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Fools

by Lucy Lennox • 2021

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M M Romance

Friends To Lovers

Romance

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Humor

Fools

by Lucy Lennox 2021 276 pages

4.28

4k+ ratings

M M Romance

Friends To Lovers

Romance

Contemporary

Humor

Beginner Daygame

by Nick Krauser

4.17

Relationships

Beginner Daygame

by Nick Krauser 130 pages

4.17

29 ratings

Relationships

Soft Tissue Damage

by Lilith Vincent • 2025

3.80

3k+

Dark Romance

Dark

Romance

Stalker

Contemporary

Soft Tissue Damage

by Lilith Vincent 2025 380 pages

3.80

3k+ ratings

Dark Romance

Dark

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Stalker

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Ruth

by Elizabeth Gaskell • 1853

3.87

10k+

Classics

Victorian

Historical Fiction

19th Century

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Ruth

by Elizabeth Gaskell 1853 432 pages

3.87

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An Inconvenient Widow

by Lois Romano • 2026

The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln

4.28

500+

History

Biography

American History

Civil War

Biography Memoir

An Inconvenient Widow

The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln

by Lois Romano 2026 480 pages

4.28

500+ ratings

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Biography

American History

Civil War

Biography Memoir

When the Ice Is Gone

by Paul Bierman • 2024

What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth's Tumultuous History and Perilous Future

3.87

213

Science

History

Nature

Travel

Environment

When the Ice Is Gone

What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth's Tumultuous History and Perilous Future

by Paul Bierman 2024 304 pages

3.87

213 ratings

Science

History

Nature

Travel

Environment

The Law and the Promise

by Neville Goddard • 2020

4.51

103

Spirituality

The Law and the Promise

by Neville Goddard 2020 89 pages

4.51

103 ratings

Spirituality

The Penalty

by J.R. Gray • 2025

3.81

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M M Romance

Sports

Hockey

Sports Romance

Romance

The Penalty

by J.R. Gray 2025 354 pages

3.81

2k+ ratings

M M Romance

Sports

Hockey

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Romance

Beyond Reach

by Karin Slaughter • 2007

A burned body surfaces in Lena's Georgia hometown, where meth and skinheads enforce their own law.

4.20

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🖤 Southern Noir 🔪 Damaged Detective 💉 Meth Trade 🚔 Corrupt Cops 🔬 Forensic Investigation

Beyond Reach

A burned body surfaces in Lena's Georgia hometown, where meth and skinheads enforce their own law.

by Karin Slaughter 2007 416 pages

4.20

50k+ ratings

🖤 Southern Noir 🔪 Damaged Detective 💉 Meth Trade 🚔 Corrupt Cops 🔬 Forensic Investigation

The Retreat

by J.R. Gray • 2024

4.10

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The Retreat

by J.R. Gray 2024 301 pages

4.10

4k+ ratings

M M Romance

Sports

Romance

Sports Romance

College

No Time Like the Past

by Jodi Taylor • 2015

Time-traveling historians must rescue their team from the Great Fire of London before history burns.

4.35

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🕰️ Time Travel Historians 🌀 Time Travel Paradox 🤪 Madcap Humor 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Workplace Chaos

No Time Like the Past

Time-traveling historians must rescue their team from the Great Fire of London before history burns.

by Jodi Taylor 2015 374 pages

4.35

14k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Historians 🌀 Time Travel Paradox 🤪 Madcap Humor 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Workplace Chaos

The 4

by Tommy Newberry • 2007

8 Principle: The Secret to a Joy-Filled Life

4.25

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The 4

8 Principle: The Secret to a Joy-Filled Life

by Tommy Newberry 2007 240 pages

4.25

1k+ ratings

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Self Help

Business

Faith

Personal Development

The Lost Fiancé Twist

by Ana Ashley • 2023

4.08

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M M Romance

Romance

Second Chance

Contemporary

LGBT

The Lost Fiancé Twist

by Ana Ashley 2023 344 pages

4.08

1k+ ratings

M M Romance

Romance

Second Chance

Contemporary

LGBT

F*ck Yeah

by Crystal North • 2020

4.29

1k+

Romance

Why Choose

Contemporary

Dark Romance

New Adult

F*ck Yeah

by Crystal North 2020 133 pages

4.29

1k+ ratings

Romance

Why Choose

Contemporary

Dark Romance

New Adult

Hope in the Dark

by Rebecca Solnit • 2004

The Untold History of People Power

3.97

12k+

Essays

Politics

History

Feminism

Social Justice

Hope in the Dark

The Untold History of People Power

by Rebecca Solnit 2004 192 pages

3.97

12k+ ratings

Essays

Politics

History

Feminism

Social Justice

The Music Instinct

by Philip Ball • 2010

How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It

3.95

500+

Music

Science

Psychology

Art

Neuroscience

The Music Instinct

How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It

by Philip Ball 2010 288 pages

3.95

500+ ratings

Music

Science

Psychology

Art

Neuroscience

Untamed

by M.J. Hendrix • 2024

3.94

7k+

Westerns

Romance

Enemies To Lovers

Cowboy Romance

Dark Romance

Untamed

by M.J. Hendrix 2024 410 pages

3.94

7k+ ratings

Westerns

Romance

Enemies To Lovers

Cowboy Romance

Dark Romance

Wounded Kiss

by Willow Winters • 2020

3.51

11k+

Romance

Paranormal

Fantasy

Paranormal Romance

Dark Romance

Wounded Kiss

by Willow Winters 2020 220 pages

3.51

11k+ ratings

Romance

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Fantasy

Paranormal Romance

Dark Romance

Meet Me in the Margins

by Melissa Ferguson • 2022

A secret romance novelist starts receiving anonymous margin notes as her new boss takes over.

3.63

50k+

💌 Anonymous Pen Pal 🫶 Boss Employee Romance 💼 Publishing World 📚 Bookish Romance 👯 Sister Drama

Meet Me in the Margins

A secret romance novelist starts receiving anonymous margin notes as her new boss takes over.

by Melissa Ferguson 2022 309 pages

3.63

50k+ ratings

💌 Anonymous Pen Pal 🫶 Boss Employee Romance 💼 Publishing World 📚 Bookish Romance 👯 Sister Drama

Say I Do

by Brea Alepoú • 2023

4.11

20k+

M M Romance

Dark Romance

Enemies To Lovers

Romance

Dark

Say I Do

by Brea Alepoú 2023 466 pages

4.11

20k+ ratings

M M Romance

Dark Romance

Enemies To Lovers

Romance

Dark

The Almost Romantic

by Lauren Blakely • 2024

How to Date Your Fake Husband

3.93

8k+

Romance

Marriage Of Convenience

Fake Dating

Rom Com

Contemporary Romance

The Almost Romantic

How to Date Your Fake Husband

by Lauren Blakely 2024 374 pages

3.93

8k+ ratings

Romance

Marriage Of Convenience

Fake Dating

Rom Com

Contemporary Romance

The Pyrocene

by Stephen J. Pyne • 2021

How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next

3.73

192

Science

History

Climate Change

Environment

Politics

The Pyrocene

How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next

by Stephen J. Pyne 2021 192 pages

3.73

192 ratings

Science

History

Climate Change

Environment

Politics

The Hiking Trip

by Jenny Blackhurst • 2023

Human remains surface on the West Coast Trail, and a mother's new identity starts to crack.

3.63

9k+

🕵️ Psychological Suspense 🌀 Dual Timeline Mystery 🏚️ Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Hidden Identity

The Hiking Trip

Human remains surface on the West Coast Trail, and a mother's new identity starts to crack.

by Jenny Blackhurst 2023 274 pages

3.63

9k+ ratings

🕵️ Psychological Suspense 🌀 Dual Timeline Mystery 🏚️ Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Hidden Identity

The Darkened Room

by Alex Owen • 1990

Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Victorian England

4.00

147

History

Victorian

Spiritualism

British Literature

Research

The Darkened Room

Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Victorian England

by Alex Owen 1990 344 pages

4.00

147 ratings

History

Victorian

Spiritualism

British Literature

Research

The Good Soldier

by Ford Madox Ford • 1915

A Tale of Passion

3.66

29k+

Classics

Literature

Historical Fiction

20th Century

British Literature

The Good Soldier

A Tale of Passion

by Ford Madox Ford 1915 368 pages

3.66

29k+ ratings

Classics

Literature

Historical Fiction

20th Century

British Literature

The Children

by David Halberstam • 1998

4.51

1k+

History

Politics

American History

Race

Biography

The Children

by David Halberstam 1998 785 pages

4.51

1k+ ratings

History

Politics

American History

Race

Biography

President Lincoln

by William Lee Miller • 2008

The Duty of a Statesman

4.24

500+

History

Biography

Civil War

Politics

American History

President Lincoln

The Duty of a Statesman

by William Lee Miller 2008 512 pages

4.24

500+ ratings

History

Biography

Civil War

Politics

American History

On Guard

by J.R. Gray • 2024

3.81

7k+

M M Romance

Romance

Sports

College

Sports Romance

On Guard

by J.R. Gray 2024 380 pages

3.81

7k+ ratings

M M Romance

Romance

Sports

College

Sports Romance

Lost Horizon

by James Hilton • 1933

A hijacked plane strands four Westerners in a Himalayan lamasery offering ageless peace, at a cost.

3.95

25k+

🏔️ Lost World Fiction 🕊️ Utopian Parable 🏔️ Himalayan Setting 👑 Reluctant Successor 🎭 Frame Story

Lost Horizon

A hijacked plane strands four Westerners in a Himalayan lamasery offering ageless peace, at a cost.

by James Hilton 1933 166 pages

3.95

25k+ ratings

🏔️ Lost World Fiction 🕊️ Utopian Parable 🏔️ Himalayan Setting 👑 Reluctant Successor 🎭 Frame Story

The Buddha in the Attic

by Julie Otsuka • 2011

3.71

65k+

Historical Fiction

Book Club

Japan

Historical

Asia

The Buddha in the Attic

by Julie Otsuka 2011 144 pages

3.71

65k+ ratings

Historical Fiction

Book Club

Japan

Historical

Asia

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