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The King's Jewel

by Elizabeth Chadwick (Goodreads Author)

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The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird

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You always assume that the people in power will know what to do. Surely, they’ve all got it figured out, but I don’t think anyone knows what to do. Nothing like this has ever happened. We’re all blindly stumbling around in the dark and none ...more

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Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir

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Last One at the Party

by Bethany Clift

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“He’d give you the shirt off his back if you needed it. That’s more than can be said for most Mackems!’ ‘What’s a Mackem?’ Tom said. ‘Someone from Sunderland,’ Lauren clarified,”
― Chris Frost, The Killer’s Christmas List

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“You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.”
― Jojo Moyes, Me Before You

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“It is not biology that determines fatherhood. It is love.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

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“You see, all that I ever held dear has been taken from me," she said in a matter-of-fact tone. "And when you've lost everything-" Her facade began to crumble, and her voice broke, but she made herself carry on. "When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.”
― Ken Follett, World Without End

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“There was something in the pages of these books that had the power to make him feel better about things, a life raft to cling to before the dark currents of memory washed him downstream again, and on brighter days, he could even see himself going on this way for some time. A small but passable life.

And then, of course, the end of the world happened.”
― Justin Cronin, The Twelve

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