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by John Lloyd
3.8(9,611)
This witty book humorously corrects common wrong ideas in history, science, and nature, showing how much we collectively don't know.
by C.J. Cherryh
4.0(9,611)
On the colonized moon of Cyteen, a brilliant young scientist uncovers a deadly conspiracy involving murder and political intrigue, all while navigating the unsettling implications of her own genetic duplication and the treacherous currents of power within the Union-Alliance.
by Lisa Ann Sandell
4.1(9,606)
In a world of knights and kings, a young woman's forbidden love for Lancelot is tested by the arrival of a rival and the looming birth of an empire.
by Walter Dean Myers
4.0(9,603)
During the Vietnam War, a Harlem teenager confronts combat, racial injustice, and his lost innocence, grappling with the cost of duty and survival.
by Nicole Maggi
4.0(9,598)
A heart transplant saves Georgie's life but gives her fragmented memories and a dark mystery from her donor's last days, making her uncover a street conspiracy before her own identity is lost.
by Rick Riordan
4.5(9,596)
After their Egyptologist father releases ancient gods at the British Museum, two separated siblings find out they have magic and must fight mythical creatures and gods to save the world, while also dealing with their complicated family history.
by Daphne du Maurier
3.8(9,588)
A man in Cornwall finds a drug that sends his mind back to a 14th-century love affair, making him abandon his present for a past he can only watch.
by Ernest Hemingway
3.6(9,584)
Follow Hemingway's 1933 East African safari, where he hunts big game, explores the vanishing wilderness, and reflects on the pursuit of a challenging trophy.
by Rhett McLaughlin
3.7(9,582)
In 1992, two best friends making a low-budget horror film uncover a sinister secret within their sleepy Southern town's pristine reform school after their friend is sent there, forcing them to confront an evil far beyond their wildest imaginings.
by Wendy Wunder
3.9(9,574)
A cynical, dying teen finds unexpected love and a reason to believe in the impossible when her family moves to a miraculous town in Maine, where flamingos flock in winter and a mysterious list guides her final days.
by Neal Shusterman
4.3(9,568)
Mary's ghost train carries her glass coffin west, and the fate of Everlost and Earth hangs in the balance as skinjackers, fur-jackers, and an ancient Mayan god clash in a battle that will redefine life and death.
by Robert Frost
4.4(9,554)
This re-illustrated edition invites young readers to find hidden animals as a traveler pauses his sleigh on a snowy New England evening, capturing winter's quiet beauty.
by Frank Delaney
4.0(9,553)
In 1950s Ireland, a young boy's life is changed by a storyteller, sending him on a lifelong search to find lost tales and his homeland's spirit.
by Sidney Sheldon
3.9(9,553)
A scorned woman builds a media empire to dismantle the political career of her ex-fiancé, who abandoned her for the presidency, all while looking back at how they became enemies.
by Neal Shusterman
4.5(9,542)
To save his thrill-seeking brother from a phantom carnival that traps souls, responsible Blake must confront his deepest fears on seven deadly rides before dawn, each a twisted reflection of a past he desperately tries to outrun.
by Emily Henry
3.6(9,532)
A Kentucky girl's last summer before college becomes a race against time to save the boy she just met from a disappearing world, forcing her to choose between the life she knows and a love that defies reality.
by Gabriel García Márquez
4.0(9,530)
Gabriel García Márquez writes about his early life, showing the real-world magic, people, and places that shaped his writing.
by Paul Theroux
3.8(9,529)
A brilliant but increasingly unhinged inventor drags his family into the Honduran jungle to build a 'perfect' society, only to shatter their lives with his escalating paranoia and disastrous ambition.
by Immanuel Kant
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Kant's 'Critique of Practical Reason' explains how human will, guided by pure reason and not desires, can create universal moral law and define freedom.
by Giovanna Fletcher
4.1(9,519)
The first girl born in fifty years must choose between her predetermined destiny to repopulate humanity and a forbidden love that threatens to expose a carefully constructed future.
by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
4.1(9,512)
Confined to her bed by illness, a woman finds wonder, comfort, and a new understanding of her existence by observing a wild snail on her nightstand.
by Toni Morrison
3.8(9,510)
In a fading beach town, the ghost of the charismatic Bill Cosey continues to ignite a furious, multi-generational battle among the women who loved, hated, and were forever bound by his complicated legacy.
by Thomas Paine
4.0(9,506)
In 'Rights of Man,' Thomas Paine passionately champions the French Revolution, arguing for universal human rights, radical social reforms like worker's social security, and an egalitarian society where government serves the will of the people.
by Don DeLillo
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In a secret compound where death is a choice and immortality a promise, a son confronts his billionaire father's pursuit of a technologically-resurrected future, making him face the beauty and terror of life in the present.