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  1. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

    John Bunyan

    ★ 4.2 (2k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    John Bunyan recounts his difficult journey to salvation, moving from spiritual agony and doubt to God's grace.

  2. Cake

    Nicole Reed

    ★ 3.8 (2k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    Torn between her enduring love for her best friend and the intoxicating allure of his arrogant counterpart, a successful businesswoman risks her carefully constructed life to pursue a forbidden fantasy of having both men.

  3. Father and Son

    Larry Brown

    ★ 4.1 (2k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In the sweltering 1968 American South, a recently paroled killer's return unleashes violence and long-buried family secrets, forcing an upright sheriff to confront the evil threatening to consume their community.

  4. Ember Rising

    S.D. Smith

    ★ 4.6 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Two brave rabbits, Heather and Picket, must ignite a rebellion deep within enemy territory, battling the shadow of Morbin to spark an uprising for all rabbitkind.

  5. The New Policeman

    Kate Thompson

    ★ 3.7 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A young boy's quest to find time for his mother leads him to a hidden realm where he must confront a temporal leak and his family's secrets, all while a mysterious new policeman watches.

  6. The Golden Key

    Melanie Rawn

    ★ 4.1 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A young artist must confront his family's darkest secret when a master Grijalva warps their powerful gift for selfish, destructive ambition.

  7. Castle Hangnail

    Ursula Vernon

    ★ 4.2 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A polite, pint-sized witch named Molly must convince a skeptical castle full of quirky minions she's wicked enough to save their home from decommissioning, all while hiding a secret that could unravel everything.

  8. Rx

    Tracy Lynn

    ★ 3.5 (2k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    An honors student secretly runs a complex drug-dealing network, acting as therapist and pharmacist to her peers, while struggling to control her own increasingly frantic high school life.

  9. The Mummy

    Anne Rice

    ★ 4.1 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In Edwardian London, the immortal Ramses the Damned, desperate for his lost queen Cleopatra, finds his longing threatening his new companion, Julie Stratford, and risking ancient dangers on the modern world.

  10. Maybe He Just Likes You

    Barbara Dee

    ★ 4.4 (2k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Seventh-grader Mila navigates the confusing and uncomfortable world of unwanted male attention, discovering her voice and the power of allies when 'flirting' crosses the line into harassment.

  11. The Art of Starving

    Sam J. Miller

    ★ 3.8 (2k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    A bullied gay teen believes his eating disorder gives him superpowers as he starves himself to find out what happened to his sister.

  12. The Forgotten Door

    Alexander Key

    ★ 4.1 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A telepathic boy, fallen through a forgotten door from another world, must outwit the suspicious adults of rural Earth and find his way home before the army captures him and endangers the only family who ever cared.

  13. Blink Once

    Cylin Bus

    ★ 4.0 (2k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A paralyzed high school senior falls for the mysterious girl in the next hospital room who can read his mind and shares his terrifying nightmares. He then discovers her identity is more shocking than he could imagine.

  14. April Morning

    Howard Fast

    ★ 3.5 (2k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In the harrowing dawn of April 19, 1775, a young man's hands tremble on his musket, changing from boy to veteran amidst the chaotic, bloody birth of American freedom at Lexington.

  15. The Big Money

    John Dos Passos

    ★ 4.0 (2k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In 1920s America, a diverse group of lives—from factory workers to Hollywood stars—climb and fall, all heading towards the 1929 stock market crash.

  16. Linden Hills

    Gloria Naylor

    ★ 4.0 (2k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In the exclusive community of Linden Hills, a journey up the social ladder on Tupelo Drive mirrors a descent into a Dantean hell, exposing the chilling void at the heart of the American dream.

  17. Sorry

    Zoran Drvenkar

    ★ 3.5 (2k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Four aimless friends stumble into a lucrative, yet perilous, enterprise by monetizing apologies, only to discover that some wrongs can never truly be forgiven.

  18. Stones in Water

    Donna Jo Napoli

    ★ 3.8 (2k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    When German soldiers raid a movie theater and conscript him into a brutal work camp, a young Italian boy must fight for survival and protect his best friend's dangerous secret amidst the horrors of war.

  19. Me

    Ricky Martin

    ★ 3.5 (2k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    From the highs of Menudo and "Livin' la Vida Loca" to the personal journey of embracing his sexuality and fatherhood, Ricky Martin's memoir shows a superstar finding his voice amid global fame.

  20. Air

    Geoff Ryman

    ★ 3.6 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a secluded farming village, the arrival of 'Air' – a new, dangerous communication technology – forces Chung Mae into a desperate race to prepare her people for a future they don't understand, or face annihilation.

  21. The Madonnas of Echo Park

    Brando Skyhorse

    ★ 3.6 (2k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In Echo Park's unseen corners, a drive-by shooting affects Mexican-American housekeepers, day laborers, and dreamers, making them face who they are and their place in a land both taken and desired.

  22. The Tomorrow Code

    Brian Falkner

    ★ 3.8 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Two ordinary teens stumble upon cryptic binary messages from their future selves, revealing a desperate plea to avert a cataclysmic end of the world they unknowingly hold the key to preventing.

  23. Road to Perdition

    Max Allan Collins

    ★ 3.9 (2k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A mob enforcer and his son seek bloody retribution in the Depression-era underworld after their family is massacred, forcing them to confront the cost of loyalty and vengeance.

  24. On Grand Strategy

    John Lewis Gaddis

    ★ 3.8 (2k) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    From ancient battlefields to Cold War diplomacy, Gaddis distills centuries of strategic thinking into a masterclass on leadership.

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