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The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsNo longer need the Edgar Allen Poe enthusiast search through scattered volumes in order to enjoy his tales and poetry. The Modern Library Giant series provides the ideal solution for the problem of gathering every story and poem written by Poe between the covers of a single book... -
![Yestertime by Andrew Cunningham]()
Yestertime by Andrew Cunningham
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"I'm going to die a hundred years before I was born..."The handwritten note was in a dusty trunk that sat in a cave untouched for 150 years. What did the words mean? When journalist Ray Burton finds the trunk near the Arizona ghost town of Hollow Rock, his life changes in an instant.Something in the trunk shouldn’t be there.This begins a dangerous journey of discovery bordering on the impossible... -
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Protect by R.D. Brady
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSURVIVOR, MOTHER, LEADER ...HUMANITY'S LAST CHANCE The pulse-pounding, action-packed dystopian novel from Amazon best selling author, R.D. Brady.Deep within the remnants of the United States, Lyla Richards oversees a camp of two hundred survivors...Categorized as:
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![Sea Spray by John A. Heldt]()
Sea Spray by John A. Heldt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMonths after stealing two time machines from a madman who wants them back, the Lanes, a family of seven, seek peace and safety in 1927, the latest stop on a journey through time. For a while, each succeeds.Parents Mark and Mary find housing in affluent East Hampton, New York, where a gracious elderly couple offers use of their mansion. Son Jordan and his new wife, Jessie, plan a family... -
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![Perfect by Cecelia Ahern]()
Perfect by Cecelia Ahern
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCelestine North is Flawed.Ever since Judge Crevan declared her the number one threat to the public, she has been a ghost, on the run with Carrick, the only person she can trust. But Celestine has a secret—one that could bring the entire Flawed system crumbling to the ground. A secret that has already caused countless people to go missing... -
![Secrets of the Highlander by Janet Chapman]()
Secrets of the Highlander by Janet Chapman
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe is the father of her child, but the secrets they are hiding are tearing them apart.... Megan MacKeage escaped the smothering protectiveness of the Highland MacKeage clan to work as a scientist on the Canadian tundra. But when fellow researcher Wayne Ferris breaks her heart by rejecting her, Megan returns to Maine alone... -
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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 78 ratingsSet in the days of civilization's collapse, Station Eleven tells the story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear...Categorized as:
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![When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead]()
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsMiranda is an ordinary sixth grader, until she starts receiving mysterious messages from somebody who knows all about her, including things that have not even happened yet. Each message brings her closer to believing that only she can prevent a tragic death. Until the final note makes her think she’s too late... -
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Blind Sided by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter four years of life in a post-apocalyptic world, the one thing that both Mike and Sarah know for sure is that nothing ever stays the same. Just when life has begun to settle down, a threat comes at them from a totally unexpected source. Not England, nor the US, not rampaging gypsies or even the Middle East... -
![Cast the First Stone by David James Warren]()
Cast the First Stone by David James Warren
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne case haunts him. One chance to fix the past. One mistake could cost him everything.Ex-Minneapolis Police Detective Rembrandt Stone walked away from a career he loved—just the price of being sure he can come home to the wife and daughter he cherishes. But he can’t shake the deep regret over a case left behind... -
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The Presence by T. Davis Bunn, Davis Bunn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaving taken a stand of integrity that cost him his election, T.J. Case, a North Carolina lawyer and politician, soon finds himself propelled into the middle of Washington politics in an effort to help reshape twisted lives and challenge corrupt systems... -
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Rising Sun / Jurassic Park / Sphere by Michael Crichton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere are three of Michael Crichton's research-intensive thrillers in one dandy box. Rising Sun was as timely in 1992 as it now seems ironic. It brilliantly taps the early-'90s American terror of Japan's then apparently invincible high-tech economy with a snappy murder mystery. While celebs rub elbows at the opening party of a Japanese high-rise in L.A... -
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Kalahari by Jessica Khoury
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDeep in the Kalahari Desert, a Corpus lab protects a dangerous secret…But what happens when that secret takes on a life of its own? When an educational safari goes wrong, five teens find themselves stranded in the Kalahari Desert without a guide... -
![The Fever Code by James Dashner]()
The Fever Code by James Dashner
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsOnce there was a world’s end.The forests burned, the lakes and rivers dried up, and the oceans swelled.Then came a plague, and fever spread across the globe. Families died, violence reigned, and man killed man.Next came WICKED, who were looking for an answer. And then they found the perfect boy.The boy’s name was Thomas, and Thomas built a maze.Now there are secrets.There are lies... -
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![Call of the Hero by Robert J. Crane]()
Call of the Hero by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe city of Reikonos is prisoner to a tyrant. After a thousand years, Cyrus Davidon and the guild of Sanctuary have returned to find the human capital in a terrible state: food is in short supply, the skies are choked with the smoke of industry, and a criminal gang known as the Machine prey on all who dare raise their hand in opposition to the Lord Protector... -
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Burning For Revenge by John Marsden
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe action doesn't let up in the most explosive Tomorrow book yet -- another international bestseller from John Marsden. The journey to Stratton isn't an easy trip, especially when the enemy's headquarters lie somewhere along the way. And that's exactly where Ellie and her friends unwittingly find themselves... -
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Lies by Michael Grant
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 55 ratingsIt's been seven months since all the adults disappeared. Gone.It happens in one night. A girl who died now walks among the living; Zil and the Human Crew set fire to Perdido Beach; and amid the flames and smoke, Sam sees the figure of the boy he fears the most: Drake. But Drake is dead. Sam and Caine defeated him along with the Darkness—or so they thought... -
![Torn Sky by Tracy Banghart]()
Torn Sky by Tracy Banghart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe end is near . . . When Aris Haan brought down Safara’s biggest war criminal, she’d thought it was a turning point in the war. Victory was on the horizon, as was a peaceful future with her Promised, Milek. But a deadly new threat has emerged: a Safaran bomb that could wipe out all of Atalanta in one catastrophic blast...Categorized as:
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![Unexpected Hero by Willow Summers]()
Unexpected Hero by Willow Summers
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling author, Willow Summers, comes an action packed romance you won't want to put down. "Peppered with Summers' brand of humor, the Skyline Trilogy makes for an exquisite read." MarKat ★★★★★ "I love that Jenna is such a strong heroine and Josh is the strong and deadly silent type... -
![The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly]()
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed forever.It's August 1999. For twelve-year-old Michael Rosario, life at Fox Run Apartments in Red Knot, Delaware, is as ordinary as ever—except for the looming Y2K crisis and his overwhelming crush on his fifteen-year-old babysitter, Gibby...Categorized as:
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![Class Reunions Are Murder by Libby Klein]()
Class Reunions Are Murder by Libby Klein
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNewly widowed and stuck in a middle-aged funk, Poppy has been running on cookies, infomercials, and one-sided chats with her cat for months. There's no way on earth she's attending her twenty-five-year class reunion--especially after receiving a very bizarre letter from Barbie, the popular cheerleader who taunted her all through high school... -
![Tomorrow Girls: Behind the Gates by Eva Gray]()
Tomorrow Girls: Behind the Gates by Eva Gray
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn a terrifying future world, four girls must depend on each other if they want to survive.Louisa is nervous about being sent away to a boarding school -- but she’s excited, too. And she has her best friend, Maddie, to keep her company. The girls have to pretend to be twin sisters, which Louisa thinks just adds to the adventure!Country Manor School isn’t all excitement, though...Categorized as:
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![Under the Dome: Part Two by Stephen King]()
Under the Dome: Part Two by Stephen King
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAll hell has broken loose in Chester's Mill after an invisible force field suddenly and inexplicably descends on the small Maine town, isolating all within it from the outside world. As the grim reality of the situation dawns and panic sets in, each other town's denizens reveals their true nature in the face of shortages, rationing, lawlessness, and uncertainty... -
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Seizure by Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsEver since Tory Brennan and her friends rescued Cooper, a kidnapped wolf pup with a rare strain of canine parvovirus, they've turned from regular kids into a crime-solving pack. But now the very place that brought them together - the Loggerhead Island Research Institute - is out of funding and will have to shut down. That is, unless the Virals can figure out a way to save it... -
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![Hunger by Michael Grant]()
Hunger by Michael Grant
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 64 ratingsIt's been three months since everyone under the age of fifteen became trapped in the bubble known as the FAYZ.Three months since all the adults disappeared. GONE.Food ran out weeks ago. Everyone is starving, but no one wants to figure out a solution. And each day, more and more kids are evolving, developing supernatural abilities that set them apart from the kids without powers... -
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Darkness, Be My Friend by John Marsden
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe battle continues as five ordinary kids must journey back into the heart of an epic conflict.Five months into World War III, Ellie and her four remaining friends have barely escaped the Australian town of Wirrawee with their lives and their sanity intact.But as the next step becomes clear, they realize they must once again sacrifice their hard-won comfort and safety... -
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Sneak by Evan Angler
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWhen Logan Langly backed out of getting the Mark and went on the run, no one thought he could survive on his own. Without the Mark, you can't buy food, go to the doctor, or use a tablet--you aren't even a citizen...Categorized as:
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![Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen]()
Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAnother instant classic from Carl Hiaasen—laugh-out-loud funny, tackling the current chaotic and polarized American culture (following in the path of Squeeze Me), with two wonderful new Hiaasen heroes“The afternoon of September first, dishwater-gray and rainy, a man named Dale Figgo picked up a hitchhiker on Gus Grissom Boulevard in Tangelo Falls, Florida... -
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The Journey by John A. Heldt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSeattle, 2010. When her entrepreneur husband dies in an accident, Michelle Preston Richardson, 48, finds herself childless and directionless. She yearns for the simpler days of her youth, before she followed her high school sweetheart down a road that led to limitless riches but little fulfillment, and jumps at a chance to reconnect with her past at a class reunion... -
![Skye Fall by Paige Edwards]()
Skye Fall by Paige Edwards
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIsla Montjoy has it all, a new career in nursing and a police officer boyfriend she adores―until she stumbles across proof of her boyfriend’s corruption. Determined to protect his secrets, he attacks her and leaves her for dead. But against all odds, she lives... -
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Money Run by Jack Heath
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTake two child geniuses (thieves in their spare time), one obsessed assassin, and the richest man in the world to create a compelling, completely unpredictable young adult thriller. Fifteen-year-olds Ashley and Benjamin have concocted a daring master plan: to steal billionaire Hammond Buckland's most precious belonging, hidden in the depths of his conspicuous corporate building...Categorized as:
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![Blackout by Meredith McCardle]()
Blackout by Meredith McCardle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Amanda Obermann (code name: Iris) has more on her mind than usual. As a member of a covert government organization called the Annum Guard, which travels through time to keep history on track, Iris has been getting some particularly stressful assignments. Plus, Jane Bonner, the Guard’s iron-fisted new leader, seems determined to make life as hard as possible...Categorized as:
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![McSweeney's #45 by Dave Eggers]()
McSweeney's #45 by Dave Eggers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEach issue of the quarterly is completely redesigned. There have been hardcovers and paperbacks, an issue with two spines, an issue with a magnetic binding, an issue that looked like a bundle of junk mail, and an issue that looked like a sweaty human head. McSweeney’s has won multiple literary awards and has had numerous stories appear in annual �best of” anthologies... -
![Three Complete Novels: The Andromeda Strain / The Terminal Man / The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton]()
Three Complete Novels: The Andromeda Strain / The Terminal Man / The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYears before Jurassic Park, Michael Chrichton was known as The New York Times bestselling master of the techno-thriller. The three mesmerizing super-sellers in this collection--including his first novel, The Andromeda Strain--have sold well over 4 million copies and qualify as modern classics... -
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![Free to Fall by Lauren Miller]()
Free to Fall by Lauren Miller
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhat if there was an app that told you what song to listen to, what coffee to order, who to date, even what to do with your life—an app that could ensure your complete and utter happiness? What if you never had to fail or make a wrong choice?What if you never had to fall?Fast-forward to a time when Apple and Google have been replaced by Gnosis, a monolith corporation that has developed the most...Categorized as:
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![Bloom by Kenneth Oppel]()
Bloom by Kenneth Oppel
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe first book in a can't-put-it-down, can't-read-it-fast-enough action-thriller trilogy that's part Hatchet, part Little Shop of Horrors!The invasion begins--but not as you'd expect. It begins with rain. Rain that carries seeds. Seeds that sprout--overnight, everywhere. These new plants take over crop fields, twine up houses, and burrow below streets. They bloom--and release toxic pollens... -
![Itch: The Explosive Adventures of an Element Hunter by Simon Mayo]()
Itch: The Explosive Adventures of an Element Hunter by Simon Mayo
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThrills. Danger. And world domination. Itch is as action-packed and suspenseful as a novel for young readers can get! Fourteen-year-old Itchingham Lofte, nicknamed Itch, has an unusual passion: collecting specimens of every element in the periodic table. So what if that means hes had a few .. -
![Eye of the Storm by Kate Messner]()
Eye of the Storm by Kate Messner
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the not-too-distant future, huge tornadoes and monster storms are a part of everyday life. In the heart of storm country, Jaden Meggs attends the exclusive summer science camp, Eye on Tomorrow that her dad founded. There she meets Alex, a boy from a nearby storm-ravaged farm, and together they discover a horrible truth about her dad's weather research... -
![Everyone a Stranger by Kevin O'Brien]()
Everyone a Stranger by Kevin O'Brien
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this brilliant, twisting historical suspense thriller set during World War II, a young war widow is unwittingly drawn into a sinister web of intrigue and murder.Washington D.C., 1943: Virginia Abrams believed the war had taken all it could from her when her husband was killed in the Philippines...Categorized as:
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![Little Brother by Cory Doctorow]()
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsMarcus aka “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems... -
![Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu]()
Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis smoldering enemies-to-lovers novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu puts a superstar global phenomenon and a hotshot young spy on a collision course with danger – and Cupid’s arrow – in an electric new series perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Ally Carter.Meet Winter Young – International pop sensation, with a voice like velvet and looks that could kill... -
![MEG: Hell's Aquarium by Steve Alten]()
MEG: Hell's Aquarium by Steve Alten
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Steve Alten's Meg: Hell's Aquarium continues his thrilling action adventure series--the basis for the feature film The Meg, starring Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor.The most fearsome predators in history…are no longer history.The Philippine Sea Plate: The most unexplored realm on the planet... -
![The Andromeda Strain / The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton]()
The Andromeda Strain / The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratings#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Michael Crichton has been called "one of the great storytellers of our age,"* a master at seamlessly blending cutting-edge science and technology with spellbinding adventure... -
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Dark Inheritance by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsW. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear, international bestselling authors of Dissolution, present a gripping, thought-provoking contemporary thriller in the tradition of Michael Chrichton’s Jurassic Park. Here a project of cutting-edge genetics might lead to a better world—or a waking nightmare... -
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![Cut to the Corpse by Lucy Lawrence]()
Cut to the Corpse by Lucy Lawrence
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA sticky situation in the second Decoupage mystery.Decoupage teacher Brenna Miller is in over her head when she finds bride-to-be Tara with her fiance's dead best friend-and Tara holding the murder weapon. It's up to Brenna to get to the truth before Tara's future turns to shreds... -
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Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 93 ratingsOne choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love... -
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Race the Night by Kirsten Hubbard
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"[A] moving tale of resilience, hope, and the meaning of family." -School Library Journal (starred review) Without you, there'd be no hope for the world. Because you are the whole world. That's what Teacher says, and twelve-year-old Eider knows she's right. The world ended long ago, and the desert ranch is the only thing left. Still, Eider's thoughts keep wandering Beyond the fence...Categorized as:
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The Academy by Ridley Pearson
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSteven ?Steel? Trapp has been placed in an East Coast boarding school for gifted kids by his FBI agent father. He soon discovers that there's a clubby element of faculty and upperclassmen that is very secretive and protective. To his surprise, his friend Kaileigh arrives at the school, and it isn?t long before the two realize that this is not your normal prep school.There are dark forces at play...Categorized as:
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![The Sundowner's Dance by Todd Keisling]()
The Sundowner's Dance by Todd Keisling
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJerry Campbell just wants to be left alone. Grief-stricken over the death of his wife Abigail, the elderly widower and recent retiree is desperate for a change of scenery. When his realtor suggests a new home in Fairview Acres, a retirement community in the Poconos, Jerry figures it will be a nice place to spend the rest of his days in solitude.Until he moves in.Weird neighbors... -
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Genius Squad by Catherine Jinks
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNow that the Axis Institute for World Domination has been blown up; the founder, Dr. Phineas Darkkon, has died; and Prosper English (who enrolled Cadel in the first place) is in jail for myriad offenses, Cadel Piggott has round-the-clock surveillance so he'll be safe until he testifies against Prosper English. But nobody seems to want Cadel...Categorized as:
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