Such a Fun Age
A late-night grocery store clash pulls sitter Emira Tucker and her employer Alix Chamberlain into a tense fight over race, money, and good intentions.
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The Alice Network
Two women, two wars: Eve spied for the Alice Network in 1915 France, Charlie searches for her cousin in 1947, and their road trip pulls both stories together.
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The Art of Racing in the Rain
A dying dog named Enzo retells the life of his race car driver owner Denny, from love and fatherhood to loss and a custody fight.
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The Art of War
Sun Tzu's thirteen chapters on winning without fighting: laying plans, knowing ground, using spies, and why the best victory costs least, in the classic Giles…
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The Bad Beginning
After a fire kills their parents, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to Count Olaf, who plots to steal their fortune.
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The Cat in the Hat
A tall Cat turns a rainy day upside down for Sally and her brother, with Thing One and Thing Two in tow.
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The Cuckoo's Calling
Broke detective Strike and temp Robin investigate a supermodel's fatal fall in London.
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The Duke and I
Daphne Bridgerton and Simon Basset fake a courtship that turns real, then face truth about children.
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The Eye of the World
Farm boys flee Trollocs with Moiraine and Lan, split at Shadar Logoth, and trek to the Eye in the Blight.
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The Fine Print
Grumpy heir Rowan Kane must fix Dreamland to inherit, and clashes with sunny creator Zahra Khan.
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The Graveyard Book
A toddler escapes the murder of his family and is raised by ghosts in a graveyard, learning from the dead while the killer who hunts him waits outside.
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The Inmate
A nurse takes a prison job and faces the ex who she helped convict for murder years ago.
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The Last Song
Angry teen Ronnie spends a summer in Wilmington with her pianist father, finding first love, family repair, and loss.
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The Magician's Nephew
C. S. Lewis's Narnia origin story retold: Digory and Polly, the Wood between the Worlds, the waking of Jadis in Charn, Aslan's singing creation, and the apple…
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The Maid
Hotel maid Molly Gray finds a dead guest and must use her eye for detail to clear herself.
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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 Paris Apartment
Jess finds her brother missing in Paris where every neighbor hides something.
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The Power of Habit
Why we do what we do: the cue routine reward loop, keystone habits, and how companies and movements use the same science, from toothpaste to the bus boycott.
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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 Scorch Trials
Thomas and the Gladers cross a burned wasteland to reach haven while WICKED watches.
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The Silence of the Lambs
Clarice Starling seeks Hannibal Lecter's help to catch Buffalo Bill before Catherine Martin runs out of time.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A London lawyer traces a violent stranger to his respectable friend in Stevenson's 1886 tale of two selves.
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The Thursday Murder Club
Four residents of Coopers Chase meet weekly to solve cold cases until developer Tony Curran is murdered and the Thursday Murder Club must work with police…
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The Time Machine
Wells sends a Victorian inventor to the year 802,701, where idle Eloi and blind Morlocks share a dark human fate.
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