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by Ted Dekker
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Shauna, amnesia-stricken and accused of a horrific accident, must piece together her past while navigating family lies, a forgotten romance, and a plot against her life, all while questioning her sanity and what is real.
by Charles Baxter
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In a town where a coffee shop is the center of many lives, a philosophy professor, a coffee shop owner, and various lovers deal with the often funny and always moving complexities of modern love and human connection.
by Tami Hoag
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A bike messenger, framed for murder and pursued by the LAPD and a killer, must deliver a package that holds the truth about a high-profile case before the city's powerful elite silence him forever.
by Jeyn Roberts
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After global earthquakes, an inner rage turns ordinary people into threats. The uninfected must fight for survival against a world consumed by its own darkness.
by William Blake
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William Blake's "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" merges demonic energy and angelic reason, challenging common morality through poetry and art.
by Sharon Creech
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A young boy named Jack navigates his grief and developing poetic voice, finding an unexpected muse and antagonist in a sassy, nut-dropping black cat.
by Lois Duncan
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A chilling doppelgänger mystery unfolds as Laurie discovers her identical twin, long thought dead, has returned to usurp her life and identity.
by Larry Collins
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This is the dramatic, bloody birth of India and Pakistan from the British Empire, as told through the final months of Lord Mountbatten's viceroyalty and the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
by Ursula K. Le Guin
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In a land where inherited magical 'gifts' are both a source of power and a curse, two young friends defy their destructive legacies, choosing compassion over control in a world on the edge of magical warfare.
by Enid Blyton
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As Darrell takes the lead as head girl, her final term at Malory Towers is a mix of leadership, friendship, and the changes in her closest companions.
by Jennifer L. Holm
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In 1953, 11-year-old Penny navigates a summer of polio fears, estranged family secrets, and the lingering prejudice against Italian-Americans, all while yearning for the simple joys of ice cream and baseball.
by Elizabeth George
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On the island of Guernsey, a wealthy man with a WWII past is murdered, forcing Deborah and Simon St. James to uncover wartime betrayals and present-day secrets.
by Michael Crichton
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In the desolate Nevada desert, a rogue swarm of self-evolving, intelligent nanoparticles escapes a lab, becoming an unstoppable, learning predator that hunts its creators with terrifying efficiency.
by Ivan Minchov Vazov
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In a Bulgarian village simmering beneath Ottoman rule, an escaped revolutionary finds love and betrayal as he ignites the flames of a desperate uprising.
by Jamie Begley
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A straitlaced teacher gets involved with the president of a motorcycle club, testing her safety and his loyalty during a prison riot, as she struggles with an unexpected attraction to a dangerous man.
by Varlan Shalamov
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In the frozen hell of the Kolyma gulag, where hope withered like frostbitten flesh, Shalamov's stark tales reveal human endurance as individuals clung to mere hours of survival against unimaginable brutality.
by Amos Oz
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In 1940s Jerusalem, a young Amos Oz navigates the weight of family history and a nation's birth, all while grappling with his mother's despair.
by Kay Hooper
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In a town where perfection hides monstrous secrets, Sheriff Miranda Knight must confront her psychic past and a dangerous FBI profiler to stop a killer who hunts her family.
by Guy Sajer
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Guy Sajer's memoir takes readers from the naive thrill of adventure to the brutal fight for survival as a teenage German soldier on the Eastern Front, against the relentless Soviet forces and unforgiving elements.
by Mosab Hassan Yousef
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The eldest son of Hamas's founder tells his story, from radicalization to redemption, risking everything for peace and challenging the foundations of the Middle East conflict.
by Tony Hillerman
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When a bullet, not fire, kills a Navajo policeman, Officers Chee and Leaphorn must untangle ancient greed, a silent shaman, and the shadow of the trickster Coyote to find the real killer before the truth becomes another lost fortune.
by Nick Bruel
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Bad Kitty, known for her sass and dislike of baths, faces her biggest challenge: the bathtub.
by Kelly Link
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Suburban life meets the surreal, as everyday existence unfolds into a world of magic, humor, and unsettling wonder.
by Jason Reynolds
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A young track star, running from her mother's illness and her changed life, must learn to depend on her teammates to truly win the race.