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by Henry James
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A literary scholar goes to Venice, trying to get a dead poet's private letters. He gets into a psychological fight with two reclusive women, learning the high cost of his obsession.
by Aprilynne Pike
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A plane crash survivor discovers her visions are a call to save a crumbling world, forcing her to choose between her first love and a mysterious boy destined to be her partner in a cosmic battle.
by Andrei Platonov
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Workmen dig a massive foundation pit in a desolate Soviet landscape, a monument to a utopian dream that slowly consumes their lives and the earth, promising collective happiness in an eerie, enforced silence.
by Ira Levin
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A successful book editor in a Manhattan high-rise discovers a mysterious voyeur is watching her every move, drawing her into a dangerous game of obsession and control where digital privacy is nonexistent.
by James A. Michener
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An American journalist uncovers his family's Mexican past while covering a bullfight, connecting with the nation's history of ancient rituals, Spanish conquest, and revolution.
by James Fenimore Cooper
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In the 1750s Great Lakes, legendary frontiersman Natty Bumppo guides a party through dangerous waters and shifting loyalties, as a new America struggles to define itself.
by Simone de Beauvoir
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In the heady aftermath of WWII, a circle of Parisian intellectuals grapples with the promise of a new France, their intertwined loves, and the very meaning of freedom, all while navigating the ghosts of their wartime pasts.
by Eva Ibbotson
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During wartime, an English schoolgirl finds unexpected adventure and royal friendship at a whimsical boarding school, helping a reclusive prince save his threatened kingdom.
by Tahereh Mafi
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In the quiet village of Whichwood, a young mordeshoor whose hands and hair are turning silver from washing the dead finds magic and friendship when two strangers arrive.
by Katherine Ewell
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A teenage assassin, guided by moral nihilism, faces a crisis when a mysterious letter makes her question the rules that define her deadly life.
by Amy Alward
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In a world obsessed with social media, a disgraced alchemist's daughter races against a dashing rival and a powerful corporation on a global, magically perilous scavenger hunt to cure a princess who accidentally fell in love with her own reflection.
by Rachel Caine
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A mysterious poison unravels magic, forcing Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin and her djinn husband to restore balance before Earth falls to chaos.
by Christie Watson
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In Nigeria's Niger Delta, 12-year-old Blessing finds humor and tragedy, showing how family endures even in great hardship.
by Walter Mosley
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A desperate young Black man, trying to save his family home, agrees to imprison a mysterious white man in his basement, leading to a dangerous journey of hidden identities, racial tensions, and moral choices that threaten his family's legacy and his own sense of self.
by Kat Falls
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Desperate to save his parents, Ty plunges back into the treacherous subsea world with Gemma, forming an uneasy alliance with the outlaw Seablite Gang to unravel the mystery of a vanishing township and aggressive marine life, only to discover they might be swimming into a deeper conspiracy.
by Cara McKenna
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A woman's world is turned upside down when she finds herself drawn to a captivating, dangerous inmate whose mysterious past and intense gaze promise both peril and undeniable passion.
by Luanne Rice
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A cancer survivor's new beginning takes flight, as a plane ride introduces her to a kindred spirit who helps her navigate her past and embrace an uncertain but hopeful future.
by Watt Key
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After his father's death, a resourceful boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must navigate the complexities of civilization and evade government capture on his journey to Alaska.
by Rumer Godden
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A former London professional trades worldly success for spiritual devotion, navigating the challenges and joys of cloistered Benedictine life in Brede Abbey.
by Matthew Skelton
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An ancient, blood-bound book found in an Oxford library pulls a young boy into a centuries-old mystery, where hidden words on living pages reveal a secret far more dangerous and magical than he could ever imagine.
by Rollo Tomassi
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Rollo Tomassi examines power dynamics between men and women, challenging common ideas about relationships and the 'feminine imperative'.
by Charles R. Johnson
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In 1830, a freed slave and roguish bachelor flees his debts and an unwanted marriage by stowing away on a slave ship bound for Africa, embarking on a harrowing voyage that forces him to confront the depths of human cruelty and the meaning of his own freedom.
by Philip Kerr
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On the French Riviera in 1956, a cynical ex-detective's quiet life as a hotel concierge ends when W. Somerset Maugham draws him into blackmail and Cold War espionage, forcing him to face his wartime past.
by William Shakespeare
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Explore Shakespeare's complete works with the updated Riverside Shakespeare, featuring critical essays, textual notes, and newly attributed plays.