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1818 novel by Mary Shelley about young scientist Victor Frankenstein who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox experiment.

Neal Stephenson’s cyberpunk classic follows hacker Hiro as he confronts a deadly digital drug in a slick, future Metaverse full of hackers, virtual reality, and ancient Sumerian intrigue.

William Gibson’s debut Sprawl novel, *Neuromancer*, blends cyberpunk with a visionary digital future, following a hacker’s final job against a powerful AI. It earned Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick awards.

Red Mars chronicles the early days of humanity’s colonization and political upheaval on Mars, blending environmental engineering, terraforming and nation‑building in a hard‑science vision.

In a future where corporations weaponize genetic engineering, Paolo Bacigalupi’s *The Windup Girl* explores the ethical and societal consequences of bioterrorism and gene hacking.

Alastair Reynolds’ debut, Revelation Space follows scientist Dan Sylveste as he probes a long‑lost alien civilization and battles a relentless killer aboard a dying starship, risking reality itself.

Flynne, a young woman living in a drug‑reliant city, helps her veteran brother Burton test a new virtual reality game. When the beta test turns into a murder investigation, she discovers a deadly conspiracy that threatens her life.

Inspector Tyador Borlú journeys from Besźel to Ul Qoma to investigate the murder of a woman, navigating two distinct cities that both share one physical space yet have separate identities.

In the aftermath of the Hundred Years' War, Thomas of Hookton seeks the Grail while navigating war, heresy, and plague across 14th‑century England and Gascony.

In a Fourth of July family reunion, four sisters—a supermodel, a TV producer, a lawyer, and an artist—face a shared tragedy that forces them to reunite and support one another.

D. H. Lawrence’s debut novel follows the isolated life of Cyril Beardsall in the English Midlands, revealing social estrangement and the clash between rural tradition and modern alienation.

A con man and an FBI agent, who pretend to be at odds, secretly team up to dismantle super‑criminals, including a ruthless casino magnate, in a high‑stakes game of deception and danger.

Izobel Brannigan discovers a website about herself that paints a life she never imagined, and as she follows the mystery, her reality begins to mirror the online portrayal, forcing her to choose between her true self and a digital alter ego.

Maugham’s 1941 novella follows a young widow staying in a Florentine villa who, after one of her three paramours commits suicide, chooses to conceal the death rather than involve the authorities.

Dennis Lenahan, a daredevil at the Tishomingo Lodge & Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, finds his thrill killed when he witnesses a mob hit during a high-dive, plunging him into a deadly game of organized crime.

A spellbinding novel of contemporary romantic suspense--the unforgettable story of a woman caught between love and vengeance... Manhattan attorney Claire Green is haunted by the brutal murder of her twin sister Zoe in a dangerous revenge scheme that soon implicates Claire. Claire's only hope of clearing her name is to bring her sister's murderer to justice on her own...before a second killer strikes. But someone else is dogging Claire's trail: relentless F.B.I. agent Liam Jameson, who has tracked her to New Orleans. With her own life threatened, Claire reluctantly joins forces with the enigmatic Jameson. Distrust quickly flames into desire. As Mardi Gras builds to fever pitch, they are inexorably drawn into a shadowy world where impeccable tradition cloaks deadly secrets and where no one--not Claire nor even Jameson--is safe from the shocking truth...

Down There on a Visit follows four narrators named Christopher Isherwood as they navigate personal and sexual tensions across Berlin, the Greek Isles, London, and California in the 1920s‑1940s.

When nine‑year‑old Thuy Sen’s body is found in San Francisco, her brothers Rennell and Payton Price are quickly convicted and sentenced to death, only for an overworked pro‑bono lawyer to discover the trial may have been flawed.

A satirical tale of greed and redemption, following young Martin Chuzzlewit’s journey from Wiltshire to America as he confronts family fortune, corrupt relatives, and the dark underside of civilization.

An omnibus collection of Charles Dickens’ most famous novels—Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, and Tale of Two Cities—offering a broad look at 19th‑century English society, poverty, orphanhood, and the French Revolution.