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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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By Ann aka Iftca… · 1 post · 13750 views
last updated Aug 02, 2017 01:02PM
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How to find my old posts / comments
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By Holly · 226 posts · 10033 views
last updated Aug 05, 2025 05:05AM
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Resources to find books - Please try before posting!
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By Kaion · 146 posts · 24468 views
last updated Oct 19, 2024 05:22AM
Why aren't the topics publicly visible any more?
By Jade · 15 posts · 140 views
By Jade · 15 posts · 140 views
last updated Jul 28, 2025 06:34PM
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► Header/ Topic Title must contain GENRE and PLOT details. "YA" refers to TEENS.
By Kris · 1 post · 6158 views
last updated Nov 08, 2020 08:40AM
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► RULES & GUIDELINES - UNSOLVED: ONE SPECIFIC BOOK folder
By Kris · 1 post · 49144 views
last updated Jun 22, 2017 04:01AM
Scifi. Boy lives with "uncle" in a remote area. They are involved with some big company, helicopters/ flying vehicles from the company regularly visit, high security, high tech. Dam/ lake? Read around 2015-2024. Spoiler.
By STU · 4 posts · 16 views
By STU · 4 posts · 16 views
last updated 32 minutes ago
Fantasy. A king and his father have enslaved people, and the man finds a beautiful girl, and he falls in love with her.
By Menna · 6 posts · 9 views
By Menna · 6 posts · 9 views
last updated 1 hour, 7 min ago
YA Fantasy. Modern girl in the woods travels to magical world, falls in love with king/prince (prophecy?), war with shadows/monsters. Bad guy is infatuated with her. Audiobook around 2014-15.
By Jessica · 70 posts · 1359 views
By Jessica · 70 posts · 1359 views
last updated 6 hours, 21 min ago
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Description of the SUGGEST BOOKS FOR ME folder
By Kris · 1 post · 2713 views
last updated Jun 22, 2017 04:49AM
Books about: protagonist raised by villian(s) or criminal(s)
By Pony · 63 posts · 305 views
By Pony · 63 posts · 305 views
last updated 12 hours, 23 min ago
YA books (or coming-of-age) novels about friendship triangles
By Jade · 6 posts · 15 views
By Jade · 6 posts · 15 views
last updated 12 hours, 27 min ago
Books about: Fiction where a kid or youth is fascinated by an older adult, or a non-related adult is an important catalyst in their lives
By Jade · 31 posts · 1086 views
By Jade · 31 posts · 1086 views
last updated 18 hours, 46 min ago
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Description of the POSSIBLY SOLVED folder
By Kate · 1 post · 2246 views
last updated Jun 15, 2012 11:12PM
Adult Regency Romance novel about a man who masquerades as an earl/duke/etc
By Vina · 6 posts · 105 views
By Vina · 6 posts · 105 views
last updated Aug 12, 2025 05:44PM
Fantasy: Werewolves move to the new world
By Matt · 5 posts · 438 views
By Matt · 5 posts · 438 views
last updated Aug 12, 2025 05:42PM
Children's book about 3 siblings stranded during snowstorm.
By Vesmé · 22 posts · 388 views
By Vesmé · 22 posts · 388 views
last updated Jun 29, 2025 07:13PM
Sci-fi: Space explorer returns to Earth and, because of time dilation, finds that years in politics and culture have passed by. He always leaves to go back into space, coming “home” more and more infrequently.
By Words · 9 posts · 138 views
By Words · 9 posts · 138 views
last updated Jun 29, 2025 07:12PM
SOLVED. Adult Romance. Girl falls in love with singer & try to make it work on tour but he protects her from the industry by pretending to cheat.
By Stacy · 4 posts · 9 views
By Stacy · 4 posts · 9 views
last updated Sep 05, 2025 04:20PM
SOLVED. Fictional animal book written in the 80s, maybe similar to Watership Down
By Rose · 13 posts · 31 views
By Rose · 13 posts · 31 views
last updated Sep 05, 2025 10:05AM
SOLVED. Adult or YA Fantasy Jewish or Persian girl who practices magic/ mysticism and travels the silk road. 2011-2017?
By Jasmine · 4 posts · 22 views
By Jasmine · 4 posts · 22 views
last updated Sep 05, 2025 05:52AM
SOLVED. Adult Novel: Plane crash with pregnant woman, child survives and is raised by father and subsequently abused.
By James · 6 posts · 25 views
By James · 6 posts · 25 views
last updated Sep 04, 2025 10:23AM
SOLVED. Adult SciFi Space fiction - Starts on planet that is not Earth, male protagonist, sent as undercover agent with female agent to Earth. Read before 2011.
By Christopher · 6 posts · 22 views
By Christopher · 6 posts · 22 views
last updated Sep 01, 2025 10:18AM
SOLVED. Children’s chapter book, Historical Fiction, Fantasy. Magical trunk with old clothes.
By Rose · 5 posts · 20 views
By Rose · 5 posts · 20 views
last updated 21 hours, 41 min ago
SOLVED. Children's Fantasy chapter book series for 8-12 year olds that involve four main characters with their associated animal and magic powers. Read around 2019.
By hkbbgs · 4 posts · 20 views
By hkbbgs · 4 posts · 20 views
last updated 21 hours, 41 min ago
SOLVED. YA fiction. Teen girl babysitting for single father, i think dad lives in a cabin in the woods, discovers baby is deaf, falls in love with the dad, discovers baby has been kidnapped. Read in the late 80s or early 90s.
By Melissa · 4 posts · 13 views
By Melissa · 4 posts · 13 views
last updated 23 hours, 22 min ago
SOLVED. YA Dystopian where teens escape a medical experiment camp. Spoiler.
By Bethany · 8 posts · 34 views
By Bethany · 8 posts · 34 views
last updated Sep 06, 2025 10:20AM
SOLVED. Children's Picture Book (maybe 1990s?) about two kids who accidentally discover a mystery floor while riding the elevator
By Emmy · 10 posts · 20 views
By Emmy · 10 posts · 20 views
last updated Sep 05, 2025 10:12AM
SOLVED. Children's book of Cryptozoology 1980s-1990s?
By Emmy · 14 posts · 18 views
By Emmy · 14 posts · 18 views
last updated Sep 04, 2025 01:38PM
SOLVED. Greek & Roman Myths, legends and origins. Read around 2004.
By Andrea · 3 posts · 22 views
By Andrea · 3 posts · 22 views
last updated Jul 02, 2025 07:33AM
SOLVED. Adult Nonfiction Memoir about buying a falling down castle in Italy. Read 2000-2005.
By thefourthvine · 4 posts · 32 views
By thefourthvine · 4 posts · 32 views
last updated Jun 26, 2025 04:01PM
SOLVED. Adult Travel Memoir, Non-fiction. Young pianist (slavic?) quits New York to travel to the far east (Tibet?). Lives with Buddhist monks who argue alot with eachother and drinks butter tea. Read ~2010.
By Miriam · 3 posts · 25 views
By Miriam · 3 posts · 25 views
last updated Jun 01, 2025 11:40AM
SOLVED. Adult Non-fiction. Microwave Cookbook from the 1980's. Make a cake in your own microwave. Hardcover, about 60 pages. Read in 2009-2010.
By Elizabeth ♛Sm… · 18 posts · 626 views
By Elizabeth ♛Sm… · 18 posts · 626 views
last updated May 28, 2025 05:37PM
Fantasy book about a girl who travels to another world. She comes to a crossroads in the beginning of the book. The direction options are "lose your heart" "lose your mind" and "lose your way." She chooses "lose your heart." Read 2013-2018.
By Scott · 3 posts · 19 views
By Scott · 3 posts · 19 views
last updated Sep 02, 2025 07:01AM
SOLVED. Fiction, romance?: an author releases a book that flops everywhere except Mexico. He goes to Mexico for a book tour and it turns out that it's a hit in Mexico because the (female) translator made it so much better.
By Amelia · 6 posts · 143 views
By Amelia · 6 posts · 143 views
last updated May 01, 2024 04:45AM
SOLVED. YA Fantasy. Girl gets a doll that's like her. Doll slowly starts to replace her in real life. Read around early 2000s.
By Kristina (see… · 13 posts · 1400 views
By Kristina (see… · 13 posts · 1400 views
last updated Jan 21, 2024 08:42PM
YA Fantasy Historical. Teen boy plays cards in NY. Young Asian escapes human trafficking situation with the use of fireworks. Devil at the cross roads theme. Read 2015-2019.
By AWALL · 3 posts · 117 views
By AWALL · 3 posts · 117 views
last updated Jan 12, 2024 06:19PM
Husband has amnesia, resents & dislikes wife, they have a child. His PA (personal assistant) has feelings for husband. Wife is pregnant.
By Rosalind · 5 posts · 79 views
By Rosalind · 5 posts · 79 views
last updated Jan 05, 2024 04:33PM
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Members - You can help others + REPORT SPAM ◄◄
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By Cheryl · 2159 posts · 5585 views
last updated 23 hours, 36 min ago
Separate "Unsolved" into categories?
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By Keith · 9 posts · 878 views
last updated Jun 16, 2024 04:37PM
Trouble using search to find previous posts
By Juels · 9 posts · 76 views
By Juels · 9 posts · 76 views
last updated Jan 29, 2024 11:37AM
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Description of the QUERY ABANDONED BY POSTER folder
By Kate · 11 posts · 1977 views
last updated Mar 03, 2017 12:46PM
ABANDONED. YA Fantasy, monster hunting siblings learn that their dad is missing and go on a monster hunting adventure to find him. Spoilers ahead.
By Katie · 9 posts · 965 views
By Katie · 9 posts · 965 views
last updated Sep 04, 2025 06:51AM
ABANDONED. Kids book about a cow and a hot air balloon
By Sam · 28 posts · 1517 views
By Sam · 28 posts · 1517 views
last updated Aug 30, 2025 01:57AM
ABANDONED. Middle Grade/ Children Spooky book. Daughter (around 11-14 years) and mother move into old, creepy house with stepfather/ uncle? who might be bad. She starts hearing or seeing things re: haunted house? Read in 1990s.
By Alice · 17 posts · 914 views
By Alice · 17 posts · 914 views
last updated Aug 28, 2025 09:59AM
ABANDONED. YA or Children's novel about a girl and her cousin? The girl narrator describes her female cousin's great beauty in detail (see comments), maybe she's jealous? Possibly spending summer with her cousin in a small town.
By Aimee · 24 posts · 1540 views
By Aimee · 24 posts · 1540 views
last updated Aug 22, 2025 02:36PM
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Description of the NOW WE'LL NEVER KNOW folder
By Kate · 3 posts · 6155 views
last updated Mar 03, 2017 04:42PM
ABANDONED. YA Fiction/Science Fiction: two young men become obsessed with programming a virtual world on their college mainframe computer
By deleted member · 4 posts · 793 views
By deleted member · 4 posts · 793 views
last updated Jun 28, 2025 01:26PM
ABANDONED. YA Fantasy. Boy with cancer escapes to world where they wear masks, cover is purple or blue, title might have masquerade in it. Spoilers.
By deleted member · 3 posts · 68 views
By deleted member · 3 posts · 68 views
last updated Jun 28, 2025 12:44PM
ABANDONED. New Adult Romance. Bad boy and good girl (young 20's) in tumultuous relationship. After a fight, he goes to a bar looking for her and another girl tries to make the heroine jealous. Spoilers.
By deleted member · 3 posts · 72 views
By deleted member · 3 posts · 72 views
last updated May 29, 2025 09:46AM
ABANDONED. Historical naval romance series set in the Caribbean and Georgia shortly before and/or during War of 1812
By deleted member · 2 posts · 41 views
By deleted member · 2 posts · 41 views
last updated Apr 21, 2025 09:34AM
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By deleted member · 67 posts · 1722 views
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Birthdays (dates) of Main Characters
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By Capn · 53 posts · 1337 views
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Looking for 2002 Matt Groening comic strip
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By Rosa · 1 post · 12 views
last updated Aug 18, 2025 12:04PM
Editions - new language filter
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last updated Jul 28, 2025 06:49PM
Did you know Goodreads has a randomizer?
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By Lobstergirl , au gratin · 8 posts · 194 views
last updated Jul 28, 2025 06:46PM
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Link to shorter details on how to use our group.
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last updated Oct 01, 2017 02:38PM
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[OLD] Details for Posting a Query (read first!) Note NEW addition
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[OLD] READ THIS BEFORE POSTING. Updated rules and habits
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