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What it's about: In Nazi Germany, Liesel Meminger, a young foster child, steals books and shares them with her community.

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What it's about: Charlie, a man with mental disabilities, undergoes an experimental brain operation that increases his IQ. However, when Algenon, the lab mouse who received the same procedure, suddenly starts to deteriorate, Charlie fears he may suffer the same fate.

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What it's about: Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth meet as students at a prestigious boarding school, but as they grow up, they realize that they've been created and raised to meet a tragic fate.

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What it's about: 15-year-old Mariam marries a man 30 years older than her in Kabul, Afghanistan. Then, about 20 years later, a 15-year-old girl named Laila comes to live with them. Mariam and Laila develop a deep bond as, together, they face Taliban rule, civil unrest, and starvation.

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What it's about: During a tumultuous time in Afghanistan, a wealthy boy named Amir befriends Hassan, the son of his father's servant.

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What it's about: In 1975, there's a state of emergency in India, and four strangers — a pair of tailors escaping caste violence, a widow, and a student — must share one apartment.

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What it's about: The late Dr. Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at age 36. Facing death, he reflects on his future, new fatherhood, and mortality.

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What it's about: Eighteen years after escaping slavery, Sethe is still haunted by traumatic memories of Sweet Home. She also deals with the trauma of the death of her baby, who died without a name.

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What it's about: In 1941, Pecola Breedlove, an 11-year-old Black girl, prays that her eyes will turn blue because she wants to look like the blonde, blue-eyed kids America loves. 

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What it's about: During the Nazi occupation of Holland, Anne, a 13-year-old Jewish girl, spent two years hiding out in a secret attic with her family. She kept a diary, which was published after her death.

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What it's about: Billy develops an inseparable bond with his two hounds, Old Dan and Little Ann. However, a heartbreaking experience forces Billy to learn about love and loss.

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What it's about: In 1969, young twins Rahel and Esthappen live with their difficult, complicated family in India. However, everything changes when Sophie, their English cousin, arrives.

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What it's about: Soon to be 80 years old, Mabel Stark looks back on her wild, adventurous life.

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What it's about: In 1985, the AIDS epidemic whittles away the people in art gallery development director Yale Tishman's life until the only person he has left is his late friend's little sister, Fiona. Then, in 2015, Fiona stays with an old friend in Paris while searching for her estranged daughter, who's been sucked into a cult.

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What it's about: In his backyard, Conor finds an ancient monster who only wants one thing — the truth.

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What it's about: Together, a father and son venture through the ashen ruins of America to reach the coast.

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What it's about: Tess must take a job on the family estate of Alec d'Urberville, who keeps trying to have sex with her. One night, Alec takes advantage of Tess, and she becomes pregnant. Her son, Sorrow, dies as an infant, and Tess finds a new job as a milkmaid. She falls in love with a man named Angel Clare, but after they marry, she reveals the secrets of her past. Angel leaves Tess, forcing her to face life all alone again.

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What it's about: Lily Bart is searching for an adoring husband amongst the new rich of New York City. However, when she's accused of being a rich man's mistress, she's shunned from society.

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