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by Arthur Conan Doyle
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Sherlock Holmes uncovers the dark secrets of a country manor, revealing a sinister plot by a secret organization that spans from the English countryside to American coal mines.
by Laura Schroff
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A chance encounter between a Manhattan sales executive and a homeless eleven-year-old boy becomes a nearly three-decade-long friendship, showing that a single act of kindness can create a strong bond across different lives.
by Isabel Allende
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Amidst the brutal beauty and revolutionary fervor of 18th-century Saint-Domingue, a slave named Zarité navigates a life of immense hardship and unexpected love, ultimately forging an unbreakable spirit against the backdrop of a world in constant flux.
by James Dashner
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After sun flares and a plague devastate the world, a gifted boy named Thomas unknowingly designs a labyrinth meant to save humanity, only to become a prisoner in the conspiracy he helped build.
by Max Barry
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In a world where language is a weapon and poets manipulate minds, a street-smart orphan and an amnesiac man become unwitting pawns in a secret war that threatens to unravel the very fabric of communication.
by Michio Kaku
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Michio Kaku examines the fantastic technologies of science fiction, from invisibility to time travel, showing how close or far we are from making the 'impossible' real.
by Janet Evanovich
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A pastry chef with an inconvenient attraction to her supernatural partner must navigate Boston's hidden depths, ancient riddles, and a dangerous family feud to find a lust-infused relic before sinister forces unleash chaos.
by Douglas Preston
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Imprisoned FBI agent Pendergast must escape to confront his psychopathic brother, who has unleashed an ancient Egyptian curse upon a New York museum gala, igniting a catastrophic battle for their lives.
by Kate Atkinson
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From the surprising spark of conception, Ruby Lennox unspools a century of English life, untangling her family's knotted secrets with a wry wit and an insatiable curiosity.
by Richard Kadrey
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After escaping eleven years as a hitman in Hell, James Stark returns to a supernatural Los Angeles for revenge, only to find himself embroiled in an even larger cosmic battle between Heaven and Hell, all while saddled with a talking head.
by Darren Shan
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In a city of shadows, Darren, Evra, and Mr. Crepsley hunt a blood-draining killer, only for the gruesome trail to lead directly back to the enigmatic vampire, forcing Darren to question loyalty and confront the monstrous truth lurking beneath the streets.
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
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A lively and imaginative young girl changes her stern spinster aunts' household with her optimism and kindness, growing into a beloved young woman in early 20th-century rural New England.
by Rudyard Kipling
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An Irish orphan in British India navigates the 'Great Game' of espionage while devoted to a Tibetan lama on a quest for enlightenment.
by Nora Sakavic
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A runaway's desperate gamble for a family on a collegiate sports team forces him to confront his murderous past and the dangerous secrets of his new teammates, all while playing a brutal, high-stakes game.
by Penelope Douglas
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A woman with a hidden past becomes entangled in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a man seeking a mysterious twelfth floor in an abandoned hotel, all while struggling with an undeniable attraction that could betray her deepest secret.
by Pierre Boulle
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When a human journalist crash-lands on a planet where intelligent apes dominate and humans are feral beasts, he must fight to prove his sentience before humanity's last spark is extinguished.
by Joelle Charbonneau
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A leader chosen to rebuild society must confront the truth behind her government's programs before it consumes her and everyone she loves.
by Giovanni Boccaccio
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Amidst the Black Death, ten Florentine youths retreat to the countryside, telling a hundred tales of love, lust, and life's unpredictable turns.
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew must unravel the secrets of a haunted mansion and its vanishing treasures while confronting a vengeful client of her father, all before a hidden staircase reveals its next victim.
by Scott Meyer
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A slacker discovers reality is a computer program, exploits it to become a medieval wizard, and hilariously botches his attempts to escape the consequences while charming a local.
by Megan Whalen Turner
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A cunning thief, now king by his own machinations, must navigate a treacherous court and the unexpected loyalty of a naive guard while proving that his intellect is a sharper weapon than any sword.
by Edward Rutherfurd
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Edward Rutherfurd's "New York" follows the city's journey from a fishing village to a modern skyline, covering centuries of varied lives and constant change through war, prosperity, and difficulty.
by Linwood Barclay
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Twenty-five years after her family vanished, Cynthia is pulled back into a web of secrets and deadly truths as the past returns, threatening her new life and forcing her to confront a killer closer than she imagined.
by Joseph Fink
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In the surreal desert town of Night Vale, a pawn shop owner with an unyielding paper on her hand and a PTA treasurer with a shapeshifting son are drawn into a bizarre conspiracy surrounding a mysterious man and the 'King City'.