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by Lytton Strachey
3.8(2,071)
With a sharp wit and a fresh perspective, Lytton Strachey examines the cherished stories of Florence Nightingale, General Gordon, Cardinal Manning, and Dr. Arnold, exposing the human flaws beneath their Victorian reputations and changing how biographies are written.
by Leonard Wibberley
4.0(2,071)
When the tiny Duchy of Grand Fenwick tries to solve its money problems by losing a war against the United States for foreign aid, they win by accident, causing a global nuclear disarmament crisis.
by P.C. Cast
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Zoey must choose between reclaiming her High Priestess destiny in Tulsa or embracing a new life as queen on the Isle of Skye, all while navigating treacherous vampyre politics and fractured relationships.
by George Bernard Shaw
3.7(2,070)
In a house like a ship without a rudder, George Bernard Shaw examines a cast of British society, revealing their true, often bankrupt, selves as global chaos nears.
by Thomas H. Cook
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When his son becomes the main suspect in a child's disappearance, a father's desperate search for the truth unearths family secrets and shattered trust in their perfect-seeming town.
by Kalidasa
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A king's passionate pursuit of a hermit girl is tested by a curse, leading to a separation and reunion that embodies the height of Sanskrit drama and aims for aesthetic joy.
by V. S. Naipaul
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A Caribbean Indian writer moves to post-imperial England, exploring identity and belonging as he observes the gradual changes around him and finds his voice.
by Yukito Ayatsuji
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In a town where the dead walk among the living in a cursed classroom, a transfer student must uncover the spectral imposter before he becomes the next victim in a gruesome cycle of supernatural deaths.
by David Estes
4.1(2,069)
In a world ravaged by sandstorms and wildfires, a young woman facing forced motherhood uncovers lies about a mysterious all-female tribe, forcing her to choose between duty and a dangerous path to freedom.
by Diane Schwemm
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Four sisters turn sixteen, each navigating grief, rebellion, self-discovery, and first love after their father's death.
by Austin Aslan
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After a global blackout leaves Hawaii without power, an epileptic teenager with a mixed heritage uses her unique connection to the islands and her perceived 'weakness' to journey home and help save her changing world.
by Walt Disney Company
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Join Woody and Buzz Lightyear in a pop-up adventure that brings the classic tale of friendship, rivalry, and the journey home to three-dimensional life.
by Philip Pullman
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Struck by lightning, a chivalrous but dim-witted scarecrow embarks on a whimsical journey to Spring Valley with his resourceful young servant, encountering shipwrecks, brigands, and endless misadventures that only his quick-thinking companion can resolve.
by Ted Bell
3.9(2,064)
On the cusp of WWII, a young English boy named Nick finds a time machine, forcing him to battle a ruthless pirate across centuries to save his family and prevent the destruction of his home.
by Katherine Marsh
3.7(2,063)
After a serious accident, a classics student discovers a hidden Underworld beneath Grand Central Station, where New York's deceased reside, offering him a chance to reunite with his mother and learn why he can see ghosts.
by Suzanne Berne
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In the summer of 1973, a nine-year-old girl navigates a suburban murder investigation and her family's breakdown, as her childhood suspicions spark a town's growing paranoia.
by Don DeLillo
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by Ransom Riggs
4.2(2,057)
With their beloved headmistress trapped as a bird, Jacob and his peculiar companions must journey through war-torn 1940s London, encountering wondrous new oddities and perilous threats, all while clutching a precious menagerie of vintage photographs.
by Scott Westerfeld
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Disguised as her identical twin, a determined Frey navigates a city where emotions are regulated by tech, only to be thrust into an all-out war as she hunts for her sister and plots her father's downfall.
by Bill Konigsberg
3.9(2,054)
A summer in Montana explodes into an epic road trip where a boy, a runaway girl, and a mysterious pastor chase down family secrets, gay history, and the elusive 'Porcupine of Truth' to mend a fractured past and save a dying father.
by Jacqueline Wilson
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Confined to a 1953 children's TB ward while the world outside celebrates a new queen, Elsie finds her own reign of imagination and friendship through nightly storytelling, aided by a majestic white cat named Queenie.
by Jawaharlal Nehru
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In a series of personal letters, Jawaharlal Nehru explains Earth's history, humanity's beginnings, and civilization's growth to his ten-year-old daughter, Indira, turning global history into a captivating bedtime story.
by Mark Russinovich
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Two years after averting global cyber-catastrophe, analyst Jeff Aiken and agent Daryl Haugen face an invisible, untraceable trojan that distorts reality itself, threatening to collapse the digital world and ignite a new global conflict.
by Randy Wayne White
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Marine biologist Doc Ford goes into the Everglades to find a friend's missing husband and confronts a guru's plan that endangers people and the environment.