The Crucible
Salem witch trials inflame fear as John Proctor faces confession and conscience.
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The Death Cure
Thomas refuses WICKED's final test, remembers too much, and runs with the Gladers toward a last cure and a ship north.
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The Dutch House
Danny and Maeve Conroy lose their Elkins Park mansion to a stepmother, then spend decades parked outside it, bound by love and old grievance.
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The Family Upstairs
Libby Jones inherits a Chelsea mansion and a past tied to a cult house, two runaways, and a baby left waiting.
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The Five Love Languages
Chapman maps words, time, gifts, service, and touch through counseling stories and the empty love-tank idea.
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The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz offers four Toltec agreements for personal freedom: impeccable word, detachment, curiosity, and effort.
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The Giver of Stars
Alice Wright joins Kentucky packhorse librarians with Margery and faces marriage strain and a murder trial.
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The Godfather
Vito Corleone and son Michael navigate mafia wars, loyalty, and power in Puzo's crime saga.
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The Hawthorne Legacy
Avery hunts for lost Toby Hawthorne while old wills, postcards and a violent rival force her to face what the inheritance really costs.
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The Hero of Ages
Vin and Elend face ash, mist, and Ruin itself as the prophecies fail and Sazed searches old faiths for answers.
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The House of Hades
Percy and Annabeth cross Tartarus while the five close the Doors of Death before Gaea wakes.
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The Iliad
Achilles quits the fight over Briseis, Patroclus falls to Hector, and Troy burns toward its fate in Homer's war epic.
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