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• The House of the Spirits

  a Novel

  Allende, Isabel,

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  The Trueba family embodies strong feelings from the beginning of the 20th century through the assassination of Allende in 1973.

• The House of Eve

  a Novel

  Johnson, Sadeqa,

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  1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising a daughter. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The House of the Seven Gables

  a Romance

  Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

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  The sins of the Pyncheon father are visited upon his children over a period of several generations, until such time as one of his descendants unites with a member of the family he has wronged. Love conquers hate, and new blood washes away the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The House of Broken Angels

  a Novel

  Urrea, Luis Alberto,

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  Across one bittersweet weekend in their San Diego neighborhood, revelers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the lives of family patriarch Miguel "Big Angel" De La Cruz and his mother, and recounting the many tales that have passed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The House of Doors

  a Novel

  Tan, Twan Eng, 1972-

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  From the best-selling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Garden of Evening Mists comes a spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redemption.

• The House of Mirth

  Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937

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  A portrait of American manners and morals at the turn of the century offers the saga of Lily Bart, a beautiful heroine who lacks one requirement for marrying well in New York society--her own money.

• House of Bone and Rain

  a Barrio Noir

  Iglesias, Gabino,

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  Childhood friends Gabe, Xavier, Tavo, Paul, and Bimbo have always faced death, but Bimbo’s mom’s murder is different. Grief-stricken, Bimbo vows revenge against the drug kingpin responsible. As they plan their dangerous mission, a storm looms,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• House Made of Dawn

  Momaday, N. Scott, 1934-2024,

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  A young American Indian returning from World War II searches for his place on his old reservation and in urban society.

• The House of Silk

  a Sherlock Holmes Novel

  Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-

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  It is 1890. A year after Holmes's death, Watson--now in a retirement home--narrates a tale of Sherlockian detection that could tear apart the very fabric of society. The story opens with a train robbery in Boston, and moves to the innocuous setting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The House of My Mother

  a Daughter's Quest for Freedom

  Franke, Shari,

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  From eldest daughter Shari Franke, the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog and the hidden abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother, and how, in the face of unimaginable pain, she found freedom and healing.

• House of Glass

  Pekkanen, Sarah

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  Best Interest Attorney, Stella Hudson, takes on the case of an 8-year-old girl who witnessed the death of her nanny amid her parents' ugly divorce and realizes that everyone is a suspect.

• House of the Beast

  a Novel

  Wong, Michelle (Comic book artist),

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  Step into the House of the Beast in this dark fantasy debut from The Legend of Korra graphic novel illustrator Michelle Wong, about a young woman who strikes a deal with a mysterious and alluring god to seek revenge on her aristocratic…Read moreRead more of this annotation