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by Elie Wiesel
4.3(970,183)
In the darkness of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, a teenage Elie Wiesel faces the extermination of his family, the loss of his faith, and the lasting scars of humanity's deepest cruelty.
by Louis Sachar
4.0(969,512)
Unjustly sent to a desert detention camp where he and other boys must dig a hole a day, Stanley Yelnats unearths a century-old family curse and a hidden treasure that could finally break it.
by Oscar Wilde
4.1(966,196)
A beautiful young man's soul decays within a cursed portrait, mirroring the grotesque cost of his hedonistic pursuit of eternal youth and illicit pleasure.
by Jane Austen
4.1(957,599)
Two sisters, one reserved and one passionate, navigate love, betrayal, and financial hardship in a society with rigid social rules for women.
by Walter Isaacson
4.1(956,505)
Steve Jobs was a visionary who fused creativity and technology to revolutionize six industries and shape our digital world.
by John Green
3.8(919,337)
A boy's lifelong crush on an adventurous girl turns into a search through cryptic clues and abandoned places to find her, only to discover she is a mystery far deeper than he imagined.
by Shel Silverstein
4.4(905,731)
A selfless tree gives her all to a demanding boy throughout his life, showing the bittersweet nature of unconditional love and sacrifice.
by Jeannette Walls
4.3(903,463)
Jeannette Walls's memoir describes her unusual childhood with brilliant, free-spirited parents whose poverty-stricken life shaped her independence and love despite family problems.
by Stephenie Meyer
3.8(894,942)
After aliens take over Earth by inhabiting human bodies, one defiant human mind fights for control, love, and life itself inside her alien occupier.
by Kiera Cass
4.1(892,728)
In a future where love is forbidden and social standing is everything, America Singer must choose between a secret romance and a royal competition for a prince's heart, all while a rebellion grows outside the palace.
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
4.1(891,374)
A spoiled orphan discovers a hidden garden and a secret cousin, changing their lives and a gloomy manor with nature and friendship.
by Helen Fielding
3.8(881,406)
Bridget Jones navigates a year of calorie counting, bad dates, and unwanted advice, as she tries to find love and a less embarrassing life.
by Malcolm Gladwell
4.2(873,492)
Forget the lone genius: 'Outliers' shows that extreme success is less about innate talent and more about hidden advantages, cultural legacies, and the opportunities that shape our achievements.
by Ernest Cline
4.3(860,699)
In a future dystopia, a poor orphan escapes into a vast virtual reality to find a rich man's hidden prize, a quest that promises fortune and control of the digital world, but also attracts corporate rivals willing to kill for it.
by Rainbow Rowell
4.0(860,151)
In 1980s suburbia, two misfit teenagers find first love on a school bus, navigating prejudice, mixtapes, and the reality that some loves don't last.
by Tina Fey
4.0(848,089)
From a 'vicious nerd' with stress dreams to the comedic force behind Liz Lemon and 'Weekend Update,' Tina Fey chronicles her journey to proving that 'you're no one until someone calls you bossy.'
by Ernest Hemingway
3.8(831,152)
A Cuban fisherman's long struggle with a giant marlin becomes a story of endurance and dignity, now retold for young adults with illustrations, phonetic guides, and writing prompts in Traditional Chinese.
by Veronica Roth
3.6(826,865)
Tris and Tobias leave their shattered city, only to find a devastating truth about their world that forces them to choose between freedom and love.
by Diana Gabaldon
4.2(824,014)
A World War II nurse on a second honeymoon in Scotland is flung through ancient standing stones into 1743, where she must navigate the Jacobite uprisings, a brutal ancestor of her husband, and an undeniable passion with a chivalrous Highland warrior.
by Agatha Christie
4.3(822,061)
Ten strangers, each with a secret, are drawn to an isolated island and systematically killed, following a nursery rhyme until no one is left.
by Andy Weir
4.4(817,411)
Stranded and presumed dead on Mars, an astronaut must outwit the planet with his scientific knowledge and a roll of duct tape to survive against impossible odds.
by Charles Dickens
3.9(810,000)
During the French Revolution, an unjustly accused man and his cynical look-alike become linked in a desperate fight against the guillotine.
by Stieg Larsson
4.2(809,293)
When a bombshell exposé on sex trafficking leads to murder, a journalist must clear his friend, the hacker Lisbeth Salander, as she confronts the violent ghosts of her past.
by Michael Crichton
4.0(802,556)
On a remote island, a millionaire's dinosaur theme park becomes a nightmare when the resurrected predators escape, turning a scientific wonder into a terrifying fight for survival against creatures humanity brought back from extinction.