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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson The disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden, gnaws at her octogenarian uncle, Henrik Vanger. He is dete... read more →
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo4.5 ⭐

Une unique lueur by Fred Vargas - Vous avez regardé les photos, Danglard ? De la scène du crime ? Demanda Adamsberg. - Cela va de soi. - Et donc ? Cela vous dit quelque chose ? Parce qu’à moi, oui. -... read more →
Une unique lueur4.5 ⭐

Son of Nobody by Yann Martel Harlow Donne has devoted his life to the Classical world. When a chance comes up to study an obscure collection of papyrus fragments at Oxford University, he seizes it. T... read more →
Son of Nobody4.0 ⭐

The Director by Daniel Kehlmann G.W. Pabst, one of cinema’s greatest directors of the 20th century, was filming in France when the Nazis seized power. To escape the horrors of the new and unrecognizable... read more →
The Director4.1 ⭐

Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. An orphan of the Black Death, and an almost unnerving picture of i... read more →
Between Two Fires4.5 ⭐

About to Fall Apart by Ashley Hickson-Lovence This is the story of one man's weekend, a weekend in which everything could change These lines could change everything. He sips more of his tinny. Imagines a new lif... read more →
About to Fall Apart4.4 ⭐

Lessons From a Lifetime by David Suzuki, Ian Hanington Across his 90 years on planet Earth, David Suzuki has inspired generations of his followers to fight for environmental and social causes with courage and conviction. In L... read more →
Lessons From a Lifetime3.8 ⭐

The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t beli... read more →
The Poppy War4.3 ⭐

The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke Arthur Fletch, one of the world’s bestselling novelists, is a reclusive genius known for his iconic protagonists and fiendish twists. When six struggling authors are invi... read more →
The Ending Writes Itself4.0 ⭐

Stakeouts and Strollers by Rob Phillips Charlie Shaw is low on sleep. And cash. Otherwise, life is going pretty well for the ex-crime reporter: he’s happily married to his college sweetheart, he’s a first-time ... read more →
Stakeouts and Strollers4.0 ⭐

Strange Buildings by Uketsu A lonely hut in the woods. A murder house. A hidden chamber. A mysterious shrine. A home in flames. A nightmarish prison. After receiving multiple tips from his d... read more →
Strange Buildings4.5 ⭐

A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a su... read more →
A Parade of Horribles4.7 ⭐

Margarettown by Gabrielle Zevin It could be about anyone - you, your parents, your best friends. But it's not. It's about a woman called Margaret Towne, and the man who falls in love with her... The ... read more →
Margarettown4.1 ⭐

And Now, Back to You by B.K. Borison Jackson Clark and Delilah Stewart have had their fair share of run-ins over the years, often ending in disaster. While Jackson thrives on routine and organization from th... read more →
And Now, Back to You4.3 ⭐

We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida Tucked away in an old building at the end of a narrow alley in Kyoto, the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul can only be found by people who are struggling in their lives and gen... read more →
We'll Prescribe You a Cat4.2 ⭐

The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham When strange celestial objects crash into the sea, most dismiss them as meteors. But as oceanic attacks escalate and global tensions rise, one journalist and his wife beg... read more →
The Kraken Wakes4.3 ⭐

We Do Not Part by Han Kang One winter morning in Seoul, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at the hospital. Inseon has injured herself in an accident, and she be... read more →
We Do Not Part4.0 ⭐

Minority Rule: Adventures in the Culture War by Ash Sarkar Minority rule (noun): an irrational fear fuelled by right-wing pundits, lobby journalists and billionaires, that minority groups are displacing majority populations. W... read more →
Minority Rule: Adventures in the Culture War4.4 ⭐

Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash The Flynn family is coming undone. Catherine and Bud's open marriage has reached its breaking point as their daughters spiral in their own chaotic orbits: Abigail, the el... read more →
Lost Lambs4.1 ⭐

Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky Professor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study alien life in person. But when his political activism sees him exiled to the planet Kiln, condemned to work under an un... read more →
Alien Clay4.3 ⭐

What Happened Next by Edwin Hill A young man investigating his father's crimes is determined to uncover the truth in a gripping novel of suspense about family secrets, betrayal, and the weight of the pas... read more →
What Happened Next4.0 ⭐

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach For much of her life, Sally Holt has been mystified by the things her older sister, Kathy, seems to have been born knowing. Kathy has answers for all of Sally’s questions... read more →
Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance4.3 ⭐

Bald-Faced Liar by Victoria Helen Stone Traveling nurse Elizabeth May has a promising new home in Santa Cruz. And another new identity. It's a pattern of reinvention for a woman escaping her traumatic childhood... read more →
Bald-Faced Liar4.0 ⭐

Cross and Sampson by James Patterson, Brian Sitts Metro PD detective John Sampson stands in a crater in the middle of a DC street, calling in the bomb squad. Dispatch, this is Sampson. Contact the FBI and the ATF. We've ... read more →
Cross and Sampson4.6 ⭐

Flashlight by Susan Choi One summer night, Louisa and her father take a walk on the breakwater. Her father is carrying a flashlight. He cannot swim. Later, Louisa is found on the beach, soaked to... read more →
Flashlight4.3 ⭐

FDR Drive by James Comey After a stint in the private sector, working at the largest hedge fund in the world, Nora Carleton has returned to her former role as a New York City federal prosecutor. ... read more →
FDR Drive4.4 ⭐

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life-working hard all day and partying all night-until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When th... read more →
House of Earth and Blood4.7 ⭐

This Book Is Full of Spiders by Jason Pargin, David Wong Warning: You may have a huge, invisible spider living in your skull. THIS IS NOT A METAPHOR. You will dismiss this as ridiculous fear-mongering. Dismissing things as r... read more →
This Book Is Full of Spiders4.6 ⭐

Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin This is the story of five women... Meet Rachel Grossman. She’ll stop at nothing to protect her daughter, Aviva, even if it ends up costing her everything. Meet Jan... read more →
Young Jane Young4.2 ⭐

Skirting Danger by Kay Keppler Suspended for a hunch gone wrong, CIA language analyst Phoebe Renfrew is desperate to get her job back. But when she uncovers a terrorist plot at a Las Vegas start-up car... read more →
Skirting Danger4.2 ⭐

Twist by Colum McCann Anthony Fennell, an Irish journalist and playwright, is assigned to cover the underwater cables that carry the world’s information. The sum of human existence words, imag... read more →
Twist4.3 ⭐

Behind These Four Walls by Yasmin Angoe Isla Thorne had a rough start in life. Orphaned young, she spent her formative years in a group home where she met her best friend, Eden Galloway. At sixteen, they decide... read more →
Behind These Four Walls4.1 ⭐

The Heart of Everything by Marc Levy There's nothing too unusual about a father asking his son for a favor unless, of course, the father in question has been dead for five years. Thomas, a young virtuoso ... read more →
The Heart of Everything4.3 ⭐

The Flightless Birds of New Hope by Farah Naz Rishi Upon the sudden deaths of their bird-obsessed parents, the three Shah siblings reunite. Aliza has spent years holding their crumbling family together, caring for their... read more →
The Flightless Birds of New Hope4.1 ⭐

I Who Have Never Known Men (B&N Exclusive Edition) by Jacqueline Harpman As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl--the fortieth prisoner--sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will sh... read more →
I Who Have Never Known Men (B&N Exclusive Edition)4.1 ⭐

Women of a Promiscuous Nature by Donna Everhart On a brisk February morning while walking to the diner where she works, 24 year-old Ruth Foster is stopped by the local sheriff. He insists she accompany him to a health ... read more →
Women of a Promiscuous Nature4.2 ⭐

I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $200 by Robert Brockway To bright and anxious eight-year-old Kay Washington, the worst thing in the world is being alone with the quiet. That's why Eddie Video makes the perfect imaginary friend... read more →
I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $2004.8 ⭐

Dawn by Octavia E. Butler When Lilith lyapo wakes from a centuries-long sleep, she finds herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. She discovers that the Oankali a seemingly benevolent ali... read more →
Dawn4.4 ⭐

Black AF History by Michael Harriot From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of untold American history that corrects the record... read more →
Black AF History4.8 ⭐

The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami Truth is not found in fixed stillness, but in ceaseless change/movement. Isn't this the quintessential core of what stories are all about? Haruki Murakami, from the after... read more →
The City and Its Uncertain Walls4.3 ⭐

Twelve Months by Jim Butcher Harry Dresden has been through a lot, and so has his city. After Harry and his allies narrowly managed to save Chicago from being razed to the ground, everything is diffe... read more →
Twelve Months4.8 ⭐

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King Red's a guy who can get you whatever you want here in Maine's corrupt and hard-edged Shawshank State Penitentiary (for a price, of course), but the one thing he doesn't c... read more →
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption4.7 ⭐

The Green Mile by Stephen King Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk 'the Green Mile', the lime-colored ... read more →
The Green Mile4.8 ⭐

This House Will Feed by Maria Tureaud County Clare, 1848: In the scant few years since the potato blight first cast its foul shadow over Ireland, Maggie O'Shaughnessy has lost everything—her entire family and... read more →
This House Will Feed4.3 ⭐

Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin Darcy's life turned out better than she could have ever imagined. She is a librarian at the local branch, while her wife Joy runs a book binding service. Between the two ... read more →
Is This a Cry for Help?4.2 ⭐

Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson Ethel Gathers, the proud wife of an American Officer, is living in Occupied Germany in the 1950s. After discovering a local orphanage filled with the abandoned mixed-race... read more →
Keeper of Lost Children4.5 ⭐

Outrage: Why the Fight for LGBTQ+ Equality Is Not Yet Won and What We Can Do About It by Ellen Jones An eye-opening and essential look at the discrimination still faced by LGBTQIA+ people today, woven throughout with moving and jaw-dropping personal accounts, plus practi... read more →
Outrage: Why the Fight for LGBTQ+ Equality Is Not Yet Won and What We Can Do About It4.9 ⭐

Dog Man: Big Jim Believes: a Graphic Novel (Dog Man #14): from the Creator of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey The celebration comes to a halt for our heroes in Dog Man: Big Jim Believes when the mischievous Space Cuties From Space return. Our caped crusaders -- Dog Man (aka Scarl... read more →
Dog Man: Big Jim Believes: a Graphic Novel (Dog Man #14): from the Creator of Captain Underpants4.8 ⭐

Land of Dreams by Gian Sardar It's 1933, and though the country is stuck in the Great Depression, movies are the ultimate escape. But Hollywood is skilled at selling lies, and nothing is as it seems. ... read more →
Land of Dreams4.1 ⭐

Hollow by Celina Myers Mia Adair isn't even twenty five yet, but she's starting to wonder if her peak has already passed. She’s spent years working at her local bookstore, a job that was suppos... read more →
Hollow4.5 ⭐

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler The transnational tech corporation DIANIMA has sealed off the remote Con Dao Archipelago, where a species of octopus has been discovered that may have developed its own l... read more →
The Mountain in the Sea4.3 ⭐

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the freeway as far as the eye can see. The only relief from the sea of logos is within the autonomous city-states, where... read more →
Snow Crash4.6 ⭐

Quicksilver by Callie Hart Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate. Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers s... read more →
Quicksilver4.6 ⭐

Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and neighbor... read more →
Dear Debbie4.4 ⭐

Woman Down by Colleen Hoover Her words used to set the page on fire. But a viral backlash over her latest film adaptation forced Petra Rose to take a hiatus, resulting in missed deadlines and an over... read more →
Woman Down3.7 ⭐

Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman The aliens have come, and they've transformed Earth into a multilevel, video game–like dungeon. It's the newest season of the galaxy's most watched game show, Dungeon Cra... read more →
Carl's Doomsday Scenario4.5 ⭐

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the st... read more →
A Gentleman in Moscow4.6 ⭐

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham When a freak cosmic event renders most of the Earth’s population blind, Bill Masen one of the lucky few to wake up with his sight—finds himself trapped in a London packed... read more →
The Day of the Triffids4.4 ⭐

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami In a Tokyo suburb, a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat—and then for his wife as well in a netherworld beneath the city's placid surface. As t... read more →
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle4.3 ⭐

Jade City by Fonda Lee Jade is the lifeblood of the island of Kekon. It has been mined, traded, stolen, and killed for—and for centuries, honorable Green Bone warriors like the Kaul family have... read more →
Jade City4.7 ⭐