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Me Before You

Jojo Moyes · 451 pages

Louisa Clark is an ordinary young woman living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair-bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cann

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The Blinding Light

Renae Kaye · 210 pages

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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Rachel Joyce · 355 pages

Harold Fry has recently retired and now, he doesn't do very much. Even mowing the lawn, like his wife Maureen tells him to do, seems too much work for him. When, one day, he recieves a lettre in a pink envelope, this lazyness changes. In it, his collegue from long time ago, Queenie Hennessy, tells him she is going to die soon from a cancer in a hospice at the other end of England. Harold, at first

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Nothing to See Here

Kevin Wilson

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The Universe Versus Alex Woods

Gavin Extence · 414 pages

The Universe Versus Alex Woods (2013) is the debut novel by Gavin Extence. The book won the Waterstones Eleven award, and was nominated for the National Book Awards.

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Adam's Fall

Sandra Brown · 184 pages

For the past few years, Lilah Mason has watched her sister find love, get married, and have children, while she's been more than content to channel her energies into her career. A physical therapist with an unsinkable spirit and unwavering compassion, she's one of the best in the field. But when Lilah takes on a demanding new case, her patient's life isn't the only one transformed. Her new patient

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A Very Special Delivery

Linda Goodnight · 256 pages

This is a book about a women that is scared she might kill Ethen's baby because of her seceret... She killed her sisters baby... but really Zack (the baby) died in his sleep. How will Chloe ever believe Molly when she says she did not kill her baby. WITH THE HELP OF ETHEN. :0 ... this book is about loving Christans and a hard way of life in fear.

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The Assembler of Parts

Raoul Wientzen · 334 pages

While in heaven reviewing her short life with the help of the Assembler of Parts, 8-year-old Jess, who was born with a syndrome of birth defects, discovers the true meaning and purpose of her life after her death unleashes events beyond her control.

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Slow Man

J.M. Coetzee · 265 pages

A masterful new novel from one of the greatest writers alive. Paul Rayment is on the threshold of a comfortable old age when a calamitous cycling accident results in the amputation of a leg. Humiliated, his body truncated, his life circumscribed, he turns away from his friends. He hires a nurse named Marijana, with whom he has a European childhood in common: hers in Croatia, his in France. T

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Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt · 368 pages

After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Ever since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat over thirty years ago keeping busy has helped her cope. One night she meets Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium who sees everything, but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his hum

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The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

Robert Dugoni · 448 pages

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One Two Three

Laurie Frankel · 408 pages

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Forrest Gump

Winston Groom · 240 pages

A man named Forest Gump sits at a bus stop and tells everyone about his life. It starts in a doctor's office when he gets leg braces. Then he goes to school where he meets Jenny, and his entire school career and football. Then it goes on to college football. then to Vietnam where he meets bubba. then bubba dies and forest saves a whole platoon. After the war forest gets a medal of honor and runs a

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The One-in-a-Million Boy

Monica Wood · 336 pages

Guitarist Quinn Porter chases gigs on the road, largely absent to his twice-ex-wife Belle and their odd, Guinness recordsobsessed son. When the boy dies suddenly, Quinn seeks forgiveness by completing the requirements for his son's unfinished Boy Scout badge. For seven Saturdays he does yard work for Ona Vitkus, the wily 104-year-old Lithuanian immigrant the boy had visited weekly. Despite himself

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The Man in the Window

Jon Cohen · 241 pages

Since he was disfigured in a fire sixteen years ago, recluse Louis Malone has remained hidden from the prying eyes of his neighbors in the small town of Waverly. Across town, Iris Shula, a lonely and unlovely nurse, knows at thirty-seven it is unlikely that her Prince Charming will ever appear. But Iris is about to learn how wrong she is. When Louis accidentally falls out of his second-story win

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His Eyes

Renee Carter · 200 pages

Amy Turner's about to graduate from high school and wants is a job to help pay for college. She's not looking for love when she answers an ad to baby-sit a boy. But the job has a catch: the boy is blind and he's her age. And he doesn't want Amy's help. After being blinded in a horse show-jumping competition, Tristan spends his days in the dark, refusing to accept his disability. Amy drags him into

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STILL ME

Jojo Moyes, Eva Carballeira Díaz, Sandra Chaparro Martínez · 496 pages

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Absolutely Almost

Lisa Graff · 288 pages

Ten-year-old Albie has never been the smartest, tallest, best at gym, greatest artist, or most musical in his class, as his parents keep reminding him, but new nanny Calista helps him uncover his strengths and take pride in himself.

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Sustained

Emma Chase · 267 pages

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The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise

Julia Stuart · 312 pages

When Balthazar Jones is tasked with setting up an elaborate menagerie within the Tower of London's walls to house the many exotic animals gifted to the Queen, life at the Tower gets all the more interesting. Penguins escape, giraffes are stolen, and the Komodo dragon sends innocent people running for their lives. Balthazar is in charge and things are not exactly running smoothly. Then his wife Heb

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Madame Doubtfire

Anne Fine · 188 pages

Lydia, Christopher and Natalie are used to domestic turmoil. Their parents' divorce has not made family life any easier in either home. The children bounce to and fro between their volatile mother, Miranda, and Daniel, their out-of-work actor father. Then Miranda advertises for a cleaning lady who will supervise the children after school - and Daniel gets the job, disguised as Madame Doubtfire. Th

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Mitch Albom · 196 pages

The Five People You Meet In Heaven is a 2003 novel by Mitch Albom. It follows the life and death of a ride mechanic named Eddie who is killed in an amusement park accident and sent to heaven, where he encounters five people who had a significant impact on him while he was alive. It was published by Hyperion and remained on the New York Times Best Seller list for 95 weeks.

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