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  1. The Complete Anne of Green Gables Boxed Set

    L.M. Montgomery

    ★ 4.4 (101k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Follow Anne Shirley, a spirited orphan, as her vivid imagination and loving heart transform Green Gables and the people of Prince Edward Island, from her arrival to building her own family.

  2. My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands

    Chelsea Handler

    ★ 3.8 (101k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Chelsea Handler hilariously recounts her uninhibited adventures in the world of one-night stands, revealing the awkward, outrageous, and sometimes surprisingly meaningful encounters with a diverse cast of men.

  3. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

    William L. Shirer

    ★ 4.2 (101k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    William L. Shirer chronicles the rapid rise and catastrophic fall of Hitler's Third Reich, using an unprecedented collection of Nazi documents to detail its twelve-year reign.

  4. Bitterblue

    Kristin Cashore

    ★ 4.0 (101k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Haunted by her psychopath father's mind-altering legacy, Queen Bitterblue must brave the shadowed streets of her kingdom and confront a forgotten past to heal her people, even as two enigmatic thieves unravel secrets of her heart and her history.

  5. Miss Nelson Is Missing!

    Harry Allard

    ★ 4.3 (101k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    When their sweet teacher Miss Nelson vanishes, the unruly students of Room 207 meet their match in the terrifying substitute Miss Viola Swamp, making them desperately miss the teacher they took for granted.

  6. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

    Robert B. Cialdini

    ★ 4.2 (101k) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    Learn the six psychological triggers that make people say 'yes,' turning you into a skilled persuader and a strong defense against manipulation.

  7. The Black Prism

    Brent Weeks

    ★ 4.2 (101k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    The most powerful man in a world sustained by magic races against his own inevitable demise while grappling with the sudden emergence of a secret son who could shatter his carefully constructed peace.

  8. Horns

    Joe Hill

    ★ 3.9 (101k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    After waking with demonic horns and the chilling ability to elicit people's darkest confessions, a wrongly accused man embraces his infernal transformation to uncover the truth behind his girlfriend's brutal murder.

  9. A Swiftly Tilting Planet

    Madeleine L'Engle

    ★ 4.1 (101k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace, aided by a unicorn and the telepathic bond with his pregnant sister, hurtles through time to prevent a mad dictator from unraveling existence.

  10. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

    Michael Lewis

    ★ 4.3 (101k) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    Challenging baseball's traditions, Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane uses data and undervalued players to build a winning team on a small budget.

  11. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

    Dan Ariely

    ★ 4.1 (101k) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely reveals the systematic yet hidden forces of irrationality that consistently shape our everyday decisions, from minor purchases to major life choices.

  12. Kane and Abel

    Jeffrey Archer

    ★ 4.3 (100k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Born on the same day on opposite sides of the world, a Boston millionaire's son and a penniless Polish immigrant are locked in a sixty-year saga of ambition, hatred, and the relentless pursuit of fortune that will ultimately intertwine their destinies in triumph and destruction.

  13. The Case for Christ

    Lee Strobel

    ★ 4.2 (100k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    An investigative journalist uses his skepticism and journalistic methods to interview experts and find evidence for the historical and divine claims of Jesus Christ.

  14. Duma Key

    Stephen King

    ★ 4.0 (100k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    An amputee artist's new talent on a remote Florida key unleashes a terrifying supernatural force tied to a dying old woman's dark past and his own increasingly vivid, dangerous paintings.

  15. Cleopatra: A Life

    Stacy Schiff

    ★ 3.7 (100k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Stacy Schiff resurrects Cleopatra, not as the seductress of legend, but as a ruthless strategist and political genius who wielded incest, assassination, and two of Rome's most powerful men to reshape the ancient world.

  16. Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Ray Bradbury

    ★ 3.9 (100k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When a sinister carnival visits their quiet town, two young boys must confront its dark magic and the terrible cost of their deepest desires before it consumes everything.

  17. Losing It

    Cora Carmack

    ★ 3.7 (100k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A determined virgin's plan for a no-strings-attached deflowering backfires spectacularly when her one-night stand turns out to be her new, impossibly handsome theater professor.

  18. Real

    Katy Evans

    ★ 4.2 (100k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A woman with a broken dream is drawn to a mysterious underground boxer, risking her heart and mind as she becomes his therapist and the focus of his unspoken desire.

  19. Black Butler, Vol. 1

    Yana Toboso

    ★ 4.4 (100k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In dark Victorian London, a young earl makes a demonic pact, binding his soul to a sinister butler who will serve his revenge, no matter the cost.

  20. Made to Stick

    Chip Heath

    ★ 4.0 (100k) average on Goodreads

    Learn six principles that turn thoughts into memorable messages, ensuring your ideas, like urban legends and scientific proofs, last.

  21. Camino Island

    John Grisham

    ★ 3.8 (100k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A struggling novelist infiltrates the world of rare book dealing and theft on a Florida island, falling for the charismatic bookseller suspected of hiding priceless stolen manuscripts.

  22. The Keeper of Lost Things

    Ruth Hogan

    ★ 3.8 (100k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A heartbroken man collects lost objects; after his death, his assistant and an irritable ghost work to return these items to their owners and fix old promises.

  23. Revival

    Stephen King

    ★ 3.8 (100k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A small-town minister's intense connection with a young boy turns into a lifelong, devastating pact with cosmic horror after tragedy transforms him into a showman who uses dark electricity.

  24. The Housekeeper and the Professor

    Yoko Ogawa

    ★ 4.0 (100k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    A math professor, whose memory resets every eighty minutes, forms an unexpected family with his perceptive housekeeper and her son, finding connection in numbers.

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