Along Came a Spider
Detective Alex Cross hunts Gary Soneji after two children vanish from a Washington school and a Lindbergh echo grows.
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American Dirt
Lydia and Luca flee Acapulco after cartel murder and ride north through Mexico toward the US.
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American Gods
Shadow Moon leaves prison to work for Mr Wednesday and gets pulled into war between old gods and new.
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Americanah
Ifemelu leaves Nigeria for America on a scholarship, blogs about race and hair, while Obinze endures undocumented London until they reunite years later in…
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An Abundance of Katherines
Colin, dumped by his nineteenth Katherine, road-trips to Gutshot with Hassan and tries to turn heartbreak into math.
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An American Marriage
Newlywed Roy is wrongly imprisoned and Celestial loves Andre while waiting.
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An Offer From a Gentleman
Benedict falls for a masked Sophie at a ball, then finds her working as a housemaid after her stepmother evicts her.
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And the Mountains Echoed
When Abdullah and Pari are split in 1952 Afghanistan, their parting echoes across decades from Kabul to Paris to California in linked stories of loss and…
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And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None retold: ten to Soldier Island, rhyme deaths, no one left to tell.
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Angela's Ashes
Frank recalls Brooklyn and Limerick childhood with Angela's struggle, Malachy's drink and stories that saved him.
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Angels & Demons
Dan Brown's Angels & Demons explained: a murdered physicist, the Illuminati, four missing cardinals, and Robert Langdon racing through Rome to stop an…
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Animal Farm
George Orwell's Animal Farm explained: Old Major's vision, the seven commandments, Napoleon's dogs, Boxer, and how all animals end up equal but some more equal.
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