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  1. Open Book

    Jessica Simpson

    ★ 4.1 (44k) average on GoodreadsBiography

    Jessica Simpson's memoir details her journey from childhood abuse and public scrutiny to finding empowerment and building a billion-dollar business, moving beyond her pop star image.

  2. The End of Eternity

    Isaac Asimov

    ★ 4.2 (44k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An Eternal who alters time risks everything when he rewrites history for a forbidden love.

  3. Playing for Pizza

    John Grisham

    ★ 3.5 (44k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    After a spectacularly disastrous NFL performance, a disgraced American quarterback finds an unexpected last chance at redemption, and a taste of la dolce vita, leading a ragtag football team in the heart of Parma, Italy.

  4. Into the Still Blue

    Veronica Rossi

    ★ 4.2 (44k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As Aether storms ravage the world, star-crossed lovers Aria and Perry must unite their fractured people and rescue a gifted boy who holds the key to their survival, before their enemies and the dying planet claim them all.

  5. The Four Loves

    C.S. Lewis

    ★ 4.1 (44k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    C.S. Lewis explores the joys and dangers of affection, friendship, romantic love, and divine charity, inviting readers to understand love's true nature.

  6. Geekerella

    Ashley Poston

    ★ 4.0 (44k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A Starfield-obsessed food truck worker finds her Prince Carmindor at a cosplay convention, navigating fandom skepticism and the magic of a shared universe.

  7. Pattern Recognition

    William Gibson

    ★ 3.9 (44k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Haunted by her father's presumed death on 9/11, a gifted but emotionally numb market-research consultant is drawn into a global mystery surrounding anonymous, cult-inducing internet videos, leading her from London to Tokyo and Russia in a quest that uncovers secrets about the footage and her own past.

  8. C is for Corpse

    Sue Grafton

    ★ 3.9 (44k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Kinsey Millhone uncovers a deadly secret when investigating the attempted murder of a man with amnesia, only to find the case escalates when the victim is killed and the danger turns towards her.

  9. Sorcery of Thorns

    Margaret Rogerson

    ★ 4.1 (44k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A sheltered librarian-in-training, raised to believe all sorcerers are evil, must forge an unlikely alliance with a charming sorcerer and his demonic servant to save her beloved magical grimoires and the world from a looming, ancient conspiracy.

  10. The View from Saturday

    E.L. Konigsburg

    ★ 3.8 (44k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Four ordinary middle schoolers, each with a secret personal success, are brought together by their wheelchair-bound teacher to form an Academic Bowl team that defies expectations and shows how their individual paths connect.

  11. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

    Edmund Morris

    ★ 4.2 (44k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    This book follows a privileged, asthmatic boy's journey to becoming the charismatic, trust-busting President who changed American power at the turn of the 20th century.

  12. Little Dorrit

    Charles Dickens

    ★ 4.0 (44k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In the shadow of London's Marshalsea prison, a quiet seamstress and a returning gentleman uncover how the invisible chains of debt and bureaucracy ensnare every level of Victorian society, from paupers to the powerful.

  13. Housekeeping

    Marilynne Robinson

    ★ 3.8 (44k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Two orphaned sisters in a desolate, watery town navigate the enigmatic, transient world of their eccentric aunt, grappling with the pull between societal norms and a life untethered.

  14. The Gargoyle

    Andrew Davidson

    ★ 4.0 (43k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A disfigured modern cynic, planning suicide in a burn ward, finds a reason to live and love when a mysterious gargoyle sculptor claims they were medieval lovers destined to reunite.

  15. Dark Sacred Night

    Michael Connelly

    ★ 4.1 (43k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In the shadows of Hollywood's underbelly, LAPD Detective Renée Ballard reluctantly partners with Harry Bosch to find the truth behind a murdered runaway, pulling her into a cold case that sparks her empathy and desire for justice.

  16. Les Liaisons dangereuses

    Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Choderlos de Laclos

    ★ 4.1 (43k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In pre-revolutionary France, two aristocratic ex-lovers wage a cynical war of seduction and betrayal, using innocent hearts as pawns in their game of social and sexual conquest.

  17. Home Fire

    Kamila Shamsie

    ★ 4.1 (43k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Two British Muslim sisters face devastating choices about love and loyalty after their brother joins ISIS and the son of a powerful politician enters their lives, linking two families forever.

  18. Beach Music

    Pat Conroy

    ★ 4.2 (43k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Haunted by his wife's suicide, an American expatriate in Rome unearths generations of family secrets, from the Holocaust to Vietnam, to confront betrayals and find peace amid the ruins of his past.

  19. The Future of Us

    Jay Asher

    ★ 3.6 (43k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In 1996, two estranged best friends find a magical AOL CD that shows them their future Facebook profiles, making them confront their current choices and fix their broken friendship.

  20. Someone We Know

    Shari Lapena

    ★ 3.9 (43k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A perfect suburban neighborhood breaks apart when anonymous letters expose a teen hacker's dark secrets, leading to a murder that reveals everyone has something to hide and no one is safe.

  21. Crooked House

    Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.0 (43k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    When a wealthy man is poisoned in his sprawling, eccentric mansion, a criminologist must navigate family secrets, illicit affairs, and simmering resentments to unmask the killer hiding within the seemingly 'crooked' Leonides household.

  22. Pale Fire

    Vladimir Nabokov

    ★ 4.1 (43k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A reclusive scholar's increasingly unhinged annotations on his deceased neighbor's 999-line poem unveil a tale of mistaken identity, exile, and the tricky nature of interpretation.

  23. Promise of Blood

    Brian McClellan

    ★ 4.1 (43k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a world where gunpowder mages clash with ancient gods, a coup leader's revolution unravels as his estranged son and a blackmailed detective uncover a divine conspiracy threatening to shatter their nation.

  24. Five Little Pigs

    Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.0 (43k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Sixteen years after a woman is convicted of poisoning her artist husband, Hercule Poirot must examine the memories and desires of five witnesses to find the truth behind the seemingly clear case.

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