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  1. Wool Omnibus

    Hugh Howey

    ★ 4.2 (159k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a post-apocalyptic world where humanity lives in a vast underground silo, a sheriff's quest to understand why her loved ones were sent to their deaths outside uncovers a conspiracy that could shatter their last refuge.

  2. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

    Marjane Satrapi

    ★ 4.3 (158k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    In a vivid black-and-white graphic memoir, a spirited young girl navigates the bewildering contradictions and brutal realities of the Islamic Revolution and war with Iraq, all while trying to find her place in a country rapidly losing its own.

  3. The Sound and the Fury

    William Faulkner

    ★ 3.9 (158k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Faulkner's novel explores the decay of a Southern family, the Compsons, through the fragmented thoughts of its siblings, haunted by their past and consumed by their present.

  4. The Bone Collector

    Jeffery Deaver

    ★ 4.2 (158k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A quadriplegic forensic genius, confined to his bed, guides a young detective through New York's streets to decipher clues left by a serial killer who dismembers victims based on a forgotten historical terror.

  5. Verity

    Colleen Hoover

    ★ 4.3 (158k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A writer ghostwriting for an injured author finds a chilling autobiography that blurs truth and manipulation, forcing a choice between love and a devastating secret.

  6. Walden

    Henry David Thoreau

    ★ 3.8 (158k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Thoreau's Walden chronicles his two-year experiment in simple living by Walden Pond, offering insights into nature and human existence.

  7. The Merchant of Venice

    William Shakespeare

    ★ 3.8 (158k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    In Venice, a desperate loan for love leads to a chilling demand for a pound of flesh, ultimately unraveling in a courtroom where cleverness triumphs over vengeful contracts.

  8. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

    Eckhart Tolle

    ★ 4.1 (158k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Eckhart Tolle guides readers to move past ego-driven suffering and embrace a spiritually awakened life, finding personal fulfillment and global peace.

  9. Wolves of the Calla

    Stephen King

    ★ 4.2 (157k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Roland and his group must protect a village from child-abducting 'Wolves' and use a dangerous seeing sphere, all while rushing to save the Dark Tower's earthly form from corporate evil.

  10. City of Girls

    Elizabeth Gilbert

    ★ 4.0 (157k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1940s New York City, a young woman's theatrical awakening leads her to a life of pleasure, self-discovery, and unconventional love, told from her ninety-five-year-old perspective.

  11. The White Tiger

    Aravind Adiga

    ★ 3.7 (157k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A driver's journey from rural Indian poverty to entrepreneurial wealth becomes a dark comedy about ambition, corruption, and class, culminating in a chilling act of rebellion.

  12. Under the Banner of Heaven

    Jon Krakauer

    ★ 4.0 (157k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Krakauer examines the 'divinely inspired' double murder by two fundamentalist Mormon brothers, showing the intersection of faith, polygamy, and violence in America's religious fringes.

  13. Think Again

    Adam Grant

    ★ 4.1 (157k) average on Goodreads

    Adam Grant shows how embracing doubt and the joy of being wrong can lead to personal growth, better team dynamics, and innovative cultures in our fast-changing world.

  14. Invisible Man

    Ralph Ellison

    ★ 3.9 (157k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A nameless Black man's journey from the Jim Crow South to Harlem shows the invisibility of racial identity in 1950s America.

  15. Beautiful Ruins

    Jess Walter

    ★ 3.7 (157k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A romance starts on the Italian coast in 1962 and affects fifty years of lives, Hollywood dreams, and 'Beautiful Ruins'.

  16. The Corrections

    Jonathan Franzen

    ★ 3.8 (156k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    As the patriarch gets Parkinson's and his wife anxiously plans a final family Christmas, the adult Lambert children deal with their own messy lives, forcing them all to confront uncomfortable truths and old grievances that define their fractured American family.

  17. Foundation and Empire

    Isaac Asimov

    ★ 4.2 (156k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As the First Galactic Empire crumbles, the Foundation, guided by psychohistory, confronts the unexpected emergence of the Mule, a mutant capable of shattering Seldon's plan for humanity's future.

  18. The untethered soul

    Michael A. Singer

    ★ 4.2 (156k) average on Goodreads

    Michael A. Singer helps readers move beyond their inner world's limits to find deep peace and freedom by learning to observe and detach from their thoughts and emotions.

  19. The Dry

    Jane Harper

    ★ 4.0 (156k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Amidst a devastating drought, a federal agent returns to his isolated hometown to investigate a friend's murder, only to unearth a shared, long-buried secret that threatens to expose the town's darkest truths.

  20. The Nest

    Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

    ★ 3.4 (155k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Four dysfunctional siblings' dreams of a shared inheritance unravel when their reckless brother's drunken driving puts their financial future at risk and forces them to confront their lifelong resentments.

  21. Ruin and Rising

    Leigh Bardugo

    ★ 4.1 (155k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As Ravka falls to the Darkling, Alina, a weakened Sun Summoner, must find the mythical firebird and face the truth of her bond with her enemy to save her world, even if it means sacrificing her future.

  22. The White Queen

    Philippa Gregory

    ★ 3.9 (155k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A commoner secretly marries a king, putting her into the Wars of the Roses where her sons become the 'Princes in the Tower,' changing England's future.

  23. Darkfever

    Karen Marie Moning

    ★ 4.1 (155k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A sassy, bubblegum-pink-loving American uncovers a hidden world of dangerous, seductive Fae in Dublin while investigating her sister's murder, ultimately discovering her own latent powers and a race against time to find a dark, reality-bending artifact.

  24. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

    Fredrik Backman

    ★ 4.0 (155k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A seven-year-old goes on a whimsical journey through her grandmother's apology letters, uncovering the magic and messy truths behind their shared, eccentric lives.

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