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  1. The Return of Sherlock Holmes

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    ★ 4.3 (53k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    After a three-year disappearance presumed fatal, Sherlock Holmes dramatically resurfaces, his return igniting a new era of thirteen perplexing cases, from deciphering cryptic dancing men to unmasking the assailant behind the shattered Napoleons.

  2. A Long Way Home

    Saroo Brierley

    ★ 4.1 (53k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    A five-year-old boy's accidental train ride across India leads to a 25-year odyssey of survival and adoption, culminating in an extraordinary quest to find his birth family using Google Earth.

  3. Succubus Blues

    Richelle Mead

    ★ 3.9 (53k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A Seattle succubus balances her soul-sucking job with an unrequited mortal crush, finding her infernal afterlife complicated by a sinister plot brewing in the city's supernatural underbelly.

  4. Love Warrior

    Glennon Doyle Melton

    ★ 4.1 (53k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    After her husband's infidelity, Glennon Doyle Melton begins a spiritual journey to find her true self and redefine love, showing that real strength comes from facing pain, not avoiding it.

  5. Fly Away

    Kristin Hannah

    ★ 4.0 (53k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    After an unbearable loss, three women—a grieving television star, a rebellious teenager, and a long-absent mother—must confront their pasts and futures to find family.

  6. The Dog Stars

    Peter Heller

    ★ 3.9 (53k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    After a plague, a pilot and his dog live on a desolate airfield until a faint radio signal leads them on a dangerous journey, chasing a glimmer of hope.

  7. The Gods Themselves

    Isaac Asimov

    ★ 4.1 (53k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Humanity's addiction to limitless, free energy from a parallel universe puts Earth on a collision course with solar annihilation, forcing an unlikely alliance of outcast scientists and rebellious aliens to convince a skeptical cosmos of the impending doom.

  8. The Darkest Part of the Forest

    Holly Black

    ★ 3.9 (52k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a town where dangerous fae magic draws tourists, a girl who once believed herself a knight must confront the awakening of a horned boy from a glass coffin, forcing her to choose between childhood loyalties and a treacherous new love.

  9. Glory in Death

    J.D. Robb

    ★ 4.3 (52k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In 2058 New York, Detective Eve Dallas investigates a high-society murder. The victims' affairs and powerful lovers, including her partner Roarke, lead to a killer hidden in the human heart's darkest desires.

  10. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    Tennessee Williams

    ★ 4.1 (52k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    On a sweltering Mississippi Delta plantation, a dying patriarch's birthday ignites a brutal family battle for inheritance, exposing the raw wounds of a marriage suffocated by unspoken desires and the scorching heat of mendacity.

  11. The Greatest Salesman in the World

    Og Mandino

    ★ 4.2 (52k) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    Hafid, a camel boy, spends ten months uncovering ancient scroll secrets, transforming from poverty to great success and showing that the best salesman masters himself.

  12. Wonderstruck

    Brian Selznick

    ★ 4.2 (52k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A deaf boy's search for his unknown father in 1977 connects with a runaway deaf girl's search for a silent film star in 1927, their journeys told through words and illustrations.

  13. Citizen

    Claudia Rankine

    ★ 4.3 (52k) average on Goodreads

    Through sharp prose poems and visual art, "Citizen" exposes the microaggressions and violence of racism that exist in daily life and public awareness in America.

  14. Scorpia

    Anthony Horowitz

    ★ 4.2 (52k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Haunted by his father's past with the terrorist group Scorpia, teen spy Alex Rider must choose between a legacy of assassination and stopping a catastrophic attack.

  15. Wayward

    Blake Crouch

    ★ 4.1 (52k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In the seemingly idyllic town of Wayward Pines, a sheriff uncovers the terrifying truth that the electrified fence isn't meant to keep them in, but to keep something far more sinister out.

  16. Little Men

    Louisa May Alcott

    ★ 3.9 (52k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    At Plumfield, the boisterous and loving school run by the grown-up Jo March, twelve rescued orphan boys, alongside her own two sons, tumble through a series of heartwarming scrapes and adventures under the watchful, affectionate eye of the entire March family.

  17. The End of the Affair

    Graham Greene

    ★ 3.9 (52k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    During the London Blitz, a jilted lover's obsession with his former mistress reveals a spiritual mystery beyond their earthly relationship.

  18. To Kill a Kingdom

    Alexandra Christo

    ★ 3.9 (52k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A siren princess, cursed to be human, must steal the heart of a prince who hunts her kind, or be exiled from her ocean kingdom forever.

  19. Wayward Son

    Rainbow Rowell

    ★ 4.0 (52k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    After saving the world, a magically drained Simon Snow and his friends embark on a chaotic American road trip to find his lost magic and redefine their happily-ever-after.

  20. That Summer

    Sarah Dessen

    ★ 3.5 (52k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Amidst a summer of growth, a father's remarriage, and a sister's wedding, fifteen-year-old Haven struggles with her changing world, finding clarity and a path forward through an unexpected return.

  21. Eugene Onegin

    Alexander Pushkin

    ★ 4.1 (52k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    In 1820s Russia, a jaded dandy's rejection of love sets off a chain of tragic duels, unrequited passions, and societal disillusionment, all woven into a satirical verse novel.

  22. The Sins of the Father

    Jeffrey Archer

    ★ 4.1 (52k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A young man, desperate to outrun a scandalous past and forbidden love in wartime Britain, assumes the identity of a dead American sailor, only to find himself entangled in an even more dangerous web of secrets and a murder trial in 1940s New York.

  23. The Gray Man

    Mark Greaney

    ★ 4.2 (52k) average on GoodreadsFiction

    A legendary assassin, now hunted, must use his skills against the shadowy organizations that created him to survive.

  24. Reamde

    Neal Stephenson

    ★ 4.0 (52k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A reclusive, marijuana-smuggling tech mogul's virtual empire ignites a real-world global chase when a digital MacGuffin accidentally triggers an international incident involving Russian mobsters, Islamic terrorists, and a quest for a mythical treasure.

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