Handpicked by the unread team

Books our team couldn't put down. Updated weekly with fresh picks across every genre.

The Crown of Exile

 King Gelpher, Janna’s grandfather, banished her from the castle just after she was born. So disappointed that she was a girl, he writes a decree that will forever ban her from being the queen. Janna is four, when Del Ruggar, rescues her from the orphanage and raises her as his own daughter. But Janna feels something is missing. Who are her actual parents? She searches for her birth family and discovers she is the heir apparent to Calbria’s throne. Janna has known she must build an army to defeat the Castillian Empire, rulers of Calbria, since before she was born. Then she can claim t...
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The Elenauts

Cindy and her husband Trevor are an adventure loving couple. They meet Michael Stewart a visionary and daring entrepreneur. Michael is also the owner and CEO of Space Race. The company has erected a structure eighty miles tall to lift the elenauts (elevated astronauts) to the lower orbit instead of using the conventional launch vehicles. This is about to change the rules of the game to conquer the solar system and the space beyond our solar system. If the Project Elenaut succeeds the competitors in this field will lose the race. Hence, Cindy, Trevor and the Space Race in general become the tar...
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I Deleted the Honest Version: Workplace Humour for Colleagues Who Choose Their Words Carefully

I Deleted the Honest Version is a compact paperback of dry workplace humour for anyone who has rewritten an email before pressing send. It finds humour in meetings, messages, quick questions, coworkers, managers, and the gap between a first reaction and the professional reply. Inside are 71 short, relatable pieces about those moments when what you want to say and what you actually send are two very different things.The pieces are short enough to dip into anywhere, pass around or read aloud. It makes a gift for colleagues: Secret Santa, office gift exchanges, stocking fillers or a leaving gift....
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The First-Time U7 & U8 Football Coach: A Practical Grassroots Guide to Fun Training Sessions, 3v3 & 5v5, Match Days and Keeping Young Players Engaged

The First-Time U7 & U8 Football Coach is a practical paperback guide for parents and volunteers taking on U7 or U8 grassroots football in England. It covers preparing the first session, keeping young players involved, match days, communicating with parents, safety, planning training and working with mixed abilities.Inside are 12 ready-to-run sessions covering ball confidence, dribbling, passing, shooting and small-sided games; guidance for U7 3v3 and U8 5v5; and a 20-tool First Season Toolkit. Coaching points are explained in simple language. It is written for first-time parent or voluntee...
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British Nostalgia Word Search: For Adults & Seniors: 100 Large-Print Puzzles Celebrating Childhood, School Days, Seaside Holidays & Everyday British Life

British Nostalgia Word Search for Adults & Seniors is a large-print paperback of 100 word search puzzles inspired by everyday British life from the 1950s to the 1980s. Themes include childhood games, school days, family kitchens, seaside holidays, corner shops, Sunday dinners, radio, football and the British high street.Each puzzle is one to a page, with a 15 × 15 grid and 16 hidden words or phrases, plus a short “Remember when...” prompt to enjoy alone or share in conversation. Word lists and prompts are in 16-point type or larger, and a complete solutions section is included at the ...
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Cozy Christmas Word Search Puzzle Book: 100 Festive Puzzles with Full Answer Key for Adults & Teens

Cozy Christmas Word Search Puzzle Book is a paperback collection of 100 Christmas-themed word search puzzles for adults, teens and seniors, with a complete answer key at the back. The puzzles are arranged in easy, medium and hard sections. Each puzzle has 15 festive words in a 15 × 15 grid, and later sections add more word directions. There is one clearly presented puzzle per page.The puzzles are inspired by Christmas decorations, winter traditions, seasonal treats, carols, family gatherings and snowy days, in large-print grids and word lists. It is a screen-free Christmas activity and a stoc...
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Dinosaur Colouring & Discovery: A Prehistoric Adventure for Kids Ages 4–7

Dinosaur Colouring & Discovery is a paperback dinosaur colouring book for children ages 4–7. It brings together 45 original dinosaur illustrations, from easier pictures to more detailed prehistoric scenes, and 90 short facts, two for each dinosaur. Each dinosaur is named. Illustration pages are single-sided, with a blank reverse behind every colouring page.The dinosaurs include well-known species such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops, alongside lesser-known prehistoric creatures, including plant-eaters, meat-eaters, armoured dinosaurs and feathered prehistoric creatures. It makes a r...
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Realms of the Dragonspire: Adult Coloring Book of High Fantasy Elves, Wizards, Knights, Dragons and Mythical Realms

Realms of the Dragonspire is a paperback adult colouring book of high-fantasy scenes featuring elves, wizards, knights, dragons and mythical realms. It contains detailed black-and-white illustrations of high elves and wizards, armoured knights and adventurers, dragons, goblins, trolls and other mythical creatures, as well as ancient castles, enchanted forests, underground halls, markets, campfires and epic landscapes.Each page uses clean, bold outlines with a balance of detail and open space, and is suitable for pencils, crayons or fine-tip pens. It is aimed at adults and older teens who enjoy...
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He’s My Son

What happens when forbidden attraction crosses a line that can never be uncrossed?

A handsome college student and his mother’s best friend become entangled in a taboo romance that threatens to destroy more than just their relationships.

What begins as an irresistible connection spirals into betrayal, deception, and violence.

Some secrets are too dangerous to keep. Some choices come with consequences neither of them can escape.


 

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Radishes and Red Bandanas

In 1967, as widespread resistance against the Vietnam War rocks college campuses, Becky Jamison leaves her small Kentucky hometown to spend four years at Lake Forest College near Chicago. There she confronts the political and cultural turmoil of the times—protests, demonstrations, riots, occupations, assassinations, drugs, and free love. Radishes and Red Bandanas  is a work of historical fiction that tells the story of Becky's journey through those turbulent times of the late 1960s. As a woman, Becky will never have to fight in a war she doesn’t believe in, but the draft comes to...
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Where the Snowheart Blooms: A Love That Endured Every Sacrifice

Fifteen days. One dying husband. One impossible journey.Lin An is the only person Shen Yue has ever needed. After three years of marriage, their life is still humble, their home still simple, and their happiness built from the smallest things they share.Then illness threatens to take him away.A rare flower growing high on the distant Frostfall Mountain may be Lin An’s only chance of survival. But with time running out, Shen Yue must venture into a world far beyond the quiet village she calls home, facing bitter cold, dangerous paths, and hardships she never imagined enduring.She cannot promi...
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Your Marriage God’s Way Workbook: A Biblical Guide to a Christ-Centered Relationship

This companion to Your Marriage God’s Way helps husbands and wives put the book’s biblical teaching into practice. Reflection questions and exercises invite each spouse to consider how Scripture applies to their own marriage, answer independently, and discuss their responses together. The main book and workbook are sold separately.

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From The Gutter To The Kingdom: A Journey From Brokeness To Purpose

Your lowest place does not have to be your final destination.From the Gutter to the Kingdom: A Journey From Brokenness to PURPOSE is a powerful journey through brokenness, healing, repentance, obedience, and discovering the purpose God has placed within you.Drawing from personal experience and biblical truth, Tarrent “Authur” Henry speaks to anyone who has ever felt lost, forgotten, stuck, rejected, or uncertain about what comes next. This book challenges you to stop viewing your painful experiences as proof that your life has no purpose—and begin seeing how God can use even the places y...
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The Communi---K™: 366 Days of Communication with the King

Communication with God is more than speaking. It is learning to listen, recognize His truth, and respond with faith.The Communi—K™ is a full-year Christian devotional created by Tarrent ‘Authur’ Henry and Helen Cummings-Henry to help readers develop a steady daily rhythm of Scripture, prayer, reflection, and faithful action.Each daily devotion includes a featured Scripture, an encouraging message, a PAUSE reflection question, a guided PRAY section, a practical NOTICE action, the question “Where did you see God today?” and readings from a Bible-in-one-year plan.The journey moves thr...
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Trustforce

Trustforce is a book about trust in teams, and about the inner work it asks of the person who leads them. Thomas Burénius has led people for close to twenty years, from a grill kiosk and retail to a large logistics operation, and today a large seasonal operation with hundreds of seasonal staff. He writes as a practitioner, as open about his own mistakes as about what has worked.The book is built around the Six Cs of Trust: Clarity, Consistency, Care, Community, Courage and Commitment. Its last chapters turn inward, to ego as the armor we put on when we feel exposed, to doubt and the lonelines...
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My Way on the Camino Portuguese

What happens when the road demands more than your body can give—but your spirit refuses to quit?In My Way on the Camino Portuguese, John Seegers shares the honest, humorous, and deeply personal story of his pilgrimage from Lisbon to Santiago de Compostela. Battling knee pain, fatigue, and self-doubt, Seegers doesn’t just walk the Camino—he wrestles with it, adapts to it, and ultimately finds meaning in its every challenge and detour.Told with warmth and wisdom, this memoir captures the unique rhythm of walking alone while surrounded by strangers who briefly become companions, guides, and...
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Finn's Legacy

Before Beowulf, before Arthur, there was Hengest—a warrior bound by oath and haunted by betrayal. When an enemy from Hengest's past collides with an omen of his future, those he loves most are imperiled. Hengest must choose between his oath lord’s life and his marriage, a decision that could shatter every bond he has sworn to keep. Legends have all but forgotten tragic Queen Hildeburh. In a world where women are labelled peace-weavers, Hildeburh struggles with violent impulses that seem to follow her bloodline. Yet those impulses call to her as she fights to secure her child...
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Faithful Strength for The Relentless Man

MOST MEN DON'T NEED MORE INFORMATION. THEY NEED TO STOP NEGOTIATING WITH WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW.He knows he should pray. He knows he should get moving, have the hard conversation, open the bank statement, and go to bed on time. Knowing was never the problem. Following through after the motivation leaves the building is — and it always leaves. Usually right around Wednesday.Faithful Strength for The Relentless Man is a gritty, honest, Scripture-grounded field manual for the Christian man who is sick of his own excuses. Across seventeen chapters in five parts, it settles the convictions a man ...
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Start Small — Karl Wallstrom

Start Small by Karl Wallstrom helps you test a small service business while keeping your paycheck. Drawing on experience in cleaning, moving help, and spa repair, this practical nonfiction guide walks through choosing a service, understanding costs, pricing, and preparing for your first customer. The $9 digital PDF bundle includes a 32-page illustrated guide with 12 action-focused chapters and an 11-page printable toolkit, five worksheets, a worked pricing example, adaptable advertisements and customer messages, and a quiet-day plan. Digital PDF download; no earnings or customer guarantees.

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Every Door Led Back to Her: A House Built to Kill the Man She Loved

She married the man she loved. He has four hours to survive the house that wants him dead.Henry thought marrying Clara Whitmore meant beginning the rest of his life with the woman he loved. Her family welcomed him into their ancestral mansion, smiled for the wedding photographs, and made him believe he was finally one of them.Then he drew a card. Sixteen cards. A set of rules. A mansion full of secrets.Before the night is over, Henry discovers that his wedding reception was never meant to celebrate his marriage. It was the beginning of a hunt - and the people hunting him are the very family Cl...
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Shanghai Stories: Five Short Reads for Chinese Learners

Read a little Mandarin through the everyday situations of fictional Shanghai stories. Shanghai Stories: Five Short Reads for Chinese Learners is a supported reading workbook for learners who already know some Mandarin and want short texts with language explanations and practice close at hand.The five stories center on a blue umbrella in a lane, a food order, choosing whether to ride or walk, an old photograph and a letter to a mother. These are original fictional reading lessons, not a record of personal travel experiences or a guide to present-day businesses. The city setting provides a share...
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Beijing: 10 Sights & Easy Itineraries

Start with the kind of Beijing visit you want: a day among city sights or a separately planned outing beyond the center. Beijing: 10 Sights & Easy Itineraries is an independent English ebook that offers a compact introduction to selected attractions and practical choices for a first visit.The ten sights are the Palace Museum and Forbidden City, Jingshan Park, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace, Beihai Park, the National Museum of China, Yonghe Temple, 798 Art District, the Mutianyu Great Wall, and the Ming Tombs' Sacred Way and Changling. City attractions and nearby outings are presen...
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Seoul: 10 Sights & Easy Itineraries

Choose a Seoul visit that leaves space for palaces, food and a pause beside the water. Seoul: 10 Sights & Easy Itineraries is an independent English ebook that helps readers compare selected attractions and assemble their own manageable first-visit plan.The ten sights are Gyeongbokgung Palace, Changdeokgung Palace and Secret Garden, Bukchon Hanok Village, the National Museum of Korea, N Seoul Tower, Cheonggyecheon Stream, Deoksugung Palace, Gwangjang Market, Dongdaemun Design Plaza and Seoul Forest. The selection offers contrasting settings, from palace courtyards and museum galleries to a...
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Kyoto: 10 Sights & Easy Itineraries

Build a Kyoto visit around places you want time to notice. Kyoto: 10 Sights & Easy Itineraries is an independent English ebook for readers comparing temples, gardens, castle grounds and a palace visit while deciding how much to include in a short stay.Its ten selected sights are Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kinkaku-ji Temple, Nijo-jo Castle, Ginkaku-ji Temple, Tenryu-ji Temple, Kyoto National Museum, Nanzen-ji Temple, Ryoan-ji Temple and Kyoto Imperial Palace. The book presents them as choices to weigh rather than a challenge to complete as quickly as possible.Individual ent...
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Tokyo: 10 Sights & Easy Itineraries

Make room for both Tokyo's famous sights and the quieter pauses between them. Tokyo: 10 Sights & Easy Itineraries is an independent English ebook designed as a compact starting point for visitors deciding what to see, how much to attempt and which places to combine.The ten selected sights are Senso-ji Temple, Tokyo National Museum, Meiji Jingu, Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, the Imperial Palace East Gardens, Tokyo Skytree, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building Observatories, Hama-rikyu Gardens, Tsukiji Outer Market and the National Museum of Nature and Science. The selection lets rea...
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Sky Pals: Little Pilots' Coloring Adventures (Flying Pals)

Hi, I'm Pip the fox pilot! Grab your crayons and fly with me, Nia the rabbit navigator, and Bo the bear in the Sky Pals coloring book. It's full of big, bold, easy-to-color pages of airplanes, clouds, and our sky adventures, made for little aviators ages 4-8. A perfect stocking stuffer or travel activity for kids who love planes. Illustrations are AI-assisted. Shop all Flying Pals books: linktr.ee/flyingpalsbooks. - The Flying Pals team

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the littler rabbits big

🐰 The Little Rabbit's Big AdventureA Magical Children's Story About Kindness, Courage & FriendshipMeet Benny, an adorable little rabbit who is ready for a wonderful adventure!Join Benny as he explores a magical forest, meets new friends, faces little challenges, and discovers the true meaning of kindness, courage, and friendship.This heartwarming story is designed to entertain young readers while teaching them valuable life lessons through colorful illustrations and simple storytelling.✨ What Makes This Book Special?- A sweet and engaging original children's story.- Adorable animal ch...
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Silver Lining of the Ninth Cloud

Pranita Upadhyay has everything she thought she wanted — a dream job, a promising career, a life that shines from the outside. But when tragedy strikes, the glittering façade of the corporate world shatters, leaving her alone with an irreparable loss.Haunted by what she cannot change, Pranita leaves behind the chaos of the city and retreats into the Himalayas. There, under the guidance of a wise yogi, she discovers a different way of being — a path of meditation, introspection, and renewal.Years later, she returns, transformed and ready to build a life not just for herself, but for countl...
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Tilly's Story

If you loved reading, 'The Daisy Chain', you'll not want to miss finding out what happened to Tilly after she was forced to leave St Celia's Academy of Music.Seventeen-year old Tilly, a senior student at St C's, is academically gifted as well as being a talented flautist with the 'world at her feet'. She has set her sights on continuing her flute studies at one of the top Conservatoires in Europe.The death of Tilly's mother after a long illness has a devastating impact, not only on her daughter but on the rest of her family. Tilly returns to the Academy to battle her grief alone, leaving her b...
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Dear H

Twelve-year old Amanda should be the happiest girl in the world. She is the daughter of wealthy, successful parents, lives in a six-bedroomed mansion and attends a prestigious private college.

What more could she ask for?

However, Amanda is besieged with problems. She is lonely, 'fat and frumpy', suffers from depression and has low self-esteem. BUT, her biggest fear is of Cassandra and her gang of bullies who torment her every waking hour.

Follow Amanda's journey from 'poor little rich girl' to realizing her dreams.

Available from Amazon.

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The Daisy Chain

If you have read 'Dear H', you will not want to miss reading the sequel, 'The Daisy Chain'.

Amanda is now a vocal student at St Celia's Academy of Music. She is still writing in her diary to 'H' and sharing her intimate thoughts and feelings with her imaginary friend.

Who are Immie and Simon and why does Gillie play such an important role in the formation of the Daisy Chain group? Why does Tilly have to leave  the Academy? What was Cassandra's dreadful downfall? Is their a reason for Jessica's behaviour?

Amanda chronicles it and much more in 'The Daisy Chain'.

Available from Amazon.

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Walking with Dad

A rhyming picture book (ages 3–7) by Andrew Abel, illustrated by Graeme Holding. A child's walks with Dad down country lanes include picking blackberries, listening for owls and faraway trains, bedtime stories, Dad's woodworking, and his treasured garden.

A tender celebration of the bond between a child and their father, and the fond memories that always remain. Available in paperback (US and UK editions) and hardback.

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The Farmer's Crop

A poetic retelling of Jesus' Parable of the Sower (ages 5–10) by Andrew Abel, illustrated by Carolyn Chaffee Li with black-and-white block prints. A farmer goes out to sow his seed, and what grows depends on where it falls.

A gentle invitation to cultivate a heart where God's Word can take root and bear fruit. Available in hardback and Kindle.

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The Other Brother (Bible Stories in Rhyme)

A retelling of the Bible story of Cain and Abel in rhyme (ages 5–10) by Andrew Abel, from the Bible Stories in Rhyme series. A read-aloud for parents and children to enjoy together, exploring the story of two brothers and what it teaches about the heart.

Available in paperback, hardback and Kindle.

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I'm a Champion Football Player

A funny rhyming picture book (ages 4–8) by Andrew Abel. Our hero is a champion football player who could score every time, if only the other side would let him! With coats for goalposts and a ball that keeps bursting, it's a cheerful celebration of street football, teamwork, and never giving up.

Available in paperback and hardback. (US edition: 'I'm a Champion Soccer Player'.)

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I'm a Champion Soccer Player

A funny rhyming picture book (ages 4–8) by Andrew Abel. Our hero is a champion soccer player who could score every time, if only the other side would let him! With coats for goalposts and a ball that keeps bursting, it's a cheerful celebration of playing in the street, teamwork, and never giving up.

Available in paperback, hardback and Kindle.

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Buscando a Abuelita

The Spanish edition of 'Finding Granny' (ages 3–7) by Andrew Abel. Two children follow Abuelito's picture clues on a treasure hunt around the house, from the plant to the TV to the orange couch, to find Abuelita. A playful rhyming search-and-find story.

Libro ilustrado en español. Available in paperback and hardback.

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The Whale & the Worm (Bible Stories in Rhyme)

The Bible story of Jonah retold in rhyme (ages 5–10) by Andrew Abel, from the Bible Stories in Rhyme series. It covers the whole story, not just the great fish but also the vine and the worm, and draws out what it means about God's mercy.

A read-aloud for parents and children to enjoy together. Available in paperback, hardback and Kindle.

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I Like Earth: It's the best place to live!

A rhyming picture book (ages 4–8) by Andrew Abel. It takes young readers on a tour of the solar system. Mercury is too hot, Mars has no air, Jupiter has nowhere to bounce a ball. Planet by planet, it shows why Earth is the best place to live.

Fosters wonder at creation and appreciation for our home planet. Available in hardback and Kindle.

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Slice & Ice

A rhyming picture book (ages 3–7) by Andrew Abel. Bubba, Princess, Mama, Papa, Granny and Grandpa each have their own favorite pizza and ice cream. Through these favorites, this book teaches young readers that everyone is different, and that what matters most is a kind and loving heart.

Available in paperback, hardback and Kindle.

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