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What do readers say about The Woman in the Window?
interesting and twistycrisp and snappyliterary and cinematicmore nuanced and deepLibraryReads Selection
#1 New York Times Bestseller - Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, and Gary Oldman - Available on Netflix on May 14, 2021
"Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing."-GILLIAN FLYNN
It isn't paranoia if... Read more about The Woman in the Window
There isn’t a scrap of curtain, not a blade of blind, in number 212—the rust-red townhome that once housed the newlywed Motts, until recently, until they un-wed. I never met either Mott, but occasiona...
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What do readers say about Beasts of Burden?
wonderful traditional artworka unique seriespost wartime japana great seriesThis six-time Eisner Award-winning comic book series blending fantasy and humor features the adventures of paranormal pets investigating the horrors of their suburban community.
This volume collects the comic-book series Beasts of Burden issues #1-4... Read more about Beasts of Burden
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What do readers say about The Maltese Falcon?
clean and engagingexquisitely plotted and economicallyshort crisp and economicala one-of-a-kind artifactA coolly glittering gem of detective fiction that has haunted three generations of readers, from one of the greatest mystery writers of all time.
A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ... Read more about The Maltese Falcon
Samuel Spade’s jaw was long and bony, his chin a jutting v under the more flexible v of his mouth. His nostrils curved back to make another, smaller, v. His yellow-grey eyes were horizontal. The v mot...
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What do readers say about The Shining?
early horror novelhuman weaknesses and strengthsengaging, scary, emotionalpersonal and intimate#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Before Doctor Sleep, there was The Shining, a classic of modern American horror from the undisputed master, Stephen King.
Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off... Read more about The Shining
Ullman stood five-five, and when he moved, it was with the prissy speed that seems to be the exclusive domain of all small plump men. The part in his hair was exact, and his dark suit was sober but co...
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What do readers say about Daughter of Smoke and Bone?
young adult fictionunique and excitinginteresting and captivatingpoetic prose without sapIn a nation on the brink of war, a young student's star-crossed love begins to bloom in the first book of the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini Taylor.
Around the world, black handprints are appearing on do... Read more about Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Walking to school over the snow-muffled cobbles, Karou had no sinister premonitions about the day. It seemed like just another Monday, innocent but for its essential Mondayness, not to mention its Jan...
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What do readers say about Old Man's War?
engrossing and believableeasy, conversational tonecrisp and steadymade political science interestingJohn Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.
The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-and alien races... Read more about Old Man's War
Visiting Kathy's grave was the less dramatic of the two. She's buried in Harris Creek Cemetery, not more than a mile down the road from where I live and where we raised our family. Getting her into th...
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What do readers say about The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay?
slow and ploddingcomics and superheroesunimaginative narrative stylea book of fictionWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The epic, beloved novel of two boy geniuses dreaming up superheroes in New York's Golden Age of comics, now with special bonus material by the author-soon to be a Showtime limited series
"It'... Read more about The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
IN later years, holding forth to an interviewer or to an audience of aging fans at a comic book convention, Sam Clay liked to declare, apropos of his and Joe Kavalier's greatest creation, that back wh...
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What do readers say about Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
life is weirdengaging and entertaininglight and witty satirefunny and wittyA misanthropic matriarch leaves her eccentric family in crisis when she mysteriously disappears in this "whip-smart and divinely funny" novel that inspired the movie starring Cate Blanchett (New York Times).
Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Micro... Read more about Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Galer Street School is a place where compassion, academics, and global connectitude join together to create civic-minded citizens of a sustainable and diverse planet. Student: Bee Branch Grade: Eight ...
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What do readers say about Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children?
terrific writing styleit had picturesdark fantasy and actioncreepy and mysteriousWhen his grandfather dies under mysterious circumstances, sixteen-year-old Jacob wants to know more about his grandfather's hazy past. On a trip to the Welsh Cairnholm Island he discovers the crumbling Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As ... Read more about Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
I had just come to accept that my life would be ordinary when extraordinary things began to happen. The first of these came as a terrible shock and, like anything that changes you forever, split my li...
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What do readers say about After Dark?
one night in tokyobrilliant, spare, concisethird person prosebald declaratory styleReality bends all the more acutely with lack of sleep in this stunning novel from the master of the surreal.
Eyes mark the shape of the city
The midnight hour approaches in an almost-empty diner. Mari sips her coffee and reads a book, but soon her s... Read more about After Dark
Through the eyes of a high-flying night bird, we take in the scene from midair. In our broad sweep, the city looks like a single gigantic creature—or more like a single collective entity created by ma...
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