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  • Spy x Family, Vol. 4 by Tatsuya Endo

    Spy x Family, Vol. 4 by Tatsuya Endo

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 37 ratings
    Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world...
  • Spy x Family, Vol. 9 by Tatsuya Endo

    Spy x Family, Vol. 9 by Tatsuya Endo

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 24 ratings
    Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world. But when he receives the ultimate assignment—to get married and have a kid—he may finally be in over his head!Yor’s on assignment and finds herself up against a gang of assassins on board a luxury cruiser...
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  • Your Letter by Hyeon A. Cho

    Your Letter by Hyeon A. Cho

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sori is a special young girl - kind, caring and principled well beyond her years. Unfortunately, these are NOT the personality traits generally celebrated in middle school – especially Sori’s, where she’s bullied mercilessly for defending the defenseless until she herself becomes a target...
  • Spy x Family, Vol. 5 by Tatsuya Endo

    Spy x Family, Vol. 5 by Tatsuya Endo

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 31 ratings
    Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world...
  • Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 2 by Kyousuke Motomi

    Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 2 by Kyousuke Motomi

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Teru, siswi SMA miskin yang harus menjalani hari-harinya sebagai pembantu Kurosaki, pengurus sekolah yang agak preman. Tapi sebenarnya Kurosaki adalah Daisy, sosok misterius yang telah menjadi penopang hidup Teru yang sebatang kara. Teru yang tidak mengetahui kebenaran itu, perlahan mulai menyukai Kurosaki...
  • Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 3 by Kyousuke Motomi

    Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 3 by Kyousuke Motomi

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Hubungan Teru dan Kurosaki belakangan ini semakin dekat. Saat pergi liburan, Teru membelikan Daisy sebuah kotak musik sebagai oleh-oleh. Dan kotak musik itu akhirnya sampai ke tangan Daisy... alias Kurosaki. Tidak disangka kotak musik itulah yang membongkar semuanya...
  • 電撃デイジー 6 by Kyousuke Motomi, 最富 キョウスケ

    電撃デイジー 6 by Kyousuke Motomi, 最富 キョウスケ

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    “No matter what happens, I’ll protect you.”Teru, a poor and kind girl, recently lost her older brother, her only remaining relative. Before he died he gave her a cell phone connecting her to a person he said would support her if ever he were unable to. As time passes she is cheered on by text messages sent from this enigmatic person, known only as DAISY...
  • 電撃デイジー5 by Kyousuke Motomi, 最富 キョウスケ

    電撃デイジー5 by Kyousuke Motomi, 最富 キョウスケ

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    泣けて笑えてキュン♥となる!! 激売れラブストーリー!! 「何があっても君を守ってあげる――」 天涯孤独な照(てる)の携帯に届く、謎の人“DAISY(デイジー)”からのメール。彼の正体は実は……!?...
  • Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 4 by Kyousuke Motomi

    Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 4 by Kyousuke Motomi

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Teru, a poor and kind girl, recently lost her older brother, her only remaining relative. Before he died, he gave her a cell phone connecting her to a person he said would support her if ever he were unable to. As time passes she is cheered on by text messages sent from this enigmatic person, known only as DAISY...
  • Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 07 by Kyousuke Motomi

    Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 07 by Kyousuke Motomi

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A New York Times’ bestseller with a romantic storyline that is unique, funny and touching.After orphan Teru Kurebayashi loses her beloved older brother, she finds solace in the messages she exchanges with DAISY, an enigmatic figure who can only be reached through the cell phone her brother left her...
  • BEASTARS, Vol. 12 by Paru Itagaki

    BEASTARS, Vol. 12 by Paru Itagaki

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, friendships maintain the fragile peace. Who among them will become a Beastar—a hero destined to lead in a society naturally rife with mistrust?As a consequence of his savage battle with brown bear Riz, doors begin to close for gray wolf Legoshi, and he must strike out on his own...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  fantasy  young adult  contemporary
  • Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 08 by Kyousuke Motomi

    Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 08 by Kyousuke Motomi

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A New York Times’ bestseller with a romantic storyline that is unique, funny and touching.After orphan Teru Kurebayashi loses her beloved older brother, she finds solace in the messages she exchanges with DAISY, an enigmatic figure who can only be reached through the cell phone her brother left her...
  • BEASTARS 4 by Paru Itagaki, 板垣巴留

    BEASTARS 4 by Paru Itagaki, 板垣巴留

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, friendships maintain the fragile peace. Who among them will become a Beastar—a hero destined to lead in a society naturally rife with mistrust?As gray wolf Legoshi continues to grapple with his feelings for dwarf rabbit Haru, he discovers another member of the Drama Club is friendly with her too...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  fantasy  young adult  contemporary
  • BEASTARS, Vol. 13 by Paru Itagaki

    BEASTARS, Vol. 13 by Paru Itagaki

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, friendships maintain the fragile peace. Who among them will become a Beastar—a hero destined to lead in a society naturally rife with mistrust?Now that he has a criminal record, gray wolf Legoshi is working in a noodle shop instead of attending high school...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  fantasy  young adult  contemporary
  • Dengeki Daisy 09 by Kyousuke Motomi

    Dengeki Daisy 09 by Kyousuke Motomi

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T+.Can a mysterious DAISY protect her?After orphan Teru Kurebayashi loses her beloved older brother, she finds solace in the messages she exchanges with DAISY, an enigmatic figure who can only be reached through the cell phone her brother left her...
  • BEASTARS, Vol. 14 by Paru Itagaki

    BEASTARS, Vol. 14 by Paru Itagaki

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, friendships maintain the fragile peace. Who among them will become a Beastar—a hero destined to lead in a society naturally rife with mistrust?Beastar horse Yahya continues his vendetta against Komodo dragon Gosha by tormenting his grandson, gray wolf Legoshi...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  fantasy  young adult  contemporary
  • BEASTARS 3 by Paru Itagaki

    BEASTARS 3 by Paru Itagaki

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    At this high school, instead of jocks and nerds, the students are divided into predators and prey.At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, it’s personal relationships that maintain the fragile peace...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  fantasy  young adult  contemporary
  • Beastars, Vol. 2 by Paru Itagaki, 板垣巴留

    Beastars, Vol. 2 by Paru Itagaki, 板垣巴留

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    At this high school, instead of jocks and nerds, the students are divided into predators and prey.At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, it’s personal relationships that maintain the fragile peace...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  fantasy  young adult  contemporary
  • Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 1 by Kyousuke Motomi

    Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 1 by Kyousuke Motomi

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    "Apapun yang terjadi, aku akan selalu melindungimu."Itu bunyi email yang dikirimkan sosok misterius bernama Daisy untuk Teru. Setelah kematian kakaknya, hanya email dari Daisy-lah yang menjadi pelipur hati Teru. Karena suatu kejadian, ia terpaksa harus bekerja dengan Kurosaki, pengurus sekolah yang agak preman...
  • 電撃デイジー10 by Kyousuke Motomi

    電撃デイジー10 by Kyousuke Motomi

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    照を狙うアキラ!?新ステージ開幕!!...
  • The Phoenix by Jillian Dodd, Hayden Bishop

    The Phoenix by Jillian Dodd, Hayden Bishop

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the sixth book in a sizzling series filled with action and adventure. Fans of The Selection and The Hunger Games will discover a heart-pounding thrill ride of espionage and suspense set in glittering high society.A single sentence is muttered from the lips of an assassin dangling from a four-story building, “It starts in Montrovia...
  • The Counseling by Marley Gibson

    The Counseling by Marley Gibson

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kendall has just discovered who Emily really is, lost her boyfriend, and nearly died doing the thing she loves most--ghost hunting. It's time to take a break and try to reconcile all the changes she's going through. So Kendall heads to the Sierra Mountains, where there's a camp especially for young people with gifts such as hers. It's a time for reflection and self-discovery...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  contemporary  fantasy  young adult
  • Hunting November by Adriana Mather

    Hunting November by Adriana Mather

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Surviving a few weeks at the world's most lethal boarding school was one thing. But now comes the real test: Can November Adley find her missing father before her enemies find her? Subterfuge is the name of the game in this sequel to Killing November.After surviving a crash course in espionage at the mysterious Academy Absconditi, November has only one purpose: finding her missing father...
  • The Echelon by Jillian Dodd, Hayden Bishop

    The Echelon by Jillian Dodd, Hayden Bishop

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the seventh book in a sizzling series filled with action and adventure. Fans of The Selection and The Hunger Games will discover a heart-pounding thrill ride of espionage and suspense set in glittering high society.
The Echelon’s plan to change the shape of the world is succeeding. The disease was released. People are dying...
  • Shine by Jeri Smith-Ready

    Shine by Jeri Smith-Ready

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 17 ratings
    In this dramatic conclusion to the Shade trilogy, Aura and Zachary’s relationship sizzles as the secrets of the Shift are revealed. Life can change in an instant, and no one understands that better than Aura. It’s been almost a year since her boyfriend tragically died. She’s finally letting go of Logan’s violet-hued ghost, but not her search to uncover the truth about her past...
  • Shugo Chara! Volume 11 by Peach-Pit

    Shugo Chara! Volume 11 by Peach-Pit

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Road To The Future As graduation approaches, Amu's guardians, Ran, Miki, and Su disappear. Led by Diamond, Amu takes a journey on the road of stars to find her missing guardians...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  fantasy  young adult  humor  contemporary
  • The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Four brothers. Two missions. One explosive read. Jennifer Lynn Barnes returns to the world of her #1 bestselling Inheritance Games trilogy, and the stakes have never been higher.    Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first. Now the great Tobias Hawthorne is dead and his family disinherited, but some lessons linger...
  • Black as Night by Regina Doman

    Black as Night by Regina Doman

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A novel for teens based on the popular fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm Way after midnight in New York City, a girl runs down the streets, looking for someplace to hide ... is there anywhere she can go to escape? Is there anyone who can help her..
  • Just Ella by Annette K. Larsen

    Just Ella by Annette K. Larsen

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A princess befriending a common gardener is bad enough.Falling in love with him is absolutely forbidden.I watched in helpless horror as two guards hauled Gavin to his feet and dragged him from the room. My voice was frozen, unable to protest as another guard took hold of my arm, leading me upstairs...
  • Amelia Unabridged by Ashley Schumacher

    Amelia Unabridged by Ashley Schumacher

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Sparks fly between two teens as they grapple with grief, love, and the future.Eighteen-year-old Amelia Griffin is obsessed with the famous Orman Chronicles, written by the young and reclusive prodigy N. E. Endsley. They’re the books that brought her and her best friend Jenna together after Amelia’s father left and her family imploded...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  young adult  contemporary  fantasy  death
  • Black as Night: A Fairy Tale Retold  (The Fairy Tale Novels) by Regina Doman

    Black as Night: A Fairy Tale Retold (The Fairy Tale Novels) by Regina Doman

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Over the summer in New York City, seven friars who work with the homeless find a runaway girl named Nora, while Bear Denniston searches for his missing girlfriend, Blanche, in a suspenseful retelling of the Snow White story...
  • Classroom of the Elite  Vol. 1 by Syougo Kinugasa

    Classroom of the Elite Vol. 1 by Syougo Kinugasa

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The cutthroat school drama light novels that inspired an anime!Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom—if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokoji Kiyotaka has landed at the bottom in the scorned Class D, where he meets Horikita Suzune, who’s determined to rise up the ladder to Class A...
  • Marshmallow Skye by Cathy Cassidy

    Marshmallow Skye by Cathy Cassidy

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    SKYE and SUMMER TANBERRY are identical twins, and SKYE loves her sister Summer more than anyone else in the world. They do everything together, but lately Skye's been feeling like second-best - it's the story of her life. And when her friend Alfie confesses he's fallen not for her, but for Summer, it hurts...
  • Royal Blood by Aimee Carter

    Royal Blood by Aimee Carter

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An American girl becomes the British Monarchy’s greatest nightmare in this thrilling new series where royal scandals just got deadlier.As the King of England’s illegitimate daughter, 17-year-old Evan Bright knows a thing or two about keeping secrets...
  • The Tarot Cafe, #6 by Sang-Sun Park

    The Tarot Cafe, #6 by Sang-Sun Park

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alecto receives a dark prophesy from an old three-headed fortuneteller. If he wants to tell Pamela the truth about his feelings, there will be dangerous consequences! While Pamela and Belus search for Alecto, Belial plays a game of chess with their lives--and Alecto and Pamela face a disaster from which neither can run..."[P]art fantasy, part horror and entirely intriguing..
    Categorized as:
    mystery  contemporary  fantasy  young adult
  • Sense & Second-Degree Murder by Tirzah Price

    Sense & Second-Degree Murder by Tirzah Price

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Three of Jane Austen’s classic novels receive a murder mystery makeover in this romantic and thrilling three-book series that’s perfect for fans of The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy and Stalking Jack the Ripper. In Sense and Second-Degree Murder, aspiring scientist Elinor Dashwood and her sister Marianne, a budding detective, work together to solve the mystery of their father’s murder...
  • Passenger by Andrew Smith

    Passenger by Andrew Smith

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Best friends Jack and Conner can’t stay away from Marbury. It’s partly because of their obsession with this alternate world and the unresolved war that still wages there. But it’s also because forces in Marbury—including the darkest of the dark, who were not revealed in The Marbury Lens —are beckoning the boys back in order to save their friends . . . and themselves...
    Categorized as:
    slow burn  contemporary  young adult  fantasy
  • What Is Hidden by Lauren Skidmore

    What Is Hidden by Lauren Skidmore

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “The Chameleon is on the loose.” Despite the whispers that sprung up, the Speaker continued, “He’s stealing our masks and assuming the identities of the victims. It is our duty to warn you—do not trust the masks alone.” In Venesia, your mask is your life. It is your face, your rank, and your identity. Without a mask, you are nothing...
  • Run by Francine Pascal

    Run by Francine Pascal

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A repackage of a smart and sexy series whose heroine was born without the fear gene.Gaia is a brilliant, beautiful girl who is trained in three kinds of martial arts, has a reflex speed that’s off the charts, and can climb mountains, box, wrestle, and break codes in four languages. She has no trouble throwing a grown man over her shoulders...
  • The Deceivers by Kristen Simmons, Soneela Nankani

    The Deceivers by Kristen Simmons, Soneela Nankani

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Welcome to Vale Hall, the school for aspiring con artists.When Brynn Hilder is recruited to Vale, it seems like the elite academy is her chance to start over, away from her mom's loser boyfriend and her rundown neighborhood...
  • A Question of Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro

    A Question of Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    In the explosive conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Charlotte Holmes series, Holmes and Watson think they’re finally in the clear after graduating from Sherringford…but danger awaits in the hallowed halls of Oxford. Charlotte Holmes and Jamie Watson finally have a chance to start over...
  • Tides of Mutiny by Rebecca Rode

    Tides of Mutiny by Rebecca Rode

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lane Garrow has a secret—one that could get her killed. In a world where female sailors are executed, sixteen-year-old Lane’s dream of being a ship’s captain seems impossible. Sea life is all she knows, and she wouldn’t give it up for anything, even if it means she has to hide as a captain’s boy to avoid being killed...
  • They Call Me Alexandra Gastone by T.A. Maclagan

    They Call Me Alexandra Gastone by T.A. Maclagan

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When your life is a lie, how do you know what’s real?Alexandra Gastone has a simple plan: graduate high school, get into Princeton, work for the CIA, and serve her great nation. She was told the plan back when her name was Milena Rokva, back before the real Alexandra and her family were killed in a car crash...
  • A Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin Gier

    A Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin Gier

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A Castle in the Clouds follows a girl as she navigates secrets, romance, and danger in an aging grand hotel.Way up in the Swiss mountains, there's an old grand hotel steeped in tradition and faded splendor. Once a year, when the famous New Year's Eve Ball takes place and guests from all over the world arrive, excitement returns to the vast hallways...
  • Relax, I'm a Ninja by Natalie Whipple

    Relax, I'm a Ninja by Natalie Whipple

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Clan of ninjas in San Francisco may sound improbable—but as the son of a ninja master, Tosh Ito knows what lurks in the shadows of his city. Or at least he thought he did. When a killer with a poisoned blade starts cutting down teens, Tosh enlists Amy Sato—newest ninja recruit and his best friend’s crush—and sets out to uncover the killer’s identity...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  contemporary  fantasy  young adult
  • A New Fear by R.L. Stine

    A New Fear by R.L. Stine

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Fear name brings fortune...and doom. The dark power of the Fear family consumes all those connected with it. The Fears. Those they love -- and hate. The entire town of Shadyside. All are tainted forever by the evil of the family's curse. No one can escape. Nora Goode and Daniel Fear hoped to end the curse of the Fear family...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  contemporary  fantasy  young adult
  • And Both Were Young by Madeleine L'Engle

    And Both Were Young by Madeleine L'Engle

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Flip doesn't think she'll ever fit in at the Swiss boarding school chosen by her father's girl friend.  Besides being homesick for her father and Connecticut, she isn't sophisticated like the other girls, and discussions about boys leave her tongue-tied.  Her happiest times are spent apart from the others, sketching or wandering in the mountains...
  • Sam by Francine Pascal

    Sam by Francine Pascal

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A repackage of a smart and sexy series whose heroine was born without the fear gene.Gaia is a brilliant, beautiful girl who is trained in three kinds of martial arts, has a reflex speed that’s off the charts, and can climb mountains, box, wrestle, and break codes in four languages. She has no trouble throwing a grown man over her shoulders...
  • Holes by Louis Sachar

    Holes by Louis Sachar

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 123 ratings
    Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep...
  • Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon

    Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    ​Olivia Brownlow is no damsel in distress. Born in a workhouse and raised as a boy among thieving London street gangs, she is as tough and cunning as they come. When she is taken in by her uncle after a caper gone wrong, her life goes from fighting and stealing on the streets to lavish dinners and soirees as a debutante in high society...
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