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by Jonathan Coe
4.1(13,246)
Attraverso le vicende grottesche e brutali della famiglia Winshaw, questo romanzo dipinge un affresco socio-politico esilarante e agghiacciante dell'Inghilterra thatcheriana, rivelando sorprendenti analogie con la realtà contemporanea.
by Dan Chaon
3.5(13,241)
Three strangers, each running from a created past or an uncertain future, find their quests for identity linked by secrets, lies, and the echoes of a shared, hidden history.
by Karin Slaughter
3.8(13,239)
In wealthy Atlanta, a mother's revenge against a stranger found with her murdered daughter starts a three-day race for detectives Will Trent and Faith Mitchell to find the truth before another girl dies.
by Erasmus
3.9(13,230)
The goddess Folly delivers a brilliant satirical monologue, exposing the hypocrisies of mankind, from superstitious priests to pompous academics, and ultimately highlighting true Christian piety in 16th-century Europe.
by Diane Chamberlain
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A daughter's promise to her dying father uncovers a decades-old mystery, linking a silent child, a forgotten love, and a truth that shatters a woman's present and reveals her daughter's true parentage.
by Steven Gould
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A runaway teen with the power to instantaneously teleport across the globe discovers that a world without boundaries comes with exhilarating freedom and dangerous enemies.
by Richard Brautigan
4.0(13,211)
In a world made of watermelon sugar, where the sun changes color daily, a gentle community tries to build a perfect life, leaving behind a violent past.
by Julie Garwood
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A young widow, determined to avoid remarriage, finds her resolve tested and her heart captured by a Scottish warrior, only to have their growing love threatened by a royal plot.
by Anthony Horowitz
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As ancient evils awaken and a gate to another dimension opens, two psychically-linked twins must unlock their mysterious bond to join the fight against the Old Ones before humanity's last hope is extinguished.
by Baruch Spinoza
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Spinoza's "Ethics" builds a universe from divine first principles, guiding the reader through mind, emotion, and human limitations to reveal a path to freedom and happiness through understanding.
by Patrick dewitt
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A compulsive liar and weakling gets caught in a dark, funny story of theft, heartbreak, and murder while working in a strange, isolated castle where love is dangerous.
by Lorenzo Carcaterra
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Four Hell's Kitchen friends, scarred by a year of brutal abuse in a juvenile home, reunite decades later to orchestrate an elaborate, high-stakes revenge plot that blurs the lines between street justice and legal manipulation.
by W.P. Kinsella
4.0(13,162)
An Iowa corn farmer, guided by a mysterious whisper, plows under his livelihood to build a baseball field, conjuring the ghosts of America's pastime and confronting his own fractured past.
by Astrid Scholte
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A thief and an honest citizen work together to find the killer of four queens and save themselves, all while navigating a forbidden romance in a kingdom on the verge of collapse.
by Saeed Jones
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A young, Black, gay man journeys through the American South, navigating race, sexuality, and family to define his identity amid love, grief, and defiance.
by Kelly Elliott
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A rancher's dream of forever with his outspoken love is threatened by a manipulative ex and the looming shadow of her family's difficult past, forcing them to fight for a future that seems destined to unravel.
by Octavia E. Butler
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Symbiotic alien overlords, divine mandates to save humanity, and the struggle for communication in a world without speech reveal unsettling truths about our existence.
by Bill Bryson
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Bryson explores the unusual origins of American English words, from 'lootenant' to why Americans drive on the right, revealing the country's unique linguistic and cultural development.
by Chris d'Lacey
4.0(13,125)
As Arctic ice breaks apart and ancient dragons awaken, Alexa must accept a destiny connected to her missing father and a furious Earth goddess to save the world from Gaia's fiery destruction.
by Evan Winter
4.4(13,120)
In a war-torn world where magic dictates destiny and the giftless are mere fodder, a young man fueled by an insatiable rage forges his own path to become the deadliest swordsman, willing to die countless times to avenge those he lost.
by Annie Dillard
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Annie Dillard explores the challenging yet rewarding work of writing, showing its demands and rewards through her own experiences.
by Maya Cross
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Sophia's romance with billionaire Sebastian Lock turns into a dangerous search for truth when his charm hides a past of secrets and deadly history.
by Sharon M. Draper
4.3(13,111)
Stolen from her West African village and thrust into the brutal American slave trade, fifteen-year-old Amari clings to the elusive dream of freedom as she embarks on a perilous journey to Fort Mose, a Spanish sanctuary in Florida.
by Margaret Edson
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An English professor, brilliant and emotionally distant, specializing in John Donne's Holy Sonnets, faces advanced ovarian cancer. This forces her to question a life built on logic and language, and to discover the essential need for human connection.