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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [Secure]
by Stieg Larsson
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A sensation across Europe--millions of copies sold.... A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue. It's about the disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden ... and about her octogenarian uncle, determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder. It's about Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently at the wrong end of a libel case, hired to get to the bottom of H... more info>>
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The Alchemist: 10th Anniversary Edition [Secure]
by Paulo Coelho, Alan R. Clarke
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"My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky. "Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams." Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist is such a book. With over a million and a half copies sold around the world, The Alchemist has already established itsel... more info>>
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The Road [Secure]
by Cormac Mccarthy
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A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece. A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. They sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes... more info>> Pulitzer Prize Winner
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Deja Dead [Dr. Temperance Brennan Series Book 1] [Secure]
by Kathy Reichs
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It's June in Montreal, and Tempe, who has left a shaky marriage back
home in North Carolina to take on the challenging assignment of director
of forensic anthropology for the province of Quebec, looks forward to a
relaxing weekend--after considering the extent of human depravity,
investigating a brutal homicide. (Published: 2001)
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The Scarecrow [Secure]
by Michael Connelly
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Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paperto write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder. But as he delves into the story, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus. The kid might actually be innocent. Jack is soon running with his biggest story since The Poet made ... more info>>
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Death Du Jour [Dr. Temperance Brennan Series Book 2] [Secure]
by Kathy Reichs
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Rarely has a first-time novelist made such a spectacular international
publishing debut as Kathy Reichs did with her acclaimed forensic
thriller D�j� Dead. A New York Times bestseller, a number
one bestseller in both Canada and Britain, and winner of the prestigious
Ellis Award for Best First Novel of 1997, it was also a Main Selection
of the Book-of-the-Month Club, with foreign rights sold to nineteen
countries. (Published: 2000)
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Remember Me? [Secure]
by Sophie Kinsella
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With the same wicked humor and delicious charm that have won her millions of devoted fans, Sophie Kinsella, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Shopaholic & Baby, returns with an irresistible new novel and a fresh new heroine who finds herself in a life-changing and utterly hilarious predicament.... When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital, she's in for a big surprise. Her teeth are perfect. Her body is toned. Her handbag is Vuitton. Having survived a car accide... more info>>
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The Pact [Secure]
by Jodi Picoult
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Until the phone calls came at three o'clock on a November morning, the Golds and their neighbors, the Hartes, had been inseparable. It was no surprise to anyone when their teenage children, Chris and Emily, began showing signs that their relationship was moving beyond that of lifelong friends. But now seventeen-year-old Emily is dead--shot with a gun her beloved and devoted Chris pilfered from his father's cabinet as part of an apparent suicide pact--leaving two devastated families stranded in t... more info>>
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All About Love [Cynster Series Book 6] [Secure]
by Stephanie Laurens
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Six notorious cousins, known to the town as the Bar Cynster, have cut a swath through the ballrooms of London. Yet one by one, each has fallen in love and married the woman of his heart, until only one of them is left unclaimed...the most rakish of Stephanie Laurens' captivating clan...and he's not about to go easily. Alasdair Cynster--known to his intimates as Lucifer--decides to rusticate in the country before the matchmaking skills of London's mamas become firmly focused on him, the last unwe... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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Deadly Decisions [Dr. Temperance Brennan Series Book 3] [Secure]
by Kathy Reichs
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Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussaint is shot dead on a Montreal street.
Skeletal parts of North Carolina teenager Savannah Osprey are found
hundreds of miles away. Dr. Temperance Brennan, a forensic nthropologist
in both Montreal and North Carolina who yearns to take killers off the
streets, begins a harrowing journey into the world of motorcycle gangs,
where evil often wears a mask. (Published: 2001)
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The Art of Racing in the Rain [Secure]
by Garth Stein
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Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by listening very closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver. Through Denny, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition, and he sees that life, like racing, isn't simply about going fast. Using the techniques needed on the race track, one can successfully... more info>>
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society [Secure]
by Mary Ann Shaffer
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I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers." January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she's never met, a native of the island of Guernsey, who has come across her name written inside a book by Charles Lamb.... As Juliet and her new correspo... more info>>
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Along Came a Spider [Alex Cross Series Book 1] [Secure]
by James Patterson
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Gary Soneji is every parent's worst nightmare. He calls himself "the son of Lindbergh." His family and colleagues know him as a mild-mannered, unassuming guy, and would find it impossible to imagine him as a psychopath, a serial murderer, and now, the perpetrator of the most notorious kidnapping of the century. Only Soneji knows himself as the killer of countless victims and as the merciless kidnapper of Maggie Rose, the golden-haired daughter of a famous actress, and Shrimpie Goldberg, the youn... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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Odd Hours [Odd Thomas Series Book 4] [Secure]
by Dean Koontz
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Only a handful of fictional characters are recognized by first name alone. Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas is one of those rare literary heroes who have come alive in readers' imaginations as he explores the greatest mysteries of this world and the next with his inimitable wit, heart, and quiet gallantry. Now Koontz follows Odd as he is irresistibly drawn onward to a destiny he cannot imagine and to undreamed of places where the perils he will face and the stakes for which he fights will eclipse all th... more info>>
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Cemetery Dance [Secure]
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
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Pendergast-the world's most enigmatic FBI Special Agent-returns to New York City to investigate a murderous cult. William Smithback, a New York Times reporter, and his wife Nora Kelly, a Museum of Natural History archaeologist, are brutally attacked in their apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Eyewitnesses claim, and the security camera confirms, that the assailant was their strange, sinister neighbor-a man who, by all reports, was already dead and buried weeks earlier. While Captain Laura... more info>>
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle [Secure]
by David Wroblewski
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Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents on their farm in remote northern Wisconsin. For generations, the Sawtelles have raised and trained a fictional breed of dog whose thoughtful companionship is epitomized by Almondine, Edgar's lifelong friend and ally. But with the unexpected return of Claude, Edgar's paternal uncle, turmoil consumes the Sawtelles' once peaceful home. When Edgar's father dies suddenly, Claude insinuates himself into the life of... more info>>
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Blood and Gold [Secure]
by Anne Rice
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The Vampire Chronicles continue with Anne Rice's spellbinding new novel, in which the great vampire Marius returns. The golden-haired Marius, true Child of the Millennia, once mentor to The Vampire Lestat, always and forever the conscientious foe of the Evil Doer, reveals in his own intense yet inti-mate voice the secrets of his two-thousand-year existence. Once a proud Senator in Imperial Rome, kidnapped and made a "blood god" by the Druids, Marius becomes the embittered protector of Akasha and... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Words: 100000 - Reading Time: 285-400 min.
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Shopaholic Ties the Knot [Shopaholic Series Book 3] [Secure]
by Sophie Kinsella
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There's never been a better excuse to buy a new dress ... or two. Shopaholic Ties the Knot The irresistible heroine of Confessions of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic Takes Manhattan is back!--in a hilarious tale of mothers and daughters, mothers and sons, and one blushing bride who just can't say no to saying "I do." Life has been good for Becky Bloomwood: She's become the best personal shopper at Barneys, she and her successful entrepreneurial boyfriend, Luke, are living happily in Manhattan's West... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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The Patriots Club [Secure]
by Christopher Reich
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Thomas Bolden grew up on the streets, his childhood a blur of fragmented memories. But now he's managed to put his past behind him, find the woman he wants to share his life with, and carve out a successful career on Wall Street. Until, in the blink of an eye, his world is turned upside down. A bizarre kidnapping sends him fleeing for his life, his face everywhere on the TV news, and a violent, shadowy organization is framing him for crimes he did not commit. Desperately trying to get back to wh... more info>>
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2nd Chance [The Women's Murder Club Series Book 2] [Secure]
by James Patterson
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When a little girl is shot on the steps of a San Francisco church, Detective Lindsay Boxer knows it's time to reconvene the Women's Murder Club. Working with Chronicle reporter Cindy Thomas, assistant D.A. Jill Bernhardt, and medical examiner Claire Washburn, Lindsay tracks a mystifying killer who soon turns his pursuers into his victims. The unorthodox allegiances of the Women's Murder Club lead them to suspect the unexpected-the killer may be an ex-cop. But nothing could prepare them for the d... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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Olive Kitteridge [Secure]
by Elizabeth Strout
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In a voice more powerful and compassionate than ever before, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout binds together thirteen rich, luminous narratives into a book with the heft of a novel, through the presence of one larger-than-life, unforgettable character: Olive Kitteridge. At the edge of the continent, Crosby, Maine, may seem like nowhere, but seen through this brilliant writer's eyes, it's in essence the whole world, and the lives that are lived there are filled with all of the g... more info>>
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Shopaholic & Baby [Secure]
by Sophie Kinsella
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Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) is pregnant! She couldn't be more overjoyed--especially since discovering that shopping cures morning sickness. Everything has got to be perfect for her baby: from the designer nursery ... to the latest, coolest pram ... to the celebrity, must-have obstetrician. But when the celebrity obstetrician turns out to be her husband Luke's glamorous, intellectual ex-girlfriend, Becky's perfect world starts to crumble. She's shopping for two ... but are there three in her ma... more info>>
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The Kill Artist [Gabriel Allon Series Book 1] [Secure]
by Daniel Silva
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From worldwide bestselling author Daniel Silva, praised by Newsday for "bringing new life to the international thriller," The Kill Artist is a taut and elegantly structured novel about a reluctant hero and his mission to destroy an old enemy and preserve international peace. Gabriel Allon had a simple but brutal job: he tracked down and eliminated Israel's terrorist enemies. But when his wife and son fell victim to the danger that accompanied him everywhere, Gabriel quit and devoted himself to t... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Words: 90000 - Reading Time: 257-360 min.
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The White Tiger [Secure]
by Aravind Adiga
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Introducing a major literary talent, The White Tiger offers a story of coruscating wit, blistering suspense, and questionable morality, told by the most volatile, captivating, and utterly inimitable narrator that this millennium has yet seen. Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life... more info>>
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Anansi Boys [Secure]
by Neil Gaiman
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God is dead. Meet the kids. When Fat Charlie's dad named something, it stuck. Like calling Fat Charlie "Fat Charlie." Even now, twenty years later, Charlie Nancy can't shake that name, one of the many embarrassing "gifts" his father bestowed--before he dropped dead on a karaoke stage and ruined Fat Charlie's life. Mr. Nancy left Fat Charlie things. Things like the tall, good-looking stranger who appears on Charlie's doorstep, who appears to be the brother he never knew. A brother as different fr... more info>>
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