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  1. Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith

    Gina B. Nahai

    ★ 4.0 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A young girl's lifelong search to understand her mother's mysterious disappearance reveals a generations-spanning story of resilience, magic, and the quest for belonging across Tehran, Turkey, and Los Angeles.

  2. Power of Persuasion

    Elizabeth Massie

    ★ 4.1 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Buffy Summers must stop a supernatural feminist uprising in Sunnydale before a gender war escalates into deadly, unnatural proportions.

  3. Ashes

    Ilsa J. Bick

    ★ 3.6 (1k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Stranded in a world silenced by an EMP, a grieving teen, a soldier, and a young girl must form a family to survive the technological apocalypse and the terrifying evolution of humanity itself.

  4. How to Write Copy That Sells

    Ray Edwards

    ★ 4.2 (1k) average on GoodreadsMarketing

    Learn to write persuasive copy that sells without sounding like a salesperson, turning your words into an effective tool across all platforms.

  5. Blind Man with a Pistol

    Chester Himes

    ★ 3.6 (1k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    In a Harlem on the verge of collapse, two seasoned detectives confront a maze of violence and racial tension, where a blind man's shot sparks a city's descent into madness.

  6. Rule of Three

    Megan McDonald

    ★ 4.1 (1k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    When the school play needs a singer, not just an actor, middle-sister Stevie steps into the spotlight, challenging her older sister Alex for the lead and starting a sibling rivalry that threatens their family.

  7. Lost World

    Kate L. Mary

    ★ 4.4 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a post-apocalyptic world overrun by the undead, Vivian and Axl's desperate search for sanctuary is constantly thwarted by betrayal, loss, and the harrowing realization that the living can be as dangerous as the dead.

  8. The Time of the Fireflies

    Kimberley Griffiths Little

    ★ 4.2 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Guided by an antique phone and shimmering fireflies, Larissa races through time along the muddy riverbanks to unravel a generations-old family curse before it claims another victim.

  9. Warrior

    Marie Brennan

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A witch's survival depends on killing her doppelganger. But when the hunter becomes the hunted, their intertwined destinies ignite a deadly dance of magic and steel.

  10. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

    Charles Darwin

    ★ 4.0 (1k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Darwin explores the shared evolutionary origins of human morality and intellect by tracing how emotions are expressed across species, showing the connection between humans and animals.

  11. Click Here to Start

    Denis Markell

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A video game-obsessed twelve-year-old finds his skills tested when his eccentric great-uncle's apartment turns into a real-life escape room, sending him and his friends on a quest for a hidden WWII treasure.

  12. Far Away

    Caryl Churchill

    ★ 3.7 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a world where the absurd escalates to the apocalyptic, a young woman navigates a global war where even animals have taken sides, and the very air is thick with the scent of countless, bizarrely specific deaths.

  13. Zen and Japanese Culture

    Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

    ★ 4.1 (1k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    Daisetz Suzuki explains how Zen Buddhism, with its focus on simplicity and self-effacement, became the thread connecting Japanese art and daily life, from samurai swords to haiku and tea ceremonies.

  14. The Healing Spell

    Kimberley Griffiths Little

    ★ 4.1 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In the mystical Louisiana bayou, twelve-year-old Livie secretly harbors a forbidden pet alligator and a crushing guilt over her mother's coma, believing only she can find a magical cure to awaken her.

  15. Flags in the Dust

    William Faulkner

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In the post-World War I South, the last member of a declining aristocratic family deals with his family's past and the effects of war, heading towards a tragic end amid fading glory and tradition.

  16. Men to Match My Mountains

    Irving Stone

    ★ 4.1 (1k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Irving Stone's "Men to Match My Mountains" tells the story of pioneers, dreamers, and scoundrels who built fortunes, empires, and a nation in the American West.

  17. Jerusalem Delivered

    Torquato Tasso

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    During the siege of Jerusalem, Christian knights fight Saracen warriors and manipulative demons. Love grows tragically between enemies, and faith is tested on the battlefields of the First Crusade.

  18. Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems

    Galileo Galilei

    ★ 4.1 (1k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    Galileo, through a lively discussion among three characters, shows the ancient, Earth-centered view of the universe is wrong, proving that our world orbits the sun, despite great personal risk.

  19. The Neptune Challenge

    Polly Holyoke

    ★ 4.5 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Genetically engineered human-dolphin hybrids must brave mutated creatures and enemy teens to infiltrate a dangerous underwater fortress, rescue their kidnapped friends, and steal a world-saving scientific secret before their ocean refuge is lost forever.

  20. The Answer

    Rebecca Sugar

    ★ 4.6 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    On an alien world, two Gems, Ruby and Sapphire, fall in love and fuse into Garnet, changing their lives and starting the Crystal Gems' story.

  21. The Hollow People

    Brian Keaney

    ★ 3.5 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a world where dreams are a crime, a kitchen worker and a doctor's daughter uncover a conspiracy that threatens their island nation.

  22. The Diary of a Social Butterfly

    Moni Mohsin

    ★ 3.4 (1k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    Amidst Pakistan's turbulent news, the charmingly unaware socialite Butterfly navigates high society's parties and mishaps, her biggest worry a chipped manicure rather than a changing world.

  23. Midnight Is a Place

    Joan Aiken

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    After a fire destroys their home, orphaned Lucas and the spoiled French heiress Anna Marie must survive the dangerous streets of 19th-century industrial Blastburn, forming an unlikely alliance.

  24. The Portable Dante

    Dante Alighieri

    ★ 4.2 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Explore sin, repentance, and divine love with Dante's classic poem, guided by expert insights.

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