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YA book. Boy whom nobody notices/ pays attention to, his name is unusual. He rents billboard space to announce his existence. Father is painter? Title: "The [name] Was Here"? Read around 2013. Brigid 3 29 Jan 07, 2021 07:08PM  
YA Mystery Suspense series. Girl's mom moves her and brother to grandfather's mansion after her dad's death. She finds out his death wasn't an accident. Dad in army? Read around 2017-2018. Kimberly 5 27 Jan 07, 2021 05:18PM  
Adult Air Force, Techo-Thriller. A group of 4 U.S. Air Force aircraft flew together, pilots are military (not mercenaries). Chasing a stolen aircraft in the desert. SR-71 did surveillance. Published 1995-2010. Lance 9 176 Jan 07, 2021 05:07PM  
M/M Paranormal Romance, dragon shifter? One part of couple wakes up in hospital after accident and does not remember his husband/ mate. He's sure this man who is pregnant is trying to fool him and everyone else. Read in 2020. Isabelle 1 9 Jan 07, 2021 05:04PM  
Adult Detective, Meta-fiction, Short Story. MC writes a detective short story where he's the detective. We buy the magazine with his story. He's hired a killer to shoot at him. Read around 2010. Spoiler ahead. Joe 2 23 Jan 07, 2021 04:57PM  
Adult Romance, Harlequin. Guy needs to marry as a condition to gain control of his company. Girl is an employer who needs money, works 2 jobs, one at a nightclub. Claudio 4 23 Jan 07, 2021 04:36PM  
Kids/ YA Fantasy. Witch (about 14 yr. old) goes to magic school for the first time. Her boyfriend in not magical and doesn't know about magic. Published around 2005-2009. Sellllll 4 40 Jan 07, 2021 02:38PM  
Children's short stories. Panda and grasshopper? Panda at a circus. Read in 1990s. Tiff 8 600 Jan 07, 2021 06:50AM  
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Contemporary fiction. 3 different people are falling down at the same moment, introspecting their lives. One is a worker who's painting a building under construction. Another falls from a bridge. Published after 2000. Theodore 16 436 Jan 07, 2021 04:54AM  
fantasy / witches Alieza 4 50 Jan 06, 2021 04:55PM  
YA Dystopian/ Fantasy. World with levels and people with power/ magic abilities. Two sisters born in the lowest/ poorest level, old sister wants to be chosen by high level. Read in 2020. Michelle 10 92 Jan 06, 2021 12:46PM  
YA/ Children's Sci-Fi. Young boy discovers he's a clone of a mob boss that plans on replacing his organs with the clone's new ones. People taking care of boy slowly make him immune to mobster's poison. Read around 2010-2016. Holly 4 25 Jan 06, 2021 12:32PM  
YA Fantasy. Boy sells his soul. Hall of mirrors. Read in 1970s. Patrick 2 15 Jan 06, 2021 10:03AM  
Adult Horror. Strangers are captured by a monster, trapped in a single cage, he chooses who he eats based on their votes. Read before 2015? Spoilers ahead. Indra 5 498 Jan 06, 2021 09:59AM  
Adult Romance. Woman in love with best friend, he’s getting married but they continue their affair. Fiance's brother falls for her. Messy romance. Read around 2010-2017? Jess 5 506 Jan 06, 2021 09:29AM  
Children's Fantasy book. Grotesque, creepy Alice in Wonderland. Rich, greedy pig tries to eat Alice. Many pictures. Read around 2005. Diana 7 24 Jan 06, 2021 07:50AM  
YA Time Travel. Boy takes trips back in time to save people. Car accident killed the boy's dad and left his sister disabled. Set in Australia. Read around 2001-2004. Spoilers ahead. Chris 3 25 Jan 06, 2021 05:15AM  
Adult Non-Fiction. Woman ethnographer's experience living in a tribe for about a year (Africa? 1950s or 1960s?). Read in early 1990s. Allibalas 17 172 Jan 06, 2021 12:06AM  
YA Sci-Fi. Lord of the Flies feel but in Space. Children are woken up on a colony ship by an AI and are told they need to rebuild civilization. Read 2008-2010. Holly 6 32 Jan 05, 2021 08:36PM  
One guy controls a game, traps new players in and they have to play to the death (spoiler maybe below) Hillary B. Ta… 9 357 Jan 05, 2021 07:57PM  
affair and murder Amy 3 17 Jan 05, 2021 07:53PM  
YA Fantasy. Black mom, daughter and grandma have green eyes and wiccan powers (not evil). They use their eyes to make people do things. Read around 2008. Shade 7 76 Jan 05, 2021 07:42PM  
Book. Girl is trying to sell skincare products door to door. One woman tries a sample but it smells bad and the handcream won't rub in. Ashley 4 45 Jan 05, 2021 07:04PM  
Children's Educational book about British Police. Stories incl. burglar stealing radio kit from school, man hunt. Photographs. Cover: male policer officer, kids sitting in school hall, very small police car with cartoon-like human face. Read in 1990's. The Bookselle… 15 82 Jan 05, 2021 07:00PM  
YA Fantasy Contemporary. Wren is unlucky girl who comes from a family of witches who own a shop. Family vanishes? Read in early 2000s. Kait 8 56 Jan 05, 2021 06:54PM  
Adult Fiction. Man and woman (who doesn't speak much) hired to investigate Haunted House. Story told through emails, letters & photographs. Cover: yellow & black, haunted house surrounded by pictures, letters, receipts. Read around 2010. Marli 6 77 Jan 05, 2021 06:36PM  
Adult Romance series. Heroine is jealous of Penelope who's a long-time family friend of hero. She befriends Penelop (who wants to sabotage their relationship) to learn more about hero because of her doubts about him. Read around 2012. TJ 9 218 Jan 05, 2021 06:13PM  
Adult Thriller/ Suspense, Karen Rose. Human trafficking. Young woman meets man at hotel (who she'd met online), gets kidnapped, trafficked, then attempts to escape. Read around 2009. Thea 3 18 Jan 05, 2021 05:59PM  
YA Renaissance/ Medieval Fantasy Romance. Young princess is set to marry, courted by men, but falls in love with young man below her social status. He is run off & considered an enemy to country, she is forced to marry another man. Read 2008-2010. Kristian 1 15 Jan 05, 2021 05:20PM