Overall 5 out of 5 stars 785 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 773 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 773
Leather & Lark
Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all about his traumatic past. But when he botches a job for his boss’s biggest client, Lachlan knows he’ll never claw his way out of the underworld. At least, not until songbird Lark Montague offers him a deal: use his skills to hunt down a killer and she’ll find a way to secure his freedom. The catch? He has to marry her first. And they can’t stand each other.
omgosh!! 😍😍
By: Brynne Weaver
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 23,141 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 22,329 Story 5 out of 5 stars 22,331
The Women
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
WOW. Just Wow
By: Kristin Hannah
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 1,291 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 1,244 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,244
You Like It Darker
“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to digest.
What happened to the chapter titles
By: Stephen King
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 52,911 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 47,679 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 47,620
A Court of Thorns and Roses
When 19-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin - one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world.
Bad ending and Immaturity
By: Sarah J. Maas
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 5,532 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 5,384 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 5,384
Funny Story
Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.
Funny Story is a Wonderful Read
By: Emily Henry
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,731 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,686 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,686
Mad Love
They were madly in love. The perfect couple. That was the story everyone in South River believed...until Gin Talcott and Adam Archer are found shot in their bed. Adam is dead at the scene. Gin is fighting for her life. Detectives Greta Jessup and Finn Pate are assigned to the case. Greta has a long history with Gin’s first husband, Eddie, and is determined to protect his 18-year-old twins. Piper discovered the bodies. Daniel is missing—and so is Adam’s gun.
Surprised
By: Wendy Walker
Overall 4 out of 5 stars 176 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 174 Story 4 out of 5 stars 174
Eruption
Michael Crichton, creator of Jurassic Park, ER, Twister, and Westworld, had a passion project he’d been pursuing for years, ahead of his untimely passing in 2008. Knowing how special it was, his wife, Sherri Crichton, held back his notes and the partial manuscript until she found the right author to complete it: James Patterson, the world’s most popular storyteller.
Pronunciation of Hawaii locations is terrible
By: Michael Crichton, and others
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 13,936 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 13,423 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 13,422
First Lie Wins
The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle is the job. Evie isn’t privy to Mr. Smith’s real identity, but she knows this job will be different. Ryan has gotten under her skin, and she’s starting to envision a different sort of life for herself. But Evie can’t make any mistakes—especially after what happened last time.
What’s The lie?
By: Ashley Elston
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 135,137 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 110,410 Story 5 out of 5 stars 109,357
Atomic Habits
No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change.
Author went overboard hawking his site
By: James Clear
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 193,412 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 169,716 Story 5 out of 5 stars 169,203
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Book 1
Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!
A great reading of the wrong book
By: J.K. Rowling
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,484 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 5,574 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 5,546
The Mountain Is You
Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. But by extracting crucial insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence by better understanding our brains and bodies, releasing past experiences at a cellular level, and learning to act as our highest potential future selves, we can step out of our own way and into our potential.
Underwelming
By: Brianna Wiest
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,258 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,204 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,204
The Accidental Dating Experiment
Eight years ago I fell into a secret summer fling with my best friend’s little sister before our lives went in different directions. Now, I’m the grumpy to Juliet’s sunshine on a popular dating podcast we host, and when a wealthy fan gives us a charming coastal cottage as the biggest thank you ever, we head to the town where I grew up to give it a makeover. And find the house has only one bed. Located under a mirrored ceiling.
The kind of Romance everyone needs in their collection!
By: Lauren Blakely
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 30,833 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 28,649 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 28,653
Fourth Wing
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.
Erotica with Dragons
By: Rebecca Yarros
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 24,130 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 20,041 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 19,919
48 Laws of Power
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other infamous strategists. The 48 Laws of Power will fascinate any listener interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.
You don't have to be a psychopath to like this.
By: Robert Greene
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 9,447 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 8,376 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 8,334
Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Everyone knows that Colin Bridgerton is the most charming man in London. Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend's brother for...well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret...and fears she doesn't know him at all.
Awful. First Julia Quinn Book I didn’t like at all!!
By: Julia Quinn
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,456 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,262 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,262
The Perfect Son
Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until the evening when two detectives show up at her front door. A high school girl has vanished from Erika's quiet suburban neighborhood. The police suspect the worst - murder. And Erika's teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive. Erika has always sensed something dark and disturbed in her seemingly perfect older child. She wants to believe he's innocent, but as the evidence mounts, she can't deny the truth - Liam may have done the unthinkable.
If you love animals give this one a miss!
By: Freida McFadden
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 3,989 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 3,833 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,833
Just for the Summer
Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman slides into his DMs with the same problem, they come up with a plan: They'll date each other and break up. Their curses will cancel each other’s out, and they’ll both go on to find the love of their lives. It’s a bonkers idea… and it just might work.
Good but heavy
By: Abby Jimenez
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 15,170 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 13,426 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 13,412
Throne of Glass
In the dark, filthy salt mines of Endovier, an 18-year-old girl is serving a life sentence. She is a trained assassin, the best of her kind, but she made a fatal mistake. She got caught. Young Captain Westfall offers her a deal: her freedom in return for one huge sacrifice. Celaena must represent the prince in a to-the-death tournament - fighting the most gifted thieves and assassins in the land. Live or die, Celaena will be free. Win or lose, she is about to discover her true destiny. But will her assassin's heart be melted?
Young adult, sure
By: Sarah J. Maas
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 121,602 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 104,917 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 104,806
Dune
Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
This classic deserves better
By: Frank Herbert
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 1,051 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 1,010 Story 5 out of 5 stars 1,010
The Anxious Generation
There is no bigger public health story now than the collapse in youth mental health. The numbers are terrifying and dominate our headlines. There has been much debate over how we got here, and what to do next, and bestselling author and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt is at the white-hot center of that discourse. Haidt has spent his career speaking wisdom and truth into the most difficult landscapes—communities polarized by politics and religion, campuses battling culture wars, and now the perfect storm contributing to a public health emergency for Gen Z.
Empower parents, Not governments
By: Jonathan Haidt
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,986 Performance 4 out of 5 stars 3,673 Story 4 out of 5 stars 3,674
Twisted Love
Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape. Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart. But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest. Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can't remember. But despite her past, she's never stopped seeing the beauty in the world . . . including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn't want.
WHYYYYY THE HYPE
By: Ana Huang
Overall 4 out of 5 stars 396 Performance 3.5 out of 5 stars 386 Story 4 out of 5 stars 386
Camino Ghosts
In this new thriller on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresistible tale that might be her next novel. A giant resort developer is using its political muscle and deep pockets to claim ownership of a deserted island between Florida and Georgia. Only the last living inhabitant of the island, Lovely Jackson, stands in its way. What the developer doesn’t know is that the island has a remarkable history, and locals believe it is cursed…and the past is never the past…
Terrible narrator
By: John Grisham
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 71,866 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 62,663 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 62,514
It Ends with Us
Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life seems too good to be true.
Not what I expected.
By: Colleen Hoover
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 21,049 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 18,890 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 18,865
The Housemaid
I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out...and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late. But I reassure myself: The Winchesters don’t know who I really am. They don’t know what I’m capable of....
One Big Cliche’
By: Freida McFadden
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 20,558 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 17,065 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 16,974
The Psychology of Money
Money - investing, personal finance, and business decisions - is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don’t make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together. In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money.
Could be summarized in one sentence
By: Morgan Housel
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 789 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 768 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 768
Mind Games
As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop off their children for a two-week stay at their grandmother’s. Here, twelve-year-old Thea can run free and breathe in the smell of pine. But as her parents head back to suburban Virginia, they have no idea they’re about to cross paths with a ticking time bomb. Back in Kentucky, Thea and her grandmother Lucy both awaken from the same nightmare. And though the two have never discussed the special kind of sight they share, they know as soon as their tearful eyes meet that something terrible has happened.
What a disappointment!
By: Nora Roberts
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,467 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 4,324 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,324
Listen for the Lie
After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life.
Loved the story…hated the music
By: Amy Tintera
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,091 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 2,058 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,057
Maybe This Time
Romance can be a little complicated when you get sucked into a wormhole. Just ask high school English teacher June Flint. One little solar flare happens and suddenly you find yourself 85 years in the future. Eighty-five years from your dream job. Your ailing mother whose only companion in this world is you. Your favorite stuffed-crust pizza from DeLucia’s on Sunday nights. But when June’s cell phone inexplicably picks up a signal, she’s able to call back to the present—more specifically, four weeks before she accidentally time traveled.
Not surprised that I LOVED this!
By: Cara Bastone