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by J.D. Robb
4.3(19,783)
When demolition unearths a dozen skeletal remains of teenage girls in a forgotten shelter, Lieutenant Eve Dallas must uncover the dark secrets of 'The Sanctuary' and confront the evil hidden in a familiar heart.
by Neal Shusterman
4.5(19,775)
As America nears civil war, three teens uncover a conspiracy that could save a generation from forced organ harvesting or push the nation into a bloodier rebellion.
by Jennifer Donnelly
4.3(19,762)
In 1900s East London, a female doctor's dedication to healing clashes with a gangster's dangerous charm, forcing her to choose between duty and a forbidden love.
by Jason F. Wright
3.6(19,759)
Decades of weekly love letters, discovered after a couple's shared death, unravel a hidden family secret that forces their children to confront a life-altering truth.
by Roald Dahl
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From a man who learns to see without his eyes to a boy who talks with a giant turtle, Roald Dahl tells stories where the unusual is always close, showing that even a pickpocket can be a hero and lost treasure holds a sad truth.
by A.A. Milne
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Enter the world of childhood with A.A. Milne's poems, where the wonder of growing up to six years old comes alive through Ernest H. Shepard's illustrations.
by N. D. Wilson
3.8(19,715)
When mysterious doors appear in his bedroom wall, a reluctant boy must follow his adventurous cousin into other worlds to stop the evil lurking behind them from escaping into his own.
by Greg Iles
4.2(19,706)
A Southern prosecutor's search for his fugitive father unravels a decades-old conspiracy involving the KKK, the Mafia, and the JFK assassination, all converging on a legendary killing ground known as the Bone Tree.
by Thi Bui
4.4(19,697)
Thi Bui's illustrated memoir explores the impact of war and displacement on her family, from their escape from Vietnam to her own journey into motherhood.
by Nathanael West
3.8(19,697)
In 1930s Hollywood, a young artist sees the desperation and violence beneath the city's glamour, leading to an explosive riot.
by Sarah Dessen
4.1(19,692)
A summer with her mother's estranged family at a lake makes Emma understand her two identities and her past, while she falls for a boy who helps her discover her heritage.
by Elizabeth Wein
4.1(19,677)
An American ATA pilot, captured by Nazis and sent to Ravensbrück, finds strength in sisterhood and hope amidst unimaginable brutality.
by Laura Joffe Numeroff
4.2(19,652)
A small, hungry mouse turns a movie trip into a flurry of holiday decorating and demands, all from one piece of popcorn.
by Keri Hulme
4.0(19,646)
On the wild South Island shores, a reclusive artist, a mute shipwreck survivor, and his volatile Maori foster father are drawn into a maelstrom of longing and violence, battling the very attachments they crave.
by Robert Henri
3.9(19,646)
Robert Henri's timeless wisdom guides you to see, feel, and express the world with passion and authenticity, helping you find joy in creativity.
by Yann Martel
3.2(19,643)
A taxidermist gives a writer a strange manuscript about a donkey and a monkey, sending him on a quest to uncover hidden meanings of the Holocaust.
by Jacqueline Winspear
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In Nazi-occupied Europe, Maisie Dobbs, working for the SOE, must solve a murder witnessed by a young messenger. The crime unexpectedly connects to her secret war efforts and threatens to expose a dangerous conspiracy from the Great War.
by Peter Carey
3.8(19,635)
Ned Kelly, Australia's most infamous bushranger, reclaims his story through raw, unpunctuated prose, shifting his image from an outlaw into a misunderstood folk hero shaped by colonial injustice and family silence.
by Madeleine L'Engle
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A freak storm catapults a young girl through time to an ancient world where she must navigate a society of spear-wielding warriors and the threat of human sacrifice to find her way home before the temporal portal seals forever.
by Sebastian Junger
4.2(19,616)
Sebastian Junger examines the reality of combat, showing the strong bonds formed between soldiers facing daily danger in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley.
by Sidney Sheldon
3.6(19,615)
A relentless TV anchorwoman, chasing the truth behind a wealthy family's 'accidental' deaths, uncovers a global conspiracy of assassinations and secret auctions, where friends become foes and no one can be trusted, all while unseen forces manipulate her world and endanger her loved ones.
by Paul Murray
3.7(19,601)
At Seabrook College, the death of fourteen-year-old Skippy uncovers a funny and sad story of teenage problems, secret love, and the cruel acts of students and adults.
by Kazuo Ishiguro
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After her daughter's suicide, a Japanese woman in England remembers a summer in post-bomb Nagasaki, where a mysterious friendship and unspoken grief confuse truth and regret.
by P.G. Wodehouse
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In a world of misplaced affections, dropped edibles, and upper-class foolishness, only Jeeves's calm and cunning can rescue Bertie Wooster and his friends from their self-made problems.