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by Douglas Preston
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Special Agent Pendergast investigates his family's dark past after a murdered enemy appears on his doorstep with a mysterious turquoise clue.
by Karen Kingsbury
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After September 11th, a fiercely independent woman, estranged from her family and God, must confront her past and embrace forgiveness as she makes heartbreaking choices that will redefine her life and relationships.
by Anne Tyler
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An Iranian-American grandmother, Maryam, defines herself as an 'outsider,' but when her family's yearly adoption party connects them with a loud American family, she must rethink what it means to belong.
by Emma Lord
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A high-achieving swim captain secretly running her family's fast-food Twitter account finds herself in a viral war with a deli-owning class clown over a stolen grilled cheese recipe, all while unknowingly falling for him on an anonymous chat app.
by Michael Thomas Ford
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A sarcastic teenager, convinced he's sane despite waking in a psych ward with bandaged wrists, slowly realizes the 'nutjobs' around him might hold the key to understanding his own unraveling.
by Darren Shan
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Haunted by prophetic nightmares, Darren Shan returns to his transformed hometown, fearing destiny's dark hand awaits him in the very streets where his vampiric journey began.
by Brian Jacques
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A determined hedgehog maid from Redwall Abbey races against the sinister Emperor Ublaz Mad Eyes to recover six stolen, mystical rose-colored pearls, the 'Tears of All Oceans,' to save a cherished life amidst a perilous trail of death and deception.
by Peter V. Brett
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Humanity faces annihilation from an endless demon swarm. Two estranged heroes, one warded and one wielding enchanted weapons, must unite with allies and a captured demon prince to journey into the Core of evil and confront the Mother of Demons.
by Iain Banks
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After his grandmother's sudden death, Prentice McHoan returns to his Scottish family, questioning death, desire, and his family's hidden past while uncovering many secrets.
by Sara Raasch
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A queen must navigate treacherous alliances and ancient magic to protect her people, even as her own heart is torn between duty and desire.
by John Stephens
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Ten years after being separated from their parents, three siblings find a magical book that sends them on a time-traveling quest to fulfill an ancient prophecy and save their world from an evil force.
by Emily X.R. Pan
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Grief-stricken and convinced her mother’s spirit became a bird, a half-Asian teen travels to Taiwan, uncovering generations of family secrets and confronting the truth of love and loss through a quest for answers.
by Johnny Cash
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From the cotton fields of Arkansas to the Grand Ole Opry, Johnny Cash's autobiography is a raw, unflinching journey through the heart of American music, marked by addiction, redemption, and the unwavering love of June Carter.
by Mariko Tamaki
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Freddy Riley struggles with an on-again, off-again relationship with the charming but cruel Laura Dean, leading her to seek advice from a mystic and friends to regain her self-respect and heal.
by Cesare Pavese
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An American expatriate returns to his Piedmontese village, uncovering a brutal wartime history of betrayal, illicit passion, and violent reprisal that forces him to confront the past's unsettling echoes.
by Morgan Matson
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As her childhood home faces sale, Charlie tries to make her family's last wedding weekend perfect, but it falls apart into a funny mess, forcing her to accept change and the future.
by Thomas Tryon
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In 1930s Connecticut, the bond between thirteen-year-old twins becomes a terrifying mystery of personality transference that shatters the peaceful country setting.
by Samantha Shannon
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London's most wanted, dreamwalker Paige Mahoney, must unite the underworld's gangs and clairvoyants against the Rephaim while on the run.
by Aron Ralston
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Trapped by an 800-pound boulder in a remote Utah canyon, Aron Ralston's memoir recounts his six-day fight for survival, ending in self-amputation to escape death.
by Marissa Meyer
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An android, Iko, goes on a mission with a royal guard to find rogue wolf-hybrid soldiers, making her face complex realities of love, loyalty, and her own changing self during a fragile intergalactic peace.
by Alice Hoffman
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For three centuries, the magical red garden of Blackwell, Massachusetts, watches the intertwined lives of its residents, where fate, dark secrets, and lasting love grow amidst the town's haunting history.
by John Corey Whaley
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A small Arkansas town erupts in 'woodpecker-mania' over a rediscovered, supposedly extinct bird. A teenager grapples with his brother's disappearance, intertwining their search for meaning with a missionary's crisis of faith across continents.
by Laurelin Paige
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A woman with obsessive love disorder gets involved with a magnetic, secretive nightclub owner, forcing them both to face their pasts and fractured trust in a high-stakes romance where healing and heartbreak are intertwined.
by Philip C. Stead
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When kind zookeeper Amos McGee is too sick to visit his animal friends, they return his devotion with a heartwarming house call.