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by Alyson Noel
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Haunted by a curse that forbids a single touch, Ever must use forbidden magic and navigate a connection with a mysterious new boy to save her immortal beloved from the Shadowland.
by Boethius
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From a prison cell, facing execution, Boethius talks with Lady Philosophy, who, through prose and verse, reveals the nature of happiness, fortune, and divine will, changing his despair into understanding.
by Tiffany Snow
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After a mortifying face-plant in her dreamboat boss's lap, a legal runner discovers her murdered escort neighbor's death is the first thread in a deadly conspiracy unraveling within her own high-powered law firm, forcing her to trust no one to survive.
by Susan Sontag
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Sontag's 'Regarding the Pain of Others' examines how constant media images of global suffering affect our empathy, desensitize us, and change our view of war.
by Anthony Trollope
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Trollope's novel exposes the greed and dishonesty of 19th-century English society through a fraudulent financier and the people caught in his schemes.
by Jeffrey Archer
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In a world of betrayals and cunning, a collection of gripping tales unveils the shocking twists of fate awaiting philandering husbands, ambitious chess champions, and finance ministers across the globe.
by Ron McLarty
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Grief-stricken and forty-three, overweight, chain-smoking Smithy Ide embarks on an epic, cross-country bicycle journey to outrun his past and rediscover the brother he was always meant to be.
by Alexandra Fuller
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Alexandra Fuller expertly blends her mother's idealized colonial African childhood with her father's harsh English youth and her own war-torn upbringing, all while following her mother Nicola's journey through survival, madness, and eventual peace under an African tree.
by Kim Stanley Robinson
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In an alternate 14th century where the Black Death wipes out 99% of Europe, "The Years of Rice and Salt" reimagines a millennium of human history, tracing the rise and fall of Eastern empires and the evolution of a world shaped by different hands.
by Mark Twain
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Mark Twain's 1867 grand tour on the Quaker City is a hilarious trip where he uses his sharp wit to mock European airs and American innocence, turning a religious journey into a funny cultural clash.
by Helen Dunmore
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As a cataclysmic flood unleashes an ancient Kraken, Sapphy, a girl with dual human and Mer blood, must journey into the ocean's terrifying depths with her brother and a whale to confront the monster and save both their worlds.
by Dorothy Parker
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Dorothy Parker's sharp verse, biting short stories, and incisive journalism dissect the human condition with wit and poignant observations.
by Christina Rossetti
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Two sisters navigate a perilous market of alluring goblin fruit, confronting temptation, sacrifice, and the power of sisterly love in a Victorian fantasy.
by Leslie Connor
4.0(11,235)
Eleven-year-old Addie navigates the chaotic, all-or-nothing world of her bipolar mother, clinging to the hope of finding 'normal' and a stable home with her beloved half-sisters.
by Ken Follett
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In a terrifying hostage crisis, an unconventional billionaire risks everything, defying governments and borders to rescue his stranded countrymen.
by Lisi Harrison
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To keep their secret clubroom and maintain their top spot, the Pretty Committee navigates dating, costumes, and boy-brains, using newfound 'ESP' to understand crushes and protect their popularity.
by Aisha Saeed
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A Pakistani girl's dream of becoming a teacher ends when she is forced into servitude. She must navigate her corrupt landlord's dangerous world to reclaim her future and fight for justice.
by Carmen Laforet
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After the Spanish Civil War, an orphaned student in Barcelona navigates her family's bohemian home and her university friends' glittering world, slowly learning unsettling truths that shape her coming-of-age.
by Hermann Hesse
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A choirmaster's journey with a secret society across time and space reveals his own part in the quest's failure, not external salvation.
by Johan Harstad
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Three lucky teenagers win a trip to a lunar base, only to discover the moon harbors a terrifying secret that ensures only one of them will ever return to Earth.
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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In 44 sonnets, Elizabeth Barrett Browning explores her journey from hesitant adoration to deep, mutual love with Robert Browning, capturing their romance in English poetry.
by Virginia M. Axline
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With his therapist's kind and steady help, a young boy named Dibs, who started out quiet and thought to be different, learns about himself and finds his voice.
by Rudyard Kipling
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Two British adventurers con their way into becoming gods and rulers of a remote Kafiristan tribe, only to have their empire crumble when a woman discovers their mortal flesh.
by Nawal El Saadawi
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Firdaus, an Egyptian woman born into poverty, defies a harsh world of male control and social hypocrisy, finding a bitter freedom in wanting nothing, fearing nothing, and hoping for nothing.