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2) Wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the West

The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive—the iconic epic fantasy masterpiece that has sold more than 10 million copies, from acclaimed bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.
Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future of Roshar on the line. The Knights Radiant have only ten days to prepare—and the sudden ascension

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Author

Maguire, Gregory

Series

Wicked years volume 1

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#2 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list for 2024-12-22. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 4 week(s).

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Set in an Oz where a morose Wizard battles suicidal thoughts, the story of the green-skinned Elphaba, otherwise known as the Wicked Witch of the West, profiles her as an animal rights activist striving to avenge her dear sister's death. " Wicked relishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while playing sleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film starring Margaret Hamilton (and...

3) James: a novel

Author

Everett, Percival

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#3 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list for 2024-12-22. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 7 week(s).

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"When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death toescape his violent father, recently returned to town"-- "A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved...

4) The women

Author

Hannah, Kristin

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#4 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list for 2024-12-22. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 44 week(s).

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"When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps...

5) Fourth wing

Author

Yarros, Rebecca

Series

Empyrean volume 1

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#5 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list for 2024-12-22. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 72 week(s).

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"Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general―also known as her tough-as-talons mother―has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller...

6) The house of Cross

Author

Patterson, James

Series

Alex Cross

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#6 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list for 2024-12-22. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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"Supreme Court candidates are being murdered��and only Alex Cross and John Sampson can take the case in The House of Cross. [Alex Cross��s] innate nature is to protect people��If he has a weakness, it��s his family, especially his children. They��re the chink in his armor. But aside from that, it��s tough to get at him." ��Aldis Hodge, star of Cross on Prime Video In Washington, DC, the president-elect...

7) Quicksilver

Author

Hart, Callie

Series

Fae and Alchemy

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#7 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list for 2024-12-22. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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The global phenomenon by Callie Hart—a highly addicting enemies-to-lovers Romantasy with razor-sharp banter, heart-stopping action, and blistering hot romance—now has an embossed cover, silver foiling, and an updated interior design.
Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate.
Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange...

8) The nightingale

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Hannah, Kristin

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#8 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list for 2024-12-22. It has been on the list for 65 week(s).

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"An epic love story and family drama set at the dawn of World War II"--Provided by publisher. "Viann and Isabelle have always been close despite their differences. Younger, bolder sister Isabelle lives in Paris while Viann lives a quiet and content life in the French countryside with her husband Antoine and their daughter. When World War II strikes and Antoine is sent off to fight, Viann and Isabelle's father sends Isabelle to help her older sister...

9) To die for

Author

Baldacci, David

Series

6:20 Man

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#9 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list for 2024-12-22. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 4 week(s).

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"From a #1 New York Times bestselling author, the 6:20 Man returns, this time sent to the Pacific Northwest to aid in a complicated FBI case��and he's about to come face-to-face with his nemesis, the girl on the train. Travis Devine has become a pro at accomplishing any mission he's given. But this time it's not his skills that send him to Seattle to aid the FBI in escorting orphaned, twelve-year-old Betsy Odom to a meeting with her uncle,...

10) Defense protocol

Author

Andrews, Brian

Series

Jack Ryan

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#10 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list for 2024-12-22. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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"For decades, Taiwan has been a thorn in the side of the Chinese government. An independent nation to the rest of the world, it is considered a rogue province by the PRC. Previous governments have tried to conquer the island using economic force and diplomatic pressure, but new Chinese President Li Jian Jun is done fooling around. He's devised a secret military operation to take the island. Only one man knows how to stop Li's mad and bloody plan for...

11) A court of thorns and roses

Author

Maas, Sarah J

Series

A court of thorns and roses volume 1

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#11 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list for 2024-12-22. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 35 week(s).

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"Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from stories, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin, a High Lord of the faeries. As her feelings toward him transform from hostility to a firey passion, the threats against the faerie lands grow. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose Tamlin forever"-- Dragged off to a treacherous magical land as retribution for killing a wolf, huntress Feyre...

12) The housemaid

Author

McFadden, Freida

Series

Housemaid volume 1

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#12 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list for 2024-12-22. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 74 week(s).

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Thorndike Press large print top shelf

“Welcome to the family,” Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I’ll soon learn that the Winchesters’ secrets are far more dangerous than my own… Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal...

13) Now or never: thirty-one on the run

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Evanovich, Janet

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#13 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list for 2024-12-22. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 3 week(s).

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"The latest Stephanie Plum novel from #1 New York Times bestseller and "the most popular mystery writer alive" (The New York Times) Janet Evanovich. She said yes to Morelli. She said yes to Ranger. Now Stephanie Plum has two fiancees and no idea what to do about it. But the way things are going, she might not live long enough to marry anyone. While Stephanie stalls for time, she buries herself in her work as a bounty hunter, tracking down an unusually...

14) The frozen river: a novel

Author

Lawhon, Ariel

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#14 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list for 2024-12-22. It has been on the list for 3 week(s).

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"Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town’s...

15) All the colors of the dark: a novel

Author

Whitaker, Chris

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#15 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list for 2024-12-22. It has been on the list for 4 week(s).

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