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by Erich Segal
4.0(13,476)
Two childhood friends, Barney and Laura, navigate the pressures of Harvard Medical School in 1962 and the triumphs and tragedies of their careers, only to confront a challenge even their medical brilliance might not overcome.
by Jenny O'Connell
3.7(13,475)
When a 'nice girl' fed up with boy blunders moves to Boston, she teams up with her friends to write an instruction manual for future guys, only to find her biggest test subject—the school's hottest heartbreaker—might just rewrite her own rules for love.
by Alice Walker
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Alice Walker's saga follows a woman's many pasts, a guitarist's melodies, and a history teacher's search for belonging, all woven with the presence of ancestors, from ancient African spiritualism to 20th-century displacement.
by Mary Higgins Clark
3.9(13,465)
A woman, haunted by a childhood tragedy, returns to her old home under a new identity, only to face a deadly game when a killer from her past resurfaces.
by Ruskin Bond
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In a Garhwal village, a spirited girl's prized blue umbrella, acquired through an unusual trade, becomes a symbol of envy and unexpected redemption, captivating all who see its color.
by Wendy Mass
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After a goat-napping lands her in the eccentric town of Willow Falls, shy Tara discovers her 13th birthday isn't just a milestone, but a magical quest tied to the town's whimsical secrets.
by Jack Kerouac
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In the smoky, jazz-filled underground of 1950s San Francisco, a Beat writer deals with a short, passionate affair that shatters his ideas about love, race, and the power of his writing.
by Nina George
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After forty-one years of a stifling marriage, Marianne jumps into the Seine. She re-emerges in a Brittany bistro, finding that the end of her old life is the start of her true self and a second chance.
by Philipp Dettmer
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Explore the unseen war within your body, where your immune system constantly battles invaders to protect you, changing how you think about every sniffle and scratch.
by Ernest Hemingway
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A solitary painter on Bimini finds joy in fatherhood, navigates Havana's chaos, and hunts U-boats in WWII, all while dealing with his past and a life lived on the edge.
by Herbie Brennan
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An ordinary boy helps a faerie prince navigate dangerous realms to reclaim his throne from scheming glue factory owners and an egomaniacal demon prince.
by Alice Hoffman
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Over two centuries, Blackbird House on Cape Cod sees the lives of its many residents, whose stories of love, loss, and secrets intertwine with the house's lasting spirit.
by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Nietzsche's 'The Gay Science' explores his personal thoughts, introducing the death of God and eternal recurrence, while examining art, morality, and truth through aphorisms and poetry.
by Olivia Cunning
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A fiery Dallas hook-up demands commitment from her rock star lover, even if it means one last night of scorching passion before she breaks her own heart and walks away from his tempting touch for good.
by Sue Townsend
4.0(13,386)
Now sixteen, Adrian Mole's diary continues, hilariously detailing his struggles with first love, unrecognized talent, and the constant absurdities of British life, all while he remains comically unaware of his own teenage drama.
by Megan Abbott
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When her best friend vanishes, a thirteen-year-old girl becomes the reluctant center of a suburban mystery, forcing her to confront unsettling truths about their bond and the secrets beneath their perfect lives.
by S.A. Bodeen
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Stranded in the vast Pacific after a cargo plane crash, experienced traveler Robie must battle dehydration, sharks, and her own dwindling hope alongside a mysterious co-pilot, Max, with only a bag of Skittles and a life raft between them and the crushing ocean.
by Nicholas Pileggi
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Henry Hill's story, from street kid to mobster, reveals the violent, luxurious, and ultimately treacherous reality behind the Mafia's romantic image.
by Louise Erdrich
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In a small North Dakota town, the unsolved murder of a farm family echoes through generations. An Ojibwe girl, her history-keeping grandfather, and a judge seeking justice uncover years of revenge, hidden truths, and the lasting impact of historical injustice.
by Elizabeth George
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A murdered Cambridge student's web of conflicting identities and illicit affairs unravels under Scotland Yard's scrutiny, exposing dark academic and familial secrets.
by Roshani Chokshi
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A mischievous twelve-year-old, prone to exaggeration, accidentally unleashes an ancient demon by lighting a cursed lamp, forcing her to embark on a perilous quest through the Kingdom of Death to find reincarnated Hindu demigods and save her frozen loved ones, all while still in her Spider-Man pajamas.
by Daniel Kehlmann
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On the brink of scientific revolution, an explorer braves the Amazon while a mathematician deciphers the universe from his study, both driven to measure the unmeasurable.
by Arthur C. Clarke
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On a peaceful ocean planet, the arrival of a huge refugee ship from a dying Earth ends centuries of isolation, forcing two groups of humanity to face their shared future and a new evolutionary wonder.
by Chris Crutcher
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To save his scarred, silent best friend from a hidden trauma, an overweight outcast must unearth the dark secret that threatens to drown them both in a torrent of past pain.