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by Leonora Carrington
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Armed with a magical hearing trumpet, 92-year-old Marian Leatherby uncovers a surreal murder mystery and a gateway to the underworld within the bizarre, birthday-cake-shaped walls of her new asylum.
by Alex Adams
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A pregnant woman wakes in a broken, post-apocalyptic world; her scattered memories are the only way to understand what happened and fight the monsters hunting her.
by Ousmane Sembène
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Senegalese railway workers strike for dignity, and women, driven by hunger and injustice, march to Dakar, breaking colonial oppression and traditional norms to secure their families' future.
by Alyson Noel
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A New York transplant navigates the social hierarchy of a Southern California private school, learning that popularity comes with a hidden cost and the unspoken rule of never crossing the queen bee.
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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A young man from a traditional village finds a magical star in his birthday cake, allowing him to enter the dangerous, beautiful land of Faery for a lifetime of adventure.
by Yu Hua
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During Mao's Cultural Revolution, a cart-pusher learns the true cost of survival and the complicated strength of family, both by blood and by choice, in a world that threatens to take everything from him.
by Raymond Chandler
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Philip Marlowe's quiet act of friendship with a troubled war veteran spirals into murder, deceit, and a relentless pursuit by both the law and a ruthless gangster, all while he grapples with what loyalty means in Los Angeles's shadowy underworld.
by Stephen R. Donaldson
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Time unravels as Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery combine their power to confront the apocalyptic Worm of the World's End, aiming to save the magical Land from ruin.
by Shi Naian
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In Song Dynasty China, 108 outlaws, united by their opposition to corrupt officials and imperial rule, form a brotherhood to seek justice and restore their honor.
by Nicole Castroman
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A young Edward Teach, stifled by society and a forced marriage, finds his dreams of adventure challenged by an unexpected connection with a maid who also yearns for escape.
by Luanne Rice
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A schoolteacher in a Connecticut beach town faces the return of her first love, a man who broke her heart years ago but might now help them reclaim their shared future.
by Allan Wolf
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Twenty-four interwoven voices, from a millionaire and a refugee to the iceberg itself, reveal the intimate human dramas and chilling inevitability leading up to the Titanic's tragic encounter.
by Joey Graceffa
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In a dystopian Eden, a privileged socialite and a hunted illegal second child discover their shared past and a destiny that could either unite or shatter their strictly regulated world.
by Damon Galgut
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A young man travels three continents, seeking love and belonging, only to find his attempts at connection repeatedly fall apart into longing, desire, and disaster.
by Andrew Fukuda
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Gene and Sissy race against time to deliver a world-saving cure through a treacherous, vampire-infested land, confronting Gene's deadly first love along the way.
by E.L. Konigsburg
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From a celestial waiting room, Eleanor of Aquitaine, surrounded by her spirited companions, recounts the true, tumultuous saga of her life as a queen, tastemaker, and political force across twelfth-century Europe, all while hoping her second husband finally makes it past the pearly gates.
by Ridley Pearson
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After graduation, the Kingdom Keepers return to a burning Disneyland to find a lost artifact and defeat an evil Walt Disney created, facing betrayal and secrets amidst terrifying wraiths and demons.
by Karen Traviss
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During the Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Anakin's new Padawan Ahsoka must rescue Jabba the Hutt's kidnapped son to secure hyperspace lanes, only to fall into a Separatist trap set by Count Dooku and Asajj Ventress.
by Lisa Tawn Bergren
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In a world broken by war and shadowed by betrayal, a young woman fights for the men she loves, uncovering dark secrets and evading ruthless hunters as she navigates the perilous path to survival.
by Guy Vanderhaeghe
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In the 1870s American West, two brothers search for their missing sibling, a grieving woman seeks vengeance, and their Métis guide leads them on a journey of love, loss, and self-discovery across a brutal landscape.
by Dan Gemeinhart
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Stranded on a desolate island reformatory after a mysterious accident, a guilt-ridden boy must confront his past and lead a group of troubled youths to survival before the island's secrets, and their own natures, consume them all.
by Don L. Wulffson
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Trapped in the brutal Eastern Front, a young German soldier fakes his death to escape Hitler's war, only to become entangled in a new, equally dangerous deception.
by L.A. Banks
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Satan's Consort seizes the vampire throne, rallying dark covens to bring about the Antichrist. Dhampir Damali and her crew must race against an accelerating Armageddon to prevent the unholy birth and save the world.
by Paula Morris
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In the ghost-ridden city of York, a girl with a tragic secret becomes involved in a supernatural mystery and a haunting romance, forcing her to face her past.