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The Devil in Pew Number Seven by Rebecca N Alonzo

30 Oct 2025

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The Crimson Shadow by R A Salvatore

30 Oct 2025

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The Clouds Beneath the Sun by Mackenzie Ford

30 Oct 2025

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The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian by Lawrence Block

30 Oct 2025

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The provided text is comprised of excerpts from the novel The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian by Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Lawrence Bl...

The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander

30 Oct 2025

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The provided text is comprised of excerpts from "The Book of Three", the first volume in "The Chronicles of Prydain" fantasy serie...

The Book of Lost Tales Part 2 by J R R Tolkien

30 Oct 2025

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The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer

30 Oct 2025

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The Black Minutes by Martin Solares

30 Oct 2025

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The Battle for Gotham by Roberta Brandes Gratz

30 Oct 2025

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The Balkan Escape by Steve Berry

30 Oct 2025

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The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol

30 Oct 2025

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The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O Paxton

30 Oct 2025

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The American Plague by Molly Caldwell Crosby

30 Oct 2025

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The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

30 Oct 2025

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The 7th Victim by Alan Jacobson

30 Oct 2025

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Tao te ching annotated and explained by Derek Lin

30 Oct 2025

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This compilation presents Derek Lin's annotated translation of the Tao Te Ching, a classical text attributed to Lao Tzu, offering profound insight...

Tainted Blood by Arnaldur Indridason

30 Oct 2025

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Swordbird by Nancy Yi Fan

30 Oct 2025

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Star Wars Young Jedi Knights 02 Shadow Academy

30 Oct 2025

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Star wars The Force Unleashed by Sean Williams

30 Oct 2025

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Star Wars Junior Jedi Knights 2 Lyrics World by Nancy Richardson

30 Oct 2025

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Star Wars Force Heretic III Reunion by Sean Williams

30 Oct 2025

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St Lucys Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell

30 Oct 2025

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Speaks the Nightbird by Robert R McCammon

30 Oct 2025

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Southern Lights by Danielle Steel

30 Oct 2025

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So Long and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams

30 Oct 2025

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Skeptics and true believers by Chet Raymo

30 Oct 2025

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Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult

30 Oct 2025

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Silver Zombie Delilah by Carole Nelson Douglas

30 Oct 2025

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Shakespeares Trollop by Charlaine Harris

30 Oct 2025

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Shadows Linger by Glen Cook

30 Oct 2025

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Shadow Bound by Erin Kellison

30 Oct 2025

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Separation of Power by Vince Flynn

30 Oct 2025

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Secret of the Seventh Son by Glenn Cooper

30 Oct 2025

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Secret Lives by Gabriella Poole

30 Oct 2025

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Salems Lot by Stephen King

30 Oct 2025

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Royal assassin by Robin Hobb

30 Oct 2025

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Resilience by Elizabeth Edwards

30 Oct 2025

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Queen of the South by Arturo Perez Reverte

30 Oct 2025

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Protect and Defend by Richard North Patterson

30 Oct 2025

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Private by James Patterson

30 Oct 2025

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Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burgess

30 Oct 2025

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Pinocchio in Venice by Robert Coover

30 Oct 2025

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Out of the Silent Planet by C S Lewis

30 Oct 2025

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On Target by Mark Greaney

30 Oct 2025

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Not for Bread Alone Writers by Daniel Halpern

30 Oct 2025

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New Spring by Robert Jordan

30 Oct 2025

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Mona Lisa overdrive by William Gibson

30 Oct 2025

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Milrose Munce by D A Cooper

30 Oct 2025

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This novel excerpt introduces Milrose Munce, a teenager who can see and interact with ghosts inhabiting his school. Milrose prefers the company of the...

Metal Swarm by Kevin J Anderson

30 Oct 2025

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Mercenary by Duncan Falconer

30 Oct 2025

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Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice

30 Oct 2025

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The provided text consists of excerpts from a novel, narrated by the vampire Lestat, who begins by introducing himself and establishing his powerful, ...

Maximum Warp 02 Forever Dark by Dave Galanter

30 Oct 2025

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This document provides excerpts from "Maximum Warp 02: Forever Dark - Dave Galanter," detailing a perilous mission undertaken by Starfleet p...

Master of the Hashomi by Jeffrey Lord

30 Oct 2025

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The provided excerpts from Master of the Hashomi, Book 27 of the Richard Blade Series, detail the protagonist, Richard Blade's, latest transition ...

Martin Eden by Jack London

30 Oct 2025

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Marrying Mozart by Stephanie Cowell

30 Oct 2025

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Malcolm X A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable

30 Oct 2025

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Magic Seeds by V S Naipaul

30 Oct 2025

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Mad Enough to Marry by Christie Ridgway

25 Oct 2025

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Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett

25 Oct 2025

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Living dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris

25 Oct 2025

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Liseys Story by Stephen King

25 Oct 2025

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Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages by Tom Holt

25 Oct 2025

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Lets Take the Long Way Home A Memoir o by Gail Caldwell

25 Oct 2025

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Known Dead by Donald Harstad

25 Oct 2025

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Kings of the Earth by Jon Clinch

25 Oct 2025

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Killing grounds by Dana Stabenow

25 Oct 2025

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Kennedys Brain by Henning Mankell

25 Oct 2025

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Just Kids by Patti Smith

25 Oct 2025

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Julias Kitchen Wisdom by Julia Child

25 Oct 2025

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Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L Howard

25 Oct 2025

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Jewels by Danielle Steel

25 Oct 2025

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Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts

25 Oct 2025

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How to Survive the End of the World by J W Rawles

25 Oct 2025

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How I Killed Pluto and Why by Mike Brown

25 Oct 2025

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Holy Ghosts by Gary Jansen

25 Oct 2025

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High stakes by Dick Francis

25 Oct 2025

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Hidden Pleasures by Brenda Jackson

25 Oct 2025

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Heres the Deal Dont Touch Me by Howie Mandel

25 Oct 2025

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Here There Be Dragons by John Peel

25 Oct 2025

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Her Mothers Hope by Francine Rivers

25 Oct 2025

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Heart of darkness by Joseph Conrad

25 Oct 2025

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Harvest Moon by Robyn Carr

25 Oct 2025

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Happy Birthday by Danielle Steel

25 Oct 2025

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Hamlet by William Shakespeare

25 Oct 2025

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Green Smoothie Revolution by Victoria Boutenko

25 Oct 2025

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Gods War by Kameron Hurley

25 Oct 2025

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Genghis Bones of the Hills by Conn Iggulden

25 Oct 2025

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Gemworld Book One by John Vornholt

25 Oct 2025

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Forests of Gleor by Jeffrey Lord

25 Oct 2025

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For your eyes only a James Bondl by Ian Fleming

25 Oct 2025

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Fatelessness by Imre Kertesz

25 Oct 2025

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Farthest Reach The Last Mythal by Richard Baker

25 Oct 2025

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Engineman by Eric Brown

25 Oct 2025

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Driven to Ink by Karen E Olson

25 Oct 2025

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Dress your family in corduroy and denim by David Sedaris

25 Oct 2025

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Drama city by George P Pelecanos

25 Oct 2025

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Down to the Wire Confronting Climate Collapse by David W Orr

25 Oct 2025

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Double Helix 05 Double or Nothing by Peter Allen David

25 Oct 2025

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Dont Be That Guy by Colin Nissan

25 Oct 2025

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