The Art of Racing in the Rain
A dying dog named Enzo retells the life of his race car driver owner Denny, from love and fatherhood to loss and a custody fight.
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The Art of War
Sun Tzu's thirteen chapters on winning without fighting: laying plans, knowing ground, using spies, and why the best victory costs least, in the classic Giles…
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The Assassin's Blade
Five novellas show Celaena before Throne of Glass, guild bound and bold.
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The Bad Beginning
After a fire kills their parents, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to Count Olaf, who plots to steal their fortune.
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Young Coriolanus Snow mentors Lucy Gray in the 10th Hunger Games.
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The Battle of the Labyrinth
Percy and Annabeth enter the shifting Labyrinth with Rachel Dare to stop Luke and Kronos from invading Camp Half-Blood.
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The Bell Jar
Esther Greenwood wins a New York internship that should feel bright, then sinks into depression at home. Plath's 1963 novel follows her breakdown, treatment,…
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The BFG
Orphan Sophie is taken by the Big Friendly Giant, who blows happy dreams and eats vile snozzcumbers, and helps her stop nine man eating giants.
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The Blood of Olympus
Seven demigods stop Gaia waking while Reyna brings Athena statue.
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The Book Thief
Markus Zusak's The Book Thief retold: Liesel in Molching, Hans and Rosa, Max in the basement, and Death as narrator.
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The Bourne Identity
An amnesiac pulled from the sea hunts his identity as Jason Bourne while assassins and the CIA close in.
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Bruno moves to Out-With and befriends Shmuel through a camp fence without understanding it.
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