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by Han Kang
3.6(92,615)
A woman's choice to stop eating meat upends her ordinary life, leading to a disturbing change in her body and mind as her family tries to control her defiance.
by Kiersten White
3.9(92,477)
Armed with a taser and a quirky sense of humor, a 'normal' girl working for a supernatural containment agency finds her chaotic love life with a faerie ex and a shapeshifter complicated by a dark prophecy that puts her at the heart of paranormal destruction.
by Stephen Crane
3.3(92,369)
A young Civil War recruit's shame-fueled flight from the battlefield turns into a desperate quest for a "red badge of courage" amidst the brutal realities of war.
by Ursula Hegi
4.1(92,245)
by Sabaa Tahir
4.3(91,991)
A Scholar slave and a former Mask flee a tyrannical Empire, infiltrating its most brutal prison to save a brother. They are hunted by an emperor, a commandant, and a former friend turned Blood Shrike.
by Alice Feeney
3.8(91,526)
Trapped in a coma, Amber Reynolds pieces together the chilling truth of her accident, only to discover her own memories might be the most dangerous lie of all.
by Sarah Orne Jewett
4.1(91,500)
A summer visitor to a remote Maine fishing village discovers the quiet dignity, lasting friendships, and solitude in the lives of its resilient, sea-weathered inhabitants.
by Bill Clinton
3.8(91,284)
When a cyberterror plot threatens America and a traitor lurks within his cabinet, the President of the United States vanishes, becoming both suspect and victim in a real-time race against an unprecedented attack.
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
4.2(91,270)
Laura Ingalls's childhood in Minnesota, from a sod house on Plum Creek to the dangers of blizzards and grasshopper plagues, shows family strength and the comfort of Pa's fiddle on the frontier.
by Jon Scieszka
4.2(91,253)
Classic fairy tales are turned upside down with silly characters and a strong-smelling cheese man in this funny, chaotic collection.
by Leon Uris
4.3(91,215)
An American nurse and an Israeli freedom fighter start a dangerous journey to build a new nation from an ancient homeland, fighting against great challenges and world skepticism in post-WWII Europe.
by P.D. James
3.3(91,084)
Six years into their marriage, Darcy and Elizabeth's peaceful Pemberley is broken by a midnight chaise carrying a hysterical Lydia, who claims her husband, Wickham, has been murdered in the dark woods.
by Amanda Hocking
3.9(90,977)
Hunted by her mother and drawn into a hidden world of enchanting yet dangerous Trylle, Wendy Everly must embrace a heritage she never knew existed, guided by the enigmatic Finn Holmes.
by David Wroblewski
3.6(90,950)
A mute boy, loyal to his unique dog breed, flees into the Wisconsin wilderness to escape his uncle's treachery and find out how his father died, only to be drawn back by an unbreakable connection to home and a need for revenge.
by Jandy Nelson
4.0(90,847)
After her sister's sudden death, a flutist is caught between her sister's grieving boyfriend and a new boy in town, forcing her to choose between the past and an uncertain future.
by Fiona Barton
3.5(90,813)
After years of silent complicity, a widow finds her voice and a dangerous new power to manipulate the truth about her late husband's sinister past.
by Ursula K. Le Guin
4.1(90,724)
A young woman, stripped of her name and confined as high priestess to ancient powers in a labyrinthine tomb, finds her desolate life upended by a wizard seeking stolen treasure, who ultimately offers her a perilous path to freedom.
by Karen Marie Moning
4.4(90,464)
A sidhe-seer with a Fae hunger navigates a dangerous Dublin, battling seductive masters and unraveling her sister's secrets, as an ancient power threatens to shatter her world and reveal a truth about herself.
by Bill Bryson
4.1(90,296)
Join Bill Bryson as he humorously travels across Australia, meeting its resilient people and dangerous animals, all while discovering interesting history with his usual wit.
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
4.0(89,972)
In a bleak 1980s Swedish suburb, a lonely, bullied boy finds an unlikely and dangerous friendship with the mysterious, ageless girl next door, whose arrival coincides with a string of gruesome, blood-drained murders.
by Audrey Niffenegger
3.3(89,938)
Two American twins inherit their mysterious aunt's London flat next to Highgate Cemetery, only to discover that the line between life and death—and their own identities—is blurred within its spectral walls.
by Walt Whitman
4.1(89,814)
Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' uses free verse to celebrate the divine in nature and the human body, showing how the self, nature, and the cosmos are connected.
by John Wyndham
4.0(89,728)
Amidst a world blinded by a celestial event, a sighted few must navigate the ruins of civilization while fending off towering, carnivorous plants that now freely stalk the Earth.
by Anne Brontë
4.0(89,567)
Defying Victorian rules, a woman escapes her abusive, alcoholic husband, creating an independent life under a new name to protect her son.