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by Philip Reeve
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When an unexpected visitor upends their isolated, orbital life, young Art and his sister Myrtle are launched on an adventure across the cosmos to battle ancient evils and save the universe, all from their sprawling, sentient spaceship home, Larklight.
by Spencer Quinn
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by Juliet Dark
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A folklore professor's sensual dreams turn terrifyingly real when she discovers her nightly demon lover is an incubus seeking to consume her, forcing her to choose between forbidden passion and her very life amidst Fairwick College's hidden world of witches and fairies.
by William Faulkner
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In the decaying grandeur of the Old South, the reclusive Emily Grierson holds a grotesque secret, a symbol of lost love and human desperation.
by Walter Kaufmann
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Kaufmann explores the anxieties and freedoms of existential thought through the writings of Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, and Sartre.
by Robin Brande
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A high school scientist experiments on herself to transform her body and outsmart her rival, only to find the human heart is the most unpredictable variable.
by Chinua Achebe
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In a 1920s Nigerian village, an Ibo chief, torn between his priestly duties to an ancient deity and the encroaching British colonial power, inadvertently sacrifices his own son to the clash of worlds.
by Jonathan Coe
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A dying woman's cassette tapes unravel a sixty-year saga of family secrets, betrayal, and the enduring, often tragic, legacy of motherhood across three generations of English women.
by Julie Berry
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Seven Victorian schoolgirls, fearing their academy's closure after their headmistress and her brother are poisoned, conspire to hide the murders amidst a farcical web of mistaken identities and outrageous antics.
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew travels from River Heights to Africa to untangle a web of deceit surrounding a stolen spider sapphire and a gem designer accused of its theft.
by Bess Streeter Aldrich
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Abbie Deal, a young bride with artistic dreams, finds her true calling in the demanding, yet rewarding, work of pioneering the Nebraska prairie.
by Frank E. Peretti
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Undercover twins infiltrate a sinister academy where reality bends and the line between right and wrong blurs, as they race to uncover the truth behind missing runaways and rescue one of their own from an ominous mansion.
by V. S. Naipaul
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In Miguel Street, a boy grows up among Trinidadian neighbors during World War II, learning about their quirks and dreams in a 'slum' full of individual stories and a strong love for life.
by Devney Perry
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A big-city reporter, on the run from a crime family, finds sanctuary and love with a reclusive mountain man in the Montana wilderness, making both rethink their lives.
by Sue Townsend
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When a republican government exiles the British royal family to a housing estate, Queen Elizabeth II must navigate poverty, public transport, and self-sufficiency, forcing her to confront whether royalty is a birthright or just a facade.
by Linda Sue Park
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Under the oppressive thumb of Japanese occupation during WWII, a Korean brother and sister fight to retain their heritage and protect their family, even as their names, language, and country are stripped away.
by John Galsworthy
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In Victorian England, the possessive Soames Forsyte traps his wife, Irene, in a suffocating marriage, leading her to a scandalous affair that shatters his world.
by Francesca Segal
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A man about to marry his childhood sweetheart has his world turned upside down when his fiancée's wild cousin returns, making him choose between duty and forbidden desire.
by Michael Morpurgo
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Best Mate, a greyhound with a remarkable nine lives, goes from a rescued puppy to a beloved companion and champion race dog, showing that extraordinary journeys often start with a single kind act.
by Dana Stabenow
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In the desolate Alaskan north, a former star investigator must find a killer's secrets from the icy grip of the Bering Sea, proving her sharp instincts are as unyielding as the permafrost.
by Nicole Baart
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When a cryptic text leads to her estranged sister thrusting a traumatized child into her arms before vanishing, Quinn must unravel a dangerous secret to protect them all from a looming threat.
by Sarah Mlynowski
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Armed with a magical cell phone, a heartbroken seventeen-year-old Devi calls her fourteen-year-old self to rewrite past mistakes, only to discover that changing the past might unravel her future in unexpected ways.
by Theodore Dreiser
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In the cutthroat world of post-Civil War finance, Frank Cowperwood, a ruthless broker based on C. T. Yerkes, manipulates his way to the top with the unwavering support of his mistress, exposing the corrupt underbelly of wealth acquisition.
by David L. Golemon
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Deep within the American Southwest, the clandestine Event Group, led by Major Jack Collins, must unite with an unlikely ally to confront a cataclysmic entity known as the Destroyer of Worlds, unraveling ancient myths to prevent humanity's annihilation.