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by Susan Cooper
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On his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers he is the last of the Old Ones, an immortal destined to gather six ancient Signs across time and space to combat the approaching, malevolent Dark.
by Terry Pratchett
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With a simple 'stepper' device, people discover an infinite array of parallel Earths, forcing them to confront the boundless possibilities and implications of a suddenly limitless existence.
by Jessie Inchauspe
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Improve health, curb cravings, and slow aging by managing blood sugar with ten simple, science-backed methods that let you enjoy your favorite foods.
by Alice Hoffman
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On the lush, restrictive island of St. Thomas, a fiercely independent Jewish woman defies her community and fate, sparking a scandalous, passionate love affair that will ultimately birth the father of Impressionism.
by Maureen Johnson
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A true-crime obsessed teenager enrolls in a bizarre, riddle-filled boarding school to solve a decades-old kidnapping and murder, only to find herself embroiled in a dangerous new mystery when the killer, Truly Devious, resurfaces.
by Graham Greene
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In the final days of French rule in Vietnam, a British journalist, an American aid worker, and a Vietnamese woman find themselves in a dangerous love triangle that reflects the political and moral problems of 1950s Saigon.
by Virginia Lee Burton
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When modern diesel shovels threaten to send Mike Mulligan's beloved steam shovel, Mary Anne, to the scrap heap, their last chance to prove their worth lies in digging the cellar for Popperville's new town hall faster than a hundred men.
by Kylie Scott
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A woman with crippling debt agrees to be a rock drummer's fake girlfriend, only to find their pretend romance becoming real.
by Terry Pratchett
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When a group of bumbling, squabbling wizards from the Unseen University accidentally strand themselves in Discworld's prehistoric past, they must navigate evolution and causality without erasing their own future – or making it even more ridiculous.
by Jack Weatherford
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Before 'globalization' was a buzzword, Genghis Khan created the largest contiguous empire in history, breaking old worlds and starting a new, interconnected one through brutal conquest and unexpected cultural growth.
by David Baldacci
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Framed and hunted by the highest echelons of power, covert agent John Carr, aka Oliver Stone, must rely on the unwavering loyalty of his eccentric Camel Club friends to expose a conspiracy before his own secrets bury him.
by Robert Morgan
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In the late 19th-century Appalachian mountains, a young bride fights natural disasters, treachery, and a new marriage, hoping love can keep her from falling into madness.
by Alwyn Hamilton
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Amani, an orphan and a sharpshooter, bets on a mysterious fugitive to escape her desert town and a bleak future. She finds herself riding mythical beasts into a rebellion that awakens her true power and an unexpected romance amidst Miraji's magic-laced sands.
by Terry Brooks
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An ancient evil awakens, forcing a young woman with Wishsong magic to face darkness, while her brother races through a corrupted land to save her from a prophecy.
by Libba Bray
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Fifty pampered beauty queens, fresh from a plane crash, must trade their tiaras for survival skills and confront a jungle island, sexy pirates, and the true meaning of sisterhood, all while battling a severe lack of eyeliner.
by Laurelin Paige
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A woman with obsessive love disorder is drawn to her enigmatic new boss, who has dark secrets, forcing them to confront if their shared brokenness can lead to healing or further destruction.
by W. Somerset Maugham
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Crippled by a club foot and a yearning for belonging, Philip Carey embarks on a soul-crushing odyssey through art, intellect, and a destructive obsession with a vulgar waitress, only to discover redemption in the bitter crucible of self-knowledge.
by James Patterson
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FBI agent Alex Cross hunts 'the Wolf,' a ghost-like predator running a human trafficking ring across America, forcing Cross to break rules to save innocent lives.
by Caroline Kepnes
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Joe Goldberg flees his bloody past to Los Angeles, only to find his new life and pursuit of 'true love' threatened by the very bodies he thought he'd left buried.
by Rosamund Lupton
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When her sister Tess vanishes and the world presumes her dead, Beatrice goes into London's darkest corners, risking everything to find the truth behind a life she barely knew.
by Washington Irving
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A lanky schoolmaster with a love for the supernatural finds his own terrifying tale when a pumpkin-headed horseman gives chase through the haunted glens of Sleepy Hollow, leaving only questions and the whispers of a legend.
by Amy Harmon
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During Nazi-occupied Italy, a devout priest risks everything to shelter the Jewish woman he loves in a convent, forcing them to confront their forbidden passion and the agonizing choices of war.
by Jacqueline Susann
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In the cutthroat world of 1960s entertainment, three women find that fame is a gilded cage, leading them down a self-destructive path where pills are their only confidantes.
by Patrick Ness
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Mikey navigates prom, first crushes, and graduation in a world facing constant supernatural apocalypse, showing that living an ordinary life amidst chaos can be heroic.