Wet Work
By: Christopher Buckley
3.31
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
The drug-overdose death of his beloved only granddaughter leads businessman Charlie Becker on a dan…
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1. Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11)
By: Lee Child
4.22
Format: 378 pages, Hardcover
From a helicopter high above the empty California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night… read more
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"Now they broke my toothbrush, I don't own anything."-Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11)
"Slippery slope. I carry a spare shirt, pretty soon I'm carrying spare pants. Then I'd need a suitcase. Next thing I know, I've got a house and a car and a savings plan and I'm filling out all kinds o…"-Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11)
2. The Porkchoppers
By: Ross Thomas
3.50
Format: 824 pages, Paperback
Now repackaged, here is a hard-hitting and keenly insightful thriller set in the volatile world of … read more
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- thriller
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3. The Big Bounce (Jack Ryan, #1)
By: Elmore Leonard
3.30
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Jack Ryan always wanted to play pro ball. But he couldn't hit a curveball, so he turned his attenti… read more
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- fiction
4. The Neon Rain (Dave Robicheaux, #1)
By: James Lee Burke
4.00
Format: 139 pages, Paperback
Detective Dave Robicheaux has fought too many battles: in Vietnam, with killers and hustlers, with … read more
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- fiction
5. The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
By: Bill Bryson
3.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to' And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des … read more
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- humor
6. Plum Island (John Corey, #1)
By: Nelson DeMille
3.97
Format: 179 pages, Paperback
The hair-raising suspense of The General's Daughter... the wry wit of The Gold Coast...this is vint… read more
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7. Longshot
By: Dick Francis
3.28
Format: 5 pages, Paperback
'The plot gallops forward irresistibly and the story is perfectly worked out' Sunday Times read more
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8. Skin Tight (Mick Stranahan, #1)
By: Carl Hiaasen
4.83
Format: 266 pages,
New York Times bestselling author Carl Hiaasen serves up a humorous helping of "taut, fast-paced ac… read more
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9. Stormy Weather
By: Carl Hiaasen
4.83
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER "Hysterically funny...Hiaasen at his satirical best." - USA Today Two hone… read more
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10. Blood on the Water (William Monk, #20)
By: Anne Perry
3.62
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
As Anne Perry's New York Timesbestselling novels always remind us, she is a matchless guide to both… read more
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11. Death Benefits
By: Thomas Perry
4.33
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A careful, methodical young data analyst for a California insurance company, John Walker knows when… read more
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12. Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)
By: C.J. Box
4.36
Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts—one animal, one human… read more
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13. The Secret Hours
By: Mick Herron
4.29
Format: 384 pages, ebook
Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more
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"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
14. Starter Villain
By: John Scalzi
4.16
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more
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- humor
- fiction
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
15. Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15)
By: John Sandford
4.36
Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition
Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to crack an unsolvable case in this thrilling new novel … read more
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- fiction
16. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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- humor
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
17. First Person Singular: Stories
By: Haruki Murakami
3.54
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
A riveting new collection of short stories from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Mura… read more
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- fiction
"Hätte ich auf dem Jupiter umsteigen sollen?"-Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories
"It’s important in life to get used to losing."-Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories
"A circle that has many centers but no circumference"-Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories
"Nichts, was leicht zu haben ist, besitzt einen Wert."-Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories
18. True Believer (Terminal List, #2)
By: Jack Carr
4.34
Format: 485 pages, Hardcover
In acclaimed author Jack Carr’s follow-up to The Terminal List, former Navy SEAL James Reece’s skil… read more
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- thriller
- fiction
"To those before us, to those amongst us, to those we'll see on the other side, Lord let me not prove unworthy of my brothers."-Jack Carr, True Believer (Terminal List, #2)
"Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimum food or water, in austere conditions, day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon, and he made his web gear…"-Jack Carr, True Believer (Terminal List, #2)
19. Cross Down (Alex Cross #31)
By: James Patterson
4.41
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Alex Cross is gravely injured. Only his partner and friend John Sampson can keep him safe . . . and… read more
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- fiction
20. Dark Sky (Joe Pickett, #21)
By: C.J. Box
4.46
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must a… read more
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- fiction
21. Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1)
By: Danielle Arceneaux
3.81
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
The first in a crime series set in the Louisiana bayou, introducing the uncensored amateur sleuth G… read more
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22. Dark Sacred Night (Renée Ballard, #2; Harry Bosch, #21; Harry Bosch Universe, #32)
By: Michael Connelly
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
LAPD Detective Renée Ballard teams up with Harry Bosch in the new thriller from #1 NYT bestselling … read more
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- fiction
23. Savage Son (Terminal List #3)
By: Jack Carr
4.50
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
In this third high-octane thriller in the “seriously good” (Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestsellin… read more
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24. Cahokia Jazz
By: Francis Spufford
4.03
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling tale of murder and mystery in a city where history has run a little differently—from th… read more
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25. Righteous Prey (Lucas Davenport #32, Virgil Flowers #14)
By: John Sandford
4.42
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers are up against a powerful vigilante group with an eye on vengea… read more
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- fiction
26. Swamp Story
By: Dave Barry
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times bestselling author—and actual Florida Man—Dave Barry retu… read more
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- humor
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27. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
By: Anderson Cooper
3.77
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more
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28. The House of Wolves
By: James Patterson
4.22
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
Joe Wolf applies a cutthroat determination to his life’s work, from to building a California busine… read more
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29. The Puzzle Master
By: Danielle Trussoni
3.32
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
Reality and the supernatural collide when an expert puzzle maker is thrust into an ancient mystery—… read more
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"these changes to his way of experiencing reality were so strange that he didn't say anything about them at first. All he knew was he was experiencing highly-structured geometric hallucinations on reg…"-Danielle Trussoni, The Puzzle Master
"There is a story from the midrash that I've always loved," she said. "It's about Lailah, the angel of conception. Lailah, the story goes, bequeaths babies the totality of knowledge in the womb. Then,…"-Danielle Trussoni, The Puzzle Master
"the next seconds swelled, slowed, filled with a tension that pressed through me. And then, in that close stillness, the creature awoke. The eyes fluttered open and for ten seconds, perhaps twenty, I …"-Danielle Trussoni, The Puzzle Master
30. The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch, #25; Harry Bosch Universe, #39)
By: Michael Connelly
4.47
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the… read more
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31. Wet Work
By: Christopher Buckley
3.31
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
The drug-overdose death of his beloved only granddaughter leads businessman Charlie Becker on a dan… read more
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