853 Results with the "Fiction" genre


    • The Giver of Stars Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Set in the rugged moun­tains of ​1930s Ken­tucky, The Giv­er of Stars fol­lows ​Alice Wright, a spir­it­ed Eng­lish­woman who escapes her sti­fling mar­riage by join­ing the ​Pack­horse Library Project—a WPA ini­tia­tive that deliv­ers books to remote Appalachi­an com­mu­ni­ties. Along­side a group of extra­or­di­nary women, includ­ing the fear­less ​Margery O’Hare, Alice braves harsh ter­rain, soci­etal prej­u­dice, and per­son­al demons to bring lit­er­a­cy and hope to the iso­lat­ed…
    • 2‑King of Thorns Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin King of Thorns is the bru­tal and bril­liant sec­ond install­ment in Mark Lawrence’s Bro­ken Empire tril­o­gy, fol­low­ing the infa­mous anti­hero ​Jorg Ancrath​ as he con­sol­i­dates his stolen throne through blood and cun­ning. Years after seiz­ing pow­er in Prince of Thorns, Jorg now rules a frac­tured kingdom—but ene­mies close in from all sides: The ​Prince of Arrow, a gold­en rival com­mand­ing over­whelm­ing forces The ​Dead King, whose necro­man­tic hordes…
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      Black House

      Black House Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Black House is the long-await­ed sequel to The Tal­is­man, reunit­ing read­ers with ​Jack Sawyer—now a retired LAPD detec­tive liv­ing in small-town Wis­con­sin. But when a series of grue­some child mur­ders plague the com­mu­ni­ty, Jack is drawn back into the hor­rors of the ​Ter­ri­to­ries, the alter­nate uni­verse he once tra­versed as a boy. Team­ing up with an aging bik­er named ​Hen­ry Ley­den​ and a boy with super­nat­ur­al…
      Fantasy • Fiction • Horror • Thriller
    • Wish You Were Here: Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin In Wish You Were Here, best­selling author Jodi Picoult deliv­ers a grip­ping and emo­tion­al­ly res­o­nant nov­el set against the back­drop of a glob­al pan­dem­ic. The sto­ry fol­lows Diana O’Toole, a young art spe­cial­ist on the brink of her dream career and a planned roman­tic get­away with her sur­geon boyfriend. But when the pan­dem­ic upends their plans, Diana finds her­self strand­ed alone on the Galá­pa­gos Islands—a…
    • Never Let Me Go Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin In Nev­er Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishig­uro weaves a haunt­ing and intro­spec­tive tale set in an alter­nate-real­i­ty ​1990s Eng­land, where ​Kathy H.​, a ​car­er, reflects on her child­hood at ​Hail­sham, an idyl­lic yet unset­tling board­ing school. As Kathy reunites with her for­mer class­mates ​Ruth​ and ​Tom­my, she con­fronts the dark truth about their exis­tence: they are ​clones, cre­at­ed sole­ly to pro­vide ​organ dona­tions​ for “nor­mal”…
    • Against All Things Ending Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Against All Things End­ing is the penul­ti­mate vol­ume in Stephen R. Donaldson’s decades-span­ning Chron­i­cles of Thomas Covenant, where meta­phys­i­cal despair and frag­ile hope col­lide in the Land’s dark­est hour. As the Worm of the World’ End awak­ens to devour all exis­tence, three bro­ken heroes face impos­si­ble choic­es: ​Thomas Covenant, res­ur­rect­ed as pure wild mag­ic but par­a­lyzed by the para­dox of his own exis­tence ​Lin­den Avery, wield­ing…
    • 1986 — Orson Scott Card — Ender’s Game Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Ender’s Game is a ground­break­ing sci­ence fic­tion nov­el that fol­lows ​Andrew “Ender” Wig­gin, a bril­liant child recruit­ed into ​Bat­tle School, an orbital mil­i­tary acad­e­my where gift­ed chil­dren are trained to com­mand Earth­’s defens­es against an alien race called the ​Formics​ (or “Bug­gers”). Under the ruth­less tute­lage of ​Colonel Graff, Ender excels in sim­u­lat­ed war games, mas­ter­ing strat­e­gy and leadership—but at a dev­as­tat­ing psy­cho­log­i­cal cost. As…
    • The Fifth Season Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The Fifth Sea­son is the first book in N. K. Jemisin’s ground­break­ing Bro­ken Earth tril­o­gy, a mas­ter­piece that rede­fines epic fan­ta­sy. Set on a super­con­ti­nent called the Still­ness, where cat­a­stroph­ic cli­mate dis­as­ters (known as “Fifth Sea­sons”) reg­u­lar­ly dev­as­tate civ­i­liza­tion, the sto­ry fol­lows three inter­twined nar­ra­tives: ​Essun, a woman search­ing for her miss­ing daugh­ter in a world col­laps­ing into chaos. ​Damaya, a young girl with dan­ger­ous pow­ers, tak­en…
    • Emperor of Thorns (The Broken Empire, Book 3) Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Emper­or of Thorns is the explo­sive con­clu­sion to Mark Lawrence’s Bro­ken Empire tril­o­gy, where ​Jorg Ancrath—the most ruth­less and com­pelling anti­hero in mod­ern fantasy—makes his final play for ulti­mate pow­er. Now a hard­ened king at just twen­ty years old, Jorg march­es toward the ​Con­gres­sion, where the Hun­dred King­doms’ rulers will vote to crown an emper­or. But his path is lit­tered with corpses, betray­als, and the ghosts of…
    • A Darker Shade of Magic Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin A Dark­er Shade of Mag­ic intro­duces a spell­bind­ing mul­ti­verse where four par­al­lel Lon­dons exist, each with vary­ing degrees of mag­ic: ​Grey Lon­don: Dull, mag­ic-starved, and ruled by mad King George III. ​Red Lon­don: Thriv­ing with mag­ic, ruled by the Maresh dynasty. ​White Lon­don: A bru­tal, mag­ic-hoard­ing waste­land ruled by the ruth­less ​Antari​ twins. ​Dead Lon­don: A for­bid­den, life­less ruin. Enter ​Kell, one of the last…
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