The Wise Man's Fear
Kvothe leaves the University to serve Maer Alveron in Vintas, then survives Felurian, the Adem and a trial back home.
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Treasure Island
Jim Hawkins finds Flint's map, sails with Squire Trelawney's crew that hides pirates, and learns Long John Silver is both cook, friend, and mutineer.
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Turtles All the Way Down
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Twisted Hate
Jules Ambrose and Josh Chen turn years of hate into a risky arrangement that forces both to face old wounds.
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Watchmen
A full retelling of Alan Moore's Watchmen: a retired hero's death in 1985 America sparks a sprawling plot with an exiled god and a shocking bid for peace, from…
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Bee compiles emails to find architect mother Bernadette missing before Antarctica.
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Elphaba is born green in Oz and called wicked for refusing the Wizard in Maguire's 1995 novel.
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World War Z
A UN researcher collects survivor accounts from Patient Zero in China to Yonkers and the Redeker Plan, charting the zombie war.
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Yes Please
Amy Poehler moves from Boston childhood through UCB and SNL to Parks and Recreation in this 2014 memoir. Funny essays on work, motherhood, divorce, and saying…
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A Clockwork Orange
Teenage Alex leads his droogs on ultraviolent nights until the state rewrites him with the Ludovico Technique.
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A Dance with Dragons
Tyrion flees east, Dany chains her dragons in Meereen, and Jon holds the Wall as winter comes.
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