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by Lauren Oliver
4.0(416,677)
In a world where love is a curable disease, a young woman awaiting her 'treatment' finds her future and her heart threatened by a forbidden encounter, just ninety-five days before she's meant to forget.
by Paul Kalanithi
4.4(415,362)
A brilliant neurosurgeon, suddenly a patient with terminal cancer, faces the question of what makes life worth living when his envisioned future disappears into an urgent present.
by Joseph Conrad
3.4(414,628)
A journey up the Congo River shows how a brilliant ivory agent goes mad, revealing the harshness of European colonialism and human darkness.
by Rick Riordan
4.4(412,823)
A memory-addled Percy Jackson, a resurrected girl with a cursed past, and a shapeshifting son of Mars must unite their fractured powers at a Roman demigod camp to prevent the awakening of an ancient evil that threatens to swallow the world.
by Gabriel García Márquez
3.9(412,147)
A lifelong romantic, devoted for half a century across countless lovers, finds his chance to rekindle love in his beloved's final years, proving true love always finds its way back.
by Maya Angelou
4.2(409,104)
Maya Angelou's memoir shows her journey from trauma in the Jim Crow South to finding her voice through literature and self-love.
by J.K. Rowling
4.1(406,565)
Five wizarding fairy tales, annotated by Albus Dumbledore, bridge the magical world with Muggle understanding through witty and insightful commentary.
by Sally Rooney
3.9(405,001)
Two Irish teenagers from opposite social worlds navigate an on-again-off-again romance through college, drawn together by a strong connection despite their struggles with class and self-discovery.
by Blake Masters
4.2(403,802)
Peter Thiel argues that true innovation comes not from small improvements, but from creating entirely new markets by asking: 'What valuable company is nobody building?'
by Brandon Sanderson
4.5(401,784)
In a world covered in ash, a charismatic master thief and a distrustful street urchin gather a crew of magical outcasts to overthrow an immortal emperor who has ruled for a thousand years.
by John Grisham
4.0(401,051)
An eleven-year-old boy, privy to a mob lawyer's explosive secret, must outwit both the ruthless mafia and the relentless FBI with only a tenacious, rookie lawyer as his shield.
by Viktor E. Frankl
4.4(400,761)
In the horror of Auschwitz, psychiatrist Viktor Frankl learned that the last human freedom is choosing one's attitude and finding meaning, not pleasure, as the ultimate will to live.
by James Patterson
4.1(400,302)
A brilliant detective and a pioneering Secret Service agent must outwit a psychopathic kidnapper playing the ultimate game, all while navigating a dangerous, forbidden affair that threatens to unravel their lives and the entire investigation.
by Lemony Snicket
4.0(397,774)
Three intelligent but unlucky orphans must outsmart a greedy, master-of-disguise villain who relentlessly pursues their inheritance through a series of bizarre and miserable events.
by M.L. Stedman
4.0(397,144)
On a remote Australian island, a lighthouse keeper and his grieving wife find a boat with a dead man and a baby, leading them to make a choice that breaks moral rules and affects many lives.
by Robert Ludlum
4.0(396,714)
A man with no memory, a bullet-riddled past, and a Swiss bank account full of secrets races across Europe to uncover his true identity before the shadowy figures hunting him succeed in erasing him for good.
by Eric Carle
4.3(396,110)
A hungry caterpillar eats many foods, grows big, and then becomes a butterfly, showing how life changes.
by Jon Krakauer
4.2(395,109)
On May 10, 1996, ambition and a sudden, violent storm turned Mount Everest into a deadly trap, leaving Jon Krakauer to tell the harrowing story of a disaster that took lives and shattered climbers' dreams.
by C.S. Lewis
4.1(394,867)
Join Edmund, Lucy, and Eustace aboard the Dawn Treader as they sail to the world's end, encountering dragons, magic, and their deeper selves on a quest to find lost lords and reach Aslan's country.
by Robert Jordan
4.2(391,753)
When a peaceful village is destroyed by monsters, five young friends embark on a journey across a world threatened by an ancient evil, forcing them to face prophecies and powers they never knew existed.
by Virginia Evans
4.5(391,464)
A distinguished lawyer's life of carefully written letters, both sent and unsent, reveals a past heartbreak, making her confront forgiveness and the power of written words.
by Trevor Noah
4.5(389,493)
Trevor Noah's "Born a Crime" is a poignant and often hilarious memoir of a biracial boy navigating the absurdities and dangers of apartheid South Africa, all while being shaped by his fiercely rebellious and devout mother who literally risked everything for his existence.
by Betty Smith
4.3(388,454)
In turn-of-the-century Brooklyn, a determined young girl with an unwavering spirit grows up amidst poverty, her dreams as strong as the tree pushing through concrete.
by Rick Yancey
4.0(388,363)
In a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by four devastating alien waves, a lone teenage girl must decide whether to trust a mysterious stranger to save her brother, or risk losing everything to the insidious fifth wave.