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Case Histories
By Kate Atkinson
The first book in Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie Mysteries series, called "The best mystery of the decade" by Stephen King, finds private...
The Path of Daggers
By Robert Jordan
The Seanchan invasion force is in possession of Ebou Dar. Nynaeve, Elayne, and Aviendha head for Caemlyn and Elayne's rightful throne, but on the way...
Life of Pi
By Yann Martel
The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is sixteen, his family...
Chocolat
By Joanne Harris
When the exotic stranger Vianne Rocher arrives in the old French village of Lansquenet and opens a chocolate boutique called “La Celeste Praline”...
Dragonflight
By Anne McCaffrey
HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has...
The Shadow Rising
By Robert Jordan
The seals of Shayol Ghul are weak now, and the Dark One reaches out. The Shadow is rising to cover humankind.In Tar Valon, Min sees portents of...
The Robber Bride
By Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride is inspired by "The Robber Bridegroom," a wonderfully grisly tale from the Brothers Grimm in which an evil groom...
The Name of the Rose
By Umberto Eco, William Weaver (translator)
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his...
The Prince and the Pauper
By Mark Twain, Everett H. Emerson (Afterword)
This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-century England, centers around the lives of two boys...
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
By Neil Gaiman
In the deft hands of Neil Gaiman, magic is no mere illusion... and anything is possible. In this, Gaiman's first book of short stories, his...