The Need
By: Helen Phillips
3.16
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
When Molly, home alone with her two young children, hears footsteps in the living room, she tries t…
Want to Read $ 13.99"Moment by moment, maddened by them and melted by them, maddened / melted, maddened / melted, maddened / melted."-Helen Phillips, The Need
"She wondered if other mothers experienced it, this permanent state of mild panic, and worried that perhaps they didn't, that perhaps there was something wrong with her."-Helen Phillips, The Need
"Brilliant, Molly thought, the cheese samples would absorb the kids while she finished the last bit of shopping for the party - the juice boxes, the rainbow sprinkles, the streamers, the other expenses and excesses of the exhausted mother. What a thing it was, grocery shopping, so tedious and so crucial."-Helen Phillips, The Need
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1. Universal Harvester
By: John Darnielle
4.04
Format: None pages,
Life in a small town takes a dark turn when mysterious footage begins appearing on VHS cassettes at… read more
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2. Scavenger Hunt
By: Chad Boudreaux
4.30
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
WHEN JUSTICE IS BLIND, SCAVENGERS DO THE HUNTING Blake Hudson just wants to serve his country we… read more
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- mystery thriller
- suspense
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
"What other problems do American soldiers face when hunting down these fanatical killers?"-Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt
"As Blake turned around to continue his walk back to Main Justice, he spotted one of the tourists taking his picture. “Don’t waste your film!"-Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt
"Home was the one place he wanted to forget, the place from which he’d run away but never could escape. And, yes, home was the place he’d been instructed to leave—the place where the trouble began and…"-Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt
"While waiting for her accomplice to gather his equipment, Hensley couldn’t help but think ahead to her next mission. She hadn’t told him. It wasn’t a mission for which she’d volunteered, nor a missio…"-Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt
3. Black Fire
By: William Kely McClung
4.29
Format: 517 pages, Kindle Edition
Major Tommy Black is at the crossroads of a brilliant, clandestine career. Lost... without purpose … read more
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- thriller
- fiction
"Okay, sure, he’s a great fucking guy,"-William Kely McClung, Black Fire
"It was time to start thinking of darker things."-William Kely McClung, Black Fire
"Black once tried to tackle a Humvee head-on. This was worse"-William Kely McClung, Black Fire
"Legends were mostly bullshit, even his own, but they sometimes could be useful."-William Kely McClung, Black Fire
4. Counter Identity (Remmich/Miller, #2)
By: Karl Braungart
4.31
Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition
Imagine you find yourself losing bits of time. Almost like a dream you only slightly remember. Envi… read more
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- mystery
- thriller
- fiction
"Well, here’s the shocker,"-Karl Braungart, Counter Identity (Remmich/Miller, #2)
"Yes, I never expected to see you!"-Karl Braungart, Counter Identity (Remmich/Miller, #2)
"Their war maneuvers excluded shame."-Karl Braungart, Counter Identity (Remmich/Miller, #2)
"I realized he was on the island when I found this matchbook."-Karl Braungart, Counter Identity (Remmich/Miller, #2)
5. Enemies Among Us (Nick Reagan, #2)
By: Jeffrey S. Stephens
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
As Nick Reagan hunts down the terrorist mastermind, The Handler, he uncovers corruption at the high… read more
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"Treason is a judgment based wholly on perspective."-Jeffrey S. Stephens, Enemies Among Us (Nick Reagan, #2)
"If you want to debate the morality of war versus terrorism, let’s start with how these conflicts begin."-Jeffrey S. Stephens, Enemies Among Us (Nick Reagan, #2)
"He reached into his jacket pocket, as if looking for a guide book, but pulled out an automatic handgun instead. “Don’t do anything stupid,"-Jeffrey S. Stephens, Enemies Among Us (Nick Reagan, #2)
"He remained quiet, his movements studied. He was still not certain the intruder had gone and, if an attack was coming, he was going to be ready."-Jeffrey S. Stephens, Enemies Among Us (Nick Reagan, #2)
6. Rouge
By: Mona Awad
3.56
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lone… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- horror
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
"If I had beauty, I decided then, I would never throw it away. I would never give it up."-Mona Awad, Rouge
"I mean, we all have our dark days. Very dark days, sometimes. When our demons come out to play. No one lives entirely in the light, right?"-Mona Awad, Rouge
"That I can’t protect you from my terrible places that I still go, can’t help but go because no one protected me, no one saved me, no one ever held out their hand and walked me away. But I’m trying to…"-Mona Awad, Rouge
7. Foe
By: Iain Reid
3.71
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
A taut, psychological mind-bender from the bestselling author of I’m Thinking of Ending Things. … read more
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- audiobook
- mystery thriller
- suspense
- fiction
- horror
- mystery
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- adult
- science fiction
"Good news for someone often means bad news for someone else"-Iain Reid, Foe
"I’VE BECOME MORE AWARE OF MYSELF. BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION. NOW THAT I KNOW I’M LEAVING, I SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY. I’VE BEEN AWARE OF LITTLE THINGS THAT I WOULD HAVE MISSED BEFORE. “LIKE WHAT?"-Iain Reid, Foe
"I’ve been told these old barns are physical reminders of an older life, when things were different. They need upkeep. They need to be restored. It would be a tragedy if the one in this field is ablaz…"-Iain Reid, Foe
"I can remember we were happy, I say. Happy to have our own house. ‘Can you recall anything specific, like a detail, or is it more a feeling you remember?’ Anybody can remember details if you ask them…"-Iain Reid, Foe
8. Nestlings
By: Nat Cassidy
3.86
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the c… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are. It’s an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway. A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."-Nat Cassidy, Nestlings
9. Black Sheep
By: Rachel Harrison
3.60
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
A cynical twentysomething must confront her unconventional family’s dark secrets in this fiery, irr… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
"How can anyone know when ruin wears the disguise of love?"-Rachel Harrison, Black Sheep
"I hoped wherever she was, she was having a shitty time, had an itch in a place she couldn't scratch."-Rachel Harrison, Black Sheep
10. The Need
By: Helen Phillips
3.16
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
When Molly, home alone with her two young children, hears footsteps in the living room, she tries t… read more
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- audiobook
- mystery thriller
- literary fiction
- suspense
- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- science fiction
"Moment by moment, maddened by them and melted by them, maddened / melted, maddened / melted, maddened / melted."-Helen Phillips, The Need
"She wondered if other mothers experienced it, this permanent state of mild panic, and worried that perhaps they didn't, that perhaps there was something wrong with her."-Helen Phillips, The Need
"Brilliant, Molly thought, the cheese samples would absorb the kids while she finished the last bit of shopping for the party - the juice boxes, the rainbow sprinkles, the streamers, the other expense…"-Helen Phillips, The Need
11. Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar
By: Harold Phifer
4.29
Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition
For more than fifty years, Harold Phifer's childhood living conditions remained a secret, even from… read more
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"If a man was around when Aunt Kathy came by, she would berate him and throw him out. I even saw her toss guys out at gunpoint. She’d threaten them and say, “I will shoot you until I can’t see you!"-Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar
"Thanksgiving is no time for amateur hour in the kitchen, but we were subjected to this Gong Show on a yearly basis. Aunt Kathy went knee deep in her preparations where others would have surrendered."-Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar
"Before she climbed into the car, I kindly let her know my back seats were very hard and very cold. Dead Eye Red responded, “Son, when I was your age, I would sit on a seat like this and smoke would a…"-Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar
"The teacher pulled out a pile of papers. They were Bennie’s tests and homework assignments. Mrs. Lewis said, “Ma’am, here is the proof that Bennie isn’t up to a fourth grade level. He has an F on sev…"-Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar
12. Horror Movie
By: Paul Tremblay
3.45
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more
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- mystery thriller
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- audiobook
13. Bear
By: Julia Phillips
3.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerising novel of two sisters on a Pacific Northwest island whose lives are upended by an unex… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"There'd been only three hundred students in the whole school, which made it a tiny, gossipy hellhole, a bucket of crabs snapping at each other and falling over themselves."-Julia Phillips, Bear
"What was Sam afraid of? Withering away here. Dreaming of chances she'd never be able to take, and shriveling up from that denial, getting poorer and put under more pressure and pushed farther from th…"-Julia Phillips, Bear
14. Annie Bot
By: Sierra Greer
3.83
Format: 231 pages, Hardcover
Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner, Doug. Designed to satisfy h… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- audiobook
15. Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil
By: Ananda Lima
3.52
Format: 181 pages, Hardcover
At a Halloween party in 1999, a writer slept with the devil. She sees him again and again throughou… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- horror
- adult
- audiobook
16. Incidents Around the House
By: Josh Malerman
3.82
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
A chilling horror novel about a haunting told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled f… read more
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- mystery thriller
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- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
17. The Eyes Are the Best Part
By: Monika Kim
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“Violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original, this novel pulls readers into a horrific world of mu… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
18. Liars
By: Sarah Manguso
3.89
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars out of us… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
"I was in charge of everything and in control of nothing."-Sarah Manguso, Liars
"I needed my suffering to be acknowledged. After that, maybe I’d think about getting through it."-Sarah Manguso, Liars
19. State of Paradise
By: Laura van den Berg
3.51
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A heart-racing fun house of uncanniness hidden in Florida’s underbelly, from a reality-warping stor… read more
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- audiobook
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- horror
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- adult
- science fiction
20. Strangers and Sojourners
By: Paul A. Barra
4.33
Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition
Fixer Big Percy Pletcher sails from Maine with his Giant Schnauzer Ethyl to foil a Russian-American… read more
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"Your contact’s codename is Stolichnaya."-Paul A. Barra, Strangers and Sojourners
"That sounds like Russian interference to me."-Paul A. Barra, Strangers and Sojourners
"The animal bounded down the dock in huge strides."-Paul A. Barra, Strangers and Sojourners
"Can you tell us what happened, Percy? All right if I call you Percy?"-Paul A. Barra, Strangers and Sojourners
21. Guillotine
By: Delilah S. Dawson
4.02
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
The Menu meets Ready of Not in this dark tale of opulent luxury and shocking violence from the New … read more
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