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Battle Royale
by Koushun Takami
High school students forced to fight to the death in a dystopian society.
Battle Royale takes place in a fictional fascist Japan in the year 1997. The state, known as the Republic of Greater East Asia (,大東亜共和国,, Dai Tōa Kyōwakoku,) , arose after an alternate World War 2 ... (Wikipedia)
The Devotion of Suspect X
by Keigo Higashino
A genius physicist helps his neighbor cover up a murder, while a relentless detective investigates the crime.
Yasuko lives a quiet life, working in a Tokyo bento shop, a good mother to her only child. But when her ex-husband appears at her door without warning one day, her comfortable world is shattered. ... (Goodreads)
Kitchen
by Banana Yoshimoto
A young woman's journey of self-discovery and healing, exploring the kitchen of her dreams.
From Mikage's love of kitchens to her job as a culinary teacher's assistant to the multiple scenes in which food is merely present, Kitchen is a short window into the life of a young Japanese woman ... (Wikipedia)
Behind Closed Doors
by B.A. Paris
Psychological thriller about a seemingly perfect marriage hiding a sinister secret.
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING DEBUT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER YOU CAN'T MISS! The perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie? “A hair-raising debut, both unsettling and addictive...A ... (Barnes & Noble)
Revenge
by Yōko Ogawa
A vengeful tale of a woman determined to exact justice and reclaim her stolen childhood.
Sinister forces draw together a cast of desperate characters in this eerie and absorbing novel from Yoko Ogawa. An aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and discovers that her landlady has ... (Goodreads)
Malice
by Keigo Higashino
A gripping murder mystery full of unexpected twists and turns.
Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, a ... (Goodreads)
The Chain
by Adrian McKinty
A mother's child is kidnapped and the only way to get him back is to kidnap another child. A gripping thriller that explores the depths of human desperation.
When a mother is targeted by a dangerous group of masterminds, she must commit a crime to save her kidnapped daughter — or risk losing her forever — in this "propulsive and original" thriller ... (Barnes & Noble)
Strange Weather in Tokyo
by Hiromi Kawakami
A tale of love and friendship between two lonely people in Tokyo.
Tsukiko is drinking alone in her local sake bar when by chance she meets one of her old high school teachers and, unable to remember his name, she falls back into her old habit of calling him ... (Goodreads)
One True Loves
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A woman's journey of love, facing unexpected choices between her past and present.
In her twenties, Emma Blair marries her high school sweetheart, Jesse. They build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents and the people of their hometown in ... (Goodreads)
A Monster Calls
by Patrick Ness
A young boy's journey of self-discovery, coming to terms with his mother's terminal illness.
Thirteen-year-old Conor O'Malley awakens from the same nightmare he has been experiencing for the past few months, "the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming". At seven minutes after ... (Wikipedia)
Made You Up
by Francesca Zappia
A teenage girl's struggle with schizophrenia as she navigates her way through life.
Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be—sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. Made You Up tells the story of Alex, a high school senior unable to tell the ... (Goodreads)
Every Last Word
by Tamara Ireland Stone
A girl with OCD finds solace in a secret poetry club and a new friend who helps her navigate the complexities of high school.
A, New York Times, Best Seller If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the ... (Barnes & Noble)
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
Exploration of the timeless struggle between good and evil, set against a backdrop of a family saga.
In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden “the first book,” and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California’s Salinas ... (Goodreads)
Horns
by Joe Hill
A young man is accused of a heinous crime, and attempts to uncover the truth by embracing his newly-acquired supernatural powers.
The novel consists of fifty chapters grouped into five sections of ten chapters each, named as follows: Twenty-six-year-old Ignatius "Ig" Perrish wakes up one morning after a drunken night (in the ... (Wikipedia)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
A darkly comedic novel about a Nigerian woman who must cover up her sister's murders.
NOMINATED FOR THE 2019 BOOKER PRIZE, WINNER OF THE LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR MYSTERY/THRILLER,FINALIST FOR THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZE, Korede’s sister Ayoola is many things: the favorite child, the ... (Barnes & Noble)
Grotesque
by Natsuo Kirino
Two women's lives intertwine after a murder at an elite school in Tokyo. A dark exploration of societal pressures and the human psyche.
The book is written in the first person for all parts and follows a woman whose sister and old school friend have been murdered. The narrator of Grotesque is unnamed and forever lives under the ... (Wikipedia)
Convenience Store Woman
by Sayaka Murata
A darkly comic story of a woman's search for acceptance and belonging in a society that doesn't fit her.
Keiko Furukura is a 36-year old woman who has been working part-time at a convenience store , or konbini , for the last 18 years. She has known since childhood that she is "different" and that ... (Wikipedia)
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
A mysterious journey through a hidden realm of London, filled with danger and unexpected allies.
Neverwhere is the story of Richard Mayhew and his trials and tribulations in London. At the start of the story, he is a young businessman, recently moved from Scotland and with a normal life ahead. ... (Wikipedia)
Sons of Destiny
by Darren Shan
The final battle between good and evil as the sons of destiny face off against their arch-nemesis.
The stunning finale to the "New York Times" bestselling series brings Darren face-to-face with his archenemy, Steve Leopard. One of them will die. The other will become the Lord of the Shadows and ... (Goodreads)
The Silent Wife
by A.S.A. Harrison
A tense psychological thriller, exploring the complexities of a marriage on the brink of collapse.
A chilling psychological thriller portraying the disintegration of a relationship down to the deadliest point when murdering your husband suddenly makes perfect sense. Todd Gilbert and Jodie Brett ... (Goodreads)
Death Note, Vol. 4: Love
by Tsugumi Ohba
A boy's mission to rid the world of evil while struggling with the morality of his actions.
With two Kiras on the loose, L asks Light to join the task force and pose as the real Kira in order to catch the copycat. L still suspects Light and figures that this is the perfect excuse to get ... (Goodreads)
End of Watch
by Stephen King
A retired detective confronts a powerful and mysterious force that has returned to terrorize a small town.
Retired detective Bill Hodges, who now with his sidekick Holly runs the private investigation agency Finders Keepers, is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer . Given only months to live, he finds himself ... (Wikipedia)
Winter
by Marissa Meyer
A young girl's battle to save her kingdom from the icy grip of a powerful queen.
Due to Princess Winter's refusal to use the Lunar gift, the ability to manipulate what others see and do, she has Lunar sickness, a state of mental illness that causes occasional hallucinations. ... (Wikipedia)
Paper Girls, Vol. 4
by Brian K. Vaughan
Four newspaper delivery girls travel through time to save the world from an alien invasion.
The mind-bending, time-warping adventure from BRIAN K.,VAUGHAN and CLIFF CHIANG continues, as intrepid newspaper deliverer Tiffany is launched from the prehistoric past into the year 2000! In this ... (Barnes & Noble)
Asleep
by Banana Yoshimoto
A young woman's journey of grief and recovery after the death of her mother.
Banana Yoshimoto has a magical ability to animate the lives of her young characters, and here she spins the stories of three women, all bewitched into a spiritual sleep. One, mourning a lost lover, ... (Goodreads)
Salvation of a Saint
by Keigo Higashino
A murder mystery featuring a seemingly perfect couple, uncovering dark secrets and unexpected truths.
Yoshitaka Mashiba, who was about to leave his marriage and his wife, is poisoned by arsenic-laced coffee and dies. His wife, Ayane, is the obvious suspect—but she was hundreds of miles away when he ... (Wikipedia)
Ring
by Kōji Suzuki
A family's supernatural encounters and their quest to unravel the mysteries of an ancient curse.
A mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act is performed. Exactly one week after watching the tape, four teenagers die one after another of ... (Goodreads)
The Waste Lands
by Stephen King
A post-apocalyptic adventure of survival and courage in a world of chaos.
The story begins five weeks after the end of, The Drawing of the Three, . Roland , Susannah , and Eddie have moved east from the shore of the Western Sea, and into the woods of Out-World. After an ... (Wikipedia)
Confess
by Colleen Hoover
Auburn Reed falls in love with an artist named Owen Gentry, but their pasts threaten to tear them apart.
Auburn Reed is determined to rebuild her shattered life and she has no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn’t expect to become deeply attracted ... (Goodreads)
Forbidden
by Tabitha Suzuma
A forbidden love story between siblings, challenging societal norms and morality.
She is pretty and talented - sweet sixteen and never been kissed. He is seventeen; gorgeous and on the brink of a bright future. And now they have fallen in love. But... they are brother and sister. ... (Goodreads)
