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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

*The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde* is an 1886 Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The nar...

Horror Gothic Victorian Documents

9.4 Excellent

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Lincoln in the Bardo

Lincoln in the Bardo is a 21st-century novel employing an epistolary format. It presents a unique interpretation of Abra...

American 21ST Century Historical Literary

8.8 Great

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a 2007 semi-autobiographical novel by Sherman Alexie, a Spokane/Coeur...

American 21ST Century Native American Diary

8.7 Great

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A Visit from the Goon Squad

A Visit from the Goon Squad is a 2010 novel by Jennifer Egan that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2011. Structured...

Music American 21ST Century Literary

8.7 Great

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Reconstructing Amelia

Reconstructing Amelia is Kimberly McCreight's 2013 debut novel, a mystery thriller centered on the death of Amelia Baron...

American Mystery 21ST Century Texts

7.5 Good

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The Lacuna

*The Lacuna* is a 2009 historical novel by American author Barbara Kingsolver that won the Orange Prize for Fiction. The...

American 21ST Century Historical Literary

7.4 Good

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Night Film

Published in 2013, *Night Film* is a mystery thriller novel by American author Marisha Pessl. The plot centers on Scott...

American Mystery 21ST Century Thriller

7.4 Good

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The Whisperer in Darkness

*The Whisperer in Darkness* is a science fiction and horror novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, first published...

American Horror 20TH Century Lovecraftian

7.4 Good

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Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares is a 2010 young adult novel by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. Set in New York City during t...

American Notebook 21ST Century Ya Romance

7.4 Good

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Rules for Vanishing

"Rules for Vanishing" is a 2019 young adult horror novel written by Kate Alice Marshall. The story is structured as a fo...

American Horror Young Adult Found Footage

7.3 Good

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Thirteen Reasons Why

Thirteen Reasons Why is a 2007 young adult novel by Jay Asher told through the alternating perspectives of Clay Jensen a...

American 21ST Century Suicide Ya

7.1 Good

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Attachments

Attachments is a 2011 romantic novel by American author Rainbow Rowell. Its story is presented through workplace emails...

American 21ST Century Romance Workplace

7.1 Good

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My Most Excellent Year

My Most Excellent Year is a 2008 young adult novel by Steve Kluger about three ninth-grade friends in Brookline, Massach...

American 21ST Century Comedy Ya

7.1 Good

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Love, Aubrey

Love, Aubrey is a 2009 middle-grade novel by Suzanne LaFleur about a girl coping with the death of her father and younge...

American 21ST Century Grief Children

7.1 Good

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Devolution

Devolution is a 2020 science fiction and horror novel written by Max Brooks, author of World War Z. The narrative utiliz...

Journal American Survival Horror

7.1 Good

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Diary

Diary is a 2003 novel by American writer Chuck Palahniuk. It is presented through the diary entries of Misty Marie Klein...

American Satire Horror 2000S

6.7 Fair

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The Light We Lost

The Light We Lost is a contemporary romance novel by American writer Jill Santopolo, published in 2017. It follows a lon...

American 21ST Century Romance Second Person

6.4 Fair

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Dork Diaries

Rachel Renée Russell launched her popular children's book series Dork Diaries in 2009, using a diary format to chronicle...

American 21ST Century Comedy Children

5.8 Mediocre

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I Funny

*I Funny* is a 2012 middle-grade novel by James Patterson, written as the first-person manuscript of a wheelchair-bound...

American 21ST Century Comedy Children

5.2 Mediocre

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Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

*Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life* is a 2011 illustrated novel by James Patterson, presented as the diary and s...

American 21ST Century Comedy Children

5.1 Mediocre