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Circe
Madeline Miller · 2020
"A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story," this #1 New York Times bestseller is "both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right" (Alexandra Alter, The New York Times). In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child -- not powerful like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power -- the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts, and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus. But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love. With unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and page-turning suspense, Circe is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world. #1 New York Times bestseller -- named one of the best books of the year by NPR, the Washington Post, People, Time, Amazon, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, Newsweek, the A.V. Club, Christian Science Monitor, Refinery 29, BuzzFeed, Paste, Audible, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Thrillist, NYPL, Self, Real Simple, Goodreads, Boston Globe, Electric Literature, BookPage, the Guardian, Book Riot, Seattle Times, and Business Insider
Renegades (The Series)
Marissa Meyer · 2017
<p><b>NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!<br><br>From </b><b>#1 <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author </b><b>Marissa Meyer,</b><b> comes a high-stakes world of adventure, passion, danger, and betrayal.</b><br><br><b><i>Secret Identities.</i></b><br><b><i>Extraordinary Powers.</i></b><br><b><i>She wants vengeance. He wants justice.</i></b><br><br>The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies—humans with extraordinary abilities—who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone...except the villains they once overthrew.<br><br>Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justice—and in Nova. But Nova's allegiance is to the villains who have the power to end them both.</p>
The Nightingale: A Novel
Kristin Hannah · 2017
The Naturals
Jennifer Lynn Barnes · 2013
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
Jeannette Walls · 2006
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel
Gabrielle Zevin · 2022
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery · 2008
Alone With You in the Ether
Olivie Blake · 2020
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath · 2023
Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton · 2021
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens · 2020
Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney · 2017
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn · 2014
The Stranger
Albert Camus · 1989
Crooked Kingdom
Leigh Bardugo · 2018
Sunburn
Chloe Michelle Howarth · 2025
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald · 2004
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee · 2002
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde · 1990
The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel
Barbara Kingsolver · 2008
Powerful
Roberts Lauren · 2024
The Goose Girl
Shannon Hale · 2017
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott · 1983
Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo · 2015
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2017
A Good Girls Guide to Murder (The Series)
If Only I Had Told Her
Laura Nowlin · 2024
If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin · 2013
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles Series)
Marissa Meyer · 2012
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2012
Daisy Jones and the six
Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2019
Love letters to the dead
Ava Dellaira · 2014
Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy)
Lauren Roberts · 2023
Normal People: A Novel
Sally Rooney · 2020
<b>NOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED HULU ORIGINAL SERIES • <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • “A stunning novel about the transformative power of relationships” (<i>People</i>) from the author of <i>Conversations with Friends,</i> “a master of the literary page-turner” (J. Courtney Sullivan).</b><br> <br><b>“[A] novel that demands to be read compulsively, in one sitting.”—<i>The Washington Post</i></b><br><br><b>ONE OF <i>ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY</i>’S TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE</b><br><br><b>TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: <i>People, Slate,</i> The New York Public Library, <i>Harvard Crimson</i></b><br><br>Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small town, but the similarities end there. At school, Connell is popular and well liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation—awkward but electrifying—something life changing begins.<br><br>A year later, they’re both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their years at university, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. And as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere, each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other.<br><br><i>Normal People</i> is the story of mutual fascination, friendship, and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find that they can’t.<br> <br><b>WINNER: The British Book Award, The Costa Book Award, The An Post Irish Novel of the Year, <i>Sunday Times </i>Young Writer of the Year Award</b><br><br><b>BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, Time,</i> NPR, <i>The Washington Post, Vogue, Esquire, Glamour, Elle, Marie Claire, Vox, The Paris Review, Good Housekeeping, Town & Country</i></b>
Once Upon a Broken Heart (The Trilogy)
Stephanie Garber · 2021
Heartless
Marissa Meyer · 2018
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley · 1994
