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by Paulo Coelho
3.4(31,177)
Mata Hari's journey, from a penniless dancer to a celebrated Parisian courtesan, led her into a web of wartime suspicion and an accusation of espionage, resulting in her tragic execution.
by Steven Erikson
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As rebellion's remnants cling to a cursed city, gods draw knives in a cosmic war, their celestial blood set to spill into the mortal realm and change existence.
by James Patterson
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As immaculate conceptions herald a global apocalypse, a former nun turned PI must unravel a divine conspiracy to save two virgin mothers and humanity's future from an unholy war between light and darkness.
by Dean Koontz
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Haunted by his dying grandfather's chilling prophecy of five dark days, Jimmy Tock must confront an escalating series of nightmarish events, each pushing him closer to a destiny as terrifying as it is wondrous.
by Tom Robbins
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When Jesus's mummified body appears in a roadside zoo, a clairvoyant redefines spirituality with a flea circus, and Western civilization unravels through a psychedelic lens of fertility worship and existential inquiry.
by Katherine Paterson
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On a remote Chesapeake Bay island, a girl deals with intense sibling rivalry and tries to find her own identity while living in the shadow of her 'perfect' twin.
by G.K. Chesterton
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Chesterton describes his intellectual journey, finding that the Christian faith perfectly answers the riddles he discovered through his own reasoning.
by Angela Marsons
4.0(31,096)
D.I. Kim Stone unearths a decades-old pact of silence and murder, forcing her to confront the chilling echoes of her own past to stop a killer whose gruesome spree began with a child's grave.
by Bret Easton Ellis
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A famous author, Bret Ellis, is haunted by his past and the specter of his own fictional creations. He descends into a terrifying reality where his new family and his sanity are threatened by murders that mirror his darkest novels.
by Lauren Weisberger
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A New York breadwinner's world shatters when her struggling musician husband becomes an overnight rockstar, thrusting her into a whirlwind of paparazzi, scandal, and the ultimate test of their marriage amidst the glamorous chaos of Chateau Marmont.
by Lyssa Kay Adams
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To save his marriage after learning his wife faked orgasms, a baseball player secretly joins a romance book club where men use steamy novels to help him learn how to truly connect with his wife.
by Terry Pratchett
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With aching backs and a thirst for one last hurrah, legendary barbarian Cohen and his geriatric horde embark on an epic quest to return fire to the gods, inadvertently setting the stage for Discworld's fiery apocalypse.
by Charlaine Harris
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by Olga Tokarczuk
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In a secluded Polish village, an eccentric astrologer and animal lover embarks on a personal crusade to uncover a series of bizarre murders, convinced the perpetrators are not human and that only she can decipher the celestial clues.
by Claire Messud
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A quiet elementary school teacher's hidden artistic dreams turn into a dangerous obsession when she falls for a captivating, bohemian family, only to face a devastating betrayal from her muse.
by Paulo Coelho
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Discover your inner warrior and live your most authentic life by embracing self-discovery and finding wisdom in everyday challenges.
by Roald Dahl
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When a young girl's uncontrollable 'magic finger' transforms her hunting-obsessed neighbors into birds, they discover the terrifying reality of life as the hunted.
by Robert Hughes
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Robert Hughes's "The Shock of the New" takes readers on a journey through a century of modern art, explaining the changes from Cubism to Pop Art.
by Jordan B. Peterson
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Find meaning and purpose by balancing order and chaos in a world that often seeks control.
by Nora Roberts
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An impulsive lawyer buys a decaying New Orleans mansion, uncovering a century-old tragedy and a passionate romance as he battles ghostly visions and unearths the house's dark secrets with a woman tied to its past.
by Seanan McGuire
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Trapped in a twisted parental experiment, twin sisters Jacqueline and Jillian escape to a macabre fairytale world of mad scientists and dangerous choices, only to discover some cages are of their own making.
by Alison Weir
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Forced onto the throne as a teenage pawn in a deadly Tudor power struggle, Lady Jane Grey navigates religious fervor and familial betrayal, ultimately sacrificing her young life for a crown she never desired.
by Cecelia Ahern
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A woman who finds lost things disappears into 'Here,' a place for all that's missing, making her face what loss and belonging really mean.
by Steve Krug
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Design websites so intuitive that users don't have to think, transforming their experience.