The Emperor of Gladness: Oprah's Book Club
The hardest thing in the world is to live only once…
One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on...
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The Emperor of Gladness: Oprah's Book Club4.0 ⭐
Awake
At 2:30 a.m. on July 11, 2020, Jen Hatmaker woke up to her husband of twenty-six years whispering in his phone to another woman from their bed. It was the end of life as ...
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Awake4.6 ⭐
All the Way to the River: Oprah's Book Club
In 2000, Elizabeth Gilbert met Rayya. They became friends, then best friends, then inseparable. When tragedy entered their lives, the truth was finally laid bare: The two...
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All the Way to the River: Oprah's Book Club4.4 ⭐
All That We See Or Seem
Julia Z, a young woman who gained notoriety at fourteen as the orphan hacker, is trying to live a life of digital obscurity in a quiet Boston suburb.
But when a lawyer...
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All That We See Or Seem4.0 ⭐
The Widow
Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elder...
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The Widow4.5 ⭐
Kafka on the Shore
Here we meet fifteen-year-old runaway Kafka Tamura and the elderly Nakata, who is drawn to Kafka for reasons that he cannot fathom. As their paths converge, acclaimed aut...
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Kafka on the Shore4.4 ⭐
Ship Breaker
In America's Gulf Coast region, grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts by crews of young people. Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for...
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Ship Breaker4.3 ⭐
Flesh
Teenaged István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. Shy and new in town, he is a stranger to the social rituals practiced by his classmates and...
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Flesh4.1 ⭐
Wonder
I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.
August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented hi...
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Wonder4.7 ⭐
The Black Wolf
Somewhere out there, in the darkness, a black wolf is feeding.
Several weeks ago, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team uncovered and sto...
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The Black Wolf4.5 ⭐
Small Boat
November 2021: an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants from France to the UK capsizes in the Channel, causing the deaths of 27 people on board. How and why did it happen?
...
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Small Boat4.2 ⭐
Run for the Hills
Ever since her dad left them twenty years ago, it’s been just Madeline Hill and her mom on their farm in Coalfield, Tennessee. While it’s a bit lonely, she sometimes admi...
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Run for the Hills4.1 ⭐
Old School Indian
Abe Jacobs is Kanien’kehá:ka from Ahkwesáhsne―or, as white people say, a Mohawk Indian from the Saint Regis Tribe. At eighteen, Abe left the reservation where he was rais...
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Old School Indian4.1 ⭐
Girl Warrior
An inspirational work of wisdom, warmth, and generosity from a three-term US poet laureate.
To know ourselves is the most profound and difficult endeavor. Though we ar...
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Girl Warrior4.9 ⭐
Hole in the Sky
On the Great Plains of Oklahoma, in the heart of the Cherokee Nation, a strange atmospheric disturbance is noticed by Jim Hardgray, a down-on-his-luck single father tryin...
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Hole in the Sky4.0 ⭐
The El
An ordinary day in August 1979 dawns hot and humid in Chicago. Teenager Teddy is living with his dad after being kicked out of his mom’s house due to his gang activity. B...
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The El3.6 ⭐
Lessons in Chemistry
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the ea...
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Lessons in Chemistry4.3 ⭐
I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star, whatever it took, and Jennette w...
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I'm Glad My Mom Died4.7 ⭐
Alchemised
"What is it you think you’re protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There’s no one left for you to save.”
...
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Alchemised4.7 ⭐
Convenience Store Woman
Keiko Furukura is a 36-year-old woman who has been working part-time at a convenience store, or konbini, for the last 18 years. She has known since childhood that she is ...
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Convenience Store Woman4.1 ⭐
The Chrysalids
David lives in a tight-knit community of religious and genetic fundamentalists, who exist in a state of constant alert for any deviation from what they perceive as the no...
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The Chrysalids4.6 ⭐
Life of Pi
After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, there are five survivors stranded on a lifeboat - a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, a Royal Bengal tiger, ...
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Life of Pi4.5 ⭐
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise h...
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All the Ugly and Wonderful Things4.3 ⭐
Set on You
A gym nemesis pushes a fitness influencer to the max in Amy Lea’s steamy debut romantic comedy.
Curvy fitness influencer Crystal Chen built her career shattering gym s...
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Set on You4.0 ⭐
1Q84
The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.
A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver’s enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the worl...
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1Q844.4 ⭐
Yours Truly
Dr. Briana Ortiz's life is seriously flatlining. Her divorce is just about finalized, her brother's running out of time to find a kidney donor, and that promotion she wan...
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Yours Truly4.3 ⭐
Shadow Ticket
Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal pen, the private investigation business shif...
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Shadow Ticket3.9 ⭐
Bad Bad Girl
My mother had died, but still I heard her voice...
Gish’s mother, Loo Shu-hsin, is born in 1924 to a wealthy Shanghai family whose girls are expected to restrain thems...
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Bad Bad Girl4.2 ⭐
The King's Captive
I can turn into a housecat.It's a fun magic, except in a world filled with vampires and werewolves, it doesn't exactly make me a powerhouse. Instead, the supernatural com...
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The King's Captive4.6 ⭐
The World Jones Made
Precognition; a world ruled by Relativism; giant alien jellyfish. The World Jones Made is a classic Philip K. Dick mash-up, taking deep philosophical musings and infusing...
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The World Jones Made4.1 ⭐
Dark Matter
Are you happy with your life?
Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the kidnapper knocks him unconscious.
Before he awakens to find himself strapped t...
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Dark Matter4.4 ⭐
The Shining
Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he’ll have plenty of time...
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The Shining4.6 ⭐
Because It Is My Blood
Since her release from Liberty Children's Facility, Anya Balanchine is determined to follow the straight and narrow. Unfortunately, her criminal record is making it hard ...
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Because It Is My Blood4.3 ⭐
Something Wicked This Way Comes
For those who still dream and remember, for those yet to experience the hypnotic power of its dark poetry, step inside. The show is about to begin. Cooger & Dark’s Pandem...
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Something Wicked This Way Comes4.4 ⭐
Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World
WARNING! Under no circumstances must employees strike a deal with unauthorized personnel on Dark Enterprises property. Such behavior may result in death…or the end of the...
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Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World4.2 ⭐
Ghost Tamer
Death is one thing, it's what you do afterward that matters.
Aspiring-comedian Raely is the sole survivor of a disastrous train wreck. Faced with the intense grief o...
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Ghost Tamer4.3 ⭐
Ghost Eaters
Erin hasn’t been able to set a single boundary with her charismatic but reckless college ex-boyfriend, Silas. When he asks her to bail him out of rehab—again—she knows sh...
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Ghost Eaters3.7 ⭐
The Lost Bookshop
On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found...
For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.
But w...
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The Lost Bookshop4.3 ⭐
King Sorrow
Bookish dreamer Arthur Oakes is a student at Rackham College, Maine, renowned for its frosty winters and beautiful buildings.
But his idyll - and burgeoning romance wi...
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King Sorrow4.5 ⭐
Crying in H Mart
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and h...
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Crying in H Mart4.4 ⭐
Little Secrets
All it takes to unravel a life is one little secret...
Marin had the perfect life. Married to her college sweetheart, she owns a chain of upscale hair salons, and Dere...
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Little Secrets4.4 ⭐
The Reformatory
Gracetown, Florida.
June 1950.
Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens Jr. is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son o...
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The Reformatory4.5 ⭐
Solito: A Read with Jenna Pick
A young poet tells the inspiring story of his migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this “gripping memoir” (NPR) of bravery, hope, and fin...
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Solito: A Read with Jenna Pick4.6 ⭐
The Berry Pickers
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for ...
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The Berry Pickers4.5 ⭐
Fahrenheit 451
Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden.
Montag never questio...
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Fahrenheit 4514.4 ⭐
Labyrinth
Alan Norris has lost everything. Except for his daughter. And he's willing to do anything to protect her.
The day of his wife's funeral, as he's walking to give the eu...
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Labyrinth4.3 ⭐
The Do-Over
After living through a dumpster fire of a Valentine’s Day, Emilie Hornby escapes to her grandmother’s house for some comfort and a consolation pint of Ben & Jerry’s. She ...
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The Do-Over4.2 ⭐
The Woods All Black
Leslie Bruin is assigned to the backwoods township of Spar Creek by the Frontier Nursing Service, under its usual mandate: vaccinate the flock, birth babies, and weather ...
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The Woods All Black4.1 ⭐
The Last Family in England
Meet the Hunter family: Adam, Kate, and their children Hal and Charlotte. And Prince, their Labrador.
Prince is an earnest young dog, striving hard to live up to the t...
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The Last Family in England4.1 ⭐
The Android's Dream
A human diplomat creates an interstellar incident when he kills an alien diplomat in a most . . . unusual . . . way. To avoid war, Earth's government must find an equally...
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The Android's Dream4.4 ⭐
Tourist Season
Welcome to Cape Carnage! Visit Once, Stay Forever.
You can hide in the farthest reaches of the deepest hell, and I will still drag you out. Even the devil can’t save y...
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Tourist Season4.3 ⭐
The Pumpkin Spice Café
When Jeanie's aunt gifts her the beloved Pumpkin Spice Café in the small town of Dream Harbor, Jeanie jumps at the chance for a fresh start away from her very dull desk j...
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The Pumpkin Spice Café3.7 ⭐
Enshittification
Enshittification: it’s not just you—the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can disenshittify it.
We’re living through the Enshittocene, the Great Enshit...
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Enshittification4.2 ⭐
Dead Woman Crossing
She threw open the door, running to the crib. When she looked inside, she gasped. The world around her went silent. Inside, there was nothing but a small stuffed elephant...
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Dead Woman Crossing4.1 ⭐
The Martian Chronicles
Mars was a distant shore, and the men spread upon it in waves. Each wave different, and each wave stronger.
Ray Bradbury is a storyteller without peer, a poet of the pos...
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The Martian Chronicles4.4 ⭐
The Killer Question
Sue and Mal Eastwood run an isolated rural pub called The Case is Altered where a weekly trivia game has revived its flagging fortunes—that is, until a body is found in t...
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The Killer Question4.4 ⭐
The Shattering Peace
For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at ...
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The Shattering Peace4.6 ⭐
The Long Walk
In a dystopian near-future, America has fallen on hard times. Sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual grueling match of stamina and wits known as t...
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The Long Walk4.2 ⭐
Betting on You
When seventeen-year-old Bailey starts a new job at a hotel waterpark, she is less than thrilled to see an old acquaintance is one of her coworkers. Bailey met Charlie a y...
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Betting on You4.3 ⭐
Minor Black Figures
A newcomer to New York, Wyeth is a Black painter who grew up in the South and is trying to find his place in the contemporary Manhattan art scene. It's challenging. Galle...
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Minor Black Figures4.1 ⭐