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by Darren Shan
4.2(24,244)
The Vampire Prince, Darren Shan, goes on a dangerous global hunt with an elite team to find the Vampaneze Lord, a journey filled with death and old dangers.
by Greg Bear
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A mysterious, mile-long asteroid from the future appears in Earth's orbit, offering humanity a glimpse of its own annihilation and a civilization's ultimate secret.
by Jodi Lynn Anderson
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In a Neverland where love is as wild and dangerous as the untamed forest, a fierce indigenous girl named Tiger Lily risks everything for her intoxicating, yet ultimately fleeting, romance with Peter Pan, only to discover the true heartbreak of betrayal when Wendy Darling arrives.
by Richard Russo
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An English department chairman navigates a week of academic absurdity, family chaos, and personal crises, all while trying to keep his career intact.
by Myla Goldberg
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An ordinary girl's spelling talent pulls her into her family's intense, mystical world, revealing their hidden lives and forcing her to face the chaos within.
by David Mazzucchelli
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After a fire destroys his carefully built life, a self-absorbed architect travels through the American heartland, re-examining his past love and his identity.
by J.D. Robb
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In a future New York where techno-terrorists lurk, Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her billionaire husband Roarke must clear a friend of a double homicide while racing to uncover a cyber-terrorist plot that threatens to bring the nation to its knees.
by George R. Stewart
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After a plague silences the world, Ish, the last man of his kind, travels through civilization's remains, finding humanity's lasting presence in nature's rebirth and a new, wild society.
by John Flanagan
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Undersized Skandian outcasts use cleverness and teamwork to prove their worth in a society that values strength, navigating icy seas and rivals to forge a lasting bond.
by V.C. Andrews
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Haunted by the ghost of her perfect, dead sister and tormented by a past she can't remember, Audrina must unearth her family's terrifying secrets before they consume her very identity.
by Beth Reekles
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When a high schooler who has never been kissed runs a carnival booth, a kiss with her best friend's older, rebellious brother starts a secret romance that challenges her friendship and changes her future.
by N.K. Jemisin
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In a city where unseen gods walk among mortals, a blind artist with unique sight shelters a glowing, amnesiac man, only to be drawn into a divine conspiracy as godlings are brutally murdered and the lines between protector and prey blur.
by Tom Wolfe
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A sheltered, brilliant freshman from rural North Carolina discovers the harsh, debauched reality of elite American college life, where sex, status, and parties overshadow intellectual pursuits, forcing her to confront her values and identity.
by Ian McEwan
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A flabby, unfaithful Nobel laureate, whose personal life is as messy as the climate he aims to save, finds a chance at redemption and scientific recognition amid marital chaos and global warming.
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
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A half-demon girl, caught between a demon prince and a Warden, must make a deadly deal and unleash her own power to save her best friend and her world from an ancient evil.
by Kristen Callihan
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A reclusive artist's quiet life changes when a broken rock star takes refuge with her, sparking a passion that challenges fame and personal sanctuary.
by D.J. MacHale
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On the world of Ibara, Bobby Pendragon finds a secret that keeps its people unaware, while Saint Dane prepares his final attack, forcing Courtney to find a corrupted Mark and prevent disaster.
by John Irving
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After a boy mistakes a constable's girlfriend for a bear, he and his father flee across half a century of American life, forever pursued by an unyielding hatred born in the logging camps of New Hampshire.
by Lucy Grealy
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A young woman's struggle with a disfiguring cancer becomes a lifelong battle against society's focus on appearance, showing that being deemed 'ugly' can be a greater tragedy than the disease itself.
by Jean-Paul Sartre
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Sartre's lecture changed how people saw existentialism, showing that in a godless world, humans are free and must create their own meaning, affecting everyone with each choice.
by Francesca Zappia
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A schizophrenic high school senior, battling vivid delusions and armed with a camera and Magic 8-Ball, must distinguish imagined romance from terrifying reality when a boy she thought was a figment of her mind appears in her classes.
by John le Carré
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When a routine security check ends in an apparent suicide, George Smiley must navigate British intelligence to uncover a truth far more sinister than a broken career.
by Chris Crutcher
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Armed with a terminal diagnosis and a year to live, a sarcastic high school senior in rural Idaho secretly embarks on a quest to become a football legend, torment his civics teacher, save a local drunk, and win the girl of his dreams, all while grappling with the realization that everyone around him harbors their own hidden burdens.
by Scott Westerfeld
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A college student, unknowingly infected with a parasite that turns his girlfriends into vampire-like ghouls, must hunt his own creations for a secret organization while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens humanity's very existence.