If We Were Villains
By: M.L. Rio
4.39
Format: 280 pages,
Enter the players. There were seven of us then, seven bright young things with wide precious future…
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1. Dead Poets Society
By: N.H. Kleinbaum
4.18
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how different life is since thei… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"Chaos screaming, chaos dreaming, gotta do more, gotta be more!"-N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society
"Carpe Diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary."-N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society
"That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse."-N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society
"Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone. "-N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society
2. If We Were Villains
By: M.L. Rio
4.39
Format: 280 pages,
Enter the players. There were seven of us then, seven bright young things with wide precious future… read more
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- mystery thriller
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
3. Vengeful (Villains, #2)
By: Victoria Schwab , None
3.61
Format: 523 pages,
The sequel to VICIOUS, V.E. Schwab's first adult novel. read more
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- adult
- fiction
4. The Song of Achilles
By: Madeline Miller
3.51
Format: None pages, Paperback
Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king … read more
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5. Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
By: Leigh Bardugo
3.48
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Welcome to the world of the Grisha. After pulling off a seemingly impossible heist in the notorious… read more
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6. The Bell Jar
By: Sylvia Plath
4.06
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"I woke to the sound of rain."-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
"I wanted to be where nobody I knew could ever come."-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
"When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn't know."-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
"I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow."-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
7. Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
By: Leigh Bardugo
4.14
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker has been offered wealth beyond his wildest dreams. But to claim it, he… read more
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8. The Secret History
By: Donna Tartt
4.17
Format: 559 pages, Paperback
Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits a… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
"It's a terrible thing, what we did,"-Donna Tartt, The Secret History
"How quickly he fell; how soon it was over."-Donna Tartt, The Secret History
"Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones I did not."-Donna Tartt, The Secret History
"I suppose the shock of recognition is one of the nastiest shocks of all."-Donna Tartt, The Secret History
9. A Little Life
By: Hanya Yanagihara
4.58
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're… read more
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10. The Picture of Dorian Gray
By: Oscar Wilde
4.13
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Oscar Wilde’s only novel is the dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth… read more
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- fiction
- lgbt
"To define is to limit."-Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
"All art is quite useless."-Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
"What fire does not destroy, it hardens"-Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
"The basis of optimism is sheer terror."-Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
11. Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)
By: Rebecca Ross
4.20
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths … read more
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- fiction
"Let us make our names exactly what we want them to be."-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)
"I never told you that I love you. And I regret that, most of all."-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)
"I don’t want to wake up when I’m seventy-four only to realize I haven’t lived. -Thea Attwood"-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)
"Keep writing. You will find the words you need to share. They are already within you, even in the shadows, hiding like jewels."-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)
12. The Familiar
By: Leigh Bardugo
3.84
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishavers… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
"There was nothing more dangerous than a woman witha pen in her hand."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
"She was allowed to want more for herself. And even if she wasn't, she would find a way to get it."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
"And you're not afraid...of the devil? Of his minions? "Fear men, Luzia," he said. "Fear their ambition and the crimes they commit in its service. But don't fear magic or what you may do with it."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
13. This Is How You Lose the Time War
By: Amal El-Mohtar
3.88
Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before … read more
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- adult
- fiction
- lgbt
"Atlantis sinks. Serves it right."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"And everyone is alive, somewhere in time."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"All the stars are eyes here, always seeking."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"I would rather break the world than lose you."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
14. Bunny
By: Mona Awad
3.50
Format: 305 pages, Paperback
We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. … read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
"The pink pony inside me weeps softly."-Mona Awad, Bunny
"Oh, Bunny, I love you. I love you, Bunny."-Mona Awad, Bunny
"We think of it as art meets life, Bunny. We’re putting art into the world."-Mona Awad, Bunny
"Because life is shorter than we are, she says, so why beat around the bush?"-Mona Awad, Bunny
15. Yellowface
By: R.F. Kuang
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
"The truth is fluid, there is always another way to spin the story."-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
"They tell authors never to look at Goodreads, but nobody follows that advice—none of us can resist the urge to know how our work is being received."-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
"Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic. Writing is creating something out of nothing, is opening doors to other lands. Writing gives you power to shape your own world when the real one hu…"-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
16. A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
By: Ava Reid
3.78
Format: 378 pages, Hardcover
Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
"The only enemy is the sea."-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
"No one owns the right to tell a story."-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
"I find you very charming underneath all the smugness."-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
"The sea is treacherous, but women are even more treacherous."-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
17. A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
By: Stephanie Garber
4.13
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
Two villains, one girl, and a deadly battle for happily ever after. Evangeline Fox ventured to t… read more
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- fiction
"My turn again."-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
"Being yours does not make you mine."-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
"You could never look awful,' he said faintly."-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
"His heart was racing again, and now so was hers."-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
18. Babel
By: R.F. Kuang
4.18
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with stu… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"It is astounding, in truth, how much of academia’s perceived resource scarcity is artificially constructed."-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe."-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"languages aren't just made of words. they're modes of looking at the world. They're the keys to civiliation. And that's knowledge worth killing for"-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"It revealed the sheer dependence of the British, who, astonishingly, could not manage to do basic things like bake bread or get safely from one place to another without words stolen from other countr…"-R.F. Kuang, Babel
19. These Violent Delights
By: Micah Nemerever
3.97
Format: 460 pages, Hardcover
When Paul and Julian meet as university freshmen in early 1970s Pittsburgh, they are immediately dr… read more
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- mystery thriller
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
"There’s this idea in psychoanalysis that I’ve always liked."-Micah Nemerever, These Violent Delights
"I don’t think you’ve ever felt anything that didn’t hurt you,"-Micah Nemerever, These Violent Delights
"In the end, there wasn’t any difference between trusting someone and underestimating them."-Micah Nemerever, These Violent Delights
"All they were—all they had ever been—was a pair of sunflowers who each believed the other was the sun."-Micah Nemerever, These Violent Delights
20. The Reappearance of Rachel Price
By: Holly Jackson
4.13
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A new true-crime fueled mystery thriller about a girl determined to uncover the shocking truth abou… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
"Family first", Bel said. Not a threat, but a promise."-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price
"The people who loved you, the ones who really cared, they would always come back. Sometimes, they even came back from the dead."-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price
"They hadn't had time to say one word to each other, which was fine, because it was hard to be rude to someone with just one word."-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price
"A little insensitive", she whispered, loud enough that Bel and Carter could hear. "Giving the man with dementia a book called The Memory Thief."-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price
21. Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
By: Stephanie Garber
4.06
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
How far would you go for happily ever after? For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has… read more
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- fiction
"It’s you,"-Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
"What will your help cost me?"-Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
"For finding dreams that don't exist yet."-Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
"But you have to have a working heart for it to break."-Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
22. The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
By: Stephanie Garber
4.51
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Not every love is meant to be. After Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, betrays her, Evangeline Fox sw… read more
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- fiction
"Where were you?"-Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
"I swear this is what I really want."-Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
"How did I look?" "Like you would kill for her"-Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
"Ballads never end happily, everyone knows that."-Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
23. Cleopatra and Frankenstein
By: Coco Mellors
3.74
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant d… read more
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- contemporary
- adult
- fiction
- lgbt
"And you’re in love?"-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein
"People are like this too, you know,"-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein
"When the darkest part of you meets the darkest part of me, it creates light."-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein
"Cleo and Frank could not make each other happy, no matter how hard they’d tried."-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein
24. The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
By: R.F. Kuang
4.17
Format: 545 pages, ebook
An epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century an… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"I don't love you. And I can kill anything."-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
"Immigrants, we get the job done. (Acknowlegments)"-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
"War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains."-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
"Call off your men, or I will summon into existence things that should not be in this world"-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
25. The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas, #2)
By: Olivie Blake
3.55
Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition
Six magicians were presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. Five are now members of the Socie… read more
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- mystery
- adult
- fiction
- lgbt
"Are you losing your mind?"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas, #2)
"Dinner together? Our last night?"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas, #2)
"Muder first and then scholarly pursuits"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas, #2)
"Murder first and then scholarly pursuits"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas, #2)
26. Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)
By: Leigh Bardugo
4.13
Format: 481 pages, Hardcover
Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell. F… read more
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- mystery
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"His monstrous queen. His gentle ruler."-Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)
"Life is cruel. Magic is real. And I’m not ready to die"-Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)
"She was the kind of girl who was always okay. “A survivor,"-Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)
"Stories exist in all worlds. They are immutable. Like gold."-Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)
27. Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
By: Leigh Bardugo
4.02
Format: 461 pages, Hardcover
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles… read more
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- mystery
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"We all have spaces we keep blank."-Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
"Quien no sabe de mar no sabe de mal!"-Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
"Not every flower belongs in every garden."-Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
"Didn’t someone say love is a shared delusion?"-Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
28. The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
By: Olivie Blake
3.59
Format: 556 pages, Kindle Edition
The Alexandrian Society, caretakers of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity,… read more
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- mystery
- adult
- fiction
- lgbt
"Don't let me wake up alone."-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
"There was nothing more dangerous than a woman who knew her own worth."-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
"He finds the monsters we keep locked away and sets them loose, so why would I ever want him to see mine?"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
"A flaw of humanity: the compulsion to be unique, which is at war with the desire to belong to a single identifiable sameness."-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
29. Vicious (Villains, #1)
By: Victoria Schwab
4.21
Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition
A masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, desire, and superpowers. Victor and Eli started out as c… read more
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- thriller
- adult
- fiction
"He?"-Victoria Schwab, Vicious (Villains, #1)
"There are no good men in this game."-Victoria Schwab, Vicious (Villains, #1)
"When no one understands, that's usually a good sign that you're wrong."-Victoria Schwab, Vicious (Villains, #1)
"If he weren't currently in the back of a cop car, he would have wanted to make a thesis note."-Victoria Schwab, Vicious (Villains, #1)
30. Alone With You in the Ether
By: Olivie Blake
3.81
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
CHICAGO, SOMETIME— Two people meet in the Art Institute by chance. Prior to their encounter, he … read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"It isn't constancy that keeps us alive, it's the progression we use to move us."-Olivie Blake, Alone With You in the Ether
"She'd have to be measured infinitely in order to be calculated, which no one could ever do."-Olivie Blake, Alone With You in the Ether
"It was at moments like this, high enough to inhale the promise of risk, that the whittled lines of city streets brought out his lingering melancholy; that l'appel du vide, the call of the void."-Olivie Blake, Alone With You in the Ether
"The dark tips of her nails traveled the shape of his upper lip, curving with it, and in another version of this precise moment, he said, Regan, come closer, let's see what happens, let's see how the …"-Olivie Blake, Alone With You in the Ether
31. Masters of Death
By: Olivie Blake
3.73
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
From Olivie Blake, the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes Masters of Death, a… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- lgbt
"It is to win against your demons, he said, and therefore gain mastery of yourself"-Olivie Blake, Masters of Death
"Brandt Solberg had never been a good man, but what did that matter? Fox hadn't fallen in love with his goodness."-Olivie Blake, Masters of Death
"Wait a minute. Did you just offer me a bite of an immortal apple?" "I did." "Why?" "Seemed rude not to." "That's an insane thing to say." "Well, we all have our flaws."-Olivie Blake, Masters of Death
"I don't care if it's love between them or not," one says, "that shouldn't change anything." "You care about nothing," the second chides the first. "I'm not built to care," the first says, "only to la…"-Olivie Blake, Masters of Death
