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  1. The Book of Eve

    Constance Beresford-Howe

    ★ 3.9 (315) average on GoodreadsFiction

    After four decades of marriage, Eva Carroll spontaneously abandons her conventional life to find unexpected freedom, love, and self-discovery in a Montreal boarding house.

  2. Planned Chaos

    Ludwig von Mises

    ★ 4.4 (314) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    Ludwig von Mises shows how central planning's attempts to organize society dismantle the price system, suppress individual freedom, and lead economies into destructive 'planned chaos' instead of order.

  3. When the Rainbow Goddess Wept

    Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

    ★ 3.8 (312) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    During the brutal Japanese occupation of the Philippines, a young girl named Yvonne flees into the jungle, finding comfort and strength in ancient myths of warrior women and rainbow goddesses as she sees terrible suffering and works to preserve her people's stories.

  4. The Poison Tree

    Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

    ★ 4.2 (311) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In early industrial England, where cholera and revolution threaten, the Morland family falls apart after a violent crime, revealing the dark desires unleashed when old traditions collapse.

  5. Vaccination

    Phillip Tomasso III

    ★ 3.8 (311) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A 9-1-1 dispatcher races to save his children during an H1N1 outbreak that turns the city into a zombie nightmare, forcing him to question the vaccine's origins and seek refuge beyond the border.

  6. This Way for a Shroud

    James Hadley Chase

    ★ 3.8 (311) average on Goodreads

    In the sun-baked, crime-ridden underbelly of Paradise City, a cynical private eye hunts for a missing, beautiful woman, only to unearth a labyrinth of deceit, blackmail, and murder where everyone has a price and no one can be trusted.

  7. Hospital

    ToLitt

    ★ 3.4 (309) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A hospital descends into sex, death, drugs, and dark magic, pulling staff and patients into a voodoo-infused, Satanic hell where salvation is a forgotten dream.

  8. Ode to Billy Joe

    Herman Raucher

    ★ 4.0 (308) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    In the sweltering Mississippi summer of 1953, a ballad tells the tender, tragic secret behind Billy Joe McAllister's leap from the Tallahatchie Bridge and the love he shared.

  9. Backlash

    Jack L. Pyke

    ★ 4.4 (306) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A vengeful master, seeking to dismantle the architect of his lover's psychological torture, unleashes his sub's dangerous alter ego. He soon finds their new bond is the next target in a game more twisted than he imagined.

  10. Harlem Duet

    Djanet Sears

    ★ 3.6 (305) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Set in Harlem, this play shows Billie's descent into madness after her husband, Othello, leaves her for a white woman. It is a modern retelling of Shakespeare's *Othello*, exploring race and passion.

  11. How to Write

    Gertrude Stein

    ★ 4.0 (304) average on GoodreadsReference

    Explore Gertrude Stein's thoughts on writing as she takes apart and reassembles the act itself, offering a playful, rhythmic, and unique guide to crafting prose that stands out.

  12. Breakfast at Tiffany's

    Sarah Gristwood

    ★ 4.3 (302) average on Goodreads

    Explore the making of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' through rare photos, script pages, and costume insights in this official 50th-anniversary book.

  13. The Vendetta

    E. Jamie

    ★ 3.7 (301) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A pregnant mob princess, set on avenging her husband's murder, gets involved with the heir of her family's biggest enemy, who is secretly the father of her unborn child, sparking a dangerous love that could either end a fifty-year feud or destroy their lives.

  14. The Deming Management Method

    Mary Walton

    ★ 4.0 (301) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    Master Deming's principles to boost profits and productivity, transforming your business from its core.

  15. Any Way the Wind Blows

    Rainbow Rowell

    ★ 4.6 (300) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As the final chapter closes, Simon, Baz, Penelope, and Agatha must confront their deepest fears and uncertain futures, deciding whether to embrace a world they once saved or forge new paths beyond the magic that defined them.

  16. Jack the Ripper

    Mark Whitehead

    ★ 3.4 (300) average on GoodreadsHistory

    This book explores the fog-shrouded alleys of Victorian London, dissecting the Ripper's reign of terror by examining every victim and suspect, and the lasting impact of an unsolved mystery that still haunts history.

  17. In Love and War

    Jim Stockdale

    ★ 4.3 (297) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Jim Stockdale's memoir, from his Hanoi prison to post-war life, shows the strength of leadership, love, and philosophy during the Vietnam War.

  18. Virgin Soil Upturned

    Mikhail Sholokhov

    ★ 4.0 (296) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A Bolshevik arrives in a traditional Don village, starting a dangerous fight to bring its people into the Soviet future.

  19. Boss

    Tara Oakes

    ★ 4.0 (295) average on GoodreadsRomance

    Dom must fight a brutal war to protect his empire and his family from a ruthless enemy, even if it means sacrificing the man he's tried so hard to become.

  20. Breaking Point

    Kristen Simmons

    ★ 3.8 (295) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Framed as a notorious sniper by the government she escaped, Ember Miller must choose between hiding from a 'shoot to kill' order or fighting back with a suspicious resistance that now views her as their most wanted.

  21. Half of Man is Woman

    Zhang Xianliang

    ★ 3.7 (292) average on Goodreads

    In a Chinese labor camp, a poet finds forbidden love with a peasant woman, seeking solace in nature's beauty amidst political turmoil.

  22. Force Of Circumstance

    Simone de Beauvoir

    ★ 4.1 (292) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Simone de Beauvoir examines her life, her relationships with figures like Sartre and Camus, and the truths behind the legends, showing the 'force of circumstance' that shaped a pioneering feminist philosopher.

  23. Chasing Tail Lights

    Patrick Jones

    ★ 4.0 (290) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Haunted by her father's dying words, a desperate teen in Flint, Michigan, chases the illusion of escape while a dark secret binds her to the city's decay.

  24. Catalyst

    Laurie Halse Anderson

    ★ 4.6 (289) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A science-focused high schooler, Kate Malone, finds her structured world upended when a house fire forces her rival and family to move in, sparking emotional turmoil and self-discovery as she awaits her MIT decision.

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