Amys Honorable Mentions

Explore Amy's Honorable Mentions—a curated list of celebrated books that have earned special recognition. Discover standout titles and literary gems worth reading.

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The Girl Next Door

by Jack Ketchum

A teenage girl is held captive and brutally tortured by neighborhood children. Based on a true story, this shocking novel reveals the depravity of which …
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames

by David Sedaris

A collection of essays celebrates the foibles of the author's everyday life in France and America, from an attempt to make coffee with water from …
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

by Dave Eggers

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • A "A beautifully ragged, laugh-out-loud funny and utterly unforgettable book" (San Francisco Chronicle) that redefines both family and …
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The Collector

by John Fowles

"A superb novel...Evil has seldom been so sinister." --Time Hailed as the first modern psychological thriller, The Collector is the internationally bestselling novel that catapulted …
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Girl, Interrupted

by Susanna Kaysen

30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in …
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Intensity

by Dean Ray Koontz

The sole survivor of a homicidal sociopath's latest killing spree, Chyna Shepherd unwittingly discovers the identity of the murderer's intended next victim and confronts her …
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The Long Walk

by Richard Bachman

The dystopian classic written by Stephen King under his penname Richard Bachman
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One Dark Night

by Jaid Black

When successful surgeon Nikki Adenike decides to jump-start her nonexistent love life by meeting a stranger she encounters on the Internet, she comes face to …
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Fight Club: A Novel

by Chuck Palahniuk

"Fight Club's estranged narrator leaves his lackluster job when he comes under the thrall of Tyler Durden, an enigmatic young man who holds secret after-hours …
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Post Office

by Charles Bukowski

"It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In …
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Odd Thomas

by Dean Koontz

Meet Odd Thomas, the unassuming young hero of Dean Koontz’s dazzling New York Times bestseller, a gallant sentinel at the crossroads of life and death …
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Ricochet

by Sandra Brown

Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher knows he must exercise discretion when investigating a fatal shooting at the home of Judge Cato Laird, but he is both …
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Skeleton Crew

by Stephen King

Who could imagine…? In this brilliant collection of twenty-two stories, Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine…. A supermarket becomes the …
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Susannah Morrow

by Megan Chance

An irresistible blend of history, suspense and romance captures the extraordinary drama of the Salem witch trials. Set in one of the most horrific yet …
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The Story of Adele H.

by François Truffaut

Based on a true story, this film concerns Adèle, the younger daughter of the famous author Victor Hugo, who follows her lover, Lt. Pinson, to …
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Game Over

by Adele Parks

Cas Perry wants nothing to do with love -- her dad walking out on her mother was quite enough romantic drama, thank you very much. …
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Complicity

by Iain Banks

In Scotland, a self-appointed executioner dispenses justice to fit the crime. Thus the lenient judge who let a rapist go is punished by being raped, …
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The Good Guy

by Dean Ray Koontz

Timothy Carrier has a dry sense of humor, but his deadpan wit lands him in a precarious situation when a stranger Tim converses with mistakes …
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