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by James Patterson
4.3(5,293)
Wheelchair-bound middle school comedian Jamie Grimm must choose between his national stand-up dreams and supporting his friends and family through unexpected crises.
by Dashiell Hammett
3.5(5,290)
In the corrupt town of Personville, a detective systematically dismantles a criminal enterprise by turning its ruthless members against each other, leaving a trail of betrayal and murder.
by Charles W. Colson
4.3(5,290)
From the shadows of Watergate and the corridors of power, a hardened political operative's life takes an unexpected turn towards spiritual redemption and a fervent embrace of faith.
by James Patterson
3.5(5,284)
A dying Gary Soneji wants revenge on Alex Cross, while a new killer, 'Mr. Smith,' emerges, pulling detective Thomas Pierce into a deadly game.
by Julian May
4.2(5,283)
On a Pliocene Earth ruled by alien Tanu, King Aiken Drum, who freed enslaved humans, faces his greatest challenge against Marc Remillard, a powerful being known as The Adversary, whose past nearly destroyed a galactic empire.
by Laurence Sterne
3.4(5,274)
Ignoring grand sights for human connection, a witty parson travels through France, finding emotional and erotic encounters more important than any destination.
by R.L. Stine
3.8(5,271)
When a prank gone wrong at a desolate summer camp reveals a watery ghost with pale blue eyes, a girl named Sarah must confront the chilling consequences of her own deception.
by Rachel Vincent
3.8(5,270)
A woman, the first female enforcer in her shifter Pride, fights to prove herself and protect her territory from a deadly threat, all while facing the fallout from a past mistake.
by Franklin W. Dixon
3.9(5,269)
Amidst the dangerous beauty of the Rocky Mountains, the Hardy Boys brave blizzards, booby traps, and a piano-playing ghost to find the truth behind a payroll robbery, a missing miner, and the secrets of an abandoned gold camp.
by George Dawson
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George Dawson's 'Life Is So Good' tells the inspiring story of a man, the grandson of a slave, who learned to read at 98, offering a firsthand look at a century of American history and showing how to find beauty and progress even in hardship.
by Charles F. Haanel
4.2(5,263)
Master universal laws of thought, attraction, and creative power to achieve personal success and joy.
by Megan McDonald
4.1(5,262)
Armed with a mood ring and a flair for the dramatic, Judy Moody makes outrageous predictions, leaving her friends and family to wonder if her premonitions are real or just another one of her unforgettable moods.
by Cecily von Ziegesar
3.8(5,258)
At Waverly Academy, two roommates navigate a love triangle with the same boy, while a club's secrets threaten to ignite a rivalry for the 'It Girl' title.
by Ray Bradbury
4.1(5,255)
Ray Bradbury's collection of seventeen stories takes readers from the dawn of time to the distant future, where rockets fly and people face both wonder and the strange.
by John Muir
4.1(5,255)
John Muir, as a young naturalist and sheep herder, discovers the Sierra Nevada's beauty, changing his life and inspiring a nation to explore Yosemite.
by Carolyn Keene
3.9(5,253)
Nancy Drew must decipher a faded photograph and a queen's secret heirloom to unmask an imposter and reunite a royal family, all while navigating perilous encounters in River Heights.
by Eugene O'Neill
4.0(5,253)
After the American Civil War, the Mannon family unravels in a chilling echo of ancient Greek tragedy, consumed by adultery, murder, and incestuous love that twists their Puritanical facade into a grotesque mask of doom.
by Elizabeth George Speare
4.0(5,249)
Swept from her New Hampshire home by an Indian raid in 1754, Miriam endures a harrowing march through the wilderness, only to find an unexpected world of intrigue and surprising choices awaiting her in French Montreal, far from her beloved and all she once knew.
by Ian McEwan
3.7(5,230)
A quiet ten-year-old boy's vivid imagination transports him into a bizarre and disturbing dream world where he swaps bodies with cats and babies, and makes his family disappear with vanishing cream.
by Shirley Jackson
4.0(5,229)
The master of literary macabre, Shirley Jackson, hilariously turns her sharp, unsentimental wit on the domestic chaos of raising four children and countless books in a boisterous Vermont farmhouse.
by David Baldacci
4.1(5,222)
When his treasonous brother escapes a military super-prison, investigator John Puller must navigate a nationwide manhunt, government secrets, and a deceptive partner to learn the truth behind his brother's conviction before others silence him.
by Derek Landy
4.3(5,222)
A runaway teenager gets caught in a nihilistic punk-sorcerer plot to detonate a doomsday device, forcing the witty skeleton detective Skulduggery Pleasant and his powerful teenage partner Valkyrie Cain to save him and the world.
by Deb Caletti
4.3(5,218)
A teenage girl, haunted by a past trauma, runs cross-country from Seattle to D.C., hoping movement will help her outrun grief, guilt, and the media attention that turns her journey into an unexpected act of activism.
by E.E. Holmes
4.2(5,218)
Haunted by her mother's death and the ghosts at her new college, Jess Ballard must work with a professor to uncover an old secret before the dead pull her into their world for good.