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by Diana Wynne Jones
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A grumpy wizard and his griffin-riding son, reluctantly cast as this year's Dark Lord and Wizard Guide, must rally a fed-up fantasy world to break free from the annual, demon-backed 'Grand Tour' of insufferable tourists.
by Emery Lord
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Two best friends on a summer concert tour learn that navigating heartbreak, fame, and unexpected new romances is a wild ride.
by Milan Kundera
4.0(14,908)
In an ironic story of adolescence, Jaromil, a poet dominated by his mother and caught in the communist revolution, navigates a world that gently erodes the sacred values of youth, love, and art.
by Eduardo Galeano
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Galeano's "Open Veins" is a five-century account of Latin America's exploitation and underdevelopment by colonial and capitalist powers.
by Glen Duncan
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Haunted by two centuries of monstrous acts, the last werewolf on Earth plans his demise, only to be pulled back into a bloody, passionate fight for survival and a chance at redemption by a sudden murder and an unexpected encounter.
by John Marsden
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Ellie and her dwindling band of teenage guerrillas must navigate a suicide mission through enemy headquarters to rescue her grandmother, proving that even against insurmountable odds, the fight for family burns brighter than any warzone.
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Three male explorers find an isolated, all-female society, which challenges their ideas about gender, power, and civilization.
by Mazey Eddings
3.8(14,852)
A chaotic baker with ADHD and a guarded Australian one-night stand are forced to navigate an unexpected pregnancy, shared beds, and an erotic baking scheme, proving that their biggest 'mistake' might just be the recipe for true love.
by Ellen Marie Wiseman
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In Nazi Germany, a young domestic risks everything to reunite with the Jewish man she loves, facing the horrors of war and human cruelty with an unyielding spirit.
by Annie Proulx
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Two families' paths diverge from 17th-century New France, one building a timber empire, the other struggling to survive, as their intertwined stories reveal humanity's destructive relationship with the forest across three centuries and continents.
by Kirsty Moseley
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Haunted by a brutal past, a senator's daughter, hardened by loss and trauma, finds her carefully constructed walls crumbling under the watchful, compassionate gaze of the SWAT agent assigned to protect her from the man who shattered her world.
by Mira T. Lee
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An older sister faces the challenge of saving her brilliant but mentally ill younger sister, forcing both to confront the limits of love and loyalty.
by Richard Ford
3.9(14,784)
A divorced, failed sportswriter turned real estate agent navigates the bewildering high-wire act of normalcy and unexpected engagements with life over a poignant Fourth of July weekend in Haddam, New Jersey.
by Cormac McCarthy
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After a woman's incestuous brother abandons their infant son, she searches for him through a world of evil, leading to a grim end for everyone.
by Brittany Cavallaro
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Charlotte Holmes and Jamie Watson face a German art forgery ring, a presumed-dead Moriarty, their families' dark histories, and their complicated feelings for each other.
by Brady Udall
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A grief-stricken patriarch in a modern polygamous family, overwhelmed by his large family and failing business, risks everything for an illicit affair that promises to either shatter or redefine his faith and future.
by Naguib Mahfouz
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Amidst the British occupation of early 20th-century Cairo, the iron-fisted patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad navigates his family through tradition, rebellion, and the city's hidden nightlife, all while his wife and children yearn for freedom beyond their palace walls.
by P.D. James
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Commander Adam Dalgliesh unravels a web of secrets and surgical ambition when a journalist is found dead at an exclusive plastic surgery clinic, exposing the dark underbelly of beauty and privilege.
by Harold S. Kushner
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A grieving rabbi explores faith and doubt after personal tragedy, asking why suffering affects good people.
by Alex Berenson
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A CIA mole, John Wells, returns after a decade embedded with al-Qaeda, his loyalty unclear to both the suspicious mastermind who calls him in and the handler who loves him, as a catastrophic attack on U.S. soil nears.
by Michelle Zink
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Twin sisters, bound by prophecy and suspicion, must unravel a dark family mystery while battling each other for their very souls.
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Stranded on Earth with a phantom payroll and a planet suddenly at peace, Miles Naismith must outmaneuver a pompous captain and a band of Komarran rebels to uncover a conspiracy that could reignite a war.
by John le Carré
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A former British soldier, now a luxury hotel night manager, is recruited by intelligence to infiltrate the inner circle of a ruthless international arms dealer, a mission that drags him into a labyrinth of betrayal and danger across continents.
by Javier Cercas
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In the chaos of the Spanish Civil War, a fascist writer escapes execution twice, first from a firing squad, then by the mercy of an unknown militiaman. A modern writer searches for the soldier who chose compassion.