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by Muriel Barbery
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On his deathbed, the world's most feared food critic embarks on a nostalgic, internal quest for a single, forgotten sublime flavor, while those he judged offer their sharp, often scathing, final assessments of his life.
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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A farmer becomes an accidental hero, outsmarting a giant and a dragon with a legendary sword and some luck, while subtly explaining the origins of English place names.
by Ellen Hopkins
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Haunted by his brother's suicide, an atheist teen bent on self-destruction is thrust into a silent darkness where a mysterious 'rumble' forces him to confront the very faith he's vehemently denied.
by Alex Flinn
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Beneath a veneer of perfection, a wealthy and popular teen grapples with his abusive father's legacy, threatening to drown his burgeoning love and his own identity in a cycle of inherited violence.
by E.J. Mellow
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Haunted by prophetic dreams and stalked by an unseen enemy, Molly must embrace her growing powers and an unexpected romance with a man from her nightmares to prevent a world-ending divide, even if it means confronting a shocking truth about her own lineage.
by Brigid Kemmerer
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A new coder dealing with online harassment and a quiet teen haunted by an abusive past find comfort and unexpected danger in their shared secrets, testing their fragile trust as their individual problems grow.
by Jean-Paul Sartre
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In the shadow of impending war, a French philosophy professor grapples with the suffocating weight of his own freedom, desperately seeking a definitive act to define his existence amidst the moral ambiguities of 1938 Paris.
by Georgia Byng
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Molly Moon, an orphaned hypnotist, must master her newfound time-stopping abilities in Hollywood to prevent a power-hungry mogul from hypnotizing his way into the U.S. presidency with unbreakable commands.
by Pierre Boulle
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In the jungles of World War II, a British POW colonel, obsessed with duty, builds a strategic bridge for his Japanese captors, only to find his pride clash with his country's mission to destroy it.
by Kendare Blake
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Ancient Greek gods, plagued by a mysterious illness that is slowly turning them into monstrous versions of themselves, must unite with a forgotten prophetess to fight a desperate war for their existence against vengeful Olympians.
by Tony Abbott
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Tom's ordinary middle school life changes when a new girl, her face marked by scars, challenges his ideas about beauty and acceptance.
by George Orwell
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In colonial Burma, an English officer's reluctant decision to shoot an elephant for appearances tragically shows how imperialism dehumanizes both the oppressor and the oppressed.
by Jennifer Castle
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After a car crash kills her family, Laurel finds an unexpected connection with the son of the man responsible, their shared grief creating a bond that redefines their fractured worlds.
by Pat Barker
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An intelligence officer in a city at war, Billy Prior navigates duty and desire, as his hidden life with pacifists and lovers threatens his identity as a soldier.
by Rachel Ward
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A teenage girl who sees everyone's death dates faces a city-wide terrorist attack, forcing her to fight for lives and confront her fate.
by David Liss
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In 1659 Amsterdam, a disgraced Portuguese Jewish trader risks everything on a daring plot to corner the nascent coffee market, navigating ruthless competitors, hidden agendas, and the seductive allure of a Dutch businesswoman to reclaim his lost fortune and reputation.
by Adrienne Rich
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Adrienne Rich explores the wreckage of history and language, finding both scars and lasting truths within the ruins of old power structures.
by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Nietzsche, with a hammer, breaks down the old ideas of Western thought, from Socrates to Christianity, to make way for new values.
by Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Krishnamurti explores how freedom from ingrained thought leads to immediate self-liberation, changing society and personal connections.
by James Salter
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In 1960s France, a Yale dropout and a young French girl begin a secret affair, their encounters imagined and observed, blurring reality and dreams.
by Lauren Child
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Charlie helps his picky sister, Lola, try new foods by renaming them, turning carrots into 'orange twiglets from Jupiter' and mashed potatoes into 'cloud fluff from Mount Fuji,' until she even eats a dreaded tomato.
by Charlie Higson
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In a post-apocalyptic London where a mysterious sickness has transformed all adults into ravenous, bloodthirsty hunters, DogNut and his crew must navigate a dangerous city from the Tower to Buckingham Palace to find their missing friends before they become the next meal.
by GabRivera
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Freshly out and reeling from family tension, Juliet Milagros Palante flees the Bronx for a Portland internship with her feminist idol, only to discover that navigating identity, love, and activism is far messier and more exhilarating than any book prepared her for.
by R.C. Lewis
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A runaway tech princess, hiding as a drone mechanic on an ice planet, must confront her past and a galactic war when a mysterious pilot crash-lands, threatening to expose her identity and shatter her icy sanctuary.