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Adult fiction. Couple moves into a new home. Neighbor (or maybe cleaning lady) gives them roasted chicken (which is magical). Athena 2 12 Sep 08, 2025 09:40PM  
YA Historical Fiction - A young man signs on to the crew of the schooner USS Enterprise during the First Barbary War. Read late 1960s/early 1970s. Dobbs 7 21 Sep 08, 2025 09:38PM  
YA/ Teen book (possibly 80s–2000s) — title is a boy’s name Phoebe 2 31 Sep 08, 2025 09:24PM  
Fantasy: Boy could magically unmake things. Read late 1980s/early 1990s. Laura 4 26 Sep 08, 2025 08:40PM  
1960s/1970s Children’s/ YA book: White boy, stepmother, donkey cart, cross-country U.S. journey. Hugh 2 10 Sep 08, 2025 08:21PM  
Middle-Grade or YA Science Fiction about a Dystopia with food scarcity and rationing, focuses on two young teens, male and female as they become part of a plan to improve life, though they aren't sure what the plan is. Read mid-late 1970s. Christopher 2 16 Sep 08, 2025 08:12PM  
Children's book. Two sisters eating ice cream and the mom has to count out the sprinkles so kids have the same amount. Published around 1998. Leslie 7 49 Sep 08, 2025 08:09PM  
YA fiction. Teenage boys restore a classic car, then get in rally from California to Oregon (vs. friends driving a yellow 1932 Ford sedan hot rod). Drive past Redwood trees. Read around 1970. Spoiler. Brad 23 302 Sep 08, 2025 07:29PM  
YA Fantasy Adventure. Young boy discovers a knight sleeping or passed out on his family's property and then learns swordsmanship. Read around 2005-2006. Dezairay 11 43 Sep 08, 2025 04:51PM  
Childrens/ YA? novel. Little girl meets woodcarver in mountains (Europe), carves figures of saints. Religious theme? Illustration of watering trough with carved figure of saint at one end, other black & white illustrations throughout book. Read 1970s. Sandra 61 1075 Sep 08, 2025 04:23PM  
College Romance in New York City. Girl falls in love with a boy in her play writing class and ends up writing a play about him. Read in early 1990s. MaryBeth 3 12 Sep 08, 2025 04:23PM  
YA Fiction: Appalachian girl (redhead) beats up boy on bike after he insults her. Cover: black and white photograph of side of smiling girl's face. Read around 2015-2017. Spoiler. Blarf 2 17 Sep 08, 2025 03:38PM  
Y/A ? Romance, Age Gap, older man, younger woman (teenage if I recall). She’s hired as a Nanny or a PA starts affair with the husband. Read between 2023-2024. Reader 2 14 Sep 08, 2025 02:55PM  
Adult Small Town Romance series: First book about sex therapist and mechanic, second book about lingerie store owner and investor, third book about interior designer and construction manager. Spoiler. Sofia 2 14 Sep 08, 2025 02:52PM  
old children's picture book about a girl with curly hair Lilith 2 16 Sep 08, 2025 01:16PM  
Christian Romance, part of series, Retired Military Hero/ Heroine hurt on hiking trip Tustin 1 7 Sep 08, 2025 01:12PM  
YA or Children’s book read around 2014-2017, set in England first in the countryside then we follow the journey of a teen boy who makes his way down to London it’s set in a time period before cars and features lots of walking. Quanisha 4 33 Sep 08, 2025 01:05PM  
YA Mystery/Fantasy She’s staying in Key West, maybe with an aunt, possibly at a bed-and-breakfast, coral reefs. Ellen 2 23 Sep 08, 2025 01:03PM  
Middle Grade Fantasy trilogy. Read around 2018. Something to do with animals, animal experimentation and shape shifting. Bat (?) sidekick. One book contained a cave. maddie 2 17 Sep 08, 2025 12:34PM  
Adult Contemporary Romance. Woman runs an animal rescue shelter or vet place, unhappy about man who opens a tattoo shop next to her. Big storm, near water. Christina 6 24 Sep 08, 2025 11:31AM  
From the 1990s: Children's Picture Book featuring a little girl whose father is a coal miner Sarah 4 20 Sep 08, 2025 10:48AM  
This topic has been closed to new comments. Romance novel looking for title Christina 2 18 Sep 08, 2025 10:35AM  
YA, girl who lives at her family's inn, B&B vibe, and likes to curl half her hair and straightens the other half Brooke 11 1267 Sep 08, 2025 08:29AM  
YA Mystery novel about a girl competing in secret games for scholarship money? Read around 2017. Jade 5 25 Sep 08, 2025 06:20AM  
YA Realistic Fiction. Father Daughter relationship, but dad is not around alot. They go on trip to somewhere & he has a girlfriend, daughter misses mom & is jealous of dad's girlfriend, tries to break them up for most of book. Read around 2018? Spoilers. Missy 11 298 Sep 08, 2025 05:36AM  
Adult Mystery series. Older women and P.I and deceased husband; mistress solve mysteries/ crimes. Read around 2005. Rebecca 1 13 Sep 07, 2025 09:55PM  
MG or YA - A young girl who lives apart from her hippie mom but sees her over the summer Regina 19 648 Sep 07, 2025 03:49PM  
Fantasy. A king and his father have enslaved people, and the man finds a beautiful girl, and he falls in love with her. Menna 8 20 Sep 07, 2025 12:43PM  
Middle Grade/ YA: Ship is in a storm there is a family, than parents die the orphan boy lives and has to survive on ship Elizabeth 11 222 Sep 07, 2025 12:24PM  
YA: girl from Europe sails to America Laura 5 36 Sep 07, 2025 12:07PM