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The Housemaid

The Housemaid

Freida McFadden

The Housemaid, written by Freida McFadden, is a psychological thriller following Millie Calloway, a young ex-con who becomes a housemaid for the wealthy Winchester family. As Milli...

The Housemaid's Secret

The Housemaid's Secret

Freida McFadden

The Housemaid's Secret, written by Freida McFadden, is a gripping psychological thriller that follows Millie, a dedicated housemaid helping abused women to escape dangerous marriag...

The Housemaid Is Watching

The Housemaid Is Watching

Freida McFadden

The Housemaid Is Watching, written by Freida McFadden, is a gripping psychological thriller. It follows a woman who moves into her dream home with her family, seeking a fresh start...

A Little Life

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life, by Hanya Yanagihara, follows the lives of four friends in New York City, diving deep into their experiences with friendship, trauma, substance abuse, sexual assault,...

If He Had Been With Me

If He Had Been With Me

Laura Nowlin

If He Had Been With Me, written by Laura Nowlin, is a coming-of-age story that focuses on Autumn and Finny, who were best friends in childhood but grow apart in high school. As Aut...

If Only I Had Told Her

If Only I Had Told Her

Laura Nowlin

If Only I Had Told Her, by Laura Nowlin, is a young adult novel that tells the story of Finn Smith, who looks back on his concealed love for Autumn and the moments that lead to his...

It Starts With Us

It Starts With Us

Colleen Hoover

It Starts With Us is a contemporary romance by Colleen Hoover that continues Lily Bloom's story from It Ends With Us. In this novel, Lily rekindles her relationship with her first ...

It Ends With Us

It Ends With Us

Colleen Hoover

It Ends With Us is a novel by Colleen Hoover, following the life of Lily Bloom, a young woman caught in a challenging and abusive relationship with neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid. While...

A Court of Thorns and Roses

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Thorns and Roses, written by Sarah J. Maas, tells the story of 19-year-old Feyre, a huntress who is taken to the world of Prythian after killing a wolf. In this magical ...

A Court of Mist and Fury

A Court of Mist and Fury

Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas centers on Feyre, who deals with nightmares and a stifling engagement to Tamlin after surviving dangerous trials. As she explores her deep...

A Court of Wings and Ruin

A Court of Wings and Ruin

Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Wings and Ruin, by Sarah J. Maas, centers on Feyre Archeron as she returns to the Spring Court to gather secrets and prepare for a significant battle against the formida...

A Court of Frost and Starlight

A Court of Frost and Starlight

Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Frost and Starlight, by Sarah J. Maas, is a novella that takes place after the war in the magical land of Prythian. It focuses on Feyre, Rhysand, and their friends as th...

A ​court of Silver Flames

A ​court of Silver Flames

Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Silver Flames, written by Sarah J. Maas, centers on Nesta Archeron, who faces her past trauma and navigates her complicated relationship with the warrior Cassian. The st...

Fourth Wing

Fourth Wing

Rebecca Yarros

Fourth Wing is a new adult fantasy novel by Rebecca Yarros, centered on Violet Sorrengail. Facing pressure from her mother, a military general, Violet must attend Basgiath War Coll...

Iron Flame

Iron Flame

Rebecca Yarros

Iron Flame, by Rebecca Yarros, tracks Violet Sorrengail's return to Basgiath War College for her second year, where she faces dangerous political secrets and threats from dark wiel...

Onyx Storm

Onyx Storm

Rebecca Yarros

Onyx Storm, by Rebecca Yarros, is the third book in the Empyrean fantasy romance series. The story follows Violet as she embarks on a mission to find a cure for Xaden, who is becom...

The Wager

The Wager

David Grann

The Wager, written by David Grann, is a nonfiction book that details the harrowing journey of the British ship Wager, which faced shipwreck during a secret mission in 1740. The sto...

Wicked

Wicked

Gregory Maguire

Wicked, by Gregory Maguire, is a darker retelling of *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*. It tells the story of Elphaba, a green-skinned girl who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. Thr...

The Silent Patient

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides

The Silent Patient is a psychological thriller by Alex Michaelides that tells the story of Alicia Berenson, a renowned painter who shoots her husband and then stops speaking. Drive...

All the Colors of the Dark

All the Colors of the Dark

Chris Whitaker

All the Colors of the Dark is a gripping novel written by Chris Whitaker. Set in 1975 Missouri, it intertwines a missing-person mystery, a dark serial-killer thriller, and a love s...

Demon Copperhead

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead is a novel by Barbara Kingsolver that revolves around Damon Fields, known as Demon, who comes of age in the Appalachian region of Virginia while facing poverty and...

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Frankenstein is a novel by Mary Shelley that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who brings a creature to life through unusual experiments. As the creature ex...

Verity

Verity

Colleen Hoover

Verity, by Colleen Hoover, is a psychological thriller that follows Lowen Ashleigh, a struggling writer given the task of finishing a bestselling series for the injured author Veri...

Beowulf

Beowulf

Unknown

Beowulf is an Old English epic poem that follows the heroic warrior Beowulf, who aids King Hrothgar of the Danes by defeating the monster Grendel and later Grendel's mother. After ...

Catcher in the Rye

Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye is a novel by J.D. Salinger that follows 16-year-old Holden Caulfield over two days after he's expelled from prep school. Throughout the story, Holden grappl...

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

Remarkably Bright Creatures, written by Shelby Van Pelt, tells the touching story of Tova, a seventy-year-old widow who works at an aquarium. There, she forms an unexpected friends...

First Lie Wins

First Lie Wins

Ryan Holiday

First Lie Wins is an exciting thriller featuring Evie Porter, a woman adept at taking on false identities for secret missions. When a mysterious boss gives her a new name and targe...

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a rich man who hosts extravagant parties in 1920s New York. His main goal is to win back his true l...

Good Girl Bad Blood

Good Girl Bad Blood

Holly Jackson

Good Girl, Bad Blood" by Holly Jackson continues the story of Pip Fitz-Amobi, who takes on a new investigation into the disappearance of a classmate's older brother. As Pip dives d...

The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wallpaper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, tells the story of a young woman's decline into madness as a result of the restrictive rest cure her husband enforces after she ...

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, tells the story of a group of English schoolboys stranded on a deserted island. They attempt to create their own society, but without...

A Rose for Emily

A Rose for Emily

William Faulkner

A Rose for Emily," by William Faulkner, tells the story of Miss Emily Grierson, a solitary Southern woman dealing with her father's death. As time goes on, she struggles to accept ...

Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451 is a novel by Ray Bradbury that follows Guy Montag, a fireman in a future society where books are burned to keep people from thinking critically. As Montag starts to...

Antigone

Antigone

Sophocles

Antigone, a tragedy by Sophocles, tells the story of Antigone, who goes against King Creon's command by giving her brother Polynices a proper burial. She believes family loyalty is...

Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart is a novel by Chinua Achebe that centers on Okonkwo, a revered Igbo leader grappling with the impacts of colonialism and Christianity on his traditional Nigerian ...

Blood Meridian

Blood Meridian

Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian is a violent Western novel by Cormac McCarthy. The story centers around a teenage runaway called "the kid" who becomes part of a brutal gang of scalp hunters along t...

None of This Is True

None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

None of This Is True is a psychological thriller by Lisa Jewell. It follows Alix Summer, a well-known true crime podcaster, who encounters Josie Fair—her birthday twin with a troub...

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is a satirical novel that tells the story of farm animals who rebel against their human owner to create a society where everyone is equal. However, t...

Funny Story

Funny Story

Emily Henry

Funny Story, written by Emily Henry, follows the journey of Daphne and Miles, who find themselves living together after their childhood-best-friend exes marry each other. As a rese...

The Great Alone

The Great Alone

Kristin Hannah

The Great Alone, written by Kristin Hannah, tells the story of the Allbright family who moves to the wilds of Alaska for a fresh start. As they face extreme conditions and the fath...

Reminders of Him

Reminders of Him

Colleen Hoover

Reminders of Him, written by Colleen Hoover, tells the story of Kenna Rowan, a young mother just released from prison after a tragic mistake. Desperate to reunite with her four-yea...

The Perfect Couple

The Perfect Couple

Elin Hilderbrand

The novel The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand centers on a glamorous wedding in Nantucket, which takes a dark turn when the maid of honor, Merritt, is discovered dead. This shoc...

The Perfect Marriage

The Perfect Marriage

Jenna McCarthy

The Perfect Marriage, written by Jenna McCarthy, follows Sarah Morgan, a successful defense attorney, as she defends her husband, Adam, who is accused of murdering his mistress. Th...

All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

**All the Light We Cannot See** by Anthony Doerr is about a blind French girl named Marie-Laure and a German boy named Werner, whose paths cross during World War II. As Marie-Laure...

The Alchemist

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a tale about Santiago, a young shepherd from Andalusia, who embarks on a journey to Egypt after dreaming of treasure hidden near the pyramids. Thro...

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre is a novel by Charlotte Brontë that follows the life of an orphaned girl, Jane Eyre. She faces a tough childhood, becomes a governess, and finds love with her employer, M...

Powerless

Powerless

Lauren Roberts

Powerless by Lauren Roberts follows seventeen-year-old Paedyn, known as Pae, who is an Ordinary in a kingdom ruled by a ruthless king. This setting forces Pae into deadly Purging T...

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

The novel The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid follows the life of Evelyn Hugo, a glamorous Old Hollywood actress. Now 79, she chooses to reveal the truth about...

The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien

The Things They Carried, written by Tim O'Brien, tells the story of a group of American soldiers during the Vietnam War. It highlights the physical objects they carry, along with t...

Hadestown

Hadestown

Anaïs Mitchell

Hadestown, written by Anaïs Mitchell, is a modern retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. In this story, Eurydice struggles to escape her bleak life in the und...