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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

The Code Book: The Evolution Of Secrecy From Mary, Queen Of Scots To Quantum Cryptography

BySimon Singh

1996 • 214 Readers • 434 pages • 4.1

The Ghost Bride

The Ghost Bride

ByYangsze Choo

2013 • 189 Readers • 354 pages • 3.8

The Great Dissenter

The Great Dissenter

ByPeter S. Canellos

2021 • 3 Readers • 624 pages • 4

The Seventh Veil of Salome

The Seventh Veil of Salome

BySilvia Moreno-Garcia

2024 • 74 Readers • 375 pages • 4.4

Masquerade

ByO.O. Sangoyomi

2024 • 79 Readers • 196 pages • 3.8

When the Angels Left the Old Country

When the Angels Left the Old Country

BySacha Lamb

41 Readers • 4.4

The Fox Wife

ByYangsze Choo

2024 • 165 Readers • 388 pages • 3.9

Fathomfolk

#1 of 2 in Drowned World

ByEliza Chan

2024 • 114 Readers • 391 pages • 2.7

Civil Rights Queen

Civil Rights Queen

ByTomiko Brown-Nagin

2022 • 12 Readers • 528 pages • 3

The Butcher of the Forest

Butcher of the Forest

ByPremee Mohamed

2024 • 91 Readers • 160 pages • 3.8

The Night Tiger

The Night Tiger

ByYangsze Choo

2019 • 191 Readers • 372 pages • 3.7

The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

ByTom Reiss,Gabriel Stoian(Translator)

2012 • 89 Readers • 414 pages • 3.8

The Tainted Cup

#1 of 3 in Shadow of the Leviathan

The Tainted Cup

ByRobert Jackson Bennett

2024 • 697 Readers • 406 pages • 4.3

The Bright Sword

The Bright Sword

ByLev Grossman

2024 • 200 Readers • 605 pages • 4.1

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

ByAnnette Gordon-Reed

2008 • 31 Readers • 798 pages • 4.3

The Spear Cuts Through Water

The Spear Cuts Through Water

BySimon Jimenez

2022 • 547 Readers • 400 pages • 4.2

A Thousand Steps into Night

A Thousand Steps into Night

ByTraci Chee

2022 • 91 Readers • 384 pages • 4

Kindling

ByTraci Chee

2024 • 42 Readers • 423 pages • 4

Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

ByHannah Ritchie

2024 • 76 Readers • 340 pages • 4.3

Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

ByMarion Gibson

2023 • 28 Readers • 320 pages • 3.6

The Source of Self-Regard

The Source of Self-Regard

ByToni Morrison

2019 • 42 Readers • 354 pages • 4.7

River Spirit

ByLeila Aboulela

2023 • 12 Readers • 320 pages

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

#1 of 2 in The Vacation Mysteries

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

ByCatherine Mack

2024 • 76 Readers • 396 pages • 3.6

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

#1 of 4 in Tomes & Tea

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

ByRebecca Thorne

2022 • 303 Readers • 443 pages • 3.9

James

ByPercival Everett

2024 • 438 Readers • 320 pages • 4.5

A Tempest of Tea

#1 of 1 in A Tempest of Tea

A Tempest of Tea

ByHafsah Faizal

2022 • 336 Readers • 336 pages • 3.4

Homebody

ByTheo Parish

2024 • 21 Readers • 224 pages • 4.8

Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge

Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge

ByLizzie Pook

2024 • 3 Readers • 304 pages • 3.5

Where There Was Fire

Where There Was Fire

ByJohn Manuel Arias

2022 • 26 Readers • 336 pages • 3

The American Plague

The American Plague

ByMolly Caldwell Crosby

2006 • 27 Readers • 400 pages • 3.6

The water margin

The Water Margin

ByNai'an Shi,J. H. Jackson,+1 more

2010 • 21 Readers • 848 pages • 3.5

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Agony in New Haven

Agony in New Haven: The Trial of Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins & the Black Panther Party

ByDonald Freed

1 Reader

Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories

Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories

ByGennaRose Nethercott

2024 • 31 Readers • 273 pages • 3.8

In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia Anthology

In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia anthology

ByJ.T. Ellison(Contributor),Olivie Blake(Contributor)

2023 • 62 Readers • 316 pages • 3.2

Comrade Sisters

Comrade Sisters

ByHuggins SHAMES

2022 • 3 Readers • 192 pages

Never Whistle at Night

Never Whistle at Night

ByNorris Black,Amber Blaeser-Wardzala,+22 more

2023 • 271 Readers • 352 pages • 4

The Kingdom of Sweets

The Kingdom of Sweets

ByErika Johansen

2023 • 60 Readers • 351 pages • 3.3

You Can’t Be Serious

You Can’t Be Serious

ByKal Penn

2021 • 19 Readers • 368 pages • 4.3

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Anti-Pamela and Shamela

Anti-Pamela and Shamela

ByEliza Fowler Haywood, Henry Fielding

1 Reader

House Woman

ByAdorah Nworah

2023 • 25 Readers • 300 pages • 3

Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned

ByFrances White

2024 • 174 Readers • 496 pages • 4

The Memory Theater

The Memory Theater

ByKarin Tidbeck

2021 • 54 Readers • 240 pages • 3.6

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi

#1 of 2 in Amina al-Sirafi

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi

ByS. A. Chakraborty

2010 • 716 Readers • 496 pages • 4.4

On the Fox Roads

On The Fox Roads

ByNghi Vo

2023 • 16 Readers • 29 pages • 4.1

Scarlet

#1 of 3 in Scarlet

ByGenevieve Cogman

2023 • 45 Readers • 339 pages • 3.5

The Illusions

ByLiz Hyder

2023 • 10 Readers • 399 pages • 3

Alif the Unseen

Alif the Unseen

ByG. Willow Wilson

2012 • 163 Readers • 429 pages • 3.6

Emperor of the Eight Islands

#1 of 4 in The Tale of Shikanoko

Emperor of the Eight Islands

ByLian Hearn

2016 • 29 Readers • 273 pages • 3.3

The Briarmen

ByJoseph A. Chadwick

2021 • 1 Reader • 480 pages

Walk the Wild With Me

#1 of 1 in Walk the Wild With Me

Walk the Wild With Me

ByRachel Atwood,Irene Radford,+1 more

2019 • 3 Readers

In the Empty Quarter

In the Empty Quarter

ByG. Willow Wilson

2021 • 4 Readers • 37 pages • 4

The Village Healer’s Book of Cures

The Village Healer’s Book of Cures

ByJennifer Sherman Roberts

2023 • 14 Readers • 4.2

Unnatural Magic

Unnatural Magic

ByC.M. Waggoner

2019 • 77 Readers • 388 pages • 4.1

The Bone Shard Daughter

#1 of 3 in The Drowning Empire

The Bone Shard Daughter

ByAndrea Stewart

2020 • 535 Readers • 496 pages • 4.1

Throwback

ByMaurene Goo

2023 • 35 Readers • 4.4

Prophet Song

ByPaul Lynch

2023 • 288 Readers • 279 pages • 4.2

Empire of Wild

ByCherie Dimaline

2019 • 73 Readers • 300 pages • 4

Funeral Songs for Dying Girls

Funeral Songs for Dying Girls

ByCherie Dimaline

2023 • 23 Readers • 281 pages • 4.7

You: The Story: A Writer's Guide to Craft Through Memory

You: The Story: A Writer's Guide to Craft Through Memory

ByRuta Sepetys

2023 • 14 Readers • 2.5

I Must Betray You

I Must Betray You

ByRuta Sepetys

2022 • 167 Readers • 335 pages • 4.3

The Book of Lost Things

#1 of 2 in The Book of Lost Things

The Book of Lost Things

ByJohn Connolly

2006 • 274 Readers • 352 pages • 3.9

The Winter Knight

The Winter Knight

ByJes Battis

2023 • 24 Readers • 368 pages • 3

Between Shades of Gray

Between Shades of Gray

ByRuta Sepetys

2011 • 271 Readers • 303 pages • 4.3

The Secret Hours

The Secret Hours

ByMick Herron

2023 • 45 Readers • 385 pages • 4.5

Our Hideous Progeny

Our Hideous Progeny

ByC.E. McGill

2023 • 110 Readers • 394 pages • 4.1

Recoding America

Recoding America

ByJennifer Pahlka

2023 • 1 Reader • 221 pages

The Frozen River

The Frozen River

ByAriel Lawhon

2023 • 177 Readers • 432 pages • 4.4

Girlfriends

ByEmily Zhou

2023 • 11 Readers • 4

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Safe and Sound

Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair

ByMercury Stardust

7 Readers

Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

ByIlyon Woo

2023 • 33 Readers • 432 pages • 3.7

The Great Escape

The Great Escape

BySaket Soni

2023 • 5 Readers • 368 pages

American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress

American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress

ByWesley Lowery

2023 • 14 Readers • 223 pages • 4

To Shape a Dragon's Breath

#1 of 1 in Nampeshiweisit

To Shape a Dragon's Breath

ByMoniquill Blackgoose

2023 • 180 Readers • 3.8

Evil Eye

ByEtaf Rum

2023 • 95 Readers • 352 pages • 4.2

Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”

Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”

ByHéctor Tobar

12 Readers • 4.3

There's No Way I'd Die First

There's No Way I'd Die First

ByLisa Springer

57 Readers • 2.9

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

ByJudith Tick

8 Readers

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The Migrant Chef

The Migrant Chef: The Life and Times of Lalo Garcia

ByLaura Tillman

1 Reader

Young and Restless: The Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions

Young and Restless: The Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions

ByMattie Kahn

2023 • 3 Readers • 3

Tom Lake

ByAnn Patchett

2023 • 391 Readers • 295 pages • 4

Hijab Butch Blues

Hijab Butch Blues

ByLamya H

2023 • 114 Readers • 305 pages • 4.4

Thicker than Water: A Memoir

Thicker than Water: A Memoir

ByKerry Washington

2023 • 14 Readers • 4.4

Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey

Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey

ByEdel Rodriguez

4 Readers • 5

Idlewild

ByJames Frankie Thomas

2023 • 18 Readers • 4.3

To Name the Bigger Lie

To Name the Bigger Lie

BySarah Viren

2023 • 7 Readers • 304 pages • 4.3

The Peacock and the Sparrow

The Peacock and the Sparrow

ByI.S. Berry

2023 • 26 Readers • 308 pages • 4

The New Earth

ByJess Row

2023 • 4 Readers

Lesbian Love Story

Lesbian Love Story

ByAmelia Possanza

2023 • 16 Readers • 288 pages • 3.5

My Murder

ByKatie Williams

2023 • 138 Readers • 251 pages • 3.7

Eagle Drums

ByNasugraq Rainey Hopson

2023 • 4 Readers

On a Woman's Madness

On a Woman's Madness

ByAstrid Roemer,Lucy Scott(Translator)

1982 • 3 Readers • 265 pages

Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues

Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues

ByH.S. Valley

2021 • 10 Readers • 320 pages • 2.5

Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars

Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars

ByKliph Nesteroff

6 Readers

Women of Myth

ByJenny Williamson,Genn McMenemy

2023 • 4 Readers • 256 pages

The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

ByDaniel Nayeri

2023 • 10 Readers • 228 pages • 4.1

This Other Eden

This Other Eden

ByPaul Harding

2023 • 95 Readers • 224 pages • 3.6

The Lonely Hearts Book Club

The Lonely Hearts Book Club

ByLucy Gilmore

2023 • 66 Readers • 352 pages • 3.7

The Wicked Bargain

The Wicked Bargain

ByGabe Cole Novoa

2023 • 65 Readers • 4.3

The Woman in Me

The Woman in Me

ByBritney Spears

2023 • 537 Readers • 277 pages • 3.9

Victory City

BySalman Rushdie

2023 • 167 Readers • 352 pages • 4