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Nightfall

by Penelope Douglas • 2020

She wakes in an isolated prison for wayward heirs, and her ex is her only hope.

4.27

100k+

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔒 Captive Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚔️ Power Struggle

Nightfall

She wakes in an isolated prison for wayward heirs, and her ex is her only hope.

by Penelope Douglas 2020 752 pages

4.27

100k+ ratings

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔒 Captive Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚔️ Power Struggle

The Power of the Pussy - How To Get What You Want From Men

by Kara King • 2012

Men don't chase what they already have. The playbook for being the one they pursue.

3.76

3k+

🗓️ Dating Advice ♟️ Relationship Strategy 👑 Feminine Power ⚡ Power Dynamics 🚩 Red Flags

The Power of the Pussy - How To Get What You Want From Men

Men don't chase what they already have. The playbook for being the one they pursue.

by Kara King 2012 202 pages

3.76

3k+ ratings

🗓️ Dating Advice ♟️ Relationship Strategy 👑 Feminine Power ⚡ Power Dynamics 🚩 Red Flags

King of Sloth

by Ana Huang • 2024

A publicist needs her billionaire client at a gala. His price is a week in Spain.

3.97

200k+

🤑 Billionaire Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 😢 Angsty Romance

King of Sloth

A publicist needs her billionaire client at a gala. His price is a week in Spain.

by Ana Huang 2024 466 pages

3.97

200k+ ratings

🤑 Billionaire Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 😢 Angsty Romance

The Gambler

by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1866

A tutor plays roulette to win a cold woman's love; the wheel claims him instead.

3.91

100k+

🎰 Gambling Fiction 🧠 Psychological Novel 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Unrequited Love 🔥 Self-Destruction

The Gambler

A tutor plays roulette to win a cold woman's love; the wheel claims him instead.

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 188 pages

3.91

100k+ ratings

🎰 Gambling Fiction 🧠 Psychological Novel 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Unrequited Love 🔥 Self-Destruction

The Boyfriend

by Freida McFadden • 2024

She meets the perfect man the same week a dating-app killer claims her best friend.

4.03

1M+

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 📱 Online Dating Danger ⏳ Dual Timelines 🖤 Obsessive Love 🕳️ Dark Past

The Boyfriend

She meets the perfect man the same week a dating-app killer claims her best friend.

by Freida McFadden 2024 368 pages

4.03

1M+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 📱 Online Dating Danger ⏳ Dual Timelines 🖤 Obsessive Love 🕳️ Dark Past

Great Big Beautiful Life

by Emily Henry • 2025

Two rival biographers on a Georgia island: one story, no rules, and undeniable chemistry.

3.95

800k+

🤝 Rivals To Lovers ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔑 Family Secrets 🏠 Forced Proximity ✍️ Writer Protagonist

Great Big Beautiful Life

Two rival biographers on a Georgia island: one story, no rules, and undeniable chemistry.

by Emily Henry 2025 432 pages

3.95

800k+ ratings

🤝 Rivals To Lovers ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔑 Family Secrets 🏠 Forced Proximity ✍️ Writer Protagonist

The Palace of Illusions

by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni • 2008

She was meant to marry five heroes and shatter a dynasty. No one asked what she wanted.

4.20

66k+

🏛️ Mythological Retelling 🕌 Ancient India 🎭 Tragic Heroine 💍 Unconventional Marriage 🔮 Prophesied Destiny

The Palace of Illusions

She was meant to marry five heroes and shatter a dynasty. No one asked what she wanted.

by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 2008 360 pages

4.20

66k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythological Retelling 🕌 Ancient India 🎭 Tragic Heroine 💍 Unconventional Marriage 🔮 Prophesied Destiny

4 Books Twisted Series by Ana [Twisted Love; Twisted Games; Twisted Hate and Twisted Lies]

by Ana Huang • 2023

A fake romance with the billionaire next door becomes her only protection when a stalker resurfaces.

4.37

21k+

🤑 Billionaire Romance 🤝 Fake Relationship 🖤 Possessive Hero 👁️ Stalker Suspense ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

4 Books Twisted Series by Ana [Twisted Love; Twisted Games; Twisted Hate and Twisted Lies]

A fake romance with the billionaire next door becomes her only protection when a stalker resurfaces.

by Ana Huang 2023

4.37

21k+ ratings

🤑 Billionaire Romance 🤝 Fake Relationship 🖤 Possessive Hero 👁️ Stalker Suspense ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Carnage

by Shantel Tessier • 2023

She shot the man she loved. Now he runs the secret society that owns her.

4.28

100k+

🏛️ Secret Society ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance 🖤 Possessive Hero ⛓️ Captive Romance

Carnage

She shot the man she loved. Now he runs the secret society that owns her.

by Shantel Tessier 2023 628 pages

4.28

100k+ ratings

🏛️ Secret Society ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance 🖤 Possessive Hero ⛓️ Captive Romance

The Woman in Cabin 10

by Ruth Ware • 2016

On a luxury cruise, a journalist reports a body thrown overboard, but no passenger is missing.

3.72

700k+

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🪞 Gaslighting

The Woman in Cabin 10

On a luxury cruise, a journalist reports a body thrown overboard, but no passenger is missing.

by Ruth Ware 2016 341 pages

3.72

700k+ ratings

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🪞 Gaslighting

King of Pride

by Ana Huang • 2023

A bartender's no-dating rule and a media heir's CEO vote collide over a forbidden attraction.

3.90

300k+

💰 Billionaire Hero ⚖️ Class Divide 🔄 Opposites Attract 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship

King of Pride

A bartender's no-dating rule and a media heir's CEO vote collide over a forbidden attraction.

by Ana Huang 2023 358 pages

3.90

300k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Hero ⚖️ Class Divide 🔄 Opposites Attract 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship

The Ministry of Time

by Kaliane Bradley • 2024

A civil servant shares her flat with a rescued Victorian explorer in a secret time-travel program.

3.56

200k+

🕰️ Near-Future Sci-Fi 💕 Time Travel Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Ministry of Time

A civil servant shares her flat with a rescued Victorian explorer in a secret time-travel program.

by Kaliane Bradley 2024 339 pages

3.56

200k+ ratings

🕰️ Near-Future Sci-Fi 💕 Time Travel Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Reminders of Him

by Colleen Hoover • 2022

A young mother fresh from prison falls for the best friend of the man she killed.

4.33

1.7M+

💥 Hate To Love 👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance 🚫❤️ Forbidden Love 😭 Tearjerker 🏘️ Small Town

Reminders of Him

A young mother fresh from prison falls for the best friend of the man she killed.

by Colleen Hoover 2022 335 pages

4.33

1.7M+ ratings

💥 Hate To Love 👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance 🚫❤️ Forbidden Love 😭 Tearjerker 🏘️ Small Town

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

by John M. Gottman • 1999

What the couples who last do differently, from the psychologist who predicted thousands of divorces.

4.26

35k+

💍 Marriage Counseling 🔬 Relationship Science 🤝 Conflict Resolution 💞 Emotional Connection 🌱 Positive Psychology

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

What the couples who last do differently, from the psychologist who predicted thousands of divorces.

by John M. Gottman 1999 297 pages

4.26

35k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Counseling 🔬 Relationship Science 🤝 Conflict Resolution 💞 Emotional Connection 🌱 Positive Psychology

Priest

by Sierra Simone • 2015

His vows held firm until she walked into his church, awakening a forbidden hunger.

3.53

200k+

✝️ Priest Hero 😔 Religious Guilt 💘 Forbidden Desire 💔 Angsty Romance 🙏 Crisis Of Faith

Priest

His vows held firm until she walked into his church, awakening a forbidden hunger.

by Sierra Simone 2015 354 pages

3.53

200k+ ratings

✝️ Priest Hero 😔 Religious Guilt 💘 Forbidden Desire 💔 Angsty Romance 🙏 Crisis Of Faith

Powerless

by Elsie Silver • 2023

A ballerina flees her wedding for a road trip with her childhood best friend, a hockey star.

4.03

400k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏡 Small Town 🧸 Childhood Friends 👰 Runaway Bride 💎 Opposites Attract

Powerless

A ballerina flees her wedding for a road trip with her childhood best friend, a hockey star.

by Elsie Silver 2023 504 pages

4.03

400k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏡 Small Town 🧸 Childhood Friends 👰 Runaway Bride 💎 Opposites Attract

Magnolia Parks

by Jessa Hastings • 2021

A London socialite can't quit her first love, a charming cheat whose betrayals are legendary.

3.64

200k+

🖤 Toxic Love Story 🥂 Elite Social Circle 💔 First Love Obsession 🔄 On Again Off Again 💀 Best Friend Betrayal

Magnolia Parks

A London socialite can't quit her first love, a charming cheat whose betrayals are legendary.

by Jessa Hastings 2021 423 pages

3.64

200k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Love Story 🥂 Elite Social Circle 💔 First Love Obsession 🔄 On Again Off Again 💀 Best Friend Betrayal

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

by Satoshi Yagisawa • 2010

Heartbreak pushes Takako into the dusty sanctuary of her uncle's secondhand bookshop in Tokyo.

3.63

100k+

🇯🇵 Japanese Healing Fiction 🤝 Found Family 📚 Cozy Bookshop 💔 Estranged Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Heartbreak pushes Takako into the dusty sanctuary of her uncle's secondhand bookshop in Tokyo.

by Satoshi Yagisawa 2010 150 pages

3.63

100k+ ratings

🇯🇵 Japanese Healing Fiction 🤝 Found Family 📚 Cozy Bookshop 💔 Estranged Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance

Orbital

by Samantha Harvey • 2023

One day in orbit: six astronauts, sixteen sunrises, a typhoon's eye, and a beautiful fragile Earth.

3.49

100k+

🧘 Meditative Fiction 🚀 Introspective Sci-Fi 👥 Crew Dynamics 🌍 Earth From Space 🌪️ Climate Grief

Orbital

One day in orbit: six astronauts, sixteen sunrises, a typhoon's eye, and a beautiful fragile Earth.

by Samantha Harvey 2023 224 pages

3.49

100k+ ratings

🧘 Meditative Fiction 🚀 Introspective Sci-Fi 👥 Crew Dynamics 🌍 Earth From Space 🌪️ Climate Grief

Blue Sisters

by Coco Mellors • 2024

Three sisters reunite after the fourth's overdose. Grief binds them. Secrets could break them.

3.90

300k+

🖤 Sisters In Grief 🏠 Family Drama 🩹 Addiction Recovery 💍 Lesbian Marriage 🔥 Forbidden Affair

Blue Sisters

Three sisters reunite after the fourth's overdose. Grief binds them. Secrets could break them.

by Coco Mellors 2024 352 pages

3.90

300k+ ratings

🖤 Sisters In Grief 🏠 Family Drama 🩹 Addiction Recovery 💍 Lesbian Marriage 🔥 Forbidden Affair

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

by Mitch Albom • 2003

A mechanic dies saving a child and meets five souls who show him his life's worth.

4.01

800k+

🌊 Afterlife Journey 📖 Life Review 💔 Wartime Guilt 🌅 Forgiveness Of A Parent 💞 Love After Loss

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

A mechanic dies saving a child and meets five souls who show him his life's worth.

by Mitch Albom 2003 196 pages

4.01

800k+ ratings

🌊 Afterlife Journey 📖 Life Review 💔 Wartime Guilt 🌅 Forgiveness Of A Parent 💞 Love After Loss

Behold the Dreamers

by Imbolo Mbue • 2016

A Cameroonian family's American dream rests on a Wall Street job, until the 2008 collapse.

3.94

86k+

🌍 Immigrant Experience 🏚️ American Dream Myth 💸 Class Disparity 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 🏠 Family Sacrifice

Behold the Dreamers

A Cameroonian family's American dream rests on a Wall Street job, until the 2008 collapse.

by Imbolo Mbue 2016 400 pages

3.94

86k+ ratings

🌍 Immigrant Experience 🏚️ American Dream Myth 💸 Class Disparity 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 🏠 Family Sacrifice

There There

by Tommy Orange • 2018

A dozen urban Native Americans converge at an Oakland powwow, carrying histories they cannot outrun.

3.97

200k+

🏙️ Urban Native Experience 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🎭 Ensemble Cast 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 🤝 Community Resilience

There There

A dozen urban Native Americans converge at an Oakland powwow, carrying histories they cannot outrun.

by Tommy Orange 2018 294 pages

3.97

200k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Native Experience 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🎭 Ensemble Cast 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 🤝 Community Resilience

A Fate Inked in Blood

by Danielle L. Jensen • 2024

A goddess-touched woman is bound to a jarl, but it is his warrior son she burns for.

3.90

200k+

🪓 Norse-Inspired Fantasy 💍 Forced Marriage 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 💔 Betrayed By The Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Fate Inked in Blood

A goddess-touched woman is bound to a jarl, but it is his warrior son she burns for.

by Danielle L. Jensen 2024 419 pages

3.90

200k+ ratings

🪓 Norse-Inspired Fantasy 💍 Forced Marriage 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 💔 Betrayed By The Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Gabriel's Inferno

by Sylvain Reynard • 2011

A guarded professor is undone by the graduate student who once saw his soul.

3.98

100k+

🎓 Professor Student Romance 🌑 Dark Past 💰 Wealthy Love Interest 🕊️ Redemption Arc 🥀 High Angst

Gabriel's Inferno

A guarded professor is undone by the graduate student who once saw his soul.

by Sylvain Reynard 2011 506 pages

3.98

100k+ ratings

🎓 Professor Student Romance 🌑 Dark Past 💰 Wealthy Love Interest 🕊️ Redemption Arc 🥀 High Angst

The Right Move

by Liz Tomforde • 2023

To secure his captaincy, he fakes romance with his sister's best friend, then forgets the rules.

4.39

400k+

🎭 Fake Dating 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛋️ Roommates To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy / Sunshine 🏀 Pro Basketball

The Right Move

To secure his captaincy, he fakes romance with his sister's best friend, then forgets the rules.

by Liz Tomforde 2023 499 pages

4.39

400k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛋️ Roommates To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy / Sunshine 🏀 Pro Basketball

Wild Eyes

by Elsie Silver • 2024

A scandal sends a country star next door to a single-dad cowboy who wants something real.

4.24

300k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👧 Single Parent Romance 🎤 Celebrity Romance 🤝 Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity

Wild Eyes

A scandal sends a country star next door to a single-dad cowboy who wants something real.

by Elsie Silver 2024 464 pages

4.24

300k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👧 Single Parent Romance 🎤 Celebrity Romance 🤝 Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity

You Killed Me First

by John Marrs • 2025

On a quiet cul-de-sac, three women's secrets collide, and someone is about to start a fire.

3.95

100k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏘️ Neighborhood Thriller 💰 Blackmail Scheme 👁️ Multiple Perspectives ⭐ Fallen Celebrity

You Killed Me First

On a quiet cul-de-sac, three women's secrets collide, and someone is about to start a fire.

by John Marrs 2025 385 pages

3.95

100k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏘️ Neighborhood Thriller 💰 Blackmail Scheme 👁️ Multiple Perspectives ⭐ Fallen Celebrity

The Inmate

by Freida McFadden • 2022

Her first love is in prison for murder. She just took a job as his nurse.

4.00

1M+

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Prison Setting 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Small Town Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

The Inmate

Her first love is in prison for murder. She just took a job as his nurse.

by Freida McFadden 2022 388 pages

4.00

1M+ ratings

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Prison Setting 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Small Town Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Prophet Song

by Paul Lynch • 2023

When secret police knock, a mother must protect her family from a collapsing Ireland.

4.03

87k+

🏛️ Political Dystopia 🛡️ Mother As Protector 💔 Family Separation 🎖️ Forced Conscription 🧳 Refugee Journey

Prophet Song

When secret police knock, a mother must protect her family from a collapsing Ireland.

by Paul Lynch 2023 259 pages

4.03

87k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Dystopia 🛡️ Mother As Protector 💔 Family Separation 🎖️ Forced Conscription 🧳 Refugee Journey

Confessions

by Kanae Minato • 2008

A middle school teacher uses her final homeroom to announce she poisoned her daughter's two killers.

3.93

87k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🏮 Japanese Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Sociopathic Child

Confessions

A middle school teacher uses her final homeroom to announce she poisoned her daughter's two killers.

by Kanae Minato 2008 240 pages

3.93

87k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🏮 Japanese Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Sociopathic Child

The Love Hypothesis

by Ali Hazelwood • 2021

A scientist fakes a romance with a notoriously difficult professor to placate her best friend.

4.09

1.9M+

🎭 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔬 Women In Stem 💬 Witty Banter 🔥 Steamy Romance

The Love Hypothesis

A scientist fakes a romance with a notoriously difficult professor to placate her best friend.

by Ali Hazelwood 2021 400 pages

4.09

1.9M+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔬 Women In Stem 💬 Witty Banter 🔥 Steamy Romance

Water Moon

by Samantha Sotto Yambao • 2025

Her father’s pawnshop trades in choices. He vanishes. She hunts with a physicist craving ramen.

3.77

60k+

🫧 Magical Realism Romance ⛩️ Japanese Fantasy 🚪 Hidden World 💞 Allies To Lovers 🏮 Magical Shop

Water Moon

Her father’s pawnshop trades in choices. He vanishes. She hunts with a physicist craving ramen.

by Samantha Sotto Yambao 2025 374 pages

3.77

60k+ ratings

🫧 Magical Realism Romance ⛩️ Japanese Fantasy 🚪 Hidden World 💞 Allies To Lovers 🏮 Magical Shop

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

by Gail Honeyman • 2017

Eleanor Oliphant lives alone, drinks alone, and tells herself she prefers it that way.

4.23

1.4M+

🗣️ Quirky Narrator 💔 Traumatic Childhood 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Mother Wound

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Eleanor Oliphant lives alone, drinks alone, and tells herself she prefers it that way.

by Gail Honeyman 2017 390 pages

4.23

1.4M+ ratings

🗣️ Quirky Narrator 💔 Traumatic Childhood 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Mother Wound

A Curse Carved in Bone

by Danielle L. Jensen • 2025

Her curse sends souls to Helheim. He stole her. Neither knows they share an enemy.

3.90

75k+

🪓 Norse Mythology 💕 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Viking Fantasy 🛡️ Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Curse Carved in Bone

Her curse sends souls to Helheim. He stole her. Neither knows they share an enemy.

by Danielle L. Jensen 2025 416 pages

3.90

75k+ ratings

🪓 Norse Mythology 💕 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Viking Fantasy 🛡️ Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Nickel Boys

by Colson Whitehead • 2019

A boy believes in equality. Then a Florida reform school teaches him the cost of hope.

4.25

300k+

🌳 Jim Crow South 🏫 Reform School ⚖️ Idealist Vs Cynic 🔒 Wrongful Imprisonment 🎭 Assumed Identity

The Nickel Boys

A boy believes in equality. Then a Florida reform school teaches him the cost of hope.

by Colson Whitehead 2019 213 pages

4.25

300k+ ratings

🌳 Jim Crow South 🏫 Reform School ⚖️ Idealist Vs Cynic 🔒 Wrongful Imprisonment 🎭 Assumed Identity

The Humans

by Matt Haig • 2013

An alien steals a mathematician's life to erase a proof, then falls for the family he must betray.

4.07

100k+

👽 Alien Becomes Human 🧮 Mathematical Fiction 🎭 Philosophical Comedy 🕵️ Assumed Identity 🧠 Introspective Sci-Fi

The Humans

An alien steals a mathematician's life to erase a proof, then falls for the family he must betray.

by Matt Haig 2013 285 pages

4.07

100k+ ratings

👽 Alien Becomes Human 🧮 Mathematical Fiction 🎭 Philosophical Comedy 🕵️ Assumed Identity 🧠 Introspective Sci-Fi

Wild Side

by Elsie Silver • 2025

To keep custody of her nephew, she marries the guarded wrestler she's resented for years.

4.16

200k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤼 Sports Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Guardian Romance

Wild Side

To keep custody of her nephew, she marries the guarded wrestler she's resented for years.

by Elsie Silver 2025 466 pages

4.16

200k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤼 Sports Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Guardian Romance

Martin Eden

by Jack London • 1909

A sailor meets a refined girl and destroys himself trying to become worthy of her love.

4.48

56k+

🔨 Working Class Fiction 🏛️ Gilded Age Fiction 💔 Doomed Ambition 🎨 Artist As Outsider 💕 Class Divide Romance

Martin Eden

A sailor meets a refined girl and destroys himself trying to become worthy of her love.

by Jack London 1909 480 pages

4.48

56k+ ratings

🔨 Working Class Fiction 🏛️ Gilded Age Fiction 💔 Doomed Ambition 🎨 Artist As Outsider 💕 Class Divide Romance

The Pumpkin Spice Café

by Laurie Gilmore • 2023

A woman inherits a cafe and a grumpy farmer who makes her question where she belongs.

3.36

500k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☕ Cozy Contemporary 🏠 Inherited Business ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Pumpkin Spice Café

A woman inherits a cafe and a grumpy farmer who makes her question where she belongs.

by Laurie Gilmore 2023 376 pages

3.36

500k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☕ Cozy Contemporary 🏠 Inherited Business ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Dark Forest

by Liu Cixin • 2008

Alien spies read every plan. One unwilling man is given absolute power to save the world in secrecy.

4.40

200k+

🚀 Hard Scifi 👾 Alien Invasion 😔 Reluctant Hero 🧠 Grand Strategy 🖤 Cosmic Dread

The Dark Forest

Alien spies read every plan. One unwilling man is given absolute power to save the world in secrecy.

by Liu Cixin 2008 512 pages

4.40

200k+ ratings

🚀 Hard Scifi 👾 Alien Invasion 😔 Reluctant Hero 🧠 Grand Strategy 🖤 Cosmic Dread

The Book of Doors

by Gareth Brown • 2024

A bookseller's inherited book opens doors to anywhere, but a deadly collector wants it for herself.

4.03

100k+

📚 Magical Books 🚪 Portal Magic 📖 Bookstore Life 👥 Found Family ✨ Everyday Magic

The Book of Doors

A bookseller's inherited book opens doors to anywhere, but a deadly collector wants it for herself.

by Gareth Brown 2024 418 pages

4.03

100k+ ratings

📚 Magical Books 🚪 Portal Magic 📖 Bookstore Life 👥 Found Family ✨ Everyday Magic

The Seven Year Slip

by Ashley Poston • 2023

A publicist meets a charming chef in her aunt's apartment. He's from seven years ago.

4.15

600k+

🕰️ Time Slip Romance 👨‍🍳 Chef Hero ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 🏠 Forced Proximity 🗽 New York City

The Seven Year Slip

A publicist meets a charming chef in her aunt's apartment. He's from seven years ago.

by Ashley Poston 2023 336 pages

4.15

600k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Slip Romance 👨‍🍳 Chef Hero ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 🏠 Forced Proximity 🗽 New York City

The Priory of the Orange Tree

by Samantha Shannon • 2019

A queen's bloodline binds an ancient dragon, and her secret protector is falling for her.

4.17

200k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Riders 👑 Court Intrigue ✨ Hidden Magic 📖 Reimagined Legend

The Priory of the Orange Tree

A queen's bloodline binds an ancient dragon, and her secret protector is falling for her.

by Samantha Shannon 2019 848 pages

4.17

200k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Riders 👑 Court Intrigue ✨ Hidden Magic 📖 Reimagined Legend

Yellowface

by R.F. Kuang • 2023

A failed author steals her dead friend's manuscript and rides the lie to bestseller fame.

3.72

1M+

🖋️ Publishing Satire 📖 Literary Thriller ✍️ Literary Theft 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌏 Cultural Appropriation

Immersive

Yellowface

A failed author steals her dead friend's manuscript and rides the lie to bestseller fame.

by R.F. Kuang 2023 319 pages

3.72

1M+ ratings

🖋️ Publishing Satire 📖 Literary Thriller ✍️ Literary Theft 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌏 Cultural Appropriation

Men Without Women

by Haruki Murakami • 2014

Seven Tokyo men nurse quiet grief with jazz records and the occasional ghost of love.

3.74

100k+

🖤 Male Loneliness 🗿 Emotional Repression 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy 💭 Unreliable Memory 🗼 Contemporary Japan

Men Without Women

Seven Tokyo men nurse quiet grief with jazz records and the occasional ghost of love.

by Haruki Murakami 2014 228 pages

3.74

100k+ ratings

🖤 Male Loneliness 🗿 Emotional Repression 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy 💭 Unreliable Memory 🗼 Contemporary Japan

The Day of the Jackal

by Frederick Forsyth • 1971

A hired killer stalks President de Gaulle. One detective must unmask him before Liberation Day.

4.27

100k+

🎯 Political Assassination 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🔍 Relentless Detective 🔫 Master Assassin

The Day of the Jackal

A hired killer stalks President de Gaulle. One detective must unmask him before Liberation Day.

by Frederick Forsyth 1971 358 pages

4.27

100k+ ratings

🎯 Political Assassination 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🔍 Relentless Detective 🔫 Master Assassin

Maybe in Another Life

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2015

One night out in Los Angeles, one choice, and her life splits in two.

3.79

300k+

🚪 Sliding Doors 💞 Second Chance Romance 🤰 Unexpected Pregnancy 👩‍👧 Single Mother Journey 👨‍👩‍👧 Chosen Family

Maybe in Another Life

One night out in Los Angeles, one choice, and her life splits in two.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2015 342 pages

3.79

300k+ ratings

🚪 Sliding Doors 💞 Second Chance Romance 🤰 Unexpected Pregnancy 👩‍👧 Single Mother Journey 👨‍👩‍👧 Chosen Family

Under the Oak Tree, Vol. 1

by Suji Kim • 2024

Abandoned after one night, a stuttering bride braces for divorce when the dragon slayer returns.

3.68

10k+

💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero 🌱 Healing From Abuse 💞 Reunion Romance

Under the Oak Tree, Vol. 1

Abandoned after one night, a stuttering bride braces for divorce when the dragon slayer returns.

by Suji Kim 2024 485 pages

3.68

10k+ ratings

💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero 🌱 Healing From Abuse 💞 Reunion Romance

Wool Omnibus

by Hugh Howey • 2012

A buried silo's new sheriff finds the outside is a lie, a secret guarded by murder.

4.23

200k+

🏗️ Underground Society 🔍 Dystopian Mystery 🕳️ Claustrophobic 🔧 Working-Class Hero 🕸️ Political Conspiracy

Wool Omnibus

A buried silo's new sheriff finds the outside is a lie, a secret guarded by murder.

by Hugh Howey 2012 509 pages

4.23

200k+ ratings

🏗️ Underground Society 🔍 Dystopian Mystery 🕳️ Claustrophobic 🔧 Working-Class Hero 🕸️ Political Conspiracy

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