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Hexed

by Emily McIntire • 2024

She saved a mafia prince. Now he's her cousin's fiancé. Their chemistry could destroy two families.

4.16

65k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔪 Dark Retelling 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Morally Gray Heroine 👥 Found Family

Hexed

She saved a mafia prince. Now he's her cousin's fiancé. Their chemistry could destroy two families.

by Emily McIntire 2024 544 pages

4.16

65k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔪 Dark Retelling 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Morally Gray Heroine 👥 Found Family

Scarlet Angel

by S.T. Abby • 2016

He's an FBI agent. She's the serial killer he's falling in love with.

4.38

300k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪❤️ Serial Killer Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine 💀 Revenge Quest 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Scarlet Angel

He's an FBI agent. She's the serial killer he's falling in love with.

by S.T. Abby 2016 139 pages

4.38

300k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪❤️ Serial Killer Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine 💀 Revenge Quest 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

The Book of Elsewhere

by Keanu Reeves • 2024

He cannot die, but the parts his captors cut from him are learning to live.

3.30

10k+

🔫 Military Fantasy 🧠 Cerebral Fantasy ⚔️ Immortal Warrior 💀 Immortality Curse 🪞 DoppelgäNger

The Book of Elsewhere

He cannot die, but the parts his captors cut from him are learning to live.

by Keanu Reeves 2024 352 pages

3.30

10k+ ratings

🔫 Military Fantasy 🧠 Cerebral Fantasy ⚔️ Immortal Warrior 💀 Immortality Curse 🪞 DoppelgäNger

A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows

by Holly Renee • 2022

Betrothed to a fae prince, she falls for his dangerous half-vampyre brother instead.

3.74

59k+

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 💫 Fated Mates 💋 Forbidden Romance ⚔️ Rival Brothers ✨ Chosen One Prophecy

A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows

Betrothed to a fae prince, she falls for his dangerous half-vampyre brother instead.

by Holly Renee 2022 259 pages

3.74

59k+ ratings

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 💫 Fated Mates 💋 Forbidden Romance ⚔️ Rival Brothers ✨ Chosen One Prophecy

The Flatshare

by Beth O'Leary • 2019

An editor and a night nurse share a flat but never meet, falling in love through kitchen notes.

3.98

400k+

🏠 Forced Proximity 🐌 Slow Burn Romance ✍️ Written Correspondence ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛏️ Only One Bed

The Flatshare

An editor and a night nurse share a flat but never meet, falling in love through kitchen notes.

by Beth O'Leary 2019 394 pages

3.98

400k+ ratings

🏠 Forced Proximity 🐌 Slow Burn Romance ✍️ Written Correspondence ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛏️ Only One Bed

A Song of Ice and Fire

by George R.R. Martin • 2000

The Stark cause hangs by a thread; enemies plot their downfall, dragons stir in the east.

4.61

65k+

🌑 Grimdark Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Politics 🏰 Court Intrigue 👥 Multiple Povs 💀 Brutal Realism

A Song of Ice and Fire

The Stark cause hangs by a thread; enemies plot their downfall, dragons stir in the east.

by George R.R. Martin 2000 5216 pages

4.61

65k+ ratings

🌑 Grimdark Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Politics 🏰 Court Intrigue 👥 Multiple Povs 💀 Brutal Realism

Drama Free

by Nedra Glover Tawwab • 2023

Family dysfunction isn't just abuse. Name it, set boundaries, break the cycle.

4.26

6k+

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🚧 Boundary Setting 🧬 Generational Trauma 👥 Difficult Relatives 💔 Family Estrangement

Drama Free

Family dysfunction isn't just abuse. Name it, set boundaries, break the cycle.

by Nedra Glover Tawwab 2023 288 pages

4.26

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🚧 Boundary Setting 🧬 Generational Trauma 👥 Difficult Relatives 💔 Family Estrangement

Whispers of Fire

by Cassie Kellergan • 2024

A mute cult bride, the outlaw biker next door, and a wedding he intends to destroy.

3.38

4k+

🔥 Cult Survivor 🏍️ Biker Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 💔 Forbidden Love 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Whispers of Fire

A mute cult bride, the outlaw biker next door, and a wedding he intends to destroy.

by Cassie Kellergan 2024 303 pages

3.38

4k+ ratings

🔥 Cult Survivor 🏍️ Biker Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 💔 Forbidden Love 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Border

by Don Winslow • 2019

A boy flees Guatemala on the death train while a DEA chief targets the cartel's fortune.

4.47

19k+

💀 Narco Fiction 🕵️ Undercover Operation 👑 Power Struggle 🚸 Child Migrant 💰 Financial Crime

The Border

A boy flees Guatemala on the death train while a DEA chief targets the cartel's fortune.

by Don Winslow 2019 768 pages

4.47

19k+ ratings

💀 Narco Fiction 🕵️ Undercover Operation 👑 Power Struggle 🚸 Child Migrant 💰 Financial Crime

Mine for a Moment

by Catharina Maura • 2024

To forget her best friend, she asks her brother's best friend for a secret, no-strings arrangement.

4.04

19k+

🤝 Brother's Best Friend 🤫 Secret Relationship 🌸 Virgin Heroine ❤️‍🩹 Healing Romance 💔 Angsty

Mine for a Moment

To forget her best friend, she asks her brother's best friend for a secret, no-strings arrangement.

by Catharina Maura 2024 320 pages

4.04

19k+ ratings

🤝 Brother's Best Friend 🤫 Secret Relationship 🌸 Virgin Heroine ❤️‍🩹 Healing Romance 💔 Angsty

Thank You for Smoking

by Christopher Buckley • 1994

A tobacco spokesman charms his critics until extremists cover him in nicotine patches.

3.94

13k+

🏢 Corporate Satire 📺 Media Spin 🏛️ Lobbying Culture 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🖤 Dark Comedy

Thank You for Smoking

A tobacco spokesman charms his critics until extremists cover him in nicotine patches.

by Christopher Buckley 1994 272 pages

3.94

13k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Satire 📺 Media Spin 🏛️ Lobbying Culture 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🖤 Dark Comedy

The Eye of the World

by Robert Jordan • 1990

Trollocs destroyed his home. A sorceress says his power can save the world or break it.

4.19

500k+

👨‍🌾 Farmboy Chosen One ⚡️ Forbidden Power 🖤 Ancient Evil Stirs 🔮 Enigmatic Sorceress 🗡️ Cursed Artifact

The Eye of the World

Trollocs destroyed his home. A sorceress says his power can save the world or break it.

by Robert Jordan 1990 800 pages

4.19

500k+ ratings

👨‍🌾 Farmboy Chosen One ⚡️ Forbidden Power 🖤 Ancient Evil Stirs 🔮 Enigmatic Sorceress 🗡️ Cursed Artifact

Dexter in the Dark

by Jeff Lindsay • 2006

When his killer instinct deserts him, a cult marks his stepchildren for sacrifice.

3.57

40k+

🩸 Serial Killer Antihero 🕯️ Cult Ritual Murders 🗿 Ancient God Worship 😈 Possession And Control 👨‍👧‍👦 Stepfather Found Family

Dexter in the Dark

When his killer instinct deserts him, a cult marks his stepchildren for sacrifice.

by Jeff Lindsay 2006 307 pages

3.57

40k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Antihero 🕯️ Cult Ritual Murders 🗿 Ancient God Worship 😈 Possession And Control 👨‍👧‍👦 Stepfather Found Family

King Rat

by James Clavell • 1962

A black-market king rules a Japanese POW camp, but his empire cannot survive liberation.

4.20

44k+

🏕️ Wwii Pow Camp 💰 Camp Black Market 😈 Charismatic Antihero 💎 Wartime Profiteering 📉 Rise And Fall Arc

King Rat

A black-market king rules a Japanese POW camp, but his empire cannot survive liberation.

by James Clavell 1962 368 pages

4.20

44k+ ratings

🏕️ Wwii Pow Camp 💰 Camp Black Market 😈 Charismatic Antihero 💎 Wartime Profiteering 📉 Rise And Fall Arc

A Flicker in the Dark

by Stacy Willingham • 2022

A psychologist realizes her missing patient was killed in a copycat of her father's serial murders.

3.97

600k+

💭 Psychological Suspense 🔪 Serial Killer Mystery 💔 Daughter Of A Killer 👥 Copycat Killer 🌿 Small Town Louisiana

A Flicker in the Dark

A psychologist realizes her missing patient was killed in a copycat of her father's serial murders.

by Stacy Willingham 2022 357 pages

3.97

600k+ ratings

💭 Psychological Suspense 🔪 Serial Killer Mystery 💔 Daughter Of A Killer 👥 Copycat Killer 🌿 Small Town Louisiana

The Next Mrs. Parrish

by Liv Constantine • 2024

Her husband free from prison, a con woman scrambles as a dead man's daughter closes in.

3.81

100k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔪 Revenge Plot 🎭 Con Woman 🏘️ Affluent Suburbia

The Next Mrs. Parrish

Her husband free from prison, a con woman scrambles as a dead man's daughter closes in.

by Liv Constantine 2024 336 pages

3.81

100k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔪 Revenge Plot 🎭 Con Woman 🏘️ Affluent Suburbia

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

by Becky Chambers • 2014

Running from her past, a clerk joins a wormhole ship crewed by chaotic, lovable misfits.

4.17

100k+

🛸 Found Family ☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Ragtag Crew 🤝 Interspecies Bonds 💘 Slow Burn Romance

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Running from her past, a clerk joins a wormhole ship crewed by chaotic, lovable misfits.

by Becky Chambers 2014 518 pages

4.17

100k+ ratings

🛸 Found Family ☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Ragtag Crew 🤝 Interspecies Bonds 💘 Slow Burn Romance

The Marco Effect

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2012

A Roma boy's discovery of a corpse entangles Department Q in a deadly embezzlement scheme.

3.89

23k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🚔 Police Procedural 🌐 Global Conspiracy 🏃 Teen On The Run 👁️ Murder Witness

The Marco Effect

A Roma boy's discovery of a corpse entangles Department Q in a deadly embezzlement scheme.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2012 496 pages

3.89

23k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🚔 Police Procedural 🌐 Global Conspiracy 🏃 Teen On The Run 👁️ Murder Witness

Five Little Indians

by Michelle Good • 2020

Five Indigenous teens survive a residential school, then step into a city built to erase them.

4.46

47k+

🏫 Residential Schools 💝 Chosen Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma 👯 Female Friendship 💔 Emotionally Raw

Five Little Indians

Five Indigenous teens survive a residential school, then step into a city built to erase them.

by Michelle Good 2020 304 pages

4.46

47k+ ratings

🏫 Residential Schools 💝 Chosen Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma 👯 Female Friendship 💔 Emotionally Raw

Troubles in Paradise

by Elin Hilderbrand • 2020

Her husband's crash reveals a double life in paradise, and a widow must rebuild from nothing.

3.94

100k+

🌴 Tropical Island 🤫 Family Secrets 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🍼 Unexpected Pregnancy

Troubles in Paradise

Her husband's crash reveals a double life in paradise, and a widow must rebuild from nothing.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2020 352 pages

3.94

100k+ ratings

🌴 Tropical Island 🤫 Family Secrets 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🍼 Unexpected Pregnancy

The Dare

by Harley Laroux

After losing a Halloween dare, a former prom queen must obey the outcast she once tormented.

🔄 Power Reversal 👑 Former Bully Heroine 😱 Fear Play 👀 Public Degradation 💥 Masochistic Awakening

The Dare

After losing a Halloween dare, a former prom queen must obey the outcast she once tormented.

by Harley Laroux

🔄 Power Reversal 👑 Former Bully Heroine 😱 Fear Play 👀 Public Degradation 💥 Masochistic Awakening

A Scanner Darkly

by Philip K. Dick • 1977

An undercover agent addicted to a brain-splitting drug is assigned the target: himself.

4.02

100k+

🏙️ Near-Future Dystopia 📖 Literary Sci-Fi 🎭 Dual Identity Crisis 👁️ Surveillance Paranoia 💊 Addiction Spiral

A Scanner Darkly

An undercover agent addicted to a brain-splitting drug is assigned the target: himself.

by Philip K. Dick 1977 217 pages

4.02

100k+ ratings

🏙️ Near-Future Dystopia 📖 Literary Sci-Fi 🎭 Dual Identity Crisis 👁️ Surveillance Paranoia 💊 Addiction Spiral

A Spy Alone

by Charles Beaumont • 2023

A former spy uncovers a Russian network buried inside Oxford. The people protecting it are his own.

4.08

6k+

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎓 Oxford University 🎭 Mentor Manipulation 💰 Financial Forensics 🇷🇺 Russian Infiltration

A Spy Alone

A former spy uncovers a Russian network buried inside Oxford. The people protecting it are his own.

by Charles Beaumont 2023 370 pages

4.08

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎓 Oxford University 🎭 Mentor Manipulation 💰 Financial Forensics 🇷🇺 Russian Infiltration

The Last Time I Lied

by Riley Sager • 2018

Three girls vanished from her cabin at summer camp. Fifteen years later, she returns for answers.

4.00

200k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏕️ Summer Camp Setting 🏚️ Abandoned Asylum ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Last Time I Lied

Three girls vanished from her cabin at summer camp. Fifteen years later, she returns for answers.

by Riley Sager 2018 402 pages

4.00

200k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏕️ Summer Camp Setting 🏚️ Abandoned Asylum ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Hypnotist

by Lars Kepler • 2009

A Stockholm family massacred. A ruined hypnotist breaks his vow to unlock the only witness.

3.75

75k+

🌑 Nordic Noir 🕵️ Damaged Detective 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔒 Abducted Child 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Hypnotist

A Stockholm family massacred. A ruined hypnotist breaks his vow to unlock the only witness.

by Lars Kepler 2009 503 pages

3.75

75k+ ratings

🌑 Nordic Noir 🕵️ Damaged Detective 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔒 Abducted Child 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

A Family Matter

by Claire Lynch • 2025

1982: a lesbian mother is stripped of custody. Now, her daughter digs up the buried truth.

3.77

40k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Fiction 📜 Generational Saga 💔 Lost Mother 🔍 Family Secrets ❤️‍🩹 Found Family

A Family Matter

1982: a lesbian mother is stripped of custody. Now, her daughter digs up the buried truth.

by Claire Lynch 2025 240 pages

3.77

40k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Fiction 📜 Generational Saga 💔 Lost Mother 🔍 Family Secrets ❤️‍🩹 Found Family

When Friendship Hurts

by Jan Yager • 2002

Diagnose toxic friendships, set boundaries that hold, and know when to walk away.

3.46

336

🤝 Friendship Advice 🍄 Toxic Friendships 🚧 Boundary Setting 🕊️ Conflict Resolution 💔 Betrayal Recovery

When Friendship Hurts

Diagnose toxic friendships, set boundaries that hold, and know when to walk away.

by Jan Yager 2002 321 pages

3.46

336 ratings

🤝 Friendship Advice 🍄 Toxic Friendships 🚧 Boundary Setting 🕊️ Conflict Resolution 💔 Betrayal Recovery

Lethal White

by Robert Galbraith • 2018

A child's murder and a minister's blackmail lead Strike and Robin to one body in Westminster.

4.25

100k+

🕵️ Private Investigator 👥 Detective Duo 🧊 Cold Case Resurfaced 🏛️ Political Cover-Up 🎭 Undercover Operation

Lethal White

A child's murder and a minister's blackmail lead Strike and Robin to one body in Westminster.

by Robert Galbraith 2018 650 pages

4.25

100k+ ratings

🕵️ Private Investigator 👥 Detective Duo 🧊 Cold Case Resurfaced 🏛️ Political Cover-Up 🎭 Undercover Operation

Jar of Hearts

by Jennifer Hillier • 2018

Her serial-killer ex is behind bars, but someone is recreating his murders in her childhood woods.

4.13

200k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🖤 Charismatic Killer 🤝 Murder Accomplice 👤 Sinister Offspring

Jar of Hearts

Her serial-killer ex is behind bars, but someone is recreating his murders in her childhood woods.

by Jennifer Hillier 2018 311 pages

4.13

200k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🖤 Charismatic Killer 🤝 Murder Accomplice 👤 Sinister Offspring

Final Offer

by Lauren Asher • 2023

A single mother refuses to sell the lake house that her ex-boyfriend needs to claim his inheritance.

4.18

300k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity ❤️‍🩹 Addiction Recovery 🏘️ Small Town Romance

Final Offer

A single mother refuses to sell the lake house that her ex-boyfriend needs to claim his inheritance.

by Lauren Asher 2023 583 pages

4.18

300k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity ❤️‍🩹 Addiction Recovery 🏘️ Small Town Romance

Sovereign

by Raya Morris Edwards • 2024

A neglected wife trades her submission for the protection of the powerful rancher who saved her.

3.85

34k+

🖤 Dark Western Romance 📜 Bdsm Contract ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🔒 Forced Proximity 🕊️ Widow Finds Love

Sovereign

A neglected wife trades her submission for the protection of the powerful rancher who saved her.

by Raya Morris Edwards 2024 351 pages

3.85

34k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Western Romance 📜 Bdsm Contract ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🔒 Forced Proximity 🕊️ Widow Finds Love

All the Missing Pieces

by Catherine Cowles • 2025

A true-crime podcaster reopens a cold case and collides with the sheriff protecting the survivor.

4.19

62k+

🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🔍 Cold Case Mystery ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Wounded Hero 🖤 Survivor's Guilt

All the Missing Pieces

A true-crime podcaster reopens a cold case and collides with the sheriff protecting the survivor.

by Catherine Cowles 2025 373 pages

4.19

62k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🔍 Cold Case Mystery ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Wounded Hero 🖤 Survivor's Guilt

One Shot

by Lee Child • 2005

A mass shooting. A flawless case. The lone suspect asks for one man: Jack Reacher.

4.24

100k+

🐺 Lone Wolf Investigator 🎖️ Ex-Military Protagonist 🎯 Framed For Murder 👮 Corrupt Cop 🔫 Sniper Thriller

One Shot

A mass shooting. A flawless case. The lone suspect asks for one man: Jack Reacher.

by Lee Child 2005 466 pages

4.24

100k+ ratings

🐺 Lone Wolf Investigator 🎖️ Ex-Military Protagonist 🎯 Framed For Murder 👮 Corrupt Cop 🔫 Sniper Thriller

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

by Steve Harvey • 2009

What a man's job, title, and income reveal about his intentions: a playbook for commitment.

3.77

52k+

🗓️ Dating Advice 🧠 Male Psychology ⚧️ Gender Dynamics 💍 Commitment Strategies 🗣️ Communication Differences

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

What a man's job, title, and income reveal about his intentions: a playbook for commitment.

by Steve Harvey 2009 232 pages

3.77

52k+ ratings

🗓️ Dating Advice 🧠 Male Psychology ⚧️ Gender Dynamics 💍 Commitment Strategies 🗣️ Communication Differences

A Dog's Purpose

by W. Bruce Cameron • 2010

Reincarnated over and over, a loyal dog seeks his purpose in service, rescue, and love.

4.36

100k+

🐕 Boy And His Dog 🦮 Search And Rescue Dog ✨ Multiple Lives 😭 Tearjerker 🏘️ Small Town America

A Dog's Purpose

Reincarnated over and over, a loyal dog seeks his purpose in service, rescue, and love.

by W. Bruce Cameron 2010 334 pages

4.36

100k+ ratings

🐕 Boy And His Dog 🦮 Search And Rescue Dog ✨ Multiple Lives 😭 Tearjerker 🏘️ Small Town America

Death at the Sign of the Rook

by Kate Atkinson • 2024

A stolen painting leads to a snowbound manor where a murder mystery weekend is no game.

3.71

26k+

🏠 Country House Mystery 🖼️ Art Heist 👑 Aristocratic Decay 🎭 Ensemble Cast ❄️ Snowbound Tension

Death at the Sign of the Rook

A stolen painting leads to a snowbound manor where a murder mystery weekend is no game.

by Kate Atkinson 2024 320 pages

3.71

26k+ ratings

🏠 Country House Mystery 🖼️ Art Heist 👑 Aristocratic Decay 🎭 Ensemble Cast ❄️ Snowbound Tension

Someone Else's Shoes

by Jojo Moyes • 2023

One shoe swap connects a stressed-out worker with a millionaire's wife whose life is imploding.

3.96

200k+

🐠 Fish Out Of Water 👠 Class Clash 👯 Female Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🆕 Starting Over

Someone Else's Shoes

One shoe swap connects a stressed-out worker with a millionaire's wife whose life is imploding.

by Jojo Moyes 2023 438 pages

3.96

200k+ ratings

🐠 Fish Out Of Water 👠 Class Clash 👯 Female Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🆕 Starting Over

The Marriage Portrait

by Maggie O'Farrell • 2022

A Renaissance duchess, discovering her husband's intent to kill her, must flee his fortress by dawn.

4.01

200k+

🎨 Renaissance Italy 💔 Forced Marriage 🖤 Dangerous Marriage 😰 Slow Burn Dread 👑 Palace Intrigue

The Marriage Portrait

A Renaissance duchess, discovering her husband's intent to kill her, must flee his fortress by dawn.

by Maggie O'Farrell 2022 355 pages

4.01

200k+ ratings

🎨 Renaissance Italy 💔 Forced Marriage 🖤 Dangerous Marriage 😰 Slow Burn Dread 👑 Palace Intrigue

The Soulmate Equation

by Christina Lauren • 2022

A dating app built on DNA pairs a single mom with its own guarded inventor.

3.98

300k+

💍 Fake Dating 👩‍👧 Single Mom ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🧬 STEM Romance 💬 Witty Banter

The Soulmate Equation

A dating app built on DNA pairs a single mom with its own guarded inventor.

by Christina Lauren 2022 360 pages

3.98

300k+ ratings

💍 Fake Dating 👩‍👧 Single Mom ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🧬 STEM Romance 💬 Witty Banter

The Bullet That Missed

by Richard Osman • 2022

To save their friend from a kill ultimatum, elderly sleuths must solve a decade-old disappearance.

4.35

200k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 👴 Elderly Protagonists 📁 Cold Case Investigation ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy ❤️ Found Family

The Bullet That Missed

To save their friend from a kill ultimatum, elderly sleuths must solve a decade-old disappearance.

by Richard Osman 2022 413 pages

4.35

200k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 👴 Elderly Protagonists 📁 Cold Case Investigation ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy ❤️ Found Family

The Chamber

by John Grisham • 1994

A young lawyer races to save his grandfather, a Klansman facing execution in four weeks.

3.86

100k+

⛓️ Death Row Drama ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🙏 Atonement And Guilt 🏚️ Dark Family Legacy ⚡ Race And Justice

The Chamber

A young lawyer races to save his grandfather, a Klansman facing execution in four weeks.

by John Grisham 1994 632 pages

3.86

100k+ ratings

⛓️ Death Row Drama ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🙏 Atonement And Guilt 🏚️ Dark Family Legacy ⚡ Race And Justice

North and South

by Elizabeth Gaskell • 1855

Margaret Hale moves north, collides with mill master John Thornton, and neither pride will bend.

4.15

100k+

🏭 Industrial Novel 🎭 Victorian Social Drama 💕 Class Divide Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⚡ Opposites Attract

North and South

Margaret Hale moves north, collides with mill master John Thornton, and neither pride will bend.

by Elizabeth Gaskell 1855 521 pages

4.15

100k+ ratings

🏭 Industrial Novel 🎭 Victorian Social Drama 💕 Class Divide Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⚡ Opposites Attract

Billy Summers

by Stephen King • 2021

A hitman's last hit needs a writer's disguise. The girl he saves makes him the target.

4.18

100k+

🔫 Hitman Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 👨‍👧 Reluctant Father Figure ✍️ Writer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Billy Summers

A hitman's last hit needs a writer's disguise. The girl he saves makes him the target.

by Stephen King 2021 517 pages

4.18

100k+ ratings

🔫 Hitman Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 👨‍👧 Reluctant Father Figure ✍️ Writer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Flea Palace

by Elif Shafak • 2002

At a decaying Istanbul apartment building, a pest control van unearths the tenants' tangled secrets.

3.39

7k+

🕌 Istanbul Novel 🏢 Building As Microcosm 🕸️ Interconnected Lives 🎭 Eccentric Neighbors 🏚️ Urban Decay

The Flea Palace

At a decaying Istanbul apartment building, a pest control van unearths the tenants' tangled secrets.

by Elif Shafak 2002 448 pages

3.39

7k+ ratings

🕌 Istanbul Novel 🏢 Building As Microcosm 🕸️ Interconnected Lives 🎭 Eccentric Neighbors 🏚️ Urban Decay

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

by Christopher Paolini • 2020

An alien organism bonds with a scientist, granting her the language of the species destroying Earth.

3.80

71k+

🛸 First Contact War 🧬 Alien Symbiosis 🚀 Found Family Crew 🤝 Interspecies Alliance ⚔️ Interstellar War

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

An alien organism bonds with a scientist, granting her the language of the species destroying Earth.

by Christopher Paolini 2020 880 pages

3.80

71k+ ratings

🛸 First Contact War 🧬 Alien Symbiosis 🚀 Found Family Crew 🤝 Interspecies Alliance ⚔️ Interstellar War

What to Expect When You're Expecting

by Heidi Murkoff • 1984

The month by month companion that tells you what's normal, what's not, and when to worry.

3.82

61k+

🤰 Pregnancy Guides 📆 Week By Week Pregnancy 🩺 Prenatal Care 🤢 Pregnancy Symptoms 👶 Fetal Development

What to Expect When You're Expecting

The month by month companion that tells you what's normal, what's not, and when to worry.

by Heidi Murkoff 1984 649 pages

3.82

61k+ ratings

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