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by Jodi Picoult
4.0(65,118)
A prosecutor dedicated to jailing child molesters faces the ultimate ethical dilemma when her own son is abused, forcing her to choose between the justice system she upholds and a mother's primal urge for vengeance.
by Philippa Gregory
4.0(65,049)
Born into a royal line and rumored to possess magic, Jacquetta navigates the dangerous world of 15th-century England, defying norms for love and using her gifts to shape her own destiny amid war and court intrigue.
by Riley Sager
4.1(65,028)
Fifteen years after her friends vanished from a summer camp, an artist returns to the grounds as an instructor, unearthing a web of lies and clues that threaten to expose the camp's dark secrets and put her life at risk.
by Philip Roth
3.9(65,019)
A decorated athlete's American dream shatters when his daughter commits an act of political terrorism, forcing him to confront the dark side of a seemingly perfect society.
by Paulette Jiles
4.1(64,986)
In a fractured post-Civil War Texas, an aging news reader reluctantly guides a wild, Kiowa-raised girl across dangerous land, forming a bond that redefines family and home.
by George R.R. Martin
4.2(64,952)
A tall, naive hedge knight and his secretly royal squire travel Westeros a century before the dragons' return, navigating jousts, intrigues, and their growing reputations under the Targaryen dynasty.
by Cyprian Ekwensi
3.7(64,858)
In Lagos, a journalist navigates the dangers of fast money, women, and corruption amidst the city's jazz nightlife and cutthroat ambition.
by Louise Penny
4.1(64,816)
Chief Inspector Gamache's Sunday peace shatters as small events quickly become a chilling realization: an evil is about to engulf Three Pines.
by Joe Abercrombie
4.2(64,802)
A betrayed mercenary, left for dead and broken, claws her way back from the brink with a motley crew of killers and misfits to systematically hunt down the seven men who wronged her, all while Styria bleeds under the shadow of war and treacherous power plays.
by Henry Miller
3.7(64,703)
In 1930s Paris, an American writer's hunger for life, art, and experience unfolds in a novel that redefined literature and challenged society.
by Meg Cabot
3.7(64,665)
A talkative American girl ruins her long-distance relationship, then finds herself in romantic trouble and wedding chaos at a French château, where her big mouth might save the day.
by Carrie Fisher
3.8(64,516)
From Princess Leia's intergalactic fame to personal battles with addiction and bipolar disorder, Carrie Fisher's 'Wishful Drinking' is a raw, funny, and ultimately moving account of Hollywood and her own mind.
by Franz Kafka
4.0(64,480)
In a piercing, posthumously revealed confession, Franz Kafka examines the stifling paternal authority and deep alienation that shaped his life and art, showing the unbridgeable gap between a son's soul and a father's expectations.
by Robert Dugoni
4.3(64,392)
Born with rare red pupils, Sam Hill navigates a lifetime of being an outsider, searching for meaning and acceptance after a tragedy forces him to confront his past and rediscover the true vision of what matters.
by Henning Mankell
3.8(64,347)
A small-town Swedish detective, battling personal demons, must navigate a rising tide of xenophobia and a brutal double murder triggered by a dying whisper to catch the 'faceless killers' before his community implodes.
by John Grisham
3.8(64,275)
Two down-on-their-luck lawyers and a burned-out associate stumble into a potentially lucrative class-action lawsuit against a pharmaceutical giant, hoping to strike it rich without ever stepping foot in a courtroom.
by Barbara Kingsolver
4.0(64,141)
A woman returns to her dying Arizona hometown, confronting a distant father, an environmental crisis, and a captivating Apache philosopher who challenges her to reclaim her dreams and identity.
by Helen Hoang
3.9(64,096)
An autistic man who believes he cannot feel love meets an impulsive Vietnamese woman desperate for a new life; he learns that love, like the heart, understands many languages.
by Colleen Hoover
4.3(64,029)
A tragedy forces a mother and daughter, already in conflict, to deal with grief, forbidden love, and secrets that might pull their family apart.
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.1(63,920)
Haunted by the memory of a mother he can't recall and blessed with a mysterious power of 'conduction,' Hiram Walker navigates the brutal realities of slavery and the perilous path to freedom, determined to rescue the family he left behind.
by Liu Cixin
4.4(63,814)
With humanity's every thought exposed to an alien invasion force centuries away, a select few must craft secret strategies hidden within their own minds, even from their own kind, to save a doomed Earth.
by Thomas Hardy
3.8(63,721)
A stone mason's intense pursuit of knowledge and love collapses against class barriers, social rules, and a tragic fate tied to his free-spirited cousin in Victorian England.
by Anne Rice
3.8(63,697)
Armand, a vampire with a youthful appearance, struggles with eternal life, slavery, and Marius's influence, ultimately choosing between immortality and his soul's salvation, from Mongol-era Kiev Rus to Renaissance Venice and beyond.
by Shirley Jackson
4.1(63,627)
Shirley Jackson's unsettling collection shows how ordinary towns and homes hide chilling rituals and cruel acts, revealing the darkness beneath everyday life.