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  1. Trojan Horse

    Mark Russinovich

    ★ 3.8 (2k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Two years after averting global cyber-catastrophe, analyst Jeff Aiken and agent Daryl Haugen face an invisible, untraceable trojan that distorts reality itself, threatening to collapse the digital world and ignite a new global conflict.

  2. Everglades

    Randy Wayne White

    ★ 4.0 (2k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Marine biologist Doc Ford goes into the Everglades to find a friend's missing husband and confronts a guru's plan that endangers people and the environment.

  3. The Chosen One

    Carol Lynch Williams

    ★ 3.7 (2k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    In an isolated, polygamous community, thirteen-year-old Kyra must defy a tyrannical Prophet and risk everything to escape a forced marriage to her sixty-year-old uncle, all while secretly devouring forbidden books and dreaming of a love she can choose.

  4. The Good Wife

    Stewart O'Nan

    ★ 3.6 (2k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    After a single, devastating phone call shatters her world, Patty Dickerson navigates nearly three decades of quiet resilience, raising her son and enduring societal judgment as her husband serves time for murder and arson.

  5. Listen to the Moon

    Michael Morpurgo

    ★ 4.3 (2k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Washed ashore on a remote island during WWI with no memory but a love for music, a mysterious girl named Lucy, and the boy who found her, must navigate a world of suspicion, war, and the haunting melodies that may unlock her past.

  6. Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception

    Wendelin Van Draanen

    ★ 4.2 (2k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    High-tops and a sharp wit lead Sammy Keyes into a high-stakes art gallery heist, where the real masterpiece is a subtle, dangerous deception far beyond a simple stickup.

  7. Nightmare Alley

    William Lindsay Gresham

    ★ 4.0 (2k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A ruthless charlatan rises from carnival squalor to high-society spiritualism, his self-delusion ensuring his inevitable, horrifying return to the abyss he tried to escape.

  8. The Secrets of a Fire King

    Kim Edwards

    ★ 3.5 (2k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    From the scorching stages of a fire king to the quiet resilience of a Korean war bride, these stories illuminate the hidden magic and enduring humanity of outsiders across generations and continents.

  9. Candida

    George Bernard Shaw

    ★ 3.6 (2k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A quick-witted woman, Candida, navigates the affections of a passionate young poet and her socialist clergyman husband, challenging Victorian ideas of romance and home life.

  10. The Romance of the Forest

    Ann Radcliffe

    ★ 3.5 (2k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In a ruined 18th-century French abbey, an orphan named Adeline finds sinister relics and faces a Marquis's advances, making her flee a past and present filled with violence and philosophical questions.

  11. Style

    Chelsea M. Cameron

    ★ 3.7 (2k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Two high school seniors with planned lives find their futures upended when an unexpected connection ignites in AP English, forcing them to question if love can truly wait.

  12. My Family for the War

    Anne C. Voorhoeve

    ★ 4.2 (2k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Torn from her family by the Kindertransport, a young German girl navigates the Blitz and discovers a new identity and an unexpected family amidst the chaos of wartime London.

  13. The Giggler Treatment

    Roddy Doyle

    ★ 4.2 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When a father of four eats his son's chocolate biscuit, a secret society of magical pranksters called the Gigglers starts a funny, rude, five-stage 'Giggler Treatment' to teach him a lesson.

  14. Ground Zero

    Kevin J. Anderson

    ★ 3.5 (2k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Mulder and Scully race to stop a series of radioactive obliterations, uncovering an otherworldly threat that could incinerate humanity.

  15. Blueback

    Tim Winton

    ★ 3.9 (2k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Abby, a young girl, forms a strong bond with a large blue groper named Blueback, learning about conservation and the ocean.

  16. In Chancery

    John Galsworthy

    ★ 4.2 (2k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    The Forsyte family navigates the early 20th century, where Victorian propriety clashes with new desires, threatening their world of wealth and social standing.

  17. Blue of Noon

    Georges Bataille

    ★ 3.7 (2k) average on GoodreadsPhilosophy

    Amidst Europe's descent into fascism, a man's surreal odyssey through squalor, sadism, and drunken encounters mirrors civilization's collapse, blurring the lines between victimhood and the monstrous allure of power.

  18. Ghosts I Have Been

    Richard Peck

    ★ 4.0 (2k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In 1890s Bluff City, Blossom Culp, known for her made-up ability to see ghosts, faces a terrifying reality when her lie becomes truth, sending her as a spectral passenger onto the ill-fated Titanic.

  19. Crow

    Barbara Wright

    ★ 3.9 (2k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In the racially charged summer of 1898, 11-year-old Moses navigates family secrets, generational divides, and the hope of Black empowerment in Wilmington, North Carolina. This hope is brutally shattered by a violent political coup that rewrites history.

  20. Haveli

    Suzanne Fisher Staples

    ★ 3.9 (2k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Eighteen-year-old Shabanu, already a mother and battling the rigid customs of her husband's household for her daughter's future, finds her world further upended by an illicit love affair within the ancient walls of a Lahore haveli.

  21. Second Person Singular

    Sayed Kashua

    ★ 4.0 (2k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    An Arab-Israeli lawyer's carefully built life falls apart due to jealousy and an identity crisis after he finds a love letter in his wife's handwriting, leading him to track down the letter's former owner.

  22. The Sane Society

    Erich Fromm

    ★ 4.3 (2k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    Erich Fromm examines the 'pathology of normalcy' in Western capitalism, showing how societal sickness isolates individuals and suggesting radical community-based solutions for mental health, love, and freedom.

  23. Just Another Hero

    Sharon M. Draper

    ★ 4.3 (2k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    When chaos threatens their school, a group of unlikely friends, led by the ostracized Arielle, must face their own problems and shattered views to stop a troubled classmate from a deadly act.

  24. Pretty Tough

    Nicole Leigh Shepherd

    ★ 3.8 (2k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    When a popular blonde and her surf-loving sister join the same soccer team, they face sibling rivalry, first crushes, and championship goals, learning if sisterhood can overcome all.

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