en-US Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:18:26 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 56616095 (back cover)]]> 288 Sylvia Plath 0060837020 MayMM 0 to-read 4.11 1963
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]]> 206318521 Just Kids, Patti Smith's first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings the same unique, lyrical quality to Just Kids as she has to the rest of her formidable body of work--from her influential 1975 album Horses to her visual art and poetry.]]> 262 Patti Smith 006621131X MayMM 0 to-read 4.27 2010
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]]> 25451802
Clarke a fost arestata pentru tradare si e bantuita de propriul trecut. Wells vine pe Pamant pentru fata pe care o iubeste, dar oare ea il va ierta? Bellamy vrea sa-si apere sora. Glass a ajuns iar pe nava, dar acolo viata e la fel de periculoasa ca pe Pamant.

Cei 100 trebuie sa lupte pentru viata intr-un tinut salbatic. Nu era in plan sa fie eroi, dar s-ar putea sa fie ultima speranta a omenirii.]]> 272 Kass Morgan MayMM 0 to-read 3.67 2013
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]]> 43522576 Christopher is the new kid in town.
Christopher has an imaginary friend.

We can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us.

Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with her child. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Just one highway in, one highway out.

At first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. Then Christopher vanishes. For six long days, no one can find him. Until Christopher emerges from the woods at the edge of town, unharmed but not unchanged. He returns with a voice in his head only he can hear, with a mission only he can complete: Build a treehouse in the woods by Christmas, or his mother and everyone in the town will never be the same again.

Twenty years ago, Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower made readers everywhere feel infinite. Now, Chbosky has returned with an epic work of literary horror, years in the making, whose grand scale and rich emotion redefine the genre. Read it with the lights on.]]> 705 Stephen Chbosky 1538731339 MayMM 0 to-read 3.52 2019
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]]> 214331246 When you’ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for?

As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes.

Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves.

When Haymitch’s name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He’s torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who’s nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he’s been set up to fail. But there’s something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.]]> 387 Suzanne Collins 1546171460 MayMM 0 to-read 4.62 2025
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]]> 270404 320 Maureen Daly 0689853831 MayMM 0 to-read 3.12 1942
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]]> 37743
It's the beginning of an intense and exclusive relationship, with a future all planned. Until Katherine's parents insist that she and Michael put their love to the test with a summer apart...

Forever is written for an older age group than Judy Blume's other novels for children. It caused a storm of controversy when it was first published because of its explicit sexual content.]]> 178 Judy Blume MayMM 0 to-read 3.63 1975
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]]> 58784475 In this exhilarating novel, two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.

On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts.

Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.]]> 401 Gabrielle Zevin 0735243344 MayMM 0 to-read 4.12 2022
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]]> 208841368 Encyclopaedia of Faeries. Now she is about to embark on her most dangerous academic project studying the inner workings of a faerie realm-as its queen.

Along with her former academic rival-now fiancé-the dashing and mercurial Wendell Bambleby, Emily is immediately thrust into the deadly intrigues of Faerie as the two of them seize the throne of Wendell's long-lost kingdom, which Emily finds a beautiful nightmare, filled with scholarly treasures.

Emily has been obsessed with faerie stories her entire life, but at first she feels as ill-suited to Faerie as she did to the mortal world-how could an unassuming scholar like herself pass for a queen? Yet there is little time to settle in-Wendell's murderous stepmother has placed a deadly curse upon the land before vanishing without a trace. It will take all of Wendell's magic-and Emily's knowledge of stories-to unravel the mystery before they lose everything they hold dear.
]]> 368 Heather Fawcett 0356519198 MayMM 0 to-read 4.15 2025
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]]> 3636 208 Lois Lowry 0385732554 MayMM 0 to-read 4.12 1993
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]]> 41804
I, ROBOT

They mustn't harm a human being, they must obey human orders, and they must protect their own existence...but only so long as that doesn't violate rules one and two. With these Three Laws of Robotics, humanity embarked on perhaps its greatest adventure: the invention of the first positronic man. It was a bold new era of evolution that would open up enormous possibilities—and unforeseen risks. For the scientists who invented the earliest robots weren't content that their creations should ' remain programmed helpers, companions, and semisentient worker-machines. And soon the robots themselves; aware of their own intelligence, power, and humanity, aren't either.

As humans and robots struggle to survive together—and sometimes against each other—on earth and in space, the future of both hangs in the balance. Human men and women confront robots gone mad, telepathic robots, robot politicians, and vast robotic intelligences that may already secretly control the world. And both are asking the same questions: What is human? And is humanity obsolete?

In l, Robot Isaac Asimov changes forever our perception of robots, and human beings and updates the timeless myth of man's dream to play god. with all its rewards—and terrors.
--front flap]]> 224 Isaac Asimov 0553803700 MayMM 0 to-read 4.22 1950
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]]> 61439040
Alternate cover edition can be found here.]]> 368 George Orwell 0452284236 MayMM 0 to-read 4.21 1949
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]]> 2122
This modern classic is the story of intransigent young architect Howard Roark, whose integrity was as unyielding as granite...of Dominique Francon, the exquisitely beautiful woman who loved Roark passionately, but married his worst enemy...and of the fanatic denunciation unleashed by an enraged society against a great creator. As fresh today as it was then, Rand’s provocative novel presents one of the most challenging ideas in all of fiction—that man’s ego is the fountainhead of human progress...

“A writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly...This is the only novel of ideas written by an American woman that I can recall.”—The New York Times]]> 704 Ayn Rand MayMM 0 to-read 3.87 1943
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]]> 59716
As time winds its way through their lives, the Ramsays face, alone and simultaneously, the greatest of human challenges and its greatest triumph—the human capacity for change.]]> 209 Virginia Woolf MayMM 0 to-read 3.81 1927
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]]> 14935 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141439662

'The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!'

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

This edition includes explanatory notes, textual variants between the first and second editions, and Tony Tanner's introduction to the original Penguin Classic edition.]]> 409 Jane Austen 0141439661 MayMM 0 to-read 4.10 1811
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]]> 33606119
Exploring issues from eradicated black history to the political purpose of white dominance, whitewashed feminism to the inextricable link between class and race, Reni Eddo-Lodge offers a timely and essential new framework for how to see, acknowledge and counter racism. It is a searing, illuminating, absolutely necessary exploration of what it is to be a person of colour in Britain today.]]> 249 Reni Eddo-Lodge 140887055X MayMM 0 to-read 4.37 2017
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]]> 1772910 82 Fyodor Dostoevsky MayMM 0 to-read 4.16 1848
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]]> 73931
The Legend Begins Anew

For centuries, the legend of Robin Hood and his band of thieves has captivated the imagination. Now the familiar tale takes on new life, fresh meaning, and an unexpected setting.

Steeped in Celtic mythology and the political intrigue of medieval Britain, Stephen R. Lawhead's latest work conjures up an ancient past and holds a mirror to contemporary realities. Prepare yourself for an epic tale that dares to shatter everything you thought you knew about Robin Hood.]]> 490 Stephen R. Lawhead 1595540857 MayMM 0 to-read 3.89 2006
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]]> 93007
Çılgın bir maceraperesttir, ama harika bir liderdir. Fakirleri ve mazlumları savunur, ama hakkı yenen üst sınıfa da yardım eder. Yani aslında insanların tarih boyunca özlediği adaletin savunucusudur.

Bu nedenle ünü kısa sürede İngiltere’nin dışına taşmış ve maceraları 19. yüzyılda birçok yazar tarafından kaleme alınmıştır.]]> 398 Howard Pyle 1595406557 MayMM 0 to-read 4.08 1883
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]]> 31450897 one last summer to be free. Heather doesn’t expect to even meet Jack, let alone fall in love with him. Jack is an enigmatic Vermonter a few years older than she is, who is following his grandfather’s journal to various cities around Europe. But in the same way that forces are bringing Jack and Heather together, life and duty are pushing them apart. And Jack has a secret that is going to change absolutely everything.]]> 390 J.P. Monninger 1250060761 MayMM 0 to-read 3.70 2017
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]]> 768777 Nicolae Manolescu]]> 252 Camil Petrescu MayMM 0 currently-reading 3.57 1930
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]]> 164006
She vividly evokes her friendships, love interests, mentors, and the early days of the most important relationship of her life, with fellow student Jean-Paul Sartre, against the backdrop of a turbulent time in France politically.]]> 359 Simone de Beauvoir 0060825197 MayMM 0 to-read 4.13 1958
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]]> 54479 252 Jules Verne 014044906X MayMM 0 to-read 3.95 1872
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]]> 6298605 236 William Golding MayMM 0 to-read 3.62 1954
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]]> 4687 1064 John Irving 0786226749 MayMM 0 to-read 4.16 1985
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]]> 168646 ��
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time
��
Slaughterhouse-Five , an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines historical fiction, science fiction, autobiography, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber’s son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. As Vonnegut had, Billy experiences the destruction of Dresden as a POW. Unlike Vonnegut, he experiences time travel, or coming “unstuck in time.��

An instant bestseller, Slaughterhouse-Five made Kurt Vonnegut a cult hero in American literature, a reputation that only strengthened over time, despite his being banned and censored by some libraries and schools for content and language. But it was precisely those elements of Vonnegut’s writing—the political edginess, the genre-bending inventiveness, the frank violence, the transgressive wit—that have inspired generations of readers not just to look differently at the world around them but to find the confidence to say something about it. Authors as wide-ranging as Norman Mailer, John Irving, Michael Crichton, Tim O’Brien, Margaret Atwood, Elizabeth Strout, David Sedaris, Jennifer Egan, and J. K. Rowling have all found inspiration in Vonnegut’s words. Jonathan Safran Foer has described Vonnegut as “the kind of writer who made people—young people especially—want to write.�� George Saunders has declared Vonnegut to be “the great, urgent, passionate American writer of our century, who offers us . . . a model of the kind of compassionate thinking that might yet save us from ourselves.��

More than fifty years after its initial publication at the height of the Vietnam War, Vonnegut’s portrayal of political disillusionment, PTSD, and postwar anxiety feels as relevant, darkly humorous, and profoundly affecting as ever, an enduring beacon through our own era’s uncertainties.]]> 215 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 0440180295 MayMM 0 to-read 4.08 1969
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]]> 9597
Alternate cover edition here]]> 341 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 0385333781 MayMM 0 to-read 3.90 1952
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]]> 25214146
Lara Jean păstrează cu sfinţenie nişte scrisori de dragoste într-o cutie de pălării rămasă de la mama sa.

Scrisori pe care însă... nu le-a primit, ci doar le-a scris. Câte una pentru fiecare băiat de care a fost îndrăgostită.

Când scrie, Lara îşi deschide inima şi mărturiseşte tot ceea ce n-ar avea curajul să spună cu voce tare. Scrisorile sunt secretul ei. Nimeni altcineva nu trebuie să le vadă.

Numai că într-o bună zi cineva le expediază, iar lumea imaginară pe care Lara o ţinea ascunsă scapă dintr-odată de sub control.

„Nu sunt scrisori de dragoste în toată puterea cuvântului. Scrisorile mele sunt pentru momentul în care nu vreau să mai fiu îndrăgostită. Sunt de rămas-bun. Pentru că, după ce îmi termin scrisoarea, nu mai sunt consumată de propria dragoste, care devorează totul.
Dacă dragostea e ca o posedare, poate că scrisorile mele sunt propriile exorcizări. Scrisorile mă eliberează. Sau cel puţin ar trebui."]]> 392 Jenny Han MayMM 4 4.29 2014
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]]> 56636826 263 Ray Bradbury MayMM 4 3.97 1957
author: Ray Bradbury
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]]> 16143347 A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.

Read it.

And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.]]> 242 E. Lockhart 0385741278 MayMM 0 to-read 3.66 2014
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]]> 7938275 1155 Suzanne Collins 0545265355 MayMM 0 to-read 4.49 2010
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]]> 51901147
The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined -- every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute... and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.]]> 541 Suzanne Collins MayMM 0 to-read 3.99 2020
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]]> 7260188 My name is Katniss Everdeen.
Why am I not dead?
I should be dead.

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans—except Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay—no matter what the personal cost.]]> 390 Suzanne Collins 0439023513 MayMM 0 to-read 4.10 2010
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]]> 51560182
Kate Marino, elevă în ultimul an de liceu, face practică la birourile procuraturii. Prim-procurorul districtului îi dă șefului ei, domnul Stone, cel mai important caz care a existat în orășelul lor. În ciuda faptului că probele îi incriminează pe cei patru, prim-procurorul face presiuni să fie clasat cazul.

Motivată de scopuri personale pentru a ajuta să se facă dreptate, Kate încearcă să afle care sunt secretele băieților, fără să îl dezvăluie însă pe al ei. Pe măsură ce investighează cazul alături de domnul Stone, pentru tânără devine tot mai limpede că accidentul din dimineața aceea nu a fost o întâmplare și că, dacă nu descoperă adevăratul criminal, viețile mai multor oameni vor fi în pericol, inclusiv a ei.]]> 336 Ashley Elston MayMM 0 to-read 4.39 2016
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]]> 5664985
A job in a clothes boutique introduces Auden to the world of girls: their talk, their friendship, their crushes. She missed out on all that, too busy being the perfect daughter to her demanding mother. Then she meets Eli, an intriguing loner and a fellow insomniac who becomes her guide to the nocturnal world of the town. Together they embark on parallel quests: for Auden, to experience the carefree teenage life she’s been denied; for Eli, to come to terms with the guilt he feels for the death of a friend.

In her signature pitch-perfect style, Sarah Dessen explores the hearts of two lonely people learning to connect.]]> 383 Sarah Dessen 0670011940 MayMM 0 to-read 4.04 2009
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]]> 60177373 Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher—for their world or ours.

Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself—and his dad. Then, when Charlie is seventeen, he meets Howard Bowditch, a recluse with a big dog in a big house at the top of a big hill. In the backyard is a locked shed from which strange sounds emerge, as if some creature is trying to escape. When Mr. Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie the house, a massive amount of gold, a cassette tape telling a story that is impossible to believe, and a responsibility far too massive for a boy to shoulder.

Because within the shed is a portal to another world—one whose denizens are in peril and whose monstrous leaders may destroy their own world, and ours. In this parallel universe, where two moons race across the sky, and the grand towers of a sprawling palace pierce the clouds, there are exiled princesses and princes who suffer horrific punishments; there are dungeons; there are games in which men and women must fight each other to the death for the amusement of the “Fair One.�� And there is a magic sundial that can turn back time.

A story as old as myth, and as startling and iconic as the rest of King’s work, Fairy Tale is about an ordinary guy forced into the hero’s role by circumstance, and it is both spectacularly suspenseful and satisfying.]]> 607 Stephen King 1668002175 MayMM 0 to-read 4.05 2022
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]]> 26032825 Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.

And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.

Jude was seven when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.

To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences.

As Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, she discovers her own capacity for trickery and bloodshed. But as betrayal threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.]]> 370 Holly Black 0316310271 MayMM 0 to-read 4.01 2018
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]]> 31122 408 Dodie Smith 0312181108 MayMM 0 to-read 3.99 1948
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]]> 50398 Northanger Abbey is often referred to as Jane Austen's "Gothic parody." Decrepit castles, locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes, and tyrannical fathers give the story an uncanny air, but one with a decidedly satirical twist.

The story's unlikely heroine is Catherine Morland, a remarkably innocent seventeen-year-old woman from a country parsonage. While spending a few weeks in Bath with a family friend, Catherine meets and falls in love with Henry Tilney, who invites her to visit his family estate, Northanger Abbey. Once there, Catherine, a great reader of Gothic thrillers, lets the shadowy atmosphere of the old mansion fill her mind with terrible suspicions. What is the mystery surrounding the death of Henry's mother? Is the family concealing a terrible secret within the elegant rooms of the Abbey? Can she trust Henry, or is he part of an evil conspiracy? Catherine finds dreadful portents in the most prosaic events, until Henry persuades her to see the peril in confusing life with art.

Executed with high-spirited gusto, Northanger Abbey is a lighthearted, yet unsentimental commentary on love and marriage.]]> 260 Jane Austen 1593082649 MayMM 0 to-read 3.85 1817
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]]> 28187 Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse - Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends—one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena - Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.]]> 377 Rick Riordan 0786838655 MayMM 0 to-read 4.31 2005
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]]> 19063 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordian-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found.

But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

(Note: this title was not published as YA fiction)]]> 592 Markus Zusak MayMM 0 to-read 4.38 2005
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]]> 2767052
Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . .

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.]]> 374 Suzanne Collins MayMM 0 to-read 4.34 2008
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]]> 4671 The only edition of the beloved classic that is authorized by Fitzgerald’s family and from his lifelong publisher.

This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author’s own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward.

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published by Scribner in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.]]> 180 F. Scott Fitzgerald 0743273567 MayMM 0 to-read 3.93 1925
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]]> 17899948 Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again...

The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned and working as a lady's maid, she can barely believe her luck. It is only when they arrive at his massive country estate that she realizes how large a shadow his late wife will cast over their lives--presenting her with a lingering evil that threatens to destroy their marriage from beyond the grave.

First published in 1938, this classic gothic novel is such a compelling read that it won the Anthony Award for Best Novel of the Century.]]> 449 Daphne du Maurier 0316323705 MayMM 0 to-read 4.28 1938
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]]> 160014
The classic novel of a post-literate future, Fahrenheit 451 stands alongside Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World as a prophetic account of Western civilization's enslavement by the media, drugs and conformity.

Bradbury's powerful and poetic prose combines with uncanny insight into the potential of technology to create a classic of twentieth-century literature which over fifty years from first publication, still has the power to dazzle and shock.]]> 172 Ray Bradbury MayMM 3 3.88 1953
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]]> 17880042 Primul an de liceu e cel mai greu. Îţi faci noi prieteni, te îndrăgosteşti cu adevărat, nu te mai înţelegi deloc cu părinţii. Să creşti mare e mai complicat decât ţi-ai imaginat vreodată.
Aflat în pragul adolescenţei, Charlie se hotărăşte să-şi povestească viaţa unui prieten imaginar, căruia îi trimite o serie de scrisori intime.
Prins între dorinţa de a-şi trăi viaţa şi tendinţa de a fugi de ea, Charlie se trezeşte obligat să exploreze un teritoriu până acum necunoscut. Acela al primelor întâlniri şi al casetelor cu compilaţii, al problemelor de familie şi al prietenilor adevăraţi. Şi caută neîncetat „melodia perfectă�� a unei „călătorii perfecte�� în care „să se simtă infinit��.]]> 256 Stephen Chbosky 9737077385 MayMM 2 3.90 1999
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]]> 386162
Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.

Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!]]> 193 Douglas Adams MayMM 0 to-read 4.28 1979
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]]> 6185 You can find the redesigned cover of this edition HERE.

At the centre of this novel is the passionate love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff - recounted with such emotional intensity that a plain tale of the Yorkshire moors acquires the depth and simplicity of ancient tragedy.

This best-selling Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1847 first edition of the novel. For the Fourth Edition, the editor has collated the 1847 text with several modern editions and has corrected a number of variants, including accidentals. The text is accompanied by entirely new explanatory annotations.

New to the fourth Edition are twelve of Emily Bronte's letters regarding the publication of the 1847 edition of Wuthering Heights as well as the evolution of the 1850 edition, prose and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel, and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel, and Edward Chitham's insightful and informative chronology of the creative process behind the beloved work.

Five major critical interpretations of Wuthering Heights are included, three of them new to the Fourth Edition. A Stuart Daley considers the importance of chronology in the novel. J. Hillis Miller examines Wuthering Heights's problems of genre and critical reputation. Sandra M. Gilbert assesses the role of Victorian Christianity plays in the novel, while Martha Nussbaum traces the novel's romanticism. Finally, Lin Haire-Sargeant scrutinizes the role of Heathcliff in film adaptations of Wuthering Heights.

A Chronology and updated Selected Bibliography are also included.]]> 464 Emily Brontë MayMM 0 to-read 3.89 1847
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]]> 2657 "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.

"To Kill A Mockingbird" became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film.]]> 323 Harper Lee 0060935464 MayMM 0 to-read 4.25 1960
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]]> 30969741 Every enchantment has a price.

With a flick of her paintbrush, Isobel creates stunning portraits for a dangerous set of clients: the fair folk. These immortal creatures cannot bake bread or put a pen to paper without crumbling to dust. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst, and they trade valuable enchantments for Isobel’s paintings. But when she receives her first royal patron—Rook, the autumn prince—Isobel makes a deadly mistake. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes, a weakness that could cost him his throne, and even his life.

Furious, Rook spirits Isobel away to his kingdom to stand trial for her crime. But something is seriously amiss in his world, and they are attacked from every side. With Isobel and Rook depending upon each other for survival, their alliance blossoms into trust, perhaps even love . . . a forbidden emotion that would violate the fair folks�� ruthless laws, rendering both their lives forfeit. What force could Isobel's paintings conjure that is powerful enough to defy the ancient malice of the fairy courts?

Isobel and Rook journey along a knife-edge in a lush world where beauty masks corruption and the cost of survival might be more frightening than death itself.]]> 304 Margaret Rogerson 1481497588 MayMM 0 to-read 3.64 2017
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]]> 22284
Suddenly, though, Misty finds her artistic talent returning as she begins a period of compulsive painting. Inspired but confused by this burst of creativity, she soon finds herself a pawn in a larger conspiracy that threatens to cost hundreds of lives. What unfolds is a dark, hilarious story from America’s most inventive nihilist, and Palahniuk’s most impressive work to date.]]> 262 Chuck Palahniuk 1400032814 MayMM 0 to-read 3.65 2003
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]]> 75392028
Poate că nu există soluții ideale și nici răspunsuri definitive la marile provocări ale vieții, dar Michelle Obama crede că putem cu toții să stabilim și să ne bazăm pe un set de instrumente care să ne ajute să trecem mai bine prin schimbare și să rămânem stabili pe cursul nostru. În Lumina din noi, ea deschide un dialog direct și onest cu cititorii, abordând întrebările cu care mulți dintre noi ne luptăm: Cum construim relații rezistente și oneste? Cum putem descoperi forța și spiritul de comunitate în mijlocul diferențelor dintre noi? Ce instrumente folosim pentru a aborda sentimentele de îndoială de sine sau de neajutorare? Ce facem când totul începe să ni se pară deja prea mult?

Michelle Obama le oferă cititorilor o serie de povești proaspete și de reflecții pline de miez despre schimbare, provocări și putere, incluzând în acestea convingerea ei că, atunci când aprindem lumina din noi pentru ceilalți, putem lumina bogăția și potențialul lumii din jurul nostru, descoperind adevăruri mai profunde și noi căi spre progres. Inspirându-se din experiențele sale de mamă, fiică, soție, prietenă și primă-doamnă, ne împărtășește obiceiurile și principiile pe care le-a dezvoltat pentru a se adapta cu succes la schimbare și a depăși obstacole din cele mai diverse �� înțelepciunea câștigată care a ajutat-o să continue să evolueze. Își detaliază cele mai valoroase obiceiuri, precum cele de a „începe cu blândețe��, de a „merge în profunzime�� și a de a aduna „la masa din bucătărie�� prieteni și mentori de încredere. Cu umorul care o caracterizează, cu onestitate și compasiune, explorează și probleme legate de rasă, gen și vizibilitate, încurajând cititorii să își învingă frica, să găsească forța în comunitate și să trăiască cu curaj.]]> 320 Michelle Obama 6063395121 MayMM 0 to-read 4.12 2022
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]]> 13335037
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.]]> 487 Veronica Roth 0062024035 MayMM 0 to-read 4.13 2011
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]]> 13557732
«Povestirile din ciclul familiei Glass - observa intr-un articol din 1963 Sam S. Baskett - dovedesc tot mai clar ca Salinger nu mai e multumit sa produca ceea ce e indeobste recunoscut a fi un lucru realizat foarte bine de el: naratiunea scurta, abrupta, turul de forta construit pe o baza in general ingusta, disecind efectele unei vieti lipsite de idealuri... Declarindu-se de acord cu viziunea lui Fitzgerald, aceea a tristetii pe care o cuprinde o viata lipsita de adincime, intr-o societate meschina, Salinger refuza ideea ca visul american s-a transformat pe vecie intr-un cosmar. Vazind viata asa cum e in realitate, membrii familiei Glass se dedica pe deplin aspiratiei de a-i gasi, totusi, un sens.»]]> 224 J.D. Salinger 9734620304 MayMM 0 to-read 3.79 1957
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]]> 11220550 O noua traducere pentru tinerii de astazi.
Romanul publicat in 1951 i-a adus autorului un renume universal. Putine carti din literatura secolului trecut s-au bucurat de o asemenea atentie, atit din partea criticii, cit si, cu mult mai important, din partea publicului. Scris la persoana I, din perspectiva unui pusti de 17 ani, „De veghe in lanul de secara�� a devenit emblematic pentru toti adolescentii revoltati de ipocrizia lumii adultilor. Holden Cauldfield �� personaj din aceeasi categorie cu Huckleberry Finn �� lupta pentru propria identitate intr-o lume care depersonalizeaza, uniformizeaza, distruge inocenta specifica fiintei umane. Armele sale sint simple: o sinceritate debordanta, dublata de un extraordinar simt al umorului, de la prima si pina la ultima pagina a cartii.]]> 280 J.D. Salinger 9734620312 MayMM 0 to-read 3.66 1951
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]]> 6148028 Sparks are igniting.
Flames are spreading.
And the Capitol wants revenge.

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol—a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.

Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest that she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.

In Catching Fire, the second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before . . . and surprising readers at every turn.]]> 391 Suzanne Collins 0439023491 MayMM 0 to-read 4.34 2009
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]]> 18505792
A groundbreaking work as delicate as a butterfly's wing and as menacing as a knife in the dark, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is told with a rare understanding of all that makes us human, and shows the power of stories to reveal and shelter us from the darkness inside and out.

Includes bonus features: a meet with Neil Gaiman, a reading group guide, and an interview with Gaiman.]]> 195 Neil Gaiman 0062255665 MayMM 0 to-read 4.06 2013
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]]> 17061
In Coraline's family's new flat are twenty-one windows and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors open and close.

The fourteenth is locked, and on the other side is only a brick wall, until the day Coraline unlocks the door to find a passage to another flat in another house just like her own.

Only it's different.

At first, things seem marvelous in the other flat. The food is better. The toy box is filled with wind-up angels that flutter around the bedroom, books whose pictures writhe and crawl and shimmer, little dinosaur skulls that chatter their teeth. But there's another mother, and another father, and they want Coraline to stay with them and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go.

Other children are trapped there as well, lost souls behind the mirrors. Coraline is their only hope of rescue. She will have to fight with all her wits and all the tools she can find if she is to save the lost children, her ordinary life, and herself.

Critically acclaimed and award-winning author Neil Gaiman will delight readers with his first novel for all ages.]]> 176 Neil Gaiman 0061139378 MayMM 0 to-read 4.13 2002
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]]> 18243215 608 Donna Tartt 973681940X MayMM 0 to-read 4.22 1992
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]]> 67238 166 N.H. Kleinbaum 0553282980 MayMM 0 to-read 4.19 1988
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]]> 120552 The night --
Homecoming--
Uncle Einar --
The traveler --
The lake --
The coffin --
The crowd --
The scythe --
There was an old woman --
There will come soft rains --
Mars is heaven --
The silent towns --
The earth men --
The off season --
The million-year picnic --
The fox and the forest --
Kaleidoscope --
The rocket man --
Marionettes, inc. --
No particular night or morning --
The city --
The fire balloons --
The last night of the world --
The veldt --
The long rain --
The great fire --
The wilderness --
A sound of thunder --
The murderer --
The April witch --
Invisible boy --
The golden kite, the silver wind --
The fog horn --
The black black and white game --
Embroidery --
The golden apples of the sun --
Powerhouse --
Hail and farewell --
The great wide world over there --
The playground --
Skeleton --
The man upstairs --
Touched with fire --
The emissary --
The jar --
The small assasin --
The next in line --
Jack-in-the-box --
The leave-taking --
Exorcism --
The happiness machine --
Calling Mexico --
The wonderful ice cream suit --
Dark they were, and golden-eyed --
The strawberry window --
A scent of sarsaparilla --
The Picasso summer --
The day it rained forever --
A medicine for melancholy --
The shoreline at sunset --
Fever dream --
The town where no one got off --
All summer in a day --
Frost and fire --
The anthem sprinters --
And so died Riabouchinska --
Boys! Raise giant mushrooms in your cellar! --
The vacation --
The illustrated woman --
Some live like Lazarus --
The best of all possible worlds --
The one who waits --
Tyrannosaurus Rex --
The screaming woman --
The terrible conflagration up at the place --
Night call, collect --
The tombling day --
The haunting of the new --
Tomorrow's child --
I sing the body electric! --
The women --
The inspired chicken motel --
Yes, we'll gather at the river --
Have I got a chocolate bar for you! --
A story of love --
The parrot who met Papa --
The October game --
Punishment without crime --
A piece of wood --
The blue bottle --
Long after midnight --
The utterly perfect murder --
The better part of wisdom --
Interval in sunlight --
The black ferris --
Farewell summer --
McGillahee's brat --
The aqueduct --
Gotcha! --
The end of the beginning.]]> 884 Ray Bradbury 0394513355 MayMM 0 to-read 4.46 1980
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]]> 50035 The Golden Apples of the Sun is a collection of thirty-two of Ray Bradbury's most famous tales. From a lonely coastal lighthouse to the pouring rain of Venus to the ominous silence of a murder scene, Bradbury is our sure-handed guide not only to surprising manifestations of the future but also to the wonders of a present we could never have imagined on our own.]]> 338 Ray Bradbury 0380730391 MayMM 0 to-read 4.09 1953
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]]> 103761 "Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a land mine. The land mine is me. After the explosion, I spend the rest of the day putting the pieces back together. Now, it's your turn. Jump!"

Zest. Gusto. Curiosity. These are the qualities every writer must have, as well as a spirit of adventure. In this exuberant book, the incomparable Ray Bradbury shares the wisdom, experience, and excitement of a lifetime of writing. Here are practical tips on the art of writing from a master of the craft—everything from finding original ideas to developing your own voice and style—as well as the inside story of Bradbury's own remarkable career as a prolific author of novels, stories, poems, films, and plays.

Zen in the Art of Writing is more than just a how-to manual for the would-be writer: it is a celebration of the act of writing itself that will delight, impassion, and inspire the writer in you. Bradbury encourages us to follow the unique path of our instincts and enthusiasms to the place where our inner genius dwells, and he shows that success as a writer depends on how well you know one subject: your own life.]]> 158 Ray Bradbury 0553296345 MayMM 0 to-read 4.10 1973
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]]> 93251
Contents:

· The Dwarf · ss Fantastic Jan/Feb ��54
· The Next in Line · nv Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI, 1947
· The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Mar ��54
· Skeleton · ss Weird Tales Sep ��45
· The Jar · ss Weird Tales Nov ��44
· The Lake · ss Weird Tales May ��44
· The Emissary · ss Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI, 1947
· Touched with Fire [“Shopping for Death”] · ss Maclean’s Jun 1 ��54
· The Small Assassin · ss Dime Mystery Magazine Nov ��46
· The Crowd · ss Weird Tales May ��43
· Jack-in-the-Box · ss Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI, 1947
· The Scythe · ss Weird Tales Jul ��43
· Uncle Einar · ss Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI, 1947
· The Wind · ss Weird Tales Mar ��43
· The Man Upstairs · ss Harper’s Mar ��47
· There Was an Old Woman · ss Weird Tales Jul ��44
· The Cistern · ss Mademoiselle May ��47
· Homecoming · ss Mademoiselle Oct ��46
· The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone · ss Charm Jul ��54]]> 334 Ray Bradbury 0380973871 MayMM 0 to-read 4.13 1955
author: Ray Bradbury
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> 16793 Alternate cover edition can be found here

Young Tristran Thorn will do anything to win the cold heart of beautiful Victoria—even fetch her the star they watch fall from the night sky. But to do so, he must enter the unexplored lands on the other side of the ancient wall that gives their tiny village its name. Beyond that old stone wall, Tristran learns, lies Faerie—where nothing not even a fallen star, is what he imagined.]]> 248 Neil Gaiman 0061142026 MayMM 0 to-read 4.11 1999
author: Neil Gaiman
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]]> 35266496
Premiată în 2014 cu Retro-Hugo Award pentru cel mai bun roman, Sabia din stâncă este un fantasy în care tradiția și modernitatea se întâlnesc cu umorul și înțelepciunea, creând personaje de neuitat, de la pătrunzătorul Merlyn la eroicul Robin Wood și la Regele Pellinore, cel cu inima caldă.

„Plină de imaginație și nesfârșit de elocventă:
o carte de un farmec veșnic și universal.��
Booklist

„Intensitate și bogăție, revelații și arabescuri uimitoare.��
The Guardian]]> 312 T.H. White MayMM 0 to-read 3.70 1938
author: T.H. White
name: MayMM
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1938
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]]> 52160069 272 Jenny Han 6064006293 MayMM 0 to-read 3.76 2009
author: Jenny Han
name: MayMM
average rating: 3.76
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]]> 13212997
Plasat intr-un decor de-o maretie legendara, plin de rasturnari neasteptate de situatie, presarat cu imagini rapitoare si personaje memorabile, Vrajitorul si globul de cristal atinge noi culmi ale rafinamentului povestirii care face din seria TURNUL INTUNECAT o realizare de neegalat.]]> 768 Stephen King 6065792004 MayMM 0 to-read 4.53 1997
author: Stephen King
name: MayMM
average rating: 4.53
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]]> 13496174
Umor, o inegalabilă bogăţie lingvistică, un delir de imaginaţie... Rabelais şi-a pus întregul talent în slujba râsului.]]> 550 François Rabelais MayMM 0 to-read 3.32 1532
author: François Rabelais
name: MayMM
average rating: 3.32
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]]> 36495981 390 Ransom Riggs MayMM 0 to-read 4.29 2011
author: Ransom Riggs
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]]> 40605329
]]> 497 Trenton Lee Stewart 0316032115 MayMM 0 to-read 4.29 2007
author: Trenton Lee Stewart
name: MayMM
average rating: 4.29
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]]> 18222716 384 Kate Milford 0544052706 MayMM 0 to-read 4.01 2014
author: Kate Milford
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]]> 5297
In this celebrated work Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. For over a century, this mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense has enjoyed wide popularity. It ranks as one of Wilde's most important creations and among the classic achievements of its kind.]]> 272 Oscar Wilde MayMM 0 to-read 4.13 1890
author: Oscar Wilde
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> 778267 Pădurea spânzuraţilor un „act de dezertare", ar fi apreciat, după 50 de ani, ca un „fapt de mutilare", iar documentul de acuzare ar învinui statul, adică aici monarhia bicefală austro-ungară, de opresiune morală şi psihologică asupra propriilor cetăţeni. Bineînţeles că situaţia explicită ficţional din Pădurea Spânzuraţilor poate avea în realitate diferite distribuţii şi orice om, fie el rus, maghiar, austriac ori german, cetăţean al altui stat, pus să lupte împotriva statului naţional al ruşilor, maghiarilor, austriecilor ori germanilor ar trece prin aceleaşi destrucţii psiho­logice şi frustrări de identitate naţională, ca până la urmă să asculte de glasul sângelui şi să treacă la ai săi.» (Aureliu GOCI)]]> 316 Liviu Rebreanu 9739132308 MayMM 0 to-read, school-reads 4.04 1922
author: Liviu Rebreanu
name: MayMM
average rating: 4.04
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rating: 0
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]]> 25526296 Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children
No Solicitations
No Visitors
No Quests

Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else.

But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.

Nancy tumbled once, but now she’s back. The things she’s experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world.

But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. There’s a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it’s up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter.

No matter the cost.]]> 176 Seanan McGuire 0765385503 MayMM 2 books-i-own 3.81 2016
author: Seanan McGuire
name: MayMM
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2016
rating: 2
read at: 2022/07/10
date added: 2022/09/19
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]]> 37912951 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, these irresistible House Editions celebrate the noble character of the four Hogwarts houses. Featuring gorgeous house-themed cover art and interior line illustrations by Kate Greenaway Medal winner Levi Pinfold, each book will also have vibrant sprayed edges in the house livery. Entertaining bonus features exclusive to each house accompany the novel. All seven books in the series will be issued in these highly collectable House Editions.

A must-have for anyone who has ever imagined sitting under the Sorting Hat in the Great Hall at Hogwarts waiting to hear the words, ‘Better be SLYTHERIN!’]]> 384 J.K. Rowling 140889811X MayMM 5 4.52 1998
author: J.K. Rowling
name: MayMM
average rating: 4.52
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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]]> 37912959 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, these irresistible House Editions celebrate the noble character of the four Hogwarts houses. Featuring gorgeous house-themed cover art and interior line illustrations by Kate Greenaway Medal winner Levi Pinfold, each book will also have vibrant sprayed edges in the house livery. Entertaining bonus features exclusive to each house accompany the novel. All seven books in the series will be issued in these highly collectable House Editions.

A must-have for anyone who has ever imagined sitting under the Sorting Hat in the Great Hall at Hogwarts waiting to hear the words, ‘Better be HUFFLEPUFF!’]]> 384 J.K. Rowling 1408898152 MayMM 0 books-i-own 4.60 1998
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]]> 27858482 - J.K. Rowling

„Cărţile Harry Potter au o calitate rar întâlnită: sunt adorate de părinţi şi de copii deopotrivă.�� - Daily Telegraph

„Aventurile lui Harry Potter sunt la fel de amuzante ca poveştile lui Roald Dahl şi la fel de pline de viaţă ca volumele seriei Narnia.�� - Daily Mail

„J.K. Rowling a format o întreagă generaţie de cititori.�� - The Times

„Dacă în copilărie aş fi avut acces la cărţile cu Harry Potter, sunt convins că nu doar copilăria, ci şi tinereţea, maturitatea şi bătrâneţea mea ar fi arătat altfel.�� - Florin Bican, traducător în limba română al primului volum din seria Harry Potter]]> 354 J.K. Rowling 6068620735 MayMM 5 4.69 1997
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name: MayMM
average rating: 4.69
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rating: 5
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]]> 99107 161 A.A. Milne 0525467564 MayMM 0 to-read 4.37 1926
author: A.A. Milne
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average rating: 4.37
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]]> 77390 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here

When twelve-year-old Anne Shirley came to Avonlea, she quickly won everyone’s heart. Now, she’s five years older, almost a woman, and about to embark on a new adventure: becoming the teacher in her old Avonlea school. It’s an exciting year as Anne struggles to win over all her students, welcomes two new members to her family, and feels the first stirrings of love.]]> 276 L.M. Montgomery 0553213148 MayMM 0 to-read 4.23 1909
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]]> 8127 Anne of Green Gables is also a wonderful portrait of a time, a place, a family�� and, most of all, love.

WITH AN AFTERWORD BY JENNIFER LEE CARELL]]> 320 L.M. Montgomery 0451528824 MayMM 0 to-read 4.30 1908
author: L.M. Montgomery
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average rating: 4.30
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]]> 232576
I BET THAT LADY WITH THE CROSS-EYE LOOKS IN THE MIRROR AND JUST FEELS TERRIBLE.

PINKY WHITEHEAD WILL NEVER CHANGE. DOES HIS MOTHER HATE HIM? IF I HAD HIM I'D HATE HIM.

IF MARION HAWTHORNE DOESN'T WATCH OUT SHE'S GOING TO GROW UP INTO A LADY HITLER.

But when Harriet's notebook is found by her schoolmates, their anger and retaliation and Harriet's unexpected responses explode in a hilarious way.]]> 300 Louise Fitzhugh 0440416795 MayMM 0 books-i-own 3.95 1964
author: Louise Fitzhugh
name: MayMM
average rating: 3.95
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]]> 157993
Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork. The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.]]> 96 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 0152023984 MayMM 0 books-i-own 4.32 1943
author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
name: MayMM
average rating: 4.32
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]]> 22841994 Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'.

HARRY POTTER has never even heard of Hogwarts when the LETTERS start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in GREEN INK on yellowish parchment with a PURPLE SEAL, they are swiftly confiscated by his GRISLY aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called RUBEUS HAGRID bursts in with some ASTONISHING news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!]]> 332 J.K. Rowling 1408855658 MayMM 0 to-read, books-i-own 4.55 1997
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name: MayMM
average rating: 4.55
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]]> 28110852
One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, filling the ordinary child with extraordinary magic. Xan decides she must raise this enmagicked girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. To keep young Luna safe from her own unwieldy power, Xan locks her magic deep inside her. When Luna approaches her thirteenth birthday, her magic begins to emerge on schedule--but Xan is far away. Meanwhile, a��young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. Soon, it is up to Luna to protect those who have protected her--even if it means the end of the loving, safe world she’s always known.]]> 388 Kelly Barnhill 1616205679 MayMM 5 books-i-own 4.11 2016
author: Kelly Barnhill
name: MayMM
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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]]> 28194 9780439709101

From internationally acclaimed storyteller Cornelia Funke, this bestselling, magical epic is now out in paperback!

One cruel night, Meggie's father reads aloud from a book called INKHEART-- and an evil ruler escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. Suddenly, Meggie is smack in the middle of the kind of adventure she has only read about in books. Meggie must learn to harness the magic that has conjured this nightmare. For only she can change the course of the story that has changed her life forever.

This is INKHEART--a timeless tale about books, about imagination, about life. Dare to read it aloud.]]> 563 Cornelia Funke MayMM 0 books-i-own 3.91 2003
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name: MayMM
average rating: 3.91
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]]> 40121378 Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving—every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.

If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights.

Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.

Learn how to:
-��Make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy);
-��Overcome a lack of motivation and willpower;
- Design your environment to make success easier;
- Get back on track when you fall off course;
...and much more.

Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.]]> 319 James Clear MayMM 0 to-read, books-i-own 4.34 2018
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]]> 59615388
„Chiar Zeus... cât e Zeus de mare și puternic... cât poate el supune pe ceilalți zei cu pumnul cel încărcat de fulger... și totuși Afrodita i-a tulburat simțirea. L-a făcut și pe dânsul, stăpân atotputernic, să-și părăsească tronul și, amețit, s-alerge, din Olimp, preschimbat în taur, vultur, cuc sau alte animale, de-a râs o lume-ntreagă.��

Legătura vechilor greci cu zeii lor are multe chipuri. Respectați pentru că fac să rodească natura sau trimit din slăvi ploaia binefăcătoare, zeii sunt și temuți, pentru că tot ei trimit grindina nimicitoare, crivățul aspru, fulgerele și tunetele. Forța lor uriașă îi strivește uneori pe nedrept pe oameni.

Fiecare dintre ei este în același timp o manifestare a binelui și a răului, iar timpul i-a transformat în simboluri: Geea, Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Demetra, Afrodita, Eros, Artemis, Hermes, Atena, Apolo și Prometeu.

Pendulând între venerație și revoltă, destinul oamenilor e deseori tragic: chiar și atunci când au un zeu de partea lor, sunt prinși la mijloc în războiul care are loc în Olimp. Iar miza este mare, pentru că la sfârșitul vieții îi așteaptă osânda necurmată, în Tartar, sau desfătarea Câmpiilor Elizee, loc al norocului și al păcii.]]> 336 Alexandru Mitru MayMM 0 to-read 4.00 1983
author: Alexandru Mitru
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]]> 20912424 An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaimed author of Jefferson’s Sons and for fans of Number the Stars.
��
Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada’s twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn’t waste a minute—she sneaks out to join him.
��
So begins a new adventure of Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan—and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands of their mother?
��
This masterful work of historical fiction is equal parts adventure and a moving tale of family and identity—a classic in the making.]]> 316 Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 0803740816 MayMM 0 to-read 4.47 2015
author: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
name: MayMM
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2015
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]]> 45047384
Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages.

When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist. Linus must set aside his fears and determine whether or not they’re likely to bring about the end of days.

But the children aren’t the only secret the island keeps. Their caretaker is the charming and enigmatic Arthur Parnassus, who will do anything to keep his wards safe. As Arthur and Linus grow closer, long-held secrets are exposed, and Linus must make a choice: destroy a home or watch the world burn.

An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place—and realizing that family is yours.]]> 394 T.J. Klune MayMM 0 to-read 4.37 2020
author: T.J. Klune
name: MayMM
average rating: 4.37
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]]> 35603805
Alex’s original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping the witch Natacha happy, but soon he’ll run out of pages to read from and be trapped forever. He’s loved scary stories his whole life, and he knows most don’t have a happily ever after. Now that Alex is trapped in a true terrifying tale, he’s desperate for a different ending—and a way out of this twisted place.

This modern spin on the Scheherazade story is perfect for fans of Coraline and A Tale Dark and Grimm. With interwoven tips on writing with suspense, adding in plot twists, hooks, interior logic, and dealing with writer’s block, this is the ideal book for budding writers and all readers of delightfully just-dark-enough tales.]]> 320 J.A. White 0062560107 MayMM 0 to-read 4.01 2018
author: J.A. White
name: MayMM
average rating: 4.01
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]]> 40411206
In Talking as Fast as I Can, Lauren Graham hits pause for a moment and looks back on her life, sharing laugh-out-loud stories about growing up, starting out as an actress, and, years later, sitting in her trailer on the Parenthood set and asking herself, “Did you, um, make it?�� She opens up about the challenges of being single in Hollywood (“Strangers were worried about me; that’s how long I was single!��), the time she was asked to audition her butt for a role, and her experience being a judge on Project Runway (“It’s like I had a fashion-induced blackout��).

In “What It Was Like, Part One,�� Graham sits down for an epic Gilmore Girls marathon and reflects on being cast as the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore. The essay “What It Was Like, Part Two�� reveals how it felt to pick up the role again nine years later, and what doing so has meant to her.

Some more things you will learn about Lauren: She once tried to go vegan just to bond with Ellen DeGeneres, she’s aware that meeting guys at awards shows has its pitfalls (“If you’re meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, and styling, you’ve already set the bar too high��), and she’s a card-carrying REI shopper (“My bungee cords now earn points!��).

Including photos and excerpts from the diary Graham kept during the filming of the recent Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, this book is like a cozy night in, catching up with your best friend, laughing and swapping stories, and—of course—talking as fast as you can.]]> 224 Lauren Graham 0425285189 MayMM 0 to-read 3.92 2016
author: Lauren Graham
name: MayMM
average rating: 3.92
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]]> 1618 226 Mark Haddon 1400032717 MayMM 0 to-read 3.89 2003
author: Mark Haddon
name: MayMM
average rating: 3.89
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]]> 135479 Told with deadpan humour and bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon and, worse still, surviving it ...

Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding 'fathers' of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he's the inventor of 'ice-nine', a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three ecentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness. Felix Hoenikker's Death Wish comes true when his last, fatal gift to humankind brings about the end, that for all of us, is nigh...]]> 306 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. MayMM 0 to-read 4.17 1963
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name: MayMM
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1963
rating: 0
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]]> 7624 182 William Golding 0140283331 MayMM 0 to-read 3.70 1954
author: William Golding
name: MayMM
average rating: 3.70
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]]> 48855
In 1942, with the Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, the Franks and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annexe�� of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and surprisingly humorous, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
--back cover]]> 283 Anne Frank MayMM 0 to-read 4.19 1947
author: Anne Frank
name: MayMM
average rating: 4.19
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]]> 485894 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 0553213695 / 9780553213690

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was laying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his domelike brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt could hardly keep in position and was about to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk, waved helplessly before his eyes."

With it's startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first opening, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing—though absurdly comic—meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. As W.H. Auden wrote, "Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man."]]> 201 Franz Kafka 0553213695 MayMM 0 to-read 3.90 1915
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average rating: 3.90
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]]> 10210 Alternate editions can be found here and here.

A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and dark secrets, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is edited with an introduction and notes by Stevie Davis in Penguin Classics.

Charlotte Brontë tells the story of orphaned Jane Eyre, who grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, enduring loneliness and cruelty. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence and spirit - which prove necessary when she finds employment as a governess to the young ward of Byronic, brooding Mr Rochester. As her feelings for Rochester develop, Jane gradually uncovers Thornfield Hall's terrible secret, forcing her to make a choice. Should she stay with Rochester and live with the consequences, or follow her convictions - even if it means leaving the man she loves? A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre dazzled readers with its passionate depiction of a woman's search for equality and freedom.]]> 532 Charlotte Brontë 0142437204 MayMM 0 to-read 4.14 1847
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]]> 5659 “All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered.��

For more than a century, The Wind in the Willows and its endearing protagonists—Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and, of course, the incorrigible Toad—have enchanted children of all ages. Whether the four friends are setting forth on an exciting adventure, engaging in a comic caper, or simply relaxing by the River Thames, their stories will surprise and captivate you.

Hailed as one of the most enduringly popular works of the twentieth century, this story is a classic of magical fancy and enchanting wit. Penned in lyrical prose, the adventures and misadventures of the book’s intrepid quartet of heroes raise fantasy to the level of myth. Reflecting the freshness of childhood wonder, it still offers adults endless sophistication, substance, and depth.

The animals�� world embodies the author’s wry, whimsical, and unfailingly inventive imagination. It is a world that succeeding generations of both adult and young readers have found irresistible. But why say more? To use the words of the estimable Mr. Toad himself: “Travel, change, interest, excitement!...Come inside.��]]> 197 Kenneth Grahame 0143039091 MayMM 0 to-read 4.02 1908
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So great are the implications of this discovery that for the first time men are sent out deep into our solar system.

But long before their destination is reached, things begin to go horribly, inexplicably wrong...

One of the greatest-selling science fiction novels of our time, this classic book will grip you to the very end.]]> 297 Arthur C. Clarke MayMM 0 to-read 4.17 1968
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