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1984
George Orwell
4.6/5Literary Fictionbleakclinical
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas
4.4/5Fantasyatmosphericslow-building
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Piers Paul Read
4.6/5Sports, Sports Analytics & Bettingharrowingrestrained
Atomic Habits
James Clear
4.5/5Self-Helppracticalmotivating
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou
4.7/5Business & Moneygrippingmeticulous
Big Nate: What's a Little Noogie Between Friends?
Lincoln Peirce
4.5/5Children's Booksfunnylighthearted
Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
Tom O'Neill
4.5/5True Crimeobsessivemeticulous
Cher: The Memoir, Part One
Cher
4.5/5Biographies & Memoirscandidvivid
Dog Man: Big Jim Begins
Dav Pilkey
4.7/5Children's Bookssillyheartfelt
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman
4.6/5Fantasyirreverentfast-paced
Educated
Tara Westover
5/5Biographies & Memoirsharrowingprecise
Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson
4.5/5Business & Moneydetailedunflinching
Empire of Storms
Sarah J. Maas
4.6/5Young Adultepichigh-stakes
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman
4.6/5Self-Helpcontemplativeliberating
Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros
4/5Fantasyfast-pacedswoony
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling
4.8/5Children's Bookswhimsicalwarm
Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros
4.3/5Fantasydarkersprawling
James
Percival Everett
4.7/5Literary Fictionurgentdarkly funny
Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez
4.5/5Romancefunnytender
Never Split the Difference
Chris Voss
4.6/5Self-Helppracticalconfident
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder
4.5/5Historyurgentconcise
Open: An Autobiography
Andre Agassi
4.7/5Sports, Sports Analytics & Bettingcandidraw
Orbital
Samantha Harvey
4.2/5Science Fictionmeditativeawestruck
Paperbacks from Hell
Grady Hendrix
4.6/5Horroraffectionatefunny
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
4.5/5Science Fictioncleverpropulsive
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
4.7/5Personal Finance & Investingclearreflective
Regretting You
Colleen Hoover
4.3/5Romanceemotionalmelodramatic
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki
4.4/5Personal Finance & Investingaccessibleprovocative
Salt: A World History
Mark Kurlansky
4.3/5Historysprawlingcurious
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe
4.7/5True Crimegrippingsobering
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
Brom
4.4/5Horroratmosphericgrim
Starter Villain
John Scalzi
4.3/5Science Fictionfunnybreezy
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
4.6/5Biographies & Memoirsunflinchingdetailed
The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden
4.2/5Mystery, Thriller & Suspensetwistyfast-paced
The Cruel Prince
Holly Black
4.5/5Young Adultdarkruthless
The Deal
Elle Kennedy
4.4/5Romancebanter-drivenswoony
The Demon of Unrest
Erik Larson
4.5/5Historytenseimmersive
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni
4.5/5Business & Moneyaccessiblepractical
The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins
4.1/5Mystery, Thriller & Suspensetensevoyeuristic
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
4.6/5Literary Fictionclaustrophobicprecise
The Intelligent Investor
Benjamin Graham
4.6/5Personal Finance & Investingrigorousdense
The Mamba Mentality: How I Play
Kobe Bryant
4.8/5Sports, Sports Analytics & Bettingintenseinstructive
The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton
4.4/5Young Adultrawtender
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
3.5/5Mystery, Thriller & Suspensetensetwisty
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
4.3/5Horrorforebodingcontrolled
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Mark Manson
4.3/5Self-Helpbluntirreverent
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann
4.5/5True Crimegrippingmeticulous
The Wingmen
Adam Lazarus
4.4/5Biographies & Memoirsgrippingwell-researched
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
4.5/5Literary Fictiontendermelancholic
Verity
Colleen Hoover
4.4/5Mystery, Thriller & Suspensedisturbingpropulsive
Wool
Hugh Howey
4.5/5Science Fictionclaustrophobicmysterious