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by Octavia E. Butler
4.3(24,320)
In a shattered 2030s California, a prophetess leading humanity to the stars must first survive enslavement, reclaim her stolen daughter, and battle a tyrannical regime to forge a new world from the ashes.
by Jeanette Winterson
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An unnamed, ungendered narrator explores a consuming affair with a married woman, looking at desire, identity, and the body's language.
by Philip K. Dick
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A schizophrenic Gnostic detective unravels reality's hidden divinity, or ultimate cosmic joke, through the revelation of a pink laser.
by R.L. Stine
3.8(24,269)
When rival twin sisters bring a discarded ventriloquist's dummy named Slappy into their home, their sibling squabbles turn sinister as the dummy's pranks escalate into a terrifying fight for control and their lives.
by Libba Bray
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As a supernatural showdown makes Evie O'Neill a celebrated seer, a mysterious sleeping sickness and a sinister figure in a stovepipe hat threaten to consume New York City through the treacherous world of dreams.
by Henning Mankell
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Inspector Wallander tracks a double murder from Sweden to Riga, Latvia, uncovering a dangerous world of post-Soviet crime and political betrayal.
by Darren Shan
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The Vampire Prince, Darren Shan, goes on a dangerous global hunt with an elite team to find the Vampaneze Lord, a journey filled with death and old dangers.
by Greg Bear
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A mysterious, mile-long asteroid from the future appears in Earth's orbit, offering humanity a glimpse of its own annihilation and a civilization's ultimate secret.
by Jodi Lynn Anderson
4.0(24,233)
In a Neverland where love is as wild and dangerous as the untamed forest, a fierce indigenous girl named Tiger Lily risks everything for her intoxicating, yet ultimately fleeting, romance with Peter Pan, only to discover the true heartbreak of betrayal when Wendy Darling arrives.
by Richard Russo
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An English department chairman navigates a week of academic absurdity, family chaos, and personal crises, all while trying to keep his career intact.
by Myla Goldberg
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An ordinary girl's spelling talent pulls her into her family's intense, mystical world, revealing their hidden lives and forcing her to face the chaos within.
by David Mazzucchelli
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After a fire destroys his carefully built life, a self-absorbed architect travels through the American heartland, re-examining his past love and his identity.
by J.D. Robb
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In a future New York where techno-terrorists lurk, Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her billionaire husband Roarke must clear a friend of a double homicide while racing to uncover a cyber-terrorist plot that threatens to bring the nation to its knees.
by George R. Stewart
4.0(24,207)
After a plague silences the world, Ish, the last man of his kind, travels through civilization's remains, finding humanity's lasting presence in nature's rebirth and a new, wild society.
by John Flanagan
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Undersized Skandian outcasts use cleverness and teamwork to prove their worth in a society that values strength, navigating icy seas and rivals to forge a lasting bond.
by V.C. Andrews
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Haunted by the ghost of her perfect, dead sister and tormented by a past she can't remember, Audrina must unearth her family's terrifying secrets before they consume her very identity.
by Beth Reekles
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When a high schooler who has never been kissed runs a carnival booth, a kiss with her best friend's older, rebellious brother starts a secret romance that challenges her friendship and changes her future.
by N.K. Jemisin
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In a city where unseen gods walk among mortals, a blind artist with unique sight shelters a glowing, amnesiac man, only to be drawn into a divine conspiracy as godlings are brutally murdered and the lines between protector and prey blur.
by Tom Wolfe
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A sheltered, brilliant freshman from rural North Carolina discovers the harsh, debauched reality of elite American college life, where sex, status, and parties overshadow intellectual pursuits, forcing her to confront her values and identity.
by Ian McEwan
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A flabby, unfaithful Nobel laureate, whose personal life is as messy as the climate he aims to save, finds a chance at redemption and scientific recognition amid marital chaos and global warming.
by Kristen Callihan
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A reclusive artist's quiet life changes when a broken rock star takes refuge with her, sparking a passion that challenges fame and personal sanctuary.
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
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A half-demon girl, caught between a demon prince and a Warden, must make a deadly deal and unleash her own power to save her best friend and her world from an ancient evil.
by D.J. MacHale
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On the world of Ibara, Bobby Pendragon finds a secret that keeps its people unaware, while Saint Dane prepares his final attack, forcing Courtney to find a corrupted Mark and prevent disaster.
by John Irving
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After a boy mistakes a constable's girlfriend for a bear, he and his father flee across half a century of American life, forever pursued by an unyielding hatred born in the logging camps of New Hampshire.