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Can't remember the title of a book you read? Come search our bookshelves and discussion posts. If you don’t find it there, post a description on our UNSOLVED message board.
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1. GENRE and PLOT DETAILS are mandatory in the header/ topic title. Do NOT create vague topic headers like "Romance" or "YA Fantasy" or "Looking for this book." Threads with vague headers will be CLOSED.
2. Authors or members who SPAM the group will be BLOCKED.
3. Only the "OP" (original poster) can "bump" their topic/ thread (b ...more
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How to find my old posts / comments
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By Holly · 230 posts · 10425 views
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Resources to find books - Please try before posting!
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By Kaion · 140 posts · 25083 views
last updated Oct 19, 2024 05:22AM
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► Header/ Topic Title must contain GENRE and PLOT details. "YA" refers to TEENS.
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last updated Nov 08, 2020 08:40AM
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► RULES & GUIDELINES - UNSOLVED: ONE SPECIFIC BOOK folder
By Kris · 1 post · 50695 views
last updated Jun 22, 2017 04:01AM
YA Thriller Fantasy about a teenage boy who has to go live with family after his father dies, and there is a family history to do with a sorcerer who appears in a TV show to lure children. Read around 2008-2012 in Dutch.
By Cloë · 3 posts · 7 views
By Cloë · 3 posts · 7 views
last updated 1 hour, 19 min ago
Adult fiction. Portnoy's Complaint Knockoff. Lead character has encounter with Prostitute. Read in 1980s.
By Bargle · 42 posts · 3110 views
By Bargle · 42 posts · 3110 views
last updated 6 hours, 31 min ago
HELP ME FIND A BOOK I’VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR FOR YEARS! 📚🔎
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last updated 15 hours, 14 min ago
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Description of the SUGGEST BOOKS FOR ME folder
By Kris · 1 post · 2913 views
last updated Jun 22, 2017 04:49AM
First person narrator of opposite gender to author
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By Cecily · 69 posts · 1649 views
last updated 2 hours, 52 min ago
Books centering on obsessive female friendships
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By Natasha · 53 posts · 2003 views
last updated 19 hours, 18 min ago
Fiction books about a younger student repeating a year of sixth form
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By Kassy · 1 post · 6 views
last updated Nov 12, 2026 11:23AM
Fiction books with a MAP published since 2020
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By scherzo♫ · 9 posts · 34 views
last updated Nov 12, 2026 11:03AM
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Description of the POSSIBLY SOLVED folder
By Kate · 1 post · 2349 views
last updated Jun 15, 2012 11:12PM
YA/ MG Fiction: Teen girl staying in artist aunt's house, sick/ dying close female relative, finds a green/ blue vase with liquid inside becomes fixated on it thinking magical (not actually magical). Read 2014-2016.
By Bookworm · 5 posts · 26 views
By Bookworm · 5 posts · 26 views
last updated Oct 23, 2026 08:33AM
Children's Book about the Tour de France 3 French schoolboys obsessed with cycling and joining the Tour
By David · 6 posts · 71 views
By David · 6 posts · 71 views
last updated Sep 26, 2026 05:05PM
Man goes to observe wolves. Female alpha led a large pack. Picture of the author in the back of the book with him in an aircraft or helicopter. Front of book had wolf prints in snow. Main character would go out some seasons and go back to civilization?
By Daniel Watts · 7 posts · 218 views
By Daniel Watts · 7 posts · 218 views
last updated Mar 12, 2026 03:16PM
Children's (up to MG) chapter book read in 1970's. Girl protagonist's efforts to save an historic tree. Spoiler.
By SamSpayedPI · 4 posts · 82 views
By SamSpayedPI · 4 posts · 82 views
last updated Feb 13, 2026 06:36PM
SOLVED. Adult Mystery-ish Historical Fiction. Girl who works as a radio signal operator(?) during WWI or WWII communicates with a man in the Future who is on a navy/ army ship. Spoilers?
By Holly · 3 posts · 10 views
By Holly · 3 posts · 10 views
last updated Nov 13, 2026 06:09PM
SOLVED. Adult Scifi Short Story. Perspective of Alien sentient machines orbiting and observing Earth, they view cars and trucks as related machines. Read around 1970s.
By Bargle · 17 posts · 94 views
By Bargle · 17 posts · 94 views
last updated Nov 11, 2026 06:22PM
SOLVED. Fantasy. Family gets abducted, portalled to a Norse Fantasy world with magic (no industrial tech). Read before 2007. Spoiler.
By Ron · 7 posts · 32 views
By Ron · 7 posts · 32 views
last updated Nov 08, 2026 01:12AM
SOLVED. Adult Contemporary Romance - Female and male leads are longtime friends who pretend to be a couple on a cruise featuring a show/ movie fan meet, she meets a favorite actor. She had broken up with boyfriend? Spoiler.
By Grace · 7 posts · 31 views
By Grace · 7 posts · 31 views
last updated Nov 07, 2026 03:00AM
SOLVED. Adult Romance. Female lead is single mom running w/ daughter from abusive relationship. Male lead is asked to let them move in with him for protection by a mutual friend. He sees a pic and falls head over heels with both of them.
By Kasey · 7 posts · 32 views
By Kasey · 7 posts · 32 views
last updated Nov 06, 2026 12:46PM
SOLVED. Childrens Picture Book. Teddy bear is treated badly by a girl until he finds a new home. Read late 1990s/early 2000s.
By Gillian · 5 posts · 29 views
By Gillian · 5 posts · 29 views
last updated 3 hours, 6 min ago
SOLVED. Children's Historical Fiction. Family eats watercress(?) salad for dinner, except for young child who secretly gives her portion to her brother. Read around 2015-2019. Spoiler.
By Russell · 10 posts · 42 views
By Russell · 10 posts · 42 views
last updated Nov 14, 2026 06:53AM
SOLVED. Middle Grade/ YA fiction: A teenage girl moves to her aunt in a old and strange (supernatural?) village that doesn't seem to age. Read 2015-2017ish in Swedish.
By Joseph · 6 posts · 32 views
By Joseph · 6 posts · 32 views
last updated Nov 14, 2026 04:43AM
SOLVED. Childrens Picture Book about a young girl who sees a stone horse statue in a park with her dad, where he leaves her (?). She falls asleep under/ around the statue and has a dream of her riding this horse through the skies. Read in early 2010's.
By Lo · 3 posts · 13 views
By Lo · 3 posts · 13 views
last updated Nov 12, 2026 08:53AM
SOLVED. YA Medieval Fantasy Dragon book. Orphan boy adopted by blacksmith, saves for jacket, finds small blue lizard-like creature.
By Mitchell · 4 posts · 40 views
By Mitchell · 4 posts · 40 views
last updated Nov 11, 2026 07:56AM
SOLVED. Nonfiction - A man goes cross country to find his sick wife family. Read in the late 1990's.
By Heather · 4 posts · 25 views
By Heather · 4 posts · 25 views
last updated Oct 26, 2026 01:24PM
SOLVED. Non-Fiction Memoir. Pakistani Muslim moves to the US for college, converts to Christianity, writes about American freedoms and more. Read around 2021-2022.
By Monita · 9 posts · 19 views
By Monita · 9 posts · 19 views
last updated Oct 22, 2026 07:14AM
SOLVED. Adult Nonfiction. Widowhood and grief memoir or novel? Read 2007-2014
By Zev · 4 posts · 23 views
By Zev · 4 posts · 23 views
last updated Oct 01, 2026 06:51PM
SOLVED. Irish folklore book featuring full-page artwork of prominent figures
By Essy · 4 posts · 33 views
By Essy · 4 posts · 33 views
last updated Sep 08, 2026 11:54AM
SOLVED. Adult True Crime Non fiction Biography about Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army
By Clare · 3 posts · 18 views
By Clare · 3 posts · 18 views
last updated Aug 07, 2026 05:56AM
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By Cheryl · 2376 posts · 5731 views
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Separate "Unsolved" into categories?
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By Keith · 9 posts · 895 views
last updated Jun 16, 2024 04:37PM
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Description of the QUERY ABANDONED BY POSTER folder
By Kate · 11 posts · 2048 views
last updated Mar 03, 2017 12:46PM
ABANDONED. Children/YA book; boy needs to transport pouch containing talking object to monastery; if they stay there, families' memories will be wiped.
By vienna · 7 posts · 501 views
By vienna · 7 posts · 501 views
last updated Nov 11, 2026 02:04PM
ABANDONED. harlequin romance country singer and wife reunite
By Suzanne · 6 posts · 312 views
By Suzanne · 6 posts · 312 views
last updated Nov 09, 2026 07:14AM
ABANDONED. YA/Adult Fantasy. From Crow/Raven's POV/perspective. Young male bird is injured? and caught by human farmer, kept indoors to heal. Huge flock run by awful older crow.
By Anna · 11 posts · 1113 views
By Anna · 11 posts · 1113 views
last updated Oct 15, 2026 04:45PM
ABANDONED. YA Spy Adventure Series where Uncle of YA is an american spy/secret agent and nephew accompanies on adventures when parents are out of town on business typically over a weekend.
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By Femi · 10 posts · 643 views
last updated Sep 30, 2026 10:02PM
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ABANDONED. secretary get stranded on an island after a helicopter or plane crash. Heroine didn’t like her glasses, horrified to lose he contacts
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By deleted member · 2 posts · 97 views
last updated Aug 22, 2026 12:45PM
ABANDONED. YA fiction. Boy's neighbour and close family friend who he secretly was in love with dies in car accident with her dad. Read 2021.
By deleted member · 2 posts · 32 views
By deleted member · 2 posts · 32 views
last updated Aug 22, 2026 12:39PM
ABANDONED. Children's Fantasy book about an animal war. Read in the 1980s, possibly British.
By deleted member · 5 posts · 65 views
By deleted member · 5 posts · 65 views
last updated Jul 25, 2026 09:11AM
ABANDONED. Fantasy book about a girl who can control shadows and runs from a kingdom. Read around 2018.
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By deleted member · 2 posts · 31 views
last updated Jul 23, 2026 06:59AM
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Children's book from Peru, in Spanish, about learning to read. Read in 1983ish.
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By Daisy · 8 posts · 11 views
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[OLD] READ THIS BEFORE POSTING. Updated rules and habits
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