In a Dark, Dark Wood
Writer Nora joins hen party Clare in glass house where a murder happens.
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
Left alone on San Nicolas Island for eighteen years, Karana builds shelter, faces wild dogs, and finds company with Rontu.
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John Adams
McCullough follows Adams from Braintree lawyer to second president.
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
In 1920s Oklahoma, Osage oil wealth makes tribal members targets for murder, forcing the young FBI under Tom White to expose the conspiracy behind the Reign of…
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Kiss the Girls
Cross hunts Casanova kidnapping women including niece Naomi.
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Bourdain on rough kitchens, past drug use, Les Halles years, and why you should never order fish on Monday.
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Klara and the Sun
Solar robot Klara loves Josie and bargains with the Sun to save her.
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Like Water for Chocolate
Tita expresses forbidden love for Pedro through meals in revolutionary Mexico.
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Madame Bovary
Emma Rouault marries Charles Bovary for romance, then seeks lovers and luxury until debts ruin them both.
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Mansfield Park
Fanny Price loves Edmund amid Crawfords theatricals at Mansfield.
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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
Art Spiegelman interviews his father Vladek about Sosnowiec and Auschwitz, drawing Jews as mice in this tense father and son memoir.
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Therapist Lori Gottlieb counsels John, Julie and Rita while seeing her own therapist Wendell after a breakup.
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Mexican Gothic
In 1950 Mexico, glamorous Noemi Taboada leaves Mexico City for High Place after a desperate letter, to rescue cousin Catalina from the chilling Doyles and…
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Mr. Mercedes
Retired Hodges hunts Mercedes killer Brady Hartsfield concert plot.
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My Brilliant Friend
Elena and Lila grow up in 1950s Naples bound by rivalry and love.
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My Dark Vanessa
Vanessa recalls teacher Strane abuse as adult reckoning looms.
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Neuromancer
Washed Case hired Armitage run Wintermute cyberspace heist.
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Nineteen Minutes
Sterling High student Peter Haddon commits a school shooting and lawyer Jordan McAfee defends him while Josie Cormier hides truth.
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Ninth House
Dropout Alex Stern sees ghosts and monitors Yale secret societies after a townie murder.
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One Day
Emma and Dexter meet July 15 1988 and we revisit each St Swithins Day for 20 years.
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Origin
Robert Langdon chases Edmond Kirsch's lost discovery through Bilbao and Barcelona to answer where we come from and where we are going.
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P.S. I Still Love You
Lara Jean juggles Peter, a video scandal, and a letter from an old crush.
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Peter Pan
Wendy, John and Michael fly to Neverland with Peter, face Hook, and learn what growing up costs.
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PS, I Love You
Widowed at thirty, Holly Kennedy follows ten monthly letters left by her late husband Gerry, facing grief, loving family chaos and slow steps toward a new life…
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