A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Francie Nolan grows up poor in 1910s Williamsburg, reading on fire escapes while her family scrapes by, and learns how schooling can lift her out.
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Bryson and friend Katz attempt the Appalachian Trail with blisters, bears, and laughs.
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Paul Bäumer enlists at nineteen and faces the trenches of World War I in Remarque's 1929 classic, told from the German side of the wire.
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Along Came a Spider
Detective Alex Cross hunts Gary Soneji after two children vanish from a Washington school and a Lindbergh echo grows.
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Anna and the French Kiss
Anna Oliphant is sent to Paris boarding school and falls for Etienne while misreading Bridget and Matt.
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As Good As Dead
Pip faces online threats and a stalker as she investigates a serial case in the trilogy finale.
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Beartown
In a fading Swedish hockey town, a rape accusation against the junior star splits neighbors, families, and teammates over truth and loyalty.
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Beautiful World, Where Are You
Two friends Alice and Eileen trade letters while navigating love with Felix and Simon.
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold
In a Tokyo cafe where guests can revisit the past until their coffee cools, four visitors seek words left unsaid with lovers and kin.
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Beloved
Sethe lives with the memory of killing her child to save her from slavery until a young woman named Beloved arrives.
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Better than the Movies
A rom com obsessed senior hires her annoying next door neighbor to win her crush, then finds real love is messier and kinder than any movie plot.
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Bride
Vampire Misery enters an arranged marriage with Alpha Lowe to protect her friend.
2,933-word summary · 13 min read