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  1. The Hunt for the Seventh

    Christine Morton-Shaw

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Haunted by six child ghosts in a sinister mansion, Jim and his autistic friend Einstein must solve clues to find a missing 'Seventh' and stop an ancient prophecy from claiming more innocent lives.

  2. Sati

    Christopher Pike

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A cynical writer's life changes when he gives a ride to a mysterious hitchhiker in the Arizona desert who claims to be God, making everyone she meets question reality, spirituality, and existence.

  3. It Happens for a Reason

    Preeti Shenoy

    ★ 3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    An eighteen-year-old's decision to embrace single motherhood shatters her world, only for the father of her child to re-enter her life sixteen years later, forcing her to confront a past she thought she'd buried and a future she never imagined.

  4. Intervention

    Julian May

    ★ 4.3 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Earth's new psychics use telepathy and coercion. Two brothers, one peaceful and one evil, start a planet-wide mental war that draws the attention of a 60,000-year-old galactic civilization.

  5. Born Under a Million Shadows

    Andrea Busfield

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In a Kabul haunted by the Taliban, a young boy's hope for a better life is tested by forbidden love, loss, and a choice that could shatter his love for his country.

  6. Frog

    Mo Yan

    ★ 3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A respected midwife's brutal dedication to China's one-child policy is the focus of Mo Yan's epic, which examines the human and national costs of extreme ideology.

  7. Heroes

    Robert Cormier

    ★ 3.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A disfigured war hero returns home, not for glory, but for revenge against the man who ruined his life before the war began.

  8. Alice Bliss

    Laura Harrington

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    As her father deploys to Iraq, tomboy Alice Bliss handles adolescence, first love, and family loyalty, all while dealing with his absence.

  9. The Thurber Carnival

    James Thurber

    ★ 4.2 (3k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    James Thurber's classic collection humorously explores the absurdities of everyday life, turning ordinary situations into comical reflections on human nature.

  10. Microbe Hunters

    Paul de Kruif

    ★ 4.1 (3k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Follow the scientists who, with early microscopes and strong curiosity, explored the unseen world of microbes, fighting disease and uncovering life's smallest secrets.

  11. The All of It

    Jeannette Haien

    ★ 3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    An Irish priest deals with a parishioner's story of love, sin, and suffering, forcing him to choose between church rules and empathy.

  12. No Safe Place

    Richard North Patterson

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    In the final week of a presidential campaign, Senator Kerry Kilcannon races against time and an assassin, battling his past and a secret that could end his White House bid.

  13. Daphnis and Chloe

    Longus

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    Two shepherd-raised foundlings find first love in an ancient world, overcoming pirates, rivals, and social divides to claim their happiness.

  14. Dark Horse

    Kate Sherwood

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A heartbroken horse trainer, reeling from a devastating breakup, finds himself unexpectedly drawn to the complex allure of a wealthy mogul and the quiet strength of his lover.

  15. Ambush

    Barbara Nickless

    ★ 4.5 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A railway cop and her K9 partner race from Mexico City to Denver to protect an Iraqi boy from a killer determined to bury his past along with the child.

  16. One Perfect Rose

    Mary Jo Putney

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A disillusioned man seeking anonymity finds his world changed by the love of a compassionate foundling, forcing him to confront secrets that threaten to keep them apart.

  17. Next to Normal

    Brian Yorkey

    ★ 4.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    A suburban mother's struggle with bipolar disorder shatters her family's facade, revealing the raw, often painful, truths beneath their pursuit of normalcy.

  18. Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters

    Lesley M.M. Blume

    ★ 4.2 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A lonely, bookish girl's meticulously ordered world is upended by the arrival of a glamorous neighbor, her enigmatic servant, and a mischievous bulldog, launching her into a whirlwind of global adventure and unexpected friendship.

  19. Doctor Sax

    Jack Kerouac

    ★ 3.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In the working-class streets of Lowell, a young French-Canadian boy's imagination creates the mysterious Dr. Sax, a guide through adolescent fears and apocalyptic dreams.

  20. The Silver Crown

    Robert C. O'Brien

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    After a mysterious silver crown appears, Ellen's world shatters into a desperate quest to find her vanished family, evade a relentless stalker, and unlock the crown's magic before a shadowy castle consumes her.

  21. The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow

    Katherine Woodfine

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    At the grand opening of London's new department store, two shopgirls must solve the theft of a clockwork sparrow before a criminal mastermind ruins everything.

  22. Waiting

    Ha Jin

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Trapped by tradition and the watchful eye of Communist China, a devoted doctor spends seventeen years navigating the agonizing limbo between his arranged, loyal wife and his modern, passionate love, desperately waiting for a divorce that never seems to come.

  23. Finch

    Jeff VanderMeer

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a city overrun by fungal creatures, a cynical detective must solve a bizarre double murder for his new masters while navigating rebels, spies, and mind-altering drugs, all leading to a truth that will unravel his world.

  24. Havoc

    Chris Wooding

    ★ 4.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Haunted by his escape from a terrifying comic book, Seth must re-enter the twisted world of Malice to rescue his best friend Kady, who is now a rebel fighting the tyrannical Tall Jake under the watchful eye of an unknown, omniscient reader.

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