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by Frantz Fanon
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Frantz Fanon analyzes the psychological scars of colonialism and argues that revolutionary violence is the necessary, though painful, path to liberation for the oppressed.
by Madeleine Thien
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A young woman in Vancouver uncovers her family's artistic sacrifices and political defiance across generations of China's 20th century, linking her father's past to the fates of musicians and revolutionaries.
by Emery Lord
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A year after tragedy, a meticulously planned high school comeback involving an old crush unravels when a quirky Quiz Bowl team and a sweet, nerdy cousin challenge a grieving girl to truly live again.
by Tom Robbins
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Three soldiers choose to stay lost, and four generations of women are linked to a mythical Japanese figure, in a story of identity and illusion that questions reality itself.
by Douglas Coupland
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Six 'J' co-workers at a Vancouver tech company navigate absurd game development, growing marijuana operations, and the chaos of 21st-century life, all while their personal worlds unravel with Coupland's signature wit and cultural commentary.
by Cassandra Clare
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At the Magisterium, Call, Tamara, and Aaron must unmask a killer whose dark magic threatens their school, forcing them to confront the terrifying duality of power.
by Charles Dickens
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A selfless young girl and her sick grandfather escape across Victorian England, pursued by a grotesque moneylender, in a story of lost innocence and strong devotion.
by P.C. Cast
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Sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird discovers her destiny as a super-fledgling with elemental powers at a vampyre boarding school, where she must challenge a corrupt elite to protect her newfound friends and embrace her unique connection to the Goddess Nyx.
by Christopher Priest
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In a Victorian world of gaslight and illusion, two rival magicians begin a century-spanning feud, blurring the lines between stagecraft and terrifying science, leaving a legacy of obsession and dark secrets for their descendants to unravel.
by Sebastian Barry
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Confined for decades, an elderly woman’s secret memoir, intertwined with her psychiatrist's journal, unearths a harrowing, passionate history of love, loss, and the hidden brutalities of 20th-century Ireland.
by Luke Rhinehart
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A psychiatrist gives his decisions to a dice roll, starting a chaotic experiment that questions fate, free will, and sanity.
by Dean Koontz
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A timid teenager's fascination with his charismatic, death-obsessed best friend drags him into a escalating game of terror where the line between observer and participant blurs with every chilling act.
by Evelyn Waugh
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In Evelyn Waugh's satirical novel, an unwitting nature correspondent is mistakenly sent to cover a war in the fictional African nation of Ishmaelia, comically exposing the sensationalism and errors of Fleet Street journalism.
by Ashwin Sanghi
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A historian races to uncover Krishna's ancient legacy, battling a serial killer who believes he is the deity's final avatar, as a conspiracy threatens to reshape the Vedic Age.
by Elizabeth von Arnim
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Four Englishwomen, escaping their dreary lives for a wisteria-draped Italian castle, discover unexpected joy, self-revelation, and rekindled romance under the Mediterranean sun.
by Dan Howell
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Two internet personalities invite readers into their chaotic, hilarious, and personal world, sharing everything from awkward teenage diaries to life moments and the secrets behind their friendship.
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Trapped within the very headquarters of the oppressive Population Police, an illegal third-born child must decide whether to betray his own kind or become the unlikely spark of a rebellion from within.
by Kiera Cass
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In a world where love is a luxury, a forbidden Halloween tryst with a palace guard shatters a young woman's carefully constructed life, forcing her to confront the brutal consequences of a heart's true desire.
by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
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A raw recruit is trapped in a brutal time loop, dying and reliving the same alien invasion day after day. His only hope for escape is a legendary female soldier known as the 'Bitch of War'.
by Philipp Meyer
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Abducted by Comanches, Eli McCullough builds a brutal dynasty in Texas, forever marking his descendants with the legacy of power and ambition.
by Andy Weir
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You are every human who has ever lived, and will ever live, experiencing the universe in an endless cycle of self-discovery before you are ready to become God.
by Sarah Prineas
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In a city where magic fades, a pickpocket immune to spells becomes a wizard's apprentice, tasked with finding the thief draining Wellmet of its magic before all power is lost.
by Maria Dahvana Headley
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Aza, a girl with a lung disease, finds a sky-world where she can breathe and use power. She then faces a war between her two homes, forcing her to choose between humanity and the magical realm that gave her life.
by Anne Rice
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In pre-Civil War New Orleans, a hidden society of free people of color navigates the currents of race, desire, and identity, seeking belonging in a city that both defines and confines them.