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by Tana French
3.9(75,752)
Detective Scorcher Kennedy unearths a chilling conspiracy behind a family's murder in a desolate, half-built luxury estate, forcing him to confront the dark, buried secrets of his own past tied to the same haunted ground.
by Rick Riordan
3.9(75,738)
Orphaned siblings Amy and Dan Cahill are thrust into a global scavenger hunt against their cutthroat relatives, deciphering cryptic clues to a world-altering fortune hidden by their powerful ancestors, all while readers can join the chase online.
by Michael Scott
4.1(75,628)
With Paris destroyed and his own power fading, Nicholas Flamel must trust the prophetic Newman twins, guiding them to learn water magic from an unstable immortal while fighting dark alchemists and a cursed sword's influence.
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.2(75,559)
In a kingdom nearing civil war, an orphan is forced into a competition to impersonate a lost prince, uncovering deceit where truth may be the most dangerous lie.
by Paul Beatty
3.7(75,557)
A young Black man, raised as a psychological experiment, tries to save his erased hometown by bringing back slavery and segregation, leading to a funny, absurd Supreme Court trial that criticizes American racial politics.
by Janette Sebring Lowrey
4.1(75,357)
Five little puppies dig a hole under the fence and go out to play in the meadow, but one poky puppy lags behind and misses out on dessert after supper.
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
3.9(75,351)
A young boy in rural West Virginia defies the local hunter, Judd Travers, to protect a gentle beagle he names Shiloh, risking his family's safety and his own conscience to save the dog from abuse.
by John Sandford
4.1(75,282)
A serial killer who enjoys outsmarting the police with traps meets his intellectual match in Lieutenant Lucas Davenport.
by Michael Shaara
4.3(75,273)
Shaara explores the hearts and minds of Lee, Longstreet, Chamberlain, and Buford during the four most crucial and bloody days of the American Civil War at Gettysburg, revealing the human cost and moral dilemmas that shaped the conflict.
by Michael Bond
4.2(75,255)
A polite bear from Peru, who loves marmalade and causes unintentional chaos, finds a home and adventure with the Brown family in London.
by Vince Flynn
4.2(75,255)
After the Lockerbie attack kills his girlfriend, Mitch Rapp changes from a college athlete into a deadly black ops agent, enacting revenge across Europe and Beirut.
by Jojo Moyes
4.0(75,242)
A forgotten trove of passionate letters from 1960 unravels a forbidden affair, compelling a modern journalist to unearth the lovers' fate and confront the echoes in her own complicated life.
by Dave Eggers
4.2(75,239)
Orphaned by civil war, Valentino Achak Deng journeys across Sudan and Ethiopia, facing loss and finding strength as he navigates conflict.
by Claudia Gray
3.6(75,235)
At a mysterious boarding school for the undead, an ordinary girl falls for a rebellious boy, only to discover their forbidden love is a dangerous secret that could expose her own dark truth.
by Alice Hoffman
3.8(75,134)
Two bewitched sisters, bound by an ancient curse and the longing for ordinary love, discover that escaping their magical legacy is far more complicated than running away.
by Cornelia Funke
3.9(75,108)
As the Inkworld falls to the Adderhead's rule and winter spreads, Mo, the Silver Tongue, must outsmart Death and rewrite a tragic story to save his family and their enchanted world.
by C.S. Lewis
3.9(75,067)
A philologist abducted to Mars finds a universe full of life and purpose, only to learn his own Earth is the 'silent planet,' cut off from the cosmos.
by Francine Rivers
4.6(75,055)
In war-torn Jerusalem and decadent ancient Rome, a Jewish slave girl keeps her forbidden faith, navigating a dangerous love with a Roman aristocrat while a barbarian gladiator fights for survival in the arena.
by William Strunk Jr.
4.2(74,946)
This guide distills the art of clear, concise writing into actionable principles, helping you craft elegant and impactful sentences.
by Anne Rice
3.8(74,911)
Hunted by a mortal woman and pursued by the Devil himself, Lestat enters a spiritual battle for his soul, choosing between damnation and salvation across all creation.
by David McCullough
4.1(74,798)
Wilbur and Orville Wright, two bicycle mechanics, used grit, curiosity, and ingenuity to achieve human flight.
by Nora Roberts
4.1(74,795)
An architect renovating a historic inn finally builds the courage to pursue the bookstore owner he's liked since adolescence, as their small town watches their love story unfold.
by Naomi Novik
4.2(74,735)
A moneylender's daughter, who boasts of turning silver into gold, accidentally traps herself and two other women in a dangerous game with the Staryk king and a cursed tsar, threatening their world.
by R.A. Salvatore
4.2(74,551)
A drow outcast defies his murderous family and the evil of his race in the sunless Underdark, seeking a new life beyond the shadows.