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by V.S. Naipaul
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Through a boy's eyes, Naipaul depicts Miguel Street's eccentric residents, showing how ordinary life turns mythical amid World War II-era Trinidad's lively disorder.
by Chris Kuzneski
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When his girlfriend is abducted in a series of planned kidnappings, Jonathon Payne races to New Orleans, uncovering a violent historical secret rooted in a Southern plantation that fuels a quest for revenge.
by V.S. Naipaul
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Willie Chandran flees the empty religious life of his Indian home for the promises of London and the colonial world of Africa, only to discover that being true to oneself is an elusive, often broken, promise.
by Alexander Gordon Smith
4.4(3,688)
Haunted by his own monstrous transformation, Alex Sawyer must confront the tyrannical Alfred Furnace in a world where humanity is enslaved and the line between executioner and executed blurs with every desperate, world-ending choice.
by Hesiod
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Before the Olympians, early gods fought a family war, creating the world and its divine rulers in Hesiod's ancient poem.
by William Wycherley
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A notorious rake pretends to be impotent to access London's virtuous wives, while a country innocent navigates urban courtship.
by Lee Smith
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A college student records her family's oral history in the Appalachian mountains, uncovering generations of dark secrets, forbidden loves, and strong spirits.
by Carolyn Keene
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On Crocodile Island, Nancy Drew uncovers a human trafficking ring hidden behind the facade of a wildlife sanctuary, proving the island's most dangerous predators are not always animals.
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew and her friends investigate a historic mansion's haunting and a decades-old shipwreck to find lost wedding treasures and solve the mystery of Pine Hill.
by Henry James
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A man obsessed with a singular, catastrophic event realizes the true 'beast' is the emptiness of a life unlived and love ignored.
by Sharon M. Draper
4.1(3,677)
Jericho's quest for belonging within an elite high school club becomes a difficult test of integrity as he confronts the escalating cruelty of initiation rites and the high cost of conformity.
by Lora Senf
4.0(3,673)
To save her aunt from a spectral slaughterhouse, Evie must outwit hungry witches and a memory thief while hunting a serial killer's ghost for a shadowy creature, all before she becomes the next addition to a dead man's collection.
by Giles Blunt
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Demoted for his obsession with a missing girl, Detective John Cardinal is thrust back into the frozen wilderness of Algonquin Bay when her body is found, forcing him to partner with a distrusted associate to hunt a pair of sociopaths before they claim another victim.
by Melinda Salisbury
4.0(3,670)
A vengeful Sleeping Prince awakens, bringing war and a magical blight. A desperate herbalist journeys across the fractured kingdom with a mysterious poison-buyer, uncovering truths that force a heartbreaking choice for the realm's fate.
by Louise Penny
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Chief Inspector Gamache seeks refuge in Three Pines from a fractured department and personal betrayal, only to find a missing global icon and confront the true cost of loyalty and safety during a dangerous Québec Christmas.
by Nicola Griffith
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A powerful heiress, stripped of her identity and left for dead, must navigate a dangerous underworld with a captivating thief to reclaim her past and forge a new future, even if it means confronting the very family who might want her silenced.
by Arthur Hailey
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A television network, struggling with internal issues and external threats, races to rescue its kidnapped star anchor from a ruthless terrorist group while broadcasting the drama live.
by Aristotle
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Aristotle's basic exploration of nature, motion, and cause, a work that shaped scientific thinking for millennia and still clarifies the origins of Western thought.
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
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Exiled to a mysterious island after a plague diagnosis, Ani uncovers a plot deadlier than the disease, forcing her to expose the truth before she becomes another victim of the governor's game.
by Linda Gerber
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On a luxurious tropical island, a teen's dream romance with a new boy turns into a nightmare when a rock star's girlfriend is found strangled, making her crush the prime suspect.
by Walter Brueggemann
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Brueggemann shows how the ancient prophetic voice is a radical, poetic force that can dismantle oppressive present realities and envision a liberated future.
by Hans Christian Andersen
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A one-legged tin soldier travels through gutters and fish guts, determined to reunite with the paper ballerina he loves.
by R.K. Narayan
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In Malgudi, a disillusioned English teacher's comfortable home life is shattered by tragedy, forcing him to find his life's purpose and make a life-altering decision.
by Cristin Terrill
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A street-smart con artist impersonating a long-lost heir finds himself trapped in a wealthy family's web of deadly secrets, realizing the biggest con might be on him.