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Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead

by Elle Cosimano • 2022

A single-mom novelist finds a hit on her ex. She and her nanny hunt the anonymous buyer.

3.96

100k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 😂 Humorous Mystery 🤝 Partner In Crime 🎪 Madcap Caper 💔 Ex-Husband Chaos

Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead

A single-mom novelist finds a hit on her ex. She and her nanny hunt the anonymous buyer.

by Elle Cosimano 2022 357 pages

3.96

100k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 😂 Humorous Mystery 🤝 Partner In Crime 🎪 Madcap Caper 💔 Ex-Husband Chaos

The Lion's Den

by Katherine St. John • 2020

An old friend's yacht invitation turns Belle's dream vacation into a locked-room nightmare at sea.

3.88

25k+

🛥️ Vacation Thriller 💔 Toxic Friendship 💰 Corrupt Billionaire 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense 🌊 Mediterranean Setting

The Lion's Den

An old friend's yacht invitation turns Belle's dream vacation into a locked-room nightmare at sea.

by Katherine St. John 2020 368 pages

3.88

25k+ ratings

🛥️ Vacation Thriller 💔 Toxic Friendship 💰 Corrupt Billionaire 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense 🌊 Mediterranean Setting

Party of Liars

by Kelsey Cox • 2024

A new mother feels watched in a cliffside mansion. Her psychiatrist husband blames anxiety.

3.94

26k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Modern Gothic 🔥 Gaslighting 🤱 Postpartum Anxiety 💔 Toxic Female Friendship

Party of Liars

A new mother feels watched in a cliffside mansion. Her psychiatrist husband blames anxiety.

by Kelsey Cox 2024 336 pages

3.94

26k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Modern Gothic 🔥 Gaslighting 🤱 Postpartum Anxiety 💔 Toxic Female Friendship

The Collector

by Daniel Silva • 2023

A stolen Vermeer and a dead collector pull a retired spy into a Russian nuclear conspiracy.

4.36

29k+

🖼️ Art Heist Thriller 🌍 International Intrigue 🔙 Retired Spy Returns 😇 Thief With A Conscience 🔗 Blackmail And Leverage

The Collector

A stolen Vermeer and a dead collector pull a retired spy into a Russian nuclear conspiracy.

by Daniel Silva 2023 414 pages

4.36

29k+ ratings

🖼️ Art Heist Thriller 🌍 International Intrigue 🔙 Retired Spy Returns 😇 Thief With A Conscience 🔗 Blackmail And Leverage

The Summer of Yes

by Courtney Walsh • 2024

An editor shares a hospital room with a cosmetics mogul. Their pact: a summer of risk.

3.97

21k+

👭 Cross-Generational Friendship 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy / Sunshine 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 Small Coastal Town

The Summer of Yes

An editor shares a hospital room with a cosmetics mogul. Their pact: a summer of risk.

by Courtney Walsh 2024 384 pages

3.97

21k+ ratings

👭 Cross-Generational Friendship 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy / Sunshine 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 Small Coastal Town

Mean Moms

by Emma Rosenblum • 2025

When sabotage consumes an elite Manhattan mom clique, the glamorous newcomer takes the fall.

3.50

25k+

🎭 Dark Social Satire 🏫 Private School Drama 👩‍👧 Competitive Mothers 💔 Toxic Friendships 🔪 Social Sabotage

Mean Moms

When sabotage consumes an elite Manhattan mom clique, the glamorous newcomer takes the fall.

by Emma Rosenblum 2025 304 pages

3.50

25k+ ratings

🎭 Dark Social Satire 🏫 Private School Drama 👩‍👧 Competitive Mothers 💔 Toxic Friendships 🔪 Social Sabotage

Warbreaker

by Brandon Sanderson • 2009

A princess marries a mute god-king, then learns his silence conceals a divine plot.

4.29

200k+

🔮 Hard Magic 💍 Arranged Marriage 👯 Sisterly Bond 🙏 Reluctant God ⚔️ Sentient Sword

Warbreaker

A princess marries a mute god-king, then learns his silence conceals a divine plot.

by Brandon Sanderson 2009 688 pages

4.29

200k+ ratings

🔮 Hard Magic 💍 Arranged Marriage 👯 Sisterly Bond 🙏 Reluctant God ⚔️ Sentient Sword

The Sins of the Fathers

by Lawrence Block • 1976

A disgraced ex-cop turned PI investigates a murdered call girl after the accused hangs himself.

3.87

12k+

🕵️ Hard Boiled Detective 💔 Parent Hires PI 🚬 Fallen Woman Victim ⛪ Corrupt Clergyman 🚫 Unlicensed PI

The Sins of the Fathers

A disgraced ex-cop turned PI investigates a murdered call girl after the accused hangs himself.

by Lawrence Block 1976 182 pages

3.87

12k+ ratings

🕵️ Hard Boiled Detective 💔 Parent Hires PI 🚬 Fallen Woman Victim ⛪ Corrupt Clergyman 🚫 Unlicensed PI

On Drinking

by Charles Bukowski • 2019

The poetry and prose of a man who traded sobriety for stories and never looked back.

3.87

1k+

🍺 Drunken Confessional 📓 Autobiographical Poetry 🚪 Literary Outsider 🎨 Self-Destructive Artist 🥃 Bleak Humor

On Drinking

The poetry and prose of a man who traded sobriety for stories and never looked back.

by Charles Bukowski 2019 263 pages

3.87

1k+ ratings

🍺 Drunken Confessional 📓 Autobiographical Poetry 🚪 Literary Outsider 🎨 Self-Destructive Artist 🥃 Bleak Humor

The Girl Who Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson • 2006

A hacker suspected of murder races to unmask a sex-trafficking conspiracy before she is silenced.

4.26

900k+

🌲 Nordic Noir 📰 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👩‍🎤 Antiheroine

The Girl Who Played with Fire

A hacker suspected of murder races to unmask a sex-trafficking conspiracy before she is silenced.

by Stieg Larsson 2006 503 pages

4.26

900k+ ratings

🌲 Nordic Noir 📰 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👩‍🎤 Antiheroine

The Broker

by John Grisham • 2005

A fallen insider, pardoned and exiled to Italy, becomes bait in a CIA trap.

3.84

100k+

🎭 Assumed Identity 🌍 Geopolitical Intrigue 🏃 International Manhunt 👪 Estranged Family 🕶️ Cia Covert Ops

The Broker

A fallen insider, pardoned and exiled to Italy, becomes bait in a CIA trap.

by John Grisham 2005 422 pages

3.84

100k+ ratings

🎭 Assumed Identity 🌍 Geopolitical Intrigue 🏃 International Manhunt 👪 Estranged Family 🕶️ Cia Covert Ops

Path of Destruction

by Drew Karpyshyn • 2006

Cast out and broken, a Sith apprentice studies forbidden secrets to destroy his own order.

4.35

38k+

🦹 Villain Origin Story 📈 Underdog Ascension 🗡️ Secret Training 🐍 Treacherous Alliance ⚫ Dark Power Fantasy

Path of Destruction

Cast out and broken, a Sith apprentice studies forbidden secrets to destroy his own order.

by Drew Karpyshyn 2006 324 pages

4.35

38k+ ratings

🦹 Villain Origin Story 📈 Underdog Ascension 🗡️ Secret Training 🐍 Treacherous Alliance ⚫ Dark Power Fantasy

Counter-Clock World

by Philip K. Dick • 1967

When time flows backward, a resurrectionist revives a prophet and fights the book-erasing Library.

3.55

5k+

⏳ Reversed Time 🧟 Resurrection Business 📚 Knowledge Suppression ✝️ Messianic Return 🌀 Reality Breakdown

Counter-Clock World

When time flows backward, a resurrectionist revives a prophet and fights the book-erasing Library.

by Philip K. Dick 1967 218 pages

3.55

5k+ ratings

⏳ Reversed Time 🧟 Resurrection Business 📚 Knowledge Suppression ✝️ Messianic Return 🌀 Reality Breakdown

The Writing Retreat

by Julia Bartz • 2023

An exclusive writing retreat in a remote mansion becomes a paranoid, drug-fueled fight for survival.

3.41

75k+

✒️ Writing Retreat 👁️ Toxic Mentorship 📜 Stolen Manuscript ⚔️ Sapphic Rivalry 🩸 Survival Horror

The Writing Retreat

An exclusive writing retreat in a remote mansion becomes a paranoid, drug-fueled fight for survival.

by Julia Bartz 2023 313 pages

3.41

75k+ ratings

✒️ Writing Retreat 👁️ Toxic Mentorship 📜 Stolen Manuscript ⚔️ Sapphic Rivalry 🩸 Survival Horror

The Awakening as Told by the Boys

by Caroline Peckham • 2021

Four Fae heirs wage a cruel campaign against the Vega twins. For once, the bullies tell the story.

4.03

62k+

🖤 Bully Romance 🏫 Fae Academy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ✨ Fated Mates 😈 Villain Pov

The Awakening as Told by the Boys

Four Fae heirs wage a cruel campaign against the Vega twins. For once, the bullies tell the story.

by Caroline Peckham 2021 534 pages

4.03

62k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance 🏫 Fae Academy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ✨ Fated Mates 😈 Villain Pov

Neverwhere

by Neil Gaiman • 1996

A Londoner's kindness erases his life, stranding him in a magical, deadly city beneath the streets.

4.16

500k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏙️ Hidden London 🦸 Unlikely Hero 🤝 Found Family 😇 Fallen Angel

Neverwhere

A Londoner's kindness erases his life, stranding him in a magical, deadly city beneath the streets.

by Neil Gaiman 1996 370 pages

4.16

500k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏙️ Hidden London 🦸 Unlikely Hero 🤝 Found Family 😇 Fallen Angel

Simply Lies

by David Baldacci • 2023

A fake call lures a single mother to a hidden corpse and the perfect murder frame.

3.96

58k+

🎯 Framed Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🛡️ Witness Protection 🖼️ Stolen Art 🔐 Family Secrets

Simply Lies

A fake call lures a single mother to a hidden corpse and the perfect murder frame.

by David Baldacci 2023 432 pages

3.96

58k+ ratings

🎯 Framed Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🛡️ Witness Protection 🖼️ Stolen Art 🔐 Family Secrets

Looking for Jane

by Heather Marshall • 2022

A lost letter unearths a secret adoption, connecting three women across five decades of silence.

4.36

71k+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga ⏳ Dual Timeline 📜 Secret Adoption 💕 Mother-Daughter Bond 🕯️ Underground Network

Looking for Jane

A lost letter unearths a secret adoption, connecting three women across five decades of silence.

by Heather Marshall 2022 400 pages

4.36

71k+ ratings

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga ⏳ Dual Timeline 📜 Secret Adoption 💕 Mother-Daughter Bond 🕯️ Underground Network

Your Knife, My Heart

by K.M. Moronova • 2025

She's a mafia killer. He destroys every partner. One cell, no escape, and a fatal attraction.

4.12

39k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 💀 Deadly Trials 🖤 Trauma Bonding 💊 Addicted Hero

Your Knife, My Heart

She's a mafia killer. He destroys every partner. One cell, no escape, and a fatal attraction.

by K.M. Moronova 2025 304 pages

4.12

39k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 💀 Deadly Trials 🖤 Trauma Bonding 💊 Addicted Hero

Destruction's Desire

by Melody Joanne • 2025

Her fated bond is a prison. The Destroyer she was sent to kill is the key.

4.39

3k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma Healing 🫂 Found Family 🏰 Gothic Castle

Destruction's Desire

Her fated bond is a prison. The Destroyer she was sent to kill is the key.

by Melody Joanne 2025 535 pages

4.39

3k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma Healing 🫂 Found Family 🏰 Gothic Castle

Paved in Blood

by Sonja Grey • 2023

A Bratva boss crashes a gala to hunt traffickers and collides with the mayor's sheltered daughter.

3.95

6k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Healing 🌃 Criminal Underworld

Paved in Blood

A Bratva boss crashes a gala to hunt traffickers and collides with the mayor's sheltered daughter.

by Sonja Grey 2023 317 pages

3.95

6k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Healing 🌃 Criminal Underworld

The Charismatic Charlie Wade

by Lord Leaf

A despised son-in-law inherits a secret fortune and reshapes a city’s power from the shadows.

4.33

1k+

🏠 Live-In Son-In-Law 🎭 Secretly Powerful Protagonist 💔 Multiple Heroines 🇨🇳 Modern China ✨ Wish Fulfillment

The Charismatic Charlie Wade

A despised son-in-law inherits a secret fortune and reshapes a city’s power from the shadows.

by Lord Leaf

4.33

1k+ ratings

🏠 Live-In Son-In-Law 🎭 Secretly Powerful Protagonist 💔 Multiple Heroines 🇨🇳 Modern China ✨ Wish Fulfillment

When We Believed in Mermaids

by Barbara O'Neal • 2019

An ER doctor spots her dead sister on TV and chases the truth to New Zealand.

4.17

200k+

👯 Estranged Sisters 🎭 Hidden Identity ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤫 Family Secrets

When We Believed in Mermaids

An ER doctor spots her dead sister on TV and chases the truth to New Zealand.

by Barbara O'Neal 2019 348 pages

4.17

200k+ ratings

👯 Estranged Sisters 🎭 Hidden Identity ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤫 Family Secrets

The Stoic

by Theodore Dreiser • 1947

His empire crumbling, an American financier stakes everything on London and a much younger muse.

4.35

3k+

🏭 Naturalist Fiction 💰 Gilded Age 📈 Social Climbing 💔 Loveless Marriage 🏗️ Empire Building

The Stoic

His empire crumbling, an American financier stakes everything on London and a much younger muse.

by Theodore Dreiser 1947 334 pages

4.35

3k+ ratings

🏭 Naturalist Fiction 💰 Gilded Age 📈 Social Climbing 💔 Loveless Marriage 🏗️ Empire Building

Nervous

by Zane • 2003

A shy woman's blackouts hide a sex life she cannot recall; her past holds the key.

4.41

10k+

🖤 Dark Erotica 🧩 Dissociative Identity 🔒 Repressed Memories 🌶️ Sexual Awakening 🛋️ Therapy Fiction

Nervous

A shy woman's blackouts hide a sex life she cannot recall; her past holds the key.

by Zane 2003 282 pages

4.41

10k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Erotica 🧩 Dissociative Identity 🔒 Repressed Memories 🌶️ Sexual Awakening 🛋️ Therapy Fiction

You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

by Charles Bukowski • 1986

Five cats, a bottle, and a typewriter: what survival looks like when you stop pretending.

4.17

19k+

🖋️ Confessional Poetry 🚬 Dirty Realism 🍷 Alcoholism And Art 🏭 Working Class Life 🏙️ Urban Isolation

You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

Five cats, a bottle, and a typewriter: what survival looks like when you stop pretending.

by Charles Bukowski 1986 320 pages

4.17

19k+ ratings

🖋️ Confessional Poetry 🚬 Dirty Realism 🍷 Alcoholism And Art 🏭 Working Class Life 🏙️ Urban Isolation

25 Alive

by James Patterson • 2025

A murdered mentor, a cryptic message, and four friends racing to catch a serial killer.

4.15

32k+

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 👯 Female Friendship 🔍 Women Sleuths ⚖️ Legal Thriller

25 Alive

A murdered mentor, a cryptic message, and four friends racing to catch a serial killer.

by James Patterson 2025 336 pages

4.15

32k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 👯 Female Friendship 🔍 Women Sleuths ⚖️ Legal Thriller

Your Defiant Teen

by Russell A. Barkley • 2008

Ten steps to break the defiance cycle, rebuild trust, and restore your parent-teen relationship.

3.94

134

🔥 Teenage Defiance 💢 Parent-Child Conflict ⭐ Positive Reinforcement 🏛️ Authoritative Parenting 💬 Family Communication

Your Defiant Teen

Ten steps to break the defiance cycle, rebuild trust, and restore your parent-teen relationship.

by Russell A. Barkley 2008 372 pages

3.94

134 ratings

🔥 Teenage Defiance 💢 Parent-Child Conflict ⭐ Positive Reinforcement 🏛️ Authoritative Parenting 💬 Family Communication

The Sound of Music Story

by Tom Santopietro • 2015

Critics scorned it. The studio feared ruin. Then it ran in theaters for four straight years.

3.76

500+

🎬 Film Production 🎵 Hollywood Musicals 🎥 Behind The Scenes 🎭 Stage To Screen 🎞️ True Story Films

The Sound of Music Story

Critics scorned it. The studio feared ruin. Then it ran in theaters for four straight years.

by Tom Santopietro 2015 324 pages

3.76

500+ ratings

🎬 Film Production 🎵 Hollywood Musicals 🎥 Behind The Scenes 🎭 Stage To Screen 🎞️ True Story Films

The Second Chance Convenience Store

by Ho-yeon Kim • 2021

A Seoul shopkeeper's kindness to a homeless man turns her store into a refuge for lost souls.

3.91

19k+

🩹 Healing Fiction 🍃 Slice Of Life 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Amnesia 🙏 Seeking Atonement

The Second Chance Convenience Store

A Seoul shopkeeper's kindness to a homeless man turns her store into a refuge for lost souls.

by Ho-yeon Kim 2021 208 pages

3.91

19k+ ratings

🩹 Healing Fiction 🍃 Slice Of Life 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Amnesia 🙏 Seeking Atonement

The Magus

by John Fowles • 1965

On a Greek island, a teacher becomes prey in a millionaire's theatre of psychological manipulation.

4.05

64k+

🧩 Psychological Mystery 📚 Literary Thriller 🎭 Manipulative Mentor ♟️ Mind Games 🌫️ Blurred Reality

The Magus

On a Greek island, a teacher becomes prey in a millionaire's theatre of psychological manipulation.

by John Fowles 1965 656 pages

4.05

64k+ ratings

🧩 Psychological Mystery 📚 Literary Thriller 🎭 Manipulative Mentor ♟️ Mind Games 🌫️ Blurred Reality

Between Soul and Vessel

by Jaclyn Kot • 2025

A god of death will tear creation apart to reclaim his mate's stolen soul.

4.29

2k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💫 Fated Mates 🔗 Soul Bond Romance 🌱 Trauma Healing Arc 🐉 Dragon Shifter

Between Soul and Vessel

A god of death will tear creation apart to reclaim his mate's stolen soul.

by Jaclyn Kot 2025 597 pages

4.29

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💫 Fated Mates 🔗 Soul Bond Romance 🌱 Trauma Healing Arc 🐉 Dragon Shifter

The Lying Life of Adults

by Elena Ferrante • 2019

A Naples girl overhears her father call her ugly. She finds the aunt she's forbidden to know.

3.67

87k+

🗝️ Family Secrets 🧬 Inherited Trauma 👧 Female Adolescence 💔 Parental Infidelity 🇮🇹 Southern Italy

The Lying Life of Adults

A Naples girl overhears her father call her ugly. She finds the aunt she's forbidden to know.

by Elena Ferrante 2019 336 pages

3.67

87k+ ratings

🗝️ Family Secrets 🧬 Inherited Trauma 👧 Female Adolescence 💔 Parental Infidelity 🇮🇹 Southern Italy

The Art of Prophecy

by Wesley Chu • 2022

After his prophecy shatters, a chosen hero is hunted by the lords who once championed him.

4.04

6k+

🌀 Chosen One Subversion ⚔️ Wuxia Fantasy 🦉 Reluctant Mentor 🤝 Found Family 👁️ Multiple Pov

The Art of Prophecy

After his prophecy shatters, a chosen hero is hunted by the lords who once championed him.

by Wesley Chu 2022 533 pages

4.04

6k+ ratings

🌀 Chosen One Subversion ⚔️ Wuxia Fantasy 🦉 Reluctant Mentor 🤝 Found Family 👁️ Multiple Pov

The Book of Mirdad

by Mikhail Naimy • 1948

When the Ark's silent servant speaks, his words promise to flood the world, or save it.

4.30

2k+

📖 Spiritual Allegory 🕊️ Parable Collection ⛰️ Mountain Monastery 🧘 Transcending Ego ✝️ Biblical Retelling

The Book of Mirdad

When the Ark's silent servant speaks, his words promise to flood the world, or save it.

by Mikhail Naimy 1948 192 pages

4.30

2k+ ratings

📖 Spiritual Allegory 🕊️ Parable Collection ⛰️ Mountain Monastery 🧘 Transcending Ego ✝️ Biblical Retelling

Night of Masks and Knives

by L.J. Andrews • 2022

A memory thief enters a deadly masquerade, and the masked crime lord is the love she lost.

4.27

19k+

🧠 Memory Magic 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🖤 Found Family 🎭 Deadly Masquerade 👑 Fae Court Politics

Night of Masks and Knives

A memory thief enters a deadly masquerade, and the masked crime lord is the love she lost.

by L.J. Andrews 2022 370 pages

4.27

19k+ ratings

🧠 Memory Magic 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🖤 Found Family 🎭 Deadly Masquerade 👑 Fae Court Politics

Sex and the City

by Candace Bushnell • 1996

A Manhattan columnist chronicles her friends' pursuit of love among charming, evasive bachelors.

3.38

58k+

🏙️ Urban Dating Chronicles 💔 Commitment-Phobes 👯 Found Family 💍 Marriage Pressure 🔪 Acerbic Social Satire

Sex and the City

A Manhattan columnist chronicles her friends' pursuit of love among charming, evasive bachelors.

by Candace Bushnell 1996 304 pages

3.38

58k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Dating Chronicles 💔 Commitment-Phobes 👯 Found Family 💍 Marriage Pressure 🔪 Acerbic Social Satire

EVERY DAY IS MOTHER S DAY

by Hilary Mantel • 1985

A paranoid widow and her silent daughter are trapped in a decaying house with unspoken horror.

3.59

2k+

🧟‍♀️ Toxic Motherhood 👻 Decaying House 😈 Dark Comedy 🇬🇧 1980s England 🏚️ Social Realism

EVERY DAY IS MOTHER S DAY

A paranoid widow and her silent daughter are trapped in a decaying house with unspoken horror.

by Hilary Mantel 1985 212 pages

3.59

2k+ ratings

🧟‍♀️ Toxic Motherhood 👻 Decaying House 😈 Dark Comedy 🇬🇧 1980s England 🏚️ Social Realism

Run on Red

by Noelle W. Ihli • 2022

At a remote toga party, a freshman accepts a drink and wakes tied in the dark.

3.72

100k+

🎓 College Party Horror 😈 Predator In Plain Sight 🏃 Survival Horror 🌲 Remote Setting Danger 🏛️ Sorority Life

Run on Red

At a remote toga party, a freshman accepts a drink and wakes tied in the dark.

by Noelle W. Ihli 2022 291 pages

3.72

100k+ ratings

🎓 College Party Horror 😈 Predator In Plain Sight 🏃 Survival Horror 🌲 Remote Setting Danger 🏛️ Sorority Life

Business Casual

by B.K. Borison • 2024

A guarded tattoo artist and her brother's best friend plan a harvest festival, and sparks fly.

4.06

47k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🧲 Opposites Attract ✈️ Long Distance Romance 🛡️ Emotionally Guarded Heroine

Business Casual

A guarded tattoo artist and her brother's best friend plan a harvest festival, and sparks fly.

by B.K. Borison 2024 384 pages

4.06

47k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🧲 Opposites Attract ✈️ Long Distance Romance 🛡️ Emotionally Guarded Heroine

Midnight Fae Academy

by Lexi C. Foss • 2020

Her forbidden magic binds her to four fae mates, and the king will execute them all.

4.35

4k+

👑 Fae Court Politics 🖤 Dark Fae Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🧸 Childhood Bond 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Midnight Fae Academy

Her forbidden magic binds her to four fae mates, and the king will execute them all.

by Lexi C. Foss 2020 298 pages

4.35

4k+ ratings

👑 Fae Court Politics 🖤 Dark Fae Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🧸 Childhood Bond 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Gateway

by Craig Alanson • 2025

His AI lost inside a star, Bishop faces an ancient enemy opening the galaxy's door.

4.41

3k+

🚀 Military Space Opera 🤖 Snarky AI Companion 🫂 Found Family 😰 Reluctant Leader 😏 Witty Banter

Gateway

His AI lost inside a star, Bishop faces an ancient enemy opening the galaxy's door.

by Craig Alanson 2025 444 pages

4.41

3k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera 🤖 Snarky AI Companion 🫂 Found Family 😰 Reluctant Leader 😏 Witty Banter

The Bands of Mourning

by Brandon Sanderson • 2016

A lawman's wedding is interrupted by a hunt for mythical bracers that hold a god's power.

4.40

100k+

🔫 Flintlock Fantasy 🌌 Cosmere 🎭 Magic Heist 👥 Found Family 💍 Arranged Marriage

The Bands of Mourning

A lawman's wedding is interrupted by a hunt for mythical bracers that hold a god's power.

by Brandon Sanderson 2016 455 pages

4.40

100k+ ratings

🔫 Flintlock Fantasy 🌌 Cosmere 🎭 Magic Heist 👥 Found Family 💍 Arranged Marriage

Dream Town

by David Baldacci • 2022

1953 Hollywood: a vanished client, a Malibu corpse, and a blackmail web leading straight to the mob.

4.09

38k+

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎬 Hollywood Noir 💋 Femme Fatale 🔫 Organized Crime 🕶️ Hidden Past

Dream Town

1953 Hollywood: a vanished client, a Malibu corpse, and a blackmail web leading straight to the mob.

by David Baldacci 2022 432 pages

4.09

38k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎬 Hollywood Noir 💋 Femme Fatale 🔫 Organized Crime 🕶️ Hidden Past

Ringworld

by Larry Niven • 1970

Four explorers crash-land on a ring encircling a star. Its surface equals three million Earths.

3.93

100k+

🛸 Big Dumb Object 🔬 Hard Science Fiction 👽 Alien Crew 🏕️ Crash Landing Survival 🔧 Engineering Puzzle

Ringworld

Four explorers crash-land on a ring encircling a star. Its surface equals three million Earths.

by Larry Niven 1970 288 pages

3.93

100k+ ratings

🛸 Big Dumb Object 🔬 Hard Science Fiction 👽 Alien Crew 🏕️ Crash Landing Survival 🔧 Engineering Puzzle

Thief of Night

by Holly Black • 2025

A con artist hunts rogue shadows with a blood-bound monster who forgot loving her.

3.97

11k+

🖤 Shadow Magic 🎭 Magical Heist 💔 Forgotten Love 🔪 Criminal Underworld 🌃 Noir Fantasy

Thief of Night

A con artist hunts rogue shadows with a blood-bound monster who forgot loving her.

by Holly Black 2025 277 pages

3.97

11k+ ratings

🖤 Shadow Magic 🎭 Magical Heist 💔 Forgotten Love 🔪 Criminal Underworld 🌃 Noir Fantasy

Lord of Chaos

by Robert Jordan • 1994

Aes Sedai imprison the Dragon Reborn; his wolf-guided friend races to save him across the plains.

4.20

100k+

👑 Chosen One Epic 🏛️ High Fantasy Politics ⛓️ Captured Protagonist 🐺 Magical Rescue Mission 🖤 Dark Magic Academy

Lord of Chaos

Aes Sedai imprison the Dragon Reborn; his wolf-guided friend races to save him across the plains.

by Robert Jordan 1994 1011 pages

4.20

100k+ ratings

👑 Chosen One Epic 🏛️ High Fantasy Politics ⛓️ Captured Protagonist 🐺 Magical Rescue Mission 🖤 Dark Magic Academy

Bulfinch's Mythology

by Thomas Bulfinch • 1855

The professor is a decoy. The psychopath she married planned it all before he died.

4.14

12k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🕯️ Dark Academia 🎭 Hidden Villains 🔮 Cult Of Personality 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Bulfinch's Mythology

The professor is a decoy. The psychopath she married planned it all before he died.

by Thomas Bulfinch 1855 862 pages

4.14

12k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🕯️ Dark Academia 🎭 Hidden Villains 🔮 Cult Of Personality 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Mother-Daughter Murder Night

by Nina Simon • 2023

When her granddaughter is accused of murder, a mogul with cancer investigates in a coastal town.

3.55

100k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 📖 Character-Driven Mystery

Mother-Daughter Murder Night

When her granddaughter is accused of murder, a mogul with cancer investigates in a coastal town.

by Nina Simon 2023 357 pages

3.55

100k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 📖 Character-Driven Mystery

Tell Me Your Dreams

by Sidney Sheldon • 1998

Haunted by a stalker, a woman finds herself accused of murders she cannot remember committing.

3.99

55k+

🧠 Dissociative Identity 👥 Hidden Alters ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 📰 Media Circus Trial 💔 Parental Abuse

Tell Me Your Dreams

Haunted by a stalker, a woman finds herself accused of murders she cannot remember committing.

by Sidney Sheldon 1998 384 pages

3.99

55k+ ratings

🧠 Dissociative Identity 👥 Hidden Alters ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 📰 Media Circus Trial 💔 Parental Abuse

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