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by Lara Prescott
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During the Cold War, two CIA secretaries trade typewriters for espionage, risking everything to smuggle a forbidden love story into Soviet Russia and spark a quiet revolution with literature.
by Agatha Christie
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Hercule Poirot's Cornish seaside holiday turns deadly when he uncovers a sinister plot of 'accidents' targeting the reckless mistress of a clifftop mansion, forcing him to unmask a killer before Nick Buckley's luck, and life, run out.
by Milan Kundera
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Kundera explores the human condition through interconnected stories, each a variation on memory, exile, and the fight against political and personal erasure in Prague.
by Daniel Defoe
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An orphan's journey from desperate marriages to master criminal, Moll Flanders tells one woman's bold, unsentimental, and ultimately successful quest for independence in a society set against her.
by Michael J. Sullivan
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As the New Empire prepares a forced wedding and a double execution to solidify its power, two master thieves, Royce and Hadrian, race against time to unleash the true Heir of Novron and shatter their planned Wintertide spectacle.
by Arnold Lobel
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Join Frog and Toad as they navigate the simple joys and challenges of friendship, from planting gardens to conquering fears, showing that every adventure is better when shared.
by Robert Ludlum
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Two sworn enemies, an American and a Russian, must unite to stop the Matarese Circle, a global cabal aiming to cause worldwide chaos within two years.
by Anna Burns
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In a city overwhelmed by sectarian violence, a young woman's quiet life is disrupted when a powerful paramilitary figure begins to stalk her, forcing her to deal with rumors, social judgment, and unspoken threats.
by Julia Glass
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Over three Junes, a Scottish family deals with the effects of love, loss, and new connections, uncovering their lives through a widower's Greek affair, a son's return home, and an artist's look at her past.
by Haruki Murakami
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A lonely boy, a mysterious girl, and a tormented sheep man must outwit their captors to escape a nightmarish library where knowledge is devoured, not shared.
by Samantha Shannon
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An ancient, winged evil awakens. A queen without an heir, a lady-in-waiting with forbidden magic, and a disgraced dragon rider must unite across a fractured world to prevent a cataclysm.
by Paolo Bacigalupi
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In a drowned future of oil-rig shanties and cutthroat salvage, a teenaged ship breaker must choose between stripping a beached clipper for survival or saving its wealthy survivor, a choice that could either elevate him to a new world or drown him in the old.
by Gary Zukav
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Aligning your personality with your soul unlocks authentic power and begins a new era of human evolution, guided by higher senses and respect for life.
by Gayle Forman
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A year after a magical day in Paris, Willem embarks on a globe-spanning quest to find the elusive Lulu, questioning fate and the choices that define their intertwined destinies.
by Pat Conroy
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After a family tragedy, a lonely Charleston boy finds comfort and lasting friendship with a diverse group of peers. Their lives intertwine through decades of love, loss, and social change, leading to an unexpected challenge that tests their remarkable bond.
by Robert Cormier
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At Trinity High, one boy's refusal to sell chocolates sparks a psychological war, forcing him to face a corrupt secret society and the high cost of challenging the system.
by Margaret Rogerson
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A human artist paints forbidden mortal emotion into an immortal fae prince's eyes. She navigates treacherous fairy courts and a perilous, blossoming love to survive a world where beauty hides deadly corruption.
by Diana Wynne Jones
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A daydreaming carpet merchant's life takes a magical turn when his new flying rug whisks him to a princess in an enchanted garden, only for a wicked djinn to steal her away, sending him on a whimsical quest across the Sultanates to win her back.
by Heather Gudenkauf
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When two young girls vanish from an Iowa town, their disappearance unearths a suffocating tangle of family secrets and the chilling truth hidden within one child's selective mutism.
by Tom Robbins
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A philosophical bean can and a mystical dessert spoon hold court with a spirited waitress and a boisterous welder in an absurd adventure through the New York art scene and the forgotten history of a Palestinian god.
by Jenny Nimmo
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At the ominous Bloor Academy, young Charlie Bone must decipher the hushed secrets of talking photographs and navigate a treacherous world of unexpected magic to uncover the truth his scheming aunts desperately want to keep hidden.
by Chanda Hahn
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After an act of heroism makes her popular, an ordinary high school girl discovers she's a descendant of the Brothers Grimm, inheriting their unfinished, cursed fairy tales and becoming the next target of a powerful, vengeful Story.
by Sabaa Tahir
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As war engulfs the Martial Empire, a Shrike fights to protect her family from a mad emperor, a scholar hunts a demon while facing betrayal, and a Soul Catcher battles an ancient power that threatens to sever him from the woman he loves.
by Cynthia Hand
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In an alternate Tudor England, a dying king, a bookish noblewoman, and a shape-shifting horse named G must conspire to save the kingdom from a fanatical plot, all while navigating unexpected romance and the looming threat of execution.