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by Simon Beckett
4.1(21,715)
A forensic anthropologist, haunted by personal loss, finds peace as a country doctor until a killer's gruesome signature in the quiet Norfolk woods pulls him back into the world of death, forcing him to confront his past and a present danger.
by Clive Cussler
3.9(21,702)
Dirk Pitt must decode Jules Verne's nautical secrets to stop a ruthless oil baron and his fleet of ancient, advanced ships from rewriting global power.
by Orson Scott Card
4.0(21,690)
A young man with the rare gift to trace and change the past must navigate a dangerous future where he is both a foretold king and a hunted target, forcing him to uncover his own hidden origins before time itself destroys him.
by Dave Barry
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In a desert land of flying camels and sinister kings, Peter and Molly must outwit a shadow creature and a snake-loving monarch to save Molly's father and the world, while a tribal war rages in Never Land.
by Kristen Ashley
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A detective's long-held feelings for his best friend's ex-girlfriend turn into a passionate, risky romance when a cold case forces them to face a dark secret threatening their love in Gnaw Bone.
by Catherine Bybee
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A wealthy businessman needing a wife by Wednesday hires a matchmaker, only to find their business arrangement complicated by an undeniable attraction and a love neither of them expected.
by Amanda Bouchet
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A runaway soothsayer with the power to crown kings finds her anonymity shattered by a determined warlord who desires her magic and her heart, forcing her to confront a destiny she's long avoided.
by Naomi Wolf
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by Hans Christian Andersen
4.0(21,557)
A mermaid gives up her voice and endures pain for a chance at love with a human prince, facing a choice between his life and her own.
by Abbi Glines
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In the Alabama sun, a rock star's brother finds his own rhythm and connection with a local 'bad girl,' proving that unexpected people can shake things up.
by Jodi Meadows
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In a world where souls are reborn with memories, a new soul named Ana, seen as an omen, must uncover the truth of her existence and the mystery of the vanished soul she replaced, all while navigating a forbidden romance and fending off ancient creatures threatening the only city that offers her hope.
by S.A. Chakraborty
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As Daevabad recovers from civil war, Nahri navigates a dangerous court under a watchful king, Ali grapples with new powers in exile, and an old evil stirs to consume a world already broken by betrayal and bloodshed.
by Louise Erdrich
4.0(21,546)
Across generations, the Kashpaw and Lamartine families navigate love, betrayal, and the enduring spirit of their Ojibwe heritage on a North Dakota reservation.
by Eleanor Coerr
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Struck down by the 'atom bomb disease,' a spirited Hiroshima girl races against time, folding a thousand paper cranes in a poignant quest for health and peace.
by Phil Klay
4.0(21,531)
Through the raw voices of Marines and officers, "Redeployment" explores the moral challenges of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, showing the brutal reality of combat and the isolating struggle of soldiers returning to a world that does not understand.
by Osamu Dazai
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A young man, feeling separate from humanity, struggles to fit into post-war Japanese society, ultimately declaring himself 'disqualified from being human'.
by Elena Ferrante
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When her husband leaves, a woman trapped in an apartment with two young children faces the terrifying loss of her identity and past, fighting to reclaim herself from abandonment.
by D.J. MacHale
4.2(21,523)
With Bobby Pendragon missing, Mark and Courtney must defend Second Earth from a charismatic cult leader revealing alien truths, as the territories converge and Saint Dane's final conquest of Halla begins.
by Chuck Palahniuk
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From the strange Testicle Festival to hospice volunteering and his father's murder, Chuck Palahniuk explores the unsettling realities that shape his fiction.
by Robison Wells
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Trapped in a deadly, adult-free academy where factions rule and surveillance is constant, Benson Fisher uncovers a horrifying secret that makes escape not just a desire, but a desperate fight for a fate worse than death.
by Sarah Waters
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In Victorian London's most notorious prison, a grieving socialite is drawn to a spiritualist inmate, risking scandal and her sanity to unravel a mystery of séances, betrayal, and forbidden desires.
by Catherine Fisher
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A prisoner escapes a sentient, high-tech prison only to become a pawn in a royal conspiracy in the Luddite outside world. Meanwhile, his friends brave the prison's dangers to find a mythical artifact that may offer true freedom.
by Nina LaCour
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After her best friend's suicide, Caitlin feels alone. She finds a journal, and through new friendships and first love, she learns to heal and reconnect.
by Garth Nix
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Trapped in a city of crumbling magic and dangerous secrets, a young woman yearns for the wild freedom of the forest, only to discover her own untamed power might be the key to both her escape and the city's undoing.