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by Roland Smith
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Q and Angela must navigate Secret Service agents and international spies inside the White House to find the truth about Angela's mother, while figuring out who to trust.
by Rabindranath Tagore
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In a Bengal on the cusp of Swadeshi, a sheltered wife's awakening to political fervor and illicit love threatens to shatter the traditional world of her zamindar husband.
by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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In post-WWII Moscow, the apparent suicide of two elite teenagers uncovers forbidden love, political intrigue, and betrayal, revealing the secrets of Stalin's rule.
by Markus Zusak
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In the grimy, spit-and-blood-soaked world of underground boxing, two working-class brothers discover that fighting for survival means battling for their very souls, their dignity, and the fragile bond that holds their fractured family together.
by Tae Kim
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by Rose Tremain
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An Englishman's desire for a neglected French farmhouse unearths buried family secrets and resentments, threatening to destroy everyone involved.
by Brigid Kemmerer
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Accused of arson he didn't commit, a fire-wielding teen finds his only ally in a brilliant, secretive girl who ignites a different kind of spark in his life.
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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A painter focused on every detail of a single leaf must choose between his artistic vision and his community's urgent needs.
by Melissa de la Cruz
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When King Triton's trident washes ashore on the Isle of the Lost, Uma assembles a pirate crew to seize its power, forcing Mal and her friends to race against time and their villainous past to retrieve it before the Isle falls into chaos.
by Nathanael West
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A cynical reporter struggles with his advice column, facing the absurd pleas of readers and the grotesque realities of Hollywood's broken promises, while a disillusioned artist confronts similar issues.
by Thomas Sowell
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Sowell shows the shared cultural roots of Southern 'rednecks' and some Black communities, arguing that well-meaning white liberals hurt these communities by defending a destructive subculture.
by Ashley Antoinette
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Disaya Morgan's carefully built double life falls apart when her secret hustle clashes with a dangerous love, proving that in her high-stakes game, every player eventually loses.
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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An orphan girl, stripped of her wealth and sent to an attic, uses her imagination to turn her bleak life into a kingdom, showing that true strength comes from within.
by John Norman
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Abducted from Earth, Tarl Cabot is thrust into the brutal, caste-bound world of Counter-Earth to be forged into a Tarnsman, a warrior whose destiny is intertwined with the planet's violent traditions.
by James Ramsey Ullman
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A determined Swiss boy climbs the unconquered Citadel, the same dangerous mountain that killed his father, to honor his memory and plant his own banner in the sky.
by Penny Vincenzi
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A catastrophic motorway accident in 1950s summer heat connects strangers, uncovering secrets, love, and betrayals that span generations.
by Mark Owens
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Abandoning civilization, two young scientists brave the unforgiving beauty and brutal realities of the Kalahari, forging an intimate, dangerous bond with its iconic wildlife amidst a landscape sculpted by drought, fire, and storm.
by Scott Cawthon
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Haunted by the animatronic horrors of her past, Charlie is dragged back into a nightmarish hunt when new, twisted creations begin to stalk her, blurring the lines between memory and a terrifying, inescapable present.
by Young
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A grieving journalist's disturbing visions propel her into a Louisiana family's dark, thirty-year-old mystery of lost children, betrayal, and murder.
by Charlie Higson
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In a London full of flesh-eating adults, teens at the Natural History Museum search for a cure, but find the real enemy is more dangerous than the 'sickos' they fight.
by Hitomi Kanehara
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Nineteen-year-old Lui enters Tokyo's underground, changing her body with a forked tongue and dragon tattoo while navigating a dangerous love triangle that blurs the lines between pain and pleasure.
by William H. McNeill
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McNeill shows how disease, from smallpox to plague, has shaped human civilization and history.
by K.A. Applegate
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Five ordinary teens are thrust into an intergalactic war, secretly morphing into animals to fight parasitic alien slugs bent on enslaving humanity from within.
by Thomas Merton
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Merton explores the paradox of spiritual existence, showing how true solitude leads to connection, and love must be shared to last.