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by Vera Brittain
4.2(7,709)
Vera Brittain's "Testament of Youth" is a memoir that follows her journey from Oxford student to wartime nurse, detailing personal losses and the impact of World War I on her generation.
by Witi Ihimaera
3.8(7,706)
An 8-year-old Maori girl ignores her grandfather's rules, an old prophecy, and the ocean to save her tribe by talking with whales.
by Alexandre Dumas
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In 17th-century France, Raoul de Bragelonne, son of Athos, navigates love, loyalty, and betrayal, shaping his destiny with kings and the legendary Musketeers.
by Ira Levin
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In a world where UniComp controls everything, one man wakes up to his drugged existence and seeks truth beyond the Family's synthetic happiness.
by Patrick Lee
4.0(7,699)
A retired special forces operative with a tragic past protects a supernaturally gifted child from shadowy government forces, forcing him to confront their pursuers and the secrets within the girl's mind.
by Ally Carter
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To claim her throne and protect those she loves, Grace must outwit a deadly conspiracy, unravel centuries of lies, and confront the people who want her royal lineage buried.
by Norman Maclean
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In the serene yet unforgiving Montana landscape, a family grapples with fly fishing, faith, and the tragic complexities of brotherly love.
by Donald Ray Pollock
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In the desolate town of Knockemstiff, steroid-fueled fathers, incestuous siblings, and psychotic recluses navigate their bleak, interconnected lives with raw resilience.
by Timothy Findley
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A sensitive young Canadian officer, haunted by World War I and the loss of his horses, descends into moral rebellion against the war's brutal absurdity.
by Bruce Pascoe
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Bruce Pascoe's "Dark Emu" uses historical records to challenge the idea that pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians were only hunter-gatherers, showing they were skilled farmers, irrigators, and land managers whose practices colonizers ignored.
by Megan Crewe
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On a quarantined island ravaged by a mind-altering virus, a teenage girl battles for survival, supplies, and the slim hope of saving her loved ones before the disease steals their minds and lives.
by Penelope Lively
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A single mugging ripples through the lives of seemingly disparate Londoners, unraveling marriages, sparking illicit affairs, and forging unexpected connections in a domino effect of human entanglements.
by Megan Miranda
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Haunted by her agoraphobic mother's kidnapping and the secret of her own birth, a high-schooler must confront inherited fear and a chilling past when her mother vanishes, forcing her to trust a rescuer as a mysterious threat closes in.
by Immanuel Kant
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Kant's 'Critique of Judgment' explores how our minds see beauty and purpose in nature, showing the human need to find order and meaning, even if a divine designer cannot be rationally proven.
by Emery Lord
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When her mother's cancer shatters her perfect world, Lucy abandons her faith and comforts for a summer camp for troubled kids, only to discover secrets about her family, her beliefs, and the resilience of love.
by Kate Racculia
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Trapped by a blizzard in a a haunted hotel, a high school music festival turns into a quirky, suspenseful search for a missing prodigy, forcing a past witness to confront her own demons amid a cast of eccentrics.
by Franz Kafka
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In a collection of letters, Franz Kafka reveals his soul to his Czech translator, Milena Jesenská, turning a professional exchange into an intimate and ultimately doomed 'letter love' affair.
by Claude Brown
4.3(7,652)
Claude Brown's memoir explores the harsh realities of 1940s and 50s Harlem, showing his journey from a street-hardened youth to a man who escaped the ghetto.
by Amanda Howells
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by Gloria Chao
3.8(7,630)
An MIT prodigy, Mei secretly rebels against her parents' strict plans for her future, battling a fear of germs and a forbidden crush while trying to define her own identity.
by Rafael Sabatini
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A lawyer, angered by a nobleman's injustice, becomes the theatrical Scaramouche. He uses his wit and sword to spark revolution and find love during the French Revolution.
by C.G. Jung
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Jung asks individuals to resist mass movements and societal conformity by seeking their unique self, or risk becoming an unthinking part of a totalitarian system.
by Ernest Hemingway
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Hemingway examines bullfighting, showing its beauty, tragedy, and lessons on courage and death, alongside his sharp observations on life and art.
by Paul Fleischman
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Haunted by a tragic mistake, a teenage boy embarks on a cross-country odyssey, building whimsical whirligigs that anonymously mend the broken spirits of strangers in his wake.