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by Anthony Trollope
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In the English countryside, the charming but naive Lily Dale navigates love, society's expectations, and a broken engagement, while her cousin Fanny grapples with her own romantic entanglements and a suitor determined to win her affection.
by Dante Alighieri
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Dante travels through Hell's circles with Virgil, learning about sin and damnation, and seeking redemption through understanding.
by Andrew Peterson
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As the Fangs of Dang bring chaos to Anniera, the Wingfeather children are scattered into a desperate fight for survival, each facing trials to unite against the darkness and decide their world's fate.
by Geraldine McCaughrean
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A teenage girl's obsession with a doomed Antarctic explorer becomes a chilling fight for survival when her uncle's own dark fixation drags them into the treacherous polar wilderness.
by Ethel Turner
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Follow the seven Gaskins children as they navigate life's joys and sorrows in late 19th-century Australia, bound by sibling loyalty and the shadow of an often-absent military father.
by John O'Brien
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In the despair of Las Vegas, an alcoholic and a prostitute find comfort in their shared brokenness, forming a bond that defies their individual spirals toward death.
by Elsa Morante
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In the unforgiving grip of World War II, a timid Roman schoolteacher's desperate fight to protect her illegitimate son unveils the brutal indifference of history to the lives of ordinary people.
by Caris Roane
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A winged vampire warrior, sworn to protect a woman whose supernatural powers make intimacy deadly, battles his ancient hunger for her blood and love amidst an epic war with death vamps.
by Cat Adams
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A newly turned, half-Siren vampire in magical Hollywood must navigate her monstrous new abilities, a murder investigation, and an island full of vengeful mythical beings to uncover the truth about her heritage.
by James McBride
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In the dangerous antebellum South, a runaway slave with a secret code and visions of the future starts a fight for freedom and an unexpected destiny in the Maryland swamps.
by Bryce Courtenay
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During the brutal 1942 Japanese invasion of Java, a man and a woman fall in love, showing that even in war, people can find forgiveness, healing, and strength.
by McGarey
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A 100-year-old pioneer of holistic medicine shares six practical ways to find joy, energy, and purpose at any age, drawing from her life experiences, which include meeting Gandhi and overcoming personal difficulties.
by Kevin Brooks
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After an iPhone shatters and embeds in his brain, a normal teen gains extraordinary digital powers, forcing him to choose between avenging the girl he loves and succumbing to the terrifying transformation within himself.
by Kingsley Amis
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In a Welsh pub, a circle of aging, hard-drinking friends finds their twilight years hilariously upended by the return of a celebrated poet and his captivating wife, rekindling dormant rivalries and romances.
by Tui T. Sutherland
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When a griffin cub appears under his bed, Logan Wilde is thrust into a secret world of mythical creatures, joining forces with the eccentric Zoe Kahn to find out who released the animals from her family's hidden menagerie before it's shut down forever.
by Richard Ellmann
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Oscar Wilde's brilliant mind and forbidden desires sparked a cultural shift, only to be crushed by the rigid morality of his time.
by David Nasaw
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This biography explores the life of Andrew Carnegie, from his start in Scotland to his rise as an American steel magnate, detailing how he built and then gave away the world's largest fortune.
by William Sleator
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Five orphans are trapped in an Escher-esque labyrinth of endless stairs, forced to psychologically surrender to a mysterious red machine that demands their obedience and threatens to consume their very souls.
by James Boswell
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Through the insatiable curiosity and meticulous journals of his friend Boswell, the larger-than-life lexicographer and moralist Samuel Johnson is immortalized in a biography brimming with wit, anecdote, and the pulse of 18th-century intellectual life.
by Elizabeth Chandler
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In a town where psychic visions blur with madness, Anna must confront her family's supernatural legacy and a cute, mysterious neighbor to unmask her uncle's killer before she becomes the next victim of a deadly, fiery secret.
by Nicholas Sparks
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A North Carolina bachelor, content with his carefree life, finds his world changed by a new neighbor, making him confront the choices love demands when tragedy strikes.
by Carolyn Hennesy
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A curious 13-year-old unleashes ancient evils from a forbidden box for a school project, then must wrangle them all back before the gods' deadline.
by Jennifer Erin Valent
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In 1932 Virginia, a white girl's coming-of-age is shattered by the rise of the KKK and the dangerous commitment her family makes to protect her Black best friend after a devastating fire.
by S.L. Naeole
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A high school senior's world changes when a new student reveals he is a wingless angel, pulling her into a hidden world of angels and forbidden romance, where not all angels are good.