The Bell Jar
Esther Greenwood wins a New York internship that should feel bright, then sinks into depression at home. Plath's 1963 novel follows her breakdown, treatment,…
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmond Dantes escapes Chateau d'If and returns as the Count to repay friends and ruin betrayers.
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The Devil Wears Prada
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The Girl Who Played with Fire
Lisbeth Salander is framed for murder while Blomkvist digs into trafficking and her past.
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The Giving Tree
A boy and a tree grow older together as he takes her apples, branches, and trunk until only a stump remains.
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The Goldfinch
Theo Decker steals a Dutch painting after a museum blast kills his mother, then drifts through guilt and crime.
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The Grapes of Wrath
The Joads lose their Oklahoma farm and drive to California for work that is not there.
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The Great Alone
The Allbright family moves to Alaska in the 1970s where Ernt's PTSD and winter test Leni.
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The Guest List
A storm traps Jules and Will's luxury wedding on remote Cormorant Island off Ireland, where secrets among Hannah, Olivia, Johnno and Aoife turn celebration…
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The Hate U Give
Starr Carter sees her friend Khalil shot by police and must choose whether to speak up.
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The Host
Stephenie Meyer imagines Earth settled by Souls, where Wanderer wakes inside Melanie Stryder and hears her voice refuse to fade, sparking a desert flight to…
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