psychological fiction

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Herzog

2015
A mid-twentieth-century Jewish man who has failed in all of his major professional and personal endeavors sets out on a philosophical letter writing campaign to anyone and everyone who will read his thoughts--friends, enemies, and strangers.
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Persuasion

authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, criticism
2013
Reprints the first edition text of the classic novel about Anne Elliot, who is persuaded by family and friends that the charming and handsome Frederick Wentworth is not worthy of her regard and questions her decision to send him away until he returns seven years later, his circumstances much improved.

One Perfect Couple

2024
Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she?s pretty sure they won?t extend her contract, and things with her boyfriend, Nico, an aspiring actor, aren?t going great. When the opportunity arises for Nico to join the cast of a new reality TV show, One Perfect Couple, she decides to try out with him. A whirlwind audition process later, Lyla find herself whisked off to a tropical paradise with Nico, boating through the Indian Ocean towards Ever After Island, where the two of them will compete against four other couples?Bayer and Angel, Dan and Santana, Joel and Romi, and Conor and Zana?in order to win a cash prize. But not long after they arrive on the deserted island, things start to go wrong. After the first challenge leaves everyone rattled and angry, an overnight storm takes matters from bad to worse. Cut off from the mainland by miles of ocean, deprived of their phones, and unable to contact the crew that brought them there, the group must band together for survival. As tensions run high and fresh water runs low, Lyla finds that this game show is all too real?and the stakes are life or death.

The Fountainhead

2008
The Fountainhead is an unprecedented phenomenon in modern literature. Arguably the century's most challenging novel of ideas, The Fountainhead is the story of a gifted young architect, his violent battle with conventional standards, and his explosive love affair with the beautiful woman who struggles to defeat him. In his fight for success, he first discovers, then rejects, the seductive power of fame and money, finding that in the end, creative genius must triumph. His battle against mediocrity gives a gripping new dimension to the concept of evil.

When Haru Was Here

2024
Eric, a lonely nineteen-year-old grappling with the loss of his best friend, retreats into his imagination and finds solace in a memory of a day spent with a boy named Haru, but Eric's imagination and reality blur together when he walks into a coffee shop and sees Haru.

The skeleton tree

Having come into unexpected money due to a generous aunt's will, Wendy Thornton's dream of buying The Ashes, a house and property out in the country she thinks could become her family dream home, given enough love and work. However, as she moves in with her young family and begins working on renovating it, Wendy begins to uncover The Ashes' dark past, and its secrets threaten to turn her dream home into a nightmare.

Lost

After Detective Vincent Ruiz is removed from the Thames River with a bullet wound in his leg, he has no memory of the shooting. A photograph of a seven-year-old missing girl is removed from his pocket and an in-depth investigation begins which may prove the girl is still alive.

Girl in ice

Nordic language linguistics expert Valerie Chesterfield is still reeling from the death of her climate scientist brother Andy, when she accepts a call from Andy's research partner Wyatt to assist him with an improbable case. Wyatt's found a girl trapped in ice, who thaws out alive and appears to be from an ancient culture. As Valerie tries to communicate with the girl, she makes an unexplained connection with her and must uncover the truth of Wyatt's research to help her.

Cherish Farrah

a novel
Seventeen-year-old Farrah Turner is a Black girl who schemes her way into her Black best friend Cherish Whitman's White, wealthy, adoptive family. Cherish's loving family spoils her, but soon Farrah can see that something isn't right in the Whitman house. Strange things begin happening to Farrah and she senses that she isn't in control anymore. So Farrah sets a plan into motion to finally reveal what is really going on.

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