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by Mary Lawson
3.9(16,651)
Orphaned in rural northern Ontario, a zoologist faces her family's lingering tragedy and the hidden resentments that shaped her and her siblings.
by Kathleen Winsor
4.0(16,649)
Abandoned and penniless, the fiery Amber St. Clare blazes a scandalous path through Restoration London, using her beauty and wit to conquer kings and courtiers, all while yearning for the one forbidden love she can never truly possess.
by Anne Bishop
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A discarded queen, scarred warlords, and a desolate land find their last hope for healing in forgotten traditions and the unexpected strength of a woman who believes herself broken.
by Steve Toltz
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A son reflects on his recently deceased, paranoid father, uncovering a global, generations-spanning story of philosophical ideas, criminal acts, and the lasting, if difficult, legacy of a family always at odds with the world.
by Anita Shreve
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A literary legend and his former lover confront their past at a festival, revealing how one choice echoed through their lives, backward in time from their reunion to their youthful passion.
by Sarina Bowen
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A record-breaking rookie hockey star and his best-friend-turned-boyfriend must navigate the exhilarating highs of professional sports and the crushing pressure of a hidden romance as their carefully constructed private world threatens to unravel with a nosy teammate living just upstairs.
by Sylvia Plath
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Sylvia Plath's complete journals show her literary ambition, personal struggles, and battle against inner demons, giving a window into the mind of a poetic genius.
by Gary Jennings
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Follow the cynical, quick-witted Mixtli through the brutal yet magnificent Aztec Empire as he navigates human sacrifice, imperial power, and forbidden love, ultimately witnessing its cataclysmic clash with Cortés.
by Ivan Doig
4.0(16,612)
In 1909 Montana, a widower's advertisement for a housekeeper brings a whistling, non-cooking woman and her learned brother into his life, changing his family and the prairie community through an unusual season of lessons and unexpected insights.
by Anita Brookner
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Exiled to a serene Swiss hotel, a stubbornly single romance novelist confronts her ideals and a chance at escaping spinsterhood when a pragmatic suitor offers an unexpected path.
by Adolfo Bioy Casares
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On a deserted island, a fugitive finds a perpetually replaying society of holographic projections, falls in love with an illusory woman, and confronts the terrifying implications of a machine that blurs the lines between life, memory, and immortality.
by Immanuel Kant
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Kant examines the basis of human morality, arguing that ethical action comes from a universal, unconditional duty that respects every person as an end in themselves, not just a means.
by Theodor Fontane
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Trapped in a loveless marriage to an older baron, the youthful Effi Briest seeks fleeting solace in a forbidden affair, only for its long-buried secret to resurface years later with devastating, inescapable consequences.
by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
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Abducted from the London docks by a sea captain, an innocent fugitive is taken across oceans, battling her captor's will even as his dangerous allure ignites a passion.
by Philip Roth
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A successful advertising man's later years are plagued by physical decay, mounting regrets, and the relentless march toward an oblivion he's been dreading since youth.
by Jan Karon
4.3(16,555)
Father Tim and Cynthia navigate retirement and search for Dooley's siblings. Mitford faces development, the Sweet Stuff Bakery might close, and a real estate agent eyes the house on the hill. Residents confront mistakes, embrace forgiveness, and prepare for surprises.
by Anne Carson
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A winged red monster named Geryon navigates love, loss, and artistic awakening through his camera and the presence of Herakles, in a lyrical retelling of myth.
by Janet Ahlberg
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In a world of hidden fun, young readers play 'I spy' with their favorite fairy tale characters, each page a new search to find who's peeking next.
by J.L. Bourne
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A lone survivor writes in his journal about his daily life in a world overrun by the undead, where every choice is a desperate gamble against the plague.
by Justin Torres
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Three brothers in a Brooklyn-Puerto Rican household grow up amid their parents' raw love and brutal chaos, forming fierce bonds and enduring betrayals on their way to a singular identity.
by Tom Brokaw
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Tom Brokaw tells the story of the American generation shaped by the Great Depression and World War II, who saved the world and then built modern America, holding onto strong values of duty, honor, and responsibility.
by Louis Sachar
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Two years after Camp Green Lake, Armpit's quiet effort to build a new life with his disabled neighbor Ginny faces disruption from a get-rich-quick scheme and a famous pop star, forcing him to confront his past and decide his future.
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew solves the mystery of a phantom horse and sabotaged ranch, looking into the story of an outlaw's curse and hidden treasure after escaping a rockslide in a ghost town.
by Megan Whalen Turner
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A clever thief, saved from the gallows by a scholar seeking an ancient relic, begins a dangerous quest where his true goals are as mysterious as the old gods whose stories guide them.