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Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick

30 Dec 2025

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Trap Line by Carl Hiaasen

30 Dec 2025

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The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

30 Dec 2025

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Restoring Harmony by Joelle Anthony

30 Dec 2025

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Mary Tudor Princess Bastard Queen by Anna Whitelock

30 Dec 2025

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Confessor by Terry Goodkind

30 Dec 2025

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Asking for Trouble by Leslie Kelly

30 Dec 2025

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Achebes Things fall apart by Ode Ogede

30 Dec 2025

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A Bit on the Side by William Trevor

30 Dec 2025

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The Notorious Scoundrel by Alexandra Benedict

29 Dec 2025

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The City of Ember Book 1 by Jeanne DuPrau

29 Dec 2025

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Sweet Ginger Poison by Robert Burton Robinson

29 Dec 2025

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Moondogs by Alexander Yates

29 Dec 2025

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Frost Moon by Anthony Francis

29 Dec 2025

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Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell

29 Dec 2025

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Conspiracies by F Paul Wilson

29 Dec 2025

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Bangkok Haunts by John Burdett

29 Dec 2025

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A Time to Harvest by Dayton Ward

29 Dec 2025

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Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King

28 Dec 2025

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The Peoples Queen by Vanora Bennett

28 Dec 2025

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Tell No One by Harlan Coben

28 Dec 2025

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Star Wars Legacy of the Force Invincible by Troy Denning

28 Dec 2025

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Past Redemption by Savannah Russe

28 Dec 2025

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Getting to Happy by Terry McMillan

28 Dec 2025

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Demilitarized Zone by Walter Knight

28 Dec 2025

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The source text comprises excerpts from the military space opera novel America’s Galactic Foreign Legion Book 4: Demilitarized Zone by Walter Knight...

Aphrodite by Russell Andrews

28 Dec 2025

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Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

28 Dec 2025

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Through the Grinder by Cleo Coyle

27 Dec 2025

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The Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum

27 Dec 2025

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Star Wars Recovery by Troy Denning

27 Dec 2025

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Star Wars Jedi Apprentice 8 The Day of Reckoning by Jude Watson

27 Dec 2025

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On Writing by Stephen King

27 Dec 2025

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Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva

27 Dec 2025

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Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong

27 Dec 2025

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Doctor Who Fear of the Dark by Trevor Baxendale

27 Dec 2025

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Demon Seed by Dean Koontz

27 Dec 2025

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Too Hot to Handle by Robin Kaye

26 Dec 2025

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The zombie survival guide by Max Brooks

26 Dec 2025

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Dermaphoria by Craig Clevenger

26 Dec 2025

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Club Dead by Charlaine Harris

26 Dec 2025

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And Another Thing by Jeremy Clarkson

26 Dec 2025

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Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan

26 Dec 2025

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Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko

26 Dec 2025

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A disobedient girl a novel by Ru Freeman

26 Dec 2025

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A Christmas carol by Charles Dickens

26 Dec 2025

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Visions in Death by Nora Roberts

25 Dec 2025

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The Inheritors by A Bertram Chandler

25 Dec 2025

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The Bane of the Black Sword by Michael Moorcock

25 Dec 2025

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Real Life and Liars by Kristina Riggle

25 Dec 2025

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Kiss and Dwell by Kelley St John

25 Dec 2025

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Hush A Novel by Kate White

25 Dec 2025

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FM The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio by Richard Neer

25 Dec 2025

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Day of Reckoning by B J Daniels

25 Dec 2025

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Big Girl A Novel by Danielle Steel

25 Dec 2025

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The Genesis Wave 01 Book One by John Vornholt

24 Dec 2025

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The Ferguson Affair by Ross Macdonald

24 Dec 2025

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The Devil in the White City Murder by Erik Larson

24 Dec 2025

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Poes Children by Peter Straub

24 Dec 2025

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LA Candy by Lauren Conrad

24 Dec 2025

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Foul Play by Janet Evanovich

24 Dec 2025

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Devils Garden by Ace Atkins

24 Dec 2025

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Annes House of Dreams by L M Montgomery

24 Dec 2025

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Anils Ghost by Michael Ondaatje

24 Dec 2025

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The Soldier King by Violette Malan

23 Dec 2025

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The Illustrated Longitude The True Stor by Dava Sobel

23 Dec 2025

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The Ghostway by Tony Hillerman

23 Dec 2025

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The Food of a Younger Land by Mark Kurlansky

23 Dec 2025

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The Atlantis Code by Charles Brokaw

23 Dec 2025

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Past Malice An Emma Fielding Mystery by Dana Cameron

23 Dec 2025

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I'll Drink to That by Rudolph Chelminski

23 Dec 2025

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Genghis Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden

23 Dec 2025

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Faithful by Stephen King

23 Dec 2025

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The Death of Princes by John Peel

22 Dec 2025

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Star quest by Dean Koontz

22 Dec 2025

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Rising tides by Nora Roberts

22 Dec 2025

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Of Fire and Night by Kevin J Anderson

22 Dec 2025

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In the Sanctuary of Outcasts by Neil White

22 Dec 2025

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Doctor Who Time and the Rani by Pip Baker

22 Dec 2025

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Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie

22 Dec 2025

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Atlantis Betrayed by Alyssa Day

22 Dec 2025

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A Memory of Wind by Rachel Swirsky

22 Dec 2025

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You Had Me at Woof by Julie Klam

21 Dec 2025

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The Souls of Black Folk by W E B Du Bois

21 Dec 2025

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The Face of the Assassin by David Lindsey

21 Dec 2025

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The Caretaker of Lorne Field by Dave Zeltserman

21 Dec 2025

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The Blind Side Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis

21 Dec 2025

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Sabriel by Garth Nix

21 Dec 2025

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Peril at End House by Agatha Christie

21 Dec 2025

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Literary Occasions Essays by V S Naipaul

21 Dec 2025

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Hotel Vendome by Danielle Steel

21 Dec 2025

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What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson

20 Dec 2025

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Turn Left at the Trojan Horse A Would B by Brad Herzog

20 Dec 2025

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Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay

20 Dec 2025

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Shame by Karin Alvtegen

20 Dec 2025

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Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

20 Dec 2025

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No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong

20 Dec 2025

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Mike Mullane by Riding Rockets

20 Dec 2025

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Doctor Who The Sleep of Reason by Martin Day

20 Dec 2025

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A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

20 Dec 2025

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The Sea by John Banville

19 Dec 2025

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