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The Brightwood Code

by Monica Hesse

A Hello Girl buried her worst mistake in France. Then a caller whispers Brightwood.

3.77

1k+

🕰️ Wwi Historical Fiction 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧠 Repressed Trauma 🫂 Survivor Of Assault 😔 Grief And Guilt

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The Brightwood Code

A Hello Girl buried her worst mistake in France. Then a caller whispers Brightwood.

by Monica Hesse 2024 336 pages

3.77

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Wwi Historical Fiction 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧠 Repressed Trauma 🫂 Survivor Of Assault 😔 Grief And Guilt

Options Trading

by T.R. Lawrence • 2023

Sell options and collect Friday paychecks. A hedged system that wins two out of three times.

4.11

500+

🎯 Options Trading 💰 Selling Options 📅 Weekly Options 💵 Income Investing 🧠 Trading Psychology

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Options Trading

Sell options and collect Friday paychecks. A hedged system that wins two out of three times.

by T.R. Lawrence 2023 186 pages

4.11

500+ ratings

🎯 Options Trading 💰 Selling Options 📅 Weekly Options 💵 Income Investing 🧠 Trading Psychology

Without You, There Is No Us

by Suki Kim • 2014

She taught North Korea's elite sons undercover. The day their god died, they no longer saw her.

3.93

22k+

🇰🇵 North Korea 🚫 Authoritarian Regimes 🕵️ Undercover Journalism 📹 Surveillance States 📢 Propaganda And Censorship

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Without You, There Is No Us

She taught North Korea's elite sons undercover. The day their god died, they no longer saw her.

by Suki Kim 2014 291 pages

3.93

22k+ ratings

🇰🇵 North Korea 🚫 Authoritarian Regimes 🕵️ Undercover Journalism 📹 Surveillance States 📢 Propaganda And Censorship

Women Living Deliciously

by Florence Given • 2024

Your body is meant for pleasure, not display. That single shift breaks the patriarchal spell.

3.98

6k+

📘 Feminist Self-Help 🧘 Body Image Recovery ❤️ Self-Compassion 👁️ Internalized Misogyny 🌺 Women And Pleasure

Women Living Deliciously

Your body is meant for pleasure, not display. That single shift breaks the patriarchal spell.

by Florence Given 2024 304 pages

3.98

6k+ ratings

📘 Feminist Self-Help 🧘 Body Image Recovery ❤️ Self-Compassion 👁️ Internalized Misogyny 🌺 Women And Pleasure

Ethics 101

by John C. Maxwell • 2005

Office supply theft and corporate scandal share a root cause. The one-standard fix.

3.96

1k+

🏛️ Ethical Leadership 🏢 Workplace Ethics ⚖️ Moral Decision Making 🧱 Character Development 🤲 Servant Leadership

Ethics 101

Office supply theft and corporate scandal share a root cause. The one-standard fix.

by John C. Maxwell 2005 128 pages

3.96

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Ethical Leadership 🏢 Workplace Ethics ⚖️ Moral Decision Making 🧱 Character Development 🤲 Servant Leadership

The Thorn Queen

by Sasha Peyton Smith

A queen braves her monstrous faerie husband's realm to rescue her sister and lost love.

3.69

15k+

🏰 Dark Faerie Court ⚔️ Deadly Faerie Trials 💌 Second Chance Love ✉️ Love Letters 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

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The Thorn Queen

A queen braves her monstrous faerie husband's realm to rescue her sister and lost love.

by Sasha Peyton Smith 2026 368 pages

3.69

15k+ ratings

🏰 Dark Faerie Court ⚔️ Deadly Faerie Trials 💌 Second Chance Love ✉️ Love Letters 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Wolf Worm

by T. Kingfisher

She came to draw insects. She found a man kept alive by what was eating him.

4.08

18k+

🧬 Biological Horror 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🖤 Sympathetic Monster 🪱 Parasitic Infection 🩸 Body Horror

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Wolf Worm

She came to draw insects. She found a man kept alive by what was eating him.

by T. Kingfisher 2026 277 pages

4.08

18k+ ratings

🧬 Biological Horror 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🖤 Sympathetic Monster 🪱 Parasitic Infection 🩸 Body Horror

Five Dialogues

by Plato

Socrates, condemned to die: why he refuses escape, rejects revenge, and faces death with calm.

4.17

24k+

🏛️ Greek Philosophy 💎 Virtue Ethics 🤔 Intellectual Humility 🤝 Social Contract 🧠 Mind Body Dualism

Five Dialogues

Socrates, condemned to die: why he refuses escape, rejects revenge, and faces death with calm.

by Plato 156 pages

4.17

24k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Philosophy 💎 Virtue Ethics 🤔 Intellectual Humility 🤝 Social Contract 🧠 Mind Body Dualism

Mayhem and the Mortal

by Shanora Williams • 2026

To save her cursed sister, a baker hires a sorcerer whose darkness may consume them both.

3.88

2k+

⚔️ Romantasy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Mayhem and the Mortal

To save her cursed sister, a baker hires a sorcerer whose darkness may consume them both.

by Shanora Williams 2026 512 pages

3.88

2k+ ratings

⚔️ Romantasy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Buttons & Hate

by Penelope Sky • 2017

Sold to a mafia sadist, she bargains her body for the currency that buys her freedom.

4.23

21k+

🔗 Captive Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Bdsm Power Play 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🌱 Trauma Recovery

Buttons & Hate

Sold to a mafia sadist, she bargains her body for the currency that buys her freedom.

by Penelope Sky 2017 342 pages

4.23

21k+ ratings

🔗 Captive Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Bdsm Power Play 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🌱 Trauma Recovery

The Path to Purpose

by William Damon • 2008

Youth aren't delinquent now; they're empty. How parents can spark purpose, from the research.

3.60

310

🧠 Adolescent Psychology 🌱 Positive Youth Development 🧭 Life Purpose 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation 🗳️ Civic Engagement

The Path to Purpose

Youth aren't delinquent now; they're empty. How parents can spark purpose, from the research.

by William Damon 2008 240 pages

3.60

310 ratings

🧠 Adolescent Psychology 🌱 Positive Youth Development 🧭 Life Purpose 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation 🗳️ Civic Engagement

Park Avenue

by Renée Ahdieh

To save a dying cosmetics matriarch, a lawyer must find the billions her husband has hidden.

3.68

10k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 📜 Family Saga 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Forbidden Romance 👯 Estranged Sisters

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Park Avenue

To save a dying cosmetics matriarch, a lawyer must find the billions her husband has hidden.

by Renée Ahdieh 2025 320 pages

3.68

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 📜 Family Saga 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Forbidden Romance 👯 Estranged Sisters

Savage Hearts

by Eva Ashwood

Forced into marriage at gunpoint, Willow endures captivity while her three men tear the city apart.

4.21

14k+

🖤 Dark Reverse Harem 🔫 Mafia Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏠 Chosen Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die

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Savage Hearts

Forced into marriage at gunpoint, Willow endures captivity while her three men tear the city apart.

by Eva Ashwood 2023 428 pages

4.21

14k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Reverse Harem 🔫 Mafia Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏠 Chosen Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Aging Brain

by Timothy R. Jennings • 2018

Dementia is not fate. The daily habits that protect your brain and sharpen your mind.

4.02

310

🧠 Dementia Prevention 🧩 Brain Health 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🧬 Epigenetics 😴 Sleep Science

The Aging Brain

Dementia is not fate. The daily habits that protect your brain and sharpen your mind.

by Timothy R. Jennings 2018 304 pages

4.02

310 ratings

🧠 Dementia Prevention 🧩 Brain Health 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🧬 Epigenetics 😴 Sleep Science

Reading While Black

by Esau McCaulley • 2020

Orthodoxy and social justice were never enemies. The Black church's Bible reading proves it.

4.42

6k+

✝️ Black Theology 📖 Biblical Hermeneutics ⚖️ Racial Justice Theology 😢 Lament And Hope 🗳️ Political Witness

Reading While Black

Orthodoxy and social justice were never enemies. The Black church's Bible reading proves it.

by Esau McCaulley 2020 200 pages

4.42

6k+ ratings

✝️ Black Theology 📖 Biblical Hermeneutics ⚖️ Racial Justice Theology 😢 Lament And Hope 🗳️ Political Witness

A Soul to Keep

by Opal Reyne

Sacrificed to a wolf-skulled monster, a furious outcast intrigues him enough to keep her alive.

4.05

78k+

🔥 Monster Romance 🌹 Beauty And Beast Vibes ✨ Fated Mates 💔 Touch Starved Hero ⛓️ Captor To Lover

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A Soul to Keep

Sacrificed to a wolf-skulled monster, a furious outcast intrigues him enough to keep her alive.

by Opal Reyne 2022 515 pages

4.05

78k+ ratings

🔥 Monster Romance 🌹 Beauty And Beast Vibes ✨ Fated Mates 💔 Touch Starved Hero ⛓️ Captor To Lover

Church

by K.G. Reuss

Her stepfather exiles her to a Gothic asylum where four sociopathic boys claim her as theirs.

4.31

12k+

🏫 Reverse Harem Academy 🖤 Dark Bully Romance 🏚️ Gothic Boarding School 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🔗 Trauma Bonding

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Church

Her stepfather exiles her to a Gothic asylum where four sociopathic boys claim her as theirs.

by K.G. Reuss 2022 434 pages

4.31

12k+ ratings

🏫 Reverse Harem Academy 🖤 Dark Bully Romance 🏚️ Gothic Boarding School 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🔗 Trauma Bonding

Forbidden

by Tabitha Suzuma

Lochan and Maya raised their siblings. They're in love, and their secret could destroy them.

3.95

76k+

🚫 Taboo Romance 🏠 Parentified Children 💔 Tragic First Love 🏚️ Parental Neglect 🌧️ Bleak Contemporary

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Forbidden

Lochan and Maya raised their siblings. They're in love, and their secret could destroy them.

by Tabitha Suzuma 2010 418 pages

3.95

76k+ ratings

🚫 Taboo Romance 🏠 Parentified Children 💔 Tragic First Love 🏚️ Parental Neglect 🌧️ Bleak Contemporary

Days You Were Mine

by Clare Leslie Hall

He seeks his birth mother and uncovers a love story: an artist, a rock star, and a suicide.

3.97

8k+

🖤 Adoption Trauma 🎸 Rock Star Romance 💔 Tragic Love Story ⏳ Dual Timeline 👩‍👦 Birth Mother Reunion

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Days You Were Mine

He seeks his birth mother and uncovers a love story: an artist, a rock star, and a suicide.

by Clare Leslie Hall 2019 352 pages

3.97

8k+ ratings

🖤 Adoption Trauma 🎸 Rock Star Romance 💔 Tragic Love Story ⏳ Dual Timeline 👩‍👦 Birth Mother Reunion

The Primal Hunter 8

by Zogarth

Marooned on Earth's far side, an alchemist-hunter battles home to stop an alien champion.

4.57

10k+

🎮 Litrpg Progression 🌍 System Apocalypse 💪 Overpowered Protagonist ⚗️ Alchemy Protagonist 🐍 Patron Deity Dynamics

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The Primal Hunter 8

Marooned on Earth's far side, an alchemist-hunter battles home to stop an alien champion.

by Zogarth 2024 604 pages

4.57

10k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg Progression 🌍 System Apocalypse 💪 Overpowered Protagonist ⚗️ Alchemy Protagonist 🐍 Patron Deity Dynamics

My Best Friend's Exorcism

by Grady Hendrix

A demon possesses Abby's best friend. The exorcist flees. One girl must finish the job.

3.92

100k+

👹 Demonic Possession 🩸 Body Horror 📼 1980s Nostalgia 💕 Ride Or Die Friendship 🏚️ Southern Gothic

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My Best Friend's Exorcism

A demon possesses Abby's best friend. The exorcist flees. One girl must finish the job.

by Grady Hendrix 2016 337 pages

3.92

100k+ ratings

👹 Demonic Possession 🩸 Body Horror 📼 1980s Nostalgia 💕 Ride Or Die Friendship 🏚️ Southern Gothic

Psycho Fae

by Jasmine Mas

Scarred alpha, four possessive men, fae arena, and a blood power that could destroy everything.

3.95

68k+

🏟️ Gladiatorial Fantasy 🐺 Omegaverse Dynamics 🩹 Scarred Heroine 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🖤 Possessive Alpha Mates

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Psycho Fae

Scarred alpha, four possessive men, fae arena, and a blood power that could destroy everything.

by Jasmine Mas 2022 374 pages

3.95

68k+ ratings

🏟️ Gladiatorial Fantasy 🐺 Omegaverse Dynamics 🩹 Scarred Heroine 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🖤 Possessive Alpha Mates

The Winter of Our Discontent

by John Steinbeck

A Harvard-educated clerk in a coastal town trades his honesty for success, one compromise at a time

4.01

54k+

🏘️ Small Town Morality 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique 💀 Moral Corruption 🏛️ Family Legacy Burden 📺 Postwar America

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The Winter of Our Discontent

A Harvard-educated clerk in a coastal town trades his honesty for success, one compromise at a time

by John Steinbeck 1961 291 pages

4.01

54k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Morality 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique 💀 Moral Corruption 🏛️ Family Legacy Burden 📺 Postwar America

Immortality

by Dana Schwartz

Facing the gallows, a female surgeon uncovers an immortal society and the lover she thought dead.

3.89

38k+

🩻 Gothic Medical Fantasy 🎩 Regency Fantasy 🕯️ Secret Immortal Society 💉 Women In Medicine ⏳ Immortal Lovers

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Immortality

Facing the gallows, a female surgeon uncovers an immortal society and the lover she thought dead.

by Dana Schwartz 2023 389 pages

3.89

38k+ ratings

🩻 Gothic Medical Fantasy 🎩 Regency Fantasy 🕯️ Secret Immortal Society 💉 Women In Medicine ⏳ Immortal Lovers

Court of Ice and Ash

by L.J. Andrews

A masked fae killer is blackmailed into protecting the one woman whose blood the false king covets.

4.15

41k+

🏰 Fae Political Intrigue 🌪️ Elemental Magic ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Forced Alliance 👑 Reluctant King

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Court of Ice and Ash

A masked fae killer is blackmailed into protecting the one woman whose blood the false king covets.

by L.J. Andrews 2021 324 pages

4.15

41k+ ratings

🏰 Fae Political Intrigue 🌪️ Elemental Magic ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Forced Alliance 👑 Reluctant King

This Woven Kingdom

by Tahereh Mafi

A servant is the last Jinn queen. The prince sent to kill her kissed her instead.

3.94

100k+

🫅 Hidden Royal Identity 🔥 Jinn Mythology 🕌 Persian-Inspired Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Love 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

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This Woven Kingdom

A servant is the last Jinn queen. The prince sent to kill her kissed her instead.

by Tahereh Mafi 2022 512 pages

3.94

100k+ ratings

🫅 Hidden Royal Identity 🔥 Jinn Mythology 🕌 Persian-Inspired Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Love 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

It Starts with Us

by Colleen Hoover

After divorce, Lily falls for her first love again. But her abusive ex still shares custody.

3.84

2.1M+

📖 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mother Romance 🏠 Found Family 💜 Domestic Abuse Recovery 😢 Angsty Romance

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It Starts with Us

After divorce, Lily falls for her first love again. But her abusive ex still shares custody.

by Colleen Hoover 2022 324 pages

3.84

2.1M+ ratings

📖 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mother Romance 🏠 Found Family 💜 Domestic Abuse Recovery 😢 Angsty Romance

The Night We Met

by Abby Jimenez

His best friend's girlfriend is struggling, so he shovels her car at 3 a.m. in secret.

3.98

200k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💭 Mutual Pining 🖤 Angsty Contemporary ❄️ Snowy Minnesota 🏠 Found Family

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The Night We Met

His best friend's girlfriend is struggling, so he shovels her car at 3 a.m. in secret.

by Abby Jimenez 2026 400 pages

3.98

200k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💭 Mutual Pining 🖤 Angsty Contemporary ❄️ Snowy Minnesota 🏠 Found Family

The Blonde Identity

by Ally Carter

An amnesiac mistaken for her spy twin must trust the agent sent to hunt her sister.

3.77

37k+

🕵️ Spy Romance 💍 Fake Marriage 🧠 Amnesia Romance 👯 Twin Swap ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

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The Blonde Identity

An amnesiac mistaken for her spy twin must trust the agent sent to hunt her sister.

by Ally Carter 2023 304 pages

3.77

37k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Romance 💍 Fake Marriage 🧠 Amnesia Romance 👯 Twin Swap ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

God of Vengeance

by Michelle Heard • 2024

When a mafia capo steals a bride-to-be, his cold obsession becomes her only protection.

4.14

22k+

💍 Arranged Marriage ⛓️ Mafia Captive 💘 He Falls First 👥 Found Family ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

God of Vengeance

When a mafia capo steals a bride-to-be, his cold obsession becomes her only protection.

by Michelle Heard 2024 430 pages

4.14

22k+ ratings

💍 Arranged Marriage ⛓️ Mafia Captive 💘 He Falls First 👥 Found Family ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

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