Some very good fiction
Discover some very good fiction with our curated list of top books. Explore captivating stories, bestselling novels, and must-read fiction for every book lover.
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Santa's Little Helpers
by W. A. Heisler
Denis McKutchin is having a bad week. He¿s just been paroled from prison. His girlfriend threw him out. His son won¿t speak to him and …
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An American Christmas
by W. A. Heisler
An American Christmas is a holiday collection that emphasizes that the true gifts of Christmas are the ones we love. Consisting of five stories about …
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Journal of the Gun Years
by Richard Matheson
Clay Halser, a survivor of the Civil War, must flee to frontier America when he kills a man in self-defense, and his action brings him …
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The Beardless Warriors
by Richard Matheson
A squad of teenaged American soldiers fight their way across Germany in 1945.
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Requiem
by Graham Joyce
After the sudden death of his wife, Tom Webster travels to Jerusalem in search of a friend from his college days. The haunted city, divided …
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Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression, in a deluxe centennial edition Over seventy-five years since its first publication, Steinbeck’s tale …
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The Pearl
by John Steinbeck
“There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.” One of Steinbeck’s most taught works, The Pearl is the story of the Mexican diver …
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
A book about love and courage and decency and glory. It is written with a wisdom that washes the mind and cools it. With an …
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Fever 42
by Christopher Fahy
Ted, an English teacher, has found that life has become dull until Joy comes along. Joy takes him on a soul-shattering trip that makes his …
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Wolf Whistle
by Lewis Nordan
In 1955, in Arrow-Catcher, Mississippi, fourth-grade teacher Alice Conroy, hoping to teach her children something important, takes her class on field trips to the bedside …
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The Temple of Gold
by William Goldman
Acclaimed for such Academy Award—winning screenplays as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and such thrillers as Marathon Man, not to mention the bestselling classic …
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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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The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger
The "brilliant, funny, meaningful novel" (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature--and that has instilled in millions …
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Boy's Life
by Robert McCammon
"Zephyr, Alabama, has been an idyllic home for eleven-year-old Cory Mackenson ... a place where monsters swim in the belly of the river, and friends …
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The Outsiders
by S. E. Hinton
When it was first published in 1967, The Outsiders defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy and his struggle to find a …
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Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
A mentally retarded adult has a brain operation that turns him into a genius.
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The Rag and Bone Shop
by Robert Cormier
Twelve-year old Jason is accused of the brutal murder of a young girl. Is he innocent or guilty? The shocked town calls on an interrogator …
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Heroes
by Robert Cormier
Francis Joseph Cassavant is eighteen. He has just returned home from the Second World War, and he has no face. He does have a gun …
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We All Fall Down
by Robert Cormier
They entered the house at 9:02 P.M. and trashed their way through the Cape Cod cottage. At 9:46 P.M. Karen Jerome made the mistake of …
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
by Richard Matheson
A collection of writings by Richard Matheson, including the novel "The Incredible Shrinking Man."
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Breaking Point
by Christopher Fahy
Mystery thriller set in the grim reality of America's seriously flawed health care delivery system.