Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Diamond argues geography and crops explain why some societies expanded faster than others.
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Heartstopper: Volume Three
Nick and Charlie test honesty on a Paris trip while friends face exams, outings, and eating-disorder strain.
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Hillbilly Elegy
Vance traces Mamaw and Papaw from Kentucky to Middletown through addiction, Marines, and Yale Law.
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House of Flame and Shadow
Bryce lands outside Midgard while Hunt sits in Asteri dungeons and the war for two worlds builds.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
The Grinch steals Who presents and learns Christmas means more than gifts.
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If He Had Been with Me
Childhood friends Autumn and Finn drift apart in high school until one August night changes everything.
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Inkheart
Bookbinder Mo reads characters alive and daughter Meggie is pulled into Capricorn's hunt for Inkheart.
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Mindy Kaling recalls Boston childhood, Dartmouth comedy, New York hustle, and The Office writers room.
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James and the Giant Peach
Lonely James escapes two cruel aunts inside a giant peach with huge insect friends, rolling to the sea and floating on gulls to New York City.
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Just for the Summer
Emma and Justin date to break a matching curse, then face sudden guardianship and illness on Lake Minnetonka.
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Kafka on the Shore
Fifteen year old Kafka Tamura flees Tokyo while old Nakata, who talks to cats, drifts toward the same library town in Shikoku in parallel.
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King of Wrath
Billionaire Dante Russo enters an arranged engagement with Vivian Lau and control slips into feeling.
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Love, Theoretically
Adjunct physicist Elsie Hannaway fake-dates for rent money until Jack Smith, an MIT experimentalist, stands between her and her dream job.
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Marley & Me
A young couple learns marriage, parenthood, and goodbye through thirteen years with Marley, their wild and loving Labrador.
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Mere Christianity
C. S. Lewis builds a plain case for Christian belief from morals, faith, and habit.
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation
A young art graduate tries to sleep for a year with pills and Reva while the city drifts toward 2001.
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Nine Perfect Strangers
Nine guests enter Tranquillum House for ten days while director Masha hides smoothies and motives.
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Northanger Abbey
Naive Catherine Morland mixes gothic novels with real Bath society and love.
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Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Seuss Sendoff follows life highs, slumps, and moving on with courage.
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On the Road
Sal Paradise rides with Dean Moriarty across America chasing work, jazz, and meaning.
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Orphan Train
Foster teen Molly helps 91-year-old Vivian clear her attic and uncovers a hidden orphan-train childhood.
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Part of Your World
ER doctor Alexis Montgomery falls for carpenter Daniel Grant in Wakan while her surgeon family presses duty.
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Born with a perfect nose in 1738 Paris, Grenouille masters perfume craft then murders young women in Grasse to bottle the ultimate scent.
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Powerless
Ordinary Paedyn hides in Ilya, saves Kai, and enters the Purging Trials while pretending an ability.
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