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The Secret History

Donna Tartt • 2004

<b><b><b><b>ONE OF <i>TIME MAGAZINE</i>'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • </b>INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "a<b>n accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (<i>Village Voice</i>)</b>, f<b>rom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <i>The Goldfinch.<br><br></i></b></b></b>One of <i>The Atlantic</i>’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years</b><br><br>Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.<br><br><b>“A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.” —<i>The New York Times</i></b>

If We Were Villains

M. L. Rio • 2017

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2022

The Only One Left A Novel

Riley Sager • 2023

Bad Girls with Perfect Faces

Lynn Weingarten • 2018

The Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown • 2006

Les liaisons dangereuses

Choderlos de Laclos • 2006

La Promesse de l'Aube

Romain Gary • 1976

The Dragon Republic

R. F. Kuang • 2020

The Burning God

R. F. Kuang • 2021

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife

Ashley Winstead • 2023

Broken Things

Lauren Oliver • 2018

The Way I Used to Be

Amber Smith • 2016

<b>A <i>New York Times</i> bestseller!<br> <br>In the tradition of <i>Speak</i>, this extraordinary debut novel shares the unforgettable story of a young woman as she struggles to find strength in the aftermath of an assault.</b><br><br>Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. But the night her brother’s best friend rapes her, Eden’s world capsizes.<br> <br>What was once simple, is now complex. What Eden once loved—who she once loved—she now hates. What she thought she knew to be true, is now lies. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she knows she’s supposed to tell someone what happened but she can’t. So she buries it instead. And she buries the way she used to be.<br> <br>Told in four parts—freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year—this provocative debut reveals the deep cuts of trauma. But it also demonstrates one young woman’s strength as she navigates the disappointment and unbearable pains of adolescence, of first love and first heartbreak, of friendships broken and rebuilt, and while learning to embrace a power of survival she never knew she had hidden within her heart.

1984

George Orwell • 2013

75th ANNIVERSARY EDITION “Orwell saw, to his credit, that the act of falsifying reality is only secondarily a way of changing perceptions. It is, above all, a way of asserting power.”—The New Yorker In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be. Lionel Trilling said of Orwell’s masterpiece “1984 is a profound, terrifying, and wholly fascinating book. It is a fantasy of the political future, and like any such fantasy, serves its author as a magnifying device for an examination of the present.” Though the year 1984 now exists in the past, Orwell’s dystopian classic remains an urgent call for the individual willing to speak truth to power.

The Great Gatsby The Original 1925 Edition

Francis Scott Fitzgerald • 2021

Two Can Keep a Secret

Karen M. McManus • 2019

Les rivières pourpres roman

Jean-Christophe Grangé • 2001

La Promesse de l'Aube

Romain Gary • 1976

The Poppy War A Novel

R. F. Kuang • 2019

<p>“I have no doubt this will end up being the best fantasy debut of the year [...] I have absolutely no doubt that [Kuang’s] name will be up there with the likes of Robin Hobb and N.K. Jemisin.” -- Booknest</p><p>A Library Journal, Paste Magazine, Vulture, BookBub, and ENTROPY Best Books of 2018 pick!</p><p>Washington Post "5 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel of 2018" pick!</p><p>A Bustle "30 Best Fiction Books of 2018" pick!</p><p>A brilliantly imaginative talent makes her exciting debut with this epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic, in the tradition of Ken Liu’s Grace of Kings and N.K. Jemisin’s Inheritance Trilogy.</p><p>When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in Nikan—was even more surprising.</p><p>But surprises aren’t always good.</p><p>Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power—an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive—and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.</p><p>For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . .</p><p>Rin’s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.</p>

Alice in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll • 2018

La Dame aux camélias

Alexandre Dumas • 2020

Sense and Sensibility (Puffin in Bloom)

Jane Austen • 2024

Pride and Prejudice (Puffin in Bloom)

Jane Austen • 2024

Emma (Puffin in Bloom)

Jane Austen • 2024

Little Women (Puffin in Bloom)

Louisa May Alcott • 2014

<b>Louisa May Alcott's classic tale of four sisters in a deluxe hardcover edition, with beautiful cover illustrations by Anna Bond, the artist behind world-renowned stationery brand Rifle Paper Co.<br></b><br>Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. The four March sisters couldn't be more different. But with their father away at war, and their mother working to support the family, they have to rely on one another. Whether they're putting on a play, forming a secret society, or celebrating Christmas, there's one thing they can't help wondering: Will Father return home safely?

Le Comte de Monte-Christo

Anonymous • 2018

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The Virgin Suicides

Jeffrey Eugenides • 2002

House of Leaves: The Remastered, Full-Color Edition

Mark Z. Danielewski • 2000

Ninth House (Alex Stern, 1)

Leigh Bardugo • 2020

Anna Karénine (French Edition)

Léon Tolstoï • 2018

Anna Karénine semble tout avoir : la beauté, la richesse, une haute position dans la société mondaine, mais sa rencontre avec un jeune officier, le comte Vronski, fait naître en elle une passion à laquelle elle sacrifie tout. <i>Anna Karénine</i> est une histoire d'amour, mais c'est également l'histoire du cheminement moral d'un homme, Lévine, double de Tolstoï qui abandonnera longtemps la fiction après avoir écrit son chef-d'œuvre.<br><br>Traduction intégrale d'Henri Mongault, 1935. <br><br>EXTRAIT<br><br>Les familles heureuses se ressemblent toutes ; les familles malheureuses sont malheureuses chacune à leur façon. Tout était sens dessus dessous dans la maison Oblonski. Prévenue que son mari entretenait une liaison avec l’ancienne institutrice française de leurs enfants, la princesse s’était refusée net à vivre sous le même toit que lui. Le tragique de cette situation, qui se prolongeait depuis tantôt trois jours, apparaissait dans toute son horreur tant aux époux eux-mêmes qu’aux autres habitants du logis. Tous, depuis les membres de la famille jusqu’aux domestiques, comprenaient que leur vie en commun n’avait plus de raison d’être ; tous se sentaient dorénavant plus étrangers l’un à l’autre que les hôtes fortuits d’une auberge.<br><br>À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR<br><br><b>Léon Tolstoï</b>, nom francisé de Lev Nikolaïevitch Tolstoï, né le 28 août 1828 à Iasnaïa Poliana et mort le 7 novembre 1910 à Astapovo, en Russie, est un écrivain célèbre surtout pour ses romans et nouvelles qui dépeignent la vie du peuple russe à l'époque des tsars, mais aussi pour ses essais, dans lesquels il prenait position par rapport aux pouvoirs civils et ecclésiastiques et voulait mettre en lumière les grands enjeux de la civilisation.

My Year of Rest and Relaxation: A Novel

Ottessa Moshfegh • 2019

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, NPR, Vice, Bustle, The New York Times, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Entertainment Weekly, The AV Club, & Audible A New York Times Bestseller • New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century “One of the most compelling protagonists modern fiction has offered in years: a loopy, quietly furious pillhead whose Ambien ramblings and Xanaxed b*tcheries somehow wend their way through sad and funny and strange toward something genuinely profound.” — Entertainment Weekly “Darkly hilarious . . . [Moshfegh’s] the kind of provocateur who makes you laugh out loud while drawing blood.” —Vogue From one of our boldest, most celebrated new literary voices, a novel about a young woman's efforts to duck the ills of the world by embarking on an extended hibernation with the help of one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of literature and the battery of medicines she prescribes. Our narrator should be happy, shouldn't she? She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, works an easy job at a hip art gallery, lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like the rest of her needs, by her inheritance. But there is a dark and vacuous hole in her heart, and it isn't just the loss of her parents, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her best friend, Reva. It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a powerful answer to that question. Through the story of a year spent under the influence of a truly mad combination of drugs designed to heal our heroine from her alienation from this world, Moshfegh shows us how reasonable, even necessary, alienation can be. Both tender and blackly funny, merciless and compassionate, it is a showcase for the gifts of one of our major writers working at the height of her powers.

The Ballad of Never After

Stephanie Garber • 2023

We Were Warned

Chelsea Ichaso • 2025

Passion Project

London Sperry · 2025

“Passion Project will charm your pants off and carve itself a permanent place in your heart. Full of deep emotion and top-tier banter, this authentic, affectionate slow burn is absolutely worth the wait.” —Laura Hankin, author of One-Star Romance “Not only a sparkling romantic comedy, but a thoughtful look at navigating grief and the hopefulness of opening yourself to new possibilities. Bennet is messy and relatable, and her chemistry with Henry is delicious, crackling, and immediate.” —Trish Doller, internationally bestselling author of Float Plan If your twenties are supposed to be the best years of your life, Bennet Taylor is failing miserably . . . with a big emphasis on the miserable. Where’s that zest she keeps hearing about? She’s a temp worker in New York City with no direction, no future, and no social life. And at the painful center of this listlessness is grief over the death of her first love. When Bennet runs into Henry Adams just hours after standing him up for a first date, she makes an alcohol-fueled confession: She’s not ready to date. In fact, it’s been years since she felt passion for something. Not even pottery, or organized sports—not anything. Rather than leaving her to ruminate, Henry jumps at the opportunity for adventure: Bennet needs to find a passion for life, and Henry will help her find it. Every Saturday, they’ll try something new in New York City. As friends, of course.   As their “passion project” continues, the pair tackle everything from carpentry to tattooing to rappelling off skyscrapers, and Bennet feels her guarded exterior ebbing away. But as secrets surface, Bennet has to decide what she wants, and if she’s truly ready to move on. With emotional resonance and sparkling banter, Passion Project is a fun, flirty, thoughtful story of finding a spark—and igniting happiness.

Wings of Starlight

Allison Saft • 2025

When We Lost Our Heads

Heather O'Neill • 2022

Middle of the Night

Riley Sager • 2025

White Malice

Susan Williams • 2021

What Lies in the Woods A Novel

Kate Alice Marshall • 2023

Dear Monica Lewinsky

Julia Langbein • 2026