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The Green Mile: The Screenplay by Frank Darabont
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsTells the story of John Coffey, a death row inmate who exhibits supernatural powers that make the guards and prisoners around him reexamine their... -
El secreto de Xein by Laura Gallego García
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLos caminos de Axlin y Xein vuelven a cruzarse, pero ambos parecen estar más alejados que nunca. Ella trabaja en la biblioteca y sigue recopilando información para completar su bestiario, mientras investiga lo que parece una presencia anormal de monstruos dentro de los muros de la Ciudadela...Categorized as:
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Dreaming the Serpent Spear by Manda Scott
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe fourth and final novel in the magnificent saga of Britain’s warrior queen (Boudica – “Bringer of Victory” and the last defender of the Celtic culture) will capture readers’ hearts and minds, as Manda Scott brings the series to a stunning close... -
Dead and Buried by Pandora Pine
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContent to work insurance fraud and cheating spouse cases, Detective Ronan O’Mara is shocked when prominent YouTube ghost hunter Marlowe Bond and his partner seek him out to solve the most bizarre set of murders Ronan’s ever encountered: thirteen skeletons buried in the flower beds of Trip Cahill’s Massachusetts home.Psychic Tennyson Grimm can hear the thirteen spirits speaking to him... -
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Not the End: Life Isn't Over Until It Is Over by Odin Dupeyron
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNot The End was first released in 2001 and since that first edition has been read and reread, given, lent and recommended by readers of all ages, of all genders, of different religions, preferences and countries. It has passed from hand to hand and from mouth to mouth, changed publisher, cover, color and presentation... -
Den sorte enkes by by Nicole Boyle Rødtnes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI byen Viduana lever mænd og kvinder helt adskilt. Opdelingen bevarer freden i en verden af kaos. Men ikke alle kan overholde grænsen mellem kønnene …CLARA er lige fyldt 18 år og er nu tvunget til at deltage i forplantningspligten.SILAS lever under slavelignende tilstande i mændenes kvarter. Han vil gerne ændre byen, men det kræver et ubærligt offer at få indflydelse... -
Contest of Queens by Jordan H. Bartlett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a Queendom divided, can one girl unite the realms?Jacs, an inventor’s apprentice from the Lower Realm, has only ever dreamed of what the land among the clouds holds. That is until she finds a letter from Connor, an Upperite boy hoping to learn more about the land below. Little does Jacs know, Connor is actually Prince Cornelius of the Queendom of Frea... -
Call Down The Hawk 8 chapter sampler by Maggie Stiefvater
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings8 chapter sample of Call Down the Hawk released by Scholastic on June 3rd in advance of the full novel's publication in November: https://www.scribd.com/document/41236.. -
Les Illusions de Sav-Loar by Manon Fargetton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDans le royaume d'Ombre, les femmes qui possèdent le don sont persécutées par le Clos, ordre religieux patriarcal qui voit en elles une menace. C'est dans la cité devenue légendaire de Sav-Loar, protégée par une série de sorts et d'illusions au coeur de la forêt des Songes, que se réfugient ces femmes depuis des décennies... -
Tell Me: The Prelude by Tina Martin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI never wanted to fall in love. At thirty-eight years of age, I haven’t taken the plunge, nor do I plan to. I’ve seen the damage love can do. It pretends to care, but then it tears a person down. It’s manipulative. Damaging. It lies. It hurts. It makes one weak. I know that all too well after seeing what it did to my dear mother... -
The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEvocative, magical and luminously written, The Cure for Drowning is not only a brilliant, boundary-pushing love story but a Canadian historical novel that boldly centres queer and non-binary characters in unprecedented ways...Categorized as:
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The Garden of the Departed Cats by Bilge Karasu
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn an ancient Mediterranean city, a tradition is maintained: every ten years an archaic game of human chess is staged, the players (visitors versus locals) bearing weapons. This archaic game, the central event of The Garden of the Departed Cats, may prove as fatal as the deadly attraction our narrator feels for the local man who is the Vizier, or Captain, of the home team...Categorized as:
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Rainbow Rowell - Box Set: Fangirl & Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
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A Very Tentacular Christmas by Chloe Archer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRIVERHo, ho, ho…and tentacles? I’ve written a super secret Christmas novella in my over-the-top space saga/tentacle romance series. Who could have imagined I’d have so many actual alien fans across the universe? I can’t wait to share this new story with them, but first I need some feedback I can trust... -
La guerra by Luca Tarenzi
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI due gruppi di dannati finalmente si riuniscono nel Paradiso Terrestre, dove imperversa il Messaggero Matelda, il cui scopo è sterminare tutte le anime non purificate che si sono rifugiate lassù... -
L'ora dei dannati. La montagna by Luca Tarenzi
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsL'atteso secondo episodio di una trilogia. Un romanzo che è un fantasy ambientato tra Inferno e Purgatorio dantesco, un racconto carcerario, una storia di redenzione piena di colpi di scena. I quattro dannati evasi dall'Inferno approdano sulle sponde del Purgatorio... -
Risking Immortality by Alyson Root
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmelia Loch has a secret…She knows humanity’s prejudices against her kind are little more than delusional nightmares. Born, not made, vampires have been forced into the shadows by human ignorance. In any case, the Loch family, like many vampire clans, has thrived over the centuries... -
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Filhos da Degradação by Felipe Castilho
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVocê destruiria seu mundo em nome da verdade?A última região habitada do mundo, Untherak, é povoada por humanos, anões e gigantes, sinfos, kaorshs e gnolls. Nela, a deusa Una reina soberana, lembrando a todos a missão maior de suas vidas: servir a Ela sem questionamentos. No entanto, um pequeno grupo de rebeldes, liderado por uma figura misteriosa, está disposto a tudo para tirá-la do trono... -
Harry Potter and the Welcome to the World of Grey by sobsicles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Harry fails to keep his anger at bay and Voldemort possesses his mind, the events that follow lead him down a long road to realizing the world isn't as black and white as it seems.Chaos, hilarity, and tragedy ensue with a Dark Lord being honest all the time, a rival becoming something else, and a world demanding to be saved... -
The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFrom the author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street and The Kingdoms, an epic Cold War novel set in a mysterious town in Soviet Russia...Categorized as:
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The Circle: MM Dark Found Family Fantasy Adventure LGBTQ+ by Silencio
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDeep in a forest, miles from any town, stands Whitewood Orphanage, a place of heavy silence and long shadows.When fifteen-year-old Tristan arrives, he braces for strict rules and cold discipline. Instead, he finds a place where friendship blurs into forbidden longing, and every shadow hides a secret too heavy to name... -
Portable Childhoods by Ellen Klages, Neil Gaiman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmerging from a unique and powerful voice, this innovative collection offers a tantalizing glimpse of what lies hidden just beyond the ordinary, skirting the border between childhood and adulthood...Categorized as:
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Versions of Her by Andrea Lochen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the surface, Melanie Kingstad-Keyes’s life is the picture of success. She’s a tenure track professor at a prestigious university and has a perfect husband. But a recent miscarriage has left her reeling and her marriage tenuous. Selling her family’s Lake Indigo summer home, which she hasn’t visited in fifteen years, feels like the perfect distraction from her problems... -
Little Kingdoms by Steven Millhauser
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCartoons that draw their creator into another world; demonic paintings that exert a sinister influence on our own. Fairy tales that express the secret losses and anxieties of their tellers... -
Beside the Ocean of Time by George Mackay Brown
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this novel set on the fictitious island of Norday in the Orkneys, George Mackay Brown beckons us into the imaginary world of the young Thorfinn Ragnarson, the son of a crofter... -
Extraordinary Tales by Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis edition contains a foreward written by Anthony Kerrigan, who translated from the Spanish... -
Kitab Omong Kosong by Seno Gumira Ajidarma
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Tolong sampaikan agar cerita ini tidak usah dibaca karena membuang waktu, pikiran dan tenaga. Sungguh hanya suatu omong kosong belaka. Mohon maaf sekali lagi untuk permintaan tolong ini. Maaf, beribu-ribu mohon maaf."Togog Cerita ini memang ditulis oleh Togog, yang merasa minder dan terasingkan dalam sebuah dunia yang sangat memuja Semar... -
We So Seldom Look on Love by Barbara Gowdy
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNow in paperback, this masterfully crafted story collection by the author of the internationally best-selling novel Mister Sandman is a haunting book that is certain to both disturb and entertain...Categorized as:
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Waiting for Eternity by Alyson Root, Tara Sullivan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsErin Hanson thought the hardest part was behind her...With Amelia by her side, Erin finally has a chance at the eternal love they once thought impossible. But as Erin’s thirtieth birthday approaches—and with it, the deadline for her transformation from human to vampire—the certainty of their future starts to unravel... -
This is Not a Vampire Story by Simon Doyle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Victor Callahan holds a secret as ancient as the shadows.Employed as a night porter in a quiet Irish nursing home, the teenager watches over a group of men he once knew a long time ago. Victor has orchestrated their reunion for a final farewell, a goodbye to those whose lives have shaped him through the years... -
The Gods of Amyrantha by Jennifer Fallon
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe Tide Lords are returning and that means every man, woman and child is in danger... Arkady is exiled to the repressive Torlenian capital, where she makes some unexpected friends and some powerful enemies, all of whom seem bent on usingher to wreak vengeance on each other... -
The Children of Kings by Deborah J. Ross, Marion Zimmer Bradley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Novel of Darkover®Millennia ago, the planet Darkover, a cold world orbiting a giant red sun, was settled by a lost colony ship from the Terran Federation. Alone on a new world, survivors interbred with the native chieri, psychically Gifted alien humanoids... -
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The Wrong Heaven by Amy Bonnaffons
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"In her amazing, wildly inventive collection, Amy Bonnaffons writes about transformation, each story further complicating the world as we know it. With a style that blends humor and sincerity in such strange, perfect ratios, Bonnaffons reveals the mysteries inside of us, just waiting to make themselves known. The Wrong Heaven, so wondrous, will alter you in all the necessary ways... -
Hopendath 2. Zona Oscura by Pamela Stupia
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLa zona oscura no es lo que prometía el Nuevo Libro de Hopendath ni lo que Astor y sus amigos aprendieron en la academia. Tras poner un pie en esa tierra abandonada, nadie perdió la vida, pero una sombra quiso apoderarse de ellos. Mientras Jude, Brandon y Abbie caen en las redes de Ray y Dysha, esta última decide utilizarlos para lograr sus objetivos... -
Run for us: Masked men Novella by Jaye Pratt
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes life hands you a fork in the road. Mine feels more like a tidal wave crashing down on me, just as I’m about to turn thirty. Until now, I’ve been trying to live up to my mother’s impossible standards while drowning in deadlines, but I’ve finally had enough.Bluebell Bay is my escape plan. It’s a chance to figure out what I want from life, a place I don’t have to pretend... -
Song of the Shiver Barrens by Glenda Larke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLigea's son, Arrant, leaves Tyrans for Kardiastan to take his place as Mirager-heir, while Ligea prepares to halt an insurrection. But Arrant's skills as a Magoroth are dangerously inconsistent, and his father, Temellin, finds it difficult to communicate with this secretive young man he barely knows... -
The Shadow of Tyr by Glenda Larke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLigea Gayed has been lied to once too often. Now she has turned against her former employer, the secretive Brotherhood of the Tyrans Empire, and must evade Favonius and his Jackals while also recruiting others to fight with her.Yet, despite her best efforts, a rebellion is hard to come by. Except within her own family, of course... -
Midnight Ash by Ana Ashley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf I didn't know better, I'd think my life is a fairytale.Orphan? Check.Evil stepmom? Check.The only problem with my theory is the lack of a dashing prince coming to my rescue.That is until Xander comes along. He’s charming, gorgeous, and caring. With him my life doesn’t feel like a neverending list of chores... -
So You Think You Know Harry Potter?: Over 1000 Wizard Quiz Questions by Clive Gifford
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSo You Think You Know Harry Potter is a trivia quiz book for fans of this young wizard... -
Hair of Gold - Just Right by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world has not been kind to Katiana, Goldilocks, as the werewolves robbed her of her family when she was young. She was spared a similar fate by three bears who came to her aid and fought off the wolves. Kat finds herself in a strange new world after the loss of her family, but finds happiness again with her new family… her new brothers... -
The Palace of Impossible Dreams by Jennifer Fallon
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsJust remember, eternity is a long time to be watching over your shoulder... Branded and sold into slavery in Senestra, Arkady holds out little hope of being rescued. She turns to her new owner for help...but learning the truth about him may cost both their lives... -
Odd Adventures with your Other Father by Norman Prentiss
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBecause one of her fathers died when she was very young, much of Celia's family knowledge comes from stories her surviving father narrates—road-trip adventures from the mid-80s that explore homophobia in a supernatural context... -
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Battle For Tristaine by Cate Culpepper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a harrowing escape from the City's prison, new lovers Brenna and the Amazon Jesstin are thrown into a battle that will determine the fate of their entire world.While Brenna struggles to find her place in the clan and the love between her and Jess grows, Tristaine is threatened with destruction when a crucial betrayal brings the City soldiers down upon the village... -
Mers mortes by Aurélie Wellenstein
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMers et océans ont disparu. L'eau s'est évaporée, tous les animaux marins sont morts. Des marées fantômes déferlent sur le monde et charrient des spectres avides de vengeance. Requins, dauphins, baleines..., arrachent l'âme des hommes et la dévorent. Seuls les exorcistes, protecteurs de l'humanité, peuvent les détruire. Oural est l'un d'eux... -
Psyche Moon by Chrissie Buhr
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSadie can reach into your mind to discover anything she chooses, change a memory, and much more. She swore long ago she would never again use her abilities to control or exploit another being. She doesn’t know why she has power over the mind, but those who discover her abilities flee from her. People fear what they don’t understand, so she hides her powers... -
The Forever Knight by John Marco
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLukien is the Bronze Knight, beloved by his kingdom and renowned in battle throughout his world. After betraying his king and losing his beloved, he wishes only for death, but rather than die, Lukien is given a chance for redemption: to be the protector of the Inhumans—those fragile mortals who live deep in the desert, far from the prying eyes of their world... -
Girl Like a Bomb by Autumn Christian
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAutumn Christian's third novel is a dark journey of self-discovery. An existential labyrinth of love, sex, and self-actualization where the only way out is through. When high schooler Beverly Sykes finally has sex, her whole life changes. She feels an explosion inside of her that feels like her DNA is being rearranged, and she discovers a strange power within... -
Santa's Naughty Boy by Wendy Rathbone
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA young man discovers Santa has many secrets.Working at an out of the way gay bar in Alaska is all Angel knows. The daily grind is getting boring, until one evening a handsome older man walks in wearing a red parka and a Santa hat.Now Angel can't stop thinking about this Santa daddy. But this guy plays hard to get. As if he's hiding something. Something big...
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