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by Michelle Paver
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Marked by a soul-eating demon and cast out by his people, a young boy confronts ancient magic and broken trust in a fight for survival and belonging.
by Jen Turano
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A spirited nanny and a stoic guardian are forced together to care for three mischievous orphans, only to find that their unexpected bond helps them solve a mystery and discover love in Gilded Age society.
by Helen Humphreys
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Amidst the desolation of wartime Britain, a young Londoner tending a forgotten country estate unearths a garden of lost love that blossoms into her own.
by Ha Jin
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As Tiananmen Square erupts, a fiancé grapples with the unsettling possibility that his stroke-afflicted mentor's delirious accusations are dangerous truths, exposing the perilous tightrope walked by those who speak or hear the truth in a volatile China.
by Tracy Barrett
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A brilliant and ambitious Byzantine princess, raised for the throne, fights to reclaim her destiny when her brother's birth and her grandmother's scheming take away her inheritance.
by Henry Van Dyke
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A forgotten fourth wise man searches his whole life for the Messiah. He repeatedly sacrifices his treasures and delays his journey to help those in need, finding true divinity in selfless service.
by Chris Ryan
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Orphaned by a mysterious mass murder, teenager Zak Darke is recruited by a shadowy government agency, becoming Agent 21 and stepping into a perilous world where the fate of the twenty agents before him remains a chilling secret.
by Susan Sontag
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In 18th-century Naples, a passionate and unconventional love triangle emerges between a British ambassador, his wife, and Lord Nelson, set against a backdrop of volcanic activity, art, and revolution.
by Tim Wynne-Jones
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A chance encounter in a crime scene hotel room forces a resourceful street punk and a guarded runaway to forge an unlikely alliance against dangerous criminals and their own haunted pasts.
by Mary Hooper
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Falsely accused and hanged in 17th-century England, a young maidservant awakens on a dissection table, forcing a shy medical student to confront the miraculous truth of her survival and the injustice of her fate.
by Loren Eiseley
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Loren Eiseley, a writer with a scientist's mind and a poet's heart, turns his encounters with nature into deep thoughts about humanity's ancient past and uncertain present.
by Sharyn McCrumb
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In 1890s West Virginia, a young Black attorney's career is shaped by an unusual murder trial. The prosecution's main witness is the victim's ghost.
by James Hadley Chase
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An innocent heiress's kidnapping spirals into a nightmarish descent into depravity when she falls into the clutches of a sadistic mother and son, forcing a detective to race against time to save what's left of her.
by Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell's essay presents his atheistic worldview, a stance so controversial it cost him a teaching position, yet it remains a clear look into his thought.
by Scottie Pippen
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Scottie Pippen's memoir honestly tells his journey from humble beginnings and family tragedy to becoming the essential, often overlooked, architect of the Chicago Bulls' legendary dynasty.
by Sappho
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Willis Barnstone's translation of Sappho's fragmented verses reveals the stark, unsentimental heart of ancient Greek desire with intense clarity for a modern audience.
by Jody Morse
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A first date turns into a werewolf transformation, forcing Samara to navigate a secret family legacy and a forbidden romance between two rival packs.
by Darren Shan
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After his best friend's shocking encounter with a vampire at a gothic freak show, Darren Shan is drawn into a terrifying, blood-soaked world of the undead, forcing him to confront his monstrous destiny.
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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In a future where an anti-aging drug has created eternal youth and overpopulation, a 172-year-old patriarch holds his perpetually youthful descendants hostage with the promise of his imminent, inheritance-triggering death.
by Suzanne Woods Fisher
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A determined Amish woman, set on marrying her childhood sweetheart, confronts a mysterious beekeeper she blames for their wedding's delay, only to discover her heart's true path might lie beyond her carefully laid plans.
by Tone Almhjell
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An orphaned key opens a young girl's cellar door to Sylver, an enchanting land of eternal winter where beloved deceased pets become human-like guardians, now threatened by failing magic and encroaching snow trolls.
by Preston Norton
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A grieving outcast teams up with the jock who used to torment him. Together, they embark on a quest to fix their broken high school, finding unexpected healing along the way.
by August Strindberg
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In a world where identities melt and reality warps, a god's daughter comes to Earth, only to find humanity's endless suffering behind a locked door.
by G.K. Chesterton
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A devout Catholic and a zealous atheist, both comically naive, spark a duel and a whirlwind of allegorical adventures across England, all to settle the eternal debate between faith and reason.