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by Abigail Barnette
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An intern's career ambitions and independence are upended when her one-night stand reappears as her billionaire boss, sparking a BDSM romance that challenges her to submit not just in the bedroom, but to her heart's desires.
by David Deutsch
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David Deutsch explains how humanity's drive for better explanations, rather than an end to knowledge, points to endless progress in science, technology, and morality.
by Ivan Turgenev
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A sixteen-year-old boy's summer turns upside down with first love, jealousy, and a painful discovery: the older woman he loves is having a secret affair with his own father.
by E.M. Forster
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In a future where humanity lives isolated beneath the earth, dependent on a Machine for every need, a mother and son face the terrifying consequences when the Machine begins to fail.
by Sandra Dallas
4.0(9,916)
A young Iowa bride's journal reveals her enigmatic husband's secrets and the Colorado frontier's harsh realities, making her redefine love amidst hardship.
by Alain-Fournier
3.8(9,906)
A story about adolescent longing and the pursuit of a lost estate, chasing the memory of an enchanted day.
by Plato
4.0(9,899)
Plato's "Gorgias" explores whether true leadership values moral integrity or practical power, examining justice and the soul's well-being in the pursuit of political influence.
by Victor Hugo
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In 17th-century England, a man with a carved smile faces a cruel society, torn between a blind woman's love and a noblewoman's obsession, while a past secret threatens his life.
by Souad
4.0(9,891)
A true story of survival, 'Burned Alive' tells of Souad's escape from an honor killing and her quest to expose the practice.
by Don DeLillo
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A reclusive novelist leaves his quiet life to help release a hostage in Beirut, finding that the power to shape culture has moved from writing to violent acts, leaving his personal life in disarray.
by Lauren Myracle
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After a single, drunken kiss shatters her world and sends her best friend Kate into an icy silence, Lissa must navigate first love, self-discovery, and the courage to embrace an unexpected truth.
by Betsy Byars
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A summer of self-doubt turns into a desperate search for her missing brother, forcing Sara to face her biases and find unexpected strength.
by Edith Wharton
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Undine Spragg's relentless social climbing in early 20th-century New York exposes the emptiness of ambition and the fleeting nature of success in a world of changing values.
by Thomas Mann
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A brilliant German composer trades his soul for artistic genius, his tragic decline mirroring Germany's catastrophic embrace of nihilism and the rise of the Third Reich.
by Vivian Vande Velde
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Trapped in a deadly virtual reality game where every wrong move means real-life death, Giannine must outsmart riddles, monsters, and her own blunders to claim the throne and escape before her next demise becomes permanent.
by Alice Hoffman
3.7(9,862)
In a town where social currents run deep and separate, the discovery of a student's body in the river forces a local detective to navigate the hidden truths beneath the polished surface of an elite prep school.
by Karen Hesse
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A Jewish girl recounts her 1919 journey from Russian pogroms, through medical quarantine in Belgium, to America, dealing with identity, belonging, and family strength.
by Paul Auster
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After a fireman squanders an inheritance on aimless wandering, he and a brash gambler lose everything in a rigged poker game, forcing them to repay their debt by building a mysterious stone wall for two eccentric millionaires in a desolate Pennsylvania field.
by Stylo Fantome
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A reformed lover tries to win back the woman he hurt with a dangerous game. He finds her heart, and their love, are now as unpredictable as his own.
by Jhumpa Lahiri
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A Pulitzer-winning author's memoir of her intense quest to master Italian, showing the challenges and discoveries of linguistic change and cultural relocation.
by Rachel E. Carter
4.1(9,845)
A determined black mage fights for the coveted robe of leadership against a rival prince, only to discover a deeper political darkness threatening her kingdom and forcing an alliance with her greatest competitor.
by Stefan Zweig
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A young officer's brief moment of pity for a disabled heiress turns into a web of well-meaning lies, tragically linking their lives and showing how complicated human emotions can be.
by Isaac Asimov
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Asimov's collection tracks the intertwined futures of people and machines over forty years of science fiction, from early AI to humanity's future in space.
by Claudia Gray
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A soldier from a dying colony and a sentient mech warrior find unexpected love and a choice that could save or destroy their worlds.