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by Richard Matheson
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Four strangers, each with their own problems, enter the notorious Belasco House, a mansion known for its horror, which offers either answers or destruction to anyone who dares to go inside.
by Steven Erikson
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From a tribal warrior's brutal beginnings to an untested Malazan army's desperate fight against a sister's rebellion in the Holy Desert, 'House of Chains' tells a story of fate, betrayal, and the weight of command.
by Nikos Kazantzakis
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A reserved intellectual's life changes when he meets Zorba, a Greek working man who embraces life's joys and wisdom on Crete.
by Alessandro Baricco
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A French merchant's dangerous journey to exotic, forbidden Japan in the 1860s starts a silent, world-spanning love affair that goes beyond language and distance, as he tries to save his village's silk trade.
by Penelope Douglas
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A woman's long-held obsession with her boyfriend's terrifying older brother turns into a dangerous game of cat and mouse when he and his friends, fresh out of prison, come to collect on a past betrayal.
by Brandon Sanderson
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Haunted by her father's past and connected to the stars, a defiant pilot must infiltrate an alien academy to uncover galactic truths and prevent humanity's destruction.
by Nora Roberts
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On a mystical island steeped in witchcraft and ancient secrets, a wary sheriff's deputy with burgeoning powers finds herself drawn to a determined researcher who sees beyond her guarded exterior, forcing her to confront both a dangerous past and the possibility of a magical future.
by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
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Meet the Gilbreths, a family of twelve children whose efficiency-expert parents apply their industrial principles to everything from chore charts to synchronized tonsillectomies, all with hilarious and heartwarming results.
by Amy Ewing
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Violet Lasting is sold into opulent servitude in the brutal Jewel, forced to bear an heir for a ruthless Duchess while fighting to keep her identity and forbidden love.
by Arthur Conan Doyle
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From outwitting a German spy before WWI to feigning death to catch a murderer, Sherlock Holmes proves that even retirement can't dull his intellect in this collection of his most clever cases.
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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In a Russian town, a charismatic nihilist leads well-meaning but deluded revolutionaries into violence and murder, a prophetic warning about ideological extremism.
by Louise Penny
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A boy known for wild stories disappears, making the quiet village of Three Pines wonder if his tale of a monster in the woods was real. This unearths an old crime and a deep betrayal.
by Tim LaHaye
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After global disappearances and judgments, a pilot, a journalist, a pastor, and a student form the Tribulation Force, risking everything to expose the Antichrist and rally resistance against his new world order during Earth's final seven years.
by Kevin Crossley-Holland
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A young Arthur de Caldicot's ordinary medieval life as a page turns into a mystical journey when a seeing stone from Merlin connects his fate with the legendary King Arthur.
by Armistead Maupin
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Mary Ann Singleton's move to 1970s San Francisco throws her into a whimsical, heartwarming, and often scandalous world of quirky neighbors, unexpected loves, and the ever-evolving search for belonging at 28 Barbary Lane.
by Joan Didion
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Joan Didion's 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem' examines the fractured American psyche of the 1960s, showing the unsettling truths beneath the counterculture's facade through personal disquiet and societal decay.
by Grace Lin
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A determined girl, inspired by her father's stories, travels through a mythical land with a friendly dragon to find the Old Man of the Moon and learn the secrets of fortune for her family.
by Curtis Sittenfeld
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When her psychic twin predicts an earthquake that threatens their hometown, a suburban mother must confront her own suppressed abilities and the sister she's long tried to distance herself from.
by Melissa Marr
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An assassin, created to guard his fae queen's half-human sister, finds his purpose and heart challenged as their forbidden love ignites during a war that could shatter all of Faerie.
by Bernard Cornwell
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In Dark Ages Britain, the warlord Arthur, burdened by a doomed love and a broken kingdom, fights Saxons and internal treachery, all while dealing with Merlin's magic.
by Agatha Christie
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In the ancient, sun-baked city of Petra, Hercule Poirot must unravel a venomous family's secrets to expose the killer who silenced the monstrous matriarch, Mrs. Boynton, with a single, sinister puncture.
by Alan Bennett
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When her corgis lead her to a mobile library, the Queen unexpectedly trades royal duties for literary pursuits, alarming her advisors and transforming her world view with every turn of a page.
by Philippa Gregory
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Elizabeth of York, caught between her marriage to the conquering Tudor king and the lost York prince who threatens his rule, navigates a dangerous court where love, loyalty, and the English crown are at stake.
by Julie Kibler
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A modern road trip uncovers a forbidden 1930s love story between a white debutante and a Black aspiring doctor, showing how the past can guide an unlikely friendship.