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by Nora Ephron
3.6(33,471)
A pregnant cookbook author navigates the hilarious and heartbreaking wreckage of her perfect marriage crumbling due to her husband's affair, all while sharing recipes and plotting comical revenge.
by Sheri Reynolds
3.8(33,451)
In an isolated church awaiting the Rapture, fifteen-year-old Ninah struggles with sermons of damnation and a forbidden earthly passion that threatens her community.
by Reed Hastings
4.3(33,447)
Netflix's journey from DVD rentals to a global entertainment giant was fueled by its unique culture of freedom, responsibility, and candor, where 'adequate performance gets a generous severance.'
by Kim Holden
4.4(33,446)
An optimistic college student, who has never believed in love, finds herself in a passionate romance with a mysterious musician, all while guarding a secret that threatens to unravel her world.
by Rick Riordan
4.1(33,424)
As the Vespers emerge, Amy and Dan Cahill must uncover their family's secrets and Grace Cahill's final legacy to protect the world from a brewing war.
by Graham Greene
4.0(33,333)
In 1930s Mexico, a whisky-soaked, morally compromised priest, hunted by an anti-clerical government, grapples with his duty and his sins as he faces an almost certain trap to hear a dying man's confession.
by Gabrielle Zevin
3.7(33,287)
After a coin toss leads to amnesia, a teenage girl must rebuild her past, navigating forgotten loves, new connections, and hidden secrets, all while finding out who she truly is.
by Shannon Hale
4.0(33,272)
A quiet boy with a gift for observation must navigate a treacherous political situation and a string of murders in an enemy land to save his companions.
by Ariana Franklin
4.0(33,272)
In a superstitious medieval England, a brilliant female forensic doctor from Sicily must conceal her identity to unmask a serial killer preying on children and save the Jewish community from a blood libel.
by Alyson Noel
4.1(33,252)
After an unexpected journey to the afterlife, Riley discovers her eternal leisure is cut short by a new job as a Soul Catcher, forcing her to confront a centuries-old ghost and a mysterious, alluring mentor in a quest that blurs the lines between life, death, and an unexpected romance.
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
3.8(33,250)
Tired of tedious royal lessons and a dull fiancé, Cinderella schemes to ditch her crown and elope with the palace's stable boy, proving that 'happily ever after' is a matter of fierce will, not glass slippers.
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
3.7(33,244)
A 'timequake' makes humanity relive a dreadful decade of lost free will. Vonnegut’s satire examines memory, suicide, and reading through his recurring sci-fi writer, Kilgore Trout.
by Arthur Conan Doyle
4.0(33,211)
Sherlock Holmes uncovers the dark secrets of a country manor, revealing a sinister plot by a secret organization that spans from the English countryside to American coal mines.
by Laura Schroff
4.0(33,193)
A chance encounter between a Manhattan sales executive and a homeless eleven-year-old boy becomes a nearly three-decade-long friendship, showing that a single act of kindness can create a strong bond across different lives.
by Isabel Allende
4.1(33,170)
Amidst the brutal beauty and revolutionary fervor of 18th-century Saint-Domingue, a slave named Zarité navigates a life of immense hardship and unexpected love, ultimately forging an unbreakable spirit against the backdrop of a world in constant flux.
by James Dashner
4.1(33,156)
After sun flares and a plague devastate the world, a gifted boy named Thomas unknowingly designs a labyrinth meant to save humanity, only to become a prisoner in the conspiracy he helped build.
by Max Barry
3.9(33,149)
In a world where language is a weapon and poets manipulate minds, a street-smart orphan and an amnesiac man become unwitting pawns in a secret war that threatens to unravel the very fabric of communication.
by Michio Kaku
4.1(33,145)
Michio Kaku examines the fantastic technologies of science fiction, from invisibility to time travel, showing how close or far we are from making the 'impossible' real.
by Janet Evanovich
3.8(33,133)
A pastry chef with an inconvenient attraction to her supernatural partner must navigate Boston's hidden depths, ancient riddles, and a dangerous family feud to find a lust-infused relic before sinister forces unleash chaos.
by Douglas Preston
4.1(33,127)
Imprisoned FBI agent Pendergast must escape to confront his psychopathic brother, who has unleashed an ancient Egyptian curse upon a New York museum gala, igniting a catastrophic battle for their lives.
by Kate Atkinson
4.0(33,124)
From the surprising spark of conception, Ruby Lennox unspools a century of English life, untangling her family's knotted secrets with a wry wit and an insatiable curiosity.
by Richard Kadrey
3.9(33,099)
After escaping eleven years as a hitman in Hell, James Stark returns to a supernatural Los Angeles for revenge, only to find himself embroiled in an even larger cosmic battle between Heaven and Hell, all while saddled with a talking head.
by Darren Shan
4.1(33,082)
In a city of shadows, Darren, Evra, and Mr. Crepsley hunt a blood-draining killer, only for the gruesome trail to lead directly back to the enigmatic vampire, forcing Darren to question loyalty and confront the monstrous truth lurking beneath the streets.
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
3.9(33,064)
A lively and imaginative young girl changes her stern spinster aunts' household with her optimism and kindness, growing into a beloved young woman in early 20th-century rural New England.