The 6 books on this stack
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Robin Sloan 2012 1 want to read
Why it's on the stack
Odd and endearing · a cozy mystery, no gore
A charming and hilarious adventure that has it all: secret societies, unbreakable codes, underground lairs, cutting-edge technology, the googleplex...and lots of books!
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Diane Setterfield 2006
Why it's on the stack
It leaves you thinking · it hurts, and then it heals
It shares this with 1 more book on this stack
When her health begins failing, the mysterious author Vida Winter decides to let Margaret Lea, a biographer, write the truth about her life, but Margaret needs to verify the facts since Vida has a…
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A. S. Byatt 1890
Why it's on the stack
It messes with your head · a love story that makes you laugh
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
'Byatt has contrived a masterly ending to a fine work; intelligent, ingenious and humane, Possession bids fair to be looked back upon as one of the most memorable novels of the 1990s' Times Literary…
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón 2006
Why it's on the stack
It leaves you thinking · tender and sad at once
It shares this with 1 more book on this stack
Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print.
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Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1993
Why it's on the stack
It messes with your head · you can't put it down
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
Lucas Corso, middle-aged, tired, and cynical, is a book detective, a mercenary hired to hunt down rare editions for wealthy and unscrupulous clients.
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Joël Dicker 2012
Why it's on the stack
A mystery you want to solve · no clean hands here
It shares this with 1 more book on this stack
Instant New York Times Bestseller “Unimpeachably terrific.” — The New York Times Book Review For fans of Ruth Ware, Shari Lapena, and Donna Tartt: a twisty, fast-paced, cinematic literary thriller…