ 4.1 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Orphaned Peggy Grahame uncovers a centuries-old romance, espionage, and Revolutionary War intrigue through the ghostly visits of her ancestors at her eccentric uncle's estate.

  17. Iphigenia in Aulis

    Euripides

    ★ 4.0 (4k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    Agamemnon's choice to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia for the Trojan War, caught between divine command and family love, shows the harsh clash of destiny and domestic sorrow.

  18. On Agate Hill

    Lee Smith

    ★ 3.8 (4k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Orphaned by war, Molly Petree leaves a ruined North Carolina plantation for a half-century journey of love, betrayal, and a murder trial, only to be drawn back to the same ruins that shaped her.

  19. How to Get Rich

    Felix Dennis

    ★ 4.2 (4k) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    Felix Dennis, a self-made millionaire, shares the plain truth and often hard lessons from his journey 'from a South London lad' to immense wealth, showing that getting rich is a learnable skill available to anyone with enough determination.

  20. The Last Guardian

    Eoin Colfer

    ★ 4.2 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A power-crazed pixie unleashes ancient magic, threatening to possess Artemis Fowl's four-year-old brothers and start a war between humans and resurrected fairy warriors. The young criminal mastermind and Captain Holly Short must race to prevent global disaster.

  21. Halloween Party

    R.L. Stine

    ★ 3.8 (4k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    An exclusive Halloween party on Fear Street turns deadly when a costumed killer crashes the fun, forcing two high schoolers to unmask the murderer before they become the next victims.

  22. True Devotion to Mary

    Louis de Montfort

    ★ 4.5 (4k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    This spiritual guide shows a path to holiness and salvation through devotion to Mary.

  23. The Truth About Keeping Secrets

    Savannah Brown

    ★ 4.0 (4k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    After her psychiatrist father's mysterious death, Sydney uncovers a web of small-town secrets and unexpected connections with the homecoming queen, June, making her question if the truth will shatter their perfect lives.

  24. The World’s Worst Teachers

    David Walliams

    ★ 4.1 (4k) average on Goodreads

    Get ready for detention as David Walliams introduces a hilarious, horrifying cast of educators, from a half-monster science teacher to one terrified of children, who redefine a 'bad' school day.

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