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  1. This Side of Paradise

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    ★ 3.7 (62k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Fitzgerald's semi-autobiographical debut explores the Jazz Age's glamorous parties and sad disappointments through the eyes of an idealistic Princeton student dealing with love, ambition, and a changing generation.

  2. The Associate

    John Grisham

    ★ 3.7 (62k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A brilliant Yale Law graduate is blackmailed into infiltrating a cutthroat corporate law firm, where he must lie, steal, and navigate a deadly conspiracy to protect a dark secret from his past.

  3. Renegades

    Marissa Meyer

    ★ 4.2 (62k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a city rebuilt by superpowered heroes, a vengeful assassin with the power to steal sleep infiltrates their ranks, only to find herself drawn to the artistic prodigy son of her sworn enemies, who champions the very justice she seeks to dismantle.

  4. The Obsession

    Nora Roberts

    ★ 4.2 (62k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A woman who escaped her serial killer father's legacy finds new love and a fragile peace, only for his dark past to resurface, threatening to shatter her carefully built world once more.

  5. Down and Out in Paris and London

    George Orwell

    ★ 4.1 (62k) average on GoodreadsLifestyle

    Orwell exposes the truths of poverty in Parisian kitchens and among London tramps, using wit and a sharp eye for societal hypocrisy.

  6. Bunnicula

    Deborah Howe

    ★ 3.9 (62k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A suspicious cat and his loyal dog companion must uncover the truth about their new, fanged bunny housemate before his nocturnal, vegetable-draining habits turn their home into a produce-less wasteland.

  7. The War That Saved My Life

    Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

    ★ 4.5 (62k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A young girl with a clubfoot escapes abuse in WWII London, finds a new home, learns to ride a pony and read, and forms a loving family amidst the war.

  8. Keeping the Moon

    Sarah Dessen

    ★ 3.9 (62k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Shy, self-conscious Colie finds her voice and a place to belong during a summer working at the Last Chance Cafe with two friends.

  9. The Nix

    Nathan Hill

    ★ 4.1 (62k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A struggling writer's quest to understand his estranged, radicalized mother's past after she becomes a media sensation reveals a complex family story, forcing him to confront hidden truths and reclaim his own life.

  10. Tenth of December

    George Saunders

    ★ 4.0 (62k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In a world of backyard pole decorations and unsettling drug trials, George Saunders illuminates the struggles of ordinary people lost within their own minds and a subtly crumbling America.

  11. The New York Trilogy

    Paul Auster

    ★ 3.9 (62k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    In New York City, a detective's search for a missing person turns into an investigation of identity, coincidence, and existence.

  12. How to Age Disgracefully

    Clare Pooley

    ★ 4.1 (62k) average on Goodreads

    A group of seniors, a daycare, and a teen dad team up to save their community center, showing that age does not limit friendship or grand larceny.

  13. Carve the Mark

    Veronica Roth

    ★ 3.8 (62k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a galaxy where unique currentgifts define destiny, a resilient woman with the power to inflict pain and a loyal man who can disrupt it are forced together, challenging the brutal tyranny of her brother and the deep-seated animosity between their worlds.

  14. Leonardo da Vinci

    Walter Isaacson

    ★ 4.1 (62k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Walter Isaacson shows Leonardo da Vinci as the ultimate Renaissance man, whose curiosity and imagination joined art and science, from the Mona Lisa to flying machines, revealing a genius at the crossroads of humanistic creativity and scientific inquiry.

  15. All Your Perfects

    Colleen Hoover

    ★ 4.3 (62k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A story about a marriage struggling with infertility and unspoken resentments, where a forgotten promise might help mend a broken love.

  16. Rant

    Chuck Palahniuk

    ★ 3.8 (62k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In a world near a viral apocalypse, the oral history of Buster 'Rant' Casey, a rebel who turned urban demolition derbies into biological terrorism, reveals the truth behind his highway death and the pandemic he may have started.

  17. The Iron Trial

    Holly Black

    ★ 4.0 (61k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A boy warned his whole life to avoid magic finds himself drawn into a dangerous sorcery school, where a dark destiny and a loyal puppy await.

  18. Fall On Your Knees

    Ann-Marie MacDonald

    ★ 4.0 (61k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    On Cape Breton, four sisters face a multigenerational saga of forbidden love, ambition, and a secret that threatens to shatter their family's web of sin, guilt, and redemption.

  19. Factotum

    Charles Bukowski

    ★ 3.9 (61k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Henry Chinaski, a defiant, drunken poet, stumbles through WWII-era America, leaving a trail of broken jobs and sordid encounters.

  20. These Broken Stars

    Amie Kaufman

    ★ 3.9 (61k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Stranded on a desolate planet after a spaceliner crash, a privileged heiress and a working-class war hero must survive the alien wilderness and a dangerous truth about their survival.

  21. The Hazel Wood

    Melissa Albert

    ★ 3.6 (61k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A nomadic teen, haunted by bad luck, must enter the sinister world of her reclusive grandmother's dark fairy tales to rescue her abducted mother, uncovering the truth behind her own cursed life.

  22. Heat Wave

    Richard Castle

    ★ 3.6 (61k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    During a New York City heatwave, an NYPD detective investigates a real estate tycoon's suspicious death among Manhattan's elite, all while dealing with a ride-along journalist.

  23. After We Fell

    Anna Todd

    ★ 3.9 (61k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Tessa deals with shocking family news and Hardin's destructive anger, making her decide if their passionate, yet harmful, love is worth the constant drama or if it's time to leave.

  24. Gorky Park

    Martin Cruz Smith

    ★ 4.0 (61k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In Moscow, where truth is a luxury, Chief Investigator Arkady Renko investigates a triple murder of unrecognizable victims in Gorky Park, navigating international espionage and Soviet corruption to find a killer before he becomes the next casualty.

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