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Faithful Place

by Tana French • 2010

A Dublin detective believed his first love left him. She was murdered on their street.

4.00

100k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 🤫 Family Secrets 🇮🇪 Working Class Dublin 🌧️ Dublin Noir

Faithful Place

A Dublin detective believed his first love left him. She was murdered on their street.

by Tana French 2010 400 pages

4.00

100k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 🤫 Family Secrets 🇮🇪 Working Class Dublin 🌧️ Dublin Noir

The Light We Carry

by Michelle Obama • 2022

When the world feels too big, shrink it: resilience lessons from a former First Lady.

4.27

99k+

📖 Political Memoirs 🌱 Everyday Resilience 💛 Vulnerability 👥 Adult Friendships 💎 Self Worth

The Light We Carry

When the world feels too big, shrink it: resilience lessons from a former First Lady.

by Michelle Obama 2022 319 pages

4.27

99k+ ratings

📖 Political Memoirs 🌱 Everyday Resilience 💛 Vulnerability 👥 Adult Friendships 💎 Self Worth

Stop Walking on Eggshells

by Paul T. Mason • 1998

Loved someone with BPD? How to halt the chaos, set boundaries that hold, and reclaim yourself.

4.02

13k+

🧠 Borderline Personality Disorder 🧩 Personality Disorders 🚧 Boundary Setting 🛌 Caregiver Burnout ☣️ Toxic Relationships

Stop Walking on Eggshells

Loved someone with BPD? How to halt the chaos, set boundaries that hold, and reclaim yourself.

by Paul T. Mason 1998 258 pages

4.02

13k+ ratings

🧠 Borderline Personality Disorder 🧩 Personality Disorders 🚧 Boundary Setting 🛌 Caregiver Burnout ☣️ Toxic Relationships

It Starts with Us, It Ends with Us Collection

by Colleen Hoover • 2022

Her first love wants a second chance, but her abusive ex still controls her life.

4.40

11k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 First Love Reunion 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🏠 Found Family 💔 Breaking The Cycle

It Starts with Us, It Ends with Us Collection

Her first love wants a second chance, but her abusive ex still controls her life.

by Colleen Hoover 2022 636 pages

4.40

11k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 First Love Reunion 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🏠 Found Family 💔 Breaking The Cycle

The Hollow Places

by T. Kingfisher • 2020

A broken museum wall reveals a foggy dimension where the willows devour anyone who thinks of them.

3.78

56k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🗝️ Cabinet Of Curiosities 😈 Darkly Comic

The Hollow Places

A broken museum wall reveals a foggy dimension where the willows devour anyone who thinks of them.

by T. Kingfisher 2020 341 pages

3.78

56k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🗝️ Cabinet Of Curiosities 😈 Darkly Comic

First Wife's Shadow

by Adele Parks • 2024

Her routine was flawless until she married a widower whose dead wife refuses to stay buried.

3.90

18k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 😵 Gaslighting 💍 Deceptive Marriage 🪦 Presumed Dead 💰 Inheritance Scheme

First Wife's Shadow

Her routine was flawless until she married a widower whose dead wife refuses to stay buried.

by Adele Parks 2024 368 pages

3.90

18k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 😵 Gaslighting 💍 Deceptive Marriage 🪦 Presumed Dead 💰 Inheritance Scheme

Unhinged

by Onley James • 2021

He came to kill his father's murderer. He wound up in his arms.

4.07

21k+

🖤 Psychopath Hero 🔪 Touch Him And Die 👥 Family Of Killers ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 💔 Repressed Trauma

Unhinged

He came to kill his father's murderer. He wound up in his arms.

by Onley James 2021 304 pages

4.07

21k+ ratings

🖤 Psychopath Hero 🔪 Touch Him And Die 👥 Family Of Killers ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 💔 Repressed Trauma

The Au Pair Affair

by Tessa Bailey • 2024

A marine biologist nannies for a hockey enforcer: the job is temporary, the tension isn't.

3.59

99k+

🏒 Hockey Romance ⌛ Age Gap 👶 Nanny Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛡️ Protective Hero

The Au Pair Affair

A marine biologist nannies for a hockey enforcer: the job is temporary, the tension isn't.

by Tessa Bailey 2024 384 pages

3.59

99k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance ⌛ Age Gap 👶 Nanny Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛡️ Protective Hero

Lamb

by Christopher Moore • 2002

Jesus's irreverent best friend, back from the dead, tells the gospel the Bible left out.

4.22

100k+

🤣 Religious Satire 📖 Biblical Retelling 🏜️ Ancient Judea 😈 Irreverent Humor 🃏 Wise Fool Narrator

Lamb

Jesus's irreverent best friend, back from the dead, tells the gospel the Bible left out.

by Christopher Moore 2002 444 pages

4.22

100k+ ratings

🤣 Religious Satire 📖 Biblical Retelling 🏜️ Ancient Judea 😈 Irreverent Humor 🃏 Wise Fool Narrator

In Five Years

by Rebecca Serle • 2020

A Manhattan lawyer's perfect plan shatters after a vision reveals a different man in her future.

3.78

600k+

👭 Female Friendship 🎗️ Terminal Illness 💔 Bittersweet 🔮 Premonition 💫 Fated Meeting

In Five Years

A Manhattan lawyer's perfect plan shatters after a vision reveals a different man in her future.

by Rebecca Serle 2020 272 pages

3.78

600k+ ratings

👭 Female Friendship 🎗️ Terminal Illness 💔 Bittersweet 🔮 Premonition 💫 Fated Meeting

The Paris Apartment

by Lucy Foley • 2022

Her brother's Paris apartment is empty. The neighbors are lying. One of them knows the truth.

3.64

700k+

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Everyone Is A Suspect 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 👫 Sibling Bond

The Paris Apartment

Her brother's Paris apartment is empty. The neighbors are lying. One of them knows the truth.

by Lucy Foley 2022 360 pages

3.64

700k+ ratings

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Everyone Is A Suspect 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 👫 Sibling Bond

Thrawn

by Timothy Zahn • 2017

An exiled alien joins the Empire and climbs its ranks by studying what its enemies create.

4.31

58k+

🎖️ Military Sci-Fi 🌌 Galactic Empire 👽 Alien Protagonist 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🎨 Cultural Intelligence

Thrawn

An exiled alien joins the Empire and climbs its ranks by studying what its enemies create.

by Timothy Zahn 2017 427 pages

4.31

58k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Sci-Fi 🌌 Galactic Empire 👽 Alien Protagonist 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🎨 Cultural Intelligence

Caliban’s War

by James S.A. Corey • 2012

On Ganymede, a missing girl's father and a marine chase an alien secret into interplanetary war.

4.39

100k+

🚀 Military Space Opera 🏛️ Political Sci-Fi 🫂 Found Family 💼 Corporate Conspiracy 👽 Alien Technology

Caliban’s War

On Ganymede, a missing girl's father and a marine chase an alien secret into interplanetary war.

by James S.A. Corey 2012 624 pages

4.39

100k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera 🏛️ Political Sci-Fi 🫂 Found Family 💼 Corporate Conspiracy 👽 Alien Technology

My Killer Vacation

by Tessa Bailey • 2022

A beach house corpse and a grumpy bounty hunter turn her vacation into a steamy mystery.

3.58

100k+

🏖️ Vacation Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌊 Beach Town

My Killer Vacation

A beach house corpse and a grumpy bounty hunter turn her vacation into a steamy mystery.

by Tessa Bailey 2022 295 pages

3.58

100k+ ratings

🏖️ Vacation Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌊 Beach Town

Make The Play

by Hailey Rodger • 2025

A PR fixer and a reckless hockey star fake a romance after one real night together.

4.05

4k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🤝 Fake Dating 🌙 One Night Stand 😏 Playboy Hero 💘 He Falls First

Make The Play

A PR fixer and a reckless hockey star fake a romance after one real night together.

by Hailey Rodger 2025 455 pages

4.05

4k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🤝 Fake Dating 🌙 One Night Stand 😏 Playboy Hero 💘 He Falls First

The Murder House

by James Patterson • 2015

A detective returns to a cursed mansion crime scene; the house remembers the childhood she buried.

4.06

50k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Generational Curse 🧠 Repressed Memories ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

The Murder House

A detective returns to a cursed mansion crime scene; the house remembers the childhood she buried.

by James Patterson 2015 451 pages

4.06

50k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Generational Curse 🧠 Repressed Memories ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Grave

by Shantel Tessier • 2020

When a mafia heir falls for a florist, her brother's debts make love a lethal wager.

4.37

21k+

🕴️ Mafia Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🤝 Found Family 💊 Addicted Hero 🖤 Redemption Arc

Grave

When a mafia heir falls for a florist, her brother's debts make love a lethal wager.

by Shantel Tessier 2020 244 pages

4.37

21k+ ratings

🕴️ Mafia Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🤝 Found Family 💊 Addicted Hero 🖤 Redemption Arc

Path of the Assassin

by Brad Thor • 2003

A Secret Service agent tracks terror attacks on holy sites across three continents, chasing a ghost.

4.19

30k+

🛡️ Counterterrorism 🗽 Post-9/11 Thriller 🦅 Civilian Operative 📚 Mentor And Protege 🔄 Hunter Becomes Hunted

Path of the Assassin

A Secret Service agent tracks terror attacks on holy sites across three continents, chasing a ghost.

by Brad Thor 2003 367 pages

4.19

30k+ ratings

🛡️ Counterterrorism 🗽 Post-9/11 Thriller 🦅 Civilian Operative 📚 Mentor And Protege 🔄 Hunter Becomes Hunted

The Villa

by Rachel Hawkins • 2023

An Italian villa's dark past consumes two writers whose friendship is already on the edge.

3.62

100k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🎨 Creative Rivalry 🏚️ Gothic Villa 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Villa

An Italian villa's dark past consumes two writers whose friendship is already on the edge.

by Rachel Hawkins 2023 276 pages

3.62

100k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🎨 Creative Rivalry 🏚️ Gothic Villa 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

by Jessica Waite • 2024

Her husband died without warning. Then his phone revealed the stranger she'd been married to.

3.53

3k+

🪦 Grief Memoirs 🖤 Widowhood 💔 Infidelity 🧠 Bipolar Disorder 🌱 Healing From Betrayal

The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

Her husband died without warning. Then his phone revealed the stranger she'd been married to.

by Jessica Waite 2024 320 pages

3.53

3k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoirs 🖤 Widowhood 💔 Infidelity 🧠 Bipolar Disorder 🌱 Healing From Betrayal

Take My Hand

by Dolen Perkins-Valdez • 2022

A Black nurse in 1970s Alabama discovers her clinic is sterilizing the young sisters she serves.

4.36

100k+

⚖️ Reproductive Injustice 🩺 Medical Racism 🌾 Rural South 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Devotion 🫂 Found Family

Take My Hand

A Black nurse in 1970s Alabama discovers her clinic is sterilizing the young sisters she serves.

by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2022 368 pages

4.36

100k+ ratings

⚖️ Reproductive Injustice 🩺 Medical Racism 🌾 Rural South 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Devotion 🫂 Found Family

Echo Park

by Michael Connelly • 2006

A killer's confession reopens Harry Bosch's coldest case, but the search for the body is a trap.

4.19

69k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cold Case 🔪 Serial Killer 💔 Haunted Detective 🌴 Los Angeles

Echo Park

A killer's confession reopens Harry Bosch's coldest case, but the search for the body is a trap.

by Michael Connelly 2006 405 pages

4.19

69k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cold Case 🔪 Serial Killer 💔 Haunted Detective 🌴 Los Angeles

The Defining Decade

by Meg Jay • 2012

Why coasting through your twenties costs your thirties, and the research-backed moves to start now.

4.10

92k+

🧠 Adult Development 🔄 Life Transitions 💼 Career Development 👥 Social Psychology 📊 Evidence-Based Self-Help

The Defining Decade

Why coasting through your twenties costs your thirties, and the research-backed moves to start now.

by Meg Jay 2012 337 pages

4.10

92k+ ratings

🧠 Adult Development 🔄 Life Transitions 💼 Career Development 👥 Social Psychology 📊 Evidence-Based Self-Help

Imaginary Friend

by Stephen Chbosky • 2019

Lost in the woods six days, a boy returns with a voice only he can hear.

3.55

62k+

✝️ Religious Horror 🏘️ Small-Town Horror 💕 Mother-Son Bond 🐍 Misunderstood Monster 👦 Child In Peril

Imaginary Friend

Lost in the woods six days, a boy returns with a voice only he can hear.

by Stephen Chbosky 2019 705 pages

3.55

62k+ ratings

✝️ Religious Horror 🏘️ Small-Town Horror 💕 Mother-Son Bond 🐍 Misunderstood Monster 👦 Child In Peril

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

by Douglas Adams • 1984

After Earth inexplicably returns, Arthur Dent meets a woman who forgot creation's secret.

4.08

100k+

🌌 Absurdist Sci-Fi 💕 Unlikely Romance 🤖 Depressed Robot 🥲 Bittersweet Humor 🇬🇧 1980s England

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

After Earth inexplicably returns, Arthur Dent meets a woman who forgot creation's secret.

by Douglas Adams 1984 225 pages

4.08

100k+ ratings

🌌 Absurdist Sci-Fi 💕 Unlikely Romance 🤖 Depressed Robot 🥲 Bittersweet Humor 🇬🇧 1980s England

March

by Geraldine Brooks • 2005

The father of Little Women writes home from war, hiding the brutality eroding his faith.

3.82

79k+

🔥 Civil War Fiction ✊ Abolitionist Fiction 📖 Reimagined Classic 🌟 Idealistic Protagonist 💔 Marriage Under Strain

March

The father of Little Women writes home from war, hiding the brutality eroding his faith.

by Geraldine Brooks 2005 280 pages

3.82

79k+ ratings

🔥 Civil War Fiction ✊ Abolitionist Fiction 📖 Reimagined Classic 🌟 Idealistic Protagonist 💔 Marriage Under Strain

The Menu

by Aaron Clarey • 2022

Marriage is no longer guaranteed. The practical path to purpose and fulfillment without it.

4.05

188

🏠 Solo Living 🎯 Personal Agency 🔧 Self-Reliance 🎨 Life Design 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

The Menu

Marriage is no longer guaranteed. The practical path to purpose and fulfillment without it.

by Aaron Clarey 2022 90 pages

4.05

188 ratings

🏠 Solo Living 🎯 Personal Agency 🔧 Self-Reliance 🎨 Life Design 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

The Night Swim

by Megan Goldin • 2020

A podcaster covering a rape trial is pulled by letters into a drowning the town buried.

4.02

100k+

🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🕵️ Cold Case 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔄 Dual Timeline 🎭 Victim Blaming

The Night Swim

A podcaster covering a rape trial is pulled by letters into a drowning the town buried.

by Megan Goldin 2020 341 pages

4.02

100k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🕵️ Cold Case 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔄 Dual Timeline 🎭 Victim Blaming

The Age of Innocence

by Edith Wharton • 1920

An engaged New York lawyer falls for his fiancée's cousin, a countess who fled her marriage.

3.97

100k+

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 💔 Forbidden Love ⚖️ Duty Versus Desire 🎭 Unconventional Woman 🥀 Restrained Longing

The Age of Innocence

An engaged New York lawyer falls for his fiancée's cousin, a countess who fled her marriage.

by Edith Wharton 1920 293 pages

3.97

100k+ ratings

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 💔 Forbidden Love ⚖️ Duty Versus Desire 🎭 Unconventional Woman 🥀 Restrained Longing

Shelterwood

by Lisa Wingate • 2024

Children's skeletons in an Oklahoma cave pull a ranger toward a girl's desperate escape in 1909.

3.85

36k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🫂 Found Family 👭 Sibling Protection ⚠️ Children In Peril 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Shelterwood

Children's skeletons in an Oklahoma cave pull a ranger toward a girl's desperate escape in 1909.

by Lisa Wingate 2024 347 pages

3.85

36k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🫂 Found Family 👭 Sibling Protection ⚠️ Children In Peril 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Dating Plan

by Sara Desai • 2021

A fake engagement. A color-coded spreadsheet. And the one man she swore she'd never trust again.

3.62

47k+

🎭 Fake Dating 💔 Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend ⚡ Opposites Attract 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Matchmaking Family

The Dating Plan

A fake engagement. A color-coded spreadsheet. And the one man she swore she'd never trust again.

by Sara Desai 2021 353 pages

3.62

47k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💔 Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend ⚡ Opposites Attract 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Matchmaking Family

Big Friendship

by Aminatou Sow • 2020

Friendship is the only important relationship we expect to maintain without instruction.

3.74

25k+

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Adult Friendship 👯 Women's Friendships 🏠 Chosen Family 🔧 Friendship Maintenance 🩹 Conflict Repair

Big Friendship

Friendship is the only important relationship we expect to maintain without instruction.

by Aminatou Sow 2020 251 pages

3.74

25k+ ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Adult Friendship 👯 Women's Friendships 🏠 Chosen Family 🔧 Friendship Maintenance 🩹 Conflict Repair

Sandwich

by Catherine Newman • 2024

A Cape Cod vacation catches a mother between her aging parents and her adult children.

3.54

200k+

🏖️ Cape Cod 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Vacation 👵👩👧 Generational Divide 🧭 Midlife Reckoning 👴👵 Aging Parents

Sandwich

A Cape Cod vacation catches a mother between her aging parents and her adult children.

by Catherine Newman 2024 229 pages

3.54

200k+ ratings

🏖️ Cape Cod 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Vacation 👵👩👧 Generational Divide 🧭 Midlife Reckoning 👴👵 Aging Parents

The Horse Whisperer

by Nicholas Evans • 1995

A mother drags her silent daughter and a ruined horse to Montana, betting on a healer's hands.

3.86

62k+

🐎 Equestrian Fiction 🐴 Animal Healing 🏔️ Ranch Life 💔 Forbidden Romance 🔇 Survivor Guilt

The Horse Whisperer

A mother drags her silent daughter and a ruined horse to Montana, betting on a healer's hands.

by Nicholas Evans 1995 451 pages

3.86

62k+ ratings

🐎 Equestrian Fiction 🐴 Animal Healing 🏔️ Ranch Life 💔 Forbidden Romance 🔇 Survivor Guilt

Nocturnes

by Kazuo Ishiguro • 2009

Five stories of music at dusk: fading stars, borrowed dreams, and the quiet grace of letting go.

3.51

33k+

🖇️ Linked Short Stories 🌟 Fading Celebrity 💔 Marriage In Decline 🎭 Artistic Ambition 👀 Outsider Narrator

Nocturnes

Five stories of music at dusk: fading stars, borrowed dreams, and the quiet grace of letting go.

by Kazuo Ishiguro 2009 221 pages

3.51

33k+ ratings

🖇️ Linked Short Stories 🌟 Fading Celebrity 💔 Marriage In Decline 🎭 Artistic Ambition 👀 Outsider Narrator

The Well of Ascension

by Brandon Sanderson • 2007

Besieged by two armies, the city's mists are darkening into a world-ending ancient menace.

4.38

600k+

🗳️ Political Intrigue 🏹 Siege Warfare 💘 Love Triangle 👑 Reluctant Ruler 📜 False Prophecy

The Well of Ascension

Besieged by two armies, the city's mists are darkening into a world-ending ancient menace.

by Brandon Sanderson 2007 590 pages

4.38

600k+ ratings

🗳️ Political Intrigue 🏹 Siege Warfare 💘 Love Triangle 👑 Reluctant Ruler 📜 False Prophecy

The Light Between Oceans

by M.L. Stedman • 2012

A lighthouse keeper and his wife claim a found baby, and a secret tests their bond.

4.04

400k+

🕊️ Child Loss ⚖️ Moral Dilemma 🗼 Lighthouse Keeper 👶 Secret Child ❤️‍🩹 Redemption Story

The Light Between Oceans

A lighthouse keeper and his wife claim a found baby, and a secret tests their bond.

by M.L. Stedman 2012 362 pages

4.04

400k+ ratings

🕊️ Child Loss ⚖️ Moral Dilemma 🗼 Lighthouse Keeper 👶 Secret Child ❤️‍🩹 Redemption Story

The Enemy

by Sarah Adams • 2020

Her high school nemesis, now a star chef, returns to cater a wedding in her bakery.

3.73

51k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💖 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Meddling Family

The Enemy

Her high school nemesis, now a star chef, returns to cater a wedding in her bakery.

by Sarah Adams 2020 289 pages

3.73

51k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💖 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Meddling Family

The Racketeer

by John Grisham • 2012

A wrongfully jailed lawyer trades a judge's murderer for his freedom and a new face.

3.90

100k+

⚖️ Courtroom Showdown 🏛️ Corrupt Judge ⛓️ Wrongful Imprisonment 🛡️ Witness Protection 🏴‍☠️ Hidden Treasure

The Racketeer

A wrongfully jailed lawyer trades a judge's murderer for his freedom and a new face.

by John Grisham 2012 340 pages

3.90

100k+ ratings

⚖️ Courtroom Showdown 🏛️ Corrupt Judge ⛓️ Wrongful Imprisonment 🛡️ Witness Protection 🏴‍☠️ Hidden Treasure

We Were the Mulvaneys

by Joyce. Carol Oats • 1996

A daughter's sexual assault unravels the Mulvaneys, a family whose reputation was everything.

3.75

100k+

📖 Family Saga 📉 Fall From Grace 💔 Family Estrangement 🩹 Trauma And Healing 🇺🇸 1970s America

We Were the Mulvaneys

A daughter's sexual assault unravels the Mulvaneys, a family whose reputation was everything.

by Joyce. Carol Oats 1996 454 pages

3.75

100k+ ratings

📖 Family Saga 📉 Fall From Grace 💔 Family Estrangement 🩹 Trauma And Healing 🇺🇸 1970s America

Hell House

by Richard Matheson • 1971

A physicist, a medium, and a psychic enter Hell House. The house knows their fears.

3.69

64k+

👻 Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror ⚛️ Science Vs Spiritualism 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 😈 Possession

Hell House

A physicist, a medium, and a psychic enter Hell House. The house knows their fears.

by Richard Matheson 1971 301 pages

3.69

64k+ ratings

👻 Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror ⚛️ Science Vs Spiritualism 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 😈 Possession

The Games Gods Play

by Abigail Owen • 2024

A thief cursed to never be loved becomes Hades' champion in a deadly contest for Olympus.

4.14

100k+

🏛️ Modern Mythology 💘 Greek Gods Romance ⚔️ Deadly Trials 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🗝️ Cursed Heroine

The Games Gods Play

A thief cursed to never be loved becomes Hades' champion in a deadly contest for Olympus.

by Abigail Owen 2024 509 pages

4.14

100k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Mythology 💘 Greek Gods Romance ⚔️ Deadly Trials 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🗝️ Cursed Heroine

Summer Romance

by Annabel Monaghan • 2024

After her divorce, a professional organizer's tidy plans unravel when a summer fling gets serious.

4.01

100k+

🧒 Single Mom Romance 💔 Post-Divorce Romance ☀️ Summer Fling 🎭 Opposites Attract 🥲 Bittersweet Romance

Summer Romance

After her divorce, a professional organizer's tidy plans unravel when a summer fling gets serious.

by Annabel Monaghan 2024 321 pages

4.01

100k+ ratings

🧒 Single Mom Romance 💔 Post-Divorce Romance ☀️ Summer Fling 🎭 Opposites Attract 🥲 Bittersweet Romance

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1

by Philip K. Dick • 2011

A bounty hunter kills androids who pass as human, until the work starts feeling like murder.

4.04

4k+

🏙️ Android Dystopia 🤖 Artificial Humanity 🌿 Artificial Nature 🔫 Bounty Hunter Noir 💔 Empathy Test

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1

A bounty hunter kills androids who pass as human, until the work starts feeling like murder.

by Philip K. Dick 2011 144 pages

4.04

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Android Dystopia 🤖 Artificial Humanity 🌿 Artificial Nature 🔫 Bounty Hunter Noir 💔 Empathy Test

The Sword of Truth

by Terry Goodkind • 2006

A woods guide races a tyrant to three magical boxes that grant absolute power.

4.24

3k+

🗡️ Sword And Sorcery 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏹 Reluctant Chosen One 🧙 Wizard Mentor 📜 Philosophical Fantasy

The Sword of Truth

A woods guide races a tyrant to three magical boxes that grant absolute power.

by Terry Goodkind 2006 2405 pages

4.24

3k+ ratings

🗡️ Sword And Sorcery 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏹 Reluctant Chosen One 🧙 Wizard Mentor 📜 Philosophical Fantasy

Echo Burning

by Lee Child • 2001

Hitchhiking in Texas, a former military cop is asked to kill a desperate woman's husband.

4.05

100k+

🐺 Lone Wolf Investigator ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🏛️ Corrupt Prosecutor 💔 Abusive Marriage 🌵 Desert Noir

Echo Burning

Hitchhiking in Texas, a former military cop is asked to kill a desperate woman's husband.

by Lee Child 2001 432 pages

4.05

100k+ ratings

🐺 Lone Wolf Investigator ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🏛️ Corrupt Prosecutor 💔 Abusive Marriage 🌵 Desert Noir

The Guest

by B.A. Paris • 2024

A grim holiday discovery dogs a couple home, until a guest's arrival splinters their careful lies.

3.59

58k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🚪 Unexpected Guest 🌿 Small Town Secrets 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🧠 Psychological Suspense

The Guest

A grim holiday discovery dogs a couple home, until a guest's arrival splinters their careful lies.

by B.A. Paris 2024 308 pages

3.59

58k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🚪 Unexpected Guest 🌿 Small Town Secrets 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Tower Lord

by Anthony Ryan • 2014

Defending a frozen outpost from invasion, a warrior seeks the brother the enemy took and broke.

4.16

52k+

🗡️ Military Fantasy 📖 Multi-Pov Epic 🏰 Siege Warfare 🧠 Mind Control Victim 🫂 Found Family

Tower Lord

Defending a frozen outpost from invasion, a warrior seeks the brother the enemy took and broke.

by Anthony Ryan 2014 608 pages

4.16

52k+ ratings

🗡️ Military Fantasy 📖 Multi-Pov Epic 🏰 Siege Warfare 🧠 Mind Control Victim 🫂 Found Family

If I Had Your Face

by Frances Cha • 2020

In Seoul's brutal beauty economy, a mute stylist, a hostess, and two others fight for survival.

3.73

59k+

🏙️ Seoul 💄 Beauty Ideals 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood 💋 Beauty As Currency 🎤 K-Pop Obsession

If I Had Your Face

In Seoul's brutal beauty economy, a mute stylist, a hostess, and two others fight for survival.

by Frances Cha 2020 288 pages

3.73

59k+ ratings

🏙️ Seoul 💄 Beauty Ideals 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood 💋 Beauty As Currency 🎤 K-Pop Obsession

Writers & Lovers

by Lily King • 2020

A grieving waitress pours everything into her novel while two men offer her different futures.

3.99

100k+

🖊️ Aspiring Novelist 🍽️ Restaurant Fiction 🕯️ Grieving A Parent 💕 Complicated Romance 🎨 Artistic Ambition

Writers & Lovers

A grieving waitress pours everything into her novel while two men offer her different futures.

by Lily King 2020 320 pages

3.99

100k+ ratings

🖊️ Aspiring Novelist 🍽️ Restaurant Fiction 🕯️ Grieving A Parent 💕 Complicated Romance 🎨 Artistic Ambition

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