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  1. A Language Older Than Words

    Derrick Jensen

    ★ 4.3 (2k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Jensen's memoir explores the ancient roots of violence, from childhood abuse to societal structures, urging us to find a language of connection older than our destructive habits.

  2. Scorched

    Mari Mancusi

    ★ 4.2 (2k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A West Texas teen discovers she can hear a dragon egg, pulling her into a future-spanning conflict between two brothers—one who wants to destroy it, and one who wants to protect it—with the world's fate at stake.

  3. The Vagabond

    Colette

    ★ 4.0 (2k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A newly independent music-hall artist, Renée Néré, weighs the comfort of a wealthy suitor's love against her hard-won freedom and artistic self-sufficiency.

  4. The Lives We Lost

    Megan Crewe

    ★ 3.9 (2k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    After a deadly virus devastates her world, a girl begins a dangerous journey with a stolen vaccine, fighting both the infected and desperate survivors while dealing with lost love and the burden of humanity's last chance.

  5. The Back of the Turtle

    Thomas King

    ★ 4.1 (2k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A guilt-ridden scientist, responsible for an environmental apocalypse, returns to his ancestral, deserted reserve to end his life, only to find mysterious, sky-fallen survivors emerging from the very ocean he seeks to drown in.

  6. Crankenstein

    Samantha Berger

    ★ 4.0 (2k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A grumpy boy turns into the monstrous Crankenstein when annoyed by everyday things, finding comfort and a cure for his crabbiness with an unexpected friend.

  7. The Law and the Lady

    Wilkie Collins

    ★ 3.8 (2k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Driven by intuition and love, Valeria searches across continents to prove her husband's innocence, three years after a 'Not Proven' murder verdict left him in legal and social limbo.

  8. Other

    Karen Kincy

    ★ 3.7 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a town where shapeshifting is a death sentence, Gwen's secret life as an owl becomes entangled with a serial killer targeting Others and a seductive fox-spirit who challenges everything she thought she knew about love and loyalty.

  9. Super Human

    Michael Carroll

    ★ 4.1 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Four millennia after the world's first immortal, mind-reading superhuman enslaved nations, a disparate group of young heroes with burgeoning powers must unite to prevent his return and a new era of global tyranny.

  10. The Singapore Grip

    J.G. Farrell

    ★ 3.9 (2k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    In 1939 Singapore, a ruthless rubber merchant and his family hold onto their colonial dream as war approaches, threatening their privileged world.

  11. The Memory of Old Jack

    Wendell Berry

    ★ 4.3 (2k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    On a single September day in 1952, an aging Kentucky farmer, Old Jack Beechum, sifts through his life's memories, showing the lasting spirit and values tied to the land and its people.

  12. The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

    ★ 4.1 (2k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    Paul Revere's legendary ride, brought to life with art and historical detail, inspires a new generation with the spirit of American independence.

  13. Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man

    Wendelin Van Draanen

    ★ 4.1 (2k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    When a Halloween prank involving a 'skeleton man' and 'Frankenstein' turns into a real mystery with everyone hiding secrets, junior high detective Sammy Keyes must uncover the truth while keeping her own tricks up her sleeve.

  14. The Magician of Lublin

    Isaac Bashevis Singer

    ★ 3.9 (2k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 19th-century Poland, a Jewish-Gentile magician known for his escapes and illicit affairs grapples with the ultimate trick: shedding his past, his faith, and his many loves to find true freedom.

  15. The day the revolution began

    N. T. Wright

    ★ 4.3 (2k) average on Goodreads

    N. T. Wright argues that Jesus' crucifixion wasn't just about sin, but the radical start of a revolution to restore all of creation through a new royal priesthood.

  16. The North China Lover

    Marguerite Duras

    ★ 3.9 (2k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    In the steamy heat of Indochina, a French girl's illicit affair with a wealthy Chinese man becomes a raw, unvarnished exploration of forbidden desire and the harsh realities that forged a legendary writer.

  17. The Mostly True Story of Jack

    Kelly Barnhill

    ★ 3.6 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Sent to a peculiar Iowa town, an ordinary boy named Jack discovers he's the reluctant center of an ancient magical prophecy, hunted by a powerful foe, and the key to mending a community's broken past.

  18. The Virgin and the Gipsy

    D.H. Lawrence

    ★ 3.4 (2k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In a quiet English village, a sheltered rector's daughter finds her desires awakened by a charismatic gipsy, before a catastrophic flood shatters her world and unleashes forbidden passion.

  19. Paprika

    Yasutaka Tsutsui

    ★ 3.2 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When a device blurs the line between shared dreams and waking reality, a psychotherapist's alter ego, Paprika, navigates a surreal world of escalating madness to prevent the unraveling of the human mind.

  20. The Edge of Darkness

    Melissa Andrea

    ★ 4.1 (2k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    Blinded by tragedy and stifled by a sheltered life, a former dancer finds a new world of light and love when a rebel enters her darkness.

  21. Colors of the Mountain

    Da Chen

    ★ 4.0 (2k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    In a memoir of resilience and mischievous defiance, Da Chen navigates the brutal Cultural Revolution in rural China, transforming the scorn of his 'landlord' heritage into a quest for education and a hopeful future.

  22. 12 Months to $1 Million

    Ryan Daniel Moran

    ★ 4.2 (2k) average on Goodreads

    Transform a product idea into a million-dollar business in 12 months with this direct guide to strategic execution and growth.

  23. Habibi

    Craig Thompson

    ★ 3.6 (2k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In an allegorical world, two enslaved children escape their past to find love, freedom, and the meaning of 'habibi' through Quranic tales.

  24. Precious Bane

    Mary Webb

    ★ 4.2 (2k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 19th-century Shropshire, a disfigured woman with a luminous spirit navigates poverty, ambition, and suspicion to find love and true beauty.

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