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by James Lee Burke
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In the sweltering bayou, detective Dave Robicheaux confronts a malevolent blast from his past, interwoven with a present-day murder, forcing him to navigate family secrets, betrayal, and the brutal poetry of New Orleans' criminal underworld.
by A.L. Jackson
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A damaged rockstar and the woman he once left find their forbidden love reignites, only for their intense passion to threaten to consume them both.
by Thea Stilton
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The Thea Sisters race through Paris, solving clues and outsmarting a thief to get back stolen designs and save a friend's fashion show.
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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A utopian commune's idealism, a medium, a feminist, and a benefactor come together in a tragic story of love, betrayal, and social pressure.
by Kathryn Erskine
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An eleven-year-old girl with Asperger’s navigates grief and human connection after her brother's death, finding that healing is a journey through a world more colorful and complex than she imagined.
by Catherine Jinks
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A snarky, perpetually fifteen-year-old vampire, begrudgingly attending a support group for the undead, finds herself embroiled in a hilarious and heartwarming murder mystery when one of her fellow reformed bloodsuckers is mysteriously staked.
by Douglas Kennedy
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In postwar Manhattan, a chance meeting between an independent young woman and a disillusioned war journalist sparks a passionate love affair. Their relationship faces the escalating paranoia of the McCarthy era, forcing them to confront divided loyalties and make impossible moral choices.
by Martin Amis
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Detective Mike Hoolihan investigates the suicide of a respected community figure, uncovering a hidden world of suspicion, paranoia, and secrets power cannot hide.
by Jonathan Stroud
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In a valley where ancient heroics are honored but modern violence is forbidden, young Halli Sveinsson struggles with echoes of legendary bloodlust and the draw of forbidden adventure.
by Cassandra Clare
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In post-war Buenos Aires, Alec Lightwood, with a vampire companion, navigates local Shadowhunter resentment and uncovers a secret in the market shadows to rebuild their world.
by Carson McCullers
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In a desolate Southern town, a formidable store owner's solitary life is upended by the arrival of a captivating hunchback, only for their unconventional bond and burgeoning cafe to be shattered by the vengeful return of her ten-day husband, igniting a bizarre and violent love triangle.
by Winston Graham
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In 1810, the Poldark family's hope for Ross's return is overshadowed when Jeremy's sea rescue of Stephen Carrington ignites forbidden love and resentment, changing Clowance and Jeremy's lives forever.
by Emily Rodda
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Three heroes embark on a quest to reassemble a magical belt of seven powerful gems, the only hope against the encroaching shadow that threatens to plunge their world into eternal darkness.
by Tom Stoppard
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In a grand English country house, a young woman in 1809 and modern academics unravel mysteries of mathematics, poetry, and passion, showing how chaos and order affect two centuries.
by Chris Hedges
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A veteran war correspondent and former divinity student examines war's seductive, addictive, and destructive nature, showing how it corrupts individuals and societies by offering a false sense of meaning.
by Allan Frewin Jones
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A fae princess, once an ordinary girl, returns to the mortal world with her true love to find the long-lost Queen Titania, only to face the collision of her two lives amidst sinister dark forces and the lingering threat of Lord Drake.
by Kristin Hannah
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Three sisters, bound by a demanding father and a horse ranch, face shattered loyalty and a shocking crime when a stranger's arrival and jealousy expose their family's true colors.
by Jeanette Winterson
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As humanity seeks a new Earth, a love story unfolds against our planet's demise, echoing through time and potential futures.
by Beth Kery
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A woman's uninhibited desire and a man's escalating obsession ignite a dangerous, passionate affair on the rain-slicked streets of Paris.
by Willa Cather
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In the fading light of the American West, a young man watches the captivating, yet ultimately tragic, unraveling of a charismatic woman whose decline mirrors the very frontier she embodies.
by Darren Shan
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In a land where compassion is a crime, a scrawny executioner's son goes on a brutal quest with a slave destined for sacrifice, seeking unholy power to reclaim his family's honor and become the kingdom's most lethal killer.
by Robert Arthur
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Three young detectives searching for a genuinely haunted house for a film set find more than they bargained for when an overnight stay at a deceased horror actor's 'Terror Castle' reveals its chilling namesake.
by Amish Tripathi
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A Tibetan immigrant named Shiva is drawn into a war-torn ancient India, where he must confront ancient evils, uncover devastating secrets, and embrace his destiny as the god Mahadev.
by Ashwin Sanghi
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World leaders are mysteriously assassinated, leading a reclusive scientist at Milesian Labs in the Himalayas to uncover an ancient galactic secret that could save or doom humanity, connecting millennia of history from Rama to Nalanda.