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Lisey's Story: A NovelLisey's Story: A Novel by Stephen King
Buy new: $12.48 / Used from: $0.58
A wonderful story about love, and the only thing that really matters in this world: other people.
Duma Key: A NovelDuma Key: A Novel by Stephen King
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A lengthy trek into unknown territory, both geographically speaking, and emotionally speaking.
The Chronicles of NarniaThe Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Buy new: $15.83 / Used from: $0.01
The whole series is wonderful. Filled with lessons on morality, respect, duty, and warfare, C.S. Lewis' tale of a parallel world is fantastic.
Land of Elyon - Boxed SetLand of Elyon - Boxed Set by Patrick Carman
Buy new: $12.22 / Used from: $10.00
This kid-friendly trilogy was dreamed up by Patrick Carman, first conceived as an ongoing fairytale world to tell his kids about as they fell asleep.
The Road (Movie Tie-in Edition 2008 of the 2006 publication)The Road (Movie Tie-in Edition 2008 of the 2006 publication) by Cormac McCarthy
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A haunting, disturbing telling of a world blown to hell. A father and his son walk west, making their way through the burned-out remains of North America, trying for the coast.
A Confederacy Of DuncesA Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Buy new: $21.86 / Used from: $16.35
A hilarous tale of Mr. Ignatious Rilley, a brilliant, affronted man living in New Orleans. Words cannot express the 'tragicomedy', that John Kennedy Toole gave us.
The Bluest EyeThe Bluest Eye by Toni; With a new afterword by the author Morrison
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There is a simple, unflinching, brutality to this book, in how the characters love one another, and how they express that love.
BranchwaterBranchwater by Steven Maus
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $14.78
My first book to be published, this is a fantasy adventure heavy with the action of warfare. Branchwater is a straightforward romp through a kingdom beset by an unknown evil.
Madeline City and other talesMadeline City and other tales by Steven Maus
Buy new: $22.76 / Used from: $38.10
My second book published, it is a tale of a smuggler and a clerk, caught up in the rebellion against the rulers powers of a gothic/wild west metropolis.