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by Jojo Moyes
4.3(183,231)
In Depression-era Kentucky, an Englishwoman finds freedom and purpose alongside a band of female librarians who brave mountains and societal scorn to deliver books to isolated communities.
by Dave Eggers
3.4(183,197)
A young woman's dream job at a powerful tech company spirals into a terrifying loss of privacy and identity as the corporation's quest for ultimate transparency consumes everything in its path.
by Raina Telgemeier
4.3(183,060)
A middle schooler’s quest for normalcy is hilariously and painfully derailed by a traumatic dental injury, transforming braces, headgear, and fake teeth into unexpected symbols of resilience amidst earthquakes, boy crushes, and shifting friendships.
by Piper Kerman
3.7(182,263)
A privileged Smith College alumna trades her comfortable life for a fifteen-month sentence in a federal prison, offering a raw, often humorous, and deeply human look into the hidden world of women behind bars.
by Michael Pollan
4.2(182,235)
by Caleb Carr
4.1(182,211)
In Gilded Age New York, an early psychologist and a newspaper reporter hunt a serial killer preying on adolescent boys, challenging social norms and risking their lives in a city of stark contrasts.
by Sabaa Tahir
4.3(182,037)
In a brutal empire reminiscent of ancient Rome, a slave girl spies within a ruthless military academy to save her brother, only to find her destiny intertwined with the academy's finest, yet most reluctant, soldier.
by Timothy Ferriss
3.9(181,437)
Learn how to leave the traditional work-life by creating automated income, outsourcing tasks, and taking 'mini-retirements' to live a life of freedom and adventure, all while working only four hours a week.
by Stephenie Meyer
3.5(181,389)
In this dark companion to the Twilight Saga, a young newborn vampire named Bree Tanner navigates a brutal existence, a fleeting romance, and a deadly conspiracy as she hurtles towards an inevitable, tragic confrontation.
by Deborah Harkness
4.0(181,047)
In Elizabethan London, a modern witch and an ancient vampire face political plots, old romances, and dangerous magic while seeking a lost manuscript and confronting Matthew's dark past.
by Stephen King
3.9(180,890)
A man awakens from a coma with the psychic ability to foresee the future, forcing him to decide whether to assassinate a presidential candidate to prevent an apocalypse.
by William Shakespeare
3.9(180,662)
An aging king, swayed by flattery, disowns his loyal daughter, setting off a chain of madness, betrayal, and suffering that destroys his kingdom and his mind.
by William Peter Blatty
4.2(180,610)
In the terrifying 40th-anniversary edition, a desperate mother and two priests battle a malevolent supernatural entity for a little girl's soul.
by Susanna Kaysen
3.9(180,556)
Confined to a 1960s psychiatric hospital, Susanna Kaysen navigates sanity and madness, offering a sharp look into the lives of "interrupted" girls and the blurry lines that define them.
by Kody Keplinger
3.8(179,270)
A cynical teen, labeled the 'ugly fat friend,' unexpectedly falls for the school's most known player after a humiliating nickname starts a volatile, secret relationship.
by Sylvia Day
4.2(179,028)
Eva Tramell and Gideon Cross navigate their intense romance, confronting shared traumatic pasts and the dangerous pull of complete possession.
by Robert B. Cialdini
4.2(178,926)
Learn about the six psychological triggers—reciprocation, consistency, social proof, liking, authority, and scarcity—that make people say 'yes,' often without realizing it.
by James Joyce
3.8(178,804)
Fifteen linked stories show turn-of-the-century Dublin through lives marked by desire, deceit, and despair, ending with the reflective 'The Dead.'
by Patti Smith
4.2(178,728)
Patti Smith's 'Just Kids' tells the story of her early life and artistic journey with Robert Mapplethorpe in 1970s New York, centered around the Chelsea Hotel.
by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
4.1(178,660)
A lone prophet leaves the mountains to announce God's death, the coming of the Overman, and the terrifying truth of eternal recurrence, urging humanity to forge its own values beyond good and evil.
by Barbara Ehrenreich
3.6(177,502)
Barbara Ehrenreich's undercover expose on minimum-wage work reveals that even two jobs are not enough to escape poverty.
by Karin Slaughter
4.0(176,999)
A woman's search for her sister, missing for twenty years, uncovers a grotesque web of secrets, showing that the past is not just haunting—it is actively hunting.
by Stephen King
4.3(176,769)
Stephen King's 'Different Seasons' tells four stories: a man's prison escape, a boy's bond with a Nazi, four friends finding a corpse, and a woman's determination to give birth. The collection explores human strength, evil, and growing up.
by Anne Rice
4.1(176,682)
From the decadent salons of pre-revolutionary France to the stages of 1980s rock, the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt navigates centuries of immortal existence, seeking the truth of his terrifying nature amidst a world both beautiful and monstrous.