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  1. Summer Will Show

    Sylvia Townsend Warner

    ★ 3.6 (1k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    A Victorian matriarch, seeking her errant husband in revolutionary Paris, instead finds herself drawn into an intense, chaotic affair with his bohemian mistress.

  2. Target

    Joe Craig

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Genetically engineered teen assassin Jimmy Coates must outmaneuver a ruthless government agency, a deadly rival, and his own estranged father, all while questioning where his true loyalties lie.

  3. The Mountains of California

    John Muir

    ★ 4.1 (1k) average on GoodreadsLifestyle

    John Muir's ecstatic writing shows the Sierra Nevada's beauty, from Yosemite to ancient sequoia groves, revealing the heart of California's 'Range of Light'.

  4. Darkness

    Laurann Dohner

    ★ 4.2 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An undercover agent falls for the powerful New Species who arrests her, starting a dangerous, passionate romance that could change both their worlds.

  5. Breathing Under Water

    Sophie Hardcastle

    ★ 4.0 (1k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After her twin's death, a young surfer grapples with grief and his shadow, learning to navigate life and first love without him.

  6. Choke

    Chuck Palahniuk

    ★ 3.7 (1k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    A medical-school dropout scams strangers by faking choking in restaurants to pay for his mother's elder care, all while navigating sex addiction meetings and a colonial theme park job.

  7. Hick

    Andrea Portes

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Thirteen-year-old Luli, a quick-witted runaway, plunges into the perilous heart of American rootlessness, navigating a treacherous road trip west with a violent drifter and a fading grifter, as she grapples with her developing sexuality and the brutal realities of survival.

  8. The House Next Door

    Richie Tankersley Cusick

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    After spending a night in a haunted house, Emma Donovan is pulled into its tragic past, reliving a romance and a horrific death with a mysterious young man, blurring the lines between dream and a dreadful reality she's destined to repeat.

  9. Unposted Letter

    Mahatria Ra

    ★ 4.4 (1k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    Mahatria Ra's "Unposted Letters" offers deep, practical wisdom from various life experiences, guiding readers toward a richer, more fulfilling life by changing their views on challenges and opportunities.

  10. Dangerous Minds

    LouAnne Johnson

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    An ex-Marine teacher, armed with unconventional tactics and unwavering belief, transforms a classroom of 'dangerous' inner-city sophomores into students who dare to dream and fight for their futures.

  11. The Holy Spirit

    Sinclair B. Ferguson

    ★ 4.3 (1k) average on GoodreadsReference

    Sinclair Ferguson clearly explains the Holy Spirit's work from creation to redemption, combining scripture, historical theology, and modern thought to offer a clear view of the third person of the Trinity.

  12. Elysium

    Jennifer Marie Brissett

    ★ 3.5 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a post-apocalyptic world, a corrupted atmospheric AI tells the fragmented, time-bending story of two lovers fighting for survival and connection amidst a city's collapse and the haunting echoes of their past.

  13. The Longest Memory

    Fred D'Aguiar

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In 1810 Virginia, a fiercely intelligent young slave's bid for freedom and forbidden love for a white girl are tragically intertwined with his father's inadvertent betrayal and the complex loyalties within the plantation.

  14. Cool Hand Luke

    Donn Pearce

    ★ 4.2 (1k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    On a brutal chain gang, a charismatic rebel named Luke uses his defiance and gluttonous feats to create a legend of indomitable spirit, inspiring fellow convicts with a hope for freedom that goes beyond his own recaptures.

  15. Gardens in the Dunes

    Leslie Marmon Silko

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Orphaned by soldiers and adopted by an East Coast couple, a young Sand Lizard girl navigates the differences between her ancestral traditions and an encroaching white world, finding her identity through a globe-spanning journey and the wisdom of the earth.

  16. L'Hiver de force

    Réjean Ducharme

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on Goodreads

    In the suffocating grip of a Quebec winter, a young man's obsessive love for a beautiful, elusive woman becomes a desperate battle against his own destructive desires and the stifling expectations of his world.

  17. The Bone Mother

    David Demchuk

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As war looms and a brutal regime hunts them, the last mythical beings of Eastern Europe gather in their final refuge to share their stories and face extinction.

  18. The Dog in the Manger

    Lope de Vega

    ★ 3.7 (1k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    A fiery countess, caught between pride and passion, struggles with the hilarious and heartbreaking dilemma of loving her clever secretary, who may or may not be a nobleman, in this Golden Age comedy of social climbing and forbidden desire.

  19. Rain

    Shaun Harbinger

    ★ 3.7 (1k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    As a deadly virus turns humanity into zombies, isolated hikers must face the undead, desperate soldiers, and a collapsing society to reach a rumored sanctuary.

  20. Briar Rose

    Jane Yolen

    ★ 3.4 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A young woman's quest to understand her grandmother's deathbed confession, 'I am Briar Rose,' leads her to a historical truth that redefines the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale with the horrors and hope of the Holocaust.

  21. Wild Swan

    Celeste De Blasis

    ★ 4.4 (1k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    From the smuggling coasts of Napoleonic England to the slave-shadowed horse country of pre-Civil War Maryland, Alexandria Thaine navigates a lifetime of danger, desire for two men, and the forging of a powerful family across an ocean.

  22. Song of the Cuckoo Bird

    Amulya Malladi

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    An orphaned eleven-year-old in an Indian epic defies expectations, forming an unconventional family and finding her voice within an ashram through decades of friendship, rivalry, and conviction.

  23. Skins

    Ali Cronin

    ★ 3.5 (1k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After college, the Skins gang faces new relationships, old guilt, and growing desires, pushing the limits of friendship and self-discovery.

  24. Ice Trilogy

    Vladimir Sorokin

    ★ 3.6 (1k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    A Siberian meteorite's 'Ice' awakens a cult's mission to unite humanity's blue-eyed 'Brothers and Sisters of the Light' and destroy the world through a chaotic, genre-bending narrative spanning the 20th century.

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