Top 10 Favorite Books
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Into the Woods: Tales from the Hollows and Beyond (The Hollows #10.1) - Rate: 4.02 | Author : Kim Harrison
Read nowEnter the Woods...If You DareFor centuries, the woods have been a pivotal part of the wonder and danger of fairy tales, for once you enter anything can happen. Elves, druids, fairies - who knows what you will find once you dare step into the forest?And now, New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison ventures into [...]
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A Fall of Marigolds - Rate: 4.05 | Author : Susan Meissner
Read nowA beautiful scarf, passed down through the generations, connects two women who learn that the weight of the world is made bearable by the love we give away.... September 1911. On Ellis Island in New York Harbor, nurse Clara Wood cannot face returning to Manhattan, where the man she loved fell to his death in [...]
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Americanah - Rate: 4.19 | Author : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Read nowFrom the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, a dazzling new novel: a story of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria who face difficult choices and challenges in the countries they come to call home.As teenagers in a Lagos secondary school, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. [...]
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Number the Stars - Rate: 4.09 | Author : Lois Lowry
Read nowTen-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It's now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are "relocated," Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one [...]
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The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings - Rate: 4.14 | Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Read nowEdgar Allan Poe remains the unsurpassed master of works of mystery and madness in this outstanding collection of Poe's prose and poetry are sixteen of his finest tales, including "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "William Wilson," "The Black Cat," [...]
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Beneath These Chains (Beneath #3) - Rate: 4.17 | Author : Meghan March
Read nowI was raised on the streets, so I know things are rarely as simple as they appear—especially this rich girl showing up at my pawnshop demanding a job.She’s the most tempting thing I’ve ever seen, and I’ll be damned if I can make her leave.Shit just got complicated … but when it comes to her—I [...]
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The Giver (The Giver Quartet #1) - Rate: 4.11 | Author : Lois Lowry
Read nowJonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the Community. When Jonas turns twelve, he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and [...]
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The Little Prince - Rate: 4.24 | Author : Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Richard Howard
Read nowMoral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the French language. With a timeless charm it tells the story of a little boy who leaves the safety of his own tiny planet to travel the universe, learning the vagaries of adult behaviour through a series of extraordinary encounters. His [...]
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) - Rate: 4.43 | Author : George R.R. Martin
Read nowSummers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun.As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not [...]
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The World According to Humphrey (According to Humphrey #1) - Rate: 4.04 | Author : Betty G. Birney
Read nowThe first book in the series about everyone's favorite classroom pet!You can learn a lot about life by observing another species. That’s what Humphrey was told when he was first brought to Room 26. And boy, is it true! In addition to having FUN-FUN-FUN in class, each weekend this amazing hamster gets to sleep over [...]