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by Terry Pratchett
4.0(143,853)
A young girl with wizarding powers defies ancient traditions to enter an all-male university and save Discworld from a magical cataclysm.
by Philip Pullman
4.3(143,625)
A young girl and her daemon travel across parallel worlds, fighting celestial powers and facing the nature of Dust, free will, and destiny to save all of existence.
by Douglas Adams
4.1(143,443)
Arthur Dent returns to a familiar Earth, only to find himself in a cosmic scavenger hunt for God's final message, involving dolphins, a giant robot, and the universe's lingering absurdity.
by Bisco Hatori
4.4(143,307)
A scholarship student at an elite academy accidentally breaks a priceless vase and must join a club of six charming, wealthy boys who entertain female clients, leading to unexpected friendships and developing romance.
by Bryan Stevenson
4.6(143,058)
Bryan Stevenson, a young lawyer, confronts the racial injustice of America's legal system through the fight for Walter McMillian, a man wrongly condemned to death row, showing how mercy can improve a broken justice system.
by Justin Halpern
4.0(142,571)
After a breakup, a 28-year-old moves back home to record his 73-year-old, unfiltered, Socrates-but-angrier father's hilariously profane wisdom on everything from dating to Nazis, transforming their chaotic kitchen conversations into a viral memoir.
by Josh Malerman
4.0(142,513)
An unseen force drives people to madness. A mother, blindfolded, must navigate a dangerous river with her two children, using only sound to escape the horror.
by Jodi Picoult
4.0(142,352)
A daughter uses her missing elephant researcher mother's journals to find her, uncovering family secrets and the science of animal grief.
by Maria V. Snyder
4.1(142,074)
Condemned for murder, a young woman's reprieve as a food taster becomes a daily dance with death as she navigates palace intrigue, rebellion, and burgeoning magic, all while slowly succumbing to a deliberate, inescapable poison.
by Rupi Kaur
4.2(142,061)
Rupi Kaur's collection of poems and illustrations explores the cycle of growth—wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming—celebrating self-discovery, ancestry, and various forms of love.
by Joan Didion
3.9(141,728)
After her husband's sudden death and her daughter's critical illness, Joan Didion examines the raw, disorienting experience of grief, showing how the mind tries to make sense of the irrational.
by J.A. Redmerski
4.2(141,656)
After her life shatters, a heartbroken Camryn impulsively boards a Greyhound bus and finds herself on a spontaneous road trip with a mysterious stranger who challenges her to live fiercely and love again, despite his own shadowed past.
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
4.3(141,514)
Follow Laura Ingalls and her pioneer family as they build a life of resilience, love, and resourcefulness across the American frontier, facing blizzards, grasshopper plagues, and new beginnings with determination.
by Colleen Hoover
4.3(141,348)
As Layken and Will deal with their love, a ghost from Will's past threatens their stability, forcing Layken to confront insecurities and Will to prove his devotion.
by Michael Scott
3.8(141,256)
When an ancient alchemyst's powerful book is stolen, ordinary twins Sophie and Josh are thrust into a hidden world of mythological figures and magic, becoming humanity's last hope against an impending global catastrophe.
by Jeannette Walls
4.1(141,012)
At six, Lily Casey Smith broke wild horses; later, she piloted planes and managed a large Arizona ranch. Her life showed grit, resourcefulness, and a spirit that met every frontier challenge and personal tragedy.
by Katherine Applegate
4.3(140,986)
A gentle gorilla in a mall zoo finds purpose in art and friendship, then works to rescue a baby elephant from captivity.
by Orson Scott Card
3.8(140,957)
As a genocidal fleet heads toward Lusitania, the fate of three intelligent species and a deadly virus rests on a child with the power to manipulate reality.
by Barack Obama
3.8(140,803)
Barack Obama shares his vision for a united America, blending personal reflections with calls for a politics rooted in shared optimism and a pursuit of the American Dream.
by Helen Hoang
3.9(140,538)
A brilliant but inexperienced woman with Asperger's hires a charming escort to teach her about intimacy, only to discover that love defies all algorithms.
by Lemony Snicket
3.9(140,511)
At the grim Paltryville lumber mill, the Baudelaire orphans encounter a giant pincher machine, a sinister hypnotist, and a man with a smoky head, proving that even coupons cannot sweeten their latest bitter misfortune.
by Sarah Dessen
4.0(140,398)
After being abandoned, a fiercely independent teen starts a new life with her estranged sister, forcing her to confront her past and learn to accept help, even from the charming boy next door with secrets of his own.
by Richard Dawkins
4.1(140,360)
Dawkins reframes evolution, saying organisms, including humans, are survival machines built by self-replicating genes and ideas striving for their own spread.
by Aldous Huxley
4.2(140,217)
Huxley's novel portrays a future where genetic engineering and conditioning create a docile populace. It explores the cost of manufactured happiness and how overpopulation and propaganda bring his dystopian vision closer to home.