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  1. Five Little Pigs

    by Agatha Christie
    A detective investigates a 15-year-old unsolved murder case, uncovering secrets and lies.

    Sixteen years after Caroline Crale is convicted for the murder of her husband Amyas, her daughter Carla Lemarchant approaches Hercule Poirot. In the meeting, Carla claims her mother was innocent, and ... (Wikipedia)

  2. Towards Zero

    by Agatha Christie
    A mysterious murder investigation, unraveling a complex web of secrets and lies.

    Lady Tressilian is now confined to her bed, but still invites guests to her seaside home at Gull's Point during the summer. Tennis star Nevile Strange, former ward of Lady Tressilian's deceased ... (Wikipedia)

  3. After the Funeral

    by Agatha Christie
    A wealthy man's funeral leads to a murder investigation as family secrets are revealed.

    Following the funeral of Richard Abernethie, his family assemble at Enderby Hall for the reading of the will by his lawyer, Mr Entwhistle. His wealth is to be divided up between his surviving family: ... (Wikipedia)

  4. A Study in Scarlet

    by Arthur Conan Doyle
    A masterful detective unravels a mysterious crime and its hidden motives.

    In 1881, Doctor John Watson has returned to London after serving in the Second Anglo-Afghan War . He visits the Criterion Restaurant and runs into an old friend named Stamford, who had been a dresser ... (Wikipedia)

  5. Think of a Number

    by John Verdon
    A thrilling mystery novel involving a serial killer, uncovering the truth behind the mysterious deaths.

    An extraordinary fiction debut, Think of a Number is an exquisitely plotted novel of suspense that grows relentlessly darker and more frightening as its pace accelerates, forcing its deeply troubled ... (Goodreads)

  6. Daddy-Long-Legs

    by Jean Webster
    A young girl's coming-of-age story, learning to navigate the world of adulthood.

    Jerusha Abbott was brought up at the John Grier Home, an old-fashioned orphanage . The children were completely dependent on charity and had to wear other people's cast-off clothes. Jerusha's unusual ... (Wikipedia)

  7. Asterix the Gaul

    by René Goscinny
    A group of ancient Gauls use wit, strength, and cunning to resist Roman invasion.

    All of the Gaul area is under Roman control, except for one small village in Armorica (present-day Brittany ), whose inhabitants are made invincible by a magic potion created periodically by the ... (Wikipedia)

  8. The Good Earth

    by Pearl S. Buck
    A story of humble farmers facing the struggles of poverty and the upheaval of social change.

    The story begins on Wang Lung 's wedding day and follows the rise and fall of his fortunes. The House of Hwang, a family of wealthy landowners, lives in the nearby town, where Wang Lung's future ... (Wikipedia)

  9. The Unexpected Guest

    by Charles Osborne
    A stranger seeks refuge in a house on a foggy night, only to find a dead man and a group of suspects. A classic whodunit mystery.

    On a foggy night, the car of a man called Michael Starkwedder breaks down near an isolated house and, entering it, he finds the body of a dead man slumped in a chair. A woman stands over the corpse, ... (Wikipedia)

  10. Shut Your Eyes Tight

    by John Verdon
    Retired detective investigates a series of murders that seem to be connected to a decades-old case. Twists and turns abound.

    When he was the NYPD’s top homicide investigator, Dave Gurney was never comfortable with the label the press gave him: super detective. He was simply a man who, when faced with a puzzle, wanted to ... (Goodreads)

  11. 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)

  12. Northanger Abbey

    by Jane Austen
    A young woman's journey of self-discovery, navigating the complexities of high society.

    Seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland is one of ten children of a country clergyman. Although a tomboy in her childhood, by the age of 17 she is "in training for a heroine" and is excessively fond of ... (Wikipedia)

  13. Mean Streak

    by Sandra Brown
    A woman on the run, desperately trying to uncover secrets of her past.

    In this, New York Times, bestselling thriller, a doctor is kidnapped in the mountain wilderness after a fight with her husband — and as the FBI closes in, she must make dangerous choices to survive. ... (Barnes & Noble)

  14. The Woman in White

    by Wilkie Collins
    A thrilling mystery of secrets and hidden identities, with a hero on a quest for the truth.

    Walter Hartright, a young art teacher, encounters and gives directions to a mysterious and distressed woman dressed entirely in white, lost in London; he is later informed by policemen that she has ... (Wikipedia)

  15. Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories

    by Truman Capote
    Collection of stories, exploring the lives of eccentric individuals in New York City.

    In autumn 1943, the unnamed narrator befriends Holly Golightly. The two are tenants in a brownstone apartment in Manhattan 's Upper East Side . Holly (age 18–19) is a country girl turned New York ... (Wikipedia)

  16. Norwegian Wood

    by Haruki Murakami
    A young man's journey of love and loss set against the backdrop of the 1960s.

    Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of ... (Goodreads)

  17. An Old-Fashioned Girl

    by Louisa May Alcott
    A country girl visits her wealthy city friends and learns valuable lessons about life, love, and the importance of staying true to oneself.

    It was first serialised in the Merry's Museum magazine between July and August in 1869 and consisted of only six chapters. For the finished product, however, Alcott continued the story from the ... (Goodreads)

  18. Destination Moon

    by Hergé
    Exploration of the moon with a group of scientists, engineers, and adventurers.

    The classic graphic novel. Professor Calculus is building a rocket, but Tintin quickly realizes that there are spies around every corner trying to steal the professor's design! When Professor ... (Goodreads)

  19. Barchester Towers

    by Anthony Trollope
    Social satire of Victorian England, exploring hypocrisy and ambition in a small cathedral town.

    Barchester Towers concerns the leading clergy of the cathedral city of Barchester. The much loved bishop having died, all expectations are that his son, Archdeacon Grantly, will succeed him. Owing to ... (Wikipedia)

  20. Strong Poison

    by Dorothy L. Sayers
    A murder mystery novel combining romance and suspense as a woman is accused of poisoning her lover.

    The novel opens with mystery author Harriet Vane on trial for the murder of her former lover, Phillip Boyes: a writer with strong views on atheism, anarchy, and free love . Publicly professing to ... (Wikipedia)

  21. The Calculus Affair

    by Hergé
    A thrilling detective story as two detectives and a professor try to retrieve a stolen calculus formula.

    Tintin, the Captain, and Snowy attempt to rescue Dr. Calculus who has been kidnapped by the Bordurians. ... (Goodreads)

  22. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    by Milan Kundera
    A story of love and loss in a politically turbulent Czechoslovakia.

    In The Unbearable Lightness of Being , Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing and one of his mistresses and ... (Goodreads)

  23. The Grand Sophy

    by Georgette Heyer
    An unconventional young woman's spirited adventure to restore order and joy to her new family.

    For the past several years Sophia Stanton-Lacy (known as Sophy to everyone) has lived away from England, following her diplomat father Sir Horace around Europe while the Napoleonic Wars raged on. Now ... (Wikipedia)

  24. Double Indemnity

    by James M. Cain
    Insurance salesman and femme fatale plot to murder her husband for the insurance money. Things go awry.

    Walter Huff, an insurance agent, falls for the married Phyllis Nirdlinger, who consults him about accident insurance for her unsuspecting husband. In spite of his instinctual decency, and intrigued ... (Wikipedia)

  25. Wives and Daughters

    by Elizabeth Gaskell
    A story of growth, love, and values in a rural English village.

    The novel opens with young Molly Gibson, who has been raised by her widowed father, Dr. Gibson. During a visit to the local aristocratic 'great house' of Lord and Lady Cumnor, Molly loses her way in ... (Wikipedia)

  26. These Happy Golden Years

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder
    A young girl's journey of self-discovery as she moves through adulthood.

    As the novel begins, Pa is taking Laura 12 miles from home in the dead of winter to her first teaching assignment at Brewster settlement. Laura being only 15 and a schoolgirl herself, is apprehensive ... (Wikipedia)

  27. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

    by C.S. Lewis
    An epic fantasy adventure across the seas, encountering magical creatures and lands.

    The two youngest Pevensie children, Lucy and Edmund , are staying with their odious cousin Eustace Scrubb while their older brother, Peter , is studying for an exam with Professor Kirke , and their ... (Wikipedia)

  28. Fool Me Once

    by Harlan Coben
    A woman's search for justice and the truth behind her husband's death.

    Former special ops pilot Maya, home from the war, sees an unthinkable image captured by her nanny cam while she is at work: her two-year-old daughter playing with Maya’s husband, Joe—who had been ... (Goodreads)

  29. Brooklyn

    by Colm Tóibín
    A young Irish woman's migration to America, exploring themes of identity and belonging.

    Eilis Lacey is a young woman who is unable to find work in 1950s Ireland . Her older sister Rose organises a meeting with a Catholic priest called Father Flood on a visit from New York City , who ... (Wikipedia)

  30. The Thin Man

    by Dashiell Hammett
    A retired detective called to investigate a mysterious murder.

    The story is set in New York City in December 1932, in the last days of Prohibition. The main characters are a former private detective , Nick Charles and Nora, his clever young wife. Nick, son of a ... (Wikipedia)