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by Joe Schreiber
3.6(8,014)
When a prison barge carrying dangerous criminals breaks down, they find refuge in an abandoned Star Destroyer, only to unleash a plague that turns the dead into an unstoppable, flesh-eating legion.
by Adam Jay Epstein
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A streetwise orphan cat fakes being a magical familiar, then finds himself Vastia's only hope against an evil queen, forcing him and his animal friends to uncover ancient secrets and embrace their true selves.
by Gaston Bachelard
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Gaston Bachelard's "The Poetics of Space" explores how our homes, from attics to cellars, shape our dreams, memories, and sense of self.
by Lisa Schroeder
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A grieving girl haunted by her dead friend's ghost must team up with her deceased boyfriend's brother to find peace before the spectral visitations consume them both.
by Joy Fielding
3.9(8,008)
A woman with amnesia, found in a blood-stained dress and $10,000, races against time to uncover her identity and the truth behind her mysterious past before it destroys her future.
by Erich Segal
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Five Harvard graduates and the women they love navigate 25 years of triumphs, betrayals, and self-discovery, culminating in a reunion where they confront their past.
by Jeff Shaara
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Idealistic lawyer John Adams, audacious Ben Franklin, and dashing George Washington start a revolution against British tyranny, turning colonial grievances into a fight for American independence.
by Teri Woods
4.5(8,002)
Gena's passionate love for cartel millionaire Quadir pulls them into a deadly fight with the Junior Mafia in Philadelphia, where loyalty is tested, and escaping the drug game proves a brutal, if not impossible, fight for survival.
by Erin Bowman
3.8(7,998)
Disguised as a boy, a vengeful daughter rides across the Arizona Territory, hunting her father's murderers and a legendary gold mine, only to find allies along the trail.
by George MacDonald
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Anodos journeys through a fantastical realm, mirroring the soul's difficult but joyful path to self-surrender and spiritual truth.
by Richard Paul Evans
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As Alan Christoffersen nears Key West, his cross-country walk becomes a journey of final goodbyes and new friendships, forcing him to face a new crisis that tests his lessons of love, forgiveness, and hope.
by Stephen Jay Gould
4.0(7,985)
Stephen Jay Gould examines centuries of biased scientific attempts to measure human intelligence, showing how measurement has been twisted to perpetuate social hierarchies and justify prejudice.
by Edward Rutherfurd
4.0(7,984)
Edward Rutherfurd's 'The Forest' spans the Norman conquest to the present, blending the history and legends of England's New Forest with stories of royalty, outlaws, and the lasting passions of its people, all linked by a crime that echoes through centuries to Jane Austen's Bath and beyond.
by Gordon Korman
4.3(7,984)
In the perfect town of Serenity, Eli and his friends find a shocking secret: their crime-free lives connect to the world's worst criminals, making their parents and community suspects.
by Robert Olen Butler
4.0(7,980)
Robert Olen Butler's Pulitzer-winning collection uses the voices of Vietnamese immigrants and ghosts to show the lasting effects of war and memory after the Vietnam War.
by Cornelia Funke
3.9(7,969)
When a baron plots to steal her family's singing spell books and accidentally transforms her parents into pigs, young Igraine journeys with a Gentle Giant and a Sorrowful Knight to save her home and become a knight.
by Mary Pope Osborne
3.9(7,967)
Jack, Annie, and their enchanted dog Teddy are whisked to the 1800s Great Plains where a buffalo hunt with a Lakota boy turns into a thrilling race against a thousand stampeding buffalo.
by John Stephens
4.2(7,962)
Separated by a century and pursued by dark forces, three orphaned siblings must master ancient elemental magic across a time-warped New York City and a hidden polar world to find their parents and prevent a magical catastrophe.
by Trina Paulus
4.3(7,962)
Two ambitious caterpillars, Stripe and Yellow, climb a dangerous pile of peers. They learn their destiny is not found in climbing, but in letting go and learning to fly.
by Melissa Marr
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In a dangerous city of daimons where a carnival competition offers a path to power, a witch in hiding is drawn into a dark destiny connected to the world her father fled.
by Natalie D. Richards
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Amnesiac Chloe awakens to a perfect life she doesn't recognize, only to discover the six missing months might hide a terrifying truth more dangerous than her forgotten past.
by Mo Hayder
3.9(7,952)
An Englishwoman's search for a lost film of the 1937 Nanking Massacre pulls her into a dangerous world of reclusive scholars, criminals, and dark romance in modern Japan.
by Vikram Chandra
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A jaded Sikh inspector's pursuit of Mumbai's most elusive gangster unravels a sprawling tale of betrayal, violence, and the city's hidden darkness, echoing the epic scope of classic literature and Bollywood.
by J.G. Ballard
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After a car crash traps him on a desolate concrete island beneath a highway, a man fights for survival against the strange place and its reclusive inhabitants. This becomes a terrifying look into his own mind.