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  1. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

    Jacob Grimm

    ★ 4.3 (147k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Enter a timeless world of wonder and warning, where enchanted forests, wicked witches, and noble heroes appear in 211 preserved German folk tales, illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

  2. Night Shift

    Stephen King

    ★ 4.0 (147k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Stephen King delivers a chilling collection where industrial machines thirst for blood, ancient evils lurk in cornfields, and the dead refuse to stay buried, proving terror exists in life's most ordinary corners.

  3. Midnight Sun [2008 Draft]

    Stephenie Meyer

    ★ 4.0 (146k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    This raw, leaked draft of *Midnight Sun* shows Forks, Washington, and Edward Cullen's agonizing passion for Bella Swan through his tormented eyes.

  4. Bleach, Volume 01

    Tite Kubo

    ★ 4.2 (146k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When a punk-rock high schooler with a ghost-seeing gift accidentally siphons the powers of a mysterious Soul Reaper, he is thrust into a violent afterlife where his family's safety and the peace of tormented souls depend on his newly awakened sword.

  5. Roots: The Saga of an American Family

    Alex Haley

    ★ 4.4 (146k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Following Kunta Kinte and his descendants, 'Roots' shows slavery's brutality and an American family's lasting resilience.

  6. The Hating Game

    Sally Thorne

    ★ 4.1 (146k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A fiercely competitive executive assistant and her equally ambitious, infuriatingly handsome rival discover their elaborate office 'hating game' might actually be a passionate prelude to love.

  7. The Invisible Man

    H.G. Wells

    ★ 3.6 (145k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A brilliant but unstable scientist discovers invisibility, then uses his unseen existence to terrorize people as he tries to reverse his condition.

  8. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

    Alan Bradley

    ★ 3.8 (145k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In the summer of 1950, an eleven-year-old chemistry prodigy with a penchant for poisons finds her life truly begins when a mysterious dead bird and a dying man in the cucumber patch launch her into a delightfully macabre investigation at her family's eccentric estate.

  9. The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

    Gretchen Rubin

    ★ 3.6 (145k) average on GoodreadsPsychology
  10. The Dark Tower

    Stephen King

    ★ 4.3 (145k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In the final act, Roland the gunslinger must navigate a collapsing multiverse and confront the Crimson King to reach the Dark Tower, the center of all reality, and complete his decades-long quest.

  11. Naruto, Vol. 01: Uzumaki Naruto

    Masashi Kishimoto

    ★ 4.4 (145k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A loud ninja-in-training, burdened by a legendary demon fox sealed inside him, tries to prove himself and become the Hokage, his village's leader.

  12. Murder at the Vicarage

    Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.1 (145k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    When a universally despised colonel is murdered in a vicar's study, Miss Marple must navigate a village teeming with suspects who all secretly wished him dead.

  13. Second Foundation

    Isaac Asimov

    ★ 4.3 (145k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As the formidable Mule closes in, the galaxy's fate depends on finding the Second Foundation, a quest that throws a sharp 14-year-old girl into a dangerous game of minds and empires.

  14. The Best of Me

    Nicholas Sparks

    ★ 3.9 (144k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    Twenty-five years after a devastating separation, high school sweethearts Amanda and Dawson are reunited by their mentor's death, forcing them to confront their lost love and the paths not taken during a single weekend.

  15. Seabiscuit: An American Legend

    Laura Hillenbrand

    ★ 4.2 (144k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    This is the true story of Seabiscuit, a crooked-legged racehorse, and the unlikely trio who made him an American sports legend, captivating a nation during the Great Depression.

  16. Schindler's List

    Thomas Keneally

    ★ 4.3 (144k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Amidst the horrors of the Holocaust, a German industrialist risks everything to turn his factory into a sanctuary, saving over a thousand Jews from the gas chambers through bribery and deception.

  17. Gabriel's Inferno

    Sylvain Reynard

    ★ 4.0 (144k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A tormented Dante scholar, haunted by a dark past and addicted to pleasure, finds his world shattered by his new graduate student, forcing a perilous journey towards an impossible redemption.

  18. Anne of Avonlea

    L.M. Montgomery

    ★ 4.2 (144k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Anne Shirley, a new schoolteacher in Avonlea, handles the funny and heartfelt parts of growing up, meddling in romances, taking in new orphans, and figuring out a handsome doctor-to-be's confusing feelings, all while her red hair and temper stay wild.

  19. Equal Rites

    Terry Pratchett

    ★ 4.0 (144k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A young girl with wizarding powers defies ancient traditions to enter an all-male university and save Discworld from a magical cataclysm.

  20. His Dark Materials

    Philip Pullman

    ★ 4.3 (144k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A young girl and her daemon travel across parallel worlds, fighting celestial powers and facing the nature of Dust, free will, and destiny to save all of existence.

  21. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

    Douglas Adams

    ★ 4.1 (143k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Arthur Dent returns to a familiar Earth, only to find himself in a cosmic scavenger hunt for God's final message, involving dolphins, a giant robot, and the universe's lingering absurdity.

  22. Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 1

    Bisco Hatori

    ★ 4.4 (143k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A scholarship student at an elite academy accidentally breaks a priceless vase and must join a club of six charming, wealthy boys who entertain female clients, leading to unexpected friendships and developing romance.

  23. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

    Bryan Stevenson

    ★ 4.6 (143k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    Bryan Stevenson, a young lawyer, confronts the racial injustice of America's legal system through the fight for Walter McMillian, a man wrongly condemned to death row, showing how mercy can improve a broken justice system.

  24. Sh*t My Dad Says

    Justin Halpern

    ★ 4.0 (143k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    After a breakup, a 28-year-old moves back home to record his 73-year-old, unfiltered, Socrates-but-angrier father's hilariously profane wisdom on everything from dating to Nazis, transforming their chaotic kitchen conversations into a viral memoir.

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