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  1. Timeless

    Alexandra Monir

    ★ 4.2 (2k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A grieving teenager discovers a diary that transports her to 1910, where she falls for a man from her dreams and must race through time to save their intertwined destinies.

  2. Witch Hunt

    Shirley Damsgaard

    ★ 4.0 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a town full of secrets, librarian-witch Ophelia Jensen, her magical grandmother, and a teenage medium must solve a biker's murder, expose crooked cops, and follow ghostly clues to clear her best friend's cousin, whose fingerprints are on the murder weapon.

  3. Eminent Victorians

    Lytton Strachey

    ★ 3.8 (2k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    With a sharp wit and a fresh perspective, Lytton Strachey examines the cherished stories of Florence Nightingale, General Gordon, Cardinal Manning, and Dr. Arnold, exposing the human flaws beneath their Victorian reputations and changing how biographies are written.

  4. Awakened

    P.C. Cast

    ★ 4.0 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Zoey must choose between reclaiming her High Priestess destiny in Tulsa or embracing a new life as queen on the Isle of Skye, all while navigating treacherous vampyre politics and fractured relationships.

  5. The Mouse That Roared

    Leonard Wibberley

    ★ 4.0 (2k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    When the tiny Duchy of Grand Fenwick tries to solve its money problems by losing a war against the United States for foreign aid, they win by accident, causing a global nuclear disarmament crisis.

  6. Heartbreak House

    George Bernard Shaw

    ★ 3.7 (2k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    In a house like a ship without a rudder, George Bernard Shaw examines a cast of British society, revealing their true, often bankrupt, selves as global chaos nears.

  7. Red Leaves

    Thomas H. Cook

    ★ 3.8 (2k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    When his son becomes the main suspect in a child's disappearance, a father's desperate search for the truth unearths family secrets and shattered trust in their perfect-seeming town.

  8. Another

    Yukito Ayatsuji

    ★ 4.2 (2k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    In a town where the dead walk among the living in a cursed classroom, a transfer student must uncover the spectral imposter before he becomes the next victim in a gruesome cycle of supernatural deaths.

  9. The Enigma of Arrival

    V. S. Naipaul

    ★ 3.7 (2k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    A Caribbean Indian writer moves to post-imperial England, exploring identity and belonging as he observes the gradual changes around him and finds his voice.

  10. The Recognition of Sakuntala

    Kalidasa

    ★ 3.9 (2k) average on Goodreads

    A king's passionate pursuit of a hermit girl is tested by a curse, leading to a separation and reunion that embodies the height of Sanskrit drama and aims for aesthetic joy.

  11. Fire Country

    David Estes

    ★ 4.1 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a world ravaged by sandstorms and wildfires, a young woman facing forced motherhood uncovers lies about a mysterious all-female tribe, forcing her to choose between duty and a dangerous path to freedom.

  12. The Year I Turned Sixteen

    Diane Schwemm

    ★ 4.2 (2k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Four sisters turn sixteen, each navigating grief, rebellion, self-discovery, and first love after their father's death.

  13. The Islands at the End of the World

    Austin Aslan

    ★ 3.6 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    After a global blackout leaves Hawaii without power, an epileptic teenager with a mixed heritage uses her unique connection to the islands and her perceived 'weakness' to journey home and help save her changing world.

  14. Toy Story

    Walt Disney Company

    ★ 4.3 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Join Woody and Buzz Lightyear in a pop-up adventure that brings the classic tale of friendship, rivalry, and the journey home to three-dimensional life.

  15. The Scarecrow and His Servant

    Philip Pullman

    ★ 3.6 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Struck by lightning, a chivalrous but dim-witted scarecrow embarks on a whimsical journey to Spring Valley with his resourceful young servant, encountering shipwrecks, brigands, and endless misadventures that only his quick-thinking companion can resolve.

  16. Nick of Time

    Ted Bell

    ★ 3.9 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    On the cusp of WWII, a young English boy named Nick finds a time machine, forcing him to battle a ruthless pirate across centuries to save his family and prevent the destruction of his home.

  17. The Night Tourist

    Katherine Marsh

    ★ 3.7 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    After a serious accident, a classics student discovers a hidden Underworld beneath Grand Central Station, where New York's deceased reside, offering him a chance to reunite with his mother and learn why he can see ghosts.

  18. A Crime in the Neighborhood

    Suzanne Berne

    ★ 3.5 (2k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In the summer of 1973, a nine-year-old girl navigates a suburban murder investigation and her family's breakdown, as her childhood suspicions spark a town's growing paranoia.

  19. Underworld

    Don DeLillo

    ★ 4.1 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy
  20. Hollow City

    Ransom Riggs

    ★ 4.2 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    With their beloved headmistress trapped as a bird, Jacob and his peculiar companions must journey through war-torn 1940s London, encountering wondrous new oddities and perilous threats, all while clutching a precious menagerie of vintage photographs.

  21. The Porcupine of Truth

    Bill Konigsberg

    ★ 3.9 (2k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    A summer in Montana explodes into an epic road trip where a boy, a runaway girl, and a mysterious pastor chase down family secrets, gay history, and the elusive 'Porcupine of Truth' to mend a fractured past and save a dying father.

  22. Shatter City

    Scott Westerfeld

    ★ 4.1 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Disguised as her identical twin, a determined Frey navigates a city where emotions are regulated by tech, only to be thrust into an all-out war as she hunts for her sister and plots her father's downfall.

  23. Queenie

    Jacqueline Wilson

    ★ 4.2 (2k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Confined to a 1953 children's TB ward while the world outside celebrates a new queen, Elsie finds her own reign of imagination and friendship through nightly storytelling, aided by a majestic white cat named Queenie.

  24. Letters from a Father to his Daughter

    Jawaharlal Nehru

    ★ 3.9 (2k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    In a series of personal letters, Jawaharlal Nehru explains Earth's history, humanity's beginnings, and civilization's growth to his ten-year-old daughter, Indira, turning global history into a captivating bedtime story.

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