The Maidens
Therapist Mariana hunts Cambridge professor Edward Fosca after a Maidens murder.
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The Maltese Falcon
Sam Spade hunts a jeweled bird through lies after his partner is killed.
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The Man in the Brown Suit
Anne Beddingfeld sees a Tube death in London and chases a paper clue to South Africa, diamonds, and the hidden Colonel.
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The Man in the High Castle
In a 1962 America split between Japan and Germany, an antiques dealer, a craftsman, and a judo teacher cross paths over a banned novel claiming the Allies won,…
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The Man Who Died Twice
The Thursday club chases missing diamonds as an old spy friend dies and professionals close in.
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Twenty four case histories where strange neurology meets full personhood.
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The Mark of Athena
Seven demigods sail for Rome where Annabeth must follow the Mark to the Athena Parthenos alone.
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The Marriage Bargain
A bookstore owner marries a billionaire friend's brother for a year to save home and company.
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The Marriage Plot
At Brown in 1982, Madeleine loves Austen while torn between brilliant Leonard and steady Mitchell.
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The Marriage Portrait
Fifteen year old Lucrezia Medici marries Ferrara's duke and sits for a portrait shadowed by menace.
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The Martian
Mark Watney is stranded on Mars after his crew leaves him for dead, and survives with botany, repairs, and stubborn humor.
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The Martian Chronicles
Linked stories trace failed Mars landings, crowded American towns on Mars, and nuclear war on Earth to one last family.
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The Master and Margarita
Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.
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The Maze Runner
Maze Runner retold: Thomas wakes in Glade, walls move, Grievers sting, Teresa triggers end.
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The Measure
Small wooden boxes arrive for every adult, each holding a string that shows life length. Eight people decide if they will open theirs.
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Doyle's second Holmes collection gathers twelve Strand stories, including the early case of the Gloria Scott and the confrontation with Moriarty at Reichenbach…
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
On a snowy night a doctor gives away his newborn daughter and tells his wife she died.
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The Memory Police
On an unnamed island, ordinary things keep vanishing from memory, and a novelist hides her editor from the police who make sure the vanished stay forgotten.
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The Merchant of Venice
Antonio borrows from Shylock to fund Bassanio, Portia picks suitors by chests, and a courtroom bond comes due.
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The Metamorphosis
Gregor Samsa wakes as an insect, cannot go to work, and watches his family shift from shock to cold relief.
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The Midnight Library
Matt Haig's The Midnight Library retold: Nora between lives, Mrs Elm, regrets tried on, and choosing to live.
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The Millionaire Next Door
Stanley and Danko survey wealthy Americans and find frugal savers living next door, not big spenders, in this 1996 money study.
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The Miniaturist
A new bride in 1686 Amsterdam gets a dollhouse replica of her home, and its tiny figures start to reveal what the Brandt family hides.
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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
A china rabbit lost at sea learns to love through owners kind and cruel across many years.
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