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Cover of Magic Steps (The Circle Opens, #1)

Magic Steps (The Circle Opens, #1)

Tamora Pierce

4.0

2000

Cover of All Our Yesterdays

All Our Yesterdays

Cristin Terrill

4.0

2013

Cover of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Holly Jackson

4.0

2019

Cover of The Midnight Library

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

4.0

2020

Cover of The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones

Alice Sebold

3.8

2002

Cover of The Stranger

The Stranger

Albert Camus, Matthew Ward

4.0

1942

Cover of The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)

The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)

Patrick Rothfuss

4.5

2007

Cover of In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

4.0

1965

Cover of The Client

The Client

John Grisham

4.0

1993

Cover of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson, Tony Goldwyn

4.0

2003

Cover of Big Little Lies

Big Little Lies

Liane Moriarty

4.2

2014

Cover of Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)

Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)

Sarah J. Maas

4.2

2012

Cover of Sharp Objects

Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn

3.9

2006

Cover of Defending Jacob

Defending Jacob

William Landay

4.0

2012

Cover of The Green Mile

The Green Mile

Stephen King

4.4

1996

Cover of The Secret History

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

4.1

1992

Cover of The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky

4.3

1880

Cover of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

4.3

1892

Cover of The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

Agatha Christie, Ροζίτα Σώκου

4.0

1920

Cover of The Dead Zone

The Dead Zone

Stephen King

3.9

1979

Cover of Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

Jon Krakauer

4.0

2003

Cover of House Rules

House Rules

Jodi Picoult

4.0

2010

Cover of The Dark Half

The Dark Half

Stephen King

3.7

1989

Cover of Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)

Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)

Agatha Christie

4.0

1930

Cover of Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry

4.0

1974

Cover of Presumed Innocent

Presumed Innocent

Scott Turow

4.1

1986

Cover of The Woman in Cabin 10

The Woman in Cabin 10

Ruth Ware

3.7

2016

Cover of Mystic River

Mystic River

Dennis Lehane

4.2

2001

Cover of Tell No One

Tell No One

Harlan Coben

4.1

2001

Cover of Joyland

Joyland

Stephen King

3.9

2013

Cover of Absolute Power

Absolute Power

David Baldacci

4.2

1995

Cover of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)

Agatha Christie

4.2

1926

Cover of In a Dark, Dark Wood

In a Dark, Dark Wood

Ruth Ware

3.6

2015

Cover of Native Son

Native Son

Richard Wright

4.0

1940

Cover of Death Comes to Pemberley

Death Comes to Pemberley

P.D. James

3.2

2012

Cover of Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #17)

Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #17)

Agatha Christie

4.1

1937

Cover of Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa

4.0

1981

Cover of Invisible Monsters

Invisible Monsters

Chuck Palahniuk

4.0

1999

Cover of While I Was Gone

While I Was Gone

Sue Miller

3.7

1998

Cover of Alias Grace

Alias Grace

Margaret Atwood, Brigitte Walitzek

4.0

1996

Cover of When the Bough Breaks (Alex Delaware, #1)

When the Bough Breaks (Alex Delaware, #1)

Jonathan Kellerman

4.0

1985

Cover of Unbelievable (Pretty Little Liars, #4)

Unbelievable (Pretty Little Liars, #4)

Sara Shepard

4.1

2008

Cover of Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

Neil Gaiman

4.0

1998

Cover of We Have Always Lived in the Castle

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson, Jonathan Lethem

4.0

1962

Cover of Cross (Alex Cross, #12)

Cross (Alex Cross, #12)

James Patterson

4.0

2006

Cover of Burial Rites

Burial Rites

Hannah Kent

4.0

2013

Cover of The Witness

The Witness

Nora Roberts

4.2

2012

Cover of Rising Sun

Rising Sun

Michael Crichton

3.6

1992

Cover of Sister

Sister

Rosamund Lupton

3.8

2010

Cover of Ordinary Grace

Ordinary Grace

William Kent Krueger

4.1

2013

Cover of Angels Fall

Angels Fall

Nora Roberts

4.0

2006

Cover of Carolina Moon

Carolina Moon

Nora Roberts

4.0

2000

Cover of The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce, #2)

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce, #2)

Alan Bradley

4.0

2010

Cover of The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes

The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes

Diane Chamberlain

4.1

2006

Cover of Fool Me Once

Fool Me Once

Harlan Coben

3.9

2016

Cover of The Quickie

The Quickie

James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge

3.8

2007

Cover of The Door to December

The Door to December

Richard Paige, Dean Koontz

3.9

1985

Cover of The City & the City

The City & the City

China Miéville

3.9

2009

Cover of C is for Corpse  (Kinsey Millhone, #3)

C is for Corpse (Kinsey Millhone, #3)

Sue Grafton

3.9

1986

Cover of Rogue Lawyer

Rogue Lawyer

John Grisham

3.7

2015

Cover of A Northern Light

A Northern Light

Jennifer Donnelly

3.8

2003

Cover of The Shining Girls

The Shining Girls

Lauren Beukes

3.5

2013

Cover of The Winner

The Winner

David Baldacci

4.1

1997

Cover of Bad Monkey

Bad Monkey

Carl Hiaasen

3.7

2013

Cover of The Bad Place

The Bad Place

Dean Koontz

3.9

1989

Cover of Black Hills

Black Hills

Nora Roberts

4.1

2009

Cover of A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #5)

A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #5)

Agatha Christie

4.0

1950

Cover of Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

Erik Larson

3.7

2006

Cover of The Simple Truth

The Simple Truth

David Baldacci

4.0

1998

Cover of Now You See Her

Now You See Her

James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge

4.0

2011

Cover of Tricky Twenty-Two (Stephanie Plum, #22)

Tricky Twenty-Two (Stephanie Plum, #22)

Janet Evanovich

3.9

2015

Cover of The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

Maureen Johnson

3.9

2011

Cover of Guilty Wives

Guilty Wives

James Patterson, David Ellis

3.8

2012

Cover of Bury Your Dead (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #6)

Bury Your Dead (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #6)

Louise Penny

4.3

2010

Cover of A Prisoner of Birth

A Prisoner of Birth

Jeffrey Archer

4.1

2008

Cover of The Green Mile, Part 1: The Two Dead Girls

The Green Mile, Part 1: The Two Dead Girls

Stephen King

4.5

1996

Cover of The Brutal Telling (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #5)

The Brutal Telling (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #5)

Louise Penny

4.2

2009

Cover of I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce, #4)

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce, #4)

Alan Bradley

4.1

2011

Cover of Haunted (Women of the Otherworld, #5)

Haunted (Women of the Otherworld, #5)

Kelley Armstrong

4.1

2005

Cover of Whiskey Beach

Whiskey Beach

Nora Roberts

4.0

2013

Cover of The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

Agatha Christie

3.8

1923

Cover of Long Lost  (Myron Bolitar #9)

Long Lost (Myron Bolitar #9)

Harlan Coben

3.9

2009

Cover of An Instance of the Fingerpost

An Instance of the Fingerpost

Iain Pears

3.9

1997

Cover of Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Mary Higgins Clark

3.8

1995

Cover of Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12)

Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12)

Agatha Christie

3.8

1935

Cover of After

After

Amy Efaw

3.7

2009

Cover of Identity Crisis

Identity Crisis

Brad Meltzer, Rags Morales, Michael Bair, Joss Whedon

4.0

2004

Cover of Frog Music

Frog Music

Emma Donoghue

3.1

2014

Cover of Twelve Angry Men

Twelve Angry Men

Reginald Rose, David Mamet

4.1

1954

Cover of True Blue

True Blue

David Baldacci

3.8

2009

Cover of A Stranger Is Watching

A Stranger Is Watching

Mary Higgins Clark

3.9

1977

Cover of Crooked House

Crooked House

Agatha Christie

4.0

1949

Cover of The Onion Field

The Onion Field

Joseph Wambaugh

4.1

1973

Cover of Spider Bones (Temperance Brennan, #13)

Spider Bones (Temperance Brennan, #13)

Kathy Reichs

3.9

2010

Cover of The Murders in the Rue Morgue

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Edgar Allan Poe

3.9

1841

Cover of Open Season

Open Season

Linda Howard

4.0

2001

Cover of A Case of Need

A Case of Need

Jeffery Hudson, Michael Crichton

3.6

1968

Cover of What the Night Knows

What the Night Knows

Dean Koontz

3.7

2010

Cover of The Murder House

The Murder House

James Patterson, David Ellis

4.0

2015

Cover of Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

James M. Cain

4.1

1936

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