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by Katherine Applegate
4.0(22,687)
When 10-year-old Jackson's family faces homelessness again, his giant, imaginary cat, Crenshaw, reappears to help him navigate the harsh realities of poverty and the power of believing in the impossible.
by Rachel Vincent
3.7(22,677)
Framed for treason and murder, a defiant female alpha must lead her mate and pack in a desperate fight for vengeance against a corrupt council, even if it means sacrificing everything she holds dear.
by Ben H. Winters
3.8(22,631)
In an America where slavery still exists, a black bounty hunter tracking a high-stakes runaway uncovers a conspiracy that threatens his world.
by Amitav Ghosh
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During the British invasion of Burma, a poor boy, Rajkumar, builds a teak empire and spends his life trying to reunite with Dolly, a woman exiled from the Glass Palace, as their lives reflect the making of nations.
by Richard Paul Evans
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Michael and his electrically-charged friends, the Electroclan, race to Peru's jungles to rescue his kidnapped mother and stop Dr. Hatch's global plot before their powers vanish.
by Rachel Caine
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In a world where the Great Library controls all knowledge and forbids personal books, a black-market smuggler's son must betray his family or join a dangerous rebellion when his friend's invention threatens to burn both heretics and forbidden texts.
by Jan Karon
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In Mitford, Father Tim and Cynthia's love story shows romance can bloom anew, even in quiet places.
by Wendy Mass
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Four uniquely talented children, each hiding a secret, compete in a national candy-making contest where the sweetest creations might just reveal the most unexpected truths about friendship and family.
by Lisa McMann
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Seventeen-year-old Janie unwillingly enters other people's dreams, a curse that turns her into an active participant in a terrifying nightmare, blurring the lines between observer and victim.
by Huntley Fitzpatrick
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On an island of rich and poor, a summer of romance and family secrets makes a young woman face uncomfortable truths about her past, her future, and the boy she thought she knew.
by Chris Gardner
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From the hard streets of San Francisco, where he and his toddler son were homeless, Chris Gardner's strong spirit made a way to Wall Street, ending a family pattern of abandonment and showing what the American Dream can be.
by Shea Ernshaw
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In the cursed town of Sparrow, where drowned witch sisters return annually to steal bodies and lure boys to their deaths, a local girl must choose between saving a mysterious newcomer and succumbing to the town's wicked legacy.
by Alain de Botton
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Alain de Botton brings ancient wisdom from six philosophers to help modern readers with love, money, and self-doubt, showing how philosophy can still guide the soul.
by D.J. MacHale
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A young Traveler named Bobby Pendragon must break the rules of inter-territorial travel to save a world from a plague.
by Augusten Burroughs
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Augusten Burroughs navigates the hilarious and harrowing tightrope of sobriety, trading his glamorous drunken Manhattan life for the fluorescent reality of rehab, only to face the ultimate challenge: returning to his old world, sober.
by Sheila Turnage
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An 11-year-old, hurricane-found, quick-witted girl in a small Southern town must solve a murder to save her eccentric adoptive family, all while secretly searching for her birth mother.
by Agatha Christie
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Hercule Poirot investigates strange thefts at a student hostel, where a diamond ring in soup and cut rucksacks point to a complex plot beyond simple kleptomania, and a widespread fear suggests a killer lives among the eccentric residents.
by Joe McGinniss
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A charismatic doctor's seemingly perfect life unravels into a chilling true crime saga when he is accused of murdering his pregnant wife and two young daughters, leaving the nation to wonder if he is a grieving husband or a cold-blooded killer.
by Ian Fleming
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James Bond must uncover the sinister truth behind a beloved national hero and his seemingly patriotic rocket program before a dazzling weapon of mass destruction unleashes its terrible beauty upon the world.
by Rachel Joyce
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On the edge of death, Queenie Hennessy writes her confession, revealing twenty years of secrets to find peace and an unexpected connection with the man walking across England to save her.
by Natasha Pulley
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In gaslit 1883 London, a mysterious Japanese watchmaker, a gifted physicist, and a Scotland Yard telegraphist become entangled by a sentient golden pocket watch, revealing a hidden world of clockwork precognition, ancient Japanese magic, and dangerous loyalty.
by Thomas S. Kuhn
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Kuhn shows that science progresses through 'paradigm shifts' rather than steady discovery, fundamentally changing our view of how we understand the universe.
by Susanna Kearsley
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A woman buys her dream house, only to discover it's a portal to 17th-century England, where she relives a past life of forbidden love and danger that threatens her present.
by Allan Pease
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Understand gestures, expressions, and postures to decode intentions and succeed in any social interaction, from job interviews to romantic encounters.