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And Then There Were None

Influential murder-mystery that is clever and suspenseful. This gem will keep you guessing!

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Shutter Island

Fear, obsession, paranoia... this book is the stuff nightmares are made of. It is noir psychological suspense at its finest.

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The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale is an incredibly well-written dystopian tome, presented as a diary of "Handmaid", living in an extremely misogynistic, horrifying world.

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The Wizard of Earthsea

The origin story of sparrowhawk, the greatest wizard of Earthsea. As the young boy learns to be a wizard, his pride and ego causes him to take some mis-steps; and as a young man, he uses his skill and resourcefulness to rectify those mis-steps

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The Diary of a Young Girl

Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.

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The Sparrow

For the greater glory of God, but does that apply when dealing with alien creatures with even more alien cultures?

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It

Arguably the best work by Stephen King. Seven teenagers first stumble upon the horror one summer, and now they are grown-ups who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But none of them can withstand the force that has drawn them back to Derry to face the nightmare without an end, and the evil without a name...

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The Forever War

Caught in an war he doesn't want to be in, and completely disconnected from the very world he is fighting for, Mandella's war goes on... forever!

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Guns, Germs and Steel

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a national bestseller, this book explores the rise of civilization in humans and how the world came to be the way it is, today.

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Sword of Destiny

Another collection of short stories, following the adventures of the collection The Last Wish. Geralt forges ahead, battling monsters, demons and prejudices alike...

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Six of Crows

A gambler, a convict, a wayward son, a lost Grisha, a Suli girl who has become a killer, a boy from the Barrel who had become something worse.

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Shadow and Bone

First book of a YA fantasy series with excellent and rich world building and complex characters who are not all stark black-and-white.

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