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by Sandra Hill
3.9(1,681)
A shy chemist's life gets explosively complicated when her experimental love potion, disguised as a jelly bean, accidentally turns a wildly virile lawyer into her overwhelmingly smitten human guinea pig.
by Maxine Hong Kingston
3.7(1,680)
From railroad camps to laundry rooms, Kingston’s epic saga unfurls the paper sons' dreams and trials, tracing three generations of Chinese men battling exclusion and forging identity within the mythical yet brutal landscape of America.
by Garrison Keillor
3.8(1,679)
Return to Lake Wobegon, a comforting, quirky place where familiar faces and new characters navigate small-town life. This story reminds us that home stays with us, even when we leave.
by Nancy Holder
3.8(1,678)
To join the Pretty Little Devils, Hazel must sacrifice more than her innocence; their exclusive parties hide a sinister price for popularity.
by Meg Cabot
4.0(1,678)
Allie's excitement for a bus-riding field trip to a historic schoolhouse crumbles when she's paired with her former best friend, Mary Kay, who betrayed her before she moved.
by Rob Thurman
4.1(1,675)
A half-human monster's growing power forces him and his brother into a desperate fight for survival against supernatural forces and the monstrous darkness within him, even if it means embracing the very thing they've always fought against.
by Ai Mi
3.6(1,674)
During Mao's re-education movement, a high-school girl with a 'capitalist' mother and a geology student with a 'rightist' past fall in love under a hawthorn tree, their romance ending tragically.
by Shigeru Mizuki
4.0(1,673)
In the harrowing, semi-autobiographical graphic novel, 'Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths,' Shigeru Mizuki plunges readers into the final, futile weeks of a Japanese infantry unit in World War II, where soldiers are condemned to a 'glorious' death in battle or execution for daring to survive.
by Lisa McMann
4.2(1,672)
When a mysterious bracelet gives Charlie Wilde animal abilities, she must master her new powers with friends to uncover its secrets before they overwhelm her.
by Jean Anouilh
4.0(1,671)
Anouilh's 'Becket' explores the souls of men caught between earthly power and divine conviction during the Norman conquest, from a king's prayer to a saint's sacrifice.
by Dave Barry
3.9(1,669)
When a middle school science fair becomes the battleground for a cash-strapped kid with Discount Warehouse shoes and his friends against an international dictator's plot to infiltrate the U.S. government with corrupting software, a laser-eyed owl, and disgruntled eBay buyers, levitating frogs are the least of their worries.
by Gerald Green
4.3(1,662)
Amidst the rise of Nazism, an ambitious SS officer and a doomed Jewish family face the personal horrors and heartbreaking choices of the Holocaust.
by Patricia MacLachlan
3.9(1,660)
In a house filled with the joyful chaos of rescued dogs and white fur, a young girl named Zoe finds that the same love and patience used to heal abandoned animals might help the silent boy across the street.
by David Kadavy
3.7(1,659)
Transform your digital notes into a powerful second brain with the Zettelkasten method, reimagined for the modern age, to unlock your creative potential.
by Tara Sue Me
4.2(1,657)
A lawyer and a Dominant must confront their complicated past and rediscover trust to reignite their smoldering BDSM passion, with the help of their friends Abby and Nathaniel.
by Joe David Brown
4.1(1,656)
In the desolate Dust Bowl, an 11-year-old orphan and a charming con man, who may or may not be her father, embark on a hilarious and heartwarming journey through the Deep South, leaving a trail of mischief and self-discovery.
by Rabindranath Tagore
4.3(1,655)
A son's quest to find his unknown father uncovers a sinister plot, forcing him to protect a genetically engineered girl from a 'Gardener' who creates human-plant hybrids.
by Anna-Marie McLemore
3.6(1,655)
In a lush, dual-timeline tale, a 16th-century dancing plague in Strasbourg entwines with a modern girl cursed by enchanted red shoes, as both women fight to break free from a haunting historical betrayal and a magic that demands they dance until they die.
by Gillian Shields
3.8(1,653)
As darkness threatens Wyldcliffe Abbey, Sarah, a dedicated mystic, must unite her fractured sisterhood, embrace her Romany heritage, and face a looming sacrifice, all while navigating an unexpected love.
by Timothy Findley
4.0(1,653)
Trapped in an Alpine prison during WWII, a disgraced socialite's final, desperate confessions scrawled on the walls expose a chilling web of aristocratic scandal and political corruption that only his frozen corpse can now reveal.
by Kathryn Reiss
4.1(1,652)
After a near-drowning, seventeen-year-old Molly finds her nightmares manifesting as vivid visions, pulling her into the century-old mystery of a girl who once inhabited her own house.
by Denise Giardina
4.1(1,650)
In the shadow of West Virginia's coal-rich mountains, a battle for dignity erupts as 10,000 armed miners face U.S. Army planes and poison gas, their fight for justice told through the intertwined lives of a fiery mayor, a hardened union man, a courageous nurse, and a grieving immigrant mother.
by Vince Flynn
3.9(1,650)
When a dedicated counterterrorism operative is betrayed by the very government he swore to protect, he must fight to clear his name while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens the nation he loves.
by Robert Axelrod
4.2(1,649)
Axelrod shows how cooperation can emerge and last, even among self-interested groups without a central authority, through the surprising success of 'Tit for Tat' in game theory.