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by William Styron
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In the decaying post-war South, a family's legacy of destructive love unravels into betrayal, infidelity, and the tragic suicide of its most luminous daughter.
by Sarah Lyu
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After her boyfriend is murdered, a teenage girl must uncover the truth behind her best friend's confession, making her wonder if their deep bond was a haven or a trap.
by James Lee Burke
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In the murky bayous of Louisiana, a young lawyer's dangerous defense of a local thief ensnares him in a deadly web of passion and vengeance with a ruthless crime boss and his alluring wife.
by Carl Weber
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In a Jamaica, Queens, apartment building, a charismatic new tenant's arrival ignites a powder keg of forbidden desires, shattered illusions, and ultimately, murder among his neighbors.
by Enid Blyton
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Four children's exciting night flight with their pilot friend takes a thrilling turn when they land in a mysterious valley, uncovering a secret treasure and a dangerous plot involving two strange pilots.
by Kent L. Lineback
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Learn how to make your daily work a source of personal growth, satisfaction, and joy, not just a paycheck.
by James Riley
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In this funny, action-filled conclusion, Jack and May must reunite to defy their destinies and face the Wicked Queen, proving that 'happily ever after' is anything but certain in a world of fractured fairy tales.
by Wolfram von Eschenbach
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Parzival's journey, from a naive youth to a knight, takes him through Arthurian courts and jousting, becoming a spiritual quest for humility that leads him to the Grail Stone.
by Yoko Kawashima Watkins
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Eleven-year-old Yoko, her mother, and her sister begin a difficult journey for survival, leaving their Korean home and its bamboo grove during the chaos of post-WWII liberation.
by Molly Cochran
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Ten-year-old Arthur Blessing finds the Holy Grail, starting a dangerous, time-traveling quest to keep it from dark magic and a madman, with help from an ex-FBI agent and a mysterious elder, as he uncovers his own destiny.
by Padma Venkatraman
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During WWII and India's fight for independence, a fifteen-year-old girl defies tradition, secretly reading forbidden books in an upstairs library, while also dealing with new love and her family's changing loyalties.
by Eudora Welty
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In 1923, a recently orphaned nine-year-old girl attends a cousin's wedding, navigating her aristocratic Mississippi Delta family's bewildering, boisterous, and ultimately beguiling world, seeking acceptance and understanding.
by Amos Oz
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A failing marriage unravels amidst the stifling heat and unspoken tensions of Jerusalem, revealing the quiet desperation and lingering regrets of two souls adrift.
by Marquis de Sade
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Four wealthy libertines imprison 16 victims in an isolated castle for 120 days, unleashing an escalating orgy of meticulously cataloged and unspeakable depravity to plumb the darkest depths of human cruelty and sexual excess.
by Lauren Hammond
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A tormented young woman, confined to an asylum after a tragic event, uncovers a dark conspiracy that forces her to question the very nature of her love and sanity.
by Rae Carson
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Emperor Palpatine returns, and Rey, Finn, and Poe race against Kylo Ren to find ancient Sith secrets and start the final rebellion that will decide the Skywalker legacy.
by Tess Uriza Holthe
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In a World War II cellar, as bombs fall, a Filipino family fights despair with ancestral stories, weaving together myth, history, and the supernatural to keep hope alive against Japanese occupation.
by William H. Gass
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Gass explores the ordinary and the unsettling in the American Midwest, turning everyday lives into a vivid, disturbing blend of language and longing.
by Ciara Smyth
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A cynical teen who's sworn off love because her mother has early-onset dementia agrees to a summer of rom-com dates with a charming girl, only to find that fake montages can lead to real feelings.
by Marcus Sedgwick
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Between Christmas and New Year's, a desperate magician, his servant, and an orphan explore moonlit death fields and a subterranean city to escape a demonic pact before alchemy and sorcery claim his soul.
by Ted Dekker
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As a devastating storm hits Summerville, a recovering cult survivor is trapped with four strangers, one of whom might be the vengeful killer Red, who holds a dark secret that could destroy the entire town.
by Sayo Masuda
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Sayo Masuda's direct memoir reveals the harsh realities of forced labor and sex work within the geisha system, offering a clear contrast to romanticized portrayals and showing a lifelong struggle for survival and truth in wartime Japan.
by Erica Stevens
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A vampire prince, scarred by war, finds his new peace threatened by a human woman whose quiet town holds secrets that could either save or destroy them both.
by Gordon Korman
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With their faces plastered across every screen, fugitive siblings Aiden and Meg must evade not just the FBI and the relentless Hairless Joe, but an entire nation, as they desperately race to uncover the truth that could free their wrongly imprisoned parents.