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If you love a good binge-reading session, take a look at these stories that are the first in a series. Whether you’re in the mood to travel to other worlds, solve unspeakable crimes, or get lost in an uplifting romance, these series will have you occupied for days.
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A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.
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by George R. R. Martin
Published in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of George R. R. Martin’s landmark series , this lavishly illustrated special edition of A Game of Thrones—featuring gorgeous full-page artwork as well as black-and-white illustrations in every chapter—revitalizes the fantasy masterpiece that became a cultural phenomenon.
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At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense, The Handmaid’s Tale, followed by The Testaments , are modern classics.
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Discover the first book in the blockbuster Maze Runner series that spawned a movie franchise and ushered in a worldwide phenomenon!
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Get started on the New York Times-bestselling, Locus Award-winning fantasy series that tells the story of Kvothe, a young man who grows to be one of the most notorious magicians his world has ever seen.
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Blending rich historical fiction with riveting adventure and a truly epic love story, Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling Outlander saga introduced the world to the brilliant Claire Beauchamp Randall and valiant Highlander Jamie Fraser.
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by Deborah Harkness
In the first book of the All Souls Trilogy , Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford’s Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont.
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by Kevin Kwan
In this trilogy , New Yorker Rachel Chu does not know that her loving boyfriend, Nicholas Young, also happens to be Singapore’s most eligible bachelor and likely heir to a massive fortune. So when she agrees to spend the summer in Nick’s home, her life unexpectedly becomes an obstacle course of old money, new money, nosy relatives, and scheming social climbers. And that’s all before she discovers the true identity of her long-lost father . . .
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The Harry Hole novels are first-class thrillers with high-voltage suspense and masterly, adrenaline-fueled plotting, offering fascinating journeys into the world of this singular character and the dark criminal minds he pursues to the very limits of his sanity.
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by Naomi Novik
Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain’s defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft but atop the mighty backs of fighting dragons. The Temeraire Series will have you hooked.
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by Philip Pullman
The modern fantasy classic, part of the His Dark Materials series , was named by Entertainment Weekly as an “All-Time Greatest Novel” and hailed by Newsweek as a “Top 100 Book of All Time.” Philip Pullman takes readers to a world where humans have animal familiars and where parallel universes are within reach.
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The Me Before You Trilogy follows the story of Louisa Clark through love, heartbreak, and life-changing decisions as she discovers who she really is.
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Murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue combine into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel, the first in Stieg Larsson’s thrilling Millenium series featuring Lisbeth Salander.
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A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, discover Ken Follett’s historical masterpiece, the first in the Kingsbridge Series .
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by Alexander McCall Smith
Fans around the world adore the best-selling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series , Mma Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi—navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor, and the occasional cup of tea.
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Read the iconic first novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, featuring Philip Marlowe , the “quintessential urban private eye” (Los Angeles Times).
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A masterly work from a writer with “the uncanny ability to give us a cinemascopic vision of her America” (National Review), A Garden of Earthly Delights is the first novel in the acclaimed Wonderland Quartet .
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The inspiration behind TNT’s hit show Rizzoli & Isles, Tess Gerritsen’s New York Times bestselling thrillers featuring Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles just keep getting better.
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An atmospheric and intrigue-filled novel of dead gods, buried histories, and a mysterious, protean city–get lost in the first novel of the Divine Cities series .
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Read the first gripping novel from the Dublin Murder Squad . Richly atmospheric and stunning in its complexity, In the Woods is utterly convincing and surprising to the end.
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