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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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avg rating 4.36 — 10,266,290 ratings — published 2008
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
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avg rating 4.56 — 3,945,440 ratings — published 2023
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 3,601,663 ratings — published 2019
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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avg rating 4.36 — 4,327,234 ratings — published 2009
Gone Girl (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 3,553,545 ratings — published 2012
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 8 times as tense)
avg rating 4.49 — 1,301,301 ratings — published 2025
As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)
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avg rating 4.19 — 621,437 ratings — published 2021
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
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avg rating 4.26 — 3,961,565 ratings — published 2022
The Martian (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 1,377,053 ratings — published 2011
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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avg rating 4.13 — 3,868,859 ratings — published 2010
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as tense)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,882,528 ratings — published 2023
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 2,556,157 ratings — published 1985
Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth, #1)
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avg rating 4.16 — 457,878 ratings — published 2024
Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
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avg rating 3.94 — 973,167 ratings — published 2021
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,042,636 ratings — published 2019
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,866,750 ratings — published 2018
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.51 — 1,854,808 ratings — published 2021
Five Survive (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 315,055 ratings — published 2022
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
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avg rating 4.15 — 4,576,840 ratings — published 2015
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
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avg rating 3.99 — 1,298,670 ratings — published 2020
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
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avg rating 4.46 — 2,937,573 ratings — published 2017
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.50 — 215,689 ratings — published 2016
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as tense)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,485,589 ratings — published 2011
Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,927,923 ratings — published 2025
The God of the Woods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,030,896 ratings — published 2024
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 386,174 ratings — published 1892
First Lie Wins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 3.99 — 870,863 ratings — published 2024
The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,987,709 ratings — published 2023
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 422,686 ratings — published 1959
Lapvona (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.54 — 111,170 ratings — published 2022
Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.25 — 845,449 ratings — published 2020
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,920,921 ratings — published 2019
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
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avg rating 4.27 — 1,156,179 ratings — published 2019
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
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avg rating 4.63 — 3,469,680 ratings — published 2016
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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avg rating 4.45 — 2,813,696 ratings — published 1996
The Secret History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 1,120,579 ratings — published 1992
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,279,354 ratings — published 2006
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 3,386,750 ratings — published 2015
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
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avg rating 4.56 — 806,735 ratings — published 2016
Pretty Girls (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 792,270 ratings — published 2015
Before I Go to Sleep (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 375,896 ratings — published 2011
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.32 — 443,227 ratings — published 2016
That's Not My Name (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 387,529 ratings — published 2023
Yellowface (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.72 — 1,163,295 ratings — published 2023
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 3.83 — 159,019 ratings — published 2022
Never Lie (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.08 — 1,750,401 ratings — published 2022
“As soon as the first ring finished, I heard his voice, “Hello, Boss! Do we have a case?”
I had to laugh. Rudy was, to say the least, a strange young man for many reasons, but he’d become invaluable to me in helping solve my last three cases.
“Your presumption is correct, Rudy. Yes, we have a case. It’s just your kind of job and I need you here ASAP.”
― Uncanny Alliance
I had to laugh. Rudy was, to say the least, a strange young man for many reasons, but he’d become invaluable to me in helping solve my last three cases.
“Your presumption is correct, Rudy. Yes, we have a case. It’s just your kind of job and I need you here ASAP.”
― Uncanny Alliance
“With Finn, Vic, and Maeve shooting darts at him, Buster thought better of bellyaching and took off down the street with Finn.”
― The Cases Nobody Wanted
― The Cases Nobody Wanted














