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by Megan Abbott
3.3(16,378)
A reunion between two former friends ignites a dangerous game of scientific ambition and buried secrets, threatening to shatter their carefully constructed lives.
by Jacqueline Davies
3.9(16,358)
A brother and sister's lemonade stand rivalry escalates into a full-blown business war, testing their bond and teaching them the true cost of competition.
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
3.9(16,351)
Stranded in a dangerous Martian 'Eden' where no one survives, John Carter must navigate new alliances and old mysteries to rescue his vanished love, Dejah Thoris, and reclaim his destiny on the red planet.
by Don Winslow
3.8(16,345)
When a laid-back Laguna Beach marijuana operation refuses to sell out to the Baja Cartel, their shared girlfriend is kidnapped, starting a brutal war where loyalty, love, and lives are on the line.
by John D. Fitzgerald
4.2(16,342)
In a small Utah town, a clever ten-year-old boy, known as the Great Brain, creates schemes to outsmart his friends, solve local problems, and always make money.
by Louise O'Neill
4.0(16,333)
After a night she can't remember, 18-year-old Emma wakes to find her small Irish town consumed by explicit photos and a horrifying truth, forcing her to confront a community that would rather protect its heroes than believe her pain.
by Jeff Zentner
4.2(16,328)
In a rural Tennessee town, the son of a disgraced Pentecostal minister must navigate the expectations of his past and the uncertain path to his future, all while grappling with forbidden love and the meaning of faith alongside his two outcast friends.
by Anita Amirrezvani
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In 17th-century Isfahan, a young woman, stripped of her dowry and forced into servitude, defies a grim future by weaving her heartbreak and artistic skill into magnificent Persian carpets, ultimately risking everything for a life chosen on her own terms.
by Suzanne Weyn
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In a future where a bar code tattoo dictates identity and access, a teenager's refusal to conform leads to a fight for her freedom and individuality.
by Lisi Harrison
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Surrounded by designer clothes and text messages, Massie's plan for the best middle school Halloween party turns into a chaotic fight for boy attention and social power, showing that even close friendships can break when a cute guy is involved.
by C.S. Lewis
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During wartime, C.S. Lewis writes about spiritual understanding, showing a kind view of Christianity that defines glory by the importance of our eternal purpose.
by Alan W. Watts
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Alan Watts explains Zen Buddhism's playful wisdom, showing its history and how it applies to Westerners looking for new ways of thinking.
by Neil Gaiman
4.0(16,300)
A young girl's whimsical conviction that wolves secretly inhabit her home's walls turns into a chaotic, house-flipping reality show when the furry fiends finally decide to move out and take over.
by Agatha Christie
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A drifter's simple delivery of scandalous memoirs unravels a web of international conspiracy, blackmail, and multiple murders at a historic English estate, forcing him to clear his name and uncover the truth behind a missing jewel and a threatened monarchy.
by Agatha Christie
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A meticulously orchestrated series of seemingly unrelated past events converges at a tense seaside house party, culminating in a precisely planned murder that leaves no one above suspicion.
by Daniel Keyes
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Explore the mind of Billy Milligan, where twenty-four distinct personalities battle for control after he's arrested for crimes he can't remember.
by Martha Grimes
4.0(16,227)
When two charming village pubs become sites for murder, Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury and Melrose Plant must uncover local secrets and hidden animosities to find a killer.
by Luigi Pirandello
4.0(16,216)
After escaping a dreary life by faking his own death, Mattia Pascal discovers that shedding one identity only traps him in another, making him a ghost in both worlds.
by Scott Westerfeld
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When the predictable midnight hour of frozen time bleeds into the blinding light of noon, five teenagers must race against the collapse of reality to stop ancient, hungry creatures from devouring their unsuspecting world.
by Agatha Christie
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In ancient Egypt, a priest's new concubine ignites family jealousy and murder, showing that human ambition can be deadly.
by Nando Parrado
4.3(16,189)
Stranded in the Andes after a plane crash, Nando Parrado treks across the frozen wilderness to reach his father, showing how an ordinary man can find great love and resilience.
by Amanda Hocking
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On her 18th birthday, Alice Bonham's Australian vacation turns into a fight for survival against a killer and a child vampire, forcing her to confront life-altering decisions and dangerous attention.
by Jennifer Mathieu
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When a fed-up Texas high schooler anonymously publishes a feminist zine exposing her school's rampant sexism, she accidentally ignites a powerful, rule-breaking revolution among her female classmates.
by Flann O'Brien
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In a world where bicycles have souls, policemen debate human-bicycle transformation, and a murdered man's ghost offers commentary, a desperate scholar falls into an absurd, repeating eternity after a strange crime.