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  1. The Library Card

    Jerry Spinelli

    ★ 3.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Four different kids find their lives changed by a mysterious blue library card that offers a journey through their pasts and into unimagined futures.

  2. The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony

    Roberto Calasso

    ★ 4.2 (3k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    Explore the mythical origins of Western thought as gods and mortals meet, revealing life's big questions through ancient Greek tales.

  3. Snitch

    Allison van Diepen

    ★ 4.2 (3k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    In a gang-ruled high school where neutrality is a myth, a young woman's resolve to stay unaligned shatters when an unexpected romance forces her to choose sides, risking everything she knows.

  4. Time Bomb

    Joelle Charbonneau

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Trapped in their bombed high school, six teenagers must find the bomber among them before their secrets and lives are exposed.

  5. Mark of the Plague

    Kevin Sands

    ★ 4.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When the Black Death returns to London, young apothecary Christopher Rowe must outwit assassins and decipher a deadly conspiracy to protect a miraculous cure, even as the plague threatens his own life.

  6. A Place Called Home

    Lori Wick

    ★ 4.1 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Fleeing a sinister inheritance plot after her grandfather's death, Christine escapes to a new town where unexpected love and faith blossom amidst the lingering shadow of danger.

  7. Lie Down in Darkness

    William Styron

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In the decaying post-war South, a family's legacy of destructive love unravels into betrayal, infidelity, and the tragic suicide of its most luminous daughter.

  8. The Best Lies

    Sarah Lyu

    ★ 3.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    After her boyfriend is murdered, a teenage girl must uncover the truth behind her best friend's confession, making her wonder if their deep bond was a haven or a trap.

  9. Heartwood

    James Lee Burke

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In the murky bayous of Louisiana, a young lawyer's dangerous defense of a local thief ensnares him in a deadly web of passion and vengeance with a ruthless crime boss and his alluring wife.

  10. The Man in 3B

    Carl Weber

    ★ 4.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In a Jamaica, Queens, apartment building, a charismatic new tenant's arrival ignites a powder keg of forbidden desires, shattered illusions, and ultimately, murder among his neighbors.

  11. The Valley of Adventure

    Enid Blyton

    ★ 4.2 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Four children's exciting night flight with their pilot friend takes a thrilling turn when they land in a mysterious valley, uncovering a secret treasure and a dangerous plot involving two strange pilots.

  12. The Monk and the Riddle

    Kent L. Lineback

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on Goodreads

    Learn how to make your daily work a source of personal growth, satisfaction, and joy, not just a paycheck.

  13. Once Upon the End

    James Riley

    ★ 4.5 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In this funny, action-filled conclusion, Jack and May must reunite to defy their destinies and face the Wicked Queen, proving that 'happily ever after' is anything but certain in a world of fractured fairy tales.

  14. Parzival

    Wolfram von Eschenbach

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Parzival's journey, from a naive youth to a knight, takes him through Arthurian courts and jousting, becoming a spiritual quest for humility that leads him to the Grail Stone.

  15. So Far from the Bamboo Grove

    Yoko Kawashima Watkins

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Eleven-year-old Yoko, her mother, and her sister begin a difficult journey for survival, leaving their Korean home and its bamboo grove during the chaos of post-WWII liberation.

  16. The Forever King

    Molly Cochran

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Ten-year-old Arthur Blessing finds the Holy Grail, starting a dangerous, time-traveling quest to keep it from dark magic and a madman, with help from an ex-FBI agent and a mysterious elder, as he uncovers his own destiny.

  17. Climbing the Stairs

    Padma Venkatraman

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    During WWII and India's fight for independence, a fifteen-year-old girl defies tradition, secretly reading forbidden books in an upstairs library, while also dealing with new love and her family's changing loyalties.

  18. Delta Wedding

    Eudora Welty

    ★ 3.6 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1923, a recently orphaned nine-year-old girl attends a cousin's wedding, navigating her aristocratic Mississippi Delta family's bewildering, boisterous, and ultimately beguiling world, seeking acceptance and understanding.

  19. Black Box

    Amos Oz

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A failing marriage unravels amidst the stifling heat and unspoken tensions of Jerusalem, revealing the quiet desperation and lingering regrets of two souls adrift.

  20. The 120 Days of Sodom

    Marquis de Sade

    ★ 3.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    Four wealthy libertines imprison 16 victims in an isolated castle for 120 days, unleashing an escalating orgy of meticulously cataloged and unspeakable depravity to plumb the darkest depths of human cruelty and sexual excess.

  21. The Rise of Skywalker

    Rae Carson

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Emperor Palpatine returns, and Rey, Finn, and Poe race against Kylo Ren to find ancient Sith secrets and start the final rebellion that will decide the Skywalker legacy.

  22. Insanity

    Lauren Hammond

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A tormented young woman, confined to an asylum after a tragic event, uncovers a dark conspiracy that forces her to question the very nature of her love and sanity.

  23. When the Elephants Dance

    Tess Uriza Holthe

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In a World War II cellar, as bombs fall, a Filipino family fights despair with ancestral stories, weaving together myth, history, and the supernatural to keep hope alive against Japanese occupation.

  24. In the heart of the heart of the country

    William H. Gass

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    Gass explores the ordinary and the unsettling in the American Midwest, turning everyday lives into a vivid, disturbing blend of language and longing.

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