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by Paul Harding
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As a dying clock repairer nears his end, his mind turns to his poor Maine childhood, his epileptic peddler father, and his mad preacher grandfather, connecting time, nature, and old longings.
by Brian Azzarello
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Fresh out of Arkham, the Joker begins a brutal, neon-soaked rampage across Gotham to reclaim his criminal empire, leaving chaos and blood.
by Agatha Christie
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A quiet English village, perfect for recovery, turns into a place of suspicion and suicide when anonymous, mean letters expose its secrets, all observed by Miss Marple.
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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A cynical Vietnam veteran and college professor predicts society's hilarious and horrifying collapse, all while trying to keep his chaotic life and the bizarre events at Tarkington College from spiraling out of control.
by George MacDonald
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Princess Irene's mystical grandmother and the brave miner boy Curdie must combine their unique insights to outwit the subterranean goblins plotting to steal the royal children and claim the mountain.
by Thomas Paine
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In "Common Sense," Thomas Paine argues forcefully for American independence, dismantling the idea of monarchy and urging the colonies to create a new republican future.
by Jay Kristoff
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Mia Corvere, an assassin haunted by her past, navigates political schemes and ancient magic to avenge her family, battling the very guild she serves.
by Sara Holland
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In a kingdom where time flows as blood and can be bought, sold, and stolen, a young woman returns to the estate she left years ago, only to find secrets that could unravel her past, her future, and existence itself.
by Jonathan Stroud
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Lockwood, Lucy, and George raid a booby-trapped mausoleum, fighting spectral and human enemies to uncover the sinister truth behind Marissa Fittes and save their agency.
by Matthew Reilly
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Beneath Antarctica's ice, a US Marine team finds a chilling secret and fights for survival against elite assassins and the continent's deadly environment.
by Christopher Moore
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A disgraced corporate pilot crash-lands into a Micronesian island paradise teeming with cargo cults, cannibals, and a sequined love nun, forcing him to navigate a ludicrous world of talking fruit bats and mad scientists to save his own skin.
by Margaret Atwood
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As Marian gets ready for a seemingly normal marriage, her body rebels, turning her fiancé and the wedding plans into a growing, unbearable nightmare of societal pressure.
by Elle Kennedy
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When a driven, image-conscious student lives with her brother's brooding, hockey-playing best friend, their attraction threatens to ignite a house-wide blaze despite his insistence they're wrong for each other.
by James Dickey
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Four city men on a Georgia whitewater canoe trip find their adventure shatter into a fight for survival against the wilderness and human evil, forcing one to become the hunter to save them from their choices.
by L.M. Montgomery
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A spinster trapped by her demanding family finds liberation and unexpected love after a life-altering diagnosis propels her to chase the fantastical 'Blue Castle' of her dreams.
by Pat Conroy
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In a searing portrait of a military family, a defiant son battles for his identity against the tyrannical love and unyielding expectations of his fighter-pilot father, the explosive Bull Meecham.
by Isabel Allende
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A skeptical teenager, joining his intrepid grandmother on a perilous Amazonian expedition to find a mythical Beast, instead uncovers his own inner jaguar spirit and the jungle's ancient magic alongside a native girl and her eagle guide.
by Rita Williams-Garcia
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In the summer of 1968, three Brooklyn sisters go to Oakland to live with their estranged poet mother, where they attend a Black Panther summer camp and learn about family, identity, and a changing nation.
by Julia Golding
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To save her friend from slavery, the irrepressible Cat Royal dives into London's high society and its grimy underbelly, donning disguises and stirring up trouble to fight for justice.
by Jojo Moyes
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When her boyfriend cancels their romantic Parisian trip, a shy Nell finds an unexpected, adventurous side of herself in the City of Lights, proving that sometimes, the best company is your own.
by Amy Tan
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A San Francisco art patron, now a ghost, watches her planned Burma Road tour turn into a comedic and tragic journey of cultural mistakes, tribal curses, and disappearing tourists, as she grapples with the ironies of good intentions and unexpected outcomes.
by Dave Pelzer
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From the ashes of a brutal childhood, Dave Pelzer forges a path to forgiveness and self-love, ultimately breaking the cycle of abuse to create a legacy of hope for his own son.
by Ken Grimwood
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A middle-aged man unexpectedly relives his life from age eighteen, retaining all his future memories, only to discover that death at 43 is merely the prelude to an endless cycle of replays, each offering new choices but never true escape.
by Peter Brown
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Stranded on a pristine island, a curious robot forges an unbreakable bond with its wild inhabitants, challenging her very programming to survive and thrive.