The Prince
Machiavelli advises Lorenzo on rule through fear and love, fortune, cruelty and mercy.
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The Princess Bride
Buttercup loses Westley to pirates and is forced to marry Prince Humperdinck in Florin.
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The Push
Blythe fears daughter Violet is dangerous while husband Fox doubts her.
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The Queen of Nothing
Exiled Jude returns to Faerie to save Taryn and break a deadly curse.
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The Raven Boys
Blue Sargent joins four Aglionby boys hunting a Welsh king on a Virginia ley line.
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The Red Pyramid
Siblings Carter and Sadie Kane wake the Egyptian gods and must stop Set from destroying the world.
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The Red Tent
Dinah retells Genesis from the women's tent, loving Jacob's wives and surviving Shechem and Egypt.
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The Return of the King
Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom while Aragorn claims Gondor and Pippin and Merry fight at Minas Tirith.
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The Road
A father and son walk through ash America with a cart and a pistol, repeating carry the fire.
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The Rosie Project
Melbourne genetics professor Don Tillman launches the Wife Project to find a partner by questionnaire, then meets chaotic Rosie Jarman and agrees to help her…
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The Scarlet Letter
Hester Prynne wears an A for adultery while Dimmesdale hides his part in Boston.
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The Scorch Trials
Thomas and the Gladers cross a burned wasteland to reach haven while WICKED watches.
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