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Plot Twists & Page Turns, The Books that stayed with me.
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items Explore a diverse collection of captivating books across essential genres. Dive into engaging reads in fantasy world-building and magical adventures, solve intriguing mysteries filled with suspense and secrets, delve into rich historical narratives t...
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Lessons must be Learned
Sci-Fi/ Fantasy
History
Murders, Mysteries & Thrillers
Lessons must be Learned
Twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly perfect world—until he’s assigned the role of Receiver, and begins to uncover the haunting truths hidden beneath his community’s carefully controlled surface.
The Giver
The novel that created so many legends, and eventually was used as evidence against Wilde when he was tried for indecency in 1895. It is a fascinating read.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lord of the Flies will have you questioning your own motives and desires in a lawless world. An island without adults sounds like a dream for children. But as the boys become more brutal in nature, one cataclysmic event will forever alter their lives...
Lord of the Flies
This timeless tale of fathers and sons, class and wealth, and of the history and future of Afghanistan is told through the eyes of two boys, best friends against all odds. It’s a story of sin and redemption that asks the question, what can (and can’t...
The Kite Runner
A scary look into a society where free thought is punishable. Disturbing and thought-provoking, 1984 warns us of the dangerous possibilities of what would happen if everyone became completely submissive to the state.
1984
What is missing from our American "history" books.
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Beautiful, brutal, and often banned – this modern classic gives an unflinching view of a childhood rooted in pain that flowers into a tale of redemption and hope.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Sci-Fi/ Fantasy
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past. With high-stakes action and a smart, resourceful heroine, Cinder is a Cinderella retelling that is at once classic and strikingly original.
Cinder
Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother, or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to...
Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles #2)
Cress has been trapped on a satellite since childhood, with only her netscreens for company. Years of isolation have turned her into a brilliant hacker—but now she’s received a devastating order from Queen Levana: find Cinder and her dangerously char...
Cress (Lunar Chronicles #3)
Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother….
Winter (Lunar Chronicles #4)
Verity Vox is a witch-in-training who has never met a problem her spells can’t solve. But when a cryptic plea for help sends her to the forgotten coal mining town of Foxfire, she soon learns even magic has its limits.
Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire
History
Randall Woodfield seemed to have it all—but behind the charm was a chilling secret. The I-5 Killer tells the terrifying true crime story of a murderer who evaded capture while police faced the daunting task of stopping a suspect who seemed almost too...
The I-5 Killer
Murders, Mysteries & Thrillers
One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.
The Silent Patient
Two abducted girls—one who returns, one who doesn't. Twist and turns right up to the last sentence.
The Girl Who Was Taken: A Gripping Psychological Thriller|Paperback
Once upon a time, she was a little girl who disappeared. She was NOT named Alice then. This is Alice's story. It is one you have never heard, and one you will never, ever forget.
Living Dead Girl