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by John F. Kennedy
3.9(11,009)
John F. Kennedy's book examines eight American politicians who risked their careers by acting on their beliefs, showing the importance of courage when facing opposition.
by Kevin Brockmeier
3.7(11,004)
In a shrinking afterlife where existence depends on remembrance, a newspaper editor and a stranded scientist race against oblivion.
by Barry Lyga
4.2(10,989)
Haunted by his serial killer father's legacy, Jazz travels to New York City to confront a new murderer, playing a deadly game of cat and mouse where every move could prove he's more like his dad than he dares to admit.
by Peter Jenkins
4.0(10,982)
Disillusioned with 1970s America, Peter Jenkins walks across the country, meeting hermits, confronting racial tensions, and working in mills, ultimately rediscovering himself and his faith in the nation.
by Malorie Blackman
4.1(10,979)
In a segregated world, Tobey's desperate quest for a better life with Callie Rose forces him to choose between quick money and gang violence, all while a divided society crumbles.
by Robin McKinley
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In a new Sherwood, Robin Hood finds his strongest ally in Marian, a skilled archer who helps him fight for justice against King John.
by Deborah Moggach
3.5(10,976)
Seven cash-strapped British retirees find their golden years hilariously upended and unexpectedly rekindled when they trade the comforts of home for a dilapidated, yet charming, retirement hotel in bustling Bangalore.
by Susan Gregg Gilmore
3.7(10,969)
In 1970s Ringgold, Georgia, a headstrong preacher's daughter plots her escape to Atlanta from the local Dairy Queen, only to find that tragedy and unexpected revelations lead her salvation back to the small town she yearns to leave.
by Will Eisner
4.1(10,965)
In 1930s Dropsie Avenue, a rabbi's lost faith begins four stories that capture the Bronx's spirit in a graphic novel.
by Ben Okri
3.7(10,953)
A spirit-child chooses to live in the mortal world, navigating poverty and wonder with an unyielding smile.
by Thomas Hardy
3.7(10,947)
In a Victorian village, a church musician's simple life changes when a charming schoolmistress arrives, threatening tradition and starting a complicated love.
by N.M. Silber
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by James Patterson
4.1(10,941)
Maximum Ride and her flock fly through a ruined, post-apocalyptic Earth, searching for truth and confronting their destiny in a final battle.
by Victoria Aveyard
4.0(10,935)
Return to the world of the Red Queen with this collection, featuring new tales of power, rebellion, and intrigue from familiar and new characters.
by Val McDermid
4.0(10,928)
Twenty-five years after finding a barmaid's body and being the sole suspects, four friends are haunted by a reopened cold case and a vengeful killer who believes they got away with murder.
by Anne Rivers Siddons
4.1(10,917)
A spirited Southern bride navigates a century of love, loss, and the unyielding traditions of her aristocratic in-laws' Maine summer colony, ultimately becoming its fierce, unconventional matriarch.
by Tillie Walden
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In a future where space crews restore old structures, a new recruit joins to find her lost love, a mysterious girl she met in boarding school.
by Tony Hillerman
4.0(10,897)
Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn must navigate the Zuñi people's sacred world, an ancient archaeological dig, and a modern drug operation to solve the disappearance of two boys and a pool of blood in the New Mexico desert.
by Charlotte Wood
3.5(10,894)
Ten young women, victims of sexual scandals with powerful men, are imprisoned in a brutal, isolated desert facility where they must band together to survive their captors and the wilderness as their hope for rescue dwindles.
by Emma Hooper
3.7(10,888)
An eighty-two-year-old woman walks across Canada to see the ocean, leaving her husband and a lifelong admirer to deal with her absence and their shared, complicated past, all while she travels with a talking coyote.
by Mary Stewart
4.1(10,885)
As Arthur's golden age ends, Mordred's shadow grows, destroying Camelot from within and leading to an inevitable, tragic end.
by Sarah Weeks
4.1(10,878)
A small-town boy whose best friends moved away and a new immigrant struggling to adapt find common ground and team up to outwit their class bully during one chaotic school week.
by Isaac Asimov
4.0(10,876)
As a dying Galactic Empire crumbles, a lone visionary uses the science of psychohistory to establish a remote outpost of knowledge, hoping to shorten humanity's inevitable dark age amidst rising warlords and the threat of annihilation.
by Carol Goodman
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Returning to the isolated, snow-bound boarding school where a trio of suicides shattered her youth, a Latin teacher confronts ominous messages and a resurfacing journal that threaten to expose the dark, watery truth of a twenty-year-old mystery as new deaths begin to mirror the past.