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by Louis de Montfort
4.5(3,593)
This spiritual guide shows a path to holiness and salvation through devotion to Mary.
by Savannah Brown
4.0(3,579)
After her psychiatrist father's mysterious death, Sydney uncovers a web of small-town secrets and unexpected connections with the homecoming queen, June, making her question if the truth will shatter their perfect lives.
by David Walliams
4.1(3,573)
Get ready for detention as David Walliams introduces a hilarious, horrifying cast of educators, from a half-monster science teacher to one terrified of children, who redefine a 'bad' school day.
by Favel Parrett
4.0(3,573)
In a remote Tasmanian fishing town, three brothers deal with their abalone diver father's temper and a dark family secret that threatens to destroy them all.
by Francesca Lia Block
3.9(3,572)
After her brother's sudden disappearance, a sister must face their past and her own grief to rebuild her life.
by Minette Walters
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A child's silent trauma after her mother's body washes ashore exposes a chilling tale of betrayal and the dark secrets of a seemingly perfect marriage in a quiet English coastal town.
by Edward O. Wilson
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Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson explores humanity's origins, its place in the cosmos, and the challenges we face as we increasingly shape our own evolution.
by John McPhee
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Follow idiosyncratic geologists across the fortieth parallel, exploring North America's 4.6-billion-year crustal history.
by Tobias George Smollet
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A naive young man and a bickering aristocratic family take a hilariously misadventurous tour of 18th-century Britain, told through scandalously witty letters that paint a satirical picture of a changing nation.
by Laurie Faria Stolarz
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A heartbroken Camelia escapes to a summer arts program, only to find herself entangled in the disappearance of a local girl, forcing her to confront her burgeoning psychic abilities and the lingering shadows of her past.
by Leo Tolstoy
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Tolstoy's book presents a Christianity without dogma, urging readers to find morality and nonviolent resistance within themselves. This message inspired Gandhi and challenged empires.
by Meg Rosoff
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Haunted by a premonition of his own demise, a teenage boy reinvents himself as 'Justin Case' to outrun fate, only to discover destiny has a darkly romantic sense of humor.
by Jaroslav Kalfar
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A lonely Czech astronaut on a solo mission to Venus confronts his past, his ambition, and the unraveling of his marriage with the help of a philosophical, possibly imaginary, giant alien spider.
by Adam Smith
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Adam Smith's foundational work explains that true virtue and a moral life go beyond self-interest, coming instead from our human ability for sympathy and the judgments of an 'impartial spectator'.
by K.A. Harrington
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Haunted by her deceased boyfriend's digital ghost, a grieving teen finds a chilling doppelgänger and a town-wide conspiracy that makes her question everything she knew about the boy she loved.
by Mary Jane Auch
4.0(3,555)
In the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, an Irish immigrant fights for survival and hope amidst the ashes and injustice of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
by Robert Jordan
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As the Last Battle looms, Rand al'Thor grapples with a growing darkness within himself while Egwene al'Vere fights to rally the fractured Aes Sedai against impending doom.
by Jonathan Safran Foer
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Jonathan Safran Foer carves a new story from Bruno Schulz's *The Street of Crocodiles*, creating a physical book that explores the universal anxiety of life's final day.
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew races to solve the mystery of a glowing eye and rescue Ned from a kidnapper, all while fending off a rival lawyer.
by Lisa Desrochers
3.9(3,542)
A demon raised in Hell and a mortal girl with a unique power find themselves in a cosmic tug-of-war between Heaven and Hell, as angels fall and former allies become enemies in a fight for their souls and survival.
by Pablo Neruda
4.0(3,536)
Pablo Neruda's 316 unanswerable questions invite readers to let go of logic and embrace childlike wonder, exploring life's mysteries through imagination.
by Arthur Hailey
3.9(3,535)
On the eve of his long-awaited vacation, a detective is pulled into a final, high-stakes confession from a serial killer that unravels a conspiracy reaching the highest echelons of his own department and city government.
by Lia Louis
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Fourteen years after a secret-bearing balloon brought them together, Emmie must navigate the bittersweet role of best woman at her soulmate Lucas's wedding, all while concealing the love she's harbored since their serendipitous teenage connection.
by Ariel Dorfman
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In a post-dictatorship nation, a woman believes she has found her rapist in the voice of her husband's rescuer, forcing a terrifying confrontation with the past that threatens to unravel their fragile new democracy.