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Empire of AI

by Karen Hao • 2025

The AI revolution runs on $2-an-hour labor, stolen water, and a marketing trick from 1956.

4.02

14k+

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🤖 Ai Ethics ⚠️ Big Tech Critique 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⛏️ Extractive Tech

Immersive

Empire of AI

The AI revolution runs on $2-an-hour labor, stolen water, and a marketing trick from 1956.

by Karen Hao 2025 501 pages

4.02

14k+ ratings

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🤖 Ai Ethics ⚠️ Big Tech Critique 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⛏️ Extractive Tech

The Social Skills Guidebook

by Chris MacLeod • 2016

Real social confidence is quiet, earned, and built while the nerves are still firing.

3.71

500+

😰 Social Anxiety 💬 Conversation Skills 🤝 Friendship Building 🧩 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 💚 Self-Acceptance

Immersive

The Social Skills Guidebook

Real social confidence is quiet, earned, and built while the nerves are still firing.

by Chris MacLeod 2016 362 pages

3.71

500+ ratings

😰 Social Anxiety 💬 Conversation Skills 🤝 Friendship Building 🧩 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 💚 Self-Acceptance

Mindset

by Carol S. Dweck • 2006

Forty percent of kids praised for intelligence later lie about their grades. The fix costs nothing.

4.09

100k+

🧠 Achievement Psychology 📚 Educational Psychology 💡 Beliefs About Ability 💪 Effort And Practice 💬 Praise And Feedback

Immersive

Mindset

Forty percent of kids praised for intelligence later lie about their grades. The fix costs nothing.

by Carol S. Dweck 2006 276 pages

4.09

100k+ ratings

🧠 Achievement Psychology 📚 Educational Psychology 💡 Beliefs About Ability 💪 Effort And Practice 💬 Praise And Feedback

Where the Girls Were

by Kate Schatz • 2026

Pregnant at seventeen, she's sent to a home where unwed mothers disappear into silence.

4.02

3k+

🫄 Secret Pregnancy 🌉 1960s California 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 📋 Forced Adoption 🏠 Found Family

Where the Girls Were

Pregnant at seventeen, she's sent to a home where unwed mothers disappear into silence.

by Kate Schatz 2026 368 pages

4.02

3k+ ratings

🫄 Secret Pregnancy 🌉 1960s California 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 📋 Forced Adoption 🏠 Found Family

Thirst

by Carmen Rosales • 2022

At a gothic university, a secret society heir bets he can claim the new scholarship student.

3.90

4k+

🖤 Dark College Romance 🤫 Secret Society ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Possessive Hero 😈 Bad Boy Good Girl

Thirst

At a gothic university, a secret society heir bets he can claim the new scholarship student.

by Carmen Rosales 2022 262 pages

3.90

4k+ ratings

🖤 Dark College Romance 🤫 Secret Society ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Possessive Hero 😈 Bad Boy Good Girl

The Cabin at the End of the World

by Paul Tremblay • 2018

Four strangers trap a family in a remote cabin and demand a sacrifice to prevent the apocalypse.

3.32

95k+

🏠 Home Invasion Horror 🌫️ Ambiguous Apocalypse 👨‍👨‍👧 Family Under Siege ⚖️ Impossible Moral Choice 🙏 Apocalyptic Cult

The Cabin at the End of the World

Four strangers trap a family in a remote cabin and demand a sacrifice to prevent the apocalypse.

by Paul Tremblay 2018 288 pages

3.32

95k+ ratings

🏠 Home Invasion Horror 🌫️ Ambiguous Apocalypse 👨‍👨‍👧 Family Under Siege ⚖️ Impossible Moral Choice 🙏 Apocalyptic Cult

Diamond Angel

by Naomi West • 2023

She hid his son for five years. Now the Bratva boss has found them both.

4.26

7k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Second Chance 👶 Secret Child 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚔️ Rival Families

Diamond Angel

She hid his son for five years. Now the Bratva boss has found them both.

by Naomi West 2023 480 pages

4.26

7k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Second Chance 👶 Secret Child 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚔️ Rival Families

Murderland

by Caroline Fraser • 2025

The serial-killer wave wasn't a policing failure. It was lead poisoning, and industry knew.

3.78

13k+

🏭 Environmental Crime 🛢️ Industrial Pollution 🔪 Serial Killer Studies 💼 Corporate Malfeasance 🌿 Environmental Criminology

Murderland

The serial-killer wave wasn't a policing failure. It was lead poisoning, and industry knew.

by Caroline Fraser 2025 480 pages

3.78

13k+ ratings

🏭 Environmental Crime 🛢️ Industrial Pollution 🔪 Serial Killer Studies 💼 Corporate Malfeasance 🌿 Environmental Criminology

Diamond Devil

by Naomi West • 2023

One reckless night. A dangerous stranger. Now she's pregnant, and he's her sister's fiancé.

4.20

8k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🇷🇺 Russian Mafia 🤰 Surprise Pregnancy 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Possessive Hero

Diamond Devil

One reckless night. A dangerous stranger. Now she's pregnant, and he's her sister's fiancé.

by Naomi West 2023 522 pages

4.20

8k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🇷🇺 Russian Mafia 🤰 Surprise Pregnancy 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Possessive Hero

Texts We Never Sent

by G. Forsyth-Read • 2026

Four estranged friends are forced to face old secrets when delayed messages from prom night arrive.

4.10

152

👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🖤 Abusive Relationship 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Story 💌 Secret Romance 🏥 Chronic Illness

Texts We Never Sent

Four estranged friends are forced to face old secrets when delayed messages from prom night arrive.

by G. Forsyth-Read 2026 368 pages

4.10

152 ratings

👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🖤 Abusive Relationship 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Story 💌 Secret Romance 🏥 Chronic Illness

Snatched

by Karin Slaughter • 2012

An agent hears a child's plea in an airport bathroom. He chases, they vanish, terminal seals.

4.11

24k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🚸 Child Abduction ⏳ Ticking Clock 🧠 Interrogation Battle 🖤 Damaged Detective

Snatched

An agent hears a child's plea in an airport bathroom. He chases, they vanish, terminal seals.

by Karin Slaughter 2012 73 pages

4.11

24k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🚸 Child Abduction ⏳ Ticking Clock 🧠 Interrogation Battle 🖤 Damaged Detective

Look What You Made Me Do

by John Lanchester • 2026

A widow discovers her dead husband's secret life is being broadcast as a hit TV show.

3.56

4k+

🕵️‍♀️ Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🔪 Art As Revenge 🧬 Generational Trauma 🤱 Toxic Mother

Look What You Made Me Do

A widow discovers her dead husband's secret life is being broadcast as a hit TV show.

by John Lanchester 2026 304 pages

3.56

4k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🔪 Art As Revenge 🧬 Generational Trauma 🤱 Toxic Mother

Shattering the Feminine Frame

by Jerr rreJ • 2022

Stop seeking approval. The men who lead from internal certainty are the ones she never leaves.

4.70

🧠 Masculine Psychology 🪨 Emotional Independence ⚡ Sexual Polarity 🗣️ Assertiveness 🚫 Anti-Nice Guy

Shattering the Feminine Frame

Stop seeking approval. The men who lead from internal certainty are the ones she never leaves.

by Jerr rreJ 2022 155 pages

4.70

40 ratings

🧠 Masculine Psychology 🪨 Emotional Independence ⚡ Sexual Polarity 🗣️ Assertiveness 🚫 Anti-Nice Guy

The War God's Favorite

by Jenny Fox • 2021

A slave thrown to dragons earns a prince's protection, but the court wants her dead.

4.21

3k+

🐉 Dragon Soul Bond 💞 Fated Mates 🛡️ Protective Hero 🌿 Healer Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The War God's Favorite

A slave thrown to dragons earns a prince's protection, but the court wants her dead.

by Jenny Fox 2021 650 pages

4.21

3k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Soul Bond 💞 Fated Mates 🛡️ Protective Hero 🌿 Healer Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Friendly Fire

by Saxon James • 2021

Born minutes apart, childhood best friends become neighbors and a prank war masks years of longing.

4.03

4k+

👯 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 💜 Asexual Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🎭 Prank Wars

Friendly Fire

Born minutes apart, childhood best friends become neighbors and a prank war masks years of longing.

by Saxon James 2021 229 pages

4.03

4k+ ratings

👯 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 💜 Asexual Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🎭 Prank Wars

It Sleeps Below

by William F. Gray • 2026

Something ancient beneath a lake knows her name. It took her partner. Now it wants her.

3.82

157

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🕯️ Grief As Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

It Sleeps Below

Something ancient beneath a lake knows her name. It took her partner. Now it wants her.

by William F. Gray 2026 398 pages

3.82

157 ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🕯️ Grief As Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

Assassins Anonymous

by Rob Hart • 2024

A hitman steals a recovering assassin's amends notebook, forcing him back to the underworld he fled.

3.88

12k+

🗡️ Retired Assassin 🩹 Addiction Recovery 👪 Found Family 🖤 Dark Redemption 🏙️ New York Underworld

Assassins Anonymous

A hitman steals a recovering assassin's amends notebook, forcing him back to the underworld he fled.

by Rob Hart 2024 308 pages

3.88

12k+ ratings

🗡️ Retired Assassin 🩹 Addiction Recovery 👪 Found Family 🖤 Dark Redemption 🏙️ New York Underworld

They Call Her Regret

by Channelle Desamours • 2026

A teen drowns her best friend and strikes a ghostly bargain: a life for a life, a curse to shatter.

4.02

500+

🌿 Southern Gothic Ya 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤝 Supernatural Bargain 💔 Dead Best Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

They Call Her Regret

A teen drowns her best friend and strikes a ghostly bargain: a life for a life, a curse to shatter.

by Channelle Desamours 2026 320 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

🌿 Southern Gothic Ya 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤝 Supernatural Bargain 💔 Dead Best Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Gemini

by Penelope Ward • 2013

A diner waitress falls for a stranger. His secret: he loved her unknown twin first.

3.96

11k+

🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Love After Loss 🖤 Tortured Hero 🏠 Found Family 😢 Angsty

Gemini

A diner waitress falls for a stranger. His secret: he loved her unknown twin first.

by Penelope Ward 2013 316 pages

3.96

11k+ ratings

🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Love After Loss 🖤 Tortured Hero 🏠 Found Family 😢 Angsty

The Queen's Lady

by Barbara Kyle • 1994

A Tudor lady-in-waiting must survive the King's divorce, the fires of heresy, and a forbidden love.

3.80

2k+

🏰 Tudor England 👑 Lady-In-Waiting 📜 Historical Figures 😈 Rogue Hero ✝️ Religious Persecution

The Queen's Lady

A Tudor lady-in-waiting must survive the King's divorce, the fires of heresy, and a forbidden love.

by Barbara Kyle 1994 597 pages

3.80

2k+ ratings

🏰 Tudor England 👑 Lady-In-Waiting 📜 Historical Figures 😈 Rogue Hero ✝️ Religious Persecution

The Cancer Ladies' Running Club

by Josie Lloyd • 2020

A gift-shop owner's cancer diagnosis leads her to an irreverent running club of fellow patients.

4.03

6k+

🩺 Cancer Fiction 🤝 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 💼 Workplace Betrayal 😭 Uplifting Tearjerker

The Cancer Ladies' Running Club

A gift-shop owner's cancer diagnosis leads her to an irreverent running club of fellow patients.

by Josie Lloyd 2020 400 pages

4.03

6k+ ratings

🩺 Cancer Fiction 🤝 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 💼 Workplace Betrayal 😭 Uplifting Tearjerker

The Mayor and the Mystery Man

by A.J. Truman • 2022

To salvage his campaign, a mayor asks his straight best friend to pose as his boyfriend.

3.97

2k+

🤝 Fake Dating 💞 Friends To Lovers 🌈 Bisexual Awakening 👨‍👧‍👦 Single Father 🏘️ Small Town Romance

The Mayor and the Mystery Man

To salvage his campaign, a mayor asks his straight best friend to pose as his boyfriend.

by A.J. Truman 2022 280 pages

3.97

2k+ ratings

🤝 Fake Dating 💞 Friends To Lovers 🌈 Bisexual Awakening 👨‍👧‍👦 Single Father 🏘️ Small Town Romance

Progressive Myths

by Michael Huemer • 2024

The statistical case against ten progressive orthodoxies, from police racism to the gender pay gap.

4.01

128

🎯 Political Polemics 📰 Media Criticism 🎓 Academic Capture 📊 Statistical Debunking 👮 Police And Race

Progressive Myths

The statistical case against ten progressive orthodoxies, from police racism to the gender pay gap.

by Michael Huemer 2024 277 pages

4.01

128 ratings

🎯 Political Polemics 📰 Media Criticism 🎓 Academic Capture 📊 Statistical Debunking 👮 Police And Race

Doing It All

by Ruby Russell • 2024

The nuclear family was built for capitalism, not kids. Single mothers are exposing a better way.

4.24

🧑‍🧒 Single Motherhood 💰 Care Economy ☭ Marxist Feminism 🖤 Black Feminism 🏠 Nuclear Family Critique

Doing It All

The nuclear family was built for capitalism, not kids. Single mothers are exposing a better way.

by Ruby Russell 2024 336 pages

4.24

17 ratings

🧑‍🧒 Single Motherhood 💰 Care Economy ☭ Marxist Feminism 🖤 Black Feminism 🏠 Nuclear Family Critique

Single Mothers by Choice

by Jane Mattes • 1994

Becoming a mother alone: donors, adoption, and the practical groundwork that makes it last.

3.68

184

👩‍👧 Solo Motherhood 🧬 Donor Conception 📋 Adoption Guides 🤱 Postpartum Preparation 🤝 Support Networks

Single Mothers by Choice

Becoming a mother alone: donors, adoption, and the practical groundwork that makes it last.

by Jane Mattes 1994 288 pages

3.68

184 ratings

👩‍👧 Solo Motherhood 🧬 Donor Conception 📋 Adoption Guides 🤱 Postpartum Preparation 🤝 Support Networks

Reflections on the Revolution in France

by Edmund Burke • 1790

Rights without custom, property, or faith: why the French Revolution ended in tyranny, not liberty.

3.73

7k+

🇫🇷 French Revolution 🏛️ Classical Conservatism ⚡ Counter-Enlightenment 🦉 Political Prudence ⚠️ Danger Of Abstraction

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Rights without custom, property, or faith: why the French Revolution ended in tyranny, not liberty.

by Edmund Burke 1790 252 pages

3.73

7k+ ratings

🇫🇷 French Revolution 🏛️ Classical Conservatism ⚡ Counter-Enlightenment 🦉 Political Prudence ⚠️ Danger Of Abstraction

The Art of Profitability

by Adrian J. Slywotzky • 2002

Thirty repeatable profit patterns inside every industry, taught in a year of weekly talks.

3.95

1k+

🧮 Profit Models ♟️ Business Strategy 🏷️ Pricing Strategy 🔗 Value Chain Analysis 🔄 Business Model Innovation

The Art of Profitability

Thirty repeatable profit patterns inside every industry, taught in a year of weekly talks.

by Adrian J. Slywotzky 2002 272 pages

3.95

1k+ ratings

🧮 Profit Models ♟️ Business Strategy 🏷️ Pricing Strategy 🔗 Value Chain Analysis 🔄 Business Model Innovation

How You Can Talk to Anyone in Every Situation

by Emma Sargent • 2010

Conversation is a trainable skill: a belief-and-technique method for connection in every setting.

3.40

220

🗣️ Conversation Skills 💼 Workplace Communication 👂 Active Listening 🫂 Nonverbal Communication 🤝 Rapport Building

How You Can Talk to Anyone in Every Situation

Conversation is a trainable skill: a belief-and-technique method for connection in every setting.

by Emma Sargent 2010 200 pages

3.40

220 ratings

🗣️ Conversation Skills 💼 Workplace Communication 👂 Active Listening 🫂 Nonverbal Communication 🤝 Rapport Building

Krakatoa

by Simon Winchester • 2003

The loudest sound in history circled the earth seven times; the telegraph turned disaster global.

3.88

22k+

🌋 Volcanic Eruptions 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🏛️ Colonialism 🌍 Plate Tectonics 🦜 Island Biogeography

Krakatoa

The loudest sound in history circled the earth seven times; the telegraph turned disaster global.

by Simon Winchester 2003 416 pages

3.88

22k+ ratings

🌋 Volcanic Eruptions 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🏛️ Colonialism 🌍 Plate Tectonics 🦜 Island Biogeography

An Endless Cornish Summer

by Phillipa Ashley • 2021

To thank her donor, a young archaeologist moves to Cornwall and falls for his brother.

4.08

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💪 Post-Illness Recovery

An Endless Cornish Summer

To thank her donor, a young archaeologist moves to Cornwall and falls for his brother.

by Phillipa Ashley 2021 392 pages

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💪 Post-Illness Recovery

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