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by Edgar Allan Poe
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A grieving scholar's fall into madness is shown through Gustave Doré's haunting, dreamlike engravings as he faces a prophetic raven and the sorrow of a lost love.
by Janni Lee Simner
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After a devastating war with Faerie, a 15-year-old girl discovers she has forbidden magic, forcing her to journey into the heart of Faerie to heal two broken worlds.
by Graham Swift
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In the desolate East Anglian Fens, a history teacher's meandering narrative of eels, incest, madness, and murder unravels his family's tormented legacy and the relentless, cyclical nature of history itself.
by Kate Mascarenhas
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When a newspaper clipping from the future hints at her grandmother's murder, Ruby Rebello must navigate a fractured timeline and the hidden history of the world's first female time-travel pioneers to prevent a tragedy that hasn't even happened yet.
by Janette Oke
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A prairie nurse, seeking more than small-town routines, finds that even Boston's sophistication can't fill her heart, leaving her to question where she truly belongs.
by Danielle Steel
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After a devastating accident in London, two soulmates, trapped in separate, loveless marriages, must navigate a path of recovery and loss, finding courage and unexpected rewards through their bond, which began with a single kiss.
by John Christopher
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As a plague turns the world's grasslands to dust, a man must lead his family through a collapsing Britain to reach a rumored sanctuary.
by Leigh Byrne
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An eight-year-old girl's world shatters when her mother, whom she adores, becomes a cruel tormentor, forcing her to confront the pain of loving the monster in her own home.
by Jenn Marie Thorne
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Orphaned and adrift, Kate's world is upended when she discovers her father is a presidential candidate, forcing her to navigate a cutthroat political campaign, a complicated new family, and a forbidden romance while grappling with her own burgeoning beliefs.
by Joseph Roth
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Joseph Roth's 'The Radetzky March' shows the Trotta family's fading life, a sad story of an empire about to fall, where duty and tradition are as strong as the coming war.
by Naguib Mahfouz
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Betrayed in revolutionary Egypt, a master thief seeks revenge on his former wife, henchman, and a hypocritical mentor, leading to a desperate flight from the law and blurring the lines between victim and villain.
by R.J. Palacio
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In a world shattered by war, a young Jewish girl finds refuge and courage in unexpected places in Nazi-occupied France, changing the grandson of the boy who once tormented her.
by Ashwin Sanghi
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From a screaming librarian in London to a tomb in Kashmir and a shadowy Vatican assassin, a Jesuit priest's fragmented visions unravel a global conspiracy tied to Christ, the Mahabharata, and an impending Armageddon.
by J.D. Horn
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As Savannah's calm is shattered by severed limbs, a witch must protect her unborn child from an ancient enemy wielding dark magic, or lose everything to a growing threat.
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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A man's past resurfaces with the unexpected arrival of his deceased mistress's widower, igniting a psychological duel of guilt, jealousy, and morbid fascination.
by Salman Rushdie
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A young filmmaker becomes obsessed with a mysterious immigrant patriarch and his three sons who live in a Greenwich Village mansion, uncovering their opulent lives, dark secrets, and a nation's political chaos.
by Sally Gardner
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During the French Revolution, a telepathic Gypsy boy skilled in illusion must save the lonely heiress he loves from a wicked count.
by Steve Kluger
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In 1999, T.C. chases the diplomat's daughter Alejandra while his brother Augie explores his first gay romance, all told through a year of letters and journal entries.
by Jean Webster
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A spirited socialite's letters chronicle her unexpected transformation from reluctant orphanage manager to compassionate reformer, clashing with a cynical Scottish doctor and navigating a complicated engagement, all while challenging the staid expectations of early 20th-century society.
by Bruce Lee
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Born from a career-threatening injury, Bruce Lee's work goes beyond martial arts to offer a philosophy of adaptability, self-discovery, and living without limits.
by Joanna Philbin
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Three celebrity daughters navigate the good and bad of fame and friendship as they make their own identities in the public eye.
by Matthew Pearl
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A determined Baltimore lawyer risks his career to unravel the sinister truth behind Edgar Allan Poe's mysterious death, using the author's own detective stories as a guide to expose a shadowy world of political intrigue and a real-life Dupin.
by Jeanne Birdsall
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Spring on Gardam Street brings reunions, funny business ventures, and unexpected problems for the Penderwick sisters, as Batty tries to plan a birthday surprise that might not go as planned.
by Octavia E. Butler
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An ancient immortal, Doro, secretly breeds a superhuman race from humanity's margins. A powerful young telepath, Mary, emerges from the ghetto to start a psychic war, challenging her creator and awakening her kind to claim their freedom.