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Arefa Tehsin Author Of The Fourth Girl

From my list on thrillers where women spin and plunge the plot.

Why am I passionate about this?

I spent my childhood treading the Aravalli jungles with my naturalist father, catching snakes and spinning yarns and I learnt early that the most dangerous creatures are rarely the ones with fangs. My father, Raza Tehsin, raised me with the rational approach of solving any mysteries that I came across—whether in nature or otherwise. I grew up to become a writer. Across my twenty-odd published books, from nature writing to my historical mystery novel The Witch in the Peepul Tree, I have experimented with form and genre across age groups and remained fascinated by mysteries. My latest, The Fourth Girl, is a psychological thriller about three friends and the girl who vanished from their lives. 

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Arefa Tehsin Why Arefa loves this book

A reader friend recommended this book strongly, but I approached it a bit tentatively at first. Then the marsh swallowed me whole.

What dragged me in wasn't the murder trial, gripping as it was, it was Kya herself, this abandoned girl learning gulls and shells and loneliness the way other children learn arithmetic. I've grown up visiting forests with my naturalist father and still live in wild places so I was quite taken by the natural world written with such tenderness or a woman's solitude given such dignity.

And that ending was simply gasp-worthy. 

By Delia Owens ,

Why should I read it?

61 authors picked Where the Crawdads Sing as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
A NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

For years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be…


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December on 5C4 by Adam Strassberg,

Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!

On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…

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sri nithya nimishakavi

From sri nithya's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why sri nithya loves this book

I was on edge while reading this book I love the high stakes I love adventure books i love the do or die mood of the book its such a page turner I love the world building in the book I love the plot i love everything about it it is my most favorite book of all time its been 5 years since i have read it and i still love it

By J.K. Rowling ,

Why should I read it?

7 authors picked Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 8, 9, 10, and 11.

What is this book about?

It's time to PASS THE MAGIC ON - with brand new children's editions of the classic and internationally bestselling series The seventh and final book in the global phenomenon series that changed the world of books forever As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving Privet Drive for the last time, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind. The protective charm that has kept Harry safe until now is now broken, but he cannot keep hiding. The Dark Lord is breathing fear into everything Harry loves,…


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sri nithya nimishakavi

From sri nithya's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why sri nithya loves this book

I love the writing and how it is so subtle. I love the fact that every single sentence in the book has a purpose and that nothing in this book is vague . I love how emotions and feelings are described in this book this book just makes you think it makes you feel it its so complex the characters are so complex they have dimension i love how the more you read the more you start thinking like the characters the book has some domestic violence in it at one point you start thinking like the victims u start thinking he could be worst he's bad but it could have been worst u start thinking like that i love how it makes me realise or think newly the paragraph about how mariam felt like she was an intruder in another person's life or something when she first stepped into…

By Khaled Hosseini ,

Why should I read it?

10 authors picked A Thousand Splendid Suns as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

THE RICHARD & JUDY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER

'A suspenseful epic' Daily Telegraph

'A triumph' Financial Times

'Heartbreaking' Mail on Sunday

'Deeply moving' Sunday Times

Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism.


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The Tao of Poison by Isham Cook,

A poisonous maiden, a Daoist sex cult, and a violent insurgency.

The polyandrous Yan family in China's rural Shaanxi Province takes in two carpenter brothers. When one brother is convicted of murder after killing their neighbor in a dispute, a constable threatens to expose the family's rumored polyandry and extorts…

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len

From Len's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Len loves this book

A fantastic book, with many unexpected twists and a great final destination.

By Pierce Brown ,

Why should I read it?

7 authors picked Morning Star as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Darrow is a Helldiver, one of a thousand men and women who live in the vast caves beneath the surface of Mars, generations of people who spend their lives toiling to mine the precious elements that will allow the planet to be terraformed. Just knowing that, one day, people will be able to walk the surface of the planet is enough to justify their sacrifice. The Earth is dying, and Darrow and his people are the only hope humanity has left.

Until the day Darrow learns that it is all a lie. That Mars has been habitable - and inhabited…


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Patrick R. Field Author Of The Malevolent

From Patrick's 3 favorite reads in 2026.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author

Patrick's 3 favorite reads in 2026

Patrick R. Field Why Patrick loves this book

The question is whether there was a possibility that you could remove a person whom you feel endangers a human population without you killing them yourself- would you? A question of morality, beliefs, and faith. This theme fascinates me.

By Joe Hill ,

Why should I read it?

5 authors picked King Sorrow as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

SOME PROMISES SHOULD NEVER BE MADE...

***A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK***

'A tour de force...King Sorrow is huge, sprawling - and absolutely fantastic' THE GUARDIAN
'Joe Hill gloriously resurrects the doorstop horror blockbuster for a startling new century' ALAN MOORE
'A soaring epic and painfully intimate. You won't be able to stop burning through the pages' PAUL TREMBLAY
'Epic, exhilarating and haunting in equal measures' DAILY EXPRESS
'A commanding, captivating read' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Epic...a multi-layered, rich response to the horrors and hopes of living today' DAILY MAIL

Bookish dreamer Arthur Oakes is a student at Rackham College, Maine,…


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Patrick R. Field Author Of The Malevolent

From Patrick's 3 favorite reads in 2026.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author

Patrick's 3 favorite reads in 2026

Patrick R. Field Why Patrick loves this book

This may sound conceited, but this book felt so familiar that it is like the type of novel I could write...and why wouldn't I love it?

By De Elizabeth ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked She Haunts Me Still as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'Terrifying and thrillingly romantic, this is horror romance at its absolute best: steamy, haunting, and sharp' Molly O'Sullivan, author of The Book of Autumn'Deliciously dark and romantically bloody, this is such an addictive tale' CG Drews, #1 NYT bestselling author of You Did Nothing Wrong and HazelthornThese violent delights have violent ends.After surviving a shadowed childhood marked by ghost stories and loss, Mallory Webb is ready to start fresh as a theater major at her mother's alma mater, a sanitarium turned liberal arts university in Rhode Island. Landing the lead role in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet feels like a dream…


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Book cover of Big Ideas... For Small Businesses: Simple, Practical Tools and Tactics to Help Your Small Business Grow

Big Ideas... For Small Businesses by John Lamerton,

Big Ideas… for Small Businesses is a straight-talking, no-nonsense guide to growing a small business without sacrificing your lifestyle. Written by a former civil servant turned entrepreneur, the book challenges hustle culture and instead champions the idea of an "ambitious lifestyle business" - one that provides freedom and financial stability,…

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