The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe

During World War II, four siblings—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—are evacuated from London to the country home of an eccentric professor, Digory Kirke, to escape the Blitz. While exploring the large house, the youngest sibling, Lucy, discovers a magical wardrobe that serves as a portal to the land of Narnia

I Think I'll Just Curl Up and Die

The story follows Alice McKinley, an eleven-year-old girl who is about to enter the sixth grade. Alice lives with her loving but entirely male-dominated family: her sweet, slightly clueless father, Ben, and her nineteen-year-old brother, Lester. Alice’s mother died of cancer when Alice was just a toddler, leaving her with no memory of her and, crucially, no older female figure to guide her th…

The Agony of Alice

The title itself acts as a summary of the protagonist's emotional state throughout the book. It centers on a girl who faces a series of unfortunate, mortifying, and hilariously awkward situations that make her feel like she wants to disappear from the face of the earth.

The Winner Stands Alone

Two years ago, Igor’s wife Ewa left him for a famous fashion designer named Hamid Hussein. She said Igor was suffocating her with his love. Devastated, Igor became convinced that if he could destroy other worlds, Ewa would realize his love was the only thing that mattered and return to him.

Mocking Jay

Katniss Everdeen wakes up in District 13, an underground district everyone thought was destroyed. It’s run by the stern President Alma Coin. The rebels want Katniss to be the Mockingjay – the face of the revolution against the Capitol and President Snow. Katniss agrees, but only if Coin grants immunity to Peeta and the other captured tributes. She films propaganda “propos” in destroy…

Divergen

Beatrice "Tris" Prior was born into Abnegation, but never felt truly selfless. During her aptitude test, she gets inconclusive results for Abnegation, Dauntless, and Erudite. The tester, Tori, warns her: “You’re Divergent.” Divergents don’t fit one faction – and the government hunts and kills them because they can’t be controlled.

Allegiant

After overthrowing the Erudite and ending the faction system, Evelyn Johnson – Tobias’s mother – takes control of Chicago and imposes her own factionless dictatorship. She wants to erase the past by putting everyone on trial, executing former leaders, and forbidding anyone from leaving the city.

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

The story is told mainly through Mr. Gabriel John Utterson, a lawyer and friend of the respected Dr. Henry Jekyll. Utterson becomes troubled when his client Jekyll changes his will, leaving everything to a sinister, violent man named Edward Hyde. Utterson has heard disturbing stories about Hyde: he trampled a little girl in the street and paid off her family with a check signed by Dr. Jekyll…

Monsieur LECOQ

The novel opens in a sordid Parisian tavern called The Poivrière. Three men have been murdered. A young, unknown police agent named Monsieur Lecoq arrives at the crime scene before the famous Inspector Gevrol. While Gevrol dismisses the case as a simple drunken brawl, Lecoq sees clues everyone else misses: footprints in the snow, a scrap of torn paper, the position of the bodies. He realize…