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  1. The Golden Fleece

    Robert Graves

    ★ 4.0 (815) average on GoodreadsHistory

    Robert Graves reimagines the quest for the Golden Fleece as a raw, human expedition. Jason leads demigods and heroes on a journey filled with divine acts, Herculean pranks, and passionate affairs.

  2. King Kong

    Delos W. Lovelace

    ★ 3.5 (809) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A huge ape, taken from his island home, develops a tragic affection for an actress in New York City, becoming both a spectacle and a victim of human exploitation.

  3. Invisible

    Paul Auster

    ★ 3.7 (808) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A young poet's coming-of-age takes a dark turn when a twisted love triangle with a mysterious Frenchman and his seductive girlfriend explodes in a shocking act of violence that will haunt him for decades across continents.

  4. Remember Me

    Christopher Pike

    ★ 4.0 (808) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A murdered teen returns as a ghost, haunting her friends and exploring their dreams to unmask her killer before a terrifying entity called The Shadow strikes again.

  5. The Runaway

    Kate O'Hearn

    ★ 4.4 (808) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A teenage Valkyrie, who defies tradition by befriending humans instead of reaping their souls, goes on a dangerous quest to the World of Man and the Land of the Frost Giants to find a legendary runaway, creating her own destiny with the help of her mortal friends.

  6. Inheritance

    Christopher Paolini

    ★ 3.7 (806) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A farm boy and his dragon, once nobodies, must risk everything to confront an evil king, for the fate of an entire civilization hinges on their final, no-second-chance battle.

  7. Dreamers

    Angela Elwell Hunt

    ★ 4.3 (805) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    As a slave in Pharaoh's household, the golden-eyed Tuya grapples with an unknown past and the dawning of forbidden love and spiritual awakening in ancient Egypt.

  8. Nisei Daughter

    Monica Itoi Sone

    ★ 3.9 (803) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Monica Itoi Sone's memoir shows the life of a Japanese-American girl in 1930s Seattle, contrasting it with her unjust internment during World War II.

  9. Alchemist

    Peter James

    ★ 4.0 (802) average on GoodreadsThriller

    When bizarre deaths plague an English town, a detective races to uncover a modern alchemist's dark secrets before more victims are sacrificed for immortality.

  10. The Sniper

    Liam O'Flaherty

    ★ 3.7 (800) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    During the brutal Irish Civil War, a sniper kills his latest victim, only to discover it is his own brother, revealing the devastating human cost of conflict.

  11. Picture Bride

    Yoshiko Uchida

    ★ 3.6 (800) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A young Japanese picture bride faces arranged marriage, cultural clashes, and World War II internment, showing remarkable resilience despite her adopted country's betrayal.

  12. Thomas the Obscure

    Maurice Blanchot

    ★ 4.0 (799) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Thomas struggles with the elusive nature of being, searching for presence in absence and mystery in clarity, transforming the novel itself.

  13. The Vanished

    Sarah Dalton

    ★ 3.8 (798) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Mina navigates the politics and ancient secrets of the Clans, confronting betrayals and a looming war that threatens her freedom and abilities.

  14. The Iceberg Hermit

    Arthur J. Roth

    ★ 4.0 (795) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Adrift in the 18th-century Arctic, a shipwrecked teen forges an unbreakable bond with an orphaned polar bear cub, battling the unforgiving ice and his own dwindling hope for survival.

  15. The Death of King Arthur

    Unknown

    ★ 3.3 (795) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Camelot's chivalric dream ends as King Arthur, betrayed by his queen, his best knight, and his own son, faces the tragic end of his rule in a kingdom full of treachery and fading glory.

  16. The Holy Road

    Michael Blake

    ★ 3.7 (794) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Eleven years after finding peace among the Comanche, Dances With Wolves must again confront the brutal expansion of white settlers when his wife and infant daughter are abducted, forcing him into a desperate quest for rescue and revenge.

  17. Fear and Misery of the Third Reich

    Bertolt Brecht

    ★ 4.1 (792) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    Through twenty-four chilling vignettes, Brecht exposes how Nazi terror crept into the daily lives of ordinary Germans, revealing a society suffocated by suspicion and fear.

  18. The Survivors

    Tom Godwin

    ★ 3.9 (788) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Marooned on a hostile alien world with two suns and deadly monsters, untrained survivors must choose between despair or fueling their will to live with a burning desire for revenge against their cruel captors.

  19. Immortal

    Gillian Shields

    ★ 3.8 (786) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    At an isolated Gothic boarding school, a lonely scholarship student's forbidden romance with a mysterious boy unravels a haunting historical secret that reveals her own supernatural destiny.

  20. Keeping Safe the Stars

    Sheila O'Connor

    ★ 3.8 (786) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In 1930s rural Minnesota, three orphaned siblings must navigate their grandfather's sudden illness, fending for themselves and uncovering a hidden family past to stay together.

  21. When Corporations Rule the World

    David C. Korten

    ★ 4.1 (785) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    Korten's book analyzes multinational corporations' growing global power and introduces the Living Democracy movement as a hopeful alternative to a system that favors profit over people and the planet.

  22. Marvel Avengers

    Alan Cowsill

    ★ 4.1 (785) average on GoodreadsReference

    This updated A-Z guide covers over 220 heroes and villains, showing the Avengers' story through Marvel art and character details.

  23. Death Watch

    Ari Berk

    ★ 3.8 (784) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Armed with a spectral clock and a legacy of death, a young boy must brave a crumbling, ghost-haunted town to find his missing mortician father and embrace his own destiny as an Undertaker of the dead.

  24. The Life I'm In

    Sharon G. Flake

    ★ 4.3 (784) average on Goodreads

    From schoolyard bully to trafficking victim, Char's harrowing journey reveals the brutal underworld preying on vulnerable teens, testing her resilience and capacity for compassion in a fight for freedom.

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