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by Samuel Butler
3.6(8,384)
Through the multi-generational story of the Pontifex family, Samuel Butler dissects the suffocating hypocrisy and moral failings beneath Victorian respectability.
by Erica Stevens
4.3(8,379)
A young vampire prince and his love venture into the monster-infested Barrens to find allies against a tyrannical king, only to discover their greatest threat might be the secrets between them.
by Peter S. Beagle
4.3(8,376)
A solitary, immortal unicorn ventures into a cynical, fading world to discover the fate of her kind, only to find herself hunted by a mad king and the very embodiment of despair.
by T.A. Barron
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A young Merlin, with his beloved deer-woman Hallia and mischievous shadow, faces rising evil on Fincayra and a shocking reflection in a magical mirror to save his homeland and find his true path.
by Willa Cather
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From a Colorado desert town to the Metropolitan Opera, Thea Kronborg's spirit and voice turn her Western home into an artistic destiny.
by Richard Paul Evans
4.3(8,367)
With their home destroyed and families' fates unknown, the Electroclan must use the growing unrest within the Elgen to stop Hatch's global takeover, all while facing their most dangerous challenges yet.
by Jonathan Odell
4.0(8,361)
In the pre-Civil War South, a grieving plantation mistress adopts a slave infant, leading to a clash of wills and the rise of a powerful healer whose legacy of storytelling and magic spans generations.
by Bruce Coville
3.8(8,361)
When their new sixth-grade teacher starts peeling off his face, Susan and Peter must expose his extraterrestrial identity and save their classmates from a truly alien fate.
by Shaun Tan
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Shaun Tan's illustrated tales use giant snails, alien exchange students, and the literal edge of the map to show the strange and funny parts of modern life in ordinary suburbs.
by Jean Toomer
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Jean Toomer's "Cane" is a collection of interconnected stories and poems that blends the rural Black South with the urban North, echoing the rhythms of nature and Africa.
by P.G. Wodehouse
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Psmith, a debonair gentleman with a silent 'p', infiltrates Blandings Castle under a false identity to pursue the woman he loves, only to find himself in a farcical plot involving mistaken identities, jewel thieves, and airborne flower pots.
by J.L. Carr
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A WWI veteran, haunted by his past, finds unexpected solace and a fragile rebirth while restoring a medieval mural in a tranquil English village, only to have the beauty of summer and his peace slip away with the changing seasons.
by Grant Cardone
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Grant Cardone shows that selling is more than a job; it is a life skill needed to persuade, influence, and achieve success in all areas.
by Madeleine Roux
3.8(8,327)
On a post-graduation road trip to New Orleans, Dan, Abby, and Jordan find their past horrors aren't buried as deep as they thought when messages from the dead and a sinister group called the Bone Artists pull them into a deadly web of fate.
by Greg Iles
3.8(8,318)
John Waters's perfect life shatters when a mysterious woman's single word reawakens a forgotten obsession, pulling him back into a dangerous world of love, passion, and deadly secrets.
by Mercedes Lackey
3.9(8,309)
Torn between fear and burgeoning power, a sorcerer's daughter must defy her vengeful father and his flock of swan-maidens to break a curse that binds them all.
by Karina Yan Glaser
4.2(8,309)
Five resourceful, warm-hearted siblings have just eleven days to melt the icy resolve of their curmudgeonly landlord and save their beloved Harlem brownstone, proving that home is where the heart, and a whole lot of creative chaos, is.
by Beatrix Potter
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Three mischievous kittens, dressed in their best, go on a garden adventure that turns into a delightful, muddy mess just before their mother's guests arrive.
by Cinda Williams Chima
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Haunted by a brutal massacre that gave him deadly magic, an assassin for the undead finds his world intertwined with a musician, as they uncover secrets that could ignite a war between rival magical guilds.
by Josephine Tey
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In the bustling queue for London's hottest show, a man drops dead with a silver dagger in his back, leaving Inspector Alan Grant to untangle a seemingly impossible murder witnessed by many but seen by none.
by James Rollins
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An archaeologist, a soldier, and a priest race across the globe to protect a miraculous child from an ancient, apocalyptic enemy, unraveling Christ's lost history to save humanity from damnation.
by Thrity Umrigar
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A kind psychologist befriends a lonely Indian woman in a bad marriage, but their shared secrets threaten to break their bond.
by Roddy Doyle
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Born in a Dublin brothel, Henry Smart fights and loves through Ireland's turbulent 20th century. He is an unforgettable witness to history, all told in Roddy Doyle's unique voice.
by Hannah Arendt
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Hannah Arendt examines how anti-Semitism and imperialism created the conditions for totalitarian regimes like Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, which used terror and mass mobilization.