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by Joseph Heller
3.5(7,125)
Bob Slocum's mind unravels amid corporate absurdities, domestic anxieties, and sexual fantasies in a successful yet suffocating life, all moving toward an unnamed catastrophe.
by Al Gore
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Al Gore explores how the decline of rational discussion in American public life harms democracy.
by Jim Stovall
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A spoiled heir must complete twelve life-altering tasks, guided by his eccentric great-uncle's posthumous instructions, to discover the true meaning of wealth beyond mere money.
by Denis Diderot
3.8(7,117)
In a chaotic journey through 18th-century France, the servant Jacques struggles with his belief in fate while living a life of freedom, questioning storytelling and free will.
by Rainer Maria Rilke
4.0(7,115)
In early 20th-century Paris, a young Danish poet, Malte Laurids Brigge, struggles with his aristocratic past and the terror of modern life, seeing death everywhere as his own identity fades.
by Henry James
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Caught in the venomous crossfire of her parents' scandalous remarriages, young Maisie navigates adult deceit with an innocence that sharpens every betrayal.
by Jennifer Lee Carrell
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A Shakespeare scholar races across continents, deciphering clues in the Bard's works, to unmask a killer recreating his most theatrical murders and uncover a literary secret that could rewrite history.
by Aaron Hartzler
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After a party, a small town's social media explodes with accusations, forcing Kate to face difficult truths about her friends, complicity, and the boy she thought she knew.
by Karen Kingsbury
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On the brink of divorce, a couple must pretend to be happy for their daughter's wedding, which forces them to remember their old love and wonder if they can start over.
by S. Walden
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After a stint in juvie for a past mistake, a lonely high school senior finds an illicit and dangerous solace in the reciprocated affections of her much older calculus teacher, risking everything for a forbidden connection that promises to turn her life from bad to 'good'.
by Willa Cather
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A Nebraska farm boy, stifled by a loveless marriage and a world that offers no outlet for his idealism, finds his purpose and a sense of belonging in the Great War.
by James Lee Burke
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Haunted by a mother he never knew, Detective Dave Robicheaux unearths a decades-old murder, only to discover her violent past is linked to the corruption he faces in New Orleans.
by Chaim Potok
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A world-renowned Hasidic artist, exiled in France, returns to the Brooklyn religious community he fled after a family tragedy, forcing him to confront the gap between his sacred heritage and his art.
by Mario Vargas Llosa
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A wealthy Lima family's seemingly idyllic life unravels into a tapestry of forbidden desires and erotic games, all under the watchful, artistic eye of a precocious stepson.
by Lisa Tawn Bergren
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When a modern American teenager in Tuscany touches an ancient tomb, she is sent into a fourteenth-century Italian battle and falls for a knight from another time.
by Krista Ritchie
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Connor Cobalt, a man once defined by narcissism, faces the ultimate test of his love for Rose when their future is threatened, forcing him to choose between his carefully constructed world and protecting the family he has learned to cherish.
by Greg Egan
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In a future where humanity lives as digital and robotic forms, a new digital entity faces a cosmic disaster and discovers the universe's physics can change.
by Derek Thompson
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This book explores the hidden networks, psychological triggers, and economic forces that turn an idea, song, or movie into a cultural phenomenon, revealing that overnight success is an illusion.
by Denis Johnson
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Denis Johnson's final collection explores aging and mortality, where echoes of past lives and life's quiet mysteries surface with a luminous grace.
by Mary Renault
4.0(7,070)
Born into the Macedonian court, young Alexander is shaped by a warring mother and king, a philosopher's wisdom, and a deep bond of love, preparing him to become a legendary world conqueror.
by David Lodge
3.9(7,065)
Two professors, one American and one British, swap lives and campuses, exposing the greed and pretension within higher education on both sides of the Atlantic.
by Enid Blyton
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The Famous Five trade seaside for horse-drawn caravans, only to discover a ruined castle with a mysterious face in the window, drawing them into another thrilling adventure.
by Lang Leav
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Lang Leav's "Sea of Strangers" explores self-discovery, empowerment, and the changing nature of the human heart, moving beyond simple love and loss.
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
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In 1950s Brooklyn, a young Doris Kearns Goodwin navigates family joys, her mother's illness, and the agony of the Dodgers' departure, all through her childhood love of baseball.