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| 1. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Robert Langdon, Harvard Professor of symbology, receives an urgent
late-night call while in Paris: the curator of the Louvre has been
murdered. Alongside the body is a series of baffling ciphers. Langdon
and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, are stunned to find a
trail that leads to the works of Da Vinci - and further. The curator,
part of a secret society named the Priory of Sion... Read more
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2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
The book that took the world by storm....In his fifth year at
Hogwart's, Harry faces challenges at every turn, from the dark threat
of He-Who-Must-Not-Be- Named and the unreliability of the government of
the magical world to the rise of Ron Weasley as the keeper of the
Gryffindor Quidditch Team. Along the way he learns... Read more
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3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
'In a brief statement on Friday night, Minister for Magic Cornelius
Fudge confirmed that He Who Must Not Be Named has returned to this
country and is once more active. "It is with great regret that I must
confirm that the wizard styling himself Lord - well, you know who I
mean - is alive and among us again," said Fudge.' These dramatic words
appeared in the final pages of Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix... Read more
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| 4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
'His hand closed automatically around the fake Horcrux, but in spite of
everything, in spite of the dark and twisting path he saw stretching
ahead for himself, in spite of the final meeting with Voldemort he knew
must come, whether in a month, in a year, or in ten, he felt his heart
lift at the thought that there was still one last golden day of peace
left to enjoy with Ron and Hermione.' With these words... Read more
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5. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
When a world renowned scientist is found brutally murdered in a Swiss
research facility, a Harvard professor, Robert Langdon, is summoned to
identify the mysterious symbol seared onto the dead man's chest. His
baffling conclusion: that it is the work of the Illuminati, a secret
brotherhood presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years - reborn to
continue their bitter vendetta against their most hated enemy, the
Catholic church... Read more
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| 6. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry,
Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible
for his parents' deaths.
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| 7. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
Home for the summer, all Harry wants is to get back to the Hogwarts
School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry soon receives a warning from
a strange, impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts,
disaster will strike.
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| 8. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the
stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's house, which he thinks is
normal for someone like him who's parents have been killed in a 'car
crash'. He is bullied by them and his fat, spoilt cousin Dudley, and
lives a very unremarkable life with only the odd hiccup (like his hair
growing back overnight!) to cause him much to think about... Read more
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| 9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter is midway through his training as a wizard and his coming
of age. Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to
the International Quidditch Cup. He wants to find out about the
mysterious event that's supposed to take place at Hogwarts this year,
an event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition
that hasn't happened for a hundred years. He wants to be a normal,
fourteen-year-old wizard. But unfortunately for Harry Potter... Read more
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| 10. Deception Point by Dan Brown
Rachel Sexton works for the National Reconnaissance Office as an
intelligence officer. She is also the daughter of a Senator currently
running for President. Her father's main offensive, and a very popular
one, against the incumbent President is to attack the huge amount of
NASA funding. Rachel is barely on speaking terms with her father... Read more
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