The First True Thing
By: Claire Needell
3.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In the two weeks since her drunken bike accident, Marcelle has been forced to look deeply at her ow…
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1. Silent Honor
By: Danielle Steel
4.11
Format: 432 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The doyenne of bestseller lists weaves another romantic story in her 38th novel, a tale of separate… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
2. The Dog Who Saved Me
By: Susan Wilson
3.31
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Rescue comes in unexpected ways for one man and his dog in this moving and redemptive novel, The Do… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
3. Stolen: A Letter to My Captor
By: Lucy Christopher
4.22
Format: 649 pages, Paperback
It happened like this. I was stolen from an airport. Taken from everything I knew, everything I was… read more
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4. A Lesson Before Dying
By: Ernest J. Gaines
3.48
Format: None pages,
A Lesson Before Dying is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black… read more
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5. The Leaving
By: Tara Altebrando
3.88
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Six were taken. Eleven years later, five come back--with no idea of where they've been. Eleven year… read more
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6. The Girl from Widow Hills
By: Megan Miranda
3.70
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
Everyone knows the story of “the girl from Widow Hills.” Arden Maynor was just a child when she … read more
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- mystery
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
"It was so easy to let someone care for you."-Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills
". . . sometimes, despite our best intentions, accidents happen anyway"-Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills
7. The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson
By: Ellen Baker
3.89
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Orphan Train meets Before We Were Yours meets Water for Elephants in this compelling multigeneratio… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
- contemporary
8. End of Story
By: A.J. Finn
3.10
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
“I’ll be dead in three months. Come tell my story.” So writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery… read more
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- mystery
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
9. Beware the Woman
By: Megan Abbott
3.29
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Megan Abbott, an eerie and prescient novel… read more
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- mystery
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
10. That Weekend
By: Kara Thomas
3.78
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Three best friends, a lake house, a secret trip - what could go wrong? It was supposed to be the… read more
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- mystery thriller
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
"How am I supposed to accept that the worst thing to ever happen to me has no meaning?"-Kara Thomas, That Weekend
"I wish you'd killed me, I tried to say with my eyes. Then maybe someone would finally stop you."-Kara Thomas, That Weekend
"Maybe, like me, it's even more than the absence. The silence, maybe - the waiting for the phone call that never comes."-Kara Thomas, That Weekend
"Recently, she dyed her short blond bob a sassy red, a decision my mother and I discussed at length back when my friends weren't missing and we consumed other peoples' tragedies for entertainment."-Kara Thomas, That Weekend
11. The St. Ambrose School for Girls
By: Jessica Ward
3.28
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
Heathers meets The Secret History in this thrilling coming-of-age novel set in a boarding school wh… read more
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- mystery thriller
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
12. The Sound of Stars
By: Alechia Dow
3.73
Format: 400 pages, None
Don’t miss this spectacular debut novel… Can a girl who risks her life for books and an alien who l… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
"A book can change someone’s world."-Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars
"But freedom might be better than survival."-Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars
"Fear makes folks restless enough to risk their lives."-Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars
"Until I became a librarian, I didn't know I was a rebel."-Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars
13. When We Lost Our Heads
By: Heather O'Neill
3.97
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding story about two girls whose friendship is so intense it not only threatens to destro… read more
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- fiction
"Her heart leaped like a frog out of a child’s fist."-Heather O'Neill, When We Lost Our Heads
"Loving everyone is the same thing as loving nobody at."-Heather O'Neill, When We Lost Our Heads
"She felt jealousy pounding like enemy soldiers at the gate."-Heather O'Neill, When We Lost Our Heads
"Her words squiggled onto the page like the laces of a girl running for her life with untied boots."-Heather O'Neill, When We Lost Our Heads
14. The Nanny
By: Gilly Macmillan
3.70
Format: 416 pages, ebook
The New York Times bestselling author of What She Knew conjures a dark and unpredictable tale of fa… read more
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- mystery
- mystery thriller
- fiction
"Our move here seems to have robbed us of all those small, relaxed moments where nobody asks anything of anybody, except that they know they're loved."-Gilly Macmillan, The Nanny
15. The Mary Shelley Club
By: Goldy Moldavsky
3.92
Format: 468 pages, Hardcover
New girl Rachel Chavez is eager to make a fresh start at Manchester Prep. But as one of the few sch… read more
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- mystery thriller
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
"Fear is where the truth lies."-Goldy Moldavsky, The Mary Shelley Club
"He's the Stu to my Billy Loomis"-Goldy Moldavsky, The Mary Shelley Club
"If you want this to be over, just make sure she screams."-Goldy Moldavsky, The Mary Shelley Club
"We were staked out at the playground across the street, an optimal vantage for us to watch the house, and for me to watch Bram watch his girlfriend get scared."-Goldy Moldavsky, The Mary Shelley Club
16. Lights Out (Kate Green, #1)
By: Elise Hart Kipness
4.03
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
9 hours, 48 minutes In this exciting debut novel comes a fast-paced thriller that follows a spo… read more
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- mystery
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
17. The Last Word
By: Taylor Adams
3.71
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
After posting a negative book review, a woman living in a remote location begins to wonder if the a… read more
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- mystery
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
"Being seen burdens you with an image you have to maintain."-Taylor Adams, The Last Word
"Far worse things can happen to you than some stranger hurting your feelings on the internet."-Taylor Adams, The Last Word
18. I'm Not Done with You Yet
By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
3.67
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Some friends--and friendships--are worth killing for in this dark, twisty suspense novel by nationa… read more
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- mystery
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
19. Broken Things
By: Lauren Oliver
3.57
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
It’s been five years since Summer Marks was brutally murdered in the woods. Everyone thinks Mia… read more
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- mystery thriller
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
"We made it up, every last bit of it. We were bored, we were deviant, we were in love, we were out of out fucking minds"-Lauren Oliver, Broken Things
"Just listen, okay?" He grabs my shoulders before I can move past him, and I know, I know that something huge is happening, the kind of thing that takes worlds apart and remakes them. Hurricanes and t…"-Lauren Oliver, Broken Things
"In books, secret worlds are accessible by doors or keys or other physical objects. But Lovelorn was not such a world, and appeared at whim and only when it felt like it, with a subtle change like the…"-Lauren Oliver, Broken Things
20. Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
By: Jennifer De Leon
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
First-generation American LatinX Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-wh… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
21. The Opportunist
By: Elyse Friedman
3.69
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
A deliciously sly, compulsively readable tale about greed, power and the world’s most devious famil… read more
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- mystery
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
22. Girl in the Blue Coat
By: Monica Hesse
4.04
Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition
Amsterdam, 1943. Hanneke spends her days procuring and delivering sought-after black market goods t… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
- young adult
"Sometimes hope can be poisonous."-Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
"Isn't love the opposite of rational?"-Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
"But when it comes down to it, we all die alone."-Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
"Girls in love will do desperate and creative things."-Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
23. The Vacation
By: John Marrs
3.79
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
How far would you run to escape your past? For eight strangers in a Los Angeles backpacking hostel… read more
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- mystery
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
"And only when you allow the warmth of new experiences to fill your heart will you truly realize how precious a gem your life is."-John Marrs, The Vacation
"How long do you stay in each place? It depends. I travel by three rules - never outstay your welcome; always leave them wanting more; disappear when no one's looking."-John Marrs, The Vacation
"I see it like this - people are like the tide. Some come into your life and bring things you'll only need for a short time, and others will bring things you'll carry forever. But some are just destin…"-John Marrs, The Vacation
"Recently, she had begun allowing herself to imagine what it must feel like to live for the moment - to wake up and not have your day mapped out in front of you; to go where you pleased; to meet new p…"-John Marrs, The Vacation
24. Regrets Only
By: Kieran Scott
3.59
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In a fast-paced new novel in the vein of Big Little Lies , a single mom goes undercover to investig… read more
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- mystery
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
25. The New Mother
By: Nora Murphy
3.45
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A relatable and nerve-wracking, sympathetic and bone-chilling story — a fresh new twist on motherho… read more
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- mystery
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
26. Dirty Laundry
By: Disha Bose
3.27
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A twisty, domestic suspense debut about a clique of mothers that shatters when one of their own is … read more
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- mystery
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
27. What We Harvest
By: Ann Fraistat
3.81
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A novel about an idyllic small town poisoned by its past, and one girl who must fight the strange d… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
- young adult
"If rainbows could rot then so could stars."-Ann Fraistat, What We Harvest
28. Something in the Water
By: Catherine Steadman
3.56
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
If you could make one simple choice that would change your life forever, would you? Erin is a do… read more
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- mystery
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
"We all lose the things we love the most."-Catherine Steadman, Something in the Water
"Sometimes you're the lamp post, and sometimes you're the dog."-Catherine Steadman, Something in the Water
"How quickly what is good can become not good enough through comparison. Maybe best never to see it."-Catherine Steadman, Something in the Water
"But one thought does break through. It has the echo of something familiar. The thought is: I don’t need to come back to this elevator at all, do I? I don’t need to ever come back to this hotel. I cou…"-Catherine Steadman, Something in the Water
29. The Intern
By: Michele Campbell
3.80
Format: 378 pages, Hardcover
A young Harvard law student falls under the spell of a charismatic judge in this timely and thrilli… read more
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- mystery
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
30. The Bookstore Wedding (The Once Upon a Time Bookshop, #2)
By: Alice Hoffman
3.97
Format: 39 pages, Kindle Edition
In this star-crossed short story from New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman, timing is ev… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
31. The First True Thing
By: Claire Needell
3.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In the two weeks since her drunken bike accident, Marcelle has been forced to look deeply at her ow… read more
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- mystery thriller
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
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