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  1. Goldfish Have No Hiding Place

    James Hadley Chase

    ★ 3.6 (229) average on GoodreadsMystery

    When a ruthless killer stalks the French Riviera, an American detective becomes involved in blackmail, seduction, and murder where every turn reveals a new predator and no one is safe.

  2. One Last Stop

    Casey McQuiston

    ★ 4.5 (227) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A cynical Brooklyn transplant finds her world upended and her heart on the line when her subway crush turns out to be a punk rock lesbian from the 1970s, trapped in time and desperately needing her help to return home.

  3. Finding Daddy

    Louise Plummer

    ★ 3.4 (226) average on GoodreadsThriller

    With only a faded photograph and her mother's vague answers, a determined teen sets out to find the truth about the father she's never known, even if it means uncovering a past her mother wants to keep hidden.

  4. Citizen Kane

    Orson Welles

    ★ 4.0 (226) average on GoodreadsFiction

    Explore the making of Orson Welles's 'Citizen Kane' through Pauline Kael's essay and the original script, showing the conflicts and art behind Hollywood's most talked-about film.

  5. The Third Level

    Jack Finney

    ★ 4.1 (225) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    A collection of speculative tales where ordinary lives brush against the extraordinary, from commuters stumbling into the past to suburbanites discovering peculiar new neighbors and the chilling consequences of a man's obsession with his career.

  6. Les Miserables

    Jennifer Bassett

    ★ 4.0 (225) average on GoodreadsFiction

    In 19th-century France, an ex-convict's search for a new life conflicts with an inspector's relentless pursuit, all while revolution brews.

  7. The Battle of the Books

    Jonathan Swift

    ★ 3.4 (222) average on GoodreadsPhilosophy

    In a war of wit and ink, ancient tomes clash with modern pamphlets on the dusty shelves of a library, each vying for intellectual supremacy and the very soul of literature.

  8. Chalkline

    Jane Mitchell

    ★ 3.6 (221) average on Goodreads

    Indoctrinated into a brutal militia, a boy soldier's descent towards an irreversible act of violence is met with the desperate, unwavering love of a family determined to reclaim the son they remember.

  9. Fibonacci Trading: How to Master the Time and Price Advantage

    Carolyn Boroden

    ★ 3.9 (221) average on GoodreadsFinance

    Learn to use the Golden Ratio through Fibonacci analysis to time the market and predict prices, helping you profit consistently in stocks, futures, and Forex.

  10. Danger in Quicksand Swamp

    Bill Wallace

    ★ 4.1 (220) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    When Jake and Ben unearth a hidden canoe, they paddle into a treacherous quicksand swamp teeming with alligators, only to discover a human enemy far more dangerous than the gators guarding a buried treasure.

  11. Blackout

    Connie Willis

    ★ 4.3 (220) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Three young historians studying WWII through time travel become trapped in the war-torn past, facing the terrifying possibility that they are changing the history they swore only to observe.

  12. The Dream of the Red Chamber

    Cao Xueqin

    ★ 3.5 (219) average on GoodreadsFiction

    An 18th-century Chinese aristocratic family faces love, duty, and decline in a poignant story set in their grand, yet secluded, world.

  13. Red Oleanders

    Rabindranath Tagore

    ★ 3.9 (218) average on GoodreadsFiction

    In a gold-obsessed town, Nandini, with red oleanders, ignites a desire for freedom in enslaved miners, sacrificing herself for their liberation.

  14. The Promise

    Chaim Potok

    ★ 4.1 (217) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1950s Brooklyn, a rabbinical student, Reuven Malter, questions his path and faith's traditions while helping his friend Danny Saunders free a brilliant, troubled boy from his genius and community expectations.

  15. Something To Talk About

    Violet Summers

    ★ 3.5 (217) average on GoodreadsRomance

    After a lifetime of small-town gossip and a cheating boyfriend, Miranda Lee finds herself the reluctant center of attention once more, as two men, Wyatt and Jon, conspire to convince her that their unconventional, shared love is the only talk of the town worth having.

  16. Parmenides

    Martin Heidegger

    ★ 4.5 (217) average on GoodreadsPhilosophy

    Heidegger's wartime lectures dissect the Latinized West, tracing truth's decline from Parmenides' early insights through language to expose the modern world's 'out of joint' state.

  17. The Turning

    Lucian Bane

    ★ 4.2 (215) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An amnesiac Angel of Judgment, bound to the first human he meets, must now execute his bonded partner, plunging him into a cosmic war against Heaven and Hell that blurs the lines between good and evil.

  18. Logan

    Julie Hall

    ★ 4.3 (214) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A popular high schooler's accidental death thrusts him into a supernatural war where a forbidden connection with a fellow demon hunter might be the only thing that can save him from his own broken spirit.

  19. Faces In The Water

    Ranjit Lal

    ★ 4.0 (211) average on Goodreads

    A mystical well in a family obsessed with sons hides the watery faces of three girls, drawing fifteen-year-old Gurmi into a cyber-magical quest to uncover the dark truth of his family's past and prevent a future atrocity.

  20. Tribes

    Arthur Slade

    ★ 3.4 (210) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    A brilliant but grieving teenager observes high school social groups like an anthropologist, only to find himself drawn into the human drama he studies.

  21. Breast Stories

    Mahasweta Devi

    ★ 4.0 (209) average on GoodreadsFiction

    Mahasweta Devi's three stories show how the female breast, stripped of its nurturing meaning, becomes a place for societal exploitation, resistance, and tragic sacrifice in the lives of marginalized women.

  22. The Harder They Fall

    Budd Schulberg

    ★ 4.2 (206) average on GoodreadsFiction

    A naive Argentine giant is built into a boxing sensation only to be ruthlessly exploited and discarded by a corrupt fight racket, exposing the brutal underbelly of the sport.

  23. The Ties That Bind

    Jude Watson

    ★ 4.5 (205) average on Goodreads

    Against the Jedi Council's orders, Qui-Gon Jinn and Tahl return to the unstable planet Apsolon to rescue kidnapped daughters and face the breakdown of a past mission's peace, challenging their bond.

  24. How To Write a Page Turner

    Jordan Rosenfeld

    ★ 4.2 (204) average on Goodreads

    This guide teaches writers to weave suspense and conflict into every part of their story, from character flaws to plot reveals, ensuring readers are captivated until the final page.

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