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Scoop to Kill A Mystery a La Mode by Wendy Lyn Watson

08 Nov 2025

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Osprey Island by Thisbe Nissen

08 Nov 2025

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Divided in death by Nora Roberts

08 Nov 2025

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Dark Pursuit by Brandilyn Collins

08 Nov 2025

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By the pricking of my thumbs by Agatha Christie

08 Nov 2025

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True believer by Nicholas Sparks

08 Nov 2025

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These excerpts introduce Jeremy Marsh, a skeptical scientific journalist, as he travels to the small town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, to investiga...

Golden fool by Robin Hobb

08 Nov 2025

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The Guns of August by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman

07 Nov 2025

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Star Wars Shadows of the Empire by Steve Perry

07 Nov 2025

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Star Wars Coruscant Nights I Jedi Twilight by Michael Reaves

07 Nov 2025

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Scarlet by Stephen R Lawhead

07 Nov 2025

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Mom Over Miami by Annie Jones

07 Nov 2025

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In Defense of Food An Eaters Manifesto by Michael Pollan

07 Nov 2025

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Highborn by Yvonne Navarro

07 Nov 2025

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Elephant Winter by Kim Echlin

07 Nov 2025

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Death comes as the end by Agatha Christie

07 Nov 2025

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Truths Unveiled by Kimberly Alan

06 Nov 2025

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The Devils Novice by Ellis Peters

06 Nov 2025

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Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

06 Nov 2025

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Jimmy the Hand by Raymond E Feist

06 Nov 2025

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How to Bake a Perfect Life by Barbara ONeal

06 Nov 2025

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Doctor Who Spiral Scratch by Gary Russell

06 Nov 2025

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Deadly Games by Cate Noble

06 Nov 2025

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The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card

06 Nov 2025

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Look at the birdie by Kurt Vonnegut

06 Nov 2025

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The Wings of the Dove by Henry James

05 Nov 2025

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The Darwin Awards by Wendy Northcutt

05 Nov 2025

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The Castle of Adventure by Enid Blyton

05 Nov 2025

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The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

05 Nov 2025

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Star Wars Boba Fett 3 Maze of Deception by Elizabeth Hand

05 Nov 2025

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Asylum by Patrick McGrath

05 Nov 2025

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A Farewell to Legs An Aaron Tucker Myst by Jeffrey Cohen

05 Nov 2025

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1861 The Civil War Awakening by Adam Goodheart

05 Nov 2025

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The Turnaround by George P Pelecanos

05 Nov 2025

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Thunderbird Falls by C E Murphy

04 Nov 2025

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The Q Continuum 01 Q Space by Greg Cox

04 Nov 2025

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The Paleo Diet by Loren Cordain

04 Nov 2025

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The Man With the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren

04 Nov 2025

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Scend of the Sea by Geoffrey Jenkins

04 Nov 2025

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Doctor Who The Massacre by John Lucarotti

04 Nov 2025

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Doctor Who Apollo 23 by Justin Richards

04 Nov 2025

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A World Without Ice by H N Pollack

04 Nov 2025

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A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz

04 Nov 2025

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Sister of the Dead by Barb Hendee

03 Nov 2025

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After the Darkness by Sidney Sheldon

03 Nov 2025

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On Writing A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

03 Nov 2025

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Marc Bekoff by The Animal Manifesto Six Reasint

03 Nov 2025

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Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card

03 Nov 2025

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Ill Never Get Out of This World Alive by Steve Earle

03 Nov 2025

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Doctor Who The Stealers of Dreams by Steve Lyons

03 Nov 2025

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Acqua Alta by Donna Leon

03 Nov 2025

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These excerpts detail an investigation led by Commissario Brunetti into a brutal assault on Dottoressa Brett Lynch, an American archaeologist, and the...

A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K Hamilton

03 Nov 2025

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The Art of the Moving Picture by Vachel Lindsay

02 Nov 2025

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The 6th Target by James Patterson

02 Nov 2025

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One Good Soldier by Travis S Taylor

02 Nov 2025

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Enchanted by Nora Roberts

02 Nov 2025

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Dust of Dreams Book Nine of the Malazan by Steven Erikson

02 Nov 2025

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Dragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis

02 Nov 2025

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Dead in the Dregs A Babe Stern Mystery by Peter Lewis

02 Nov 2025

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Dava Sobel by Longitude

02 Nov 2025

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Bleak Seasons by Glen Cook

02 Nov 2025

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The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong

01 Nov 2025

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Stiltsville by Susanna Daniel

01 Nov 2025

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Star Wars The Truce at Bakura by Kathy Tyers

01 Nov 2025

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Simon Baron Cohen by The Science of Evil On Empathlty

01 Nov 2025

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Robot Adept by Piers Anthony

01 Nov 2025

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One Wild Wedding Night Getaway by Leslie Kelly

01 Nov 2025

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Indignation by Philip Roth

01 Nov 2025

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Geralds Game by Stephen King

01 Nov 2025

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Five run away together by Enid Blyton

01 Nov 2025

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Void Moon by Michael Connelly

31 Oct 2025

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The Ring by Danielle Steel

31 Oct 2025

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Star Wars Lost Tribe of the Sith Savor by John Jackson Miller

31 Oct 2025

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Star Wars Jedi Apprentice 12 The Evil Experiment by Jude Watson

31 Oct 2025

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Slayer by D L Snow

31 Oct 2025

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Risky Pleasures by Brenda Jackson

31 Oct 2025

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Medusa by Clive Cussler

31 Oct 2025

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Gauntlgrym by R A Salvatore

31 Oct 2025

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Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer

31 Oct 2025

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Your Money or Your Life by Eric Tourssaint

30 Oct 2025

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Young Sherlock Holmes Death Cloud by Andrew Lane

30 Oct 2025

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You Shall Know Our Velocity - Dave Eggers

30 Oct 2025

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You Can Be a Stock Market Genius by Joel Greenblatt

30 Oct 2025

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You Become What You Think by Shubham Singh

30 Oct 2025

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You Are Not Your Brain by Jeffrey M. Schwartz

30 Oct 2025

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You Are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero

30 Oct 2025

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Yesterday, I Cried_ Celebrating the Lessons of Living and Loving - Iyanla Vanzant

30 Oct 2025

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Year's Best SF 15 - David G. Hartwell

30 Oct 2025

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Year of wonders by Geraldine Brooks

30 Oct 2025

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Wyrms by Orson Scott Card

30 Oct 2025

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Witness in Death by Nora Roberts

30 Oct 2025

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Witch Fire by Anya Bast

30 Oct 2025

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Winners by Danielle Steel

30 Oct 2025

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Wicked Enchantment by Anya Bast

30 Oct 2025

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Wicked by Sara Shepard

30 Oct 2025

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Where Mercy Is Shown Mercy Is Given by D D Chapman

30 Oct 2025

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What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg

30 Oct 2025

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Water The Epic Struggle for Wion by Steven Solomon

30 Oct 2025

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Wait until spring by John Fante

30 Oct 2025

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Venusian Lullaby by Paul Leonard

30 Oct 2025

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