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The Plot

The Plot

Jean Hanff Korelitz

Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

East of Eden

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

Rebecca

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

Piranesi

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

The Martian

The Martian

Andy Weir

Discworld

Discworld

Glen Edridge

Dark Matter

Dark Matter

Blake Crouch

Circe

Circe

Madeline Miller

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Matt Dinniman

Flowers for Algernon

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

Hyperion

Hyperion

Dan Simmons

Educated

Educated

Tara Westover

1984

1984

George Orwell

Red Rising

Red Rising

Pierce Brown

Demon Copperhead

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

The Road

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

Gone Girl

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn

The Dispossessed

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

11/22/63

11/22/63

Stephen King

Brave New World

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

Stoner

Stoner

John Williams

Children of Time

Children of Time

Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Hobbit

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

Parable of the Sower

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Secret History

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

Silence

Silence

Shusaku Endo

Out

Out

Natsuo Kirino

Recursion

Recursion

Blake Crouch

Neuromancer

Neuromancer

William Gibson

The Midnight Library

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

Sharp Objects

Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn

Dracula

Dracula

Bram Stoker

Siddhartha

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

Convenience Store Woman

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata

Ender's Game

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card

House of Leaves

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

The Night Circus

The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

Braiding Sweetgrass

Braiding Sweetgrass

Robin Kimmerer

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

Fear

Fear

Ronald Kelly

Man's Search for Meaning

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor Emil Frankl

Ready Player One

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline

The Stranger

The Stranger

Albert Camus

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

L.M. Montgomery

Annihilation

Annihilation

Jeff VanderMeer

Persuasion

Persuasion

Jane Austen

Station Eleven

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

The Hunger

The Hunger

Alma Katsu

The Song of Achilles

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

Anxious People

Anxious People

Fredrik Backman

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

Antoine Saint-Exupery

The Stand

The Stand

Stephen King

Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

The Expanse Series

The Expanse Series

James S.A. Corey

The Murderbot Diaries

The Murderbot Diaries

Martha Wells

And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

Michael Crichton

The Hot Zone

The Hot Zone

Richard Preston

Blindsight

Blindsight

Peter Watts

Confessions

Confessions

Kanae Minato

The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

Cradle

Cradle

Will Wight

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Unknown

Snow Crash

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

Normal People

Normal People

Sally Rooney

Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle

Diana Wynne Jones

The Poisonwood Bible

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

John Dies at the End

John Dies at the End

Jason Pargin, David Wong

Kindred

Kindred

Octavia Butler

Oryx and Crake

Oryx and Crake

Margaret Atwood

Slaughterhouse-Five

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

The Cruel Prince

The Cruel Prince

Holly Black

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

j.r.r. tolkien, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

The Shining

The Shining

Stephen King

Fingersmith

Fingersmith

Sarah Waters

Beloved

Beloved

Toni Morrison

Cannery Row

Cannery Row

John Steinbeck

Catch-22

Catch-22

Joseph Heller

Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

The Library at Mount Char

The Library at Mount Char

Scott Hawkins

The Name of the Wind

The Name of the Wind

Patrick Rothfuss

Mexican Gothic

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

No Longer Human

No Longer Human

Osamu Dazai

Possession

Possession

A.S. Byatt

The Haunting of Hill House

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

The Trees

The Trees

Percival Everett

Atonement

Atonement

Ian McEwan

On the Edge

On the Edge

Ilona Andrews

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Invisible Man

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

Outlander

Outlander

Diana Gabaldon

The Magicians

The Magicians

Lev Grossman

The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride

William Goldman

Sphere

Sphere

Michael Crichton

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

The Monk

The Monk

Matthew Lewis

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Agatha Christie

The Power

The Power

Naomi Alderman

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

Altered Carbon

Altered Carbon

Richard K. Morgan

Homegoing

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

Into the Wild

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

Mort

Mort

Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

Robert A. Heinlein

A Fine Balance

A Fine Balance

Rohinton Mistry

A Fire Upon The Deep

A Fire Upon The Deep

Vernor Vinge

Gilead

Gilead

Marilynne Robinson

Old Man's War

Old Man's War

John Scalzi

Slewfoot

Slewfoot

Brom

Erasure

Erasure

Percival Everett

The Historian

The Historian

Elizabeth Kostova

The Rosie Project

The Rosie Project

Graeme Simsion

Ancestor

Ancestor

Scott Sigler

Manufacturing Consent

Manufacturing Consent

Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky

One Dark Window

One Dark Window

Rachel Gillig

Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary

Stephen King

Relic

Relic

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Starter Villain

Starter Villain

John Scalzi

The Fisherman

The Fisherman

John Langan

The Kind Worth Killing

The Kind Worth Killing

Peter Swanson

The old man and the sea

The old man and the sea

Ernest Hemingway

Wool

Wool

Hugh Howey

Blood Music

Blood Music

Greg Bear

Kate Daniels Series

Kate Daniels Series

Ilona Andrews

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury

The Hollow Places

The Hollow Places

T. Kingfisher

Blindness

Blindness

José Saramago

Coraline

Coraline

Neil Gaiman

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick

The Chronicles of Narnia

The Chronicles of Narnia

C.S.Lewis

The Exorcist

The Exorcist

William Peter Blatty

Leviathan Wakes

Leviathan Wakes

James S. A. Corey

Spring Snow

Spring Snow

Yukio Mishima

Candide

Candide

Francois Voltaire

Kaiju Preservation Society

Kaiju Preservation Society

John Scalzi

Life of Pi

Life of Pi

Yann Martel

Nightbitch

Nightbitch

Rachel Yoder

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Becky Chambers

The Push

The Push

Ashley Audrain

The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Patricia Highsmith

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig

Behind Her Eyes

Behind Her Eyes

Sarah Pinborough

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompson

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Iain Reid

Influence

Influence

Robert B. Cialdini, PhD

Red Queen

Red Queen

Victoria Aveyard

The Chrysalids

The Chrysalids

John Wyndham

The Last Man

The Last Man

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife

Audrey Niffenegger

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Haruki Murakami

Uzumaki

Uzumaki

Junji Ito

A Certain Hunger

A Certain Hunger

Chelsea G. Summers

Bright Young Women

Bright Young Women

Jessica Knoll

Ninth House

Ninth House

Leigh Bardugo

North Woods

North Woods

Daniel Mason

Replay

Replay

Ken Grimwood

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

Raymond Chandler

The Changeling

The Changeling

Victor LaValle

The Eyes Are the Best Part

The Eyes Are the Best Part

Monika Kim

The Family Upstairs

The Family Upstairs

Lisa Jewell

The Last Unicorn

The Last Unicorn

Peter S. Beagle

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu

The True Believer

The True Believer

Eric Hoffer

The Twisted Ones

The Twisted Ones

T. Kingfisher

The Wasp Factory

The Wasp Factory

Iain Banks

The Woman in the Dunes

The Woman in the Dunes

Kobo Abe

We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

Dennis E. Taylor

Come Closer

Come Closer

Sara Gran

Dandelion Wine

Dandelion Wine

Ray Bradbury

Hell Screen

Hell Screen

Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Jitterbug Perfume

Jitterbug Perfume

Tom Robbins

Kokoro

Kokoro

Natsume Soseki

Lilith's Brood

Lilith's Brood

Octavia E. Butler

Nightwatching

Nightwatching

Tracy Sierra

Public Opinion

Public Opinion

Walter Lippmann

The Andromeda Strain

The Andromeda Strain

Michael Crichton

The City of Brass

The City of Brass

S. A. Chakraborty

The Diamond Age

The Diamond Age

Neal Stephenson

The Flatshare

The Flatshare

Beth O'Leary

The Good Earth

The Good Earth

Pearl S. Buck

The Pearl

The Pearl

John Steinbeck

The Salt Grows Heavy

The Salt Grows Heavy

Cassandra Khaw

The Winter of Our Discontent

The Winter of Our Discontent

John Steinbeck

Tortilla Flat

Tortilla Flat

John Steinbeck

We Were Liars

We Were Liars

E. Lockhart

When Women Were Dragons

When Women Were Dragons

Kelly Regan Barnhill

Alas, Babylon

Alas, Babylon

Pat Frank

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Neil Postman

An Ember in the Ashes

An Ember in the Ashes

Sabaa Tahir

Bullshit Jobs

Bullshit Jobs

David Graeber

Confessions of a Mask

Confessions of a Mask

Yukio Mishima

In Dubious Battle

In Dubious Battle

John Steinbeck

Into the Drowning Deep

Into the Drowning Deep

Mira Grant

Nothing Much Happens

Nothing Much Happens

Kathryn Nicolai

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

Paladin's Grace

Paladin's Grace

T. Kingfisher

Shards of Earth

Shards of Earth

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Snow Country

Snow Country

Yasunari Kawabata

The City of Dreaming Books

The City of Dreaming Books

Walter Moers

The Origins of Totalitarianism

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt

The Setting Sun

The Setting Sun

Osamu Dazai

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

Brandon Sanderson

'Salem's Lot

'Salem's Lot

Stephen King

A Half-Built Garden

A Half-Built Garden

Ruthanna Emrys

Count Zero

Count Zero

William Gibson

Eiger Dreams

Eiger Dreams

Jon Krakauer

Einstein's Dreams

Einstein's Dreams

Alan Lightman

Horsefly

Horsefly

Mireille Gagné

I Am a Cat

I Am a Cat

Natsume Soseki

Magic Bites

Magic Bites

Ilona Andrews

My Cousin Rachel

My Cousin Rachel

Daphne du Maurier

Spark of the Everflame

Spark of the Everflame

Penn Cole

The Alienist

The Alienist

Caleb Carr

The Black Dahlia

The Black Dahlia

James Ellroy

The Elementals

The Elementals

Michael McDowell

The End of the Story

The End of the Story

Lydia Davis

The Luminous Dead

The Luminous Dead

Caitlin Starling

The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love

The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love

India Holton

The Quiet Tenant

The Quiet Tenant

Clémence Michallon

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

Philip K. Dick

When Gravity Fails

When Gravity Fails

George Alec Effinger

A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius

A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius

Dave Eggers

American Pastoral

American Pastoral

Philip Roth

Body Shocks

Body Shocks

Ellen Datlow

Fadeout

Fadeout

Joseph Hansen

Immortal Longings

Immortal Longings

Chloe Gong

Just for the Summer

Just for the Summer

Abby Jimenez

My Darkest Prayer

My Darkest Prayer

S. A. Cosby

Reign and Ruin

Reign and Ruin

Jay Quin

Root Rot

Root Rot

Saskia Nislow

Servant of Earth

Servant of Earth

Sarah Hawley

The Bromance Book Club

The Bromance Book Club

Lyssa Kay Adams

The Cobra Event

The Cobra Event

Richard Preston

The Day of the Triffids

The Day of the Triffids

John Wyndham

The Forge of God

The Forge of God

Greg Bear

The Last Good Kiss

The Last Good Kiss

James Crumley

The Once and Future Witches

The Once and Future Witches

Alix E. Harrow

The Pale King

The Pale King

David Foster Wallace

The Road of Bones

The Road of Bones

Demi Winters

The Water Dancer

The Water Dancer

Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Winter People

The Winter People

Jennifer McMahon

This Is Not Propaganda

This Is Not Propaganda

Peter Pomerantsev

Understanding Media

Understanding Media

Marshall McLuhan

Walden

Walden

Henry David Thoreau

What Dreams May Come

What Dreams May Come

Richard Matheson

Wyrd and Other Derelictions

Wyrd and Other Derelictions

Adam Nevill

A Walk to Remember

A Walk to Remember

Nicholas Sparks

Bloodchild and Other Stories

Bloodchild and Other Stories

Octavia E. Butler

Botany in a Day

Botany in a Day

Thomas J. Elpel

Break the Bodies, Haunt the Bones

Break the Bodies, Haunt the Bones

Micah Dean Hicks

Coming Up for Air

Coming Up for Air

George Orwell

Early Autumn

Early Autumn

Robert B. Parker

Eight Million Ways to Die

Eight Million Ways to Die

Lawrence Block

Farewell, My Lovely

Farewell, My Lovely

Raymond Chandler

Harvest Home

Harvest Home

Thomas Tryon

How to Lose a Country

How to Lose a Country

Ece Temelkuran

LA Confidential

LA Confidential

James Ellroy

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Christopher Moore

Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible

Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible

Peter Pomerantsev

Outside the Dog Museum

Outside the Dog Museum

Jonathan Carroll

Parasite Eve

Parasite Eve

Hideaki Sena

Princess of Blood

Princess of Blood

Sarah Hawley

Ready Or Not

Ready Or Not

Unknown

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby

Ira Levin

Sunglasses After Dark

Sunglasses After Dark

Nancy A. Collins

Sweet Thursday

Sweet Thursday

John Steinbeck

The Bandit Queens

The Bandit Queens

Parini Shroff

The Big Meat

The Big Meat

Carlton Mellick III

The Bridges of Madison County

The Bridges of Madison County

Robert James Waller

The Castle of Otranto

The Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole

The Cold Vanish

The Cold Vanish

Jon Billman

The Fan Man

The Fan Man

William Kotzwinkle

The Innkeeper Chronicles

The Innkeeper Chronicles

Ilona Andrews

The Known World

The Known World

Edward P. Jones

The Little Stranger

The Little Stranger

Sarah Waters

The Lost Man

The Lost Man

Jane Harper

The Magic Cottage

The Magic Cottage

James Herbert

The Paris Wife

The Paris Wife

Paula McLain

The Snowman

The Snowman

Jo Nesbø

The Unwomanly Face of War

The Unwomanly Face of War

Svetlana Alexievich

The Velveteen Rabbit

The Velveteen Rabbit

Margery Williams Bianco, Margery Williams

They Never Learn

They Never Learn

Layne Fargo

To a God Unknown

To a God Unknown

John Steinbeck

Transcendental Mutilation

Transcendental Mutilation

Ryan Harding

We, the Drowned

We, the Drowned

Carsten Jensen

Where the Chill Waits

Where the Chill Waits

T. Chris Martindale

A Logic Named Joe

A Logic Named Joe

Murray Leinster

Propaganda & Persuasion

Propaganda & Persuasion

Garth S. Jowett, Victoria O'Donnell

Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories

Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories

Ryunosuke Akutagawa

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton

The Children of Men

The Children of Men

P. D. James

The Freeze-Frame Revolution

The Freeze-Frame Revolution

Peter Watts

The Good Lord Bird

The Good Lord Bird

James McBride

The Killer Inside Me

The Killer Inside Me

Jim Thompson

The Makioka Sisters

The Makioka Sisters

Junichiro Tanizaki

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Yukio Mishima

The Thorn Birds

The Thorn Birds

Colleen McCullough

White is for Witching

White is for Witching

Helen Oyeyemi

Winter's Tale

Winter's Tale

Mark Helprin

He Who Fights With Monsters, Book 4

He Who Fights With Monsters, Book 4

Travis Deverell, Shirtaloon

The Making of 2001: A Space Odyssey

The Making of 2001: A Space Odyssey

Stephanie Schwam

The Primal Hunter

The Primal Hunter

Zogarth

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Other Stories

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Other Stories

Robert Louis Stevenson

Travels with Charley in Search of America

Travels with Charley in Search of America

John Steinbeck

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