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Noi am fost cei norocoși

de Georgia Hunter • 2017

Scattered across continents by war, a Polish Jewish family fights to survive and reunite.

4.42

200.000+

🌳 Epic Family Saga 💔 Wartime Separation 📖 Based On A True Story 🎭 Hidden Identities 🇵🇱 Occupied Poland

Noi am fost cei norocoși

Scattered across continents by war, a Polish Jewish family fights to survive and reunite.

de Georgia Hunter 2017 403 pagini

4.42

200.000+ evaluări

🌳 Epic Family Saga 💔 Wartime Separation 📖 Based On A True Story 🎭 Hidden Identities 🇵🇱 Occupied Poland

The Maniac

de Benjamín Labatut • 2023

Tormented minds of the twentieth century build the machine intelligence that could eclipse humanity.

4.33

27.000+

🔬 Novelized Science History ⭐ Scientific Obsession 🧠 Tortured Genius 🤖 Rise Of AI ⚔️ Man Vs. Machine

The Maniac

Tormented minds of the twentieth century build the machine intelligence that could eclipse humanity.

de Benjamín Labatut 2023 368 pagini

4.33

27.000+ evaluări

🔬 Novelized Science History ⭐ Scientific Obsession 🧠 Tortured Genius 🤖 Rise Of AI ⚔️ Man Vs. Machine

Violeta

de Isabel Allende • 2022

A letter to her grandson: one woman's journey through a century of love, ruin, and survival.

4.03

100.000+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga ✉️ Epistolary Novel 👯‍♀️ Women Supporting Women 💔 Toxic Romance 🌊 Exile And Return

Violeta

A letter to her grandson: one woman's journey through a century of love, ruin, and survival.

de Isabel Allende 2022 322 pagini

4.03

100.000+ evaluări

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga ✉️ Epistolary Novel 👯‍♀️ Women Supporting Women 💔 Toxic Romance 🌊 Exile And Return

Kira-Kira

de Cynthia Kadohata • 2004

Katie's sister taught her the world could shimmer. Lymphoma tests whether she can still see it.

3.98

28.000+

💔 Terminal Illness 👭 Sisterly Bond 🫂 Young Caregiver 🏡 Immigrant Family Saga 🌅 Grief And Healing

Kira-Kira

Katie's sister taught her the world could shimmer. Lymphoma tests whether she can still see it.

de Cynthia Kadohata 2004 291 pagini

3.98

28.000+ evaluări

💔 Terminal Illness 👭 Sisterly Bond 🫂 Young Caregiver 🏡 Immigrant Family Saga 🌅 Grief And Healing

Fetele radiului

de Kate Moore • 2016

She taught in dugouts, flew biplanes, ranched 180,000 acres. Nothing broke her.

4.16

100.000+

🏜️ Pioneer Women 🏔️ American West 🏡 Frontier Life 💪 Resilience Stories 🌊 Survival Stories

Fetele radiului

She taught in dugouts, flew biplanes, ranched 180,000 acres. Nothing broke her.

de Kate Moore 2016 479 pagini

4.16

100.000+ evaluări

🏜️ Pioneer Women 🏔️ American West 🏡 Frontier Life 💪 Resilience Stories 🌊 Survival Stories

Biblia lemnului otrăvit

de Barbara Kingsolver • 1998

Four sisters follow their father to the Congo, where his holy mission exacts a terrible price.

4.11

700.000+

🕊️ Missionary Fiction 📖 Postcolonial Fiction 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 👭 Sister Bonds ⚡ Cultural Clashes

Biblia lemnului otrăvit

Four sisters follow their father to the Congo, where his holy mission exacts a terrible price.

de Barbara Kingsolver 1998 546 pagini

4.11

700.000+ evaluări

🕊️ Missionary Fiction 📖 Postcolonial Fiction 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 👭 Sister Bonds ⚡ Cultural Clashes

King Rat

de James Clavell • 1962

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

4.20

44.000+

🏕️ 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.

de James Clavell 1962 368 pagini

4.20

44.000+ evaluări

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

The Dream of the Red Chamber

de Cao Xueqin • 1791

A jade-born youth drifts through poetry and passion while his noble family slides toward ruin.

3.54

220

🏯 Family Saga 🏚️ Declining Aristocracy 💔 Love Triangle 💭 Unspoken Love 🌧️ Melancholic

The Dream of the Red Chamber

A jade-born youth drifts through poetry and passion while his noble family slides toward ruin.

de Cao Xueqin 1791 966 pagini

3.54

220 evaluări

🏯 Family Saga 🏚️ Declining Aristocracy 💔 Love Triangle 💭 Unspoken Love 🌧️ Melancholic

Angel of Greenwood

de Randi Pink • 2021

Two Black teens in 1921 Tulsa find first love on the eve of a massacre.

4.18

2.000+

🖤 Black Historical Fiction 👥 Dual Pov 💕 First Love 📖 Bookish Heroine 💔 Bittersweet Romance

Angel of Greenwood

Two Black teens in 1921 Tulsa find first love on the eve of a massacre.

de Randi Pink 2021 304 pagini

4.18

2.000+ evaluări

🖤 Black Historical Fiction 👥 Dual Pov 💕 First Love 📖 Bookish Heroine 💔 Bittersweet Romance

Portretul de nuntă

de Maggie O'Farrell • 2022

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

4.01

200.000+

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

Portretul de nuntă

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

de Maggie O'Farrell 2022 355 pagini

4.01

200.000+ evaluări

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

Nord și Sud

de Elizabeth Gaskell • 1855

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

4.15

100.000+

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

Nord și Sud

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

de Elizabeth Gaskell 1855 521 pagini

4.15

100.000+ evaluări

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

Cei trei muschetari

de Alexandre Dumas • 1844

A young Gascon's sword earns him three friends, a queen's secret, and a cardinal's undying hatred.

4.10

300.000+

🗡️ Swashbuckling 🖤 Found Family 👑 Royal Court Intrigue 💋 Femme Fatale 🎭 Cloak And Dagger

Cei trei muschetari

A young Gascon's sword earns him three friends, a queen's secret, and a cardinal's undying hatred.

de Alexandre Dumas 1844 625 pagini

4.10

300.000+ evaluări

🗡️ Swashbuckling 🖤 Found Family 👑 Royal Court Intrigue 💋 Femme Fatale 🎭 Cloak And Dagger

Iarna lumii

de Ken Follett • 2012

Five interconnected families fight for love, survival, and justice as fascism engulfs the world.

4.39

100.000+

📖 Wwii Historical Saga 👪 Family Saga ✊ Nazi Resistance 🪖 Disillusioned Soldier 💘 Forbidden Love

Iarna lumii

Five interconnected families fight for love, survival, and justice as fascism engulfs the world.

de Ken Follett 2012 940 pagini

4.39

100.000+ evaluări

📖 Wwii Historical Saga 👪 Family Saga ✊ Nazi Resistance 🪖 Disillusioned Soldier 💘 Forbidden Love

Ochiul de diamant

de Kate Quinn • 2022

A legendary Soviet sniper lands in Washington on a goodwill tour, unaware an old enemy waits.

4.29

200.000+

👩‍✈️ Women At War 🎓 Unlikely Soldier 🤝 Unexpected Bond 🥺 Lonely Hero 💔 Emotional Depth

Ochiul de diamant

A legendary Soviet sniper lands in Washington on a goodwill tour, unaware an old enemy waits.

de Kate Quinn 2022 435 pagini

4.29

200.000+ evaluări

👩‍✈️ Women At War 🎓 Unlikely Soldier 🤝 Unexpected Bond 🥺 Lonely Hero 💔 Emotional Depth

Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge

de Erica Armstrong Dunbar • 2019

In 1796, Ona Judge walked out of George Washington's house and onto a ship. She never returned.

3.97

1.000+

🏛️ Early American Republic ⛓️ American Slavery 🪶 Enslaved Women 🏃🏿‍♀️ Fugitive Slave Stories 🏘️ Free Black Communities

Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge

In 1796, Ona Judge walked out of George Washington's house and onto a ship. She never returned.

de Erica Armstrong Dunbar 2019 273 pagini

3.97

1.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Early American Republic ⛓️ American Slavery 🪶 Enslaved Women 🏃🏿‍♀️ Fugitive Slave Stories 🏘️ Free Black Communities

Pe frontul de vest nimic nou

de Erich Maria Remarque • 1987

When German schoolboys enlist for glory in 1914, the trenches strip away every ideal but survival.

4.12

500.000+

🪖 Trench Warfare ✋ Anti-War Novel 🕊️ Loss Of Innocence 🤝 Soldiers' Brotherhood 🏠 Alienation From Home

Pe frontul de vest nimic nou

When German schoolboys enlist for glory in 1914, the trenches strip away every ideal but survival.

de Erich Maria Remarque 1987 296 pagini

4.12

500.000+ evaluări

🪖 Trench Warfare ✋ Anti-War Novel 🕊️ Loss Of Innocence 🤝 Soldiers' Brotherhood 🏠 Alienation From Home

The Greatest Salesman in the World II

de Og Mandino • 1968

A mother's faith holds her family through revolution, exile, and brutal California fields.

4.33

5.000+

📚 Family Saga 🇲🇽 Mexican American 👩‍👧‍👦 Matriarchal Strength 🌱 Immigrant Resilience 🙏 Faith In Hard Times

The Greatest Salesman in the World II

A mother's faith holds her family through revolution, exile, and brutal California fields.

de Og Mandino 1968 144 pagini

4.33

5.000+ evaluări

📚 Family Saga 🇲🇽 Mexican American 👩‍👧‍👦 Matriarchal Strength 🌱 Immigrant Resilience 🙏 Faith In Hard Times

Common Sense

de Thomas Paine • 1776

A plain argument that kings and birthright are frauds, and America must walk away now.

4.00

39.000+

🇺🇸 American Revolution 🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Republicanism 👑 Anti-Monarchism 💡 Enlightenment Politics

Common Sense

A plain argument that kings and birthright are frauds, and America must walk away now.

de Thomas Paine 1776 104 pagini

4.00

39.000+ evaluări

🇺🇸 American Revolution 🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Republicanism 👑 Anti-Monarchism 💡 Enlightenment Politics

The Familiar

de Leigh Bardugo • 2024

A scullion's secret magic earns her a patron, a deadly competition, and the Inquisition's gaze.

3.74

100.000+

🕯️ Historical Fantasy ⛪ Spanish Inquisition 🏆 Magical Competition 🦂 Cursed Immortal 🌑 Gothic Romance Energy

The Familiar

A scullion's secret magic earns her a patron, a deadly competition, and the Inquisition's gaze.

de Leigh Bardugo 2024 379 pagini

3.74

100.000+ evaluări

🕯️ Historical Fantasy ⛪ Spanish Inquisition 🏆 Magical Competition 🦂 Cursed Immortal 🌑 Gothic Romance Energy

The Fountains of Silence

de Ruta Sepetys • 2019

An American photographer falls for a hotel maid in 1957 Madrid, where her silence hides a crime.

4.30

83.000+

🕊️ Post-Civil War Spain 🏴 Franco's Dictatorship 🇺🇸 American Abroad 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏨 Hotel Setting

The Fountains of Silence

An American photographer falls for a hotel maid in 1957 Madrid, where her silence hides a crime.

de Ruta Sepetys 2019 495 pagini

4.30

83.000+ evaluări

🕊️ Post-Civil War Spain 🏴 Franco's Dictatorship 🇺🇸 American Abroad 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏨 Hotel Setting

The Possession of Alba Díaz

de Isabel Cañas • 2025

Alba Díaz's sham engagement saves her from her parents' schemes, until a mine demon possesses her.

3.86

17.000+

🕯️ Colonial Gothic 👹 Demonic Possession ⚗️ Alchemical Magic 😈 Exorcism Gone Wrong ⛪ Religious Fanaticism

The Possession of Alba Díaz

Alba Díaz's sham engagement saves her from her parents' schemes, until a mine demon possesses her.

de Isabel Cañas 2025 369 pagini

3.86

17.000+ evaluări

🕯️ Colonial Gothic 👹 Demonic Possession ⚗️ Alchemical Magic 😈 Exorcism Gone Wrong ⛪ Religious Fanaticism

I Must Betray You

de Ruta Sepetys • 2022

Blackmailed by the secret police, a Romanian teen must spy on Americans or lose his family.

4.40

100.000+

🏚️ Communist Romania 📹 Surveillance Paranoia 🕵️ Forced Informant ✍️ Writing As Resistance ⚖️ Moral Compromise

I Must Betray You

Blackmailed by the secret police, a Romanian teen must spy on Americans or lose his family.

de Ruta Sepetys 2022 321 pagini

4.40

100.000+ evaluări

🏚️ Communist Romania 📹 Surveillance Paranoia 🕵️ Forced Informant ✍️ Writing As Resistance ⚖️ Moral Compromise

Pe aripile vântului

de Margaret Mitchell • 1936

War burns down her world. Starvation sharpens her. The men she marries are just survival.

4.31

1.000.000+

🏛️ Antebellum South ⚔️ Civil War Epic 💚 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Unrequited Love 🥀 Tragic Romance

Imersive

Pe aripile vântului

War burns down her world. Starvation sharpens her. The men she marries are just survival.

de Margaret Mitchell 1936 1037 pagini

4.31

1.000.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Antebellum South ⚔️ Civil War Epic 💚 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Unrequited Love 🥀 Tragic Romance

The Picture of Dorian Gray

de Ian Edginton • 2008

Dorian Gray stays young while his portrait ages: a supernatural bargain that devours his soul.

4.17

60.000+

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🌟 Wish Gone Wrong 💀 Moral Corruption 🎭 Corrupting Influence ⏳ Eternal Youth

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray stays young while his portrait ages: a supernatural bargain that devours his soul.

de Ian Edginton 2008 122 pagini

4.17

60.000+ evaluări

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🌟 Wish Gone Wrong 💀 Moral Corruption 🎭 Corrupting Influence ⏳ Eternal Youth

A Thousand Ships

de Natalie Haynes • 2019

Done with heroes, the muse of epic poetry sings the Trojan War through its women instead.

4.04

93.000+

🏛️ Feminist Myth Retelling ⚔️ Trojan War 🏺 Ancient Greece 🪖 Women In War ⛓️ Captive Women

A Thousand Ships

Done with heroes, the muse of epic poetry sings the Trojan War through its women instead.

de Natalie Haynes 2019 368 pagini

4.04

93.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Feminist Myth Retelling ⚔️ Trojan War 🏺 Ancient Greece 🪖 Women In War ⛓️ Captive Women

Shogun

de James Clavell • 1975

An English pilot shipwrecked in Japan is pulled into a warlord's secret war for absolute power.

4.41

200.000+

🏯 Feudal Japan ⛵ Nautical Adventure 💔 Forbidden Love 🐟 Fish Out Of Water ♟️ Political Chess

Shogun

An English pilot shipwrecked in Japan is pulled into a warlord's secret war for absolute power.

de James Clavell 1975 1152 pagini

4.41

200.000+ evaluări

🏯 Feudal Japan ⛵ Nautical Adventure 💔 Forbidden Love 🐟 Fish Out Of Water ♟️ Political Chess

Regina albă

de Philippa Gregory • 2009

A widow marries a king in secret and must outmaneuver England's most powerful lords to survive.

3.96

100.000+

🏰 Plantagenet England 👑 Royal Court Intrigue 💍 Secret Marriage ⚔️ War Of Succession 🗡️ Political Betrayal

Regina albă

A widow marries a king in secret and must outmaneuver England's most powerful lords to survive.

de Philippa Gregory 2009 415 pagini

3.96

100.000+ evaluări

🏰 Plantagenet England 👑 Royal Court Intrigue 💍 Secret Marriage ⚔️ War Of Succession 🗡️ Political Betrayal

Persuasiune

de Jane Austen • 1817

Anne Elliot gave up a penniless officer under pressure. Now he returns wealthy, admired, and cold.

4.15

700.000+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 👒 Regency Era 🌿 Quiet Heroine 🏛️ Class Divides 🤍 Introspective Romance

Imersive

Persuasiune

Anne Elliot gave up a penniless officer under pressure. Now he returns wealthy, admired, and cold.

de Jane Austen 1817 130 pagini

4.15

700.000+ evaluări

🖤 Second Chance Romance 👒 Regency Era 🌿 Quiet Heroine 🏛️ Class Divides 🤍 Introspective Romance

The Shortest History of China

de Linda Jaivin • 2021

Twelve chapters, four millennia: the recurring patterns that explain China's rise to superpower.

3.94

3.000+

🏯 Imperial China 🔄 Dynastic History ☯️ Chinese Philosophy ⚓ Opium Wars 📈 Chinese Economic Rise

The Shortest History of China

Twelve chapters, four millennia: the recurring patterns that explain China's rise to superpower.

de Linda Jaivin 2021 263 pagini

3.94

3.000+ evaluări

🏯 Imperial China 🔄 Dynastic History ☯️ Chinese Philosophy ⚓ Opium Wars 📈 Chinese Economic Rise

Doctor Zhivago

de Boris Pasternak • 1957

Amid revolution and war, a Russian doctor-poet loves a woman he was never meant to have.

4.01

100.000+

🚩 Russian Revolution ⭐ Star-Crossed Lovers 🩺 Doctor Protagonist 💣 Wartime Romance ✍️ Poet Protagonist

Doctor Zhivago

Amid revolution and war, a Russian doctor-poet loves a woman he was never meant to have.

de Boris Pasternak 1957 592 pagini

4.01

100.000+ evaluări

🚩 Russian Revolution ⭐ Star-Crossed Lovers 🩺 Doctor Protagonist 💣 Wartime Romance ✍️ Poet Protagonist

Tatuatorul de la Auschwitz

de Heather Morris • 2018

An Auschwitz prisoner forced to tattoo inmates falls for a woman he marks.

4.32

1.000.000+

🏚️ Auschwitz Setting 💔 Forbidden Romance 📖 Based On True Events 🕯️ Hope In Darkness ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

Tatuatorul de la Auschwitz

An Auschwitz prisoner forced to tattoo inmates falls for a woman he marks.

de Heather Morris 2018 1 pagini

4.32

1.000.000+ evaluări

🏚️ Auschwitz Setting 💔 Forbidden Romance 📖 Based On True Events 🕯️ Hope In Darkness ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

The Kite Runner

de Khaled Hosseini • 2011

A Kabul betrayal haunts a man into exile, until he must return to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

4.45

24.000+

🏔️ Afghanistan Setting ⚖️ Ethnic Divide 💔 Childhood Betrayal 🧬 Secret Half-Brother 👨‍👦 Father-Son Tension

The Kite Runner

A Kabul betrayal haunts a man into exile, until he must return to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

de Khaled Hosseini 2011 132 pagini

4.45

24.000+ evaluări

🏔️ Afghanistan Setting ⚖️ Ethnic Divide 💔 Childhood Betrayal 🧬 Secret Half-Brother 👨‍👦 Father-Son Tension

Păstrătoarea de secrete

de Kate Morton • 2012

A girl saw her mother commit murder. Fifty years later, she unearths the wartime secret.

4.16

100.000+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Secrets 💔 Love Triangle Tragedy 🎭 Assumed Identity 💣 Blitz Lit

Păstrătoarea de secrete

A girl saw her mother commit murder. Fifty years later, she unearths the wartime secret.

de Kate Morton 2012 484 pagini

4.16

100.000+ evaluări

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Secrets 💔 Love Triangle Tragedy 🎭 Assumed Identity 💣 Blitz Lit

Nume de cod Verity

de Elizabeth Wein • 2012

A captured spy's confession hides coded messages meant for the best friend she left behind.

4.00

100.000+

🕵️ Female Spies ✈️ Women Pilots 👭 Female Friendship 🔐 Coded Messages 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Nume de cod Verity

A captured spy's confession hides coded messages meant for the best friend she left behind.

de Elizabeth Wein 2012 448 pagini

4.00

100.000+ evaluări

🕵️ Female Spies ✈️ Women Pilots 👭 Female Friendship 🔐 Coded Messages 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Ring Shout

de P. Djèlí Clark • 2020

1922 Georgia: a Black monster hunter faces the Klan's ritual to summon a god of hate.

3.93

61.000+

🌿 Gullah Rootwork 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🕯️ Folk Horror ⚔️ Monster Hunting

Ring Shout

1922 Georgia: a Black monster hunter faces the Klan's ritual to summon a god of hate.

de P. Djèlí Clark 2020 185 pagini

3.93

61.000+ evaluări

🌿 Gullah Rootwork 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🕯️ Folk Horror ⚔️ Monster Hunting

Lincoln în Bardo

de George Saunders • 2017

Ghosts who deny death fill a cemetery, until Abraham Lincoln visits his son among them.

3.75

100.000+

🗣️ Chorus Of Voices 🚪 Afterlife Waystation 💔 Grieving Parent 👻 Unfinished Business 🕯️ Elegiac Tone

Lincoln în Bardo

Ghosts who deny death fill a cemetery, until Abraham Lincoln visits his son among them.

de George Saunders 2017 368 pagini

3.75

100.000+ evaluări

🗣️ Chorus Of Voices 🚪 Afterlife Waystation 💔 Grieving Parent 👻 Unfinished Business 🕯️ Elegiac Tone

O coloană de foc

de Ken Follett • 2017

A Protestant spy loves a Catholic woman through decades of Tudor treachery and the Gunpowder Plot.

4.27

100.000+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Elizabethan England 💔 Forbidden Love 🕵️ Spymaster Protagonist 👑 Political Intrigue ⚖️ Family Divided By Faith

O coloană de foc

A Protestant spy loves a Catholic woman through decades of Tudor treachery and the Gunpowder Plot.

de Ken Follett 2017 916 pagini

4.27

100.000+ evaluări

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Elizabethan England 💔 Forbidden Love 🕵️ Spymaster Protagonist 👑 Political Intrigue ⚖️ Family Divided By Faith

Oferta unui gentleman

de Julia Quinn • 2001

A servant steals a night at a masquerade, wins a gentleman's heart, and vanishes at midnight.

3.94

400.000+

🏰 Cinderella Retelling 💔 Class Divide Romance 🧹 Servant Heroine 🎭 Secret Identity 😈 Wicked Stepmother

Oferta unui gentleman

A servant steals a night at a masquerade, wins a gentleman's heart, and vanishes at midnight.

de Julia Quinn 2001 390 pagini

3.94

400.000+ evaluări

🏰 Cinderella Retelling 💔 Class Divide Romance 🧹 Servant Heroine 🎭 Secret Identity 😈 Wicked Stepmother

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912

de Lauren Tarshis • 2010

A curious boy aboard the Titanic must navigate chaos when an iceberg seals the ship's fate.

4.09

19.000+

🚢 Titanic Disaster 🌊 Shipwreck Survival 👫 Sibling Bond 👦 Boy Protagonist ⚡ Tense Survival

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912

A curious boy aboard the Titanic must navigate chaos when an iceberg seals the ship's fate.

de Lauren Tarshis 2010 112 pagini

4.09

19.000+ evaluări

🚢 Titanic Disaster 🌊 Shipwreck Survival 👫 Sibling Bond 👦 Boy Protagonist ⚡ Tense Survival

Nineteen Steps

de Millie Bobby Brown • 2023

She loves two men. Then a London shelter crush kills 173, including her father and sister.

3.76

20.000+

🏠 Wwii Home Front 💣 Blitz Romance 💔 Love Triangle 😔 Survivor Guilt 🥀 Bittersweet

Nineteen Steps

She loves two men. Then a London shelter crush kills 173, including her father and sister.

de Millie Bobby Brown 2023 320 pagini

3.76

20.000+ evaluări

🏠 Wwii Home Front 💣 Blitz Romance 💔 Love Triangle 😔 Survivor Guilt 🥀 Bittersweet

The Ghost Bride

de Yangsze Choo • 2013

A Malaccan girl betrothed to a dead man must journey through the afterlife to reclaim her life.

3.81

37.000+

🐉 Chinese Folklore 🌴 Colonial Malaya 🌌 Afterlife Journey 👻 Spirit Possession 💕 Love Triangle

The Ghost Bride

A Malaccan girl betrothed to a dead man must journey through the afterlife to reclaim her life.

de Yangsze Choo 2013 368 pagini

3.81

37.000+ evaluări

🐉 Chinese Folklore 🌴 Colonial Malaya 🌌 Afterlife Journey 👻 Spirit Possession 💕 Love Triangle

Sweet Sixteen

de Annelise Heurtier • 2013

A Black teen integrates an Arkansas high school; a white classmate learns silence has a price.

3.92

1.000+

🏫 School Desegregation ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🏚️ Jim Crow South 👥 Dual Narratives 👁️ Racial Awakening

Sweet Sixteen

A Black teen integrates an Arkansas high school; a white classmate learns silence has a price.

de Annelise Heurtier 2013 217 pagini

3.92

1.000+ evaluări

🏫 School Desegregation ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🏚️ Jim Crow South 👥 Dual Narratives 👁️ Racial Awakening

Femeia cărților din Troublesome Creek

de Kim Michele Richardson • 2019

A blue-skinned packhorse librarian in 1930s Kentucky delivers books while a preacher plots her ruin.

4.21

200.000+

🏔️ 1930s Appalachia 📚 Pack Horse Librarian 🏠 Found Family 👁️ Small-Town Prejudice 📖 Books As Refuge

Femeia cărților din Troublesome Creek

A blue-skinned packhorse librarian in 1930s Kentucky delivers books while a preacher plots her ruin.

de Kim Michele Richardson 2019 309 pagini

4.21

200.000+ evaluări

🏔️ 1930s Appalachia 📚 Pack Horse Librarian 🏠 Found Family 👁️ Small-Town Prejudice 📖 Books As Refuge

1776

de David McCullough • 2005

How a year of defeats and desertions almost ended the American Revolution before it began.

4.10

200.000+

🦅 American Revolution ⚔️ Military History 🏰 18th Century Warfare 📖 Narrative History 📚 Popular History

1776

How a year of defeats and desertions almost ended the American Revolution before it began.

de David McCullough 2005 386 pagini

4.10

200.000+ evaluări

🦅 American Revolution ⚔️ Military History 🏰 18th Century Warfare 📖 Narrative History 📚 Popular History

The Kindly Ones

de Jonathan Littell • 2009

An intellectual SS officer recounts his role in the Holocaust, insisting it was just a job.

4.03

15.000+

🕯️ Holocaust 🗣️ Perpetrator Narrator 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Incestuous Obsession ✒️ Confessional Fiction

The Kindly Ones

An intellectual SS officer recounts his role in the Holocaust, insisting it was just a job.

de Jonathan Littell 2009 984 pagini

4.03

15.000+ evaluări

🕯️ Holocaust 🗣️ Perpetrator Narrator 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Incestuous Obsession ✒️ Confessional Fiction

El Filibusterismo Comics

de José Rizal • 2017

An illustrated treasury of Sa'di's timeless parables on justice, contentment, and the art of living.

3.81

135

🕌 Sufi Wisdom 📜 Persian Poetry 🎨 Illustrated Classic 📖 Moral Fables 🏰 Medieval Persia

El Filibusterismo Comics

An illustrated treasury of Sa'di's timeless parables on justice, contentment, and the art of living.

de José Rizal 2017 53 pagini

3.81

135 evaluări

🕌 Sufi Wisdom 📜 Persian Poetry 🎨 Illustrated Classic 📖 Moral Fables 🏰 Medieval Persia

The Bride

de Julie Garwood • 1989

She marries a Scottish laird with a dark reputation. She's English, stubborn, and hunting a killer.

4.22

70.000+

🏰 Medieval Highlands 💍 Arranged Marriage 🦅 Scottish Laird 🌿 Healer Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

The Bride

She marries a Scottish laird with a dark reputation. She's English, stubborn, and hunting a killer.

de Julie Garwood 1989 352 pagini

4.22

70.000+ evaluări

🏰 Medieval Highlands 💍 Arranged Marriage 🦅 Scottish Laird 🌿 Healer Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

The Phoenix Crown

de Kate Quinn • 2024

In 1906 San Francisco, three women track a vanished artist into a charming patron's private asylum.

3.86

51.000+

🔍 Historical Mystery 💕 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Female Friendship 🕰️ Edwardian Era

The Phoenix Crown

In 1906 San Francisco, three women track a vanished artist into a charming patron's private asylum.

de Kate Quinn 2024 384 pagini

3.86

51.000+ evaluări

🔍 Historical Mystery 💕 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Female Friendship 🕰️ Edwardian Era

The Quiet Librarian

de Allen Eskens • 2025

A librarian who survived a Bosnian massacre learns her friend's killer murdered her family too.

4.13

35.000+

🕊️ 1990s Bosnia 📖 Dual Timeline 🔪 Trauma And Revenge 🏠 Found Family ⚔️ Women In War

The Quiet Librarian

A librarian who survived a Bosnian massacre learns her friend's killer murdered her family too.

de Allen Eskens 2025 320 pagini

4.13

35.000+ evaluări

🕊️ 1990s Bosnia 📖 Dual Timeline 🔪 Trauma And Revenge 🏠 Found Family ⚔️ Women In War

Salt

de Mark Kurlansky • 2002

Salt was the oil of the ancient world, and the battle for it built empires.

3.75

77.000+

🧂 Commodity Histories 🍽️ Food History 🔍 Microhistory 🧾 Taxation History 🚢 Trade Routes

Salt

Salt was the oil of the ancient world, and the battle for it built empires.

de Mark Kurlansky 2002 484 pagini

3.75

77.000+ evaluări

🧂 Commodity Histories 🍽️ Food History 🔍 Microhistory 🧾 Taxation History 🚢 Trade Routes

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