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by John Muir
4.1(5,255)
John Muir, as a young naturalist and sheep herder, discovers the Sierra Nevada's beauty, changing his life and inspiring a nation to explore Yosemite.
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew must decipher a faded photograph and a queen's secret heirloom to unmask an imposter and reunite a royal family, all while navigating perilous encounters in River Heights.
by Eugene O'Neill
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After the American Civil War, the Mannon family unravels in a chilling echo of ancient Greek tragedy, consumed by adultery, murder, and incestuous love that twists their Puritanical facade into a grotesque mask of doom.
by Elizabeth George Speare
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Swept from her New Hampshire home by an Indian raid in 1754, Miriam endures a harrowing march through the wilderness, only to find an unexpected world of intrigue and surprising choices awaiting her in French Montreal, far from her beloved and all she once knew.
by Ian McEwan
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A quiet ten-year-old boy's vivid imagination transports him into a bizarre and disturbing dream world where he swaps bodies with cats and babies, and makes his family disappear with vanishing cream.
by Shirley Jackson
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The master of literary macabre, Shirley Jackson, hilariously turns her sharp, unsentimental wit on the domestic chaos of raising four children and countless books in a boisterous Vermont farmhouse.
by David Baldacci
4.1(5,222)
When his treasonous brother escapes a military super-prison, investigator John Puller must navigate a nationwide manhunt, government secrets, and a deceptive partner to learn the truth behind his brother's conviction before others silence him.
by Derek Landy
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A runaway teenager gets caught in a nihilistic punk-sorcerer plot to detonate a doomsday device, forcing the witty skeleton detective Skulduggery Pleasant and his powerful teenage partner Valkyrie Cain to save him and the world.
by Deb Caletti
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A teenage girl, haunted by a past trauma, runs cross-country from Seattle to D.C., hoping movement will help her outrun grief, guilt, and the media attention that turns her journey into an unexpected act of activism.
by E.E. Holmes
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Haunted by her mother's death and the ghosts at her new college, Jess Ballard must work with a professor to uncover an old secret before the dead pull her into their world for good.
by David Lodge
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Academics chase prestige, love, and literary theories through a satirical world of international conferences, uncovering the absurdities of their pursuits.
by Mal Peet
3.9(5,213)
A contemporary girl uncovers her grandfather's coded past, revealing a harrowing tale of wartime love, espionage, and betrayal in Nazi-occupied Holland that connects her to a legacy of secrets.
by Jack London
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Sixty years after a plague reclaims the world, an old man, the last link to a forgotten civilization, tries to tell his savage, ignorant descendants about the past.
by Mark Childress
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In 1965 Alabama, a woman escapes her abusive husband for Hollywood stardom with his severed head in a hatbox, while her nephew navigates racial injustice and murder in their small, seething town.
by Robert A. Heinlein
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A lonely, time-traveling barkeep recounts the mind-bending tale of how he became his own mother, father, and child, all while ensuring his own paradoxical existence.
by Jean Genet
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From a prison cell, Jean Genet writes a lush, defiant story of memory and desire, turning his past into a sacred tale of pimps, murderers, and drag queens.
by Buchi Emecheta
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In colonial Nigeria, Nnu Ego's devotion to motherhood becomes a heartbreaking journey of sacrifice, leaving her isolated and unfulfilled despite her large family.
by Chloe Neill
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In a supernatural New Orleans where magic users are ghettoized, a secretly powerful human and a cynical paranormal enforcer must unite their volatile abilities to mend a fracturing magical Veil before the city is consumed by chaos.
by Octavia E. Butler
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by Dante Alighieri
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Dante's "Vita Nuova" is a journey through youthful love, where his encounter with Beatrice sparks a philosophical look at love's power and poetic creation.
by Michael Cunningham
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Across four generations, the Stassos family navigates love, loss, and the evolving definition of family in a sweeping story that echoes with the power of Greek tragedy.
by Jerome K. Jerome
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Three bumbling Victorian gentlemen and their dog trade the Thames for a bicycle tour through Germany, turning a quest for leisure into a series of misadventures involving imagined ailments, culinary disasters, and the sheer unpredictability of travel.
by Cyn Balog
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A teenage girl's perfect romance shatters when her boyfriend reveals his true identity as a changeling fairy prince, forcing them to defy an ancient magical claim to their love and future.
by Jennifer Estep
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A retired assassin, now a barbecue joint owner, must balance her quest for revenge against the Fire elemental who murdered her family with protecting her secret identity and newfound connection to her detective sister, all while navigating a city full of supernaturally powerful foes and unexpected allies.