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#1
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an adventure storyscience and the survival aspectsthriller/suspensehilarious and rivetingA survival story for the 21st century and the international bestseller behind the major film from Ridley Scott, starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chasta...See Full Details
Liked The Martian?
#2
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kids catching on firematter of factwhimsical and funfunny and movingA New York Times Bestseller
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! ...See Full Details
Liked Nothing to See Here?
#3
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fast-paced and funnyvery, very funnylight fantastical fantasyinventive and funny'His spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday
NAMED AS ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 MO...See Full Details
Liked The Colour of Magic?
#4
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coming of age memoirfunny and touchingwrite me a letteran above average memoir#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
More than one million copies sold! A "brilliant" (Lupita Nyong'o, Time), "poignant" (Entertainment Weekly), "soul-nouri...See Full Details
Liked Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood?
#5
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pacy and punchyfast paced and shortsimple, light scifilight and easy fareA murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousnes...See Full Details
Liked All Systems Red?
#6
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adult fantasy fictionfeel-good storyoriginality and inclusivenessya novelA NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER!
A 2021 Alex Award winner!...See Full Details
Liked The House in the Cerulean Sea?
#7
Welcome to Guards! Guards!, the eighth book in Terry Pratchett's legendary Discworld series.
Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobil...See Full Details
Liked Guards! Guards!?
#8
From Connie Willis, winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, comes a comedic romp through an unpredictable world of mystery, love, and time travel ....See Full Details
Liked To Say Nothing of the Dog?
#9
What do readers say about this book?
insightfulthe characters were similarbrilliant, wittyold school coming of age storyThe award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and The Fault in Our Stars...See Full Details
Liked Looking for Alaska?
#10
"Gabriel García Márquez meets Umberto Eco meets Jorge Luis Borges for a sprawling magic show."-The New York Times Book Review
"One gorgeous read." -St...See Full Details
Liked The Shadow of the Wind?
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