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“i want to be everything or nothing”
The Nightingale: A Novel
Kristin Hannah · 2017
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?
The Bell Jar (Modern Classics)
Sylvia Plath · 2005
<p><i>The Bell Jar</i> chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under -- maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made <i>The Bell Jar</i> a haunting American classic.</p> <p>This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.</p>
“f*ck every politician”
Animal Farm
George Orwell · 1996
1984 George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-Four - Paperback
George Orwell · 1949
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak · 2007
“i romanticise”
To Sir, with Love
Lauren Layne · 2021
Sense and Sensibility (AmazonClassics Edition)
Jane Austen · 2017
Emma: Jane Austen (Classic Jane Austen)
Jane Austen · 2018
Picking Daisies on Sundays
Liana Cincotti · 2023
“overanalysing everything i encounter”
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Novel (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, 1)
Toshikazu Kawaguchi · 2020
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte · 2009
'May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you - haunt me, then' Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before: of the intense passion between the foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and her betrayal of him. As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past.
“i am weird and i’m proud of it”
Life Ceremony
Sayaka Murata · 2022
People from My Neighborhood: Stories
Hiromi Kawakami · 2021
Nominated for the 2021 Shirley Jackson Award<br/><br/>From the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, a collection of interlinking stories that masterfully blend the mundane and the mythical—"fairy tales in the best Brothers Grimm tradition: naïf, magical, and frequently veering into the macabre" (Financial Times).<br/><br/>A bossy child who lives under a white cloth near a tree; a schoolgirl who keeps doll's brains in a desk drawer; an old man with two shadows, one docile and one rebellious; a diplomat no one has ever seen who goes fishing at an artificial lake no one has ever heard of. These are some of the inhabitants of People from My Neighborhood.<br/><br/>In their lives, details of the local and everyday—the lunch menu at a tiny drinking place called the Love, the color and shape of the roof of the tax office—slip into accounts of duels, prophetic dreams, revolutions, and visitations from ghosts and gods. In twenty-six "palm of the hand" stories—fictions small enough to fit in the palm of one's hand and brief enough to allow for dipping in and out—Hiromi Kawakami creates a universe ruled by mystery and transformation.
Vanishing World
Sayaka Murata · 2025
Strange Pictures
Uketsu · 2025
<br> <br> <b>THE TIMES BESTSELLER</b><br> <br> 'So captivating I read it in a day. So disturbing I thought about it all night' - Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal<br> <br> 'The twists of a Golden Age whodunit, mixed with a wonderfully innovative use of illustrations. Delightfully macabre and fiendishly clever' - G.T. Karber, author of Murdle<br> <br> <b>A Japanese mystery bestseller, revolving around a series of creepy drawings, in which the reader is the detective - from the YouTube sensation Uketsu</b><br> <br> A series of drawings made by a young woman before her death.<br> <br> A child's disturbing picture of his home.<br> <br> A desperate sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments.<br> <br> Each contains a chilling warning.<br> <br> Each reveals a terrible secret, hidden in plain sight.<br> <br> Uketsu's eerie mysteries have captivated millions of readers. Can you find the clues in these strange pictures and uncover the sinister truth that connects them all?<br> <br> <b>Readers love Strange Pictures:</b><br> <br> 'Unlike anything I've read before... Insanely clever and imaginative'<br> <br> 'This unputdownable read delivers a perfectly constructed puzzle that comes together with a fantastic precision... The strange pictures are truly mesmerizing!'<br> <br> 'This was eerie and so, so clever! I was hooked'<br> <br>
Strange Houses: A Novel
Uketsu · 2025
