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by Maggie O'Farrell
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When a forgotten great-aunt is released from a sixty-year asylum stay, a young woman unearths a haunting legacy of family secrets, Victorian-era confinement, and the dangerous truths that bind generations.
by Betty Mahmoody
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Trapped in Iran by her fanatical husband, an American mother must navigate a treacherous underground and defy cultural oppression to escape with her young daughter, even if it means leaving her behind.
by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
4.0(25,929)
In the Florida scrubland, a boy's bond with a rescued fawn becomes a heartbreaking lesson about survival and sacrifice.
by Steven Erikson
4.3(25,916)
In Darujhistan's stifling summer, old crimes surface, assassins become targets, and love and death arrive together, marked by distant Hounds and the Son of Darkness's coming judgment.
by Joelle Charbonneau
3.8(25,916)
In a future divided, a survivor of a deadly academic trial must navigate dangerous politics and unite her classmates to lead a rebellion against a harsh government, even if it means sacrificing everything.
by Maggie Stiefvater
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With ley lines unraveling and ancient magic awakening, Blue must face the prophecy of her true love's death while fighting to save the boys she loves and their magical world.
by Winston Graham
4.1(25,908)
Returning scarred from war, Ross Poldark finds his inheritance in ruins and his beloved engaged, forcing him to rebuild his life and mine amidst the rugged Cornish landscape and the unexpected affections of a spirited scullery maid.
by James Patterson
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As a relentless killer targets San Francisco, Sergeant Lindsay Boxer races against time and an internal police conspiracy, all while battling a mysterious illness that threatens to unravel her own life.
by Marie Brennan
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Lady Trent, a pioneering naturalist, defies expectations in a world of dragons, studying these beasts and changing scientific understanding.
by S. Jae-Jones
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A young musician must brave the enchanting and perilous Underground, confronting the seductive Goblin King and her own desires, to rescue her sister before she's forever bound to his shadowy realm.
by Charles Bukowski
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by Michael J. Sullivan
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After a human kills an immortal god, the fragile peace between mortals and their divine rulers shatters, starting a rebellion that will either bring freedom or doom humanity.
by Tamora Pierce
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Provost's Guard Beka Cooper must find a kidnapped prince and expose a plot against the Tortallan royal family, navigating unfamiliar lands and deciding who to trust among the elite.
by Max Porter
3.9(25,774)
After their mother's death, two boys and their grieving father are visited by Crow, a crude, fish-eating trickster who becomes their unlikely therapist and a living symbol of grief.
by Michael Crichton
3.9(25,771)
A charming master thief plans to steal gold from a moving train in Victorian London, risking everything to navigate social divides and the precision of steam and steel.
by Mario Vargas Llosa
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A New York lawyer returns to the Dominican Republic to confront the ghosts of Trujillo's brutal dictatorship, unearthing her family's entanglement in the regime's violent end and the enduring trauma it inflicted.
by Ilona Andrews
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Nevada Baylor, a truthseeker in a world of magic and powerful men, must untangle family secrets, Prime rivalries, and an ex-fiancée's schemes, all while keeping her relationship with Connor 'Mad' Rogan from igniting a magical inferno.
by Megan McCafferty
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Jessica Darling navigates her senior year, dealing with college applications, a long-distance best friend, the on-again, off-again pull of Marcus Flutie, and family chaos, including an unexpected pregnancy, all while trying to stay sane.
by Avery Monsen
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Explore the darkly humorous existential struggles of everything from dinosaurs to houseplants as they face the universal truth that all their friends eventually die.
by David Baldacci
4.0(25,710)
In a sun-drenched Provençal village, two shadowy operatives, each with a hidden agenda, converge on a ruthless billionaire whose latest venture threatens to unleash global devastation.
by Diane Duane
3.8(25,704)
Hounded by bullies, a young girl finds an escape and a perilous calling in a mysterious library book, thrusting her and a new companion into an alternate New York to confront the cosmic entity of death itself and retrieve a powerful artifact.
by Leila Sales
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A lonely outcast finds her tribe and her passion for music at a warehouse party, proving that sometimes, the right song can save your life.
by Josh McDowell
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Josh McDowell, an investigative skeptic, examines the historical evidence about Jesus, asking readers to consider the strong case for Christ's divine identity and purpose.
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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A street-smart Las Vegas girl, hardened by betrayal, discovers the bewildering warmth of a foster family and the fragile hope of belonging, only to have her newfound world threatened by the past she can't escape.