These Violent Delights
Ex lover gang heirs hunt a madness monster in 1927 Shanghai together.
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They Both Die at the End
Two teens called as dying meet through an app and share one full day.
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Things Fall Apart
Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries and courts remaking…
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Things We Do in the Dark
A comedian kills her husband, then a podcaster digs up her teen murder past.
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Things We Left Behind
Lucian Rollins returns to Knockemout to bury his father's past and collides with librarian Sloane Walton.
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Things We Never Got Over
Naomi runs from her wedding to help her twin in Knockemout and clashes with Knox Morgan.
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Things You Save in a Fire
A Texas firefighter takes a job at an old Boston-area firehouse and moves in with her estranged mother while facing hazing, old trauma, and love.
2,967-word summary · 13 min read
Think Again
Adam Grant argues for holding views loosely and testing them like a scientist, moving past preacher, prosecutor, and politician habits at work and in debate.
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Think and Grow Rich
Hill teaches desire, faith and autosuggestion, distilling lessons from Carnegie interviews into thirteen principles for success.
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Kahneman's tour of two minds: fast gut System 1 and slow careful System 2, and how biases, overconfidence, and framing shape every choice.
2,306-word summary · 10 min read
Thinner
A Connecticut lawyer escapes punishment after a fatal crash, then an old Romani father lays a wasting curse on him and the pounds start falling off.
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Thirteen Reasons Why
Clay Jensen gets tapes from Hannah Baker naming thirteen reasons for her death, and must walk town listening through one long night.
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This Girl
Honeymoon retelling as Will recalls first love, classroom ban, loss, fights, and vows that stick.
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This Is Going to Hurt
Adam Kay retells his junior doctor diaries with humour and strain, from labour ward nights to leaving medicine.
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This Is How It Always Is
Parents of five boys must rethink family when their youngest insists she is a girl, forcing a secret, a move, and a fresh start.
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This Is How You Lose Her
Yunior cycles through love affairs and betrayals in nine linked stories, tracing the damage he does and the family history behind it.
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This Is How You Lose the Time War
Rival time agents Red and Blue trade secret letters across history, and falling in love could get them killed by their own sides.
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This Is Not About Us
Sisters Sylvia and Helen Rubinstein feud over apple cake in linked stories spanning divorces, bat mitzvahs and three generations of family life.
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This is Where I Leave You
A separated husband sits shiva for seven days with his siblings after his father's death.
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This Is Where It Ends
Four seniors face 54 minutes of terror when a gunman locks their Alabama high school. A minute by minute story of fear, loyalty, and loss.
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This Lullaby
Remy swears off love after watching her romance writer mom marry and split, until Dexter of the Truth Squad spends one summer proving her wrong in Sarah…
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This Man
Ava O Shea meets Jesse Ward while designing The Manor House, and their obsessive affair tests her work and limits.
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This Present Darkness
A pastor and reporter face demons over Ashton while angels answer prayer.
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This Savage Song
Monster hunter Kate meets August, a monster who plays violin.
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