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A handpicked collection of my all-time favourite reads: stories that stayed with me long after the last page. It includes all kinds of books from timeless classics to thought-provoking modern works. Perfect for anyone looking for unforgettable charac...
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Fiction

 
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I love the intense, dark, and obsessive passion Heathcliff has for Catherine. The novel’s themes revolve around obsessive love, revenge, class barriers, pain, and loss. By the end, his grief is so consuming that he would have dragged her up from the ...
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Hardcover
 
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Tim Melville, 25, is a handsome young man with the mind of a child and a heart of gold. Though limited in intellect, his dignity and worth shine through. He works as a laborer, living simply under the watchful care of his family. Mary Horton, 43, is ...
Tim
 
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A father has an erotic and intense affair with his son's fiancé. Josephine Hart’s “Damage” is dubbed a modern classic. What makes it great is its honest and stark portrayal of human weakness. It focusses on the destructive power of human passion. In ...
Damage: A Novel
 
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This is a gripping and dark psychological thriller. Ani Farelli is a woman who seems to have it all – beauty, success in a glamorous job, style, and status - and is engaged to a handsome, blue-blooded fiancé. She is very close to living the perfect l...
Luckiest Girl Alive: A Novel
 
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This is the book I loved best among Jane Austen’s novels. Emma’s meddling in the romantic lives of those around her is amusing. She is flawed, presumptuous and arrogant but is so sweetly human. Her attempts at matchmaking lead to misunderstandings, h...
Emma by Jane Austen
 
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Feeling overwhelmed? This collection of inspirational stories offers a retreat for the heart and mind. The book is written in simple, lucid but beautiful English. Through these tales of love, courage, humor, and hope, the book reminds us that dark ti...
And They Survived: Stories of Love & Courage
 
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Silent Storms & Other Stories is my second book on Amazon. It is a collection of stories that are set in the picturesque State of Manipur. It celebrates the lives, mostly of women who work quietly but carry worlds on their shoulders, women who ho...
Silent Storms And Other Stories
 
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This is a novella set in the era of the Napoleanic wars,written by Sara Flower Kjeldsen. The novella highlights the futility of war as it follows a young boy, Max, a powder monkey aboard the British warship HMS Wind, who ends up on a deserted island ...
The Pup And The Pianist : Kjeldsen, Sara Flower
 
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Set in the mystical landscape of Nagaland, folklore and romance are intertwined to create a haunting story of intense love with a dark side that can turn menacing and destructive. The story is a page-turner. The setting is the wild, untamed forests o...
Don't Run, My Love Reviews & Ratings
 
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I read this book in my school days. I loved the book for its warmth, humour and empathy amidst racial tensions. This novel is set in the racially divided American South of the 1930s. Told through the eyes of young Jean Louise Scout Finch, it explores...
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
 
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Considered as Scott Fitzgerald's magnum opus, this book explores themes of decadence, idealism, social stigmas, etc, of the jazz age, the 1920s, as it narrates the story of Jay Gatsby, a millionaire who hopes to win back his love, Daisy Buchanan, fro...
The Great Gatsby: Final Edition w/ Teacher's Foreword
 
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I found the antics of the four March sisters so entertaining that I bought Little Women and read it again recently! Nurturing Meg, tomboyish Jo, gentle Beth, and ambitious Amy each bring something unique to this timeless coming-of-age story about the...
Little Women|Hardcover

Poetry

 
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Ms Dixie Dodd's book is deeply emotional, sensual, passionate and dark at times, describing deep, passionate love, and the pain and suffering of loss.  I feel it is hauntingly beautiful, a great read for anyone who loves soul-stirring literature. Ms Dodd also writes on Medium.
After Dark : Desires of the Soul - Dodd, Dixie

Self-Help Books

 
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The Secret introduces the concept of the Law of Attraction: the idea that our thoughts have the power to shape our reality. Our subconscious mind is powerful and it can create the reality it believes in. Positive thinking and positive affirmations, g...
The Secret By Rhonda Byrne (June 01,2007)
 
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Buy, read and learn from this book to attract all the good things in life, and to be where you want to be. This book will give you practical tips on how to harness your hidden energy within, the power of your subconscious mind to manifest abundance i...
Law of Attraction
 
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Gratitude is the key to unlocking your dreams. By focusing on what you have, not on what you lack, you invite joy, love, and abundance into your life. As you read this book, you will experience life-changing experiences and miracles happening in your...
Gratitude: Let the Universe do its Magic
 
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We can create a life of abundance by aligning our mindset to the energy and frequency of abundance. This book shows you how you can attract wealth and abundance in your life by being open and receptive to all the good and the abundance in the Univers...
Manifest Wealth & Abundance (Self-Help)

Memoirs

 
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Grab hold of this beautifully illustrated, deeply moving personal story/memoir of the Holocaust told through the medium of comics. Maus is a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel written and illustrated by Art Spiegelman. In this novel, Jews are depic...
The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale