10 books for fans of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
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The Little Stranger
by Sarah Waters
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Waters blurs the line between psychological breakdown and supernatural horror as a working-class doctor infiltrates a crumbling Georgian manor.
★ 3.57 Goodreads (60.1K ratings) - 3
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The Chosen: I Have Called You By Name
The Chosen • Book 1
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Rather than retelling familiar Gospel events, Jenkins imagines the raw human experience of meeting Jesus and having your worldview completely overturned.
★ 4.67 Goodreads (1.7K ratings) - 5
The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah
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Thirteen-year-old Leni watches her father's PTSD tear their family apart in 1970s Alaska, where the wilderness is less dangerous than the man who brought them there.
★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.2M ratings) - 6
Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver
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Kingsolver transposes David Copperfield to modern Appalachia, following Demon through foster care, addiction, and systemic poverty. A Pulitzer-winning portrait of America's forgotten communities.
★ 4.46 Goodreads (824.6K ratings) - 7
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The Godfather
The Godfather • Book 1
by Mario Puzo
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Puzo's saga follows the Corleone family through decades of power struggles, betrayals, and violence that defined American organized crime. The novel explores how loyalty and brutality intertwine when family business means life and death.
★ 4.40 Goodreads (468.0K ratings) - 9
Small Great Things
Ruth Jefferson • Book 1
by Jodi Picoult
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After twenty years as a labor nurse, Ruth Jefferson faces her most impossible case: a newborn whose parents refuse her care because she's Black.
★ 4.36 Goodreads (444.3K ratings) - 10
The House of the Spirits
Trilogía Involuntaria • Book 3
by Isabel Allende, Magda Bogin
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Patriarch Esteban Trueba's political ambitions and wild desires shape three generations of his family against the backdrop of Latin American political turmoil. Allende blends magical realism with political history, following women who possess otherworldly gifts and the men who both love and oppress them.
★ 4.30 Goodreads (325.3K ratings)