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  1. Pocahontas

    Walt Disney Company

    ★ 4.2 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A spirited Powhatan princess finds her world turned upside down by the arrival of English settlers, forcing her to choose between loyalty to her people and a forbidden love that could bridge two clashing cultures.

  2. Juneteenth

    Ralph Ellison

    ★ 3.6 (1k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A dying, racist senator confronts the Black preacher who raised him, forcing a reckoning with a past that spans an idyllic Southern boyhood, filmmaking, and the mysterious denial of his origins.

  3. In Custody

    Anita Desai

    ★ 3.4 (1k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    An impoverished lecturer's dream of escaping his mundane life by interviewing India's greatest Urdu poet unravels into a wonderfully funny and calamitous quest for artistic preservation.

  4. The Science of Scaling

    Dr. Benjamin Hardy

    ★ 4.2 (1k) average on GoodreadsSelf-Help

    This framework helps businesses move past slow growth, find hidden problems, and scale 10-100x by changing their focus and setting ambitious goals.

  5. The Successor

    Ismail Kadare

    ★ 3.5 (1k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    In a totalitarian state where truth is a tool, the suspicious death of the Designated Successor blurs the lines between suicide and murder, dream and reality, under an oppressive regime.

  6. The Man

    Irving Wallace

    ★ 4.1 (1k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    In 1964, a sudden tragedy makes Douglass Dilman the first Black President, forcing him into a storm of racial bias, political plots, and personal scandal, leading to a historic impeachment trial that threatens American power.

  7. What Not to Do If You Turn Invisible

    Ross Welford

    ★ 4.2 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Thirteen-year-old Ethel's attempt to cure her acne with untested medicines and a sunbed backfires, leaving her permanently invisible and sending her on a quest to become seen again while unraveling the mystery of her origins.

  8. Lobizona

    Romina Garber

    ★ 4.2 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An undocumented Argentinian teen, on the run from her father's criminal past, finds her true heritage in a hidden magical society. She learns she is a forbidden seventh daughter, a witch and a werewolf, making her existence an act of rebellion.

  9. Ink and Ashes

    Valynne E. Maetani

    ★ 3.7 (1k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Seventeen-year-old Claire Takata unearths a terrifying secret about her deceased father's yakuza past, thrusting her into a deadly race to protect her loved ones and her own life from a legacy she never knew existed.

  10. The Batman Who Laughs

    Scott Snyder

    ★ 3.6 (1k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    Haunted by the Jokerized Batman from the Dark Multiverse, Bruce Wayne must confront a terrifying reflection of his own darkest fears and consider breaking his most sacred rule to save existence.

  11. Just Jane

    Nancy Moser

    ★ 3.7 (1k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Step into the drawing-rooms and ballrooms of 18th-century England to see the loves, losses, and observations that made Jane Austen's timeless tales of wit and romance.

  12. Dispatch

    Bentley Little

    ★ 3.6 (1k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A master of persuasive prose finds his life unraveling letter by letter when his unique talent for written influence becomes a terrifying, soul-consuming curse.

  13. Not Without Hope

    Nick Schuyler

    ★ 3.7 (1k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Clinging to a propeller in the vast Atlantic, a former college football star recounts the unimaginable boating tragedy that claimed three friends, including two NFL players, and tested the very limits of his will to survive.

  14. Owls Do Cry

    Janet Frame

    ★ 4.0 (1k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In pre-1940s New Zealand, a young woman's poetic voice, shaped by loss and the harsh reality of a mental asylum's 'Dead Room,' shows the fragile line between perceived madness and insight.

  15. My Neighbor Totoro

    Tsugiko Kubo

    ★ 4.3 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a whimsical 1950s Japanese countryside, two sisters discover a world of benevolent forest spirits, including the magnificent Totoro, who guides them through magical adventures and the challenges of their mother's illness.

  16. The Friendship Doll

    KirLarson

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Transported from Japan to America as an ambassador of friendship, a doll named Miss Kanagawa chronicles her journey through the Great Depression, the lives she touches, and the poignant mystery of her missing sister dolls.

  17. Paranoid Park

    Blake Nelson

    ★ 3.6 (1k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Haunted by an accidental death and the silent weight of his secret, a teenage skateboarder grapples with confessing or escaping the chilling consequences of a night at Paranoid Park.

  18. The Tunnel

    William H. Gass

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A middle-aged professor finishes a study on Nazi Germany, then digs into his own life, hatreds, and unhappiness instead of writing the introduction to his book.

  19. The Last Leopard

    Lauren St. John

    ★ 4.2 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In Zimbabwe's lawless Matobo Hills, Martine and Ben must face witch doctors, elusive leopards, and treacherous poachers to solve a royal treasure's mystery and save the world's rarest big cat, all while their friendship is tested.

  20. The Third Door

    Emily Rodda

    ★ 4.2 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    To save their homeland from a creeping darkness, Rye and his friends must brave the treacherous trials of the Third Door, a realm where shadows hold ancient secrets and courage is their only shield.

  21. The House of Blue Mangoes

    David Davidar

    ★ 3.6 (1k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
  22. The Airmen and the Headhunters

    Judith M. Heimann

    ★ 4.2 (1k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    In Japanese-occupied Borneo, a downed B-24 crew's survival depends on enigmatic Dayak tribesmen, blurring the lines between 'civilized' and 'savage' during wartime.

  23. The Towers of Trebizond

    Rose Macaulay

    ★ 3.7 (1k) average on GoodreadsLifestyle

    On a camel-back journey through 1950s Turkey, an eccentric Englishwoman navigates ancient empires, modern evangelists, and the pain of lost love.

  24. Timaeus and Critias

    Plato

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    Plato's Timaeus and Critias explores the creation of the cosmos, the divine origin of humans, and the advanced civilization of Atlantis through ancient Greek philosophical dialogues.

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