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by Mary Norton
4.0(89,078)
Beneath the floorboards, a tiny family of 'Borrowers' carefully 'borrows' their existence from the giant 'human beans' above, until a curious young Borrower's forbidden friendship threatens to expose their hidden world.
by Lemony Snicket
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In their second-to-last, dangerous adventure, the Baudelaire orphans enter a mysterious hotel, navigate many secrets and disguises, and confront their enemy, Count Olaf, in a race to find the truth and perhaps justice.
by Mary E. Pearson
4.0(88,998)
A blind princess flees an arranged marriage, only to be pursued by both her jilted fiancé and a deadly assassin, unaware of their true identities as she uncovers ancient secrets and forbidden love.
by Lee Child
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On a New York City subway late at night, ex-military drifter Jack Reacher thinks he sees a suicide bomber. He must decide if he will intervene and risk everything based on his gut feeling and a dozen clues.
by Philip K. Dick
4.0(88,950)
In dystopian Los Angeles, an undercover narcotics agent's mind breaks as he succumbs to the drug he is fighting, blurring the lines between hunter and hunted until his identity is lost.
by Susan Ee
4.2(88,877)
After an angel apocalypse, Penryn searches for her monstrously changed sister in a desolate San Francisco, stumbling upon the terrifying plans of the angels Raffe, her angelic ally, seeks to rejoin.
by Ann Brashares
3.8(88,773)
Four best friends, connected by magical jeans, spend a summer of love, loss, and self-discovery as they face fears and embrace new paths.
by Isaac Asimov
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A secret society of scientists uses psychohistory to guide humanity through a millennium of collapse and rebirth, battling warlords, empires, and psychic mutants to ensure a new, enlightened empire.
by John Grisham
3.8(88,545)
A disgraced lawyer, imprisoned for a minor crime, holds the key to a federal judge's murder. His information comes with a price: freedom and a plan to get it.
by Elena Ferrante
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In the 1970s, two intelligent women, a writer and a factory worker, navigate class, ambition, and societal expectations, linked by their lifelong Neapolitan friendship.
by Emily Giffin
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A TV producer's perfect life shatters when an 18-year-old stranger arrives, holding a secret from a forgotten past that forces her to redefine who she is and where she belongs.
by Rachel Hawkins
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Sophie Mercer, a teen witch turned demon, risks a dangerous magical surgery in London to suppress her destructive powers, only to find a hidden coven of demons and become a pawn in a looming war between supernatural factions, all while dealing with her complicated feelings for an enemy agent.
by Yuval Noah Harari
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Yuval Noah Harari offers 21 urgent lessons to help humanity navigate the present and prepare for an uncertain future marked by AI, fake news, and global upheaval.
by Sosuke Natsukawa
3.7(88,042)
A shy boy and a talking cat go on magical trips to rescue beloved books from those who would misuse them, discovering the deep power of stories and connection.
by Rick Rubin
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Rick Rubin, the renowned music producer, shares his insights on creativity, defining artistry not by its output but as a way of relating to the world and a cultivated state of being, accessible to everyone.
by Lev Grossman
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Thrust back into the mundane world they desperately escaped, the royal magicians of Fillory must confront the dark, street-honed magic of an outcast to reclaim their glittering kingdom.
by Ursula K. Le Guin
4.2(87,815)
On a barren anarchist moon, a brilliant physicist grapples with the sacrifices of freedom and the allure of a hierarchical, resource-rich homeworld he's forbidden to embrace.
by Kate Atkinson
3.8(87,599)
Thirty years after a little girl vanishes, an office worker is brutally murdered, and a new mother commits a grisly act of rage, private investigator Jackson Brodie unearths the shocking, interwoven truths behind these seemingly disparate Cambridge tragedies.
by Richard K. Morgan
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In a future where death is a mere inconvenience and consciousness can be 'resleeved' into new bodies, a cynical ex-envoy is resurrected into a world of corporate intrigue and violent conspiracy to solve the murder of a billionaire's previous self.
by Justin Cronin
4.0(87,427)
In a man-made apocalypse, society collapses, and an ancient evil evolves. Survivors, including a pregnant doctor, a lone warrior, and a protective teenager, struggle for hope and connection as humanity faces an enemy more terrifying than extinction.
by Julia Quinn
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A clever fake courtship, meant to fend off London's eager mothers, sparks an undeniable, real passion between a commitment-phobic duke and a smart, overlooked debutante.
by Janet Evanovich
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When her ex-husband vanishes after a public brawl, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum gets caught in a web of old relationships, disappearances, and a dangerous game where her own life is at risk.
by James Patterson
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With the world facing a genetic 'Re-evolution,' Max and her winged Flock must reunite across continents and escape captors to save humanity from a scientifically engineered master race.
by Cornelia Funke
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In Venice, two runaway orphans find refuge with a gang of child thieves and their leader, only to discover a magical carousel that can steal their childhoods and a detective looking for them.