The Princess Bride
Buttercup loses Westley to pirates and is forced to marry Prince Humperdinck in Florin.
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The Return of the King
Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom while Aragorn claims Gondor and Pippin and Merry fight at Minas Tirith.
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The Road
A father and son walk through ash America with a cart and a pistol, repeating carry the fire.
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The Scarlet Letter
Hester Prynne wears an A for adultery while Dimmesdale hides his part in Boston.
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The Sea of Monsters
Percy returns for a second summer as Camp Half-Blood loses its borders, Tyson is claimed as his brother, and the Golden Fleece waits past the Sea of Monsters.
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The Secret Garden
Sour Mary Lennox lands at Misselthwaite Moor from India, finds a locked garden with Dickon, and pulls sickly Colin to his feet.
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The Stranger
Meursault buries his mother, kills a man on an Algiers beach, and faces trial for seeming to feel nothing.
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Blogger Mark Manson argues for fewer cares held better, through suffering, values, failure and saying no, with raw stories.
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The Summer I Turned Pretty
Belly spends another Cousins summer torn between Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher.
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris retells the years of Lale Sokolov as tattooist at Auschwitz Birkenau, his love for Gita Furman, and the food trades and quiet risks that kept…
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The Titan's Curse
Percy joins a winter quest to save Annabeth and Artemis with Thalia, Grover, Bianca and Zoe, facing Atlas and Luke under a hard Oracle prophecy on Mount…
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The Two Towers
Frodo and Sam crawl toward Mordor with Gollum while Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli chase orcs across Rohan.
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