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by Ernest Hemingway
3.8(365,874)
After World War I, a jaded American journalist navigates his complex feelings for the untamable Lady Brett Ashley among the cafes of Paris and the bullfighting festivals of Spain, showing the disillusionment of the 'Lost Generation'.
by Stephanie Perkins
4.0(363,864)
An American girl's Parisian dream of love takes an unexpected turn when her charming, taken crush in the City of Light makes her yearn for a single, perfect French kiss.
by Virginia Woolf
3.8(361,351)
Clarissa Dalloway's day of party preparations becomes a journey through memory, class, and quiet desperation, set against post-WWI London.
by Emma McLaughlin
3.4(360,888)
A new NYU student enters the rich but strange world of a Park Avenue family, finding that caring for their child means dealing with privilege, marital problems, and her own declining sanity.
by Neil Gaiman
4.1(358,640)
To win his beloved, a young man crosses into a magical land to find a fallen star, only to discover it's a spirited young woman with her own celestial problems.
by Liane Moriarty
4.1(356,877)
Amnesia forces a 39-year-old socialite to unravel the ten lost years that transformed her from a blissfully pregnant newlywed into a super-skinny, thrice-mothered divorcee, prompting a humorous yet poignant quest to rediscover her true self and the love she left behind.
by Erich Maria Remarque
4.0(355,188)
German schoolboys, sent to fight in World War I, learn the horror and pointlessness of war through the eyes of young Paul Bäumer.
by Christopher Paolini
4.0(355,083)
As war rages and shadows deepen, Eragon journeys to the elven lands for intense training, only to discover that the greatest threats may come not from the enemy, but from within his own alliances and the desperate fight for his cousin's life.
by Ayn Rand
3.7(353,814)
In a world collapsing under collectivism, a railroad executive and a mysterious genius lead a strike of the nation's best minds, forcing humanity to confront who truly holds up the world.
by Augusten Burroughs
3.7(351,113)
Abandoned to the care of his mother's eccentric, pill-popping psychiatrist, a twelve-year-old boy navigates a bizarre Victorian household, befriending a shed-dwelling pedophile and finding his own brand of normal amidst electroshock therapy and year-round Christmas trees.
by J.R.R. Tolkien
4.3(350,662)
A comfort-loving hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, is swept into an unexpected quest with a company of dwarves and a wizard to reclaim a mountain of treasure from the fiery hoard of the cunning dragon, Smaug.
by Jack Kerouac
3.6(348,767)
Dean Moriarty and Sal Paradise go on a wild, cross-country trip with jazz, drugs, and a desperate search for meaning on America's post-war roads.
by Haruki Murakami
4.0(347,307)
Haunted by a past love and adrift in 1960s Tokyo, Toru Watanabe deals with loss and the messy allure of a new future.
by Bill Bryson
4.1(346,395)
Bill Bryson humorously describes his ill-prepared yet insightful attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail, meeting unique characters and the raw beauty of the wilderness.
by Rupi Kaur
4.1(345,201)
Through stark poetry, "Milk and Honey" explores abuse, loss, and reclaiming womanhood, finding resilience in difficult experiences.
by Charles Duhigg
4.1(343,452)
by Madeline Miller
4.3(343,022)
Banished witch-goddess Circe forges her own path through a world of vengeful Olympians and legendary mortals, mastering her magic to protect the love she finds on her solitary island.
by Wilson Rawls
4.1(342,208)
A young boy's dream of owning coonhounds leads to an unforgettable journey of love, loss, and the unbreakable bond forged with his two dogs in the Ozark Mountains.
by Milan Kundera
4.1(341,660)
After the Prague Spring, a surgeon, his lover, and their friends navigate love, betrayal, and existence, where every choice is final.
by Jack London
3.9(341,131)
Kidnapped from a life of leisure, a pampered dog named Buck is thrust into the brutal Yukon, where he must answer the primal call of the wild to survive as a sled dog and reclaim his dominance.
by Lisa See
4.1(339,423)
In 19th-century rural China, two girls navigate the brutal beauty standards of footbinding and the solace of a secret women's language, forming a lifelong bond tested by societal change and personal betrayal.
by Celeste Ng
3.9(338,874)
In 1970s Ohio, the death of a Chinese American family's daughter shatters their world, exposing unspoken dreams, racial tensions, and the heavy weight of parental expectations.
by Sarah J. Maas
4.4(338,827)
As the King's Champion, Celaena Sardothien navigates court politics, forbidden magic, and shifting loyalties in a dangerous castle, all while protecting her true allegiances and secrets that could expose the crown's dark truth.
by James Dashner
3.8(337,553)
In the conclusion, Thomas, with his memories back, must outsmart WICKED and face the truth to save his friends and humanity, even if it means losing everything.