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Coffey on the Mile
by Stephen King
A prison guard's journey to overcome grief and save an innocent man from execution.
The Green Mile, Stephen King’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel, was first published twenty years ago in six installments. Inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film starring Tom Hanks about an ... (Goodreads)
The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix
by Stephen King
A prison guard's descent into darkness and violence as he struggles to survive a maximum-security prison.
Time has run out for one of the inmates at Cold Mountain penitentiary. Eduard Delacroix is set to take that final walk down the Green Mile. But first he must say good-bye–to the guards, to his fellow ... (Goodreads)
The Mouse on the Mile
by Stephen King
Story of a convict's journey to redemption, through the harrowing realities of prison life.
Featuring a first-person narrative told by Paul Edgecombe, the novel switches between Paul as an old man in the Georgia Pines nursing home writing down his story in 1996, and his time in 1932 as the ... (Wikipedia)
The Long Walk
by Richard Bachman
Fourteen boys face a grueling test of endurance and willpower as they compete in a life-or-death march.
One hundred teenage boys join an annual walking contest called "The Long Walk" or just "The Walk". Each contestant, called a "Walker", must maintain a speed of at least four miles per hour; if he ... (Wikipedia)
The Bachman Books
by Richard Bachman
Four short horror stories exploring themes of justice, revenge and mortality.
Omnibus collection of four early Bachman novels (Rage, The Long Walk, Roadwork, The Running Man) and the essay "Why I Was Bachman" ... (Goodreads)
The Regulators
by Richard Bachman
A small town is terrorized by supernatural forces and a mysterious figure.
There's a place in Wentworth, Ohio, where summer is in full swing. It's called Poplar Street. Up until now it's been a nice place to live. The idling red van around the corner is about to change all ... (Goodreads)
The Stand: Captain Trips
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Mankind's battle against a pandemic virus that threatens to wipe out the entire population.
Exclusive hardcover edition, collects The Stand: Captain Trips series of comics (#1-5) into one Hardcover volume. It all begins here: the epic apocalyptic battle between good and evil. On a secret ... (Goodreads)
2001: A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke
An interstellar journey of exploration, confronting humanity's place in the universe.
A mysterious alien civilization uses a tool with the appearance of a large crystalline monolith to investigate worlds across the galaxy and, if possible, to encourage the development of intelligent ... (Wikipedia)
The Body
by Robin Waterfield
A philosophical exploration of the human body, its functions, and its relationship to the mind and soul.
Gordon "Gordie" LaChance reminisces about his childhood in Castle Rock, Maine. At that time, Gordie's elder brother Dennis, whom his parents favored, had recently died, leaving Gordie's parents too ... (Wikipedia)
NOS4A2
by Joe Hill
A supernatural adventure of a young girl trying to save her family and others from an evil immortal.
The book opens in a hospital in 2008. Charles Manx, a convicted child abductor, briefly wakes from a coma to threaten a nurse. Her coworkers don't believe her claim, because he exhibits only limited ... (Wikipedia)
The Gunslinger Born
by Peter David
A thrilling fantasy adventure, filled with action, suspense, and unexpected plot twists.
'The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.' With those words, millions of readers were introduced to Stephen King's Roland ' an implacable gunslinger in search of the ... (Goodreads)
Wool Omnibus
by Hugh Howey
Uncovering the truth behind a post-apocalyptic world, where society is hidden beneath a giant dome.
The story of Wool takes place on a post-apocalyptic Earth. , Humanity clings to survival in the Silo, a subterranean city extending one hundred forty-four stories beneath the surface. The series ... (Wikipedia)
The Twelve
by Justin Cronin
Humanity fighting for survival against a vampire apocalypse.
After briefly revisiting some of the surviving characters from the first book, the novel jumps back to the start of the plague. Four plot lines emerge: an autistic young school bus driver named Danny ... (Wikipedia)
The Complete Stories and Poems
by Edgar Allan Poe
A collection of dark and mysterious stories and poems, exploring the depths of the human condition.
This single volume brings together all of Poe's stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary ... (Barnes & Noble)
Back Spin
by Harlan Coben
Sports agent Myron Bolitar investigates the disappearance of a golf star's wife, uncovering dark secrets and danger.
In Back Spin, sports agent Myron Bolitar is called on to investigate the kidnapping of Chad Coldren, son of two professional golfers, while Chad's father Jack is well on his way to winning the U.S. ... (Wikipedia)
The Client
by John Grisham
A young boy is thrust into a legal battle, as he tries to protect himself and his family.
Boyd Boyette, a United States Senator from Louisiana, goes missing. Because of his vocal opposition to a proposed major toxic landfill project by a company known to be Mafia-backed, murder is ... (Wikipedia)
Beauty's Release
by A.N. Roquelaure
A tale of a young woman's awakening to the power of her own sexuality.
In the first chapter of the story, Beauty is awakened from her hundred-year sleep by the Prince, not with a kiss, but through copulation, initiating her into a Satyricon -like world of sexual ... (Wikipedia)
What the Night Knows
by Dean Koontz
A detective investigates a series of murders that seem to be connected to a case from his past, but the killer may not be entirely human.
The novel begins with John Calvino investigating the murder of a family, committed by Billy Lucas. Billy is in a mental institution and being monitored for being schizophrenic. He openly admits to ... (Wikipedia)
Runaways, Vol. 1: Pride and Joy
by Brian K. Vaughan
Six young superheroes fight to save their world while uncovering secrets of their mysterious pasts.
Meet Alex, Karolina, Gert, Chase, Molly and Nico - a group of teens whose lives are about to take an unexpected turn... Runaways vol. 1 #1-6, ... (Goodreads)
I Don't Want to Kill You
by Dan Wells
A teenage boy's struggle to control his murderous urges, while finding redemption and a sense of belonging.
After encountering and killing two demons, sociopathic teenager John Wayne Cleaver has decided that if anyone in Clayton County, North Dakota is ever going to be completely safe, he has to be the ... (Wikipedia)
Mr. Monster
by Dan Wells
A teenage boy's battle against an evil genius determined to take over the world.
In the aftermath of the Clayton Killer, John Wayne Cleaver is struggling to balance his desire to do and be good with his darker side, which he calls "Mr. Monster" and which he previously let loose ... (Wikipedia)
The 9th Judgment
by James Patterson
A trail of secrets leads a detective and her partner to a mysterious serial killer.
The most personal A young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. There are no witnesses, and Detective Lindsay Boxer is ... (Goodreads)
The Lottery
by Shirley Jackson
A small village's annual lottery reveals a dark secret, with sinister implications.
Details of contemporary small-town American life are embroidered upon a description of an annual rite known as "the lottery". In a small village of about 300 residents, the locals are in an excited ... (Wikipedia)
For One More Day
by Mitch Albom
A man's journey through time, exploring the bonds of family, life, and death.
The book's theme is mortality: , it analyzes how people might react to the chance to have a dead relative back for a day. , The book tells the story of Charles "Chick" Benetto, a former baseball ... (Wikipedia)
Beauty's Punishment
by A.N. Roquelaure
The second book in the Sleeping Beauty trilogy, exploring the erotic and BDSM themes of the fairy tale world.
The delicious and erotically charged sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty , from the author of Beauty's Kingdom . This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty , the first of Anne Rice's ... (Goodreads)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
A thrilling detective story of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate a mysterious murder on the moor.
Dr James Mortimer calls on Sherlock Holmes in London for advice after his friend Sir Charles Baskerville was found dead in the yew alley of his manor on Dartmoor in Devon . The death was attributed ... (Wikipedia)
Ice Cold
by Tess Gerritsen
A murder investigation takes a dark turn as a detective uncovers secrets from her past.
In Wyoming for a medical conference, Boston medical examiner Maura Isles joins a group of friends on a spur-of-the-moment ski trip. But when their SUV stalls on a snow-choked mountain road, they're ... (Goodreads)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Collection of mysteries solved by the brilliant detective, Sherlock Holmes.
A study in scarlet – The sign of four -- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes : A scandal in Bohemia ; The red-headed league ; A case of identity ; The Boscombe Valley mystery ; The five orange pips ; The ... (Goodreads)
Savor the Moment
by Nora Roberts
Laurel McBane's bakery business is thriving, but her love life is not. When she reconnects with childhood crush Delaney Brown, sparks fly.
Wedding baker Laurel McBane is surrounded by romance working at Vows wedding planning company with her best friends Parker, Emma, and Mac. But she's too low-key to appreciate all the luxuries that ... (Goodreads)
The Twentieth Wife
by Indu Sundaresan
Epic tale of a powerful Mughal Empress, set against a backdrop of political intrigue and personal drama.
An enchanting seventeenth-century epic of grand passion and adventure, this debut novel tells the captivating story of one of India's most legendary and controversial empresses – a woman whose ... (Goodreads)
