🔍 Hidden Gems

Overlooked places, people, or experiences that reward the curious traveler or seeker willing to venture off the beaten path. These books are love letters to what most people walk right past.

Children of the Days

by Eduardo Galeano • 2012

A year-long excavation of history's buried moments, from colonial lies to quiet acts of defiance.

4.18

4k+

🕵️ Hidden Histories 🏴 Decolonial Thought ✊ Stories Of Resistance

Children of the Days 86%

A year-long excavation of history's buried moments, from colonial lies to quiet acts of defiance.

by Eduardo Galeano 2012

4.18

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Hidden Histories 🏴 Decolonial Thought ✊ Stories Of Resistance

The Bible Code

by Michael Drosnin • 1997

Genesis skip-code: assassins named, wars dated, atomic fire foretold. Math says it's no accident.

2.88

2k+

🕵️ Hidden Knowledge 📖 Biblical Prophecy 🔐 Coded Messages

The Bible Code 86%

Genesis skip-code: assassins named, wars dated, atomic fire foretold. Math says it's no accident.

by Michael Drosnin 1997

2.88

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Hidden Knowledge 📖 Biblical Prophecy 🔐 Coded Messages

The Secret Knowledge of Water

by Craig Childs • 2000

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

4.29

3k+

🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing

The Secret Knowledge of Water 86%

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

by Craig Childs 2000

4.29

3k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing

Short Stories in French for Beginners

by Olly Richards • 2018

Eight short stories that make French feel like an adventure, not a lesson.

4.04

1k+

🎒 Graded Reader 🇫🇷 French Setting 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Short Stories in French for Beginners Summary

Short Stories in French for Beginners 86%

Eight short stories that make French feel like an adventure, not a lesson.

by Olly Richards 2018

4.04

1k+ ratings

🎒 Graded Reader 🇫🇷 French Setting 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Cartographers

by Peng Shepherd • 2022

Her father's map hides a town drawn into existence. He died keeping that secret.

3.63

81k+

🗺️ Secret Geography 📚 Academic Mystery 💔 Father-Daughter Rift

The Cartographers 86%

Her father's map hides a town drawn into existence. He died keeping that secret.

by Peng Shepherd 2022

3.63

81k+ ratings

🗺️ Secret Geography 📚 Academic Mystery 💔 Father-Daughter Rift

The Slow Regard of Silent Things

by Patrick Rothfuss • 2014

Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.

3.86

162k+

🧹 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🏚️ Hermit Protagonist

The Slow Regard of Silent Things Summary

The Slow Regard of Silent Things 86%

Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.

by Patrick Rothfuss 2014

3.86

162k+ ratings

🧹 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🏚️ Hermit Protagonist

The Acid Queen

by Susannah Cahalan • 2025

Two hundred acid trips, one prison escape, 24 years underground: the woman behind Timothy Leary.

3.78

1k+

🧪 Psychedelic History 👩‍🎤 Women'S Biography 🕵️‍♀️ Fugitive Lives

The Acid Queen 86%

Two hundred acid trips, one prison escape, 24 years underground: the woman behind Timothy Leary.

by Susannah Cahalan 2025

3.78

1k+ ratings

🧪 Psychedelic History 👩‍🎤 Women'S Biography 🕵️‍♀️ Fugitive Lives

The Lifters

by Dave Eggers • 2018

An invisible boy learns his crumbling town is held together by children propping up the earth.

3.61

2k+

🕳️ Secret Underground World 🏘️ Small Town Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Of Kids

The Lifters 86%

An invisible boy learns his crumbling town is held together by children propping up the earth.

by Dave Eggers 2018

3.61

2k+ ratings

🕳️ Secret Underground World 🏘️ Small Town Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Of Kids

The Fairfleet Affair

by K.H. Saxton • 2023

After their mentor vanishes during an eclipse, two kid detectives follow his trail of museum clues.

4.06

185

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 👑 Hidden Heir

The Fairfleet Affair 85%

After their mentor vanishes during an eclipse, two kid detectives follow his trail of museum clues.

by K.H. Saxton 2023

4.06

185 ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 👑 Hidden Heir

The Society of Unknowable Objects

by Gareth Brown • 2025

Magic is real, hidden in a London bookshop. A killer knows, and he's coming for it.

3.84

15k+

🕵️ Secret Magical Society 🗝️ Magical Artifacts 📚 Book About Books

The Society of Unknowable Objects Summary

The Society of Unknowable Objects 85%

Magic is real, hidden in a London bookshop. A killer knows, and he's coming for it.

by Gareth Brown 2025

3.84

15k+ ratings

🕵️ Secret Magical Society 🗝️ Magical Artifacts 📚 Book About Books

Indiana Jones and Philosophy

by Dean Kowalski • 2023

Beneath the fedora: a philosophy seminar on heroism, faith, aging, and who really owns the past.

3.71

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🎥 Film Philosophy 🏛️ Cultural Heritage

Indiana Jones and Philosophy 85%

Beneath the fedora: a philosophy seminar on heroism, faith, aging, and who really owns the past.

by Dean Kowalski 2023

3.71

21 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🎥 Film Philosophy 🏛️ Cultural Heritage

Transylvanian Sunrise

by Radu Cinamar • 2004

Under Romania, a 50,000-year-old holographic library built by giants. The Pentagon hid it.

4.15

536

🏛️ Secret History 🔒 Government Cover-Ups 🧠 Parapsychology Programs

Transylvanian Sunrise 85%

Under Romania, a 50,000-year-old holographic library built by giants. The Pentagon hid it.

by Radu Cinamar 2004

4.15

536 ratings

🏛️ Secret History 🔒 Government Cover-Ups 🧠 Parapsychology Programs

The Secret Teachers of the Western World

by Gary Lachman • 2015

A hidden lineage of mystics and magicians shaped the West. Science buried them; they never died.

4.31

235

📜 Esoteric History 🌿 Perennial Philosophy 🪄 Hermeticism

The Secret Teachers of the Western World Summary

The Secret Teachers of the Western World 85%

A hidden lineage of mystics and magicians shaped the West. Science buried them; they never died.

by Gary Lachman 2015

4.31

235 ratings

📜 Esoteric History 🌿 Perennial Philosophy 🪄 Hermeticism

I'll Never Write My Memoirs

by Grace Jones • 2015

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

3.76

2k+

🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention

I'll Never Write My Memoirs 85%

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

by Grace Jones 2015

3.76

2k+ ratings

🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention

City of Stairs

by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2014

A spy investigates a murdered historian in a city where dead gods are reawakening.

4.10

41k+

🏚️ Fallen Gods 🌍 Post-Colonial Fantasy 🚪 Hidden City

City of Stairs 85%

A spy investigates a murdered historian in a city where dead gods are reawakening.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2014

4.10

41k+ ratings

🏚️ Fallen Gods 🌍 Post-Colonial Fantasy 🚪 Hidden City

Book Scavenger

by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman • 2015

Twelve-year-old Emily must crack a coded Poe book: the last game her hero left behind.

4.14

18k+

📚 Books About Books 🕵️ Literary Scavenger Hunt 🔐 Coded Messages

Book Scavenger 85%

Twelve-year-old Emily must crack a coded Poe book: the last game her hero left behind.

by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman 2015

4.14

18k+ ratings

📚 Books About Books 🕵️ Literary Scavenger Hunt 🔐 Coded Messages

The Holy Place

by Henry Lincoln • 1991

Decoding a priest's hidden messages reveals the French countryside is a vast geometric temple.

3.58

156

📐 Sacred Geometry 🌍 Earth Mysteries 🔑 Ciphers And Codes

The Holy Place 85%

Decoding a priest's hidden messages reveals the French countryside is a vast geometric temple.

by Henry Lincoln 1991

3.58

156 ratings

📐 Sacred Geometry 🌍 Earth Mysteries 🔑 Ciphers And Codes

The Girl With a Mind for Math

by Julia Finley Mosca • 2018

Segregation said she couldn't. The Navy said two months. She designed a ship in 18 hours.

4.41

747

🔍 Hidden Figures 👩‍🔬 Women In Stem 🚀 Women Pioneers

The Girl With a Mind for Math 85%

Segregation said she couldn't. The Navy said two months. She designed a ship in 18 hours.

by Julia Finley Mosca 2018

4.41

747 ratings

🔍 Hidden Figures 👩‍🔬 Women In Stem 🚀 Women Pioneers

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club

by Gloria Chao • 2025

Three ex-girlfriends plot revenge, then find his body and a crime scene full of their DNA.

3.56

16k+

🧶 Cozy Mystery Energy 😈 Revenge Comedy 🎙️ Podcast Mystery

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club 85%

Three ex-girlfriends plot revenge, then find his body and a crime scene full of their DNA.

by Gloria Chao 2025

3.56

16k+ ratings

🧶 Cozy Mystery Energy 😈 Revenge Comedy 🎙️ Podcast Mystery

The Reality Bubble

by Ziya Tong • 2019

You see 0.0035% of the light spectrum. The remaining 99.9965% hides how the world really works.

4.18

1k+

👁️ Perception Limits 🧠 Cognitive Blind Spots 🏭 Hidden Infrastructure

The Reality Bubble 85%

You see 0.0035% of the light spectrum. The remaining 99.9965% hides how the world really works.

by Ziya Tong 2019

4.18

1k+ ratings

👁️ Perception Limits 🧠 Cognitive Blind Spots 🏭 Hidden Infrastructure

Fingerprints of the Gods

by Graham Hancock • 1995

Maps of ice-free Antarctica. Flood myths with astronomical codes. Who left them?

4.15

16k+

🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Ancient Mysteries ⭐ Ancient Astronomy

Fingerprints of the Gods 85%

Maps of ice-free Antarctica. Flood myths with astronomical codes. Who left them?

by Graham Hancock 1995

4.15

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Ancient Mysteries ⭐ Ancient Astronomy

Lost Scriptures

by Bart D. Ehrman • 2003

These are the scriptures early Christians debated, revered, and ultimately excluded from the Bible.

4.00

2k+

⛪ Early Christianity 🐍 Gnosticism 📜 Apocryphal Writings

Lost Scriptures 85%

These are the scriptures early Christians debated, revered, and ultimately excluded from the Bible.

by Bart D. Ehrman 2003

4.00

2k+ ratings

⛪ Early Christianity 🐍 Gnosticism 📜 Apocryphal Writings

Mystery of the Whale Tattoo

by Franklin W. Dixon • 1967

The Hardy boys join a carnival, then chase a stuffed whale concealing a stolen idol.

3.77

2k+

🕵️ Teen Detectives 👬 Sibling Sleuths 🎭 Disguise And Deception

Mystery of the Whale Tattoo 85%

The Hardy boys join a carnival, then chase a stuffed whale concealing a stolen idol.

by Franklin W. Dixon 1967

3.77

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Detectives 👬 Sibling Sleuths 🎭 Disguise And Deception

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2012

A narcoleptic genius orphan races the director of a grim orphanage to solve a hidden treasure.

4.37

20k+

🏚️ Orphanage Mystery 🗝️ Treasure Hunt Mystery 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict Summary

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict 85%

A narcoleptic genius orphan races the director of a grim orphanage to solve a hidden treasure.

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2012

4.37

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Orphanage Mystery 🗝️ Treasure Hunt Mystery 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

A Dark Muse

by Gary Lachman • 2003

The hidden lineage of poets and magicians who mapped the interior worlds that science denied.

3.76

235

🔮 Western Esotericism 📚 Intellectual History 🕯️ Occult Revival

A Dark Muse 85%

The hidden lineage of poets and magicians who mapped the interior worlds that science denied.

by Gary Lachman 2003

3.76

235 ratings

🔮 Western Esotericism 📚 Intellectual History 🕯️ Occult Revival

Serpent of Light

by Drunvalo Melchizedek • 2008

A 13,000-year cycle shifts Earth’s kundalini to the Andes, closing the male era, opening feminine.

4.13

1k+

🌐 Earth Energy Grids 🌙 Divine Feminine 🏹 Indigenous Prophecies

Serpent of Light 85%

A 13,000-year cycle shifts Earth’s kundalini to the Andes, closing the male era, opening feminine.

by Drunvalo Melchizedek 2008

4.13

1k+ ratings

🌐 Earth Energy Grids 🌙 Divine Feminine 🏹 Indigenous Prophecies

Hunting for Hidden Gold

by Franklin W. Dixon • 1928

Summoned to Montana, two brothers hunt for buried gold as a ruthless gang closes in.

3.93

7k+

⛏️ Gold Prospecting Mystery 🔍 Sibling Sleuths 🗺️ Hidden Treasure Hunt

Hunting for Hidden Gold 85%

Summoned to Montana, two brothers hunt for buried gold as a ruthless gang closes in.

by Franklin W. Dixon 1928

3.93

7k+ ratings

⛏️ Gold Prospecting Mystery 🔍 Sibling Sleuths 🗺️ Hidden Treasure Hunt

The Hidden Habits of Genius

by Craig Wright • 2020

Darwin, Jobs, Churchill: none aced a test. The traits behind their genius are learnable.

3.96

2k+

🧠 Creative Genius 🔄 Contrarian Thinking 👩 Gender Bias

The Hidden Habits of Genius 85%

Darwin, Jobs, Churchill: none aced a test. The traits behind their genius are learnable.

by Craig Wright 2020

3.96

2k+ ratings

🧠 Creative Genius 🔄 Contrarian Thinking 👩 Gender Bias

Silence and Beauty

by Makoto Fujimura • 2016

Japanese Christians trampled Christ's image to survive. The worn faces became his truest portrait.

4.16

805

✝️ Japanese Christianity 🎨 Christian Aesthetics 🤫 Hidden Faith

Silence and Beauty 85%

Japanese Christians trampled Christ's image to survive. The worn faces became his truest portrait.

by Makoto Fujimura 2016

4.16

805 ratings

✝️ Japanese Christianity 🎨 Christian Aesthetics 🤫 Hidden Faith

The Third Eye

by T. Lobsang Rampa • 1958

Destined for the lamasery, a Tibetan boy undergoes an ancient operation granting clairvoyant sight.

3.96

4k+

🛕 Tibetan Buddhism 📜 Esoteric Memoir 👁️ Clairvoyance

The Third Eye 85%

Destined for the lamasery, a Tibetan boy undergoes an ancient operation granting clairvoyant sight.

by T. Lobsang Rampa 1958

3.96

4k+ ratings

🛕 Tibetan Buddhism 📜 Esoteric Memoir 👁️ Clairvoyance

The Way of Nagomi

by Ken Mogi • 2022

The Japanese secret to balance: stop before full, blend opposites, and find strength in what breaks.

3.44

1k+

🏯 Japanese Philosophy 💛 Self-Acceptance 🍱 Mindful Eating

The Way of Nagomi 85%

The Japanese secret to balance: stop before full, blend opposites, and find strength in what breaks.

by Ken Mogi 2022

3.44

1k+ ratings

🏯 Japanese Philosophy 💛 Self-Acceptance 🍱 Mindful Eating

The Librarians

by Sherry Thomas • 2025

A librarian's dead husband hid millions in the stacks. Now the hunters have arrived.

3.37

7k+

🔍 Workplace Mystery 📚 Library Setting 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth

The Librarians 85%

A librarian's dead husband hid millions in the stacks. Now the hunters have arrived.

by Sherry Thomas 2025

3.37

7k+ ratings

🔍 Workplace Mystery 📚 Library Setting 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth

Meetings With Remarkable Men

by G.I. Gurdjieff • 1960

A young seeker crosses Central Asia, finding teachers who upend everything he thought he knew.

4.10

3k+

📜 Spiritual Memoir 🔮 Esoteric Traditions 🕉️ Wisdom Traditions

Meetings With Remarkable Men 85%

A young seeker crosses Central Asia, finding teachers who upend everything he thought he knew.

by G.I. Gurdjieff 1960

4.10

3k+ ratings

📜 Spiritual Memoir 🔮 Esoteric Traditions 🕉️ Wisdom Traditions

One False Note

by Gordon Korman • 2008

Amy and Dan chase Mozart's trail across Europe, hunted by relatives who want them dead.

3.90

55k+

🗺️ Global Treasure Hunt 👫 Orphaned Siblings 👁️ Secret Societies

One False Note 85%

Amy and Dan chase Mozart's trail across Europe, hunted by relatives who want them dead.

by Gordon Korman 2008

3.90

55k+ ratings

🗺️ Global Treasure Hunt 👫 Orphaned Siblings 👁️ Secret Societies

The Kingdoms of Savannah

by George Dawes Green • 2022

A fractured Savannah dynasty investigates a murder and uncovers a lost free Black settlement.

3.68

7k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 📖 Literary Mystery 🏛️ Buried History

The Kingdoms of Savannah 85%

A fractured Savannah dynasty investigates a murder and uncovers a lost free Black settlement.

by George Dawes Green 2022

3.68

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 📖 Literary Mystery 🏛️ Buried History

Supernatural

by Graham Hancock • 2005

Ice Age cave art, fairy faith, and alien abduction are one phenomenon. The visitors are identical.

4.22

3k+

🏛️ Speculative History 🌀 Shamanism 🍄 Psychedelics

Supernatural 85%

Ice Age cave art, fairy faith, and alien abduction are one phenomenon. The visitors are identical.

by Graham Hancock 2005

4.22

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Speculative History 🌀 Shamanism 🍄 Psychedelics

The Girl with the Whispering Shadow

by D.E. Night • 2019

A hidden magical town should have been safe, but a stolen shadow walks its lantern-lit streets.

4.21

926

🏘️ Hidden Magical Town 🖤 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Chosen One

The Girl with the Whispering Shadow Summary

The Girl with the Whispering Shadow 85%

A hidden magical town should have been safe, but a stolen shadow walks its lantern-lit streets.

by D.E. Night 2019

4.21

926 ratings

🏘️ Hidden Magical Town 🖤 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Chosen One

Doctor Strange and Philosophy

by Mark D. White • 2018

How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.

4.27

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🦸 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Virtue Ethics

Doctor Strange and Philosophy 85%

How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.

by Mark D. White 2018

4.27

44 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🦸 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Virtue Ethics

The Woman All Spies Fear

by Amy Butler Greenfield • 2021

She cracked Nazi spy rings and sank Prohibition crime empires. The government erased her name.

4.19

2k+

🧩 Codebreaking History 🕵️ Women In Intelligence 🔐 Cryptanalysis

The Woman All Spies Fear 85%

She cracked Nazi spy rings and sank Prohibition crime empires. The government erased her name.

by Amy Butler Greenfield 2021

4.19

2k+ ratings

🧩 Codebreaking History 🕵️ Women In Intelligence 🔐 Cryptanalysis

Greenglass House

by Kate Milford • 2014

At Greenglass House, a boy's holiday becomes a puzzle when a ghost and map reveal secrets.

3.99

29k+

❄️ Wintry Mystery 👻 Ghostly Mystery 🔍 Kid Detective Duo

Greenglass House 85%

At Greenglass House, a boy's holiday becomes a puzzle when a ghost and map reveal secrets.

by Kate Milford 2014

3.99

29k+ ratings

❄️ Wintry Mystery 👻 Ghostly Mystery 🔍 Kid Detective Duo

The Atlantis Blueprint

by Rand Flem-Ath • 2000

Ancient maps of an ice-free Antarctica point to a lost civilization that once surveyed the globe.

3.81

574

📜 Lost Civilizations 🌊 Pole Shift Theory 📐 Sacred Geometry

The Atlantis Blueprint 85%

Ancient maps of an ice-free Antarctica point to a lost civilization that once surveyed the globe.

by Rand Flem-Ath 2000

3.81

574 ratings

📜 Lost Civilizations 🌊 Pole Shift Theory 📐 Sacred Geometry

The Longing for Less

by Kyle Chayka • 2020

The clean lines of minimalism hide a messy history: Zen monks, art rebels, and $8,200 stereos.

3.45

1k+

🎨 Modernist Art 📐 Design Philosophy 📰 Cultural Criticism

The Longing for Less 85%

The clean lines of minimalism hide a messy history: Zen monks, art rebels, and $8,200 stereos.

by Kyle Chayka 2020

3.45

1k+ ratings

🎨 Modernist Art 📐 Design Philosophy 📰 Cultural Criticism

Secrets of the Lost Ledgers

by C.J. Archer • 2024

An invisible plea in a library book pulls a paper magician into 1920s London's magical underworld.

4.13

7k+

🔍 Magical Detective 👥 Found Family 💘 Slow Burn Romance

Secrets of the Lost Ledgers 85%

An invisible plea in a library book pulls a paper magician into 1920s London's magical underworld.

by C.J. Archer 2024

4.13

7k+ ratings

🔍 Magical Detective 👥 Found Family 💘 Slow Burn Romance

How We Got to Now

by Steven Johnson • 2014

Six ordinary breakthroughs built the modern world; their biggest consequences were never planned.

4.12

16k+

🕰️ History Of Technology 💡 Everyday Inventions 🦋 Ripple Effects

How We Got to Now 85%

Six ordinary breakthroughs built the modern world; their biggest consequences were never planned.

by Steven Johnson 2014

4.12

16k+ ratings

🕰️ History Of Technology 💡 Everyday Inventions 🦋 Ripple Effects

The Secret of the Old Clock

by Carolyn Keene • 1930

Teen detective Nancy Drew tracks a missing will hidden in a clock to outwit a greedy family.

3.97

85k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Inheritance Mystery 🍵 Cozy Mystery Energy

The Secret of the Old Clock 85%

Teen detective Nancy Drew tracks a missing will hidden in a clock to outwit a greedy family.

by Carolyn Keene 1930

3.97

85k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Inheritance Mystery 🍵 Cozy Mystery Energy

I Don't Want To Grow Up

by Scott Stillman • 2021

The default script is a trap. Here is the escape: simplify, follow instinct, and let adventure lead.

4.08

2k+

🏗️ Lifestyle Design 🏡 Simple Living 🌟 Childlike Wonder

I Don't Want To Grow Up 85%

The default script is a trap. Here is the escape: simplify, follow instinct, and let adventure lead.

by Scott Stillman 2021

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏗️ Lifestyle Design 🏡 Simple Living 🌟 Childlike Wonder

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

by Amanda Quick • 2017

Fleeing murder, a secretary discovers a starlet's body at a Hollywood hotel run by an ex-magician.

3.83

12k+

🎬 1930s Hollywood 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Wounded Hero

The Girl Who Knew Too Much 85%

Fleeing murder, a secretary discovers a starlet's body at a Hollywood hotel run by an ex-magician.

by Amanda Quick 2017

3.83

12k+ ratings

🎬 1930s Hollywood 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Wounded Hero

In Pursuit of Elegance

by Matthew E. May • 2009

The best products, paintings, and traffic systems owe their power to what is missing.

3.79

576

➖ Less Is More ✂️ Minimalist Design 💼 Business Minimalism

In Pursuit of Elegance 85%

The best products, paintings, and traffic systems owe their power to what is missing.

by Matthew E. May 2009

3.79

576 ratings

➖ Less Is More ✂️ Minimalist Design 💼 Business Minimalism

Inciting Joy

by Ross Gay • 2022

Why skateboarders share everything: a poet's case for joy in grief and refusal to be useful.

4.13

6k+

🎁 Gift Economies 🐢 Slowing Down 💗 Vulnerability

Inciting Joy 85%

Why skateboarders share everything: a poet's case for joy in grief and refusal to be useful.

by Ross Gay 2022

4.13

6k+ ratings

🎁 Gift Economies 🐢 Slowing Down 💗 Vulnerability

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness

by Andrew Peterson • 2008

In a seaside village ruled by lizard monsters, three ordinary siblings learn they are lost royalty.

4.32

34k+

🫅 Hidden Royal Heritage 👫 Sibling Adventure 🌑 Dark Whimsy

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness Summary

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness 85%

In a seaside village ruled by lizard monsters, three ordinary siblings learn they are lost royalty.

by Andrew Peterson 2008

4.32

34k+ ratings

🫅 Hidden Royal Heritage 👫 Sibling Adventure 🌑 Dark Whimsy

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