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  1. Stargazer

    Claudia Gray

    ★ 3.8 (55k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Torn between her vampire destiny and her forbidden love for a vampire hunter, Bianca navigates a treacherous world of secrets, ancient evils, and the looming threat of war, all while her own vampiric nature awakens.

  2. Till We Have Faces

    C.S. Lewis

    ★ 4.2 (55k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a brutal, pre-Christian land, an embittered queen's possessive love for her beautiful sister, chosen by a god, shatters her understanding of divine and human affection, forcing her to confront her own hidden self.

  3. Outbreak

    Robin Cook

    ★ 4.0 (55k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A deadly plague sweeps the nation, and Dr. Marissa Blumenthal must expose a sinister conspiracy within the medical community before a 'cure' becomes the deadliest weapon.

  4. Julie of the Wolves

    Jean Craighead George

    ★ 3.8 (55k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Stranded in the Alaskan wilderness, a young Eskimo girl named Miyax bonds with a wolf pack, learning to survive and reconnect with her heritage through their guidance.

  5. Psycho

    Robert Bloch

    ★ 4.1 (55k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A desperate woman's impulsive stop at a secluded motel run by a shy, bird-loving manager and his domineering mother unravels into a nightmarish descent where privacy is a myth and a shower can be a death trap.

  6. The Gambler

    Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    ★ 3.9 (55k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 19th-century Baden-Baden, a young tutor's desperate attempt to win love and status leads to a gambling addiction, entangled with a manipulative noblewoman.

  7. Without Merit

    Colleen Hoover

    ★ 3.9 (55k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    In a family as bizarre as their repurposed church home, Merit Voss navigates a labyrinth of collected secrets and unearned trophies until a forbidden love and a devastating truth force her to shatter illusions and confront the messy consequences of her own escape.

  8. Alone

    Lisa Gardner

    ★ 4.0 (55k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A sniper's decision during a hostage crisis shatters a woman's fragile peace, unleashing a vengeful predator from her past who seeks to corner them all in a deadly web.

  9. March

    Geraldine Brooks

    ★ 3.8 (55k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    During the Civil War, abolitionist chaplain March faces the realities of battle and human nature, which break his faith and force him to remake himself before returning to his family, who know nothing of his ordeal.

  10. The Face on the Milk Carton

    Caroline B. Cooney

    ★ 3.7 (55k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A teenager's world shatters when she recognizes her own three-year-old face on a milk carton, uncovering a twelve-year-old kidnapping mystery that involves the only parents she's ever known.

  11. Heretics of Dune

    Frank Herbert

    ★ 3.9 (54k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As the desert reclaims Rakis and the sandworms fade, the Bene Gesserit, Honored Matres, and the enigmatic Lost Ones clash over humanity's future, finding a heresy of love in the ashes of empire.

  12. The Rithmatist

    Brandon Sanderson

    ★ 4.2 (54k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When two-dimensional chalk drawings come to life, a non-magic user uncovers a dark plot against the Rithmatists he hopes to join, forcing him to solve a mystery that could destroy their world.

  13. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

    Tucker Max

    ★ 3.5 (54k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Tucker Max, a self-proclaimed 'asshole,' shares outrageous, true stories of his drunken debauchery, disregard for norms, and relentless pursuit of pleasure, which will either appall or inspire readers.

  14. The Mayor of Casterbridge

    Thomas Hardy

    ★ 3.8 (54k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A man's drunken choice to auction his wife and child at a country fair echoes for two decades, forcing him to face a past he tried to bury as the Mayor of Casterbridge.

  15. One Night at the Call Center

    Chetan Bhagat

    ★ 2.5 (54k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Six friends at an Indian call center face heartbreak, ambition, and cultural clashes. A mysterious caller offers them a chance to restart their lives.

  16. Carpe Jugulum

    Terry Pratchett

    ★ 4.1 (54k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When modern, sun-loving vampires with a penchant for bad fashion decide to permanently crash King Verence's castle, a bumbling priest and the formidable Lancre witches must put aside their differences to prevent an elegant, bloodthirsty takeover.

  17. The Heart Goes Last

    Margaret Atwood

    ★ 3.4 (54k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In a future where economic collapse forces couples into a social experiment, a wife's affair with the man inhabiting their home during alternating prison terms uncovers a twisted scheme that threatens her husband's life.

  18. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

    Samuel Taylor Coleridge

    ★ 4.0 (54k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A cursed mariner, his shipmates dead and his soul haunted by an albatross's ghost, drifts through the supernatural, forever bound to recount his horrifying tale of hubris and penance.

  19. Angle of Repose

    Wallace Stegner

    ★ 4.2 (54k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A wheelchair-bound historian unearths the rugged, pioneering spirit and complex marital secrets of his grandparents' Western frontier life, inadvertently revealing the unvarnished truths of his own.

  20. Ramona the Brave

    Beverly Cleary

    ★ 4.1 (54k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Ramona Quimby, with her own bedroom, learns that courage means facing the shadowy mysteries just beyond the bed's edge.

  21. Princess in the Spotlight

    Meg Cabot

    ★ 3.7 (54k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Princess Mia must navigate an unexpected royal interview, her mother's shocking announcement, and the mystery of an intriguing secret admirer, all while trying to keep her tiara on straight.

  22. Picture Perfect

    Jodi Picoult

    ★ 3.5 (54k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A struggling art student finds his muse and an unexpected connection in an exotic dancer, as both navigate their broken lives and discover that love, like art, is rarely picture perfect.

  23. The Drop

    Michael Connelly

    ★ 4.2 (54k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Nearing retirement, Detective Harry Bosch works to solve a cold case DNA mystery tied to an impossible child killer and investigates a politically charged death at the Chateau Marmont, uncovering a decades-old conspiracy that threatens his city's justice system.

  24. Petals on the Wind

    V.C. Andrews

    ★ 3.8 (54k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Haunted by their past, the Dollanganger siblings, now young adults, navigate forbidden desires and vengeful plots as Cathy seeks to reclaim their stolen innocence and exact retribution on those who wronged them.

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