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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsHarry Potter and the Methods of Rationality is a work of alternate-universe Harry Potter fan-fiction wherein Petunia Evans has married an Oxford biochemistry professor and young genius Harry grows up fascinated by science and science fiction. When he finds out that he is a wizard, he tries to apply scientific principles to his study of magic, with sometimes surprising results... -
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Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsIn these dark, disturbing stories Roald Dahl explores the sinister side of human nature: the cunning, sly selfish part of each of us that leads into the territory of the unexpected and unsettling.Originally published in 1960, Kiss Kiss brings together 11 of Roald's macabre adult tales... -
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A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares by Krystal Sutherland
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEver since Esther Solar’s grandfather met Death, her entire family has been doomed to suffer one great fear in their lifetime—a fear that will eventually lead each and every one of them to their graves. Take Esther’s father, for instance: He’s an agoraphobe who hasn’t left the basement in six years... -
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Brother Odd by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 54 ratingsLoop me in, odd one.The words, spoken in the deep of night by a sleeping child, chill the young man watching over her. For this was a favorite phrase of Stormy Llewellyn, his lost love, and Stormy is dead, gone forever from this world. In the haunted halls of the isolated monastery where he had sought peace, Odd Thomas is stalking spirits of an infinitely darker nature... -
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Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 73 ratingsThe dead don't talk. I don't know why. But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Sometimes the silent souls who seek out Odd want justice. Occasionally their otherworldly tips help him prevent a crime. But this time it’s different... -
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Observatory Mansions by Edward Carey, محمد غفوری
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOnce the Orme family’s magnificent ancestral estate, Observatory Mansions is now a crumbling apartment complex, home to an eccentric group of misfits. One of them is Francis Orme, who earns his livelihood as a living statue. When not practicing “inner and outer stillness,” Francis steals the cherished possessions of others to add to his private museum... -
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Ghost a la Mode by Sue Ann Jaffarian
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA new series debut from Odelia Grey mystery author Sue Ann Jaffarian! Granny was famous for her award-winning apple pies-and notorious for murdering her husband Jacob at their homestead in Julian, California. The only trouble is, Granny was framed, then murdered... -
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The Room by Jonas Karlsson
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFunny, clever, surreal, and thought-provoking, this Kafkaesque masterpiece introduces the unforgettable Bjorn, an exceptionally meticulous office worker striving to live life on his own terms.Bjorn is a compulsive, meticulous bureaucrat who discovers a secret room at the government office where he works - a secret room that no one else in his office will acknowledge... -
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I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe Prince of Darkness has been given one last shot at redemption, provided he can live out a reasonably blameless life on earth. Highly sceptical, naturally, the Old Dealmaker negotiates a trial period - a summer holiday in a human body, with all the delights of the flesh... -
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The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsLibrarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.The Unconsoled is at once a gripping psychological mystery, a wicked satire of the cult of art, and a poignant character study of a man whose public life has accelerated beyond his control.The setting is a nameless Central European city where Ryder, a renowned pianist, has come to give the most important performance of his life... -
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The (Un)Reality Show by Clara Ng
Rated: 3.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsImagine having these people as roomates... Ini adalah cerita tentang delapan orang biasa-biasa saja (seperti yang disangka oleh tim kreatif televisi) ...dipilih secara acak... (seperti yang disangka oleh produser televisi juga) ...tanpa audisi... .. -
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Fruits Basket, Vol. 20 by Natsuki Takaya
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsKagura and Kazuma hotly discuss Tohru liking Kyo... -
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Gakuen Alice, Vol. 03 by Tachibana Higuchi
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe school cultural festival is approaching, and the special guest star is going to be Leo. But it turns out that Leo is apparently involved in a dangerous plot to kidnap Natsume for some mysterious purpose. It's up to Mikan and Sumire to break out of the school to follow the abductors... -
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KIZUMONOGATARI: Wound Tale by NisiOisiN
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAround midnight, under a lonely street lamp in a provincial town in Japan, lies a white woman, a blonde, alone, robbed of all four limbs, yet undead. Indeed, a rumor's been circulating among the local girls that a vampire has come to their backwater, of all places. Koyomi Araragi, who prefers to avoid having friends because they'd lower his “intensity as a human," is naturally skeptical... -
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【推しの子】1 [Oshi no Ko 1] by Aka Akasaka, 赤坂アカ
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the entertainment industry, lying is both your strongest weapon and an exceptional form of love. Goro, a gynecologist and a massive B-Komachi stan, finds his life turned upside down when his newest patient turns out to be B-Komachi member Ai-chan herself! Despite the industry seeing children as a idol's death sentence, the 16-year-old Ai still desperately wants to give birth... -
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[Oshi No Ko], Vol. 2 by Aka Akasaka, Mengo Yokoyari
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"In show business, lies are a weapon."Ten years after the murder of pop idol Ai Hoshino, her young (and unusually mature) twins are now poised to enter high school. While her death has had a profound effect on the children, it’s manifested in polar-opposite ways. Ruby is determined to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become an idol, but Aqua has no desire to stand in the spotlight... -
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xxxHolic, Vol. 2 by Clamp
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWATCH OUT FOR WITCHESKimihiro Watanuki thought he had signed up with a bunch of weirdoes, and he was right! He became the unfortunate indentured servant of a woman known as Yûko Ichihara, who was widely rumored to be the time-space witch. Now his voyage through the worlds of the occult are off and running, as he and Yûko go visiting fortune tellers and horoscope readers... -
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Durarara!!, Volume 1 by Akiyo Satorigi, Ryohgo Narita
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWelcome to Ikebukuro, where Tokyo's wildest characters gather!! Meet an ordinary boy who daydreams about the extraordinary. A naive stalker girl. The strongest man in Ikebukuro. A shut-in doctor with questionable credentials. A hedonistic informant...and the "headless rider" astride a pitch-black motorcycle!? As their paths cross, this eccentric cast weaves a twisted, cracked love story.. -
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Sex Criminals: Volume Two: Two Worlds One Cop by Matt Fraction
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe second storyline from the Eisner Award winning Sex Criminals finds the honeymoon to be over for Jon and Suzie. Once the thrill of new lust fades, where do you go? Come along and laff and love with Matt and Chip as they brimp back ceaselessly against the past... -
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Blood Alone, Volume 3 by Masayuki Takano
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnter Misaki, perhaps the most innocent and most sincere young lady there ever was. It's almost inconceivable that she could be a vampire. With her powers, she could easily entice any human to do her biding - but she chooses not to. Especially when it comes to Juroe, a young author who has a deep running past with vampires... -
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Blood Alone: Volume 2 by Masayuki Takano
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe terrible ordeal Misaki endured in the past, Kuroe's missing sister and her past episodes in Europe - the true plot of 'Blood Alone' finally appears in Volume Two as all these events slowly become evident through various well planned mini-plots... -
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Alice 19th, Vol. 1 by Yuu Watase
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsAlice Seno seems like a normal girl in high school. She's a bit shy, she's got a crush on a boy named Kyô, and she's got an older sister who is more popular than she is...pretty normal stuff, until Alice has an encounter with a mysterious and magical rabbit girl that changes the course of her life, and Alice is introduced to the sublime power of the Lotis Words... -
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Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsWhale researcher Nathan Quinn has a problem. It’s not a new problem; in fact, it’s been around for nearly 20 million years. And Nate’s spent most of his adult life working to solve it. You see, although everybody (well, almost everybody) knows that humpback whales sing (outside of human composition, the most complex songs on the planet) no one knows why. Nate, a Ph.D...Categorized as:
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