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Books That Are Better Than Watching TikTok
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items Books offer a deeper, more immersive experience than the quick-scroll nature of TikTok. Unlike TikTok’s fleeting content, books allow readers to fully dive into rich worlds, complex characters, and thought-provoking ideas. With each page, books engag...
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Mystery, Thrillers, & Crime Books
Historical Fiction Books
Romance Books
Fantasy Books
Mystery, Thrillers, & Crime Books
**The Frozen River** by Ariel Lawhon is a gripping historical mystery set in 18th-century Maine. Based on the real-life diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned midwife, the novel delves into her pursuit of justice when a local man is found dead in the fr...
The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel
**The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 1** by Martha Wells is the first collection of the bestselling sci-fi series featuring an AI with a sarcastic, self-aware personality. In *All Systems Red*, the first novella, a security unit known as Murderbot has hacked...
The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 1: All Systems Red, Artificial Condition
**The Barn** by Wright Thompson offers a powerful and revealing account of the 1955 murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi, a crime that would become a pivotal moment in the American Civil Rights movement. Thompson, whose family farm is located near th...
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
**The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 2** by Martha Wells continues the adventures of the lovable yet sarcastic AI, Murderbot, in *Rogue Protocol* and *Exit Strategy*. In *Rogue Protocol*, Murderbot works to undermine the corrupt GrayCris Corporation while ev...
The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 2: Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy
**Strange Pictures** by Uketsu is a chilling mystery-horror novel that takes a unique approach to storytelling. The plot revolves around a series of seemingly innocent childlike sketches, each revealing disturbing secrets and clues that draw readers ...
Strange Pictures: A Novel
**The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story** by Pagan Kennedy explores the incredible and often overlooked story of Marty Goddard, a feminist pioneer who invented the rape kit in the 1970s. As Goddard developed a method for collecting f...
The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story
Historical Fiction Books
**Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil** by V. E. Schwab is a genre-defying novel that intertwines the lives of three women across centuries and continents—each connected by the soil they share and the hunger they carry within. Spanning from 1532 in S...
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
**Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence – An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution** by R. F. Kuang is a captivating historical fantasy novel set in 1828 at Oxford University. The story follows Robin Swift, an orphan raised in Canton and...
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
**The Song of Achilles** by Madeline Miller is a modern retelling of the Iliad, told through the perspective of Patroclus, Achilles' closest companion. The novel reimagines their epic love story with emotional depth, blending romance, tragedy, and a ...
The Song of Achilles: A Novel
**Demon Copperhead** by Barbara Kingsolver is a modern reimagining of Charles Dickens' *David Copperfield*, set in the rural South of Appalachia. The story follows Demon, a boy born to a teen mother in a trailer, navigating the hardships of foster ca...
Demon Copperhead: A Novel
**The Alchemist** by Paulo Coelho is a modern classic that tells the story of Santiago, a young Andalusian shepherd boy who embarks on a journey to find a hidden treasure. Along the way, he discovers that his true quest is not for material wealth, bu...
The Alchemist
**Between Two Fires** by Christopher Buehlman is a dark historical fantasy set during the Black Death in 1348. The story follows Thomas, a disgraced knight, who encounters a young girl in a plague-ravaged village. She believes that fallen angels are ...
Between Two Fires
Romance Books
**Just Our Luck** by Denise Williams is a heartwarming rom-com featuring a fake dating scenario full of sparks and delicious chemistry. Sybil Sweet has had her share of bad luck but finds hope when she wins the lottery and meets Kieran Anderson, who ...
Just Our Luck
**When I Think of You** by Myah Ariel is a captivating second-chance romance about Kaliya Wilson, a woman whose dreams of filmmaking are stifled by years of working behind a desk. A surprise reunion with her ex, Danny Prescott, now a successful direc...
When I Think of You
**Romeo and Juliet: A Graphic Novel** by Gareth Hinds is a stunning adaptation of Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy, presented in a visually dynamic graphic novel format. Hinds brings the familiar tale of the star-crossed lovers to life with expressive ...
Romeo and Juliet: A Graphic Novel
**Street Love** by Walter Dean Myers is a modern-day retelling of *Romeo and Juliet*, set in the vibrant streets of Harlem. Written in verse, it follows Damien, a straight-A student with a bright future, who falls deeply in love with Junice, a girl w...
Street Love
**Brewed with Love** by Shelly Page is a cozy sapphic romance set in a charming, magical town. Sage Bishop, a plant witch, is determined to keep her family’s apothecary afloat until she can take over, but things get complicated when her ex-best frien...
Brewed with Love
**Pardon My Frenchie** by Farrah Rochon is a charming romantic comedy about Ashanti Wright, who runs a doggie daycare, and Thad Sims, a former army officer with a deep dislike for dogs. When Thad’s grandmother’s poodle ends up at Ashanti’s daycare, t...
Pardon My Frenchie
Fantasy Books
**The Shadow of the Gods** by John Gwynne is a thrilling Norse-inspired epic fantasy that introduces readers to a world where gods have fallen, leaving only their bones behind, promising unimaginable power to those brave enough to seek it. As war loo...
The Shadow of the Gods
**Iron Flame** by Rebecca Yarros is the highly anticipated sequel to *Fourth Wing*, continuing the epic saga in a world of dragon riders and brutal warfare. Violet Sorrengail faces even more extreme challenges in her second year at Basgiath War Colle...
Iron Flame
**For Whom the Belle Tolls** by Jaysea Lynn is a fantastical romance set in the Afterlife, where Lily, a newly arrived soul, makes the most of her situation by working in Hell, where she uses her sass and sharp wit to handle souls and demons alike. I...
For Whom the Belle Tolls
**North Woods** by Daniel Mason is a genre-defying novel that spans centuries, following the lives of those who inhabit a single house in the woods of New England. The story begins with two young lovers who, after fleeing from a Puritan colony, unkno...
North Woods: A Novel
**Son of a Witch** by Gregory Maguire is the second installment in the *Wicked Years* series, following the story of Elphaba's son, Liir. Set in the land of Oz, this novel delves deeper into the aftermath of Elphaba’s death, as Liir grapples with his...
Son of a Witch: Volume Two in the Wicked Years
**A Country of Ghosts** by Margaret Killjoy is a political fantasy that explores anarchism and resistance in a time of war and colonial expansion. The story follows Dimos Horacki, a journalist embedded in the Imperial Army, as he uncovers the brutal ...
A Country of Ghosts