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  1. The Dark Is Rising

    Susan Cooper

    ★ 4.1 (51k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    On his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers he is the last of the Old Ones, an immortal destined to gather six ancient Signs across time and space to combat the approaching, malevolent Dark.

  2. The Long Earth

    Terry Pratchett

    ★ 3.8 (51k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    With a simple 'stepper' device, people discover an infinite array of parallel Earths, forcing them to confront the boundless possibilities and implications of a suddenly limitless existence.

  3. Glucose Revolution

    Jessie Inchauspe

    ★ 4.4 (51k) average on Goodreads

    Improve health, curb cravings, and slow aging by managing blood sugar with ten simple, science-backed methods that let you enjoy your favorite foods.

  4. The Marriage of Opposites

    Alice Hoffman

    ★ 3.9 (51k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    On the lush, restrictive island of St. Thomas, a fiercely independent Jewish woman defies her community and fate, sparking a scandalous, passionate love affair that will ultimately birth the father of Impressionism.

  5. Truly Devious

    Maureen Johnson

    ★ 4.0 (51k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A true-crime obsessed teenager enrolls in a bizarre, riddle-filled boarding school to solve a decades-old kidnapping and murder, only to find herself embroiled in a dangerous new mystery when the killer, Truly Devious, resurfaces.

  6. The Quiet American

    Graham Greene

    ★ 4.0 (50k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In the final days of French rule in Vietnam, a British journalist, an American aid worker, and a Vietnamese woman find themselves in a dangerous love triangle that reflects the political and moral problems of 1950s Saigon.

  7. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

    Virginia Lee Burton

    ★ 4.2 (50k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When modern diesel shovels threaten to send Mike Mulligan's beloved steam shovel, Mary Anne, to the scrap heap, their last chance to prove their worth lies in digging the cellar for Popperville's new town hall faster than a hundred men.

  8. Play

    Kylie Scott

    ★ 4.3 (50k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A woman with crippling debt agrees to be a rock drummer's fake girlfriend, only to find their pretend romance becoming real.

  9. The Last Continent

    Terry Pratchett

    ★ 4.0 (50k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When a group of bumbling, squabbling wizards from the Unseen University accidentally strand themselves in Discworld's prehistoric past, they must navigate evolution and causality without erasing their own future – or making it even more ridiculous.

  10. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

    Jack Weatherford

    ★ 4.0 (50k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Before 'globalization' was a buzzword, Genghis Khan created the largest contiguous empire in history, breaking old worlds and starting a new, interconnected one through brutal conquest and unexpected cultural growth.

  11. Divine Justice

    David Baldacci

    ★ 4.2 (50k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Framed and hunted by the highest echelons of power, covert agent John Carr, aka Oliver Stone, must rely on the unwavering loyalty of his eccentric Camel Club friends to expose a conspiracy before his own secrets bury him.

  12. Gap Creek

    Robert Morgan

    ★ 3.7 (50k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In the late 19th-century Appalachian mountains, a young bride fights natural disasters, treachery, and a new marriage, hoping love can keep her from falling into madness.

  13. Rebel of the Sands

    Alwyn Hamilton

    ★ 3.9 (50k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Amani, an orphan and a sharpshooter, bets on a mysterious fugitive to escape her desert town and a bleak future. She finds herself riding mythical beasts into a rebellion that awakens her true power and an unexpected romance amidst Miraji's magic-laced sands.

  14. The Wishsong of Shannara

    Terry Brooks

    ★ 4.0 (50k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An ancient evil awakens, forcing a young woman with Wishsong magic to face darkness, while her brother races through a corrupted land to save her from a prophecy.

  15. Beauty Queens

    Libba Bray

    ★ 3.6 (50k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Fifty pampered beauty queens, fresh from a plane crash, must trade their tiaras for survival skills and confront a jungle island, sexy pirates, and the true meaning of sisterhood, all while battling a severe lack of eyeliner.

  16. Fixed on You

    Laurelin Paige

    ★ 4.1 (50k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A woman with obsessive love disorder is drawn to her enigmatic new boss, who has dark secrets, forcing them to confront if their shared brokenness can lead to healing or further destruction.

  17. Of Human Bondage

    W. Somerset Maugham

    ★ 4.1 (50k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Crippled by a club foot and a yearning for belonging, Philip Carey embarks on a soul-crushing odyssey through art, intellect, and a destructive obsession with a vulgar waitress, only to discover redemption in the bitter crucible of self-knowledge.

  18. The Big Bad Wolf

    James Patterson

    ★ 4.0 (50k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    FBI agent Alex Cross hunts 'the Wolf,' a ghost-like predator running a human trafficking ring across America, forcing Cross to break rules to save innocent lives.

  19. Hidden Bodies

    Caroline Kepnes

    ★ 3.7 (50k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Joe Goldberg flees his bloody past to Los Angeles, only to find his new life and pursuit of 'true love' threatened by the very bodies he thought he'd left buried.

  20. Sister

    Rosamund Lupton

    ★ 3.8 (50k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    When her sister Tess vanishes and the world presumes her dead, Beatrice goes into London's darkest corners, risking everything to find the truth behind a life she barely knew.

  21. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    Washington Irving

    ★ 3.7 (50k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A lanky schoolmaster with a love for the supernatural finds his own terrifying tale when a pumpkin-headed horseman gives chase through the haunted glens of Sleepy Hollow, leaving only questions and the whispers of a legend.

  22. From Sand and Ash

    Amy Harmon

    ★ 4.3 (50k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    During Nazi-occupied Italy, a devout priest risks everything to shelter the Jewish woman he loves in a convent, forcing them to confront their forbidden passion and the agonizing choices of war.

  23. Valley of the Dolls

    Jacqueline Susann

    ★ 3.8 (50k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    In the cutthroat world of 1960s entertainment, three women find that fame is a gilded cage, leading them down a self-destructive path where pills are their only confidantes.

  24. The Rest of Us Just Live Here

    Patrick Ness

    ★ 3.7 (50k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Mikey navigates prom, first crushes, and graduation in a world facing constant supernatural apocalypse, showing that living an ordinary life amidst chaos can be heroic.

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