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by Donald Ray Pollock
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In the rural South after WWII, an orphaned son of a disturbed veteran navigates a world of killers, fanatic preachers, and his own violent nature, all while seeking justice and peace.
by John Steinbeck
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In a snow-bound coastal town under occupation, the people, spurred by the execution of a townsman, wage a relentless, quiet war against their invaders, proving that freedom, once lost, cannot be extinguished, only reclaimed through an unyielding spirit.
by Isabel Allende
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From colonial California's haciendas to Spain's Napoleonic resistance, a young mestizo nobleman creates the masked Zorro, fighting injustice with a flash of steel and a defiant laugh.
by Jerome Lawrence
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In a sweltering courtroom, America's intellectual freedom is on trial as two legal giants clash over a teacher's right to teach evolution, turning a small-town trial into a Roman circus of clashing beliefs.
by J.D. Robb
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As Thanksgiving approaches in 2060 New York, Lieutenant Eve Dallas hunts a disgruntled son who brutally murdered his parents and plans to unleash his new love for violence upon the city, proving that some family ties are best severed by a blade.
by Mary Higgins Clark
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A fashion photographer inherits a Newport mansion and a deadly mystery when her beloved stepmother is murdered, plunging her into a web of linked deaths among elderly women and making her the killer's next target.
by Tom Standage
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Explore human civilization, from ancient Mesopotamia to modern globalization, through the surprising influence of six drinks: beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola.
by Kathleen Rooney
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On New Year's Eve, 1984, an 85-year-old former advertising executive walks across Manhattan, her journey reflecting a lifetime of personal triumphs, heartbreaks, and the city's changing history.
by Rachel Van Dyken
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A Wyoming farm girl wins a scholarship to an elite university. She soon learns she is a pawn in a dangerous game where the most powerful students keep their enemies closer than she ever imagined.
by Cormac McCarthy
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In the twilight of the American frontier, two cowboys confront the inescapable tides of change and the tragic consequences of a fated love affair amidst the stark beauty of 1950s New Mexico.
by Dan Simmons
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In the summer of 1960, five boys in Elm Haven, Illinois, discover a history of missing children and an old evil threatening their town, forcing them to face horrors beyond childhood fears.
by Sandy Hall
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An entire town, from a meddling creative writing teacher to a squirrel, conspires to bring together two shy college students oblivious to their own connection.
by Miriam Toews
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A darkly humorous and moving story about two sisters: one a celebrated pianist who wants to die, and the other a chaotic mess determined to save her. It shows the complex dance between love, grief, and the will to live.
by Pat Conroy
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Pat Conroy's memoir details his year-long fight against poverty, ignorance, and a biased school system to bring education and hope to the isolated Gullah children of Yamacraw Island, changing their lives and his own.
by Alexander McCall Smith
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An Edinburgh philosopher watches a stranger fall to his death, decides that witnessing it makes it her business, and ends up choosing whether the man who caused it should be punished at all.
by Danielle Steel
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After a family tragedy, a young girl's art lessons connect her grieving mother with a kind artist, leading them on an unexpected path to healing and love despite past betrayals.
by Martin Heidegger
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Heidegger's major work redefines existence, showing that being human means facing our mortality, thrown into a world of care, anxiety, and the constant need to live authentically.
by Tayeb Salih
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A brilliant Sudanese scholar returns home from Europe, his past a haunting shadow threatening to unravel the tranquil facade of his village and expose the complex legacy of colonialism.
by Cora Reilly
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A defiant mafia daughter's flight from an arranged marriage ends with her forced union to the ruthless assassin who hunted her, igniting a volatile battle of wills and forbidden passion.
by George R.R. Martin
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An unknighted hedge knight and his secret Targaryen squire travel the Seven Kingdoms, navigating jousts, intrigues, and the realities of chivalry long before the dragons danced their final, fiery waltz.
by Douglas Preston
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Special Agent Pendergast investigates his family's dark past after a murdered enemy appears on his doorstep with a mysterious turquoise clue.
by Karen Kingsbury
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After September 11th, a fiercely independent woman, estranged from her family and God, must confront her past and embrace forgiveness as she makes heartbreaking choices that will redefine her life and relationships.
by Anne Tyler
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An Iranian-American grandmother, Maryam, defines herself as an 'outsider,' but when her family's yearly adoption party connects them with a loud American family, she must rethink what it means to belong.
by Emma Lord
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A high-achieving swim captain secretly running her family's fast-food Twitter account finds herself in a viral war with a deli-owning class clown over a stolen grilled cheese recipe, all while unknowingly falling for him on an anonymous chat app.