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by Charlie Huston
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In a Los Angeles suffering from an insomnia plague, an undercover cop who can still sleep navigates martial law, drug cartels, and corporate conspiracy to find a cure for his sleepless wife and daughter, all while being hunted by a mercenary.
by Jess Walter
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In a post-attack city shrouded in smoke and amnesia, a detective with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and a son who believes he's dead must piece together his fragmented reality while working for a shadowy agency and hunting the most elusive target of all: himself.
by John Updike
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In Brazil, two lovers from different worlds face poverty, crime, and social divides to build a love that overcomes all odds.
by Pittacus Lore
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On the run from alien invaders and the FBI, blogger Mark James races to save Sarah Hart while uncovering the true identity of his mysterious, weapon-supplying ally, GUARD, whose secrets will change everything he knows about the Loric.
by Harlan Coben
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A former special ops pilot's life changes when her supposedly murdered husband appears on her nanny cam, forcing her to confront the possibility that everything she believes about her past, her husband, and even herself, is a lie.
by Colleen Coble
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Haunted by a plane crash that killed her family, a search-and-rescue K9 handler searches the Michigan wilderness for answers, only to find a violent crime in her town linked to her husband's disappearance, promising either peace or a reunion.
by Dennis L. McKiernan
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An unnatural winter and a creeping blizzard threaten to consume the land. A tiny Warrow named Tuck must brave a world too large and dangerous for his kind to answer the High King's call, only to find himself swallowed by a monstrous war that scatters his companions and may doom them all.
by Blake Nelson
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In teen rehab, Madeline finds forbidden love with Stewart, but their shared struggles threaten to consume them both as they pursue sobriety in the outside world.
by Gilbert Adair
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In the midst of Paris's 1968 upheaval, three film lovers withdraw into a self-made world of obsessive games and growing intimacy, only to have their sealed reality shattered by the encroaching outside world.
by Ferdinand Oyono
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Through the eyes of a young Cameroonian houseboy, Ferdinand Oyono exposes the brutal absurdities and soul-crushing hypocrisies of French colonialism, revealing how 'civilizing' missions strip away identity while failing to deliver on their promises of progress.
by Rollo May
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Rollo May argues that embracing the anxiety of creation, and courageously engaging our imagination, is essential for a fully realized human existence.
by Jon Krakauer
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A privileged young man, eager to escape society, heads into the Alaskan wilderness, only to find that his radical pursuit of freedom comes at a high cost.
by Sharon Creech
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On a perilous sea voyage to England, cousins Sophie and Cody navigate the unpredictable ocean and their family's shadowed past through journal entries, each searching for their own place in a world as vast and mysterious as the sea itself.
by Richard Ellmann
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Ellmann explores James Joyce's genius, showing his great intellect and human flaws, from writing 'Ulysses' to drunken stumbles and scandalous letters.
by Richard Bradford
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In 1944 New Mexico, a young boy grows up during WWII, learning about family, friendship, and independence under an amber sky.
by Frances Hardinge
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In a land where prophets are revered and the dead are hunted for their ashes, a quiet attendant must unravel her sister's carefully constructed lies to expose a deadly island-wide conspiracy before it consumes them both.
by Marianne Wiggins
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A photographer's belief in science is shattered as America pursues nuclear power, from bioluminescence to the atomic bomb.
by John Bunyan
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John Bunyan recounts his difficult journey to salvation, moving from spiritual agony and doubt to God's grace.
by Jerome K. Jerome
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An 'idle fellow' charmingly admits his book offers only humorous, purposeless relief from 'improving' literature.
by Nicole Reed
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Torn between her enduring love for her best friend and the intoxicating allure of his arrogant counterpart, a successful businesswoman risks her carefully constructed life to pursue a forbidden fantasy of having both men.
by Larry Brown
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In the sweltering 1968 American South, a recently paroled killer's return unleashes violence and long-buried family secrets, forcing an upright sheriff to confront the evil threatening to consume their community.
by S.D. Smith
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Two brave rabbits, Heather and Picket, must ignite a rebellion deep within enemy territory, battling the shadow of Morbin to spark an uprising for all rabbitkind.
by Kate Thompson
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A young boy's quest to find time for his mother leads him to a hidden realm where he must confront a temporal leak and his family's secrets, all while a mysterious new policeman watches.
by Melanie Rawn
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A young artist must confront his family's darkest secret when a master Grijalva warps their powerful gift for selfish, destructive ambition.