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by Hanya Yanagihara
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A scientist's quest for immortality on a remote island turns into a horrifying disaster, showing the devastating cost of defying nature and human corruption.
by Aristotle
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Aristotle's 'Poetics' explains how tragedy works, showing how well-made plots, flawed heroes, and the mix of pity and fear lead to catharsis, turning pain into pleasure for the audience.
by George Saunders
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At a failing theme park, a caveman performer faces corporate reviews, self-help gurus, and the absurd demands of modern life.
by Steven Pinker
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Steven Pinker examines the human mind, explaining its evolutionary roots as a computational organ and challenging common beliefs about emotion, parenting, and human nature with clear thinking and scientific evidence.
by Brigid Kemmerer
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A prince fights rumors of illegitimacy, and a missing guardsman deals with a hidden claim to the throne. Their linked fates ignite a kingdom on the edge of war, forcing former allies to choose between loyalty and love as darkness closes in.
by Katie Cotugno
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Molly has ninety-nine days to survive her small town, her ex-boyfriend's sister, and the unexpected return of two brothers: one she betrayed, and one she cannot resist.
by V. S. Naipaul
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Haunted by a prophecy of misfortune and trapped by his in-laws, Mr. Biswas begins a darkly comic and sad journey to get his own house in post-colonial Trinidad.
by Claudia Gray
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A heartbroken Marguerite races across a multiverse of dazzling, dangerous alternate realities, battling ruthless foes and confronting her own destiny, all to reassemble the shattered soul of the boy she loves.
by Pascal Mercier
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A disaffected Swiss Latin teacher impulsively abandons his life to journey to Lisbon, obsessively tracing the enigmatic life and philosophical writings of a deceased Portuguese doctor whose words promise a path to understanding loneliness, love, and the self.
by pleasefindthis
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A mysterious writer's intimate prose convinces the reader each word was penned exclusively for them, a secret message found at the right moment.
by Raina Telgemeier
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On a bumpy road trip to a family reunion, two bickering sisters, a cartoonist and a loner, navigate the turns of their past and present relationship, discovering that even the most discordant siblings can find harmony when their family's future is on the line.
by Cecelia Ahern
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A journalist uncovers her dying mentor's final secret: a list of one hundred names, each a connection that reweaves her understanding of life and second chances.
by Maggie Stiefvater
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In the desert town of Bicho Raro, the Soria family faces the challenges of their miraculous abilities, as three cousins try to break free from a past of dark saints, forbidden love, and the unexpected costs of their own desires.
by Greg Iles
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In the conclusion to a Southern epic, a grieving Penn Cage races to untangle his father's murder trial from the Klan-laced secrets of Mississippi's past, risking everything to save his family.
by W. Somerset Maugham
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Driven by a destructive artistic hunger, a respectable banker leaves his life and family for the bohemian art world of Paris and the primal allure of Tahiti, leaving human wreckage behind for the sake of creative genius.
by L.T. Ryan
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A Marine on loan to the CIA in 2002 Iraq, Jack Noble's intervention to protect an Iraqi family from rogue agents pulls him into a deadly conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of the U.S. government.
by Anna Carey
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In a dystopian New America, Eve must navigate treacherous cities, shocking secrets, and impossible choices to rescue the boy she loves and confront a deadly future she never imagined.
by T.A. Barron
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An amnesiac boy with growing magical powers must travel to a mystical, dying island to learn who he is and save Fincayra.
by Edward W. Said
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Edward Said's "Orientalism" examines how Western scholarship, art, and politics created a widespread and often demeaning 'Orient' to justify domination, silencing the diverse voices and realities of the East.
by Melvin Burgess
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In Edinburgh's grim underworld, two runaway teens from different backgrounds find dangerous love with each other and with heroin.
by Lloyd Jones
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On a war-torn tropical island, a reclusive white man captivates a class of children with the tale of Pip from 'Great Expectations,' sparking their imaginations and offering an escape from their brutal reality, until the power of story itself becomes a perilous force.
by Nnedi Okorafor
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Born from brutal rape in post-apocalyptic Africa, Onyesonwu, a girl with sand-colored skin and magic, must confront ancient traditions, love, and death to fulfill her destiny and end the extermination of her people.
by Agatha Christie
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Before he can retire, Hercule Poirot takes on twelve final cases, each a mystery mirroring the ancient Greek myths, from tracking a lost poet to unmasking a deadly cult leader.
by Amie Kaufman
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A starship captain and a rebel leader, chained together, must navigate a treacherous warzone and uncover truths that could shatter both their worlds.