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by Mordicai Gerstein
4.2(14,751)
Philippe Petit walks a tightrope between the new Twin Towers, turning an impossible act into a poetic dance against the New York City sky.
by Junji Ito
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In the cursed town of Kurouzu-cho, teenager Kirie Goshima and her boyfriend Shuichi Saito discover that an insidious, hypnotic spiral pattern is slowly consuming everything and everyone, twisting reality into a grotesque maelstrom of terror.
by Charles Dickens
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In a sharp transatlantic satire, Dickens examines the Chuzzlewit family's selfishness, following one Martin's journey from moral decay to redemption and another's descent into greed, blackmail, and crime, all while introducing the memorable Mrs. Gamp.
by R.D. Blackmore
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On 17th-century Exmoor, farmer's son John Ridd risks everything to save Lorna from her outlaw family and his rival, Carver Doone. Their love story unfolds against a background of old feuds and new passion.
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
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An alien war threatens to expose their forbidden love and shatter their world. A powerful Luxen will burn everything to rescue his captured human, forcing them to question where loyalty lies amidst deceit.
by Keri Smith
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Unleash your inner chaos by intentionally destroying this illustrated guide, transforming blank pages into a playground of creative mess and mess-making creativity.
by J.D. Robb
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In a futuristic New York, Lieutenant Eve Dallas hunts Lady Justice, a vigilante who seduces and executes men for their hidden crimes, blurring the lines between right and wrong.
by Seanan McGuire
4.0(14,718)
Two alchemically-created twins, one with language powers and the other with mathematical powers, must join forces to escape their creator, who wants to use their combined abilities to become a god.
by Terry McMillan
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Four African American women in Phoenix navigate love, heartbreak, and sisterhood, waiting for a man who will make them feel at ease.
by Patricia Harman
4.0(14,712)
In Depression-era Appalachia, a resourceful midwife battles disease, the KKK, and her past to bring hope and new life to a struggling community.
by Jeff Shaara
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Through the eyes of Grant, Lee, and Chamberlain, 'The Last Full Measure' shows the brutal, culminating two years of the Civil War, from the Wilderness to Appomattox, as the Confederacy's last breaths are drawn against the Union's relentless advance.
by Emma Donoghue
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In a grimy 18th-century London, a spirited schoolgirl named Mary Saunders rejects a life of servitude, clawing her way through a perilous journey to seize a liberty society denies her, even if it means becoming the very 'slammerkin' they despise.
by Esi Edugyan
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In Nazi-occupied Paris, a jazz musician vanishes, leaving his bandmates to confront buried betrayals and the dangerous truth of his fate fifty years later.
by Linwood Barclay
4.0(14,685)
After his wife dies in a supposed car accident and is blamed for it, an ordinary contractor uncovers a terrifying web of suburban corruption and violence while fighting to clear her name and protect his daughter.
by David Mamet
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In a cutthroat Chicago real estate office, four desperate salesmen claw and backstab for leads, their careers, and their very masculinity as a high-stakes sales contest threatens to strip them of everything.
by Amitav Ghosh
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In the tiger-filled Sundarbans, an American biologist's search for rare dolphins connects her with a local fisherman and a translator, pulling them into a political struggle as unforgiving as the landscape.
by Jessica Sorensen
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Gemma must descend into the treacherous Underworld to uncover Stephan's dangerous plot and discover who she can truly trust before a celestial star falls from the sky.
by Richard Llewellyn
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In a Welsh mining valley, a boy's coming-of-age happens as traditions disappear and memory keeps the landscape alive.
by Mason Deaver
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Thrown out by their parents for being nonbinary, an anxious Ben finds unexpected solace and burgeoning love with a charismatic classmate while navigating a new school and the complexities of chosen family.
by Stendhal
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Fabrizio del Dongo, a young aristocrat, seeks glory with Napoleon at Waterloo but instead finds himself caught in scandals and political plots by his cunning aunt and her lover in post-Napoleonic Italy.
by Margot Livesey
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Orphaned and adrift, Gemma Hardy navigates a life of hardship and unexpected passion from the windswept shores of Iceland to the remote Orkney Islands, echoing Jane Eyre's journey of resilience and self-discovery.
by Obert Skye
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Leven Thumps must brave the treacherous Swollen Forest and confront a deadly secret to restore a toothpick king and find the power within himself.
by Hanif Kureishi
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In 1970s suburban London, a mixed-race teenager named Karim escapes his humdrum life and navigates his identity through the chaotic, often hilarious, world of experimental theater and burgeoning self-discovery.
by Ellen Levine
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With courage and a wooden crate, Henry 'Box' Brown begins a dangerous journey to freedom, a story of a man escaping slavery.