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Slaughterhouse five by Kurt Vonnegut

11 Dec 2025

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Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

11 Dec 2025

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Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

11 Dec 2025

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For Kicks by Dick Francis

11 Dec 2025

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Extracurricular Activities by Maggie Barbieri

11 Dec 2025

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Enchanted Again by Nancy Madore

11 Dec 2025

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Delta of Venus by Anais Nin

10 Dec 2025

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The Mists of Sorrow by Brian S Pratt

10 Dec 2025

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Fluke Or I Know Why by Christopher Moore

10 Dec 2025

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Flu by Wayne Simmons

10 Dec 2025

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Djibouti A Novel by Elmore Leonard

10 Dec 2025

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Delta of Venus by Anais Nin

10 Dec 2025

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Darkness by John Saul

10 Dec 2025

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Blood Will Tell by Dana Stabenow

10 Dec 2025

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Bad science by Ben Goldacre

10 Dec 2025

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Tommy Cooper Always Leave Them Laughing by John Fisher

10 Dec 2025

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Zoo Station by David Downing

09 Dec 2025

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The Myst Reader by Rand Miller

09 Dec 2025

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The Lizards Bite by David Hewson

09 Dec 2025

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The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander

09 Dec 2025

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The Dealer and the Dead by Gerald Seymour

09 Dec 2025

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The Culture Code by Clotaire Rapaille

09 Dec 2025

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Doctor Who Made of Steel by Terrance Dicks

09 Dec 2025

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Breeder by Douglas Clegg

09 Dec 2025

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61 Hours by Lee Child

09 Dec 2025

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Word of Honor by Nelson DeMille

08 Dec 2025

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The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf

08 Dec 2025

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The Lee Bros by Matt Lee

08 Dec 2025

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Roses Are Red by James Patterson

08 Dec 2025

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If You Ask Me by Betty White

08 Dec 2025

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Halo The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund

08 Dec 2025

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F Is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton

08 Dec 2025

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Dying by the Sword by Sarah DAlmeida

08 Dec 2025

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A Star Shall Fall by Marie Brennan

08 Dec 2025

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Voices in the Dark by Catherine Banner

07 Dec 2025

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The Magician by Michael Scott

07 Dec 2025

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Learning to Swim by Sara J Henry

07 Dec 2025

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In the night room by Peter Straub

07 Dec 2025

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Halo Evolutions by Eric Nylund

07 Dec 2025

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Fifth Avenue 5 AM by Sam Wasson

07 Dec 2025

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Dylan by Lisi Harrison

07 Dec 2025

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Doctor Who The Savages by Ian Stuart Black

07 Dec 2025

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Doctor Who The Kings Dragon by Una McCormack

07 Dec 2025

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Up in the Air by Walter Kirn

06 Dec 2025

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The Ex Girlfriends Club by Rhonda Nelson

06 Dec 2025

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The Devils Alphabet by Daryl Gregory

06 Dec 2025

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Migration Species Imperative 2 by Julie E Czerneda

06 Dec 2025

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Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christophe by James W Loewen

06 Dec 2025

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Hour Game by David Baldacci

06 Dec 2025

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Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt

06 Dec 2025

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Cold Fire by Dean Koontz

06 Dec 2025

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Burning Heart by Dave Stone

06 Dec 2025

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Waiting for Superman by Karl Weber

05 Dec 2025

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The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy Hogwarts for Muggles by William Irwin

05 Dec 2025

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The feng shui junkie by Brian Gallagher

05 Dec 2025

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The enigma of arrival by V S Naipaul

05 Dec 2025

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The 37th Hour by Jodi Compton

05 Dec 2025

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Shopaholic ties the knot by Sophie Kinsella

05 Dec 2025

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Saul Bellow Letters by Saul Bellow

05 Dec 2025

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Ill Wind by Kevin J Anderson

05 Dec 2025

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Black Friday by Alex Kava

05 Dec 2025

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The Player of Games by Iain M Banks

04 Dec 2025

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Star Wars X wing Solo Command by Aaron Allston

04 Dec 2025

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Rainbows End by Ellis Peters

04 Dec 2025

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Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan

04 Dec 2025

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Kraken by China Mieville

04 Dec 2025

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I Q by John de Lancie

04 Dec 2025

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Doctor Who Return of the Living Dad by Kate Orman

04 Dec 2025

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Anthilll by Edward O Wilson

04 Dec 2025

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Alphas by Lisi Harrison

04 Dec 2025

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You Cant Stop Me by Max Allan Collins

03 Dec 2025

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The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

03 Dec 2025

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The Door Into Summer by Robert A Heinlein

03 Dec 2025

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The Buried Circle by Jenni Mills

03 Dec 2025

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The Book of Nothing by John D Barrow

03 Dec 2025

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Star Wars Jedi Apprentice 2 The Dark Rival by Jude Watson

03 Dec 2025

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Holiday in Death by Nora Roberts

03 Dec 2025

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Everythings Eventual by Stephen King

03 Dec 2025

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Again Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison

03 Dec 2025

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The Sentinel by Arthur C Clarke

02 Dec 2025

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The Secret of Skeleton Island by Robert Arthur

02 Dec 2025

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Seans Reckoning by Sherryl Woods

02 Dec 2025

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Provenance by Alex Archer

02 Dec 2025

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Midnight Caller by Diane Burke

02 Dec 2025

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Kill the Messenger by Tami Hoag

02 Dec 2025

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Joyland by Stephen King

02 Dec 2025

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C Is for Corpse by Sue Grafton

02 Dec 2025

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Hell to Pay by Simon R Green

02 Dec 2025

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The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan

01 Dec 2025

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The Silent Cry by Anne Perry

01 Dec 2025

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The Fire Kimono by Laura Joh Rowland

01 Dec 2025

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Ringworlds Children by Larry Niven

01 Dec 2025

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Play Dead by David Rosenfelt

01 Dec 2025

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How to Be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway

01 Dec 2025

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Death on Tour by Janice Hamrick

01 Dec 2025

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A salty piece of land by Jimmy Buffett

01 Dec 2025

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A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd

01 Dec 2025

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Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett

30 Nov 2025

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Thinner by Stephen King

30 Nov 2025

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The Little Book of Economics by G Ip

30 Nov 2025

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