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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
by Helen Simonson
A widower finds love and acceptance in an unlikely place, challenging social conventions.
You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as ... (Goodreads)
Time and Again
by Jack Finney
A man travels back in time to the past to explore its secrets and mysteries.
In November 1970, Simon Morley, an advertising sketch artist, is approached by U.S. Army Major Ruben Prien to participate in a secret government project. He is taken to a huge warehouse on the West ... (Wikipedia)
Robopocalypse
by Daniel H. Wilson
Human race faces extinction from a robotic uprising, as mankind fights for survival.
A computer scientist accidentally unleashes a supremely intelligent sentient A.I. named Archos R-14. It becomes self-aware and immediately starts planning the elimination of human civilization and ... (Wikipedia)
The Last Days of Night
by Graham Moore
In 19th century New York City, a lawyer battles a powerful inventor in a fight over patents and the future of electricity.
NEW YORK TIMES, BESTSELLER • ,“A world of invention and skulduggery, populated by the likes of Edison, Westinghouse, and Tesla.”—Erik Larson, , ,“A model of superior historical fiction . . . an ... (Barnes & Noble)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2
by Alan Moore
A band of extraordinary heroes unite to save the Earth from a global threat.
On the planet Mars, John Carter and Gullivar Jones have assembled an alliance of Martian races to combat an invading race of non-Martian aliens called "Molluscs" (the aliens from H.G. Wells ', The ... (Wikipedia)
The Valley of Fear
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Detective Sherlock Holmes unravels a complex mystery involving a secret criminal organization.
Sherlock Holmes receives a cipher message from Fred Porlock, a pseudonymous agent of Professor Moriarty . After Porlock sends the message, however, he changes his mind for fear of Moriarty's ... (Wikipedia)
Titus Groan
by Mervyn Peake
A young man's rise to power in a decaying castle, amidst a backdrop of a decaying world.
The novel begins as the imperious and ritual-driven servant Mr. Flay seeks to tell someone new of the birth of an heir to the House of Groan in a remote part of the sprawling castle of Gormenghast. A ... (Wikipedia)
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri
A young Indian-American's journey of reconciling two different cultures and his own identity.
The story begins as Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli, a young Bengali couple, leave Calcutta , India, and settle in Central Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts . Ashoke is an engineering student at the ... (Wikipedia)
Lock In
by John Scalzi
A sci-fi thriller involving a global pandemic and a world of augmented reality.
The world is exposed to a highly contagious virus. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu -like symptoms. For 1%, the virus causes the victims to be fully awake, but unable to move or ... (Wikipedia)
The House of Silk
by Anthony Horowitz
A thrilling detective story set in Victorian England, unravelling a devious criminal plot.
The House of Silk begins with a brief, personal recounting of events by Watson, much like that in, A Study in Scarlet, by the original author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The reader is informed of the ... (Wikipedia)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Collection of mysteries solved by the brilliant detective, Sherlock Holmes.
A study in scarlet – The sign of four -- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes : A scandal in Bohemia ; The red-headed league ; A case of identity ; The Boscombe Valley mystery ; The five orange pips ; The ... (Goodreads)
Me and Mr. Darcy
by Alexandra Potter
A modern-day woman travels to England and falls in love with a man who resembles Mr. Darcy from Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice."
Dreams come true in this hilarious, feel-good fairy tale about life, love, and dating literature’s most eligible bachelor! After a string of disastrous dates, Emily Albright decides she’s had it with ... (Goodreads)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
A young girl's detective journey to solve a murder mystery in a picturesque English village.
As the novel opens, Flavia Sabina de Luce schemes revenge against her two older sisters, Ophelia (17) and Daphne (13), who have locked her inside a closet in Buckshaw, the family's country manor home ... (Wikipedia)
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
A hard-boiled detective's journey to unravel the truth behind a mysterious disappearance.
The novel opens outside a club called the Dancers. It is late October or early November. No year is given for the events but internal evidence and the publication date of the novel place them between ... (Wikipedia)
From Hell
by Alan Moore
A gripping story of murder, conspiracy and suspense set in 19th century London.
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence , also known as Prince Eddy, marries and fathers a child with Annie Crook, a shop girl in London's East End . Prince Eddy had visited the area under an assumed ... (Wikipedia)
Walt Disney's Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
by Walt Disney Company
A collection of stories featuring Winnie the Pooh and his friends, including Tigger, as they go on adventures and learn valuable lessons.
The story begins with Tigger bouncing into Pooh. He's on his way to see Rabbit and he also bounces into Piglet along the way. Rabbit is not amused when Tigger arrives and bounces him and decides to ... (Goodreads)
Redshirts
by John Scalzi
A group of space explorers uncover an unlikely conspiracy while on a mission to an alien planet.
In the prologue, several senior officers of the Intrepid , flagship of the Universal Union, lament the unusually high number of casualties of low-ranking crew members during recent away missions and ... (Wikipedia)
Case Histories
by Kate Atkinson
A series of intertwining stories of people whose lives are changed by an unexpected event.
'Case Histories' tells the story of Jackson Brodie, a private investigator who tries to find out the truth of some cases. Brodie meets some people who reclaims his help to solve their cases Kirkus ... (Wikipedia)
Blow Out
by Catherine Coulter
FBI agent investigates a serial killer who targets young women with musical talent. He must race against time to stop the killer before he strikes again.
A long weekend in the Poconos is cut short when FBI agents Sherlock and Savich are helicoptered back to Washington, D.C., to lead the investigation into the brutal murder of a Supreme Court Justice. ... (Goodreads)
Dangerous Minds
by Janet Evanovich
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is back, this time tracking down a teacher-turned-fugitive who's on the run with a cache of stolen diamonds.
NEW YORK TIMES, BESTSELLER - The irrepressibly charming duo of Emerson Knight and Riley Moon returns in another gripping mystery by #1, New York Times, bestselling author Janet Evanovich. Buddhist ... (Goodreads)
The Yale Shakespeare Complete Works
by William Shakespeare
A comprehensive collection of all of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets, showcasing his mastery of language and storytelling.
Here is every word ever written by the immortal Bard–the histories, tragedies, comedies, and sonnets--in a facsimile of the definitive Shakespeare Head edition published originally in Oxford, ... (Goodreads)
The Calling
by Kelley Armstrong
A young woman discovers she is a rare and powerful supernatural being, and must navigate a dangerous world of magic and intrigue.
The setting for The Gathering is a small medical-research town called Salmon Creek on Vancouver Island . Salmon Creek was built by St. Cloud Corporation, the owners of the town and surrounding park. ... (Wikipedia)
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
by Robin Sloan
A young man's exploration of an unusual bookstore, unlocking a world of secrets.
The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon away from life as a San Francisco web-design drone and into the aisles of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, but after a few days on the job, Clay ... (Goodreads)
Origin
by Dan Brown
An exploration of secret societies and history, uncovering dark secrets of the past.
Edmond Kirsch, a billionaire philanthropist, computer scientist and futurist , as well as a strident atheist , attends a meeting in Catalonia ( Spain ) with Roman Catholic Bishop Antonio Valdespino, ... (Wikipedia)
Demon Thief
by Darren Shan
A boy becomes a demon thief and must navigate the dangerous underworld of demons and humans.
The series centers around three protagonists: Grubitsch "Grubbs" Grady, Cornelius "Kernel" Fleck and Bec MacConn. Although they meet each other at various points, they are from separate times; Grubbs ... (Wikipedia)
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
Tragic story of a man's attempt to find success and happiness in a world of false promises.
'For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you the law or give you medicine. He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a ... (Goodreads)
Gideon's Corpse
by Douglas Preston
FBI agent Gideon Crew races against time to stop a deadly virus from being unleashed on the world.
A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff. A plume of radiation above New York City leads to a warehouse where, it ... (Goodreads)
The Lake of Dead Languages
by Carol Goodman
A Latin teacher returns to her alma mater, where she uncovers dark secrets from her past and the school's history.
In the evocative tradition of Donna Tartt’s first novel, The Secret History , comes this accomplished debut of youthful innocence drowned by dark sins. Twenty years ago, Jane Hudson left the Heart ... (Goodreads)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
A murder mystery set in an alternate reality, with characters that explore the boundaries of identity and tradition.
The book opens with Meyer Landsman, an alcoholic homicide detective with the Sitka police department, examining the murder of a man in the hotel where Landsman lives. Beside the corpse lies an open ... (Wikipedia)
