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The Shards

by Bret Easton Ellis

A closeted senior in 1981 LA is certain the beautiful new boy is a serial killer.

4.00

45k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🚪 Closeted Narrator ✨ Beautiful Stranger Arrives

Immersive

The Shards

A closeted senior in 1981 LA is certain the beautiful new boy is a serial killer.

by Bret Easton Ellis 2023 608 pages

4.00

45k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🚪 Closeted Narrator ✨ Beautiful Stranger Arrives

Raising Passionate Jesus Followers

by Phil Comer • 2018

Ninety percent of churched youth walk away by college. The stage-by-stage plan to beat those odds.

4.56

1k+

🛐 Faith Formation 🧒 Child Discipline 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Discipleship 📖 Biblical Parenting 🔄 Generational Faith

Raising Passionate Jesus Followers

Ninety percent of churched youth walk away by college. The stage-by-stage plan to beat those odds.

by Phil Comer 2018 304 pages

4.56

1k+ ratings

🛐 Faith Formation 🧒 Child Discipline 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Discipleship 📖 Biblical Parenting 🔄 Generational Faith

Surprise

by Tania Luna • 2015

A four-step cognitive loop fires with every surprise. Learn to trigger it deliberately.

3.70

284

🏢 Organizational Psychology ✨ Experience Design 🎯 Attention Design 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 📊 Behavioral Economics

Surprise

A four-step cognitive loop fires with every surprise. Learn to trigger it deliberately.

by Tania Luna 2015 272 pages

3.70

284 ratings

🏢 Organizational Psychology ✨ Experience Design 🎯 Attention Design 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 📊 Behavioral Economics

The Wealth Ladder

by Nick Maggiulli • 2025

Financial advice that works at one net worth backfires at another. A playbook matched to yours.

3.99

2k+

🏗️ Wealth Building 🏖️ Financial Independence 💰 Income Vs Wealth 🚀 Entrepreneurial Wealth 🏠 Asset Ownership

Immersive

The Wealth Ladder

Financial advice that works at one net worth backfires at another. A playbook matched to yours.

by Nick Maggiulli 2025 256 pages

3.99

2k+ ratings

🏗️ Wealth Building 🏖️ Financial Independence 💰 Income Vs Wealth 🚀 Entrepreneurial Wealth 🏠 Asset Ownership

Her Last Goodbye

by Melinda Leigh • 2017

A missing mother case plunges a widowed lawyer and her PI into a serial predator's obsession.

4.32

48k+

⛓️ Abduction Thriller 💼 Legal Investigator ❤️‍🔥 Partners To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔪 Serial Predator

Her Last Goodbye

A missing mother case plunges a widowed lawyer and her PI into a serial predator's obsession.

by Melinda Leigh 2017 327 pages

4.32

48k+ ratings

⛓️ Abduction Thriller 💼 Legal Investigator ❤️‍🔥 Partners To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔪 Serial Predator

This Blade of Ours

by Shalini Abeysekara • 2026

She killed a tyrant and summoned a goddess. Now the city wants her dead.

4.28

500+

🖤 Dark Romantic Fantasy 🏛️ Political Fantasy 💔 Scarred Lovers 🩸 Trauma And Magic ⚔️ Morally Grey Hero

This Blade of Ours

She killed a tyrant and summoned a goddess. Now the city wants her dead.

by Shalini Abeysekara 2026 432 pages

4.28

500+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantic Fantasy 🏛️ Political Fantasy 💔 Scarred Lovers 🩸 Trauma And Magic ⚔️ Morally Grey Hero

Car Science

by Richard Hammond • 2008

From chemical explosions to downforce: the physics that makes cars go, stop, and nearly take flight.

4.44

144

🏎️ Automotive Engineering ⚛️ Vehicle Physics 🔥 Internal Combustion 💨 Aerodynamics ⚡ Alternative Fuels

Car Science

From chemical explosions to downforce: the physics that makes cars go, stop, and nearly take flight.

by Richard Hammond 2008 96 pages

4.44

144 ratings

🏎️ Automotive Engineering ⚛️ Vehicle Physics 🔥 Internal Combustion 💨 Aerodynamics ⚡ Alternative Fuels

The Alice Network

by Kate Quinn

A pregnant girl fleeing a forced abortion enlists a ruined spy to find her missing cousin.

4.32

600k+

🌓 Dual Timeline 🕵️ Female Spies 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🇫🇷 Occupied France

Immersive

The Alice Network

A pregnant girl fleeing a forced abortion enlists a ruined spy to find her missing cousin.

by Kate Quinn 2017 503 pages

4.32

600k+ ratings

🌓 Dual Timeline 🕵️ Female Spies 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🇫🇷 Occupied France

Competing on the Edge

by Shona L. Brown • 1998

In fast markets, the only sustainable advantage is the ability to keep finding temporary ones.

3.53

🏢 Corporate Strategy 🏗️ Organizational Design 🌱 Emergent Strategy 🔄 Adaptive Strategy 🧠 Organizational Learning

Competing on the Edge

In fast markets, the only sustainable advantage is the ability to keep finding temporary ones.

by Shona L. Brown 1998 297 pages

3.53

75 ratings

🏢 Corporate Strategy 🏗️ Organizational Design 🌱 Emergent Strategy 🔄 Adaptive Strategy 🧠 Organizational Learning

The Lonely Century

by Noreena Hertz • 2021

Loneliness harms like smoking, and the cause is not personal weakness but political design.

3.85

2k+

😔 Loneliness Epidemic 🧱 Social Capital 📉 Neoliberal Critique 🏙️ Urban Isolation 📱 Digital Alienation

The Lonely Century

Loneliness harms like smoking, and the cause is not personal weakness but political design.

by Noreena Hertz 2021 384 pages

3.85

2k+ ratings

😔 Loneliness Epidemic 🧱 Social Capital 📉 Neoliberal Critique 🏙️ Urban Isolation 📱 Digital Alienation

King of Flesh and Bone

by Liv Zander

A death god commands a widow's flesh in his bone kingdom, but her hatred stays free.

3.61

22k+

🔗 Captor Captive Romance 💀 Death God Romance ⚠️ Dubious Consent 💍 Forced Marriage 💔 Tragic Romance

Immersive

King of Flesh and Bone

A death god commands a widow's flesh in his bone kingdom, but her hatred stays free.

by Liv Zander 2022 250 pages

3.61

22k+ ratings

🔗 Captor Captive Romance 💀 Death God Romance ⚠️ Dubious Consent 💍 Forced Marriage 💔 Tragic Romance

Mayluna

by Kelley McNeil • 2024

A music journalist collides with Mayluna's guarded frontman: a secret love, two decades of silence.

4.42

26k+

🎸 Second Chance Romance 🎤 Rock Star Romance 🤫 Secret Pregnancy ⏳ Dual Timeline 🫂 Found Family

Mayluna

A music journalist collides with Mayluna's guarded frontman: a secret love, two decades of silence.

by Kelley McNeil 2024 391 pages

4.42

26k+ ratings

🎸 Second Chance Romance 🎤 Rock Star Romance 🤫 Secret Pregnancy ⏳ Dual Timeline 🫂 Found Family

The Crisis of Islam

by Bernard Lewis • 2003

Islamic civilization lost the world; that humiliation fuels the rage now reshaping it.

3.68

3k+

🧱 Islamic Civilization 🌍 Middle East Politics 🗳️ Political Islam ⚔️ Clash Of Civilizations 📜 Colonial Legacies

The Crisis of Islam

Islamic civilization lost the world; that humiliation fuels the rage now reshaping it.

by Bernard Lewis 2003 224 pages

3.68

3k+ ratings

🧱 Islamic Civilization 🌍 Middle East Politics 🗳️ Political Islam ⚔️ Clash Of Civilizations 📜 Colonial Legacies

The Village Effect

by Susan Pinker • 2013

Hyperconnected yet lonelier than ever: the biological cost of screens replacing faces.

3.78

500+

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🏘️ Community Health 🦠 Social Contagion 🧬 Longevity Science 📵 Digital Detox

The Village Effect

Hyperconnected yet lonelier than ever: the biological cost of screens replacing faces.

by Susan Pinker 2013 285 pages

3.78

500+ ratings

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🏘️ Community Health 🦠 Social Contagion 🧬 Longevity Science 📵 Digital Detox

The 3-Minute Rule

by Brant Pinvidic • 2019

A three-minute pitch formula that earns the yes before you ever ask for it.

4.15

🎤 Pitching And Presenting 📖 Business Storytelling ✂️ Concise Communication 📐 Information Design 👁️ Attention Design

The 3-Minute Rule

A three-minute pitch formula that earns the yes before you ever ask for it.

by Brant Pinvidic 2019 256 pages

4.15

39 ratings

🎤 Pitching And Presenting 📖 Business Storytelling ✂️ Concise Communication 📐 Information Design 👁️ Attention Design

Transylvanian Sunrise

by Radu Cinamar • 2004

Under Romania, a 50,000-year-old holographic library built by giants. The Pentagon hid it.

4.15

500+

🏛️ Secret History 🔒 Government Cover-Ups 🧠 Parapsychology Programs 🗿 Alternative Archaeology ⚙️ Ancient Technology

Transylvanian Sunrise

Under Romania, a 50,000-year-old holographic library built by giants. The Pentagon hid it.

by Radu Cinamar 2004 288 pages

4.15

500+ ratings

🏛️ Secret History 🔒 Government Cover-Ups 🧠 Parapsychology Programs 🗿 Alternative Archaeology ⚙️ Ancient Technology

Telos

by Dianne Robbins • 2015

A hidden city of immortals thrives under Mount Shasta. Its residents are ready to make contact.

4.66

🌀 Channeled Teachings 🕳️ Hollow Earth ✨ Physical Immortality 🧠 Telepathy 🚀 Astral Projection

Telos

A hidden city of immortals thrives under Mount Shasta. Its residents are ready to make contact.

by Dianne Robbins 2015 259 pages

4.66

29 ratings

🌀 Channeled Teachings 🕳️ Hollow Earth ✨ Physical Immortality 🧠 Telepathy 🚀 Astral Projection

The Emperor

by RuNyx

His father deals in leverage. The housekeeper's daughter he loves has just become the price.

4.19

77k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery 💌 Secret Relationship 🔥 Obsessive Devotion 😢 High Angst

Immersive

The Emperor

His father deals in leverage. The housekeeper's daughter he loves has just become the price.

by RuNyx 2021 443 pages

4.19

77k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery 💌 Secret Relationship 🔥 Obsessive Devotion 😢 High Angst

The Blood Race

by K.A. Emmons • 2017

Violent powers drag an outcast to a hidden realm, where his mentor is his soulmate.

3.81

313

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🦸 Superpower Academy 💫 Soulmate Prophecy 🌀 Reluctant Chosen One ⚔️ Love-Hate Mentorship

The Blood Race

Violent powers drag an outcast to a hidden realm, where his mentor is his soulmate.

by K.A. Emmons 2017 345 pages

3.81

313 ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🦸 Superpower Academy 💫 Soulmate Prophecy 🌀 Reluctant Chosen One ⚔️ Love-Hate Mentorship

Horizon's Edge

by TurtleMe • 2016

4.33

8k+

Fantasy

Light Novel

Litrpg

Magic

Adventure

Horizon's Edge

by TurtleMe 2016 264 pages

4.33

8k+ ratings

Fantasy

Light Novel

Litrpg

Magic

Adventure

The Obscene Bird of Night

by José Donoso

Entering an aristocrat's world to steal a face, a poor teacher's son dissolves into silence and ash.

4.21

4k+

🕯️ Gothic Magical Realism 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Bodily Horror 🔒 Sealed-Off World 🌙 Folk Horror

Immersive

The Obscene Bird of Night

Entering an aristocrat's world to steal a face, a poor teacher's son dissolves into silence and ash.

by José Donoso 1970 438 pages

4.21

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Magical Realism 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Bodily Horror 🔒 Sealed-Off World 🌙 Folk Horror

Come Together

by Emily Nagoski • 2024

Desire and pleasure aren't the same thing. Lasting couples prioritize the right one.

4.12

4k+

🏠 Long-Term Relationships 🔄 Responsive Desire 🎉 Pleasure-Centered Sex 💬 Sexual Communication 🛋️ Modern Sex Therapy

Immersive

Come Together

Desire and pleasure aren't the same thing. Lasting couples prioritize the right one.

by Emily Nagoski 2024 369 pages

4.12

4k+ ratings

🏠 Long-Term Relationships 🔄 Responsive Desire 🎉 Pleasure-Centered Sex 💬 Sexual Communication 🛋️ Modern Sex Therapy

No Bad Parts

by Richard C. Schwartz • 2021

Your worst inner voices aren't broken. They're protectors, and beneath them you're already whole.

4.10

20k+

🩺 Trauma Therapy 👶 Inner Child Healing 💗 Self-Compassion 🧘 Somatic Healing 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

Immersive

No Bad Parts

Your worst inner voices aren't broken. They're protectors, and beneath them you're already whole.

by Richard C. Schwartz 2021 218 pages

4.10

20k+ ratings

🩺 Trauma Therapy 👶 Inner Child Healing 💗 Self-Compassion 🧘 Somatic Healing 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

The Second Machine Age

by Erik Brynjolfsson • 2014

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

3.91

12k+

🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

Immersive

The Second Machine Age

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

by Erik Brynjolfsson 2014 320 pages

3.91

12k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

Smart Brevity

by Jim Vandehei • 2022

Readers give you 26 seconds. Journalists' best system for writing shorter and being read.

3.92

9k+

📧 Business Communication ✂️ Concise Writing 👁️ Attention Economics 🌊 Information Overload 📰 Journalism Methods

Immersive

Smart Brevity

Readers give you 26 seconds. Journalists' best system for writing shorter and being read.

by Jim Vandehei 2022 199 pages

3.92

9k+ ratings

📧 Business Communication ✂️ Concise Writing 👁️ Attention Economics 🌊 Information Overload 📰 Journalism Methods

The Winemaker's Wife

by Kristin Harmel

Her grandmother drags her to France to unearth a wartime betrayal hidden in the champagne cellars.

4.23

100k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🇫🇷 Occupied France 🍷 Wine And War 💔 Forbidden Love 🎭 Hidden Identity

Immersive

The Winemaker's Wife

Her grandmother drags her to France to unearth a wartime betrayal hidden in the champagne cellars.

by Kristin Harmel 2019 385 pages

4.23

100k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🇫🇷 Occupied France 🍷 Wine And War 💔 Forbidden Love 🎭 Hidden Identity

Do Not Disturb

by Freida McFadden

After killing her husband, she hides at a snowbound motel where the last guest was murdered.

3.89

300k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense ❄️ Snowbound Setting 🔪 Sister Betrayal 🏃 Fugitive Protagonist 💍 Abusive Marriage

Immersive

Do Not Disturb

After killing her husband, she hides at a snowbound motel where the last guest was murdered.

by Freida McFadden 2021 325 pages

3.89

300k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense ❄️ Snowbound Setting 🔪 Sister Betrayal 🏃 Fugitive Protagonist 💍 Abusive Marriage

Fooled by Randomness

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2001

Ten thousand coin-flippers produce three hundred geniuses. The biographies write themselves.

4.08

71k+

📈 Financial Markets 🔬 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎲 Risk Management 🔍 Decision Quality

Immersive

Fooled by Randomness

Ten thousand coin-flippers produce three hundred geniuses. The biographies write themselves.

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2001 368 pages

4.08

71k+ ratings

📈 Financial Markets 🔬 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎲 Risk Management 🔍 Decision Quality

The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution

by Mark Peterson • 2026

The U.S. Constitution was built to seize a continent. What happens when the land runs out?

4.09

🏛️ Constitutional History 🌎 American Expansion ⚡ Settler Colonialism 💰 Political Economy ⚖️ Minority Rule

The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution Summary

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The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution

The U.S. Constitution was built to seize a continent. What happens when the land runs out?

by Mark Peterson 2026 390 pages

4.09

22 ratings

🏛️ Constitutional History 🌎 American Expansion ⚡ Settler Colonialism 💰 Political Economy ⚖️ Minority Rule

Chasing Evil

by John Edward • 2025

Cold cases, a serial killer, and a psychic: when evidence runs dry, the dead step in.

4.44

6k+

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 📁 Cold Case Files 🔮 Psychic Mediumship 👮 Law Enforcement Memoir 👻 After-Death Communication

Chasing Evil

Cold cases, a serial killer, and a psychic: when evidence runs dry, the dead step in.

by John Edward 2025 368 pages

4.44

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 📁 Cold Case Files 🔮 Psychic Mediumship 👮 Law Enforcement Memoir 👻 After-Death Communication

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