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by Dean Atta
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A shy, mixed-race gay teen becomes the drag artist The Black Flamingo, finding his voice and community in a celebration of self-acceptance and self-expression.
by Alan Bennett
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A celebrated playwright's quiet suburban life is upended and enriched by the two-decade residency of an eccentric, pungent woman living in a van in his driveway, blurring the lines between neighborly obligation and an unwitting muse.
by Ethel Lilian Voynich
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In 19th-century Italy, a revolutionary believed dead returns years later as a cynical, sharp-tongued satirist, only to find himself entangled in the political and personal betrayals that shaped his dramatic rebirth.
by Annie Dillard
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Annie Dillard's memoir explores a 1950s Pittsburgh childhood, where snowball fights with adults and microscopic explorations of pond life spark a lifelong sense of wonder.
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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A mortal man and an immortal elf defy the greatest darkness and an impossible paternal decree, risking all to steal a Silmaril from Morgoth, in a love story that shaped the legends of Middle-earth.
by Priscilla Cummings
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When a new family's red kayak overturns in the Chesapeake Bay, teenage Brady uncovers a dark truth that forces him to choose between loyalty to his friends and the devastating consequences of their secret.
by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Explore Nietzsche's challenging ideas on morality, religion, and human purpose, guided by an expert through his most influential works.
by Mac Barnett
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A notorious prankster, exiled to a cow-obsessed town, meets his match in a rival trickster, sparking an escalating war of wits that ultimately unites them for the biggest prank Yawnee Valley has ever seen.
by Jacqueline Woodson
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At Percy Academy, a privileged school, a girl with inner struggles and a boy facing racial isolation find love in secret, only for it to end tragically.
by Erich Maria Remarque
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A dying woman with a thirst for life and a race-car driver who tempts fate forge a fleeting, passionate romance across Europe, only to discover that love can be the most dangerous gamble of all.
by Michael Moorcock
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As the cosmos collapses, the albino prince Elric of Melniboné must wield the soul-devouring Stormbringer and sacrifice everything he loves to create a new age from the ashes of existence.
by Ted Dekker
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Shauna, amnesia-stricken and accused of a horrific accident, must piece together her past while navigating family lies, a forgotten romance, and a plot against her life, all while questioning her sanity and what is real.
by Charles Baxter
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In a town where a coffee shop is the center of many lives, a philosophy professor, a coffee shop owner, and various lovers deal with the often funny and always moving complexities of modern love and human connection.
by Tami Hoag
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A bike messenger, framed for murder and pursued by the LAPD and a killer, must deliver a package that holds the truth about a high-profile case before the city's powerful elite silence him forever.
by Saeed Jones (
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After global earthquakes, an inner rage turns ordinary people into threats. The uninfected must fight for survival against a world consumed by its own darkness.
by William Blake
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William Blake's "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" merges demonic energy and angelic reason, challenging common morality through poetry and art.
by Sharon Creech
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A young boy named Jack navigates his grief and developing poetic voice, finding an unexpected muse and antagonist in a sassy, nut-dropping black cat.
by Lois Duncan
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A chilling doppelgänger mystery unfolds as Laurie discovers her identical twin, long thought dead, has returned to usurp her life and identity.
by Ursula K. Le Guin
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In a land where inherited magical 'gifts' are both a source of power and a curse, two young friends defy their destructive legacies, choosing compassion over control in a world on the edge of magical warfare.
by Larry Collins
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This is the dramatic, bloody birth of India and Pakistan from the British Empire, as told through the final months of Lord Mountbatten's viceroyalty and the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
by Enid Blyton
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As Darrell takes the lead as head girl, her final term at Malory Towers is a mix of leadership, friendship, and the changes in her closest companions.
by Jennifer L. Holm
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In 1953, 11-year-old Penny navigates a summer of polio fears, estranged family secrets, and the lingering prejudice against Italian-Americans, all while yearning for the simple joys of ice cream and baseball.
by Elizabeth George
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On the island of Guernsey, a wealthy man with a WWII past is murdered, forcing Deborah and Simon St. James to uncover wartime betrayals and present-day secrets.
by Michael Crichton
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In the desolate Nevada desert, a rogue swarm of self-evolving, intelligent nanoparticles escapes a lab, becoming an unstoppable, learning predator that hunts its creators with terrifying efficiency.