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by Lucy Grealy
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A young woman's struggle with a disfiguring cancer becomes a lifelong battle against society's focus on appearance, showing that being deemed 'ugly' can be a greater tragedy than the disease itself.
by Jean-Paul Sartre
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Sartre's lecture changed how people saw existentialism, showing that in a godless world, humans are free and must create their own meaning, affecting everyone with each choice.
by Francesca Zappia
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A schizophrenic high school senior, battling vivid delusions and armed with a camera and Magic 8-Ball, must distinguish imagined romance from terrifying reality when a boy she thought was a figment of her mind appears in her classes.
by John le Carré
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When a routine security check ends in an apparent suicide, George Smiley must navigate British intelligence to uncover a truth far more sinister than a broken career.
by Chris Crutcher
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Armed with a terminal diagnosis and a year to live, a sarcastic high school senior in rural Idaho secretly embarks on a quest to become a football legend, torment his civics teacher, save a local drunk, and win the girl of his dreams, all while grappling with the realization that everyone around him harbors their own hidden burdens.
by Scott Westerfeld
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A college student, unknowingly infected with a parasite that turns his girlfriends into vampire-like ghouls, must hunt his own creations for a secret organization while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens humanity's very existence.
by Jean Ferris
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A commoner living in a cave with a troll must outwit a regicidal queen to save the princess he adores and the kingdom itself.
by Peter F. Hamilton
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A mysterious, expanding void threatens the galaxy. Humanity's shared dreams of a paradise within it spark a desperate race: either embark on a catastrophic pilgrimage or prevent the universe's ultimate consumption.
by Julia Quinn
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A Bridgerton's quest for instant true love goes hilariously awry when he falls for the wrong woman, only to realize his perfect match is the practical best friend he enlisted to help, now inconveniently engaged to another.
by John Banville
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After his wife's death, a middle-aged Irishman returns to his childhood seaside town, uncovering secrets of first love and death shared with a mysterious family one summer.
by Ken Follett
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In 1766 Scotland, a defiant coal miner and a highborn lady, both yearning for liberation, risk everything to escape their respective prisons and chase the elusive promise of freedom across continents, from London's bustling streets to the plantations of Virginia.
by Larry McMurtry
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In "Terms of Endearment," an indomitable mother and her spirited daughter navigate life's hilarious and heart-wrenching challenges, showing that their bond remains strong even through tragedy.
by Ally Carter
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A master thief, Kat Bishop, must pull off her most audacious heist yet to save her blue-blood boyfriend's inheritance from a corporate con, even if it means sacrificing their relationship in the process.
by Jennifer Weiner
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In 1990s Philadelphia, a Princeton student, a struggling housewife, and a socialite with a child — and her skeptical stepdaughter’s unexpected pregnancy — converge in a story of ambition, sacrifice, and belonging.
by Anton Chekhov
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At a lakeside country estate, artistic hopes, unrequited love, and a sad search for meaning intertwine, ending in a young woman's shattered dreams and a tragic echo.
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Trapped by a dystopian regime, Nina must choose between her own life and betraying three innocent children. She navigates a game of loyalty and deceit where nothing is as it seems.
by Sinclair Lewis
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An educated woman's progressive ideas conflict with the suffocating conformity and provincialism of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, in a satire of small-town American life.
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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A year-long marital separation with a single rule of no contact forces a woman to redefine love, loyalty, and the foundations of her marriage as she navigates self-discovery and societal pressures.
by Christopher Isherwood
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An English professor in 1960s Southern California grieves his partner's death, finding quiet strength in a single day as an outsider.
by Sherman Alexie
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Through a darkly comic lens, Sherman Alexie crafts a mosaic of interlinked stories, revealing the grim ironies and enduring spirit of life on the Spokane Indian Reservation, where characters navigate a world of alcohol, basketball, and the haunting echoes of tradition.
by Colum McCann
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From the transatlantic flight of aviators in 1919 to Frederick Douglass's plea for abolition in famine-stricken Ireland and Senator George Mitchell's pursuit of peace in 1998, three crossings link generations of women whose lives span a century of history, hope, and connection.
by Rachel Caine
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As ancient vampire politics simmer and new threats emerge in Morganville, Claire Danvers must unravel the mystery of vanishing vampires and the enigmatic, possibly supernatural, newcomer Magnus, before she becomes the next victim.
by Gail Giles
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A paroled Kip, haunted by setting a child on fire at age nine, must outrun his past before his dark secret ruins his fresh start.
by Pittacus Lore
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As Mogadorian warships darken Earth's skies, John Smith, now a living weapon with a devastating new Legacy, must choose between a solitary, vengeful final stand and uniting an army of newly-gifted teens to save a world that has already cost him everything.