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1. You like it darker: stories

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Author:
King, Stephen, 1947-
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English
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""You like it darker? Fine, so do I," writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life--both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King...

2. Mad honey: a novel

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Author:
Picoult, Jodi, 1966-
Language:
English
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3.7 stars
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"Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life--living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising their beautiful son, Asher--was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined that she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in and taking over her father's beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too....

3. The great Gatsby

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Author:
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
Series:
Everyman's library volume 19
(Francis Scott),Works
Scribner classics
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Lexile measure:
1010L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of literature’s most beloved stories and the inspiration for numerous film adaptations, is now available in a fine exclusive collector’s edition featuring beautiful cover and interior treatments, making it ideal for fiction lovers and book collectors alike. Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to...

4. The house across the lake: a novel

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Author:
Sager, Riley
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English
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It looks like a familiar story: A woman reeling from a great loss with too much time on her hands and too much booze in her glass watches her neighbors, sees things she shouldn't see, and starts to suspect the worst. But looks can be deceiving. . . . Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to her family's lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of liquor, she...

5. The house of mirth

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Author:
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
Series:
Everyman's library volume 46
Tantor unabridged classics
Recorded Books classics library
Penguin American library
Lexile measure:
1230L
Language:
English
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Edith Wharton's dark view of society, the somber economics of marriage, and the powerlessness of the unwedded woman in the 1870s emerge dramatically in the tragic novel The House of Mirth. Faced with an array of wealthy suitors, New York socialite Lily Bart falls in love with lawyer Lawrence Selden, whose lack of money spoils their chances for happiness together. Dubious business deals and accusations of liaisons with a married man diminish Lily's...

6. Dracula

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Author:
Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912
Series:
Oxford world's classics
Vintage classics
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Lexile measure:
990L
Language:
English
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4.3 stars
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"A dreary castle, blood-thirsty vampires, open graves at midnight, and other gothic touches fill this hardcover Dover Bookshelf edition of the chilling tale about a young Englishman's confrontation with the evil Count Dracula"-- "By night, Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847-1912) navigated the flourishing world of Victorian theater, yet, in the shadows, he was the brilliant mind behind the chilling vampire masterpiece Dracula, a tale of insatiable hunger...

7. Maisie Dobbs: a novel

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Author:
Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-
Series:
Maisie Dobbs novel volume 1
Maisie Dobbs
Language:
English
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4.8 stars
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"The daughter of a struggling greengrocer, Maisie Dobbs was only thirteen when she was sent to work as a maid for wealthy London aristocrats. But being bright and thoughtful beyond her years, Maisie studies her way to Cambridge, then serves as a nurse on the Front during the Great War. Now, it's the spring of 1929, nearly ten years after the Armistice and Maisie has just opened up her own detective agency. Her first assignment, a seemingly open-and-shut...

8. The kind worth killing: a novel

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Author:
Swanson, Peter, 1968-
Series:
Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner volume 1
Henry Kimball
Language:
English
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4.4 stars
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"A dark and devious literary suspense novel about a random encounter, sex, and a conversation that quickly turns to murder--a modern reimagining of Patricia Highsmith's classic Strangers on a Train--from the author of The Girl with a Clock for a Heart"--

9. Oh My Goddess!

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Author:
Fujishima, Kosuke
Publisher:
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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Ever since a cosmic phone call brought the four literal young goddesses Belldandy, Urd, Skuld - and, like an occasional vowel, Peorth - to live in college student Keiichi's residence, his personal life has been turned upside down, sideways, and sometimes even into strange dimensions! The appearance of the Fifth Goddess has heralded a darker turn in the story - as we are reminded that behind the adorable form of chibi-Hild lies a fearsome demonic intent....

10. V is for vengeance

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Author:
Grafton, Sue
Series:
Kinsey Millhone mysteries volume 22
Kinsey Millhone
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English
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On her thirty-eighth birthday, Kinsey Millhone receives a punch in the face that leaves her with a broken nose and two black eyes before she tackles a suspicious suicide involving a host of unscrupulous characters.

11. The book eaters

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Author:
Dean, Sunyi
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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"Sunyi Dean's The Book Eaters is a contemporary fantasy debut. It's a story of motherhood, sacrifice, and hope; of queer identity and learning to accept who you are; of gilded lies and the danger of believing the narratives others create for you. Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet...

12. Much ado about nothing

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Author:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Series:
Dover thrift editions
Oxford world's classics
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Language:
English
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4 stars
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

13. The mysterious stranger and other stories

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Author:
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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Dover thrift editions
Tantor unabridged classics
Mark Twain papers
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English
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In this representative volume, "The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories" the reader will find twenty-four of Mark Twain's best shorter works. Classic and unforgettable tales that span the author's career are included, such as "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", which is Twain's most famous short story and was his first great success as an author. It is the unforgettable tale of Jim Smiley, the gambler who will bet on anything including...

14. The storytelling animal: how stories make us human

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Author:
Gottschall, Jonathan
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English
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"undiscovered and unmapped country. It's easy to say that humans are "wired" for story, but why? In this book, the author offers a unified theory of storytelling. He argues that stories help us navigate life's complex social problems, just as flight simulators prepare pilots for difficult situations. Storytelling has evolved, like other behaviors, to ensure our survival. Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience, psychology, and evolutionary...

15. The man in the iron mask

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Author:
Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870
Series:
Oxford world's classics
Barnes and Noble classics
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Lexile measure:
930L
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English
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Imprisoned for your entire life because you looked like someone else is the sad fate of Philippe, twin brother of the King of France, until a rescue plan unfolds.

16. The girl who was taken

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Author:
Donlea, Charlie
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English
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The night they go missing, high school seniors Nicole Cutty and Megan McDonald are at a beach party in their small town of Emerson Bay, North Carolina. Police launch a massive search, but hope is almost lost--until Megan escapes from a bunker deep in the woods...A year later, the bestselling account of her ordeal has made Megan a celebrity. It's a triumphant story, except for one inconvenient detail: Nicole is still missing. Nicole's older sister,...

17. The Double

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Author:
Dostoevsky, Fyodor M.
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Advised by his doctor to become more sociable, Golyadkin, a low-level bureaucrat, arrives uninvited at a birthday party his office manager is having for his daughter. After a number of socially awkward and increasingly uncomfortable moments, Golyadkin is asked to leave and flees the party. While making his way home through a snowstorm, an extraordinary thing happens: Golyadkin meets his double. At first the two are friendly, but it quickly becomes...

18. Adam Bede

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Author:
Eliot, George, 1819-1880
Series:
Everyman's library volume 59
Great illustrated classics
Wordsworth classics
Lexile measure:
1180L
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English
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The stern and highminded hero, Adam Bede, loves the vain and selfish Hetty Sorrel, but their happiness is ruined when Hetty is seduced by a young squire.

19. The yellow wallpaper

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Author:
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935
Series:
Women writers
Language:
English
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a mesmerizing and unsettling exploration of the female psyche and the stifling constraints of 19th-century society. The story is narrated by a woman suffering from what her husband and physicians diagnose as "nervous depression." She is confined to a room in her home and prescribed a treatment of complete rest. As the protagonist spends her days in isolation, she becomes increasingly obsessed with...

20. The seven dials mystery

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Author:
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
Series:
Superintendent battle volume 2
Agatha Christie mystery collection
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English
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Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper, so the other houseguests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6:30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank then backfired, with tragic consequences.
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