BookStoreDB.books.json

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  {
    "title": "To Kill a Mockingbird",
    "author": "Harper Lee",
    "summary": "A novel set in the American South during the 1930s, dealing with serious issues of rape and racial inequality.",
    "publishYear": 1960,
    "isbn": "9780061120084"
  },
  {
    "title": "1984",
    "author": "George Orwell",
    "summary": "A dystopian novel depicting a totalitarian regime and its effects on society.",
    "publishYear": 1949,
    "isbn": "9780451524935"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Catcher in the Rye",
    "author": "J.D. Salinger",
    "summary": "A story of teenage angst and alienation in American society.",
    "publishYear": 1951,
    "isbn": "9780316769488"
  },
  {
    "title": "Pride and Prejudice",
    "author": "Jane Austen",
    "summary": "A romantic novel set in rural England, focusing on the dynamics of class, marriage, and relationships.",
    "publishYear": 1813,
    "isbn": "9780141439518"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Great Gatsby",
    "author": "F. Scott Fitzgerald",
    "summary": "A novel depicting the decadence of the Jazz Age and the American Dream.",
    "publishYear": 1925,
    "isbn": "9780743273565"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Hobbit",
    "author": "J.R.R. Tolkien",
    "summary": "A fantasy novel about the journey of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, to win a share of the treasure guarded by the dragon Smaug.",
    "publishYear": 1937,
    "isbn": "9780345534835"
  },
  {
    "title": "Moby-Dick",
    "author": "Herman Melville",
    "summary": "A novel about the obsessive quest of Captain Ahab for revenge against the white whale that destroyed his ship and severed his leg.",
    "publishYear": 1851,
    "isbn": "9781503280786"
  },
  {
    "title": "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone",
    "author": "J.K. Rowling",
    "summary": "The first book in the Harry Potter series, following the magical journey of a young wizard.",
    "publishYear": 1997,
    "isbn": "9780747532699"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Lord of the Rings",
    "author": "J.R.R. Tolkien",
    "summary": "An epic high-fantasy novel about the quest to destroy the One Ring and defeat the Dark Lord Sauron.",
    "publishYear": 1954,
    "isbn": "9780618640157"
  },
  {
    "title": "Brave New World",
    "author": "Aldous Huxley",
    "summary": "A dystopian novel depicting a future society where humans are genetically engineered and socially conditioned for compliance.",
    "publishYear": 1932,
    "isbn": "9780060850524"
  },
  {
    "title": "Crime and Punishment",
    "author": "Fyodor Dostoevsky",
    "summary": "A psychological novel that explores morality, guilt, and redemption through the experiences of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg.",
    "publishYear": 1866,
    "isbn": "9780679734505"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Road",
    "author": "Cormac McCarthy",
    "summary": "A post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's journey across a desolate landscape.",
    "publishYear": 2006,
    "isbn": "9780307387899"
  },
  {
    "title": "Wuthering Heights",
    "author": "Emily Brontë",
    "summary": "A novel set in the Yorkshire moors, depicting the passionate and destructive love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.",
    "publishYear": 1847,
    "isbn": "9780141439556"
  },
  {
    "title": "One Hundred Years of Solitude",
    "author": "Gabriel García Márquez",
    "summary": "A novel chronicling the Buendía family through several generations in the fictional town of Macondo.",
    "publishYear": 1967,
    "isbn": "9780060883287"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Picture of Dorian Gray",
    "author": "Oscar Wilde",
    "summary": "A philosophical novel about the consequences of vanity and hedonism.",
    "publishYear": 1890,
    "isbn": "9780486278070"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn",
    "author": "Mark Twain",
    "summary": "A novel depicting the adventures of a young boy and a runaway slave as they journey down the Mississippi River.",
    "publishYear": 1884,
    "isbn": "9780486280615"
  },
  {
    "title": "Anna Karenina",
    "author": "Leo Tolstoy",
    "summary": "A novel exploring the themes of love, infidelity, and societal norms in 19th-century Russia.",
    "publishYear": 1877,
    "isbn": "9780143035008"
  },
  {
    "title": "Jane Eyre",
    "author": "Charlotte Brontë",
    "summary": "A novel about the struggles and triumphs of a young orphan girl, Jane Eyre, in 19th-century England.",
    "publishYear": 1847,
    "isbn": "9780141441146"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Grapes of Wrath",
    "author": "John Steinbeck",
    "summary": "A novel about a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home by drought, economic hardship, and changes in financial and agricultural industries.",
    "publishYear": 1939,
    "isbn": "9780143039433"
  },
  {
    "title": "Catch-22",
    "author": "Joseph Heller",
    "summary": "A satirical novel set during World War II, focusing on the absurdities of war and bureaucracy.",
    "publishYear": 1961,
    "isbn": "9780684833392"
  },
  {
    "title": "Slaughterhouse-Five",
    "author": "Kurt Vonnegut",
    "summary": "A science fiction-infused anti-war novel about the bombing of Dresden in World War II.",
    "publishYear": 1969,
    "isbn": "9780385333849"
  },
  {
    "title": "Gone with the Wind",
    "author": "Margaret Mitchell",
    "summary": "A novel set in the American South during the Civil War and Reconstruction era, focusing on the life of Scarlett O'Hara.",
    "publishYear": 1936,
    "isbn": "9781416548942"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Book Thief",
    "author": "Markus Zusak",
    "summary": "A novel narrated by Death about a young girl in Nazi Germany who steals books and shares them with her neighbors and the Jewish man hidden in her basement.",
    "publishYear": 2005,
    "isbn": "9780375842207"
  },
  {
    "title": "Les Misérables",
    "author": "Victor Hugo",
    "summary": "A historical novel set in early 19th-century France, depicting the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his experience of redemption.",
    "publishYear": 1862,
    "isbn": "9780451525260"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Scarlet Letter",
    "author": "Nathaniel Hawthorne",
    "summary": "A novel about the consequences of adultery and shame in Puritan New England.",
    "publishYear": 1850,
    "isbn": "9780451531353"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Outsiders",
    "author": "S.E. Hinton",
    "summary": "A novel about the rivalry between two groups of teenagers, the Greasers and the Socs, in a small American town.",
    "publishYear": 1967,
    "isbn": "9780140385724"
  },
  {
    "title": "A Clockwork Orange",
    "author": "Anthony Burgess",
    "summary": "A dystopian novel about juvenile delinquency and the government's attempt to control behavior through psychological conditioning.",
    "publishYear": 1962,
    "isbn": "9780393312836"
  },
  {
    "title": "Frankenstein",
    "author": "Mary Shelley",
    "summary": "A novel about a scientist who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.",
    "publishYear": 1818,
    "isbn": "9780486282114"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Brothers Karamazov",
    "author": "Fyodor Dostoevsky",
    "summary": "A novel exploring complex themes such as faith, reason, and morality through the lives of three brothers.",
    "publishYear": 1880,
    "isbn": "9780374528379"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Count of Monte Cristo",
    "author": "Alexandre Dumas",
    "summary": "A novel about a man who is falsely imprisoned and seeks revenge against those who betrayed him.",
    "publishYear": 1844,
    "isbn": "9780140449266"
  },
  {
    "title": "Middlemarch",
    "author": "George Eliot",
    "summary": "A novel that explores the lives and relationships of the inhabitants of a fictional English town.",
    "publishYear": 1871,
    "isbn": "9780141439549"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Handmaid's Tale",
    "author": "Margaret Atwood",
    "summary": "A dystopian novel set in a future totalitarian society where women are subjugated.",
    "publishYear": 1985,
    "isbn": "9780385490818"
  },
  {
    "title": "War and Peace",
    "author": "Leo Tolstoy",
    "summary": "An epic novel set during the Napoleonic Wars, depicting Russian society in the early 19th century.",
    "publishYear": 1869,
    "isbn": "9780140447934"
  },
  {
    "title": "Don Quixote",
    "author": "Miguel de Cervantes",
    "summary": "A satirical novel about an elderly man who believes he is a knight and sets out on adventures with his loyal squire, Sancho Panza.",
    "publishYear": 1605,
    "isbn": "9780060934347"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Stranger",
    "author": "Albert Camus",
    "summary": "A novel about a detached and amoral Algerian man who faces the absurdity of human existence.",
    "publishYear": 1942,
    "isbn": "9780679720201"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Stand",
    "author": "Stephen King",
    "summary": "A post-apocalyptic horror novel depicting the aftermath of a deadly plague.",
    "publishYear": 1978,
    "isbn": "9780385199575"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes",
    "author": "Arthur Conan Doyle",
    "summary": "A collection of detective stories featuring Sherlock Holmes and his loyal friend, Dr. Watson.",
    "publishYear": 1892,
    "isbn": "9780140439083"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Little Prince",
    "author": "Antoine de Saint-Exupéry",
    "summary": "A novella about a young prince who travels from planet to planet, meeting various inhabitants and learning about love, loss, and loneliness.",
    "publishYear": 1943,
    "isbn": "9780156012195"
  },
  {
    "title": "Great Expectations",
    "author": "Charles Dickens",
    "summary": "A bildungsroman novel tracing the growth and personal development of an orphan named Pip.",
    "publishYear": 1861,
    "isbn": "9780141439563"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Alchemist",
    "author": "Paulo Coelho",
    "summary": "A novel about a young shepherd named Santiago who dreams of finding a treasure in Egypt and learns important life lessons along the way.",
    "publishYear": 1988,
    "isbn": "9780061122415"
  },
  {
    "title": "Heart of Darkness",
    "author": "Joseph Conrad",
    "summary": "A novella exploring the darkness of the human psyche through the journey of Charles Marlow into the African Congo.",
    "publishYear": 1899,
    "isbn": "9780140186529"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Master and Margarita",
    "author": "Mikhail Bulgakov",
    "summary": "A novel blending supernatural elements with political satire, focusing on Satan's visit to Soviet Moscow and its impact on its inhabitants.",
    "publishYear": 1967,
    "isbn": "9780679760801"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Bell Jar",
    "author": "Sylvia Plath",
    "summary": "A semi-autobiographical novel about a young woman's descent into mental illness.",
    "publishYear": 1963,
    "isbn": "9780060837020"
  },
  {
    "title": "East of Eden",
    "author": "John Steinbeck",
    "summary": "A novel about two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, and their intertwined destinies in the Salinas Valley.",
    "publishYear": 1952,
    "isbn": "9780140186390"
  },
  {
    "title": "Norwegian Wood",
    "author": "Haruki Murakami",
    "summary": "A novel exploring themes of loss, love, and mental health among college students in 1960s Tokyo.",
    "publishYear": 1987,
    "isbn": "9780375704024"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Shining",
    "author": "Stephen King",
    "summary": "A horror novel about a family that becomes haunted while wintering in a deserted hotel.",
    "publishYear": 1977,
    "isbn": "9780307743657"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Sun Also Rises",
    "author": "Ernest Hemingway",
    "summary": "A novel depicting the lives of expatriates in the aftermath of World War I, focusing on the Lost Generation.",
    "publishYear": 1926,
    "isbn": "9780684800714"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Kite Runner",
    "author": "Khaled Hosseini",
    "summary": "A novel about the friendship between two boys in Afghanistan and the tragic events that separate them.",
    "publishYear": 2003,
    "isbn": "9781594480003"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo",
    "author": "Stieg Larsson",
    "summary": "A mystery thriller novel following journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander as they investigate a decades-old disappearance.",
    "publishYear": 2005,
    "isbn": "9780307269751"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Martian",
    "author": "Andy Weir",
    "summary": "A science fiction novel about an astronaut stranded on Mars and his struggle to survive.",
    "publishYear": 2011,
    "isbn": "9780553418026"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Night Circus",
    "author": "Erin Morgenstern",
    "summary": "A fantastical tale of a magical competition between two young illusionists.",
    "publishYear": 2011,
    "isbn": "9780385534635"
  },
  {
    "title": "Life of Pi",
    "author": "Yann Martel",
    "summary": "A young boy survives a shipwreck and shares a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.",
    "publishYear": 2001,
    "isbn": "9780156027328"
  },
  {
    "title": "Beloved",
    "author": "Toni Morrison",
    "summary": "A haunting story of a runaway slave and the spirit of her deceased daughter.",
    "publishYear": 1987,
    "isbn": "9781400033416"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Girl on the Train",
    "author": "Paula Hawkins",
    "summary": "A psychological thriller about a woman who witnesses something shocking from a train.",
    "publishYear": 2015,
    "isbn": "9781594634024"
  },
  {
    "title": "Me Before You",
    "author": "Jojo Moyes",
    "summary": "A love story between a young woman and a man who is paralyzed from the neck down.",
    "publishYear": 2012,
    "isbn": "9780143124542"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Da Vinci Code",
    "author": "Dan Brown",
    "summary": "A symbologist uncovers secrets of the Church while investigating a murder at the Louvre.",
    "publishYear": 2003,
    "isbn": "9780385504201"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Hunger Games",
    "author": "Suzanne Collins",
    "summary": "A dystopian novel about a televised fight to the death among teenagers.",
    "publishYear": 2008,
    "isbn": "9780439023481"
  },
  {
    "title": "Water for Elephants",
    "author": "Sara Gruen",
    "summary": "A young man joins a traveling circus during the Great Depression.",
    "publishYear": 2006,
    "isbn": "9781565125605"
  },
  {
    "title": "Big Little Lies",
    "author": "Liane Moriarty",
    "summary": "A novel about the dangerous little lies that can turn lethal.",
    "publishYear": 2014,
    "isbn": "9780399167065"
  },
  {
    "title": "Where the Crawdads Sing",
    "author": "Delia Owens",
    "summary": "A novel about a young girl raised in the marshes of the South and her involvement in a murder investigation.",
    "publishYear": 2018,
    "isbn": "9780735219090"
  },
  {
    "title": "Gone Girl",
    "author": "Gillian Flynn",
    "summary": "A psychological thriller about a man whose wife goes missing on their fifth anniversary.",
    "publishYear": 2012,
    "isbn": "9780307588368"
  },
  {
    "title": "Educated",
    "author": "Tara Westover",
    "summary": "A memoir about a woman who grows up in a strict and abusive household in rural Idaho and eventually escapes to learn about the wider world through education.",
    "publishYear": 2018,
    "isbn": "9780399590504"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Silent Patient",
    "author": "Alex Michaelides",
    "summary": "A psychological thriller about a woman who stops speaking after shooting her husband.",
    "publishYear": 2019,
    "isbn": "9781250301697"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Light We Lost",
    "author": "Jill Santopolo",
    "summary": "A love story about two people who meet on 9/11 and their paths diverge and converge over the years.",
    "publishYear": 2017,
    "isbn": "9780735212756"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Immortalists",
    "author": "Chloe Benjamin",
    "summary": "A novel about four siblings who learn the dates of their deaths and how this knowledge shapes their lives.",
    "publishYear": 2018,
    "isbn": "9780735213180"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Light Between Oceans",
    "author": "M.L. Stedman",
    "summary": "A novel about a lighthouse keeper and his wife who find a baby adrift in a rowboat.",
    "publishYear": 2012,
    "isbn": "9781451681734"
  },
  {
    "title": "Before We Were Strangers",
    "author": "Renée Carlino",
    "summary": "A love story about two people who reconnect after many years apart.",
    "publishYear": 2015,
    "isbn": "9781501105777"
  },
  {
    "title": "Circe",
    "author": "Madeline Miller",
    "summary": "A retelling of the myth of Circe, a powerful witch from Homer's Odyssey.",
    "publishYear": 2018,
    "isbn": "9780316556347"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Underground Railroad",
    "author": "Colson Whitehead",
    "summary": "A historical novel about a young slave's bid for freedom using a literal underground railroad.",
    "publishYear": 2016,
    "isbn": "9780385542364"
  },
  {
    "title": "Little Fires Everywhere",
    "author": "Celeste Ng",
    "summary": "A novel about two families in suburban Ohio and the secrets they keep.",
    "publishYear": 2017,
    "isbn": "9780735224292"
  },
  {
    "title": "Room",
    "author": "Emma Donoghue",
    "summary": "A novel about a young boy and his mother held captive in a small room.",
    "publishYear": 2010,
    "isbn": "9780316098335"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Nightingale",
    "author": "Kristin Hannah",
    "summary": "A novel about two sisters in Nazi-occupied France and their struggle to survive and resist the occupation.",
    "publishYear": 2015,
    "isbn": "9780312577223"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Tattooist of Auschwitz",
    "author": "Heather Morris",
    "summary": "A novel based on the true story of a Jewish man who falls in love with a fellow prisoner at Auschwitz.",
    "publishYear": 2018,
    "isbn": "9780062797155"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Alice Network",
    "author": "Kate Quinn",
    "summary": "A historical novel about two women, a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in World War I and an American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947.",
    "publishYear": 2017,
    "isbn": "9780062654199"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Secret Keeper",
    "author": "Kate Morton",
    "summary": "A novel about a woman who uncovers her mother's secret past.",
    "publishYear": 2012,
    "isbn": "9781439152805"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Goldfinch",
    "author": "Donna Tartt",
    "summary": "A novel about a boy whose life is upended after surviving a terrorist bombing.",
    "publishYear": 2013,
    "isbn": "9780316055444"
  },
  {
    "title": "A Man Called Ove",
    "author": "Fredrik Backman",
    "summary": "A novel about a curmudgeonly old man whose life is changed by his new neighbors.",
    "publishYear": 2012,
    "isbn": "9781476738017"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Rosie Project",
    "author": "Graeme Simsion",
    "summary": "A romantic comedy about a genetics professor with Asperger's syndrome who creates a questionnaire to find the perfect wife.",
    "publishYear": 2013,
    "isbn": "9781476729091"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Orphan's Tale",
    "author": "Pam Jenoff",
    "summary": "A novel about a young woman who joins a traveling circus to escape the Nazis.",
    "publishYear": 2017,
    "isbn": "9780778319818"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Silent Corner",
    "author": "Dean Koontz",
    "summary": "A thriller about a woman investigating the mysterious death of her husband.",
    "publishYear": 2017,
    "isbn": "9780345545992"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Handmaid's Tale",
    "author": "Margaret Atwood",
    "summary": "A dystopian novel about a totalitarian society where women are subjugated.",
    "publishYear": 1985,
    "isbn": "9780385490810"
  },
  {
    "title": "An American Marriage",
    "author": "Tayari Jones",
    "summary": "A novel about a newlywed couple whose lives are torn apart by a wrongful incarceration.",
    "publishYear": 2018,
    "isbn": "9781616208776"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Book Thief",
    "author": "Markus Zusak",
    "summary": "A novel about a young girl in Nazi Germany who steals books and shares them with others.",
    "publishYear": 2005,
    "isbn": "9780375842200"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Great Alone",
    "author": "Kristin Hannah",
    "summary": "A novel about a family who moves to Alaska to start a new life.",
    "publishYear": 2018,
    "isbn": "9780312577230"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Kite Runner",
    "author": "Khaled Hosseini",
    "summary": "A novel about a young boy in Afghanistan and the bond he shares with his friend.",
    "publishYear": 2003,
    "isbn": "9781594631931"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Glass Castle",
    "author": "Jeannette Walls",
    "summary": "A memoir about a young girl growing up in a dysfunctional family.",
    "publishYear": 2005,
    "isbn": "9780743247542"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Trial",
    "author": "Franz Kafka",
    "summary": "A novel exploring themes of bureaucracy, alienation, and existentialism through the story of Josef K., who is arrested and prosecuted by an inaccessible authority.",
    "publishYear": 1925,
    "isbn": "9780805209990"
  },
  {
    "title": "Crazy Rich Asians",
    "author": "Kevin Kwan",
    "summary": "At its core, Crazy Rich Asians is a love story. It chronicles the journey of Rachel and Nick as they navigate the challenges posed by their differing backgrounds and the disapproval of Nick's family.",
    "publishYear": 2013,
    "isbn": "9780345803788"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Help",
    "author": "Kathryn Stockett",
    "summary": "A novel about African American maids working in white households in 1960s Mississippi.",
    "publishYear": 2009,
    "isbn": "9780399155345"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Fault in Our Stars",
    "author": "John Green",
    "summary": "A story about two teenagers who fall in love after meeting at a cancer support group.",
    "publishYear": 2012,
    "isbn": "9780525478812"
  },
  {
    "title": "Atonement",
    "author": "Ian McEwan",
    "summary": "A novel about a young girl's lie that changes lives during World War II.",
    "publishYear": 2001,
    "isbn": "9780385503952"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Architect's Dream",
    "author": "Omar",
    "summary": "A visionary architect designs a city that defies the laws of physics and reality.",
    "publishYear": 2023,
    "isbn": "9781982114147"
  },
  {
    "title": "Echoes of Eternity",
    "author": "Omar",
    "summary": "A tale of star-crossed lovers separated by centuries and connected by a mysterious artifact.",
    "publishYear": 2018,
    "isbn": "9781947856234"
  },
  {
    "title": "Whispers in the Wind",
    "author": "Omar",
    "summary": "A collection of short stories that explore the unseen forces shaping our lives.",
    "publishYear": 2020,
    "isbn": "9781974308123"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Odyssey",
    "author": "Homer",
    "summary": "The epic tale of Odysseus' journey home after the Trojan War, encountering gods, monsters, and temptations.",
    "publishYear": -800,
    "isbn": "9780140268867"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Iliad",
    "author": "Homer",
    "summary": "The story of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles, with its heroes, battles, and tragic consequences.",
    "publishYear": -750,
    "isbn": "9780140445923"
  },
  {
    "title": "Hymns of Homer",
    "author": "Homer",
    "summary": "A collection of hymns honoring gods and heroes, capturing the essence of ancient Greek religious beliefs.",
    "publishYear": -700,
    "isbn": "9780199540258"
  },
  {
    "title": "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire",
    "author": "J.K. Rowling",
    "summary": "Harry Potter's fourth year at Hogwarts brings forth the Triwizard Tournament, dangerous challenges, and dark mysteries.",
    "publishYear": 2000,
    "isbn": "9780439139601"
  },
  {
    "title": "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them",
    "author": "J.K. Rowling",
    "summary": "A compendium of magical creatures and their habitats, part of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry library.",
    "publishYear": 2001,
    "isbn": "9780747554660"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Tales of Beedle the Bard",
    "author": "J.K. Rowling",
    "summary": "A collection of wizarding fairy tales, including 'The Tale of the Three Brothers,' known from 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.'",
    "publishYear": 2008,
    "isbn": "9780545128285"
  }
]