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by Jeffrey Archer

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by Richard Price

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The Burning Room

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Dark Places

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The Forgotten

by David Baldacci

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Touch & Go

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Private Vegas

by James Patterson

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Zero Day

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Private

by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro

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Crash & Burn

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Crash & Burn by Lisa GardnerChapter 1I DIED ONCE.I remember now, as much as I am capable of remembering anythin...

Private Games

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Private L.A.

by James Patterson & Mark Sullivan

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by Paula Hawkins

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by Jana G. Oliver

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by Susanna Kearsley

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Starship Summer

by Eric Brown

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The Rift

by Walter Jon Williams

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Starship Fall

by Eric Brown

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by William Landay

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by Richard Phillips

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The Second Ship

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The Last Threshold

by R. A. Salvatore

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Gauntlgrym

by R.A. Salvatore

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by R. A. Salvatore

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The Crush

by Sandra Brown

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by Sandra Brown

Texas! Chase #2 by Sandra BrownPrologue"Chase, please, let's get out of here.We shouldn't bother her."The h...

Standoff

by Sandra Brown

Standoff by Sandra BrownCHAPTER 1JUST HEARD THE NEWS BULLETIN ON MY CAR RADIO.Tiel McCoy didn't begin this te...

Mirror Image

by Sandra Brown

Mirror Image by Sandra BrownPROLOGUEThe hell of it was that it couldn't have been a better day for flying. ...

Love Beyond Reason

by Sandra Brown

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Smoke Screen

by Sandra Brown

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Rainwater

by Sandra Brown

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Lethal

by Sandra Brown

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Honor Bound

by Sandra Brown

Honor Bound by Sandra BrownChapter 1The refrigerator door was open, projecting a pale, blue-white wedge of light ...

French Silk

by Sandra Brown

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Fat Tuesday

by Sandra Brown

Fat Tuesday By Sandra BrownSynopsis:Precise details change with the ages, but you can bet that the first story e...

Envy

by Brown, Sandra

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The Killing Moon (Dreamblood)

by Jemisin, N. K.

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by Diana Gabaldon

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An Echo in the Bone

by Diana Gabaldon

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The Space Between

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by Diana Gabaldon

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A Breath of Snow and Ashes

by Diana Gabaldon

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by Howey, Hugh

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First Shift: Legacy

by Hugh Howey

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Third Shift: Pact

by Hugh Howey

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Wayward

by Crouch, Blake

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A Shade Of Vampire

by Bella Forrest

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The Fiery Cross

by Diana Gabaldon

The Fiery Cross by Diana GabaldonThis book is for my Sister, Theresa Gabaldon,with whom I told the first Stories...

Drums of Autumn

by Diana Gabaldon

Drums of Autumn by Diana GabaldonThis book turned out to have a lot to do with fathers,and so it’s for m...

The Man In The High Castle

by Dick, Philip K.

The Man In The High Castle by Dick, Philip K.To my wife, Tessa, and my son, Christopher,with great and awful l...

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. TolkienNOTE ON THE TEXTJ.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is ...

Authority: A Novel

by Jeff Vandermeer

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Return of the Crimson Guard

by Ian C. Esslemont

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Assail

by Ian C. Esslemont

Assail by Ian C. EsslemontAbout the BookTens of thousands of years of ice is melting, and the land of Assail, ...

Dragonfly in Amber

by Diana Gabaldon

Dragonfly in Amber by Diana GabaldonFor my husband,Doug Watkins—In thanks for the Raw MaterialTHE PAGES PRACTICALL...

The Line

by J. D. Horn

The Line by J. D. HornONEAll right, you handsome devils, if y’all are here for this evening’s Liar&rs...

Return of the Crimson Guard

by Ian C. Esslemont

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The Warded Man

by Peter V. Brett

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The Escape (John Puller Series)

by David Baldacci

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The Secret Servant

by Daniel Silva

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The Other Language

by Francesca Marciano

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by Dean Koontz

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All the Bright Places

by Jennifer Niven

All the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenThe world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken p...