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#91. The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden (Mar. 2026)
The Safekeep is a psychological thriller by Yael Van Der Wouden, published in 2024, as her debut novel. It follows Isabel, a solitary women in her late mother’s home, who meets Eva, her brother’s girlfriend, who came to live in her house. Because of their different personalities, it instigates a conflict between them. The book…
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#90. As You Like It by William Shakespeare (Mar. 2026)
As You Like It is a comedy play by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. It has been performed numerous times, gaining interest about its unique storyline and plots. It follows Rosalind who flees persecution to the Forest of Arden, disguising herself as a man named Ganymede, and meets her romantic interest in the forest. The…
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#89. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (Feb 2026)
The Silent Patient is a psychological thriller by Alex Michaelides, published in 2019. It follows a psychotherapist, Theo Faber, who gets hired by a mental hospital to talk to a murderer who goes mute after the murder, Alicia Berenson. However, it didn’t go as Faber wanted to; he started facing challenges along the way. The…
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#88. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See (Feb 2026)
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is a historical fiction by Lisa See, published in 2023. It was inspired by the story of Tan Yunxian, a female physician in 15th century China. It follows Tan Yunxian, a girl in 15th-century China who is trained in medicine by her grandmother and grows up to become a respected…
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#87. Ru by Kim Thuy (Feb. 2026)
Ru is a biographical fiction by Kim Thuy, Vietnamese-born Canadian author. The book was published in 2009 and was written in French. The book follows a young Vietnamese girl who fleed her country with her family after spending time in refugee camp. The family eventually came to Quebec, Canada, but had a hard time adjusting…
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#86. The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa (Jan. 2026)
The Cat Who Saved Books is a fantasy fiction novel by Sosuke Natsukawa, published in 2017. It was originally written in Japanese, but it has been translated into many languages. The book follows the main character, Rintaro Natsuki, who obtains his grandfather’s bookshop. He meets a talking cat, Tiger, that appears and helps him deal…
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#85. Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green (Jan. 2026)
Anthropocene Reviewed is a collection of essays about the human-made, Anthropocene, in which John Green, the author, reviews each topics he chooses to write. He writes argumentative and persuasive essays showing different structures and flows on how to convey his thoughts and claims throughout each one. Anthropocene Reviewed shares varieties of perspectives on human-made, persuading…
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#84. Night by Elie Wiesel (Dec. 2025)
Introduction: Night is a historical memoir by Elie Wiesel, published in 1956. This book follows Elie Wiesel’s Holocaust experiences in the concentration camps in Auschwitz and Buchenwald from 1944 to 1945, at the end of World War II. Wiesel portrays the pain and suffering many Jews had to go through, especially children at such a…
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#83. Interpreters of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (Dec. 2025)
Introduction: Interpreter of Maladies is a collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri, published in 1999. It follows a cohesive nine stories about Indian-Americans with connecting themes of isolation, miscommunication, and the search for belonging. This book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for its outstanding portrayal of Indian-American society and the interconnection between…
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#82. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Nov. 2025)
Introduction: A Thousand Splendid Suns is a novel by Khaled Hosseini, published in 2007. examines the lives of two Afghan women, Mariam and Laila, whose paths cross in the midst of decades of oppression, loss, and conflict. The novel, which is set against the challenging backdrop of recent Afghan history—from the Soviet invasion to the…
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