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by Hugh Laurie
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A jaded hitman botches a job to save his target, then falls into a darkly comedic global conspiracy, battling eccentric billionaires and alluring femme fatales to stop an international bloodbath.
by Joseph Bruchac
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Navajo men like Ned Begay, once forced to abandon their native tongue in harsh boarding schools, become invaluable US Marines, using their forbidden language as a secret weapon in World War II battles.
by Todd Strasser
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When a history teacher's experiment to demonstrate the appeal of fascism becomes a school-wide movement, two students must expose the danger of unquestioning conformity before it consumes them.
by John Stuart Mill
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John Stuart Mill's book on utilitarianism, with his parliamentary defense of capital punishment, applies the 'greatest good for the greatest number' idea to difficult societal problems.
by Elizabeth Strout
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In the suffocating grip of a 1970s mill town, a mother's carefully constructed life unravels into a maelstrom of rage and long-buried secrets when her teenage daughter's burgeoning sexuality mirrors her own repressed past.
by Robert Thier
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In 19th-century London, a fiercely independent woman craving freedom finds her life changed by a powerful, enigmatic industrialist who believes knowledge is the ultimate currency.
by David Wiesner
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When the Big Bad Wolf huffs and puffs, he blows the first pig out of his house and into a whimsical adventure that breaks narrative rules.
by Stephen King
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A brother and sister stop to help a crying child, leading them into an endless field of malevolent tall grass and a disorienting nightmare.
by David Brooks
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David Brooks examines how historical figures built inner character through humility, struggle, and self-restraint, offering a guide to a more meaningful life.
by Deborah Rodriguez
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In war-torn Kabul, an American woman's coffee shop is a haven where expats and locals find unexpected romance, friendship, and shared humanity, navigating dangerous secrets and the complexities of Afghan life.
by Mary Kay Andrews
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Banished from her beloved Savannah home by a vindictive ex, antiques picker Weezie Foley sifts through the city's charming quirks and hidden treasures, determined to reclaim her life and perhaps a little sweet revenge.
by Leo Tolstoy
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Consumed by corrosive jealousy over his wife's musical partnership, Pozdnyshev murders her, exposing the hypocrisies of 19th-century marriage and Tolstoy's conflicted Christian views on lust and art.
by Miranda Kenneally
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After her mother's scandal shatters her perfect life, valedictorian Parker Shelton embarks on a reckless quest for reinvention, trading softball and stability for a string of kisses and the dangerous allure of her new baseball coach.
by Cath Crowley
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On the eve of adulthood, four Australian teenagers navigate the messy, exhilarating, and often hilariously misguided turns of first love and self-discovery over one intense, graffiti-streaked night.
by William Gibson
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In an alternate 1855 London where steam-powered computers ignite an early information age, a disgraced woman, a fossil hunter, and a spy are drawn into a deadly conspiracy surrounding mysterious punched cards that could reshape a technologically advanced Victorian world.
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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A claustrophobic boy, haunted by past cowardice, must infiltrate the sinister Population Police headquarters to rescue his friend, risking exposure of all hidden 'shadow children' in a world where extra siblings are forbidden.
by L. Frank Baum
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A young boy named Tip escapes a wicked witch and travels through Oz with new friends, including a pumpkin-headed man and a wooden sawhorse, to stop a rebellion led by an army of girls.
by Sadegh Hedayat
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An opium-addled artist descends into a hallucinatory labyrinth of obsession and dread, haunted by a mysterious lover and macabre visions, as he grapples with the unraveling threads of his own sanity.
by Susane Colasanti
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Torn between an undeniable connection with her best friend's boyfriend and the loyalty she owes, Lani must decide if destiny is worth betraying her closest bond.
by Sara Pennypacker
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A well-meaning but perpetually misunderstood third-grader named Clementine navigates a calamitous week filled with accidental haircuts, principal's office visits, and strained friendships, all while trying to make things right.
by Lars Kepler
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A drowned woman with dry clothes and a a man hanged in an empty room pull Detective Inspector Joona Linna into a Stockholm mystery where impossible deaths are just the beginning.
by E.H. Gombrich
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Gombrich condenses the vast scope of human history, from the Stone Age to the atomic bomb, into forty clear chapters, showing our collective journey, successes, and failures for young readers.
by Jasper Fforde
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A cynical 15-year-old orphan manages a failing magician agency in a world where magic is mostly for pizza delivery. She must face her destiny when the last dragon approaches a fated end.
by Rachel Kushner
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In the 1970s, a young artist named Reno moves from New York's art scene into the world of Italian motorcycle racing and radical politics, hoping to define herself through speed, art, and revolution.