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by Clare Mackintosh
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A woman finds her photo in a newspaper's classifieds, then realizes it's part of a disturbing pattern, making her wonder if she's being watched or hunted.
by Lloyd Alexander
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An assistant pig-keeper, driven by courage, must face deathless warriors and mischievous enchantresses to take the source of evil's power, unaware that victory will demand a sacrifice greater than any battle.
by John Grisham
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With only days left until an innocent man's execution, a paroled killer with a brain tumor wrestles with his conscience, desperate to confess the truth and overturn a wrongful conviction before time runs out.
by John Howard Griffin
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Journalist John Howard Griffin changes his skin color and lives as a Black man in the Jim Crow South, revealing the harsh reality of being Black in 1959 America.
by Virginia Woolf
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Orlando, an aristocratic poet, lives for four centuries and changes gender, exploring identity, love, and literature.
by Kristin Hannah
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A military wife's deployment to a war zone forces her estranged husband to confront single parenthood and the devastating toll of conflict on their family and her spirit.
by Brit Bennett
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A secret teenage abortion in a Southern California town casts a long shadow over three intertwined lives, making them face the lasting impact of youthful decisions.
by Imbolo Mbue
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A Cameroonian immigrant family's American dream collides with the opulent, crumbling world of their Lehman Brothers executive employers as the 2008 financial crisis erupts, forcing them to confront the true cost of their aspirations.
by John Hersey
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John Hersey's 'Hiroshima' uses the direct accounts of six survivors to show the atomic bomb's immediate destruction, forever marking a city's pain in human memory.
by Judy Blume
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Peter Hatcher's life is hilariously upended by the arrival of his new baby sister, Tootsie, and the further outrageous antics of his younger brother, Fudge, as their family moves to Princeton for a year.
by Isabel Allende
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In San Francisco, a Polish heiress and a Japanese gardener's son fall in love, a secret that endures for nearly seventy years through letters and stolen moments, even as wartime internment forces them apart.
by Ally Carter
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A teenage spy, hunted by a terrorist group, uncovers a traitor at her elite academy, making her question alliances and memories as she unearths a past conspiracy that threatens her future.
by Becky Albertalli
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Seventeen-year-old Molly, an expert in secret crushes and the fear of rejection, navigates first love and self-acceptance when her twin finds romance and she's left to choose between a 'perfect' crush and an unexpected, awkward coworker.
by George Selden
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A country cricket's accidental journey to the heart of Times Square transforms him into a celebrity musician, yet he yearns for the quiet symphony of his Connecticut home amidst the cacophony of New York City.
by Paulo Coelho
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A mysterious stranger offers a secluded village a difficult choice: kill someone for riches or stay poor, as a young woman tries to guide their moral decisions.
by Emily Carroll
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Emily Carroll's collection invites readers into five unsettling tales, where the forest's whispers lure travelers into nightmares, blurring reality and dread with every rustle of leaves.
by Karin Slaughter
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A serial killer's gruesome methods grip Atlanta. A disgraced detective, his ex-lover, and an ex-con race to find the killer whose victims expose the city's dark secrets.
by Nicholas Sparks
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A chance meeting on Sunset Beach starts a decades-long love between a woman making big life choices and a safari guide looking for his past. They must face whether their responsibilities or their own happiness will win out.
by Charlotte Brontë
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In the foreign city of Villette, the orphaned Lucy Snowe navigates unrequited love and societal limits, all while protecting her independent spirit.
by Colleen Hoover
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A fleeting, make-believe romance in the dark haunts a young man. A year later, he finds a new love, but a secret from his past threatens to shatter their future.
by James Patterson
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A meticulous criminal mastermind terrorizes Washington D.C. with a series of bank robberies and murders, forcing Detective Alex Cross to untangle the psychopath's web while dealing with personal issues before a devastating final crime.
by David Seltzer
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A diplomat's perfect life shatters when he learns his young son is the prophesied Antichrist, meant to bring about evil.
by Aimee Bender
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A young girl who tastes emotions in food navigates her family's hidden feelings and the complexities of growing up, learning that some truths are too subtle even for her special palate.
by Winston Groom
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From gridiron glory to jungle warfare and even outer space, an unwitting giant blunders through the most iconic moments of the 20th century, exposing the absurdities of history with every step.