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by Sidney Sheldon
3.7(17,039)
From the coal-dusted streets of Glace Bay to the shining heights of her New York empire, real estate magnate Lara Cameron battles vengeful enemies and a saboteur threatening to shatter her world and the love she found.
by Kate DiCamillo
3.9(17,034)
In 1970s Florida, a determined Raymie enters a peculiar beauty pageant, hoping to lure her runaway father home, only to find unexpected friendship and the true meaning of rescue alongside a fainting Louisiana and a rebellious Beverly.
by Victoria Schwab
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In a town where strangers are myths, a mysterious boy's arrival coincides with vanishing children, forcing a young woman to confront the reality behind local folklore and the whispering wind.
by Annette Curtis Klause
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A lonely teenager finds solace and forbidden love with a mysterious vampire seeking vengeance for his mother's death, blurring the lines between life, death, and desire.
by Nancy Horan
3.6(17,018)
An independent American woman and a Scottish author defy Victorian norms, building a passionate, global love affair that fuels his writing and finds them a home in Samoa.
by Tracy Chevalier
3.6(17,013)
In the unforgiving 1838 Ohio Black Swamp, a family's apple orchard becomes the bitter battleground for a husband and wife, their legacy of division haunting their youngest son all the way to the California Gold Rush.
by Gordon Korman
4.0(16,999)
After a ruthless collector swindles him out of a priceless baseball card, Griffin Bing assembles a motley crew of eleven-year-olds to execute an elaborate, hilariously chaotic heist to reclaim what's rightfully his.
by V.E. Schwab
4.5(16,986)
Cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets, Addie LaRue navigates three centuries of art and history, a ghost in her own life, until a chance encounter in a hidden bookstore finally offers the one thing she’s always longed for: to be remembered.
by Michel Houellebecq
3.8(16,981)
Between overindulgence and fanaticism, a Parisian bureaucrat finds brief, erotic joy in Thailand, only for it to end in a cultural clash.
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
3.8(16,976)
In a series of letters, an aging copywriter and a young seamstress navigate the quiet desperation and dignity of their shared poverty, their chaste love a fragile light against a world that diminishes them.
by Joan Didion
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Joan Didion's "The White Album" looks at America's fractured mood in the late 1960s and 70s. It uses sharp, often unsettling stories to capture the era's mix of hope, fear, and cultural change, all set against California's bright but shadowed landscape.
by Tim O'Brien
3.8(16,972)
A Vietnam veteran, haunted by jungle horrors and political ruin, faces his wife's disappearance from their remote lakeside cabin, where dark currents from the past threaten to consume them.
by Julia Donaldson
4.4(16,957)
A kind witch shares her broom with more and more animals, leading to a crowded flight, a broken broom, and an adventure where her new friends save her from a dragon.
by Simms Taback
4.1(16,955)
Joseph cleverly turns his worn overcoat into a series of new items, proving that even old things hold many possibilities.
by Richard Ford
3.7(16,945)
On an Easter weekend of unexpected turns, a divorced sportswriter, struggling with his career and the loss of his son, lets go of his past to face an uncertain but hopeful future.
by Michael Dorris
3.9(16,935)
Three generations of Native American women—Rayona, Christine, and Ida—share their stories in reverse chronological order, revealing a history of love, secrets, and family ties.
by Clarice Lispector
4.0(16,933)
A metropolitan writer confronts the unsettling freedom of a starving, unloved typist from Rio's slums, forcing a re-evaluation of misery, identity, and storytelling itself.
by Richard Rhodes
4.4(16,926)
This book traces the twenty-five year journey from abstract atomic theory to the reality of the Manhattan Project and the atomic bomb, which changed human history.
by Kahlil Gibran
3.9(16,912)
In Beirut, a young poet's first love for Selma Karamy is tragically crushed by tradition and forced marriage, leaving a poignant echo of what could have been and a meditation on human suffering.
by Jack London
4.0(16,889)
In the unforgiving Yukon, a lone prospector battles the brutal cold and his own hubris, learning too late that nature's power far exceeds human will.
by David Yoon
3.8(16,889)
A Korean-American high school senior fakes a relationship to win freedom, but finds real connection and self-acceptance instead.
by Alistair MacLean
4.0(16,867)
Beneath the crushing silence of the Arctic ice, an atomic submarine races to rescue the survivors of a ravaged weather station, only to discover the true enemy is a saboteur lurking among them, ready to kill again.
by Abbi Glines
3.7(16,850)
A pragmatic teen, burdened by her mother's irresponsibility, finds her world upended when she takes a summer job as a domestic servant for a reclusive rock star, igniting an unexpected romance that challenges both their preconceived notions of love and duty.
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Doris Kearns Goodwin tells a personal and historical story about the 1960s, using her late husband Richard's archives to show their shared love and their dedication to American history.