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Sharp literary agent Nora Stephens gets dragged to small-town Sunshine Falls with her sister and keeps colliding with brooding editor Charlie Lastra.
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Bossypants
Tina Fey moves from Pennsylvania childhood through improv and SNL to 30 Rock in this funny 2011 memoir. Expect backstage stories, jokes about work and…
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Bridget Jones's Diary
Thirty-something Bridget Jones logs calories, cigarettes and bad dates in London while torn between Daniel Cleaver and Mark Darcy.
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Catch-22
Yossarian tries to survive Pianosa bombing runs while the catch traps him.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Poor Charlie Bucket finds a golden ticket to tour Wonka's factory with four spoiled kids.
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Cinder
Cyborg mechanic Cinder discovers she is Lunar royalty while plague and Queen Levana threaten New Beijing.
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Circe
Exiled witch Circe masters plant magic on Aiaia, faces gods and monsters, loves Odysseus, and chooses a mortal life.
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City of Ashes
Clary risks the Clave trial while Valentine raises demons and Jace pulls away in New York.
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City of Glass
Clary follows Jace to Alicante in Idris where Valentine plans to use the Soul-Sword on Shadowhunters and the Clave splits under pressure.
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Clockwork Angel
Tessa Gray finds Shadowhunters in Victorian London while the Magister hunts her.
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Crime and Punishment
Raskolnikov kills a pawnbroker to prove he is beyond morals, then unravels under Porfiry and Sonya.
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Eleanor & Park
Omaha, 1986: Eleanor, sharp and out of place, shares a bus seat with Park, and comics and mix tapes turn into first love.
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Emma
Emma Woodhouse matchmakes Harriet Smith in Highbury while missing Mr Knightley beside her.
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Empire of Storms
Aelin gathers armies and faces Maeve while Elide and Manon flee Morath.
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Fifty Shades Darker
Ana tries office life after leaving Christian, but Leila and Elena pull them back together.
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Fifty Shades Freed
Married Ana and Christian face Hyde, Elena and a pregnancy neither planned.
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Freakonomics
Levitt asks why cheating teachers, sumo wrestlers and crime drops share incentives.
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Gone with the Wind
Scarlett O'Hara schemes through the Civil War and Reconstruction, from Tara to burning Atlanta, chasing Ashley while Rhett waits and watches.
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Hamlet
Hamlet sees his father's ghost in Elsinore and pretends madness to test Claudius and Gertrude while Denmark slides toward duel and death.
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Happy Place
A split couple fakes being together for one last week with friends at a Maine cottage. Emily Henry mixes witty banter, grief, and second chances in this 2023…
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Harry's son Albus and Draco's son Scorpius steal a Time-Turner to save Cedric, cracking time and forcing both fathers and sons to face old grief on stage.
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Heir of Fire
Celaena hides in Wendlyn as heir Aelin and trains with Rowan, while Dorian loves healer Sorscha, Chaol doubts his king, and Manon bonds with Abraxos. Full plot…
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
Carnegie's 1936 guide to getting along offers plain habits for listening, praise, and persuasion. This summary walks through its parts, stories, limits, and…
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy recalls child acting, her mother's control, eating disorders, and the slow work of getting free.
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