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  1. The Great Cheese Conspiracy

    Jean Van Leeuwen

    ★ 3.8 (177) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A small-time theater mouse boss, obsessed with gangster movies, leads his bumbling crew on their biggest heist yet: a daring raid on a cheese shop, only to face a formidable feline foe.

  2. Magic City

    Jewell Parker Rhodes

    ★ 4.0 (176) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1921 Tulsa, a young Black man accused of rape by a white woman must escape a lynch mob while the woman, scarred by her own trauma, finds the courage to reveal the truth before the city erupts in racial violence.

  3. The Book Of Secrets

    Fiona Kidman

    ★ 3.7 (176) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    After Scottish clearances, a strict preacher leads his followers across oceans to a promised land, but three generations of women challenge his rigid rules, finding their own paths through exile and hardship.

  4. Smoke

    John Berger

    ★ 3.7 (174) average on Goodreads

    John Berger and Selçuk Demirel create a visually rich, poetic reflection on smoking, showing smokers as outlaws in a society that accepts industrial pollution while condemning personal habits.

  5. Becoming Jane

    Kevin Hood

    ★ 4.1 (173) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A young Jane Austen finds her voice and inspiration for her novels through a passionate, yet forbidden, romance with law student Tom Lefroy.

  6. The Last Summer

    Mary Jane Staples

    ★ 4.3 (171) average on GoodreadsFiction

    In 1939, a young man from Walworth and a teashop girl begin a lunchtime romance, their quiet moments disrupted by the onset of war.

  7. Disconnect

    Imran Siddiq

    ★ 3.7 (169) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a future where society splits between the waste-dwelling Underworld and the pristine Overworld, 16-year-old scavenger Zachary defies rules, becoming obsessed with a grieving Overworld girl, Rosa. This forbidden connection starts a dangerous rebellion against a corrupt system.

  8. Genesis

    Eduardo Galeano

    ★ 3.7 (169) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Galeano's 'Genesis' reclaims history from a Latin American viewpoint, exploring pre-Columbian myths, European conquests, and the continent's lasting spirit.

  9. The Rising of the Moon

    William Martin

    ★ 3.8 (167) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1916 Boston, a rising politician's life collapses when his rebel cousin sparks a dangerous love triangle and a deadly mission to Ireland, leading to a violent clash of personal desires and historical rebellion on Easter Sunday.

  10. Soccer Chick Rules

    Dawn FitzGerald

    ★ 3.7 (166) average on Goodreads

    Tess, a determined soccer player, must rally her teammates and defy the odds to save their beloved soccer program from financial ruin, all while navigating the complexities of friendship and the true meaning of never giving up.

  11. Cicada

    Belle Whittington

    ★ 4.0 (166) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When a group of friends finds an alien in their small town, their carefree summer turns into a desperate fight for survival, complicated by a developing romance and the dangerous burden of their shared secret.

  12. Voices

    Sue Mayfield

    ★ 3.6 (165) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After a dramatic breakup, a heartbroken Isabel finds unexpected solace and a budding romance through a message in a bottle, only to face a terrifying crisis that tests the very depths of her newfound love and courage.

  13. Marie Antoinette

    Hilaire Belloc

    ★ 3.6 (164) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Hilaire Belloc's biography offers a sympathetic, yet clear-eyed, look at Marie Antoinette, the Austrian queen whose early mistakes and unfortunate friendships led her from the French throne to the guillotine.

  14. Life Sentence

    Charles W. Colson

    ★ 4.1 (164) average on GoodreadsBiography

    After Watergate and prison, Charles Colson finds a difficult path to redemption, fighting skepticism and his past to build a ministry for prisoners.

  15. The Front Page

    Ben Hecht

    ★ 3.7 (162) average on GoodreadsFiction

    In 1920s journalism, a star reporter tries to quit for marriage but finds a fugitive, leading to a frantic, desk-hiding scoop that pits him against rivals, the sheriff, and his manipulative editor.

  16. End of Days

    Susan Ee

    ★ 3.9 (159) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Angels unleash an apocalyptic war. A human girl and a winged angel, desperate to heal their loved ones, must confront dark revelations about his past. They choose between their species and their forbidden love to save a shattered world.

  17. Process Theology

    John B. Cobb Jr.

    ★ 3.8 (158) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    Explore a vision of God and the universe where divine influence is persuasive love, not coercive power, evolving with a constantly changing world.

  18. From the Embers

    Candace Knoebel

    ★ 4.1 (158) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Burdened by a dark destiny and a fated connection to her enemy, a young woman must unravel a prophecy to save the realms from a war orchestrated by an overthrown Fate, even if it means sacrificing herself.

  19. Forever

    Maggie Stiefvater

    ★ 3.6 (158) average on GoodreadsRomance

    To save the girl he loves, a boy must fight a devastating hunt that threatens to tear them apart forever.

  20. Wild Things

    Chloe Neill

    ★ 4.0 (158) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As Chicago's vampire protector, Merit must stop dark magic that threatens her shifter allies and a power capable of overwhelming the supernatural world.

  21. Songbird

    Colleen Helme

    ★ 3.7 (155) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A captive singer with a magical voice must risk everything on a perilous journey with a suspicious ambassador, forming an alliance that could save two nations or destroy them both, all while battling her own untamed power and a forbidden love.

  22. Great American Short Stories

    Wallace Stegner

    ★ 3.6 (153) average on GoodreadsFiction

    This collection traces the American short story from early folk tales to modern narratives, showing its changing spirit.

  23. Hair

    Gerome Ragni

    ★ 3.8 (153) average on GoodreadsCreativity

    Hair shows the raw energy of youth, rebellion, and a search for freedom in the 1960s counterculture, all set to a rock score that changed Broadway.

  24. Ripple

    Tui Allen

    ★ 4.3 (153) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
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