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by Michael Ondaatje
3.5(10,608)
In 1970s Northern California, a violent act shatters a makeshift family, propelling its members across continents and decades as they grapple with the indelible echoes of their shared, fractured past.
by Lucy Score
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A Brooklyn maid of honor must work with the insufferable, yet attractive, best man to save her best friend's wedding, only to find him her biggest challenge yet.
by Aldous Huxley
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Aldous Huxley's novel dissects the intellectual elite of the 1920s, showing the comedy and tragedy that comes from their ideals clashing with their messy lives.
by John Saul
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In Eastbury, healthy babies die mysteriously, forcing terrified parents to face a horrifying truth that twists life and death.
by Martin Amis
3.7(10,593)
In a London near collapse, the alluring Nicola Six, haunted by visions of her own death, sets two men against each other, forcing them to confront the murder she knows one of them will commit.
by Joanne M. Harris
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Through the eyes of Loki, the ultimate trickster, see the rise and fall of Asgard, where every divine triumph and betrayal is painted with a mischievous, self-serving brush.
by Charles Baudelaire
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In 19th-century Paris, Baudelaire examines the city's intoxicating squalor and fleeting beauty, creating a new prose poetry that reflects a restless era.
by Michelle Paver
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In a desperate midwinter quest, Torak must brave the dangerous stronghold of the Soul-Eaters to rescue his kidnapped wolf-brother from a chilling sacrifice.
by Frederick Douglass
4.3(10,571)
Frederick Douglass escapes slavery, finding his freedom and articulating a complex vision for emancipation that influenced the world.
by Clive Cussler
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When a covert ship encounters a mysteriously decimated cruise liner, its one-legged captain is thrust into a race against a deadly cult's apocalyptic plot to unleash a global plague.
by Iain Banks
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A man with no memory wakes on an endless bridge, haunted by war dreams and drawn to his rescuer's daughter, as he faces the unsettling truth of his own fractured self.
by Robert Greene
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Learn from military history's greatest minds with 33 strategies for success in any competition, from the boardroom to personal life.
by Guy Delisle
4.0(10,559)
Through the eyes of a cartoonist, 'Burma Chronicles' offers a witty and humanizing look into the everyday absurdities and quiet resilience of life under a military junta.
by Johanna Reiss
3.9(10,551)
Two Jewish sisters spend years in the claustrophobic confines of an upstairs room, hidden from Nazi invaders in rural Holland, grappling with fear, boredom, and the terrifying unknown fate of their family.
by Charles Dickens
3.7(10,548)
In a cathedral town, a choirmaster's opium-fueled obsession leads to his nephew's disappearance, a mystery that has puzzled readers for generations.
by Kazuo Ishiguro
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A famous pianist arrives in a strange European city, unable to remember his concert or his past, as reality shifts around him, revealing a life spiraling out of control.
by Robert Tressall
4.0(10,515)
Through the eyes of working-class painters, Tressell exposes the raw, often humorous, and ultimately tragic realities of Edwardian-era labor, class struggle, and the elusive promise of socialism.
by A.J. Betts
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Confined by cancer but drawn by an undeniable spark, two cynical teens navigate the fragile line between friendship and first love as they fight for their lives and a future outside the hospital walls.
by Polly Horvath
3.7(10,505)
After her parents are lost at sea, an eccentric eleven-year-old navigates the unusual adults of a small Canadian town, finding comfort, culinary knowledge, and belief in her parents' return at a diner where every dish, including the guinea pig, might just end up on a waffle.
by Tillie Cole
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A museum curator, unlucky in love, finds romance with a reclusive sculptor, only to discover he hides a dark secret that could shatter her dreams.
by Mary Pope Osborne
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The Magic Tree House sends Jack and Annie to a Wild West ghost town, where they must outsmart horse thieves, avoid rattlesnakes, and solve a spectral mystery to help a cowboy before sundown.
by Elizabeth Hunter
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In Istanbul's heart, a woman seeking her past is guarded by a haunted warrior. Their impossible passion sparks hope against an ancient race's demise and deadly secrets threatening them both.
by Arkady Strugatsky
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An undercover agent from a utopian future struggles with the moral dilemma of observing a brutal medieval society on an alien planet, where he's forbidden to directly intervene and accelerate their bloody path to enlightenment.
by Anton Szandor LaVey
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LaVey's guide challenges Judeo-Christian beliefs, encouraging carnal indulgence, self-empowerment, and rational individualism.