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Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë · 1846 · ★ 3.9 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Wuthering Heights is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent relationships with Earnshaw's adopted son, Heathcliff. The novel was influenced by Romanticism and Gothic fiction. Shares British and irish fiction, Drama, Romance

The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison · 1970 · ★ 4.1 · 195p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Each night Pecola prayed for blue eyes. In her eleven years, no one had ever noticed Pecola. But with blue eyes, she thought, everything would be different. She would be so pretty that her parents would stop fighting. Her father would stop drinking. Her brother would stop running away. If only she could be beautiful. If only people would look at her. When someone finally did, it was her… Shares Drama

The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath · 1948 · ★ 4.5 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The Bell Jar is the only novel written by American poet Sylvia Plath. It is an intensely realistic and emotional record of a successful and talented young woman's descent into madness. Shares Community pick

Wonderful adventures of Mrs. Seacole in many lands Mary Seacole · 1857 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Jamaican woman whose fame rivaled Florence Nightingale’s during the Crimean War. Seacole traveled widely before arriving in London, where her offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war was met with racism and refusal. Undaunted, she set out independently to the Crimea, where she acted as doctor and “mother” to wounded soldiers while running her business, the “British Hotel. ” Told with energy,… Shares Community pick

Pelham Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · 1828 · 375p · ≈ 12h · Challenging This is the tale of Henry Pelham. He falls in love with his best friend’s sister, and then learns that his friend is accused of murder. He must find the real killer in order to marry his love. The book really illustrates the manners, habits and lifestyles of the rich and famous in the first half of the 19th century. This is a very entertaining read!Please Note: This book is easy to read in true… Shares British and irish fiction, Drama, Romance

Amelia Henry Fielding · 1751 · 594p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Against her mother's wishes, Amelia marries Captain William Booth, a young army officer, and runs away to London. William is unjustly imprisoned in Newgate, and is subsequently seduced by Miss Matthews. Amelia stays faithful to her husband and forgives his transgression, but William soon draws them into trouble again as he accrues gambling debts trying to lift the couple out of poverty. Shares Married women, Married people, British and irish fiction

The dynamiter Robert Louis Stevenson · 1885 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Shares British and irish fiction, Thriller with this book.

The Law and the Lady Wilkie Collins · 1875 · ★ 3.8 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Three years ago, her husband stood accused of murder -- and the verdict that came in from the jury was the Scottish Verdict, Not Proven. The jury had not evidence enough to convict him -- nor enough to comfortably exonerate him. Eustace could not bear the weight of her discovery; he fled to the continent, to live in anonymity. But Valeria knew her husband, and she loved him. She knew he was… Shares Married women, Married people, British and irish fiction

April in Spain

April in Spain John Banville · 2021 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate *NATIONAL BESTSELLER*Booker Prize winner John Banville returns with a dark and evocative new mystery set on the Spanish coastDon't disturb the dead…On the idyllic coast of San Sebastian, Spain, Dublin pathologist Quirke is struggling to relax, despite the beaches, cafés and the company of his disarmingly lovely wife. When he glimpses a familiar face in the twilight at Las Acadas bar, it's hard at… Shares Thriller

Free Fall in Crimson

Free Fall in Crimson John D. MacDonald & Lee Child From a beloved master of crime fiction, Free Fall in Crimson is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat. He was rich, mean, and slowly succumbing to cancer—until someone hastened the inevitable by beating him to death at a Florida truck stop. Now Ellis Esterland’s son wants Travis McGee to find out who killed his estranged father. The… Shares Thriller

Inside Cut: A C.T. Ferguson Crime Novel

Inside Cut: A C.T. Ferguson Crime Novel Tom Fowler College basketball star Calvin Murray always played to win.This time, losing could cost him his life. It's March. The most important time of the year in college hoops. John Hanson College is breezing through their conference en route to the NCAA tournament. But are they? Games they should win going away turn out to be close contests. Calvin's mother hires private investigator C.T.… Shares Thriller

The Silent Boy

The Silent Boy Cheryl Bradshaw & Janet Fix Private Investigator Sloane Monroe is about to face the most challenging case of her life, and this time, it hits a little too close to home.In the dirty hallway of a local tavern, six-year-old Louie Alvarez plays with his race cars, waiting for his mother to take him home. A scream rips through the air. Louie freezes, then turns, staring at the room at the end of the hallway where the sound had… Shares Thriller

The Lies We Bury

The Lies We Bury Stacy Green It’s the case that has tormented him for years… Detective Cage Foster’s past has come back to haunt him. It’s been seven years since two girls disappeared because of his rookie mistake, and since then he’s lived under the weight of guilt. Now Annabeth, one of the girls, has been found, but with her comes more unanswered questions. Cage realizes this time there’s no room for error because the… Shares Thriller

Nothing to Lose

Nothing to Lose J. A. Jance · 2022 · ★ 4.5 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The newest thrilling Beaumont suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance, in which Beaumont is approached by a visitor from the past and finds himself drawn into a missing person’s case where danger is lurking and family secrets are exposed.      Years ago, when he was a homicide detective with the Seattle PD, J. P. Beaumont’s partner, Sue… Shares Thriller

The Ghosts (A Joe Reacher Thriller)

The Ghosts (A Joe Reacher Thriller) Dan Ames Shares Thriller with this book.

The Bones She Buried

The Bones She Buried Lisa Regan · 2019 Josie works until her arms ache, until the paramedics arrive and pull her gently away from the woman’s cold, fragile body. Noah’s voice cracks beside her as he calls the time of death for his own, beloved mother. Arriving with her partner Noah for dinner at his family’s immaculate countryside home, Detective Josie Quinn is devastated to find Noah’s mother, Colette, lying lifeless in… Shares Thriller

FATAL PURSUIT

FATAL PURSUIT Dan Ames A MESSAGE CARVED IN FLESH. A THRILLER THAT CUTS LIKE A KNIFE. When a murder victim turns up in a Baltimore motel room with investigator Dave O'Donnell's name carved into his chest, O'Donnell knows he's being called back to a case he thought was closed forever.  The victim was supposedly killed in action in Afghanistan years ago in a devastating explosion O'Donnell investigated and ruled an… Shares Thriller

The Color of Bone

The Color of Bone V. J. Chambers Shares Thriller with this book.

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