And the girl whose twin had died; she was younger than the yellow-haired one, just toddling, but she giggled and shrieked with the others, playing catch-me-while-I’m-running. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aiyi had followed me into my room at three in the morning, and she instantly fell asleep on one of the twin beds, snoring with the might of a lumberjack. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she gave an account of how the dinner ended with the twins’ note, and the search parties going off into the grounds. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At one end is the bustle of Westchester Avenue, the neighborhood’s main commercial strip, and from there, the block runs about two hundred yards, flanked by trees and twin rows of parked cars. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I still have to figure out how the twins are getting in and out. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

"He is my wife's twin, a Sworn Brother of the Kings- guard, his life and fortune and honor all bound to mine." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Four months before my visit a very exciting thing had happened in this community—one of the females gave birth to twins! My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Shadow that there was another wolf, a twin to the one that Wednesday was riding, keeping pace with them in the sand dunes, just a moment out of sight. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

One morning as they sat under the old oak tree eating their breakfast bread, Alyce told the cat again about the birth of Tansy’s twins. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sabres and pistols and fencing foils, each twinned with another, prepared for dozens of potential duels. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In the dark, we can pass for twins. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The guests jabbered on and on about the weather, about food, about football, about chess, about twins. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

You would think, after all we’d been through, that Francis and the twins and I would have kept in better touch over the years. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Closer still, and she grasped the perspectives; it was her mother’s of course, and she would be waiting for the twins. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Right before Mom had the twins, their other car, an ancient CR-V, broke down, and Ivy’s parents had decided it wasn’t worth fixing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Malachy helps her wash the twins’ bottoms though he’s ready to fall asleep himself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The same way I’d get when I had to explain something the twins accidentally saw on TV. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“How nice of you to come by,” exclaimed the man, who could have been the midget’s twin brother. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

In those terrible months after Dad died, the twins had hardly ever left her side. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Today we say hello to a pair of twins nicknamed Gorduras and Mantecas—literally, “Fats” and “Lards”—in front of the supermarket. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mr. Barkley, who always acted as if being the father of six-year-old twin boys was almost more than he could stand, looked positively exhausted; and even Mr. Kamata’s sturdy real-estate-salesman’s smile was beginning to wilt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam lay in the four-poster bed where the twins had been born. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know me. I’m Adam Trask. Your father was a friend of mine. I thought I’d like to pay my respects to Mrs. Hamilton. She helped me with the twins.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the boys’ room miniature bunk beds were stacked three high, while the girl twin and I shared a room with the biological daughter. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When they did, they seemed to be studying the gap between what he was and what he should have been: a real twin, a double of Cari. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My small, twin bed was in the right hand corner of the room. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mam will want to know why the twins are smothered in bananas, where did you get them? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And obviously the handlebar twins from the post office will be there too, but we’ll barely notice them this time. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

They let him use a twenty-four-foot outboard with a T-top and twin 150s—not for fishing but for towing in tourists who ran out of gas or rammed their boats aground. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

My twin sister, Leah, and I are identical in theory, just as in theory we are all made in God’s image. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if her twin was in the city, why had he not come to her? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Pearl tugged her armful of bed slats higher and led Moody into the larger bedroom, which held nothing except a faded but clean twin mattress leaning against one wall. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The tallest being Rachel, at five feet six inches and the full benefit of Miss America posture; the shortest being myself, two inches lesser than my twin on account of crookedness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, “So you won’t tell? We in the clear? The twins and me?” she asks before she hangs up. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

If Jess and the twins hadn’t been deep in that hole, they all would have been crushed. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

The second room was a twin to the first. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The twin moaned faintly and then squealed again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She always had to try so much harder than the twins to feel pretty. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Where an old Englishman ghost, sickled to a tree, was abrogated by a pair of two-egg twins—a Mobile Republic with a Puff who had planted a Marxist flag in the earth beside him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a Saturday and the twins, Jaime and Nicolas, had come home from school for the weekend, so they too were at the table. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not even my own twin, who ought to know about unearned privilege. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia takes the bag from him and folds it up into ever-smaller squares while the twins watch, until it disappears completely. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I poked my head into the twins’ room, humoring my sisters as they sorted through a pile of unfolded laundry in the middle of the full-size bed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She had never left the twins alone with anyone except Dad. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“There isn’t a piece of body that wasn’t measured and compared,” one twin recalled. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Stacy and Karen Koch, twins, sit next to me and smile occasionally as if they know something I don’t. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Late that afternoon, Wash looked up from the river to see Naomi coming toward him and the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I’m out of milk for the twins’ cereal. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When Donald was told that he had fathered twins, he sank down on his knees and surrendered responsibility for their lives over to God. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“What’s that?” said one of the twins suddenly, pointing at Harry’s lightning scar. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

"You need to be another mountain," one of the twins informs me, rolling his car on my shoe. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She stops in the doorway of what I assume is the twins' playroom; two rocking horses sit in the corner, and child-size shelves are lined with books and toys. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Eight identical Dravidian twins in khaki looked out of the eight portholes of the cabin—the stewards. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A chill came over Jess, even though she was warm and snug sitting between the twins. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I told him about the glass I had seen lying broken in the fireplace at the twins’ apartment. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The bear twins herded us aboard the Princess Andromeda. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She be calling me a ho, and I know she’s my twin and all, but it still hurts. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As Sairy turned to go inside, Mrs. Trepid said, “The twins? How are they?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“No. He’s my twin brother. He’s in seventh grade, too.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spoon the soup into the twins’ mouths. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Char lets me loose, and heads over to the twins. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

A long line of studies, including research into twins who were separated at birth, had already concluded that genes alone are responsible for perhaps 50 percent of a child’s personality and abilities. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Until the twins came tumbling into the living room, demanding to know what was so funny. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes. We’re twins,” she said and paused, as if that were a momentous disclosure. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

By then she had performed unfalteringly under the twins’ perspicacious scrutiny and had confounded all their expectations. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dionysus’s twins were walking around in the strawberry fields, making the plants grow. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But now, glancing down, I saw something else: silver sparkles, bright-needled splinters from the broken mirror, mixed with large, unmistakable shards of a gold-rimmed highball glass, the twin of the one in my own hand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Not really between S. and the twins and Boo Boo and me, but between the two twosomes of you and Franny and S. and me. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The first twin would age faster than the second. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins came running, not wanting to be left out of the joke. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins double-checked and are still trying to find out if he has an avatar with a different name. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Morning, Daddy,” the twins called from the living room. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Velia looked at her twin sister for validation, not grasping the full meaning of what I was getting at. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But somehow all these houses seem so ugly to me right now, even worse than Las Casitas and our patchy weeds strewn with the twins’ toys in the yard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Most boys reacted to the twins because they’re so pretty, but watching Pita interact with him with such self-assurance made me realize she was growing up before my very eyes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He had no faith that Dionysus would hear them or care, much less help them in their battle against the twin giants, but he had to try. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Again the twin gauges registered, but this time not so far. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was the twins she should go for—they would be her refuge. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There were seven brothers in all, three sets of twins and then Ivan by himself as the youngest, all named Ivan. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“How come Percy gets new robes, anyway?” said one of the twins. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

At that stage, we had no real urge even to push our favorite classics at the two of you—not, anyway, with the same gusto that we had at the twins or Boo Boo. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She didn’t dare talk about it to the twins until he said it was okay. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had lost the protection of the twin cores, and only now that it was gone did he realize how much he had been counting upon it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She was standing across the yard pulling the twins and Pita into her arms and laughing at something. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Naomi was walking out with her laundry basket when he’d driven up, and when he asked, she told him that the twins were off running in the woods. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They opened one of the boxes and spread documents out on both of the twin beds. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then I hit the throttle and the twin rocket boosters in each of the robot’s feet ignited, launching it upward, out of my stronghold and into Falco’s star-filled sky. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At the bus stop, Hazel took her spot at the edge of the sidewalk, a few feet away from the twins. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Standing in the center of a ring of zipper-hunting twins, the Head Nurse looked round. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was shocked when I saw all those dead people, but I was particularly devastated when I looked at all the twin carcasses. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It skittered around the kitchen and then careened back toward the bedroom with the twins running after it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

For once she wanted to be the one to spoil the twins a little. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our twin hearts beat like congas, the rhythm churning our blood to salsa. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finally just whipped a shirt at my skank twin and told him to get lost. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It made sense, surely, to see if the twins were there, fooling about with the hoses, or floating facedown in death, indistinguishable to the last. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The twins had grabbed each other and were gibbering. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

These are, in fact, the engineering artifacts of intelligent beings: roads, highways, canals, farmland, city streets—a pattern disclosing the twin human passions for Euclidean geometry and territoriality. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him came the twins, worried now for a while but full of unquenchable vitality. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Dudley and Harry shared a room with twin beds and damp, musty sheets. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Then you’d get sick of Dad and we’d go down the twin slides at the same time, over and over again. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"We can light the fire again. You should have been with us, Ralph. We had a smashing time. The twins got knocked over-" "We hit the pig." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Lorena and I have been Siamese twins since the day we met. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“See, they are the twin pools of eternity. Sink into them, and you will find darkness and rest.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It is not simply a matter of size or density–Venus is nearly a twin of Earth in these respects and yet has no tectonic activity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Anna worried the first wife might hurt her baby, so she returned to her father, where she gave birth to twins, though only one would survive the harsh winter on the frontier. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“But the twins only drink fresh milk. You know they’re picky about food.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Then he carried out the twins, one under each arm, and put them on the ground beside the table and gave each boy a stick for his hand to shake and make shadows with. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins came over to stare at the flame. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He could not believe that the twins were in danger. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t have been much younger than the twins, but they were shorter and very plump. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In thinking about this comparison, Julius became curious to see what had become of Boots’s twin. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

By custom now one conch did for both twins, for their substantial unity was recognized. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

To Ammu, her twins seemed like a pair of small bewildered frogs engrossed in each other’s company, lolloping arm in arm down a highway full of hurtling traffic. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I should go check on the twins, but I walk around the cruiser instead. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She kisses each twin on the forehead and later makes strings of folded paper cranes to hang above their cradle. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

While the twins cleaned up the living room, the doorbell rang. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He sneered at the twins and turned coldly to Adam. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She tosses me an exasperated look and points at the twins, who are poking a fire-ant mound with a stick, practically begging to get swarmed. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I unwrapped the tefillin from around my arm and lowered its twin from my brow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And then he and the twins were out the door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The god himself was still nowhere to be seen, but his two blond twin sons were running around providing all the sweaty warriors with water bottles and juice boxes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The twins were only a little over a year older than I was. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

This would be like women finding out Jesus had had a twin sister who’d gotten half God’s genes but none of the glory. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not good at shocking. I’d probably end up by shocking myself. By the way, what did he name the twins?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to find out who they were, as they shared the distinction of being the only twins on campus. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m up front, the prefects have got two compartments to themselves —” “Oh, are you a prefect, Percy?” said one of the twins, with an air of great surprise. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

With twins, she could only have loved each of us by half. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles turned away; he was almost as white as she was, and I wondered if that old story was true, that one twin felt pain when the other was injured. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A giant born to oppose the twins, Apollo and Artemis, but, much like Artemis, Orion rejected his destiny. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But instead of swimming back to where the twins crouched on the bank, he swam to the far side of the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And whenever those twin poisonous flowers began to sprout in the parched land of that field, Mariam uprooted them. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Once when he and his twin brother were twelve, they were sitting in a car with their father as he read a newspaper story about the Korean War. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

So, taking a deep breath to steady himself, he grasped the twin handles. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Since Javier returned home, Celia has hardly thought of Felicia, who has been missing since winter, or of the twins or of Ivanito, away at boarding school, or of the faraway Pilar. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Celia and the twins arrive in Santa Teresa del Mar, the sun is as certain as if the day had just begun. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was too grateful for that one word that allowed me at last to leave the island and begin to build myself as a soul, separate from the long, long shadow of my twin. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night before, as they lay side by side in Pearl’s little twin bed, Mia had reached out to rub her daughter’s back, something she hadn’t done in years. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. I have always liked the notion that the American twins were actually a poltergeist phenomenon; certainly poltergeists can overshadow any more interesting manifestation. Bad ghosts drive out good.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ma’see’wi and Ou’yu’ye’wi the twin brothers were caring for the mother corn altar, but they got interested in this magic too. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

You always see twins dolled up together as kids, but you never see two grown women running around in identical outfits, holding hands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how I tried to get hold of the giggling twins, they always slipped away. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins often reverted to small acts of care between the two of them when they were anxious. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have practice tonight. So I’ll be home for the twins if she doesn’t come back today. Plus, it’s not like I haven’t watched the boys all weekend before.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He watched the twins match their bites and felt again how little he knew about them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

This is only the second time in all the thirty-five years of our research we have been able to observe twins. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Time for bed,” Naomi said to the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Can we see her?” the twins asked, standing up to flank Juanita and Pita. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was cold there on that sedgy little island, and they shivered, their clothes sodden with mud; only the babies, the little twins, were dry and warm in their basket. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke’s body slumped, and even though Toby knew he’d won, he still stormed out of the restaurant, already in the car with the engine running when Luke and the twins came outside. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The twins, sitting on either side of me, turned to look out the rear window at the muddy spray. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But again, she hesitated, and simply looked, without even calling out to the twins. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Lee told us how it is. If the lady has one egg, the twins look alike. If she has two eggs, they don’t.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of twins and another, whose mauve corduroy pinafore said Holiday! in a tilting, happy font. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of them as unhappily conjoined twins. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know what happened to unwanted twins, but it couldn’t be good. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them agree to meet up again later, and the twins disappear into the crowd. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I suddenly hate the twins for being born, and Tía Inés for not using babysitters. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The tiny space on the map between the twin fists and Hacienda Dorada told us we were close, but I knew better. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“We were called into dinner, then the twins ran off.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But there was her promise to Abuelito, and the twins to look after, and also the unbearable notion of spending her days in Henry’s house. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Quentyn thought of several reasons why not, so he had done his best to avoid the twins thereafter, and there had been no second kiss. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His twin brother, Pollux, tried to say a few words, but he choked up and just took the torch. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Dad carried the twins in his arms and they took turns crying with the hunger. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The twins’ voices rise and fall as they keep up their chase outside. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

That was where they usually stayed unless the twins wanted to read them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My sister and I are identical twins, so how is it that from one single seed we have two such different lives? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t bear to look behind us at our ragtag family as they shuffled along, Slopper and the twins singing what we pretended was a warrior song to measure out time on the trail. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I moved away from Papá and went to stand between Mamá and the twins. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You do. When you were about six and five, people used to ask me if you were twins. You looked like twins.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The first was methodological: Nazi scientists advanced the “twin study”—although, characteristically, they soon morphed it into a ghastly form. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The baby sisters, Lucy and Clare, looked like twins, but they were a little more than a year apart. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It was made of old gray stone and had twin spires that rose cleanly into the sky, high above the tallest tenements. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She began restoring order, remaking the beds, kicking off her high heels to mount a chair to fix the curtain, and setting the twins small achievable tasks. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The twins shouldered Pita between them and they hollered and hooted all the way up the hill as we left the riverbank behind. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

At that, the twins jumped up and ran from the room roaring like race cars. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The five of us were to go out to dinner that night, and when the twins and I showed up at Henry’s apartment, we found him looking especially glum. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The twins were nestled into each other, asleep. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Father and son? You look more like twins." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Naomi of the woods, the Naomi on the twins’ wooden Christmas ball, Wash’s Naomi, she would stay in the tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Based on the synchronicity and the force of the kicks, he was pretty sure they came from the twins. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Pilar has tried to talk to the twins, but they answer her in monosyllables. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I glance at Lolo, I see his crooked glasses and that he’s buttoned his shirt all wrong, the way the twins sometimes do. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The twins protested when they were set down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She knew her twin well, knew how tightly Kainene held on to hurt. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was all twins all the time with Ivy’s family. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Naomi watched the twins play until some of the church ladies started drifting in her direction. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were twins, and the eye was shocked and incredulous at such cheery duplication. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Die!” the twins screamed as they charged in our direction. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

At least it was Thursday; the twins would be eating pies at Wash’s house and so would come home happy. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was just big enough for a twin bed and a narrow desk. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

One of the twins was human, a bouncing baby boy; the other was no more than a mouseling. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The twin yellow streams, scintillant, intersected, soaking me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After school, she left the twins helping Miss Bell and made a beeline for the tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the twins opened his mouth and yawned prodigiously and settled back to sleep. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Who would cook dinner when Mami’s late, or watch the twins? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want her to see how they only had one bedroom, how the boys had to share a twin mattress in the corner. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Samuel said, “I’m told that out of some singular glory your loins got twins.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She has the keys,” Velia said, as she went to stand next to her twin. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Did you plan that? You look like twins.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We are like the twins in old fables, each of whom has been given half a key. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

First kiss would happen next to my birthday twin and forever president, Barack Obama. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She stared in awe at the carved wooden screen and the twin sphinxes that sat beside the door. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We read magazines I stole from the twins and eat baby carrots. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The twins went back to dinner preparations while Auntie Harrigan taught the other kids how to draw armadillos. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Stella put her finger to her lips, trying to shush the twins, but people in the audience simply chuckled, and Mrs. Spencer waved back, happiness splashed across her face. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Huxley and Mrs. Malvolio settled into a twin set of plump white chairs in front of the TV. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I prayed to Artemis and Apollo, the twin archers, hoping they might take pity on me for once. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She stares me down, then whispers something to one of the twins, and keeps on stepping. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Two oaks stand like twin guardians by the back wall, and between them is a greenhouse. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When she slept over on the weekends, she would braid my hair the same pattern so we’d look like twins at school. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Percy the Prefect got up and shook his hand vigorously, while the Weasley twins yelled, “We got Potter! We got Potter!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It took the twins awhile for their eyes to grow accustomed to the dark. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking home, the twins discussed Lee for the first time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was a small, round boy, two taller boys who looked like they must be twins, and another tall boy whose face was hidden by the shadow of a hood. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Despite the javelins pointed at me, it wasn’t the bear twins who scared me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was on that same porch that the twins had first appeared in a box. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The twins are awake, crying with the hunger, but Dad stands in the middle of the room, staring at the ceiling. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her room was about six feet wide, with a twin bed against one wall and a small desk directly across from it, nearly touching the bed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Later that night, Dad and I burrowed into our matching twin beds. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Behind Jack walked the twins, carrying a great stake on their shoulders. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She is not often assigned this role, though the twins are quite fond of her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The twins heard little feet run up the stairs and then up and down the hallway. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Olanna felt a rush of melancholy; her twin sister thought something had to have happened for her to call. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Were just starting to clean up when the twins appear. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Adam was puzzled at the conversation, but the twins weren’t. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t think it will be twins, do you, Billy?” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins went to their room to change clothes. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

As soon as this was accomplished, she would satisfy herself that the twins were properly taken care of, and perhaps allow them some sort of compensating treat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The twins did B’s and my old Buck & Bubbles imitation. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

And after we hang up, he sends me pictures of the twins. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In order of age, the twins, Walt and Waker, come after Boo Boo. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The twins shrugged on hoodies and ran into Oliver, who was leaving his bedroom at the same time. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Identical twins—but not in piddling twos and threes as in the old vivip-arous days, when an egg would sometimes accidentally divide; actually by dozens, by scores at a time. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lake froze solid and the Weasley twins were punished for bewitching several snowballs so that they followed Quirrell around, bouncing off the back of his turban. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The twins, bless them, sent boxes of cookies their grandmother had made and letters written in alternating inks—black for Charles, red for Camilla. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Standing five feet eight inches tall, Carine McCandless is the same height as her brother was, maybe an inch taller, and looks enough like him that people frequently asked if they were twins. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though this exchange did not remain in my mind for long, I was puzzled, and even more so by the twins’ unsatisfactory manner when I asked about it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When she saw him, she wondered if his warmth to her was any different from what he offered the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You told him about the twin cores? You said he just had to borrow another wizard’s wand?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She glances over to Mr. Cohen and the twins and lowers her voice. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He lay staring into the feline eyes, great twin pools of turquoise flecked with gold. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When they saw how much she loved to chase me around the forest, my parents decided on my twin sister’s name: Tag. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he had drug education at school. Plus the twins snooped in my room and told him I had a dresser full of pills, so he wanted to make sure I’m not an addict.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

A pair of stage "twins"--who turned out to be the girls in yellow--did a baby act in costume and champagne was served in glasses bigger than finger bowls. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The twins sat in front of the small tree they had decorated with popcorn and homemade ornaments. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The room contained a twin bed under a sloping ceiling, a brown oval rug, a basin with an exposed pipe, and a chest of drawers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The twins’ grandma was getting out of the hospital, and Mom wanted to help Mrs. Rowan get her settled. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“They had twins a little while ago. Two girls.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Did they have a fight? Is he still mad that I yelled at the twins?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Even though she will never admit it out loud, I think she knows Shoji should be with Dad and Serena and the twins. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“No one heard that little twin cry, either! No one but my father!” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It held two twin beds and a nightstand between them; nothing else. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He would need every sword to deal with the ragged horde of Poor Fellows surrounding the Great Sept. She asked about her twin often, but her gaolers gave no answer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The helicopter swooped around and headed for the twins. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled the twins in for a hug. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I reached in and turned the twin so that she was delivered head first, but blue as death. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam tells them a cousin gave her that coat in Brooklyn, that her husband has no work, that she has other children at home, twin boys. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The twins had an apartment off campus, and were from somewhere down south. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Are you — ?” “He is,” said the first twin. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

His eyes were colossal: twin golden orbs with circular black centers. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Henry reached for his hat, and the twins went to put on their shoes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bunny came down late the next morning, puff-eyed and sullen, while Francis and the twins and I were eating our breakfasts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

For my twin sister’s name I prefer the spelling Lee, as that makes her—from the back-court position from which I generally watch her—the slippery length of muscle that she is. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This twins act is going to blow up in out faces once the Games begin. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They even brought the twins because the boys wanted to see Hannah and Lena, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Fat dripped from the hare's open gut, hissing and sizzling in the fire, which gave off the twin aromas of cooking meat and of wood smoke. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Baba was supposed to take the twins to a movie, so that must be Mama. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Simon, sitting between the twins and Piggy, wiped his mouth and shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy, who grabbed it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Paxter Redwyne, Lord of the Arbor, marched down the length of the hall flanked by his twin sons Horror and Slobber, the former limping from a wound taken in the battle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, as if they heard his thoughts, one of the twins said, “Young Nathan, come near the fireplace.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Surely then you be the sister he talks about, for you look just like him and could pass for twins.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until then, it had been decided that one twin could stay in Ayemenem. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On their shoulder was another familiar sigil, the twin towers of House Frey. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As we made a lap around the library, a pair of redheaded twin boys stopped us. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Two bridges, twin spans, crossed the bay in long arcs. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night the two of them drifted like smoke through the twin towns of Beaumont and Banning, and the rising of the sun found them in the Mojave Desert. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

What my mother bore him was girls, twin girls. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They each have a twin bed with matching bedspreads that Stevie picked out, full of space shuttles and star stations. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins are laughing behind their hands, and Fizz mouths, What boy at the lake? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

They were to appear in identical costumes; tonight was the night they would discover if one of the heirs was a twin. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Lola had died enough, three pairs of young nettles were sacrificed for the incompetence of the twins—retribution was indifferent and granted no special favors to children. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If Char or the twins knew about this, they would think I was out of my mind. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Quicker than a bolt of lightning, it was as if I was going through the same pain and suffering as those innocent twins who were so exploited and mutilated. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Within minutes, she’d blabbed to everyone, making it sound like a big joke—with Jess and the twins as the punch line. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Luke always said the twins were wild, but Toby knew wild. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The cholla and juniper shivered in the wind, and the rumps of the two gray mules were twin moons in front of him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Among the bewildered, emaciated prisoners to walk out of the camp that morning were one family of dwarfs and several twins—the few remaining survivors of Mengele’s genetic experiments. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

When the program ended, the twins brushed their teeth and tucked themselves in. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of the twins, sitting at our rickety table on Elizabeth Street waiting patiently for their apple mash. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Papá yelled, taking each of the twins in turn and peeling them off the two other girls, who were wailing miserably on the floor. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Perhaps because they were the last to leave, I hated to see the twins go most of all. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The giants disintegrated in twin columns of flame—a sure sign they were monsters, all right. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The twins waited in the water a few feet from the dead man, caught between their older sisters’ argument. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

At the age of eleven, the twins won scholarships to a boarding school called Saint Hilda’s near the north coast. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Roli arrives with the twins, who naturally grab two fistfuls of Goldfish crackers and stuff their cheeks like gerbils while they wait. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When he was a kid, before the twins were born, he would have moments of complete terror that overtook him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She dreamed of taking the twins away from him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They went to see the twins at school. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Char says she will talk to the twins tomorrow at school. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The idea of sending these twin monkey boys there to face the same nightmarish problem...well, it didn’t seem right. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I hear one of the Koch twins has it bad for him, too. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

There were twin oak rockers with embroidered cushions, twin walnut end tables astride a worn bench sofa, and a plush easy chair beside a gilt brass floor lamp. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Celia looks from the twins back in the direction of the courtyard, where the light from the bonfire gleams along the edges of the tents, casting dancing shadows of patrons across the striped fabric. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t leave the twins behind with Henry, though, and that letter had made it plain that there was nothing left for them in San Antonio. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shocked, I turned to the twins, but they were too engrossed in prayer to see what I was seeing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The twins came early in a rush of blood that slowed to a trickle but never stopped. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Fox Brothers Circus has just collapsed, and Uncle Al is ecstatic because they employed the world-famous Charles Mansfield-Livingston, a handsome, dapper man with a parasitic twin growing out of his chest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She figured Wash would be fine fishing alone, but it seemed unkind not to let him know that the twins weren’t coming. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She also checked her over and found that she was perfectly healthy, not injured and not sick, and that she would never nurse the twins. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins were standing on the running board. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A boy about Clayton’s height and age, maybe a year older, carrying a boom box, and then, that boy’s twin, who carried nothing. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Because the Prince is a fiend. And Rugen is his twin in misery. And this is their masterpiece.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The twins pressed in close as he tore away the wrapping. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a crown of red gold with points in the shape of flames, a twin to that worn by Stannis. “... you may rise, Lord Snow. This is my daughter, Shireen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The twins lay hidden behind the tribe and the anonymous devils' faces swarmed across the neck. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Eliza would want to send the twins to fetch the day’s newspapers. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy was at home with his twin brother and Grace, but he was unhappy. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

But we only had the money for one and I ask you, how do you choose which of your twin sons should go to college and which should take a job spreading tar? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The twins piled out behind him before Naomi had even opened her door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

After the bell, the twins bounded up to her in the schoolyard. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We have the same dark eyes, long eyelashes, and curly eyebrows that creep across our faces like twin caterpillars. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The surviving twin went to look after the baby and fell in love with her sister’s husband. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I giggle, and the twins look at us curiously. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

A few days later, I’m hanging out with Char and the twins. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Was that really a business trip, or had he snuck off to Myrtle Beach with one of the Strivides twins? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’d been too busy gloating over the twins’ delight at the neat little oil camp house with its running hot water, electric lights, and fancy appliances. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the twins, spying on us from the back of the carport. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There was a gift from his twin sisters, plus a paper-thin one from Laney. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They wouldn't be after me to read books and write long papers on the twins in James Joyce. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

With the twins’ help, Harry’s trunk was at last tucked away in a corner of the compartment. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Carol says she’s seen a wet spot on the sheet of her mother’s twin bed, in the morning, before the bed was made. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I would still love us,” I said, angry with myself for not realizing the twins had been blaming themselves for Papá’s absence all this time. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When I pull my hand off the paper, its red twin stays behind. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Then she passed it to the twins, who took turns finishing it off. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The bed was my parents’ old one; my father bought himself a twin the first year we moved into the new house. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins both perked up at the mention of their mom. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Finally, around three in the morning, Clarence and his twin brother, Clement, came to escort the kids to their sleeping quarters. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

No one did that today with me and my twin brother, Jay, of course. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When Cretheus died the twins were told by their foster-mother who their real parents were. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And still there had been no proper rehearsal, and the twins could not act, or even speak, and Lola had stolen Briony’s rightful role, and nothing could be managed, and it was hot, ludicrously hot. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Certainly. Claudia, for instance, made the bread basket. And the twins prepared the livers.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The red trucks entered the playing field, rode toward one end in twin clouds of dust, sunlight reflecting off their hubcaps. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mom had been so busy fussing over Jess and the twins that she hadn’t noticed Dr. Morales, who’d walked in behind them. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I know it is a shame that I had never seen the noble twin cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, but how much greater a disgrace that I still haven’t, although I went through them. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He comes home late roaring and singing.The twins cry and Mam shushes them and cries a long time herself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

What they wear is cashmere twin sets, camel’s-hair coats, good tweed skirts, pearl button earrings. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins stirred beside me, but they kept their heads bowed and their eyes closed in prayer. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

After we dropped the twins off, the three of us went on to campus. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She looked straight ahead when she hurried into the hall to call the twins to breakfast, but Henry caught her eye as she came back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I make funny faces for the twins to stop their crying. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Jess and the twins stared at each other in shock—and relief. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

It could be because Ivy’s ankle hurt, but her chest felt tight, just like it did when she first found out that Mom was pregnant with the twins. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It’s the same face I make when I’m stuck watching the twins. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Mom’s new twin bed appears tiny under the weight of a mature sheet set, the edges of the quilt comforter sweeping the floor. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

A few of them make ugly faces at us, just like the twins do to me at home. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Poppet, sweetheart,” Celia says, pulling the twins aside into an alcove and bending down to talk to her face-to-face. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She could be your twin—dimple and all. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I tilt the twin taps on the water dispenser and check my watch. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

That whole week Baby Kochamma eavesdropped relentlessly on the twins’ private conversations, and whenever she caught them speaking in Malayalam, she levied a small fine which was deducted at source. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi and the twins huddled with their hands under the dash to get closer to the heat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Victor reached across, high-fived with Theresa’s twin brother, and went on. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cracked walls, sagging ceiling, twin benches that have borne child after child after child for as long as the mine has made orphans. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mom stored Ivy’s great-grandmother’s hope chest up here in the attic, which became Ivy’s room a few months ago so the twins could have their own space. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I have a little brother and a little sister that are twins. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Delia helped her twin sister scrub off the excess makeup from the dead man’s neck. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Thorn grunted as she picked Beefy up and placed him back in his crib, and Valley moved quicker than lightning, slashing the cuco’s shoulder with her twin blades from behind. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The twins were asleep in a nest of borrowed blankets next to Mom. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The twins, still sharing their identical grin, jumped up and ran round each other. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“No time,” said Louisa, who had died in childbirth, giving birth to twins. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

My twin brother, Harry, and I had just turned three. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

A pink jump rope lay coiled like a snake near the foot of the narrow twin bed—evidence of her latest obsession. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It took the twins years to understand Ammu’s part in what had happened. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins had been in Hampden three days and hadn’t called once. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The twins laughed, almost immediately followed by one telling the other to stop. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

You carried the twins, but not us, no. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

This was going to be the start of a real crying jag, I had the feeling, for a girl whose only hopes for the year were a sweet-sixteen party and a pink mohair twin set. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins looked sideways at each other, but didn’t budge. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The twins were so different they did not even look like brothers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jess and the twins huddled close together, their heads ducked down low, their arms wrapped tight around each other. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Who will go to the twins’ Grands Day? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Without a thought, as the twin whose legs never failed her, she shifted the basket to her left hip and took a giant step over a pyramid of oranges. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia considers the twins for a moment, while Widget tries to figure out where the popcorn bag has gone and Poppet casts thoughtful glances up at the sky. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The two oldest children in the Boxton Creek Home were twins, Dallas and Florida. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

So did Julian, and Francis, and the twins, with a kind of shocked horror. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Tía Cuca came in, murmured a prayer, and scooped the twins up. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There is a small chest of drawers, a crude night table between two twin beds, a lamp with a plaid paper shade, two wooden chests in which extra quilts are stored. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Pearl, Charlene, and the twins piled into the back of Jeff's old Ford, and fell asleep almost as soon as the car started moving. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Disgusted, the woman’s daughters threw the ripped sack on the floor in front of the twins. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The twins have told her a great many odd things before, but this seems like more than childish fancies. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Two daughters were born in the same year as each other, 1688, but were not twins. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Inside, the twins sit on the floor, playing with toy cars. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Naomi herded the twins in front of her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The smaller of the two girls looked a few years younger than the twins; the other might have been a year older. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He disentangled himself from the blonde woman and came to stand between the twins and the woman’s daughters. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

So much would not have happened, nothing would have happened, and the smoothing hand of time would have made the evening barely memorable: the night the twins ran away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Unlike Pita, who was still playing with the rake, Juanita, the twins, and I had no desire to expend any more energy than we already had. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

These things were tied together with a bit of dirty string from the corset of a woman who had given birth to twins after only ten minutes of labor. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first twin goes fifty-fifty and blames it on the time zone change and her jet lag from flying in from Louisiana to New York. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Talk to Tía about it. It was her idea that we drop off the twins,” he says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She held it before her like a waiter carrying a tray, lighting the path and casting our twin shadows across the trees. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

By the time the twins were toddlers, Mrs. Trepid couldn’t bear their stumbling and falling and screaming and banging and breaking and spitting. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even that didn’t coax the twins from Luke’s lap, at least not at first. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He had to figure out how to make it with the twins, too. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Toby had the twins pinned to the carpet, smiling as he ate a banana, the peel spotted black. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Her lethargy worried me, so I took her temperature with a thermometer in the twin’s toolkit. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Bending, he gently removed his wife’s fingers from the twin handles. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

These twin brothers were Giants, but they did not look like the monsters of old. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Try it on, try it on!” the twins chanted. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We stay quiet, even the chatty twins, saying our goodbyes like silent prayers. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But Jess and the twins had their mountain and their forests. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Whoever said you lost out by having twin daughters is a liar,” Chief Okonji said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The chattering and whistling birds were still at it Two young girls, the Farival twins, were playing a duet from “Zampa” upon the piano. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the back of the apartment, the twins laugh. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

To deconvolute the effects of heredity and environment, Siemens suggested comparing fraternal twins to identical twins. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then he went over and sat down on the unoccupied twin bed, looked at the girl, aimed the pistol, and fired a bullet through his right temple. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Delia finished her twin sister’s thought, looking at Mamá for an explanation. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“The twins are so happy here,” she said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ride the 35 through the maze of houses that all look like one another, like sisters who are not twins but everyone thinks they are. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He’d replaced his lumpy twin bed with a new full-size mattress, added curtains to the windows, and bought a new dresser. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Wash steered the twins toward a sunny spot just beyond the shade of the magnolia tree in front of his house. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She's in her thirties, with regal features, two irritating twins, and a husband who publishes a ladies' magazine and spends so much time at work that I've met him only once. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

At the bus stop, her twin brothers don’t pay any attention to her. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

While the Murray twins’ cries subside, Celia tries to shake the feeling that remains tingling over her skin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The subsidiary theme in the correspondence is one urging me to come to Manhattan so that she and I may raise our banner of twin confusion in that center of mechanized horrors. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down at the river, Naomi sat on her rock and tried to ignore the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She took the newspaper from the twins and took her turn reading it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Hi,” Naomi said, smiling and remembering what the twins were like at six, how they loved singling a grown-up out to get a little extra attention. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now the twins started to cry and Malachy clung to Mam, sobbing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In addition to becoming the public voice of the program, Jackie began her own recruiting and submitted 11 names for testing, including twin pilots Jan and Marion Dietrich. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The headlights came on and cut twin funnels of light in the rain. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I’m back at the school, Chantal and the twins are already waiting at the curb. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

With Henry suddenly tired of daddying, the twins melted back into the woods with Wash every chance they got, taking Edgar along for their adventures. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I search the faces of all the people passing me and think of my cousins—the oldest, Chantal, and the twins, Primadonna and Princess, who are my age. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the way that the unfortunate sometimes dislike the co-unfortunate, Baby Kochamma disliked the twins, for she considered them doomed, fatherless waifs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She limps over to the couch where Marisol, the twins, and I are huddled together, eating from our plates. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They’d so much wanted to be in the play, the twins, for that evening in the library, and here it was at last, sixty-four years late, and his brother long dead. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Folks is saying you birthed a set of twins ’round a year or two pass. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Marshall winced in acknowledgment of his error, and leaned toward the twins. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She would have preferred an intimate celebration for Wash’s birthday, too, but the twins had been getting ready for it for weeks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twin points of light in his eyes had dulled and nearly vanished, as if someone had entered his eyes with a minute paintbrush and painted them gray. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Serena really wants you guys to bond with the twins. We both do.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tease your brother,” my mom said as the twins broke into giggles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

For a split second, Luke’s guards were too stunned to do anything except watch the bear twins’ bodies dissolve into smoke. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi held a finger against her lips and nodded at the sleeping twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were chanting, something to do with the bundle that the errant twins carried so carefully. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

If I take the twins home now Mam will yell at me for giving her no rest or for waking Margaret. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The more he recalled, the less sense it made....Voldemort had said nothing about Harry’s wand, nothing about the twin cores, nothing about Gregorovitch making a new and more powerful wand to beat Harry’s.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I flopped down on one of her twin beds. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The two girls rested their heads gratefully on twin tree trunks, but only for a short time. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five were adults, two were little twin boys. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Celia asks, moving piles of books so they can sit on the violet benches but the twins both remain where they are. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She knew she shouldn’t have pushed the request away; it wouldn’t be long before the twins would be too old to want her stories or songs. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But where its twin once stood, now there was a hole in the sky. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Hush now,” Rhoda said, but she gave him another pie and offered seconds to the twins, too. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Briony was obliged by her cousin’s fierce stare to raise an eyebrow, she continued, “The twins have been torturing me.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He could hear Naomi talking to the twins in their bedroom, but he did not call out to them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They are my mother’s twin daughters from her first marriage, little babies she was forced to abandon on a road as she was fleeing Kweilin for Chungking in 1944. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Without those trouble twins, things sure are a lot easier around here.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, between them the twins had fairly peopled the room. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Clarence and Clement, the beefy twins who headed up security for the Lemoncello Library, marched into the Rotunda Reading Room flanked by six robotic carts loaded down with United States Postal Service mail bins. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

When the twins return, they tell everybody that Juju sent Char to live with her grandparents in Alabama. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That porch better be swept,” she called back to the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t know. Down the street, probably. Stopped by to see the twins—hand me that blade, would you?—stopped by to see them yesterday and Henry was helping her put her stuff in boxes.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

His cloak was cloth-of-silver too, lined with vair and clasped at the collar with a brooch in the shape of the twin towers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She glanced at the twins, who were still writing, their pencils stitching words together like bits of lace. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It took the twin gasps from the Daniels to break the trance. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

The twins stood with the pig swinging between them, dropping black gouts on the rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Someone besides himself was in trouble, for at least one of the twins was catching it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Vonetta and Fern slept at opposite ends of their twin bed, their mouths wide open as they snored into each other’s feet. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Thank you. Thank you,” the twins kept chanting as they held Pita up between them, her arms wrapped around their shoulders for support. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When Abby’s mom came to pick up the twins she said, “Go ahead. It’s worth it.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Dad carried the twins, Mam carried a bag in one hand and held Malachy s hand with the other. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The voices were still in the drawing room—she heard her mother's and Mr. Marshall’s, and then, separately, the twins talking to each other. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We crossed the foyer—a large Afghan flag draped one of the walls—and the men took me upstairs to a room with twin mint green sofas and a big-screen TV in the far corner. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was no question of sending the twins to school the next day. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins came, dragging a great log and grinning in their triumph. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The twins go wild, blowing into their vuvuzelas until the whole yard sounds like it’s filled with bees. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The twins glanced up, startled as a pair of deer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

All my faceless sketches taped to the wall above my tiny twin bed. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Hang on, I think I remember him saying something about it,” said the other twin. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The twins’ desertion shattered any hope I had left of defeating the malevolent witches. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When people came to the Home to meet the other children, Mrs. Trepid tried to keep the twins hidden. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you hard of hearing? If anyone can give you insight on Gaea and the twins, it’s Phorcys. Just watch out for him.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The chimney pots on the roofs...and on some, the shadowing looming of pigeon cotes...sometimes, faintly heard, the sleepy cooing of pigeons...the twin spires of the Church, remotely brooding over the dark tenements …. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was aware of the twins because he heard them cry and laugh, but he felt only a thin distaste for them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She is stretched out on her twin bed. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Rabia was four years old and Safa was three, but with their matching black curls and dimples, people often mistook them for twins. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Can we please stop talking about Skeleton Woman?” said Eddie, Sam’s twin brother. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her cat eyes gleam in the half light, twin to Madoc’s. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I—well, what if the twins had been standing there? They could’ve gotten hurt bad.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He leans over a card table; the edge of their bed, two twin mattresses pushed together under a red and purple batik spread, serves as his chair. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, my twin bed with its deep eggplant bedspread had been made, and the lavender walls where I hung all my artwork between music and movie posters were all still in place. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“The whole of human civilization as we know it,” Chacko told the twins, “began only two hours ago in the Earth Woman’s life. As long as it takes us to drive from Ayemenem to Cochin.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lolo and the twins are in the yard picking grapefruits while I try to write something. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Now she's home for the summer, and we are back to being the Fierce and Fabulous Five Benitez Sisters, according to the twins. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They start in the Ice Garden, though the twins grow impatient with the leisurely pace that Celia prefers to take around the frozen trees. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to see disappointment on the twins’ faces. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My twin brother, Harrison—aka Harry—sat on the red leather sofa across from Hugo. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t know where the other twin is. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you go and drown the twins for all their craziness?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sends me back into the bar where Pete offered me the sip to see if the barman would fill the twins’ bottles with water and maybe a little sugar in each. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Early twin studies were thus confounded by this confusion, leading to inconclusive results. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was nry book—or maybe it was my book’s twin sister, just as old and beat-up-looking as mine, but with different creases and one comer ripped off the cover. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Almost everyone danced but the twins, who could not be induced to separate during the brief period when one or the other should be whirling around the room in the arms of a man. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is she dead?” repeated the inquisitive twin trotting at his side. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I ended up suckling greedy Leah at my breast and giving Adah the expensive bottles, both at the same time; with twins you learn how to do everything backhanded. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hangars were staffed by a single Bokanovsky Group, and the men were twins, identically small, black and hideous. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the bread from my plate and broke it into three pieces which I handed to the twins and Nell. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last, the eldest daughter gave birth to twin boys—but alas, all was not as one might hope. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The other winged shoe tugged itself off, circled around us angrily and kicked our heads in protest before flying off into the chasm to join its twin. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But Kaz had hope now, hope and fury, twin flames burning inside him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At first Mrs. Trepid didn’t want Morgan or Mr. Trepid to help care for the twins. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The twins hold up their bottles and cry for more water and sugar. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Vacuum Eagles, the twins believed, watched the world all day and flew around their flasks all night. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its twin, floating on the sea beyond the ship, shimmered red with every wave. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I come to bring you freedom,” said the Savage, turning back towards the twins. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins climbed up the slope and said their good-byes to Wash, but Naomi turned away without saying anything. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The younger two sets of twins laughed and pointed at Ivan on the ground. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She did not really think the twins were in danger. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

L. P., Paul Freeman and his brother Jake, Mrs. Scott’s twins—and Ajax had a whole flock of younger brothers. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

People thought Eleanor and I were twins, even though her cheeks were narrower and her hair was lighter. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Once they broke a message going out to a rumrunner that said, “Inform Andrew his wife has just had twins.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just one more thing to add to the work of cooking and cleaning and tending the twins and trying to buy food. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She imagined telling the twins to pack their things. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t bear the idea of showing the twins how bad their situation was. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I want to study, too, so I promise myself to stay behind with Chantal the next time my wild twin cousins decide to go to a party. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They had a pile of clothes they got from the elementary school, as well as a bunch of blankets and even some soft toys for the twins. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Babies are the same, no matter what the color. You might as well wash the twins’ bedding. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I expect Charlese and the twins to say they don’t like it, even if they secretly do. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

For this one single thing, the twins just wouldn’t rough it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But it was quickly erased when the twin braziers flickered back to life. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He grinned at the twins when they jolted awake. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was settling down in the southwest sky above the twin peaks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The only double letters are the twin I’s inside. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins were studiously avoiding my eye, Camilla bent over Bunny’s shirt, Charles with his back to me and his elbows on the sideboard, looking out the kitchen window. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I do not accept her. She is an accursed twin.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She felt safest in the room with the sleeping twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a game they played—presenting themselves as the “twin front,” fooling people who didn’t know them all that well by making them think they really were exactly alike. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The space kept by the Murray twins is particularly vivid. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Women in cells at the other end tell Malachy he’s gorgeous and the twins are dotes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“What were the names of the twins who appeared in the Swordquest comic books?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

My job was to keep the twins entertained. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mother and Mama Ya-Ya are holding hands, sitting in the bed like twins. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mom was already worried about the twins and the house, and Ivy didn’t want Layla fussing over her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And my cousins Dennis and Lily, who are twins and the same age as Izzie, and just as wild as him. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

And anyway, the twins weren’t so exactly alike. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

She ran to the twins’ room and shut the door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher was dark and pretty, and by a judicious raising or withholding of hands the twins had no worries. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We’re fraternal twins, of course, but we look very much alike, with dark eyes and hair that we got from our mother. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

His sightless eyes are like molten silver embedded in deep, twin craters. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He died before the twins were born—on the operating table, while his gall-bladder was being removed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins had kept it in a box and fed it nothing but bits of candy cane for over a week. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Other twins were murdered by gassing and their bodies dissected to compare the sizes of internal organs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Even though growing up as a twin has had its good points and bad points, at least I always have someone to talk to, share clothes with, and experiment with. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I change and climb onto the twin bed in the corner. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

"Oh, so that explains why you made her your twin?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s worse than a lemon,” her twin elaborated. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Are Adah and I expected to go on being twin sisters forever? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you know that there is a word for a person who is not a conjoined twin?” he asked her. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I hate that I’m standing here, washing him as if he were one of the twins. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I turn my head, looking for my twin in the yard, but she is no longer by the elm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I was looking for the twins, and what do I see?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins were slurping the last of the syrup from their bowls when Henry’s spoon began to clink against his dish. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the twins looked at each other and started to laugh. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Wash leaned over and told the twins, “She looks mean, but she isn’t. Say thank you and you might see her smile.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, the twins flounced off the bed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Zero is powerful because it is infinity’s twin. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The gaslight gleamed off the bartender’s slicked-back hair and glowed in his eyes like twin moons. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I wonder if the new Emperor misses his twin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

At least the twins got to wear short sleeves. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

One of the twins said proudly, “And you were in the school play.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe it, but there she was, in my hands, Marapachi’s twin. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And my twin typically sleeps late on Saturdays. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, that got him thinking about the gods, the war they were facing, and his dream about the twins Ephialtes and Otis. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“One day, I’ll be rich. If I were you, I’d start being a lot nicer to me if you want me to pay for the twins’ college.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The twins giggled and clung to each other, delighting in their joke. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even Wash belonged equally, if differently, to the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They made their way to the outer rim of the dreaming dead city in the light of the racing twin moons. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the estimation of our enemy, there is no greater indignity, no sharper shame, for a white gentleman than to be thus twinned. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I already spent a whole childhood thinking I’d wrecked the life of my twin sister, dragged after me into the light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were a bit worried about the twins, but of course it wouldn’t have posed a problem even if they’d had to wait ten days or so and follow us down later. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Or would I have even tried to do anything to save any of the other twins? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He sat down on his twin bed, the only piece of furniture in his room besides a Goodwill dresser, and the lumpy mattress groaned under his weight. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I sat in the back row, carsick and dizzy, sandwiched between the seven-year-old twins who kept reaching over my lap to slap at each other. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May is the type to wear rolled-up Blue Bell jeans to her own funeral, and the twins too, they’ve never cared a hoot what they looked like. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spectacle that the twins had invented when they became aware that they were equal was repeated in honor of the new arrival. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

This is my sanctuary and these three—my birth mom, Sunnie; my twin brother, Mars; and the illustrious Freddie Mercury—are my spiritual guides. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“To Valley Pepperhorn, I present twin crystal blades! Forged from the tears of a star and made once every five hundred years, in honor of her exceptional fighting and monstruo-tracking skills.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She even snapped at her dragon, who was as close to her heart as a twin brother. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

If it was brave to have identified a thoroughly bad person, then it was wrong of him to turn up with the twins like that, and she felt cheated. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You better get moving, boy, or you two’ll go home like twins.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Once she’d worked the dough into a fine, smooth mass, she let the twins roll out their own tortillas. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eric took up; and then the twins started their antiphonal speech. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

If I found the twins so fascinating, I think it was because there was something a tiny bit inexplicable about them, something I was often on the verge of grasping but never quite did. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I tell you, first, that you must think of the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell the authorities that these twin kids just arrived and are available!” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Tree and Zheegwon, they were held by a colony of townspeople who tried different ways to extract their dreams, figuring they’d found some kinda personal reservoir with Indian twins.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

By studying twins, and comparing and contrasting similarities and differences, a geneticist could determine the precise contributions of nature versus nurture to important traits. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The three Burgerton boys were tall and thin and pale, and they were none too thrilled to find the twins taking up space in their house. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The twins came just as Rachel was learning to walk. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since twins share identical genetic material, he reasoned, any substantial similarities between them could be attributed to genes, while any differences were the consequence of environment. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The Pe-2 had twin tails and twin engines, one engine on each wing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Within days, or even hours, it would have become an amusing memory to be wheeled out on family occasions: the night the twins ran away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The twins went on to the guest list. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

On the refrains her voice spun, twinning and mixing with my own. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was the first time in their lives that the twins hadn’t slept in the same room. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Ah, never say that, sweet pudding, for you are as alike as two peas. Just so you are not twins.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the twins realized they would have a fire near them as a comfort in the night and this set a few littluns dancing and clapping hands. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Their father had left when the twins were barely home from the hospital. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The car pulled away, and Alfred pushed the twins toward the stoop. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She asks me if I want to see her mother’s new twin set. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Tallis dabbed at her face with a napkin and looked fondly at the twins. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Jess and Mom had a big surprise for the twins: a Mariners game. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

And there, in the entry for April fourth, it listed twins born at seven forty-five a.m. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

On one side, there is a double bed covered with a net, and a twin in the corner. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The solution had been one Bea and Henry came up with together, twin philanthropic efforts under their own names. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The surgical site turned gangrenous, and both twins died shortly after. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“No. We need to talk first,” I said, turning around to look right at the twins as I spoke. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Jim liked to say that he and Paul were “twin sons of different mothers.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“No. Actually they are good to eat—the Romans liked them a great deal—but people avoid them as a rule because they are so easily confused with their evil twin.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The twins weren’t constantly running to him for food or attention. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Giti was a tightly wound, bony little girl who wore her hair in twin ponytails held by elastic bands. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“The parents gave the twins anything they wanted. They never scolded them or made them work. In spite of this, the children didn’t feel happy. ‘We don’t belong in this world anymore,’ they decided. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minerva was half asleep in the twins’ grip, and Chi-Boy had sweat through his outer sweater by then. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She and her twin, Kayla, bet that it would be a rapper or a basketball player and his supermodel wife, and we'd all be famous by association just cause we live on the same block. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They brought out the worst in her, made her feel so inadequate, but still she felt uneasy now, as she always did when the twins went off to a new home. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Betty took a firm grip of her hand and was leading her in as her mother and brother went forward to collect the twins. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was muttering indecipherable calculations, while the Fellerings—the twin metallurgists—discussed the possible composition of the blue metal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

This is the honker from Zaire, or maybe its twin sister. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to believe she’d wake up one day and realize how hard he and the twins had been living. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The twins shared their identical laughter, then remembered the darkness and other things and glanced round uneasily. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A silver trout ornamented the crest of his greathelm, twin to the one painted on his shield. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t know about Mother o’ God, Minnie, but these twins need a wash.They need clean diapers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

There were two twin beds and a small desk where Judy did her homework. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Since she’s had the twins. I feel like I barely see her. And now our house is gone, and everything is awful. We haven’t worked on a Harriet story in almost a year.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Lee lugged the yelling twins toward the house in the dusk. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

You heard how Bacchus dealt with the Alodai twins in the Colosseum. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There were four bedrooms off of the living room, each of them with two twin beds and a dresser. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

No one in the Tallis household was looking after the Quincey twins, and to conceal her guilt she said brightly, “We’ll never find anything with the room in this state.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Isaac twins were always up to no good. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Your father is just worn out carrying the twins and ’tis hard answering all those questions when you’re carting twins through the world. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He stepped into the bedroom and fired twice and the twin beds went up in a great simmering whisper, with more heat and passion and light than he would have supposed them to contain. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were in Butte on the Fourth of July with twin purposes, because nearly everything had a twin purpose now. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Lolo would never let anything happen to the twins. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“We split the twin bill yesterday,” Webb says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

His parents were on the couch with their backs to him, and his twin brothers were in recliners on either side. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

In the corner was a cursive capital W. She had studied the twins’ penmanship notebooks to make sure she got it right. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jess and the twins watched him disappear down the little path that led to the cabin. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

And the monotonous sound that had been there all along was the cry of the twins, wanting their dinner. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have twin boys that make it all worthwhile, though. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Hurriedly, he flicked his cigarette into a spittoon and, with twin eddies of blue smoke jutting from his black nostrils, shouted hoarsely, “Jack, I betcha two bits you can’t make it!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He carried the twins when they were tired and he carried the Pope, but that was not the same as carrying ordinary things like a pig’s head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

There’s a color television with remote-control panels built into the lamp table between the two twin beds. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drowsily, Jude’s twin followed them into the hallway. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The wandmaker was lying on the twin bed farthest from the window. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When the twins asked what cuff-links were for—“To link cuffs together,” Ammu told them—they were thrilled by this morsel of logic in what had so far seemed an illogical language. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although she was only a year older than the twins, who were thirteen and full of cuss words and spite, Juanita was much taller and more muscular. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

One of the Negro girls had her mother coil braids over her ears Shanghai-style like mine; we were Shanghai twins except that she was covered with black like my paintings. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I draw twins with black hair all tangled together who have only just realized they look exactly the same. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I know it already! It’s Romulus and Remus, the twins who were raised by a wolf,” Baron Hoover crowed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

In the factory the silence swooped down once more and tightened around the twins. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom pulled out the copy of Seventeen from last October, the smiling twins on the cover unaware of Mom’s tight grip. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

These beds are called twin beds, which makes more sense to me than the twin set. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was my best friend, bookish like me, almost like my twin. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They were like soul mates, he says, like twins or something, they had a whole lot in common. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the polar bears just had twins, so there is a crowd of people hoping to get a good look. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She lowered her voice so that the twins would not hear her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, if Winnie-the-Pooh had an evil twin brother it seemed like I would have read about it somewhere. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started up the path with the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi made sure to keep her distance, but when Gilbert offered Hershey bars to the twins, Naomi nodded to Cari, who took his dime and got in line. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had come across the huge magnolia tree while out on a walk with the twins the week before. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I laugh, watching the twins scrunch their faces in unison. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In both places, young men go through a daily struggle trying to navigate their way through deadly streets, poverty, and the twin legacies of exclusion and low expectations. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The wreckage of the twin dead cities was good evidence of just how slow the people of the Accelerated Age had been to accept their changing circumstances. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing worse than when the twins disappointed her was when she disappointed them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Scorpions, perhaps; a jealous person had sent them to his uncle’s hut once, and his uncle woke up every day for weeks to find angry black scorpions crawling near his newborn twin sons. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

To the twins there was hidden justice in the fact that the milk van had been reversing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam sat by the fireplace with the twins asleep on her lap, and Malachy lay curled up on the floor by her feet. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

As you know, that city was once a strong place, proud and fair, Minas Ithil, the twin sister of our own city. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Sheed rose to his feet, much more wobbly than when he did the bike seat trick, but managed to find his balance next to his new twin, Mr. Flux. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But when she collected the twins and they went back to the house, Henry was there. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Anya had a hard time telling the eldest twins apart now that they had grown identical beards. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

After the murders I was consumed by sadness for my brilliant and lovable twin, who had never been considered good enough, and would never be able to confront our parents as an adult. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Ever since the day he saw her burn, Wash had been sending little presents with the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled back, and I knew we must look like twins, since our smiles were so similar. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When I’m out of the building, Char and the twins ain’t nowhere in sight. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

By the time the well was tapped, the twins were asleep in the bed of someone’s truck, wrapped in borrowed blankets and snuggled in tight as puppies alongside Katie and Jean. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A Paravan with a pair of two-egg twins, hounded by history—he knew there weren’t many places for him to hide. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to the twins, yearning but hopeless. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And when Luke needed money to pay the electric bill last year, after days calling it “camping” so the twins wouldn’t worry, Coach paid it without question. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Our twins were five years old at the time, a boy and a girl. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins came in silently and stood shyly staring at their guest. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Harry,” said the other twin, “did we introduce ourselves? Fred and George Weasley. And this is Ron, our brother. See you later, then.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She and the twins had only learned how to swim at Abuelito’s insistence, which had been prompted by her father’s drowning. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Through Cavern Hole he clattered in the darkness, stumbling and tripping over furniture, his heart hammering loudly and legs pumping like twin pistons. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She boils water on the stove and spends a day at a great tin tub washing our shirts and socks, diapers for the twins, our two sheets, our three towels. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The twins were doing their best to steady her by hoisting her arms around their shoulders and bearing most of her weight, but she still looked like she was ready to keel over. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He pulled on his hat and had the door open before she could protest about leaving the twins behind. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

One fish spear with twin tines held open with a small stick that he had made to show Derek that you could use a spear as well as a bow to take small fish. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

For once, I’m happy to go home to the twins so I don’t have to watch. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I can’t go. The twins need to get to bed early.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She asks about Shoji and the twins like nothing is weird about our arrangement or relationship at all. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Naomi and the twins waited in the living room while Henry changed into his work clothes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twin fell on the floor and at once began to howl. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fraternal twins come from two totally separate eggs, and the differences between us were obvious: I got all the scientific genes, and Harry got all the artistic genes. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

At the twin looks of horror on their faces, I add, in a rush, “But he didn’t hurt me. Nothing happened.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Juanita shook the empty canteen, frowned disapprovingly at the twins, and handed it back to the boy. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Who was that?” say the girls in the cashmere twin sets. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins slobber and chew and spread banana over their faces, their hair, their clothes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Naomi bent and looked at the twins hard. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They looked to be the same age as each other—a little older than Anya herself—clearly twins. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

They sit in our living room, the twins dozing like puppies on my favorite blanket near the TV This time, there is no whispering in the kitchen. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And the twins tear down the path for our door. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Moreover, this animal can smell the identity of identical twins, and will follow the tracks of one or the other as though they had been made by the same man. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But how could Mr. Benedict not know he had a twin?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“My little twin sisters won’t have to cry all night because I have enough infant formula to replace my mother’s dry breasts.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will give the twins this opportunity, ¿verdad? And you will go to the school?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins, weighed down by their mother’s words—If it weren’t for you I •would be free. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dumpy and muscular in her smudge-fronted uniform, the wall-eyed nurse wore such thick spectacles that four eyes peered out at me from behind the round, twin panes of glass. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Everyone always thought they were twins so that's what they said they were. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She had come here in 1949 after losing everything in China: her mother and father, her family home, her first husband, and two daughters, twin baby girls. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you kidding? You two could be twins. Anyway—pleased to meet you. I’m Chico.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to the movies with Charlise,” I say when the twins ask me why I have on lip gloss, my favorite earrings, and extra-tight jeans. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When my legs begin to tingle from sitting still too long, I tap one of the twins and ask for directions to the bathroom. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He was speaking from the inside twin bed—the bed farther away from the porthole. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

We walk back down the hallway, shut off the lights, and climb into opposite twin beds. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At home, the twins play with Legos as I do math homework at the kitchen table. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Dad and Mam lay at the head of the bed, Malachy and I at the bottom, the twins wherever they could find comfort. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Even the twins would cause her problems right now. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Apollo’s twin sister, daughter of Zeus and Leto. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what about the connection I’m making with his twin brother now? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“We’re in trouble. Big trouble,” I told Juanita and the twins once we got down the road in my father’s beat-up Nova. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was nearly level with the twins before he spoke again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Across from them, the twins shared a giant quilt with Katie and Jean. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once the boilers reached suitable pressure, Rice nodded to an engineer in the pit under the wheel, and steam whooshed into the pistons of its twin thousand-horsepower engines. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“This is what I have to live with—the twins and the wreckage they leave behind.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Her mother had nine children, all at the same time, four sets of twins and Wilgefortis the odd one, all winding up martyrs for the faith. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Five khaki twins, each with the stump of a long eclair in his right hand, and their identical faces variously smeared with liquid chocolate, were standing in a row, puggily goggling at him. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got to the twins’ apartment we were relieved to find Charles there, alone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We always chose matching outfits, and people often thought we were twins. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of the box of mildewed hymn books was a small leather suitcase, a miniature twin to Silas’s own. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

That wall is covered with the same set of weaponry as my locker: twin sickles, a Remington single-action revolver, a rifle, a pair of spiked batons. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She called out the twins’ names, and heard in reply only the stir and scuff of hooves, and the thump of a heavy body pressing against a stall. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Though the Earth Woman made a lasting impression on the twins, it was the History House—so much closer at hand—that really fascinated them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find pretty fabric shoulder bags for the twins and Granddad insists on buying me a book of fairy tales at the Edgartown bookshop. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The unexpected early arrival of the Murray twins has complicated his schedule already, but if the lighting of the bonfire proceeds as planned, that should be enough. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The shadows covered the floor of the pass by then, and the sun was sinking fast toward the jagged twin peaks of the huge mountain the rangers named Forktop. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Jess and the twins and Mr. Rowan walked through the front door of Clive’s. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

The rehearsals had disintegrated, Briony had retreated in a sulk, the twins were fooling about, and Lola, if she was as much like her mother as Emily believed, would be tranquil and triumphant. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“There are twin beds in my room. You can have one of them. If it’s too soft, there’s always the floor.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was so little time, and already one of the twins had been detained by Betty in the scullery for some wrongdoing or other. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Do you know if the twins are around?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When Ophie entered—her shoes wet because she’d poured out the water too fast in her excitement to go to a movie—she paused on the threshold at the twin expressions of Cook and Mama. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

In another display there’s a jar of twins, real dead identical human twins with their placenta attached, gray-skinned, floating in something that looks like dishwater. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grey, feathery ashes scurried hither and thither at his breath but no spark shone among them The twins watched anxiously and Piggy sat expressionless behind the luminous wall of his myopia. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The twins had been responsible for preparing the family meal on Tuesdays since they turned twelve earlier that year. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He had dimples, too, just like mine, and if it hadn’t been for his somewhat thicker eyebrows and smaller nose, we would have been able to pass for twins. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

In life, every man has twin obligations — obligations to his family, to his parents, to his wife and children; and he has an obligation to his people, his community, his country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was in love, with Cecilia, with the twins, with success and the dawn and its curious glowing mist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Though the twins began a wrestling match, and their sister suspected the onset of a headache, somehow the rehearsal began. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

On the Saturday morning after Good Friday, we would walk swiftly to shul, me holding little Rivka and my mother holding Gittel, because the twins had been infants back then, and infants couldn’t run. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“So I suppose I know who your lover is now,” I call to my twin sister. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“These are some of her bangles—she gave them to me when we left so we can be twins.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Isaac is Edmond’s twin, and they look exactly the same, only Isaac’s eyes are green and Edmond’s are the same color as the sky, which at the moment is gray. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was four in the morning, still dark, when the twins, exhausted, distraught and covered in mud, made their way through the swamp and approached the History House. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miig and the twins joined two of the main campers nearer the road, just before the serrated edge of asphalt began. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

One of the Fowler twins whispered something to the other. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“She is doing fine, I believe, though it’s been an hour or so since I heard any news. It will make for a memorable birthday for the twins, I should think.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She also promised to bake a fancy layer cake for the twins’ birthday in July. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged the twins before the crucifix and knelt down, trying to pray and keep hold at the same time. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

The twins, two hats for two heads now, whooped and hollered while they dragged the Recruiter off to the rocky outcropping. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Henry shouted the last words loud enough for the twins to hear. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He became the Angel of Death and tortured every twin on the European continent that he could get his hands on. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next bus stop would’ve been where Jasmine and her twin brother got on. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She made only two lasting friends in Las Pasturas, Ultima, for whom she would lay down her life, and Narciso, whose drinking she tolerated because he had helped her when her twins were born. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah? Must be a twin thing,” he says, misunderstanding. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He found himself facing two huge cauldrons which bubbled and simmered ominously over twin fires. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"How about: object of the game: twin. Maybe the murderer is a twin." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you know what a twin set is?” she says spitefully. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Oddly enough, it was he who had introduced the twins to kathakali. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and her friend could have been twins. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Now, I don’t know why, but the sight of the twins playing makes me angry. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It made me wonder how it would be if I were to lose my twin. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She was afraid to raise her voice for fear of waking the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We sat with the Gypsies on fine, handwoven carpets, talking and eating stew by the shimmering light of twin campfires. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“He was married to my mother. He’s the twins’ father!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins cried in pain, in confusion, in terror. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And not one step down Knockturn Alley!” she shouted at the twins’ retreating backs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I’m old enough to babysit the twins, clean Abuela’s sewing room, start dinner, and save up for stuff that I want. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The twins gaze at us with their mouths slightly open. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The next thing I knew, the faces of Lynn, Auntie, the twins, and Sammy were looming over me as I lay on my back. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Uh-oh. The twins must have gotten to you, sir,” she says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Yet where twin cots should have been, there was now just a long oak desk and tufted leather chairs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If the twins ever spat blood at me when I offered them a banana I think I’d hit them on the head with it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

So Mr. Isaac and Auntie Evelyn lived on Rose Hill with a passel of boys, the worst of which were the twins. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“If you think this is Mom’s twin...does that mean we have cousins with the exact same names as us? Can that happen?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Excepting, of course, for his remark about how none of them seem to age save for the Murray twins, which was followed by an awkward silence broken only by the sound of Mr. Barris coughing. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly from under the bed a pug-faced twin popped up between John’s chair and the wall, and began peering into Linda’s sleeping face. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only twins, mind you, but also a tow-headed toddler, whose skin seemed too thin, for she wailed at the slightest discomfort. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d hoped that Henry would notice that the twins’ jackets were too thin for East Texas, but two weeks had passed since the weather had turned really and truly cold. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the twins sleeping away as if they didn’t have a care and their poor little sister sick here in my arms. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

So it was that Ralph felt not only his future to have failed, but with it his past, the twin engine that might have sustained him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad stopped and put the twins down so that they could be closer to the flowers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You’re twin sisters. I hope twins run in the family. I’m having twins.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The twins gallop past my bedroom door, screeching. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I’m talking to him the way I do to the twins sometimes—bossy, fed up—but Lolo doesn’t seem to notice. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Mom was behind the counter, and Jess and the twins were at a booth, munching on French fries and trying to focus on their homework. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Juanita and the twins were my official damas, my female attendants, and each of us had been assigned a nice, handsome dancing partner, a chambelán. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Finally, an extraordinary opportunity in the dark, during the search for the twins, to avenge herself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The dorm was a tiny rectangular room, just big enough for two twin beds and two desks. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Delia followed her twin sister into the barn, but not before she gave me an apologetic smile. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He liked the thought of seeing his father perform the ceremony, and making the little twin clean and comfy. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“D’you know, on our first afternoon I thought he was a monster when I heard him shouting at the twins by the swimming pool.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She had always been nice to us, waving from her porch and letting the twins play with her little white dog. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He glanced at the girl lying asleep on one of the twin beds. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The Ghost tosses the crown to my identical twin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was as though Ammu believed that if she refused to acknowledge the passage of time, if she willed it to stand still in the lives of her twins, it would. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This warlike name was faintly familiar, with its whiff of school and adult certainty, but the twins found their courage in each other. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I stayed on the porch holding the roses with the twins and Pita around me, waiting. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The brother gods Semosh and Selloso dreamed in twin temples on opposite sides of the Black Canal, linked by a carved stone bridge. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Every sheep and goat had its wobbly twins. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins have their birthday July fourteenth, and there’s always a big meal. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

If astrology were valid, how could two such twins have such profoundly different fates? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time she turned around, the twins lowered their heads and acted like they were writing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom rattled off details to Layla about the twins’ bedtime routine and how to warm the bottles in the bottle warmer Dad bought last week. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Lolo tried to take the other twins home by accident, the ones in Miss Henderson’s class. They didn’t like it. They yelled loud like we’re supposed to.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Percy remembered the long, curly shoes the twins had been wearing in his dream. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When the twins were out of sight, Wash turned, beaming, to Naomi. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins, still in their Batman pj’s, are hunched over my old game of Operation on Saturday morning. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The twins fell apart; holding hands, they screamed, “Mama!” and ran across the platform. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“People are terrified — you know the Patil twins’ parents want them to go home? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The twins were examining Ralph curiously, as though they were seeing him for the first time. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“What do you think his mom will say about this? Will there be room in his twin bed?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was a long journey that she made, from the embrace of the one- armed man to her unidentical two-egg twins. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just figured the only explanation for being so rude is that you’re someone’s evil twin.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Of course she and the twins had told all the kids about being in the cabin when the earthquake happened. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana lay on the other twin bed, idly reciting, “One potato, two potato, three potato, four.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“A-menable,” the twins chorused in misery, barely stumbling over the unusual word. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She extended her hands past him and found that they were close to the broad, flat stone where the twins often fished. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And there weren’t that many kids at the Open Arms, just Dunlap and Stevie Dewberry, two brothers who weren’t twins but looked like they were. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe a message from their mother, something along the lines of “My dear twins...” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Y’all twins or something?” one of the boys asked as the others laughed. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The three of them stumbled into the fourth, and then those four rolled into Anya and the twins. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Their banner bore twin towers, dark blue on a field of pale silver-grey. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They both were younger than Minli; she realized that they were twins — their round faces, dancing eyes, and pink cheeks were exactly the same. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Around midnight I went downstairs and called the twins. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The twins and I were to split up and walk home—me to campus, the twins to their apartment—while Henry and Francis took care of the car. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He sat on a stool next to me eating a hamburger whose twin I held in my hand. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

As their voices rose I took the twins into a bedroom down the hall. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Was there someone there, waiting, who would receive the tiny released twin? The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Lee, if I wanted to take a trip east, would you stay with the twins until I get back?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was taking care of the twins’ grandma who lived about fifty miles from Cedar. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

The twins were surprised; everyone knew that would be a big sacrifice on his part. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The 1930s saw some giants of ‘musical comedy’, as it mostly was at that time, straddle the twin worlds of Broadway and Hollywood - among them George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hart. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The twins barrel out the back door just then in their play clothes. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Hidden in a stack of props is the jar of Lady ’Stache Off and the flare gun, their twin hopes for making it out alive. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

His fists came down toward Luke's head—a double overhead blow that would’ve knocked a hole in titanium—but the bear twins intercepted. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The last time she’d walked the gardens at night, the twins were still babies. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He also had twin daughters whom he adored. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The twins lay together and Ralph and Piggy at the other end. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“The sleeves on those coats are too long for the twins,” Abuela says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

If identical twins possess a strong concordance for schizophrenia, say, while fraternal twins—born and bred in an identical environment—show little concordance, then the roots of that illness can be firmly attributed to genetics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Each of its twin blades was shaped like an omega: Q—the last letter of the Greek alphabet. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You the one who pushed me to mess up Miss Saunders’s room, and you were in on it, too—you and the twins,” I say, feeling relieved. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Snake staggers up slowly, his eyes darkening into twin pools of bruise. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lucy Sneads’s tits bounced like twin water balloons. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The twins turn away from the front gates and pass by the tunnel grates closest to the barracks, instead heading for one of the training buildings. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And his sisters, the twins, kissed each of his cheeks before saying, “Welcome home, brother,” and walking toward the escalator. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The twins complain that they’ve had nothing but ice cream to eat for days, that their mother dances with Ivanito and warns them of the dangers of daylight. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had he gone at either of the twins, it would’ve been over. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

‘Hopefully we can find Apollo and Artemis. Then you can ask him yourself. Juno said the twins might be willing to help us.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I know this because once, when Carol was bragging about her mother’s twin sets, Mrs. Smeath said, “Is that so,” not as a question but as a way of making Carol shut up. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her sisters, the twins, would join Nok at private school soon. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Because yes, Mom finally saw it, saw Ivy, saw everything she couldn’t get out in words since the twins came. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“There you go. You got your own twin now.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And then it was the Valley Hope twins’ turn. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Who was smiling so big, she looked like one of the twins—goofy and excited. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She had said no more than that; Robert had looked at her, and her twin brother Jaime had taken her quietly by the arm, and she had said no more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Naomi should have known that Wash and the twins were up to something when she didn’t hear from the three of them for over an hour. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The grandfather wrote that the twins could come, but only if Henry took in the older girl as well. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s slightly bonkers and covered with freckles and Mirren loves him way more than she loves the twins. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

All I can think of are the times when the twins are being impossible. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Christ! Sounds like that one ripped a hole in the ground,” one of the twins shouted from the main latrine behind a dense thicket. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Uncle Carlos stood behind Aunt Tuti, his two sets of twins in a quadruple stroller. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The twins grew strong and cruel in the games typical of their age. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As in: How do you apologize to your twin brother for being churlish— for almost breaking his nose?This week. get my report card. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

The last thing I needed to hear that day was the story of my sister’s life, in which I, her twin, was allowed a very minor role. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard heavy footsteps, and the twin giants Ephialtes and Otis shuffled out of the gloom. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

What I thought about then was the space twin, the one who went on an interplanetary journey and returned in a week to find his brother ten years older. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The one on the right, with the explosion of toys in the dirt, belongs to Tía Inés and the twins. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

On September 9, 1931, a young woman named Daisy Nation gave birth to twin girls. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“But we forgot,” said the twins, in simultaneous despair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

On Mr. Lome’s heels came two little boys in big aprons—the Webb twins. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Something nonalcoholic, please, doctor's orders. Make it a double—twins." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man and woman holding the twin girls set them down and directed their attention to the other group. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Now she knew why the marten had horns, and why his twin was shown on the page of a book. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

That elicited oohs and ahhs from the twins, who put their heads together to examine and admire the instrument. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

At about that same time, Cleopatra gave birth to twins whom she named Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene—the Sun and the Moon. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He fared better than his twin, vanquishing an elderly knight whose mount was bedecked with silver griffins against a striped blue-and-white field. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The fourth secretary went out and returned with three green-uniformed twin footmen. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was tired of the twins calling everyone stupid. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I heard a muttered exchange between the twins about some bed sheets. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The wildling pulled off the band from his left arm and tossed it at Jon, then did the same with its twin upon his right. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Nights, I almost invariably set up my easel between the twin beds in the room I shared with Bobby, and painted. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

On the way to school, Naomi did not tell the twins that Henry was coming home. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bed, when assembled, proved to be an old-fashioned twin with bed knobs, the kind Goldilocks might have slept in. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then there are the two girls who dress like twins even though they’re clearly not. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Lola was relying on the twins to wreck the play innocently, and needed only to stand back and observe. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Everyone who saw the twins remarked on their difference one from the other and seemed puzzled that this should be so. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A golden acorn, twin to the one I found in the pocket of the gown that Locke gave me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Wash and the twins shared the last pie and the milk. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sky was a cloudless blue that day, and I saw a tiny jet leaving behind twin white trails. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jess put the backpack on and followed the twins out of the cabin. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since his trip beneath Rome with Piper and Percy, fighting those twin giants in the hypogeum under the Colosseum, most of his nightmares were about basements, trapdoors, and large hamster wheels. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The twins huddled around him, towering over him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We have named the twins Roots and Shoots! My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The room was maybe half the size of my bedroom back home: a twin bed with olive-green covers, and matching green curtains covering the small round window above it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The twins weren’t like Henry; if they were home, they would generally answer the phone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Their names were so nearly twin names that they decided it was a sure sign of something special. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Looking down, John Isidore saw his own hands; they gripped the twin handles of the empathy box. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Wash heard the twins on the path before he saw them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Petals burst out from every edge of the twin ovals in soft pinks, deep whites, even heather blues, but somehow each one has a uniqueness, a vibrancy that feels like it’ll bloom forever. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He was totally conked out, oblivious to his twin’s woes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Now the twins, with unsuspected intelligence, came up the mountain with armfuls of dried leaves and dumped them against the pile. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Farther off, I see Hannah and Lena playing tag in their togas with the twins. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Lola sent the twins down to see if the pool was free—they felt uneasy being there when adults were present. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He tells me he wants me to live with him and Serena and the twins and Shoji. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

At Fifty-Ninth Street, a mother wheeled in a stroller with twins emitting, it seemed to my ears, identically pitched screams. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She was worried about Mom a lot, and the twins ended up coming early anyway. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The twins climbed into the vallom and rowed across vast, choppy waters. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought twins was supposed to be the same,” he marveled. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Do you have many twins here?” the Savage asked rather apprehensively, as they set out on their tour of inspection. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby let the twins off the floor and they came running to their mother, talking a mile a minute, barely breathing between their words. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We sway and listen to the twins breathe. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mami was gone, and her doll was gone, but she still had the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A chain weighing twenty thousand pounds connected a sprocket on the axle to sprockets driven by twin thousand-horsepower steam engines. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was over at the twins’ apartment, very late. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The Spirit led him. Henry’s got to work out his salvation like all of us. You and the twins are part of his.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine, but that’s the end of it. Tell that colored boy the twins are always trailing behind to pay it for you.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We saw from the twin evidence of modern peoples and their languages that sub-Saharan Africa was not always a black continent, as we think of it today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That man has no shadow,” he says, as Chandresh leans over the twins to peer out the window at the empty street. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She divided the sweet syrup then used her fingernail to split the cherry into two bits for the twins to share. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She and her twin sister, Karen, are grinning at me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Petty Officer Powell kept an immaculate desk—a calendar blotter, twin upright pen stands, a nearly full ashtray, a telephone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

To the right of the twin thrones stood Goghor the Giant, a huge hulk of a man with a brutal, scarred face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Something about the twin scars banked deep into his memory, but now was not the time for reminiscing. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down on one of the made-up twin beds and—it was the fifth or sixth ring—picked up the phone. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The reason is that upward mobility requires what sociologists describe as the twin pillars of success: human capital and social capital. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I crashed into the campsite, startling the twins, who had finished tying up Travis and were guarding him with the handgun. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

We have to stay in the playground because the twins are sleeping and my mother says she’s worn out. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was a further problem with the twins, who could not be told apart by a stranger. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s one thing not to tell the twins, who can’t understand yet. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Adam was looking at the twins and suddenly with the mention of the name he saw his brother peering out of the eyes of one of the boys. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

All Toby wanted to do was get him home, so he held up his hands like he was pacifying one of the twins. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

"I might really have guessed it. Corin being so like me. We were twins, you see. Oh, and my name isn't Shasta, it's Cor." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Like all the company, he had heard of Dark Gate, the twin mountains guarding the southern approach to the Land of Death. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

With what Oliver believed was superhuman strength, he yanked up the twins’ bedroom window and the kids climbed out onto the fire escape. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Her twin sisters finished reading the whole Qur’an so there’s a party. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Consequences The twins get sent back to ABC for the rest of the school year. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I drew two identical girls side by side, which he found even more baffling, given that Leah and I—the beauty and the beast—were the twins under consideration. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could forget that Wash belonged to the twins first of all. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the twin towers had fallen ten years before, I had never heard of Islam. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t facial recognition software think identical twins were the same person? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The Kerensky twins used to shove me back and forth on the boardwalk in front of the mercantile if they caught me there alone. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

And then, to impress her, I rotated my arm so she could see the identical twin on the other side. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was Sunday morning, and Jess and the Rowan twins were riding in the back of a red Ford pickup truck. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Mengele, a doctor at Auschwitz, was obsessed with doing experiments with twins. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

With the twins gone, the remaining lechuzas concentrated on the rest of us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Watch out for the bottom stair — it creaks,” Harry whispered back as the twins disappeared onto the dark landing. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

At times he feels as if he’s cast himself in a play, acting the part of twins, indistinguishable to the naked eye yet fundamentally different. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I considered Nelson’s view of what ought to be done with twins, and the dreadful consequences of ignoring that tradition. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure he wanted to live with Thula’s twin sister either. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was looking abstractedly toward, or over, the twin smokestacks up on the Sports Deck. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But whatever it was, the twin giants became nervous. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

How could twins snuff out an angel’s breath? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just say there is more that is remarkable about the Murray twins than their hair.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I showed off my twin doll and received a giant card signed by all the cottage residents. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Faced with the twin rebellions of dissonant modernism and the mass market, the classical tradition found an ace up its sleeve and played it with impeccable timing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t a movie set, and you’re not starlets yet,” she reminded the twins, who had aspirations of someday making it in Hollywood. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The twins moved toward Jack and began to protest timidly about something. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They were alike as twins in their desire for favor with the king and with the ladies. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

By seven, Jess and the twins were in the back of Mr. Rowan’s pickup, rumbling along Spirit Lake Memorial Highway. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, I hiked alone to get our Sunday bread because Lolo said he was feeling too tired, and then I watched the twins while Tía worked the Sunday madhouse at El Caribe. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I’d cried for days when I learned I was carrying twins, and now I lay awake nights wondering whether my despair had poisoned her. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew how genetics worked—even normal identical twins didn’t look as identical as Theo’s brothers. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

This is the so-called twins paradox mentioned in Chapter 2. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She backed out of the room and rushed into the bedroom she shared with the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My sisters are twins. They’re not identical, but they look alike. They’re twenty-seven. My mom had them when she was eighteen.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Not the shy girl with the tangled black hair in her face, but instead her fraternal twin brother. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The twins are stealing sleeping pills and diamond earrings. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She dresses the twins, puts them in the pram, and Malachy and I take them to the playground. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tyrion laid the letters on the table beside his porridge, twin parchments tightly rolled and sealed with wax at both ends. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Or maybe the twins have been coming in my room again, lifting things they don’t need. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The twins are back in their room, Chantal is snoring, and it’s dark and quiet again. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The twin rocks were as high as her chin, and the space between them narrow. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Mexican schools didn’t teach cursive, but one of the twins’ teachers had taken an interest and shown them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

For traits such as hemophilia, this was straightforward: one hardly needed twin studies to establish heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

One at a time, with no shoving, the twins stepped forward. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kate wanted to know why Mr. Benedict hadn’t told them he had a twin on the island, to which Reynie replied that he probably hadn’t known himself. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He did not see Piggy go to the twins and whisper with them, nor how the three boys went together into the forest. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He gaped over the back of the sofa at his twin’s wound as if he could not believe what he was seeing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She is expecting twins, though they are not due for a few more weeks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Part of her still yearned for Jaime to appear and rescue her from this humiliation, but her twin was nowhere to be seen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You can feel it move. I guess it would surprise you if there were twin colts.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

And soon, I’m in the backseat, squeezed between the twins while Chantal drives and Aunt Jo sits in the passenger seat. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He leans all the way inside, and as he does, he hears a chime, twin bells tinkling both above and below. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Webb twins were timid, weakly little fellows, natural butts for any bullies. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all morning playing with Tommie’s cousins and then the long sit for the big dinner, the twins had been ready for a different sort of fun. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I believe you've had an opportunity to witness just how wild Sophia can be. I saw her handiwork with one of the Pompadour twins. And I take it she's shown you her portraits? Her obsessions." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Mom let out a breath before she started checking the twins for marks or bruises, lifting their arms and inspecting their feet. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Frederick runs in his place beside Werner, his left eye swelling, twin networks of blood peeling back across his cheeks, his collar wet and brown. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I think of Carol’s mother in her twin set, her skeptical smile, Cordelia’s with her glasses on a chain and her vagueness, Grace’s and her hairpins and drooping apron. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

While the twins were in the bedroom, Naomi pressed her hand against the frosty chill of the window above the sink. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion wondered what it would be like to have a twin, and decided that he would rather not know. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Antonelli brothers, handsome identical twins from the Buffalo area who were into bodybuilding, ran a landscaping business, which they had temporarily entrusted to their brother. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the twins were safe—safer under Wash’s watchful eye than they ever were in Henry’s house. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And in my dream, the twin giants said something about a statue.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Once, when a couple saw the twins and inquired about them, Mrs. Trepid said, “They’re already taken.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Papá reached in to stop them, but the twins were too fast for him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Under the ceiling light pairs move like twins bom with, if not for, the other, sharing a partner’s pulse like a second jugular. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had twin urges to throw up and jet as far from Ohio as my legs would take me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

My nail-bitten fingers twinned with his, pale and webbed with purple veins. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When the twins got their books together Lee said, “Good-by, boys.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet Marisol kicks her big fat behind out and she has to sneak back in here like a sewer rat,” Delia told Velia, flopping down next to her twin on the bed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even yell at the twins for lagging behind to pick up interesting-looking rocks for their growing collection. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The twins were exactly the same age, so in Hyacinth’s mind they sort of counted as one. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But our behinds were so sore by Kalamazoo that he sold it for a twenty-dollar bill to a man with twin grandkids. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Next day she tells Dad to mind the twins and takes Malachy and me with her to the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

If only I didn’t have to do Lolo’s job and help take care of the twins, Mami would have signed my permission form. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She thanked him and sent the twins inside to wash up and set the table. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had gone to get more bags of Halloween candy because the twins had already eaten all of theirs. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Is that true? You took the wrong twins at dismissal?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There were metal folding chairs along the back wall to accommodate the crowd, but then someone spotted a half-empty pew and we headed for that: Francis and Sophie, the twins, and me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He runs off toward the television, with his trusty twin sidekick behind him. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Charlie was built like the twins, shorter and stockier than Percy and Ron, who were both long and lanky. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She argues that strange facts came first and plain facts came later; first, there were Siamese twins, hermaphrodites, furry babies and virgin births, then there was Boyle’s air pump. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We jumped from the bed, the twins crying, Mam moaning, Oh,Jesus, will we have no rest! Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Do I have to jack you up right here in front of everybody?” she asks, slapping one of the twins five. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The twins tore for the front door, and Toby followed, laughing just as hard. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They ducked out of the tree and saw that the twins had painted the Christmas ornament all over with tiny brushstrokes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rowan, the twins’ dad, was up front, singing loudly along to his favorite disco song. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

He handed the conch to Eric, the nearest of the twins. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

According to Nelson’s accounting, nearly half my father’s congregation were relatives of dead twins. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked like twins, but they weren’t human. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she thought about the other lines of the prophecy: The twins snuff out the angel’s breath, who holds the keys to endless death. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nathan heard another pair of twins approach the center, but he didn’t dare look. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She was always looking out of one corner of her eye for twin babies, then little girls. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His words were meant to charm, and the twins were wavering. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A little jolt goes through me, like when one of the twins jumps out to surprise me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Thanks to Mrs. Weasley’s ministrations, George’s wound was neat and clean, but Harry was not yet used to the dark hole in the side of his head, despite the twins’ many jokes about it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He winked at the twins and then pulled out the shirt. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The American twins who routed the fine old English ghost,” Theodora said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Dragon said, “we should go so the twins can return to their village as soon as possible.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The twins barely responded, and they wouldn’t move or let Luke find the phonebook so he could order. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They all burst out laughing, and Jess’s honking giggle mixed with the twins’ loud snorts. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Me and my twin know all the words to your song!” this snaggle-toothed girl pipes up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I had been told by the twins that Henry disliked electric lights, and here and there I saw kerosene lamps in the windowsills. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t any hurry; unless the twins had taken up a vow of silence, they weren’t there yet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow’s a busy day for me. The twins are being born tomorrow, and the test results show that they’re identical.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like he had noticed how much she did to keep things running for him and the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins ran ahead to play leapfrog with the other kids while Naomi helped Muff with her boys. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He's only younger than Needles by a year, so it's more like they're twins, but the kind that look different. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They weren’t twins, but they looked so much alike it didn’t matter. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nok herded the twins behind their brother, to wait their turn to be introduced to the Governor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And then, because hot tears have sprung to my eyes, I give the twins’ water bucket a hard kick and march across the yard for home. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I came home from school to find our queen-size bed had been replaced with two twin beds. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

That afternoon on the way home from the store: light angling through the trees, cicadas clattering high in the branches, the twins racing and laughing with Wash, her not needing to say anything. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We race the pram around the playground and the twins laugh and make goo-goo sounds till they get hungry and start to cry. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“After nine months, the woman gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. Now the parents’ joy turned to grief, for the law said that twins were evil and must be killed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know the likelihood of having two sets of fraternal twins, Tuti? One in three thousand. One. In three thousand.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The twin cities were separated by a tall chainlink fence. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

But if Henry heard that people in his town saw her not just as Mexican but as colored, he might try to send her back and keep the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the twins come racing across the yard at our car. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Without the twins, there were eleven children in residence at the Boxton Creek Home. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I just hope it works,” Juanita said, pushing the twins back. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I said, grabbing each of the twins by an arm and pulling them back to follow me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He had thought up various roles in the circus for identical twins to perform once the children were old enough. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ty opens the door, and the room is tiny twin beds and nothing else except this girl and her entire freaking family and what seems like every instrument ever invented. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“What are you two up to?” said Mrs. Weasley sharply, her eyes on the twins. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Hideo’s eyes follow the path of the Gemini constellation, the stars that form the shape of twins. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m disappointed, because I was expecting something to do with twins. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi ignored him and called down to the twins again. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He interfered with the twins, asked them innumerable questions about school. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi smoothed the sweat-dampened hair from the baby’s forehead and hummed a song about bluebirds and windows that the twins had learned at school. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fires blazed in the twin hearths at either end of the bedchamber, filling the room with a sullen red glare. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Fraternal twins, on the other hand, lack the amount of theatricality he had expected, but he has Marco arrange the delivery of two enormous bouquets of red roses anyway. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Samuel leaned over the basket and put his finger against the small palm of one of the twins and the fingers closed and held on. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The shooter was slipping shells into the twin barrels of his gun. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The twins quickly change their tune, because while I’ll only pinch and stare at them, Mama will straight up call them out and embarrass them in front of all these people. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He is survived by his wife, Dr. Crystal Stanley-Bell, and his twin sons, Joshua and Jordan, who recently won their first county championship. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

When it came time to go to university, my aunt, the academic twin, won what was called a Centenary Scholarship. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I would like to see this morning’s release of the twin.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Layla sat in the back seat, each holding a twin, so June was next to Ivy in the truck bed, every movement knocking their shoulders together. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Ahead rose the baleful crags of Dark Gate, its twin slopes blazing crimson in the dying sun. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The twins lay, inexpertly tied up, and the tribe watched Ralph to see what he would do. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Dad stayed on a chair in the kitchen, took us to the lavatory in the backyard when we needed it, and in the night hushed the twins when they cried from the cold. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Like his older son, he needed a wife to make the new house a home, and like his son he found just what he was looking for in the other LaFollette twin. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The twins were out on the mat, wrestling each other hard. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I wonder if twins have some kind of internal communication thing where they can apologize to each other without having to say anything. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The twins just graduated from middle school, and ever since they turned thirteen, it’s been all about teen everything—clothes, music, and teenage boys. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Or maybe they were in the freezer—this was before the twins. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There were twin beds and a pair of good-sized windows overlooking the street. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then the twins lay, astonished, and the tribe stood round them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Matthias fumbled with a piece of celery and self-consciously turned to see if the twins were coping adequately. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When they had beds, they usually slept two or more on a twin mattress, lying head to foot, forced to crawl across a sea of sleeping bodies to reach their beds. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Their crime was conducting unthinkable research on Jews without consent—sewing siblings together to create Siamese twins, dissecting people alive to study organ function. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I’m feeling sick, but I force down some food for the sake of the twins. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When I was carrying the twins I had such desperate cravings I sometimes went out at night on my hands and knees and secretly ate dirt from the garden. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘If you’re a god, you can look like whatever you want. If you had a twin -’ ‘I’d choose to look like anything but my sibling,’ Frank agreed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The twins walked by and refused to help. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Lee and Adam and the twins watched the horse pick up a fine trot. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You have brought me great luck, for Tansy be having twins!” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper glanced at the stone carvings above the doorways: the scowling twin faces of Fear and Panic. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They had left the twins at home and had taken a barge downriver to the base of the mountain, where they had boarded a horse-drawn carriage. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But what am I to do with the twins bawling with the hunger in the pram? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Slackly, it seemed to him, and with reluctance, the twin attendants wheeled his plane out on the roof. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins and Nell were resting on the mattress under the cherry tree when he strode across the yard and took all three in his arms. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she would break his neck, bringing everything full circle and wrapping up their doomed twin apprenticeship with a nice red bow. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The twins shared a defeated but happy look. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Reluctant as Japanese and Koreans are to admit it, they are like twin brothers who shared their formative years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

While the other kids finished their sums, a thought floated between the twins: what did they think of Miss Bell? Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There would be coolness on both sides, a twin coolness. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins leaned on each other on the opposite couch. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He probably needed a shower, but he could do that after the twins were awake. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When he sings he marches around the table, Mam cries and the twins howl with her. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It is the hand that evokes love, and creates a twin soul for every person in the world. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the second line swept past the twin towers, Davos took a closer look. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Our twin hulls ground to a halt in the rocky shallows. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I remember: If your twin sister wasn’t my spitting image I’d swear you came about from parthenogenesis. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

With a last look at Harry, the twins hopped off the train. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Dragon said, “we should go so the twins can return to their village as soon as possible.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The twins unreasonably venting their frustration on their sister—all this made sense to Briony. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It would be Mr. Marshall whose room was just along from the nursery, and he was talking to the twins, she decided, rather than Lola. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The village would be quiet without the eldest twins, but she was confident that Ivan and his brothers would fill that void in no time. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

And not together, but almost, the twins replied in a whisper. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the woods, before we turned onto El Indio Highway, I paused at the stop sign long enough to turn around to look at the twins. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I could barely make out, or perhaps only sense, the forms of the boys, stirring fitfully but not yet awake: Dominick and James, six-year-old twins, huddled together for warmth on a pallet on the floor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

As I walked down the corridor with Orieus’s javelin poking me in the back, I thought about what Luke had said—that the bear twins together were a match for Tysons strength. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“How about two hundred dollars a night? Do you think the twins have that kind of money? Who the hell do you think is paying for it?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Malachy and I fill the twins’ bottles with water and sugar. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her twins were sleeping the way they did when they were exhausted—with their eyes half open, two small monsters. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Velia asked her twin, pulling an old tattered sweater out of the cluttered closet. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I was off to buy fish, and my stepmother said take the twins. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

The shiny people faced him, sprouting twin smiles. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

From the size of her, I quickly suspected twins and urged her and her husband to go to the hospital in Staunton or Harrisonburg for the delivery. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were four pairs of boy and girl twins, each made of one of the sacred stones: white shell, abalone, turquoise, and jet stone. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The twins, not rude, not polite, said nothing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the deep-running green waters, the western twin stood like a reflection of its eastern brother. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The twins were standing over the nurses and the Nish, their guns pointed towards the ground. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A slender man all in black pushed his way between the Redwyne twins. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If she couldn’t, she would take the twins away. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Anything was better than talking to the twins right now. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins squatted on their haunches, like professional adult gossips in the Ayemenem market. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes me stealthily into her mother’s bedroom, saying that she’ll really get it if we’re caught, and shows me the twin set, folded on a shelf. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They emerged silently from the shadows, twins to the first. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The twin bed next to mine was empty and unmade. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I rotated my arm so we could both see the raised circle of flesh on the one side and, with a flip of the wrist, the waxy white twin on the other. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I keep my eye on the twins because they’ll be the first to notice. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Uncle Carlos spoke up as he tried to keep my twin cousins Benny and Brad from crawling all over him while he pushed the double stroller carrying his other set of twins, Brittany and Brianna. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There was no reason to worry about the twins. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His sisters heard him run down the hall, then some murmuring, then his feet stomping back to the twins’ bedroom. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Jess and Mom had barely finished breakfast when the twins came barging through their door. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

At a glance, those two looked like twins. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“They say this was built by Frank Lloyd Wright’s evil twin,” said Wednesday. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

My twin gets on my nerves sometimes, but I would never dream of trading her in for anything in the world. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Joe ran off a few years later, presumably to one of the combat schools, and so their heartbreak was complete, Auntie Aggie clucking her tongue and saying, “Told you them twins was an ill omen.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“A carrier of twin X chromosomes,” I affirmed. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Genes embedded so deep they control our eye muscles, so that two sisters have that same way of blinking, and boy twins dribble in unison. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you two cold?” she called up to the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Another neighbor says a migrant hugged and tried to kiss one of her twin daughters. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

There’s a boy walking toward the entrance, holding a cardboard box, and he literally stops in his tracks when the twins walk by. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“And I say yes. Well now, who do you think is looking after the twins? I wouldn’t trust a heathen from here to omega—but a Presbyterian—he learned everything I told him.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I let go of the twin, picked up a handful of dung, filth, God-knows-what and let fly. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Piper decided not to ask what the twin gods of panic and fear had been doing in Staten Island. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The girls were twins, about seven or eight years old. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Catelyn had never been so glad to see the twin tower badge of House Frey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The twins and I were twenty years old, and Henry and Francis were twenty-one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Those two giants, Ephialtes and Otis...would they happen to be twins?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rowan was working late, and Mrs. Rowan was still with the twins’ grandmother. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Going over to the empathy box, she quickly seated herself and once more gripped the twin handles. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to find out who killed them,” I said to my sleepy twin. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The man was sitting in a rattan chair, his parents perched on the edge of the twin bed where her brother slept at night. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I — don’t — want —” said Percy thickly, as the twins forced the sweater over his head, knocking his glasses askew. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The twins had come with reluctance from the pool where they had been for three hours without a break. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her mind drifted, and the twins’ bickering voices faded. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have many books in the apartment on Elizabeth Street, either, but the twins were always getting old papers from the newsies. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I chase the twins under the folding table, where they hide between Lolo’s legs. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Oliver—not a huge believer in the twins’ cooking abilities—suggested that Jessie and Isa have immunity on Christmas Eve, or perhaps that they trade for a different, less important day. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Is that the same one we named the twins with?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wake up in a bed with Malachy and the twins. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She sends the twins to the bodega with an empty can and the last of her monthly coupons. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins moved to our local elementary school this year, but they seem to be loving it. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She took it solemnly, and then for the twins, gave a serves-you-right look. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When something big is wrong—like when the twins were born so small and couldn’t breathe on their own—she lights our Caridad del Cobre candle and says her prayers in her own words. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

We pushed the twin beds together in our room and she slept between Fern and me. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The twins would grow up and move out like children do. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twin standing next to Father Drozdov said, “I’m not holding you.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

African boxers, like all black athletes and artists, were shackled by the twin handicaps of poverty and racism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thermometer on the back porch stood at ninety-two, the carhouse shimmered faintly in the distance, and the giant twin chinaberry trees were deadly still. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The twins crawled out from behind their rock with a length of rope, Miig watching their six with his revolver behind them. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“The twins? Probably off in the woods somewhere,” Naomi said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Elizabeth’s older brother, David, is babysitting all three boys: the twins and Elizabeth’s younger brother, too. They’re going to make popcorn and watch superhero movies.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The whistle sounded again, and then the train appeared around the bend through the trees and rumbled toward the station, its massive twin headlights pale in the bright November afternoon. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rivers broke his camp quickly and sad- died up beside her, and they set off again, near fifty strong now, flying beneath the direwolf, the leaping trout, the twin towers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On the way over to Francis’s, we stopped by for the twins. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The twins sat at the table, covered in sugar but happy. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins looked on as their father fought to control his grief. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Continuing, he described the cabin in which he claimed that the Answer 221 foursome had stayed the night: twin beds, an old Coca-Cola calendar, a radio that wouldn’t play unless the customer deposited a quarter. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Heron: “Standing on one leg, the heron watches and marvels at my twins.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was raining out, and the twins had been moping around all afternoon. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Percy battled the giant twins, Otis and Ephialtes, while at his side fought a bearded man with a trident and a loud Hawaiian shirt. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Image of a girl holding a blaster to a twin’s temple. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and I had talked about how odd it was that we were called “twins” when we were really nothing more than siblings who happened to grow in the womb together at the same time. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

She was simply our big sister—two years older than me, and six years older than the twins. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

One of the twins awakened and yawned and looked at Lee and went to sleep again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Were twins! How many millennia do we have to argue—” “So what’s up?” he interrupted. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He and his twin brother Zethus undertook once to fortify Thebes, building a lofty wall around it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a patter of footsteps from the bedroom, and then the twins were running after Henry. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhat to Dad’s disappointment, there were no twins or other multiple births. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then we’ll have to plug them!” the twins shouted, as though it was the second line of a well-known poem. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the twins burst into the clearing that held the plane, they both froze. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“She said that the Trepids call Dallas and Florida ‘trouble twins.’ Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

In no time, both the twins will try to find him on social media and stalk him—even if I’ve made up a name and he’s an imaginary boyfriend. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She wanted to finish before supper so that the twins could help her sweep and mop. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grinning at Harry from the front seats were Fred and George, Ron’s elder twin brothers. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, ma’am!” the twins called back, running faster. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She told Keeper that sometimes she wished the twins had never been born because she missed her mom. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She puts the twins into the pram and off we go through the long streets of Brooklyn. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting on the floor, leaning against one of the twin beds. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scribbled with some defensiveness: You never saw twins? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for Jasmine, she normally spent the whole summer at her grandparents’ house in Maryland with her twin brother and cousins. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When she returned with his order, he said, as though he was continuing an old conversation, “Have you heard about the man who had twin sons?” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twin metallurgists exchanged a hopeful glance, because one of their theories had involved a hurricane. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Not here, not in Henry’s house, but in the woods with Wash, with the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, in exasperation, I pressed down the receiver and dialed the twins. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Morbidly interested in genetics and medical research, Mengele rose to become physician in chief at Auschwitz, where he unleashed a series of monstrous experiments on twins. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

At his loving words, the twins took a step toward him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mam says we can use the pram she had for the twins and when she says that she cries. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I thought y’all don’t like cranberry juice,” I say to the twins. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She heard the scampering of a four-legged creature coming down the stairs—the twins, wanting the pool and about to be disappointed that it had been taken over. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Was it Isaac, the father of the twins? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gives a hollow laugh and releases me, then steps forward and grabs a pair of Mollies, twin swords as long as a woman’s forearm and wickedly sharp on either side. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

That meant that he was fourteen and since that was her twin brother it made her almost fifteen, too. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

But one twin wears her breasts like a trophy, while the other tries to make them disappear. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She watched their bright dancing until the twins burst back into the kitchen. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the far end of the hall, he went into the bedroom he had once shared with his twin brothers, which now, in 1955, was his alone. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then it resumes, the twin wands of its horns extending, dragging its whorled shell atop the sled of its body. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The nightmares transform into a black pit of pain, and the pain stalks me like a vengeful twin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Come on, boy. It’s time for you to meet your twin. It’s time to meet Duke!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

By the time the twins were two years old their father’s drinking, aggravated by the loneliness of tea estate life, had driven him into an alcoholic stupor. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia stands alone in the rain in her leather pumps and jade housedress waiting for her twin granddaughters to return from their camping trip to the Isle of Pines. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he could answer, she turned to the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was being selfish, holding Nell close, showing her how to play catch with the twins. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the twin bed, his dad holds him. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

One of the duchess’s kids killed him, but then his twin brother, a commander in the Uruguayan air force who nobody knew existed, showed up and fell in love with the duchess. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Naomi sat with a schoolbook open on her lap, a twin asleep on either side of her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Beside the woman sat a girl, a little younger maybe than the twins, but not much. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Trepid talked her husband into ripping up the forms they were supposed to submit to the authorities, reporting the twins’ arrival. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The twins put the boat down, and the clatter was met with a sudden silence from inside. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his twins were of the same opinion. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

After she sent the twins to bed, she waited for Henry to arrive, trying to think of what she would do, what she would say. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins were too young to know that these were only history’s henchmen. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inej felt like she and Kaz had become twin soldiers, marching on, pretending they were fine, hiding their wounds and bruises from the rest of the crew. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They were twin Siamese, one too comfortably settled on the bed to do more than twitch an ear. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Does Mom have an identical twin she never told us about?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Surely, her parents would give Layla a room by herself or Layla would nobly volunteer to share a room with the twins and do the midnight feedings. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The source of the disagreement goes much deeper, however, involving conflicting attitudes toward government itself, competing versions of citizenship, differing postures toward the twin goals of freedom and equality. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It had been true ever since Mom told them she was pregnant with twins. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When he heard gravel crunch, he knew the twins were coming. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"I saw that great hairy one to-day, the one who insisted that he must have two battle- axes, the heavy black steel ones with twin crescent blades." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Instead, they returned to Ireland when I was four, my brother, Malachy, three, the twins, Oliver and Eugene, barely one, and my sister, Margaret, dead and gone. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She tried to make her way through the brush, but the twins made it impossible. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins are the first to go into Miss Saunders’s desk. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Beyond them the tribe and the twins were a loud and writhing heap. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

We had fallen asleep with both twin beds pushed together—Cecile, Vonetta with her cast, Fern, and I. Somewhere in the shifting to get a better sleeping position I felt my mother’s absence. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

When the twins came back, it was a certain bet that Lola would still have to be found. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I waited for ages, and was just about to leave when finally she hung up, and I dug in my pocket for a quarter and dialed the twins’ number. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I laid out a pair of green rubber gauntlet gloves, yellow rubber boots, a black mask with twin purple filters. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hang on to those; I’ll read the rest when we gets back to the hotel. Maybe our Mr. Shake-a-Spear’ll tell where them twin girls is.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He looks about the same age as the twins. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know, the twins are herding me back uptown. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I thought maybe the schools would be better here. My twins could have the advantages.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She figured the last one was for her from the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Various constables came to the front door from searching for the twins and were shown through to the kitchen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Back then she spent long afternoons with Taft and the twins, splashing at the big beach, while I drew pictures on graph paper and read in the hammock on the Clairmont house porch. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The room has Harold’s minimalist look to it: the twin bed with plain white sheets and white blanket, polished wood floors, a bleached oakwood chair, and nothing on the slanted gray walls. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just...things. Your parents have a lot going on with the twins and now this. I mean, wow, right? It might be easier if they didn’t have to worry about you for a while.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Neither the twins nor Lola knew precisely what led Briony to abandon the rehearsals. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“For a doll when—” his voice cracked, and the twins’ cries rose behind him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our lives were a series of actions twinned with “just in case” reactions. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take long for everyone to jump up and join the twins in their resolution to kill the chupacabras. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

My mother and her twin sister sat for the exam the following year. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Since the day we were born, twins like Jacob and Esau, the younger had ruled the older. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even after the leaves were finished, the fiftieth the twin of the first, and all made with supreme and loving care, his spirits continued to soar. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

After everything he’d just told me, I couldn’t think of a single way to say I might want to date his twin brother without hurting him, and without hurting myself. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My hunt-goddess twin and I are now more distant kin than ever, I suppose, except in this one regard: she is beginning to be looked upon in our village as bizarre. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry had brought the twins to East Texas because his pastor told him to. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I feel twin surges of pride and panic as no one budges. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The twins came roaring back into the clearing, laughing as they jumped into the body of the plane like there were incoming missiles. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And thinking of that, I added one more prayer — sweet Jesus, come Christmas, don’t let it be twins. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

They were the twins, on duty at the fire. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The twins and Wash, walking along the path toward the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Wonders shall never end. I did not know you were a twin, and, nekene, she does not look like you at all.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Our twin shadows dance on the rippling grass. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The twins regarded him with admiration, and Cal collected spit on the back of his tongue to practice. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though so many people think my sister and I are twins, I am the other Woodson, following behind her each year into the same classroom she had the year before. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Not skinny thin like she used to be when she was a girl, the way the twins are now, but definitely thinner. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In a flash, they’re pressing their noses against the steamed window of the cruiser to make twin pig snouts. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The twins stare up as Michael gets out of the car. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Astrology can be tested by the lives of twins. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the corner of the room by the big window, there was a loose floorboard that the twins had pried up five years earlier when they were convinced that a treasure was hidden underneath. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“She said no,” Henry admitted, “but then I explained it to her again like you told me, about God’s plan, about the twins and all. She listened to that, but she sure didn’t say yes.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He cooked and washed, he bathed the twins and fed them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The gutted carcass of a pig swung from the stake, swinging heavily as the twins toiled over the uneven ground. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They were all there, all of them: the twins, poised and alert in the windowsill; Francis, with his back to me; Henry beside him; and Bunny across the table, reared back in his chair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The redheaded twin boys scuffled and scampered together while Bryn, their mother, fretted over their misbehavior and laughed at their antics. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She’d already had to ask Mr. Mason for credit just to fix some chicken soup for the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Percy told her about rescuing Nico, the appearance of Bacchus, and the fight with the twins in the Colosseum. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He walks the twins to Tía’s place, and a few minutes later, they come back with a shocker. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I can vaguely recall its twin red taillights ahead of us on the dark jungle road, bumping along tediously, and the false starts of an afternoon thundershower. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not to my parents or anyone here. Just my cousins. The twins.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Ptolemy Philadelphus and the twins traveled to Rome where Octavia took them in, further evidence of her caring and forgiving nature. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Holy shiitake mushrooms!” the twins, Velia and Delia, shouted in unison, frozen in place by the sight of the body bobbing up and down and side to side only a few feet away from us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Every time a new cowboy came up, the twins got really excited and asked Ricky if that was his friend. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Malachy says,Ye, ye, and starts to giggle and I say,Ye, ye, and the twins say,Ye, ye, and we’re laughing so hard we can hardly eat our bread. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mam comes into the room with the twins and when Dad tells his sisters, This is Angela and these are the twins, they just nod again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

To think, only yesterday I was in chancletas, sipping lemonade and watching my twin cousins run through the sprinkler in the yard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There isn’t room to think about the twins anymore. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I stopped talking, thinking he was headed for the twins and me, but instead he only nodded to us and walked up to Henry, who now was standing on the edge of the porch. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Roger took up a small stone and flung it between the twins, aiming to miss. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“The Koch twins totally sucked in study hall.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Emerging from the woods near Hampden, into an expanse of snow-covered meadow that sparkled in the light, I saw twin threads of smoke coming from the age-blacked chimneys at either end of Commons. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

For instance, she has no twin sets, and views them with contempt. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twin jumped out into the center of the train car and made noise. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

There were Mom and Dad, their eyes shining and their mouths happy, holding Ivy’s new twin brothers, Aaron and Evan, in their arms. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He’d tried first with Pastor Tom, who gave him Jesus, and then with the twins, who still admired him at least a little. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The twins, they’re like, like a rope that binds us together. You’re a mother to them already. It all fits. Don’t you see, Naomi?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I waited, trying to pretend that the earsplitting rumble was coming from someone else’s car, I saw the two Cullens and the Hale twins getting into their car. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Or, You didn’t know she had a look-alike twin in Arizona! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"As like as two twins. This is a marvelous thing." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Mamá let go of the girls and made the twins turn around to face her before she spoke again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

After that vacation, the twins returned to the city ahead of the rest of the family, accompanied by Nana, the city servants, and most of the baggage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, looking around, she saw that half a dozen twins were already on their feet and advancing down the ward. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins, puzzled, looked at each Other; while Piggy, reassured by the cessation of violence, stood up carefully. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Fernanda feared that he was as crazy as his twin brother when she saw him taking the measurements, and even more when he told the digging crew to make the ditches three feet deeper. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

To her surprise, though, people were wary of taking on twins. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But then Char says, “Me and the twins been talking. We will bring a hundred dollars to your house today. That’s the best we can do.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Trouble Coby comes up to you at lunch and asks if you knew the twins were back at school. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

One twin sat the boom box on the ground and clicked the dial. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He was happy to have Jess and the twins tagging along for the day. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dad has Malachy and the twins out of the bed and sitting on the floor by the dead fire. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell you something. Unbeknowst to herself, she’s put a spell on her husband. He moons around her like a sick duck. I don’t think he’s given the twins a thorough good look yet.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Apollo, however ...’ Zeus glared into the shadows where the twins were standing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

If twins share eye color 100 percent of the time, then the concordance is 1. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Every time I walk into our room, I have to face Jermaine’s empty twin bed, sitting across from mine. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

They were pious people, Muslims, who believed the twin babies were a sign of double luck, and they were sure of this when, later in the evening, they discovered how valuable the babies were. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the aeronautical laboratory expanded west to meet the demands of the war, its twin, Langley Field, sought to grow in order to accommodate the Army Air Corps’ booming operation. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Baba usually reminds me to pray the isha prayer, but he’s too busy putting the twins to bed. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She had to find help for the twins. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

The feelings of shame, at her own people and at the white people, grew inside her, side by side like monstrous twins that would have to be left in the hills to die. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He held it up for the twins to see. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Juanita ignored the twins and crouched back down to inspecting the body. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The twins stopped talking and blinked at him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The twins were in Virginia, sequestered at their grandmother’s, incommunicado. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And Marmeluc answers, “He has a twin sister. She would not speak to him when he returned. I believe he cries for his sister.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

No twin went with me; on these occasions I’m solitaire. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a brief melee caused by a hard foul, Josh’s twin, Jordan, led the team, like GW crossing the Delaware, to victory, and to their second straight playoff appearance. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

He would not believe that the Jesus Bible, with its absolutely prodigious abundance of words, gave no specific instructions to mothers of newborn twins. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boom Box leapfrogged over his twin, jumping to the dance spot. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The twins keep asking me chatty questions about music and movies and Ben, but I can barely form words. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen was going to sleep in the extra twin bed, get the bottom drawer of May’s dresser for her stuff, and have the bathroom at her fingertips. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In time, the twins would come to understand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dad set the twins on the road and held out his arms to Malachy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Emily wondered if they were being impertinent, for each twin seemed to behave as though his social obligations were halved. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When he came back out, the twins clapped. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi raised a hand to her hair, which the twins had twisted and pinned up. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins—sleepy, red-nosed, rumpled—were sprawled on a bench like a couple of teenagers, passing a cup of coffee back and forth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A third, and what appeared to be the oldest, set of twins was blond, standing apart with hands on hips, and Ivan was face-down on the ground in front of them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Do you remember those premature twins l told you about? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The story always left the other twin, the stronger twin, washed and dressed and lying in a basket. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though that was what twins were meant for. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d caught on right away, like they did with everything, and he showed off the flawless signs that the twins lettered in Spanish for the store. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We ended up at school with the cream of the American crop, the Hoover girl and the Hanes twins and the Scott girls and the Reese kid who got incredible care packages once a week. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The twins are hungry again but I know I can’t give them water and sugar all day and night. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The twin on my hip seemed quiet enough — till he started to bellow. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

The twin, Burnham knew, was at that moment carrying one of his closest friends, the painter Francis Millet, over the same ocean but in the opposite direction. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Looking at the two hills to the left of us, depicted as twin fists almost touching each other on the map, I wanted to cry. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Come sit at the table,” Naomi said to the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he could convince the twins to run some small errand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And it was funny to think of the whitefolks’ not knowing that the woman they were adoring could be my mother’s twin, except that she was white and my mother was prettier. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins thanked Henry after they opened their gifts, a doll and a fire truck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Identical twins are no different from everyone else, except we look and sometimes sound exactly alike. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

He gives me a smirk as the twins come to stand next to us. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The day when my twin betrayed the person who loves him the most? Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The Weasley twins and Lee Jordan were tickling the tentacles of a giant squid, which was basking in the warm shallows. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The twins followed, eyes fixed on their boat with unwavering concentration, starving puppies expecting to be fed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door opened and the twins came in. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“There are so few children in Faerie that I’ve never seen one of us twinned. Is it like being doubled or more like being divided in half?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The adults talk amongst themselves, and I am left with the twins. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Her sandy hair was pulled back into twin plaited pigtails, each tied with a bright-red ribbon. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She’s punishing me for going to see Dad and the twins. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The Revere twins stood alone together, poking each other as usual. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The twins stopped warring against heaven and Poseidon felt pleased with himself, but the fact was that the two had turned to other plans which interested them more. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins made a bolt past Ralph and got between him and the entry. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her best friend, her twin sister, the person who knew her better than anyone. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I’ve already seen Mrs. Campbell wearing a different twin set, a beige one, her breasts pronging out, the buttoned sweater draped over her shoulders like a cape. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were twins, and their birthday is February 19—the same day as Rere was born. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all there when I arrived at the twins’ for dinner that night, gathered around the radio and listening to the weather forecast as if to some wartime bulletin from the front. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The girl twin. I, uh, once had a friend with that name. Anyhow, before Rita meddled with things, the Spirit Medium intended to send you home. He doesn’t like you, and he doesn’t like that.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once the cake and gifts were laid out, the twins ran off to wait for Wash to finish working for Mr. Crane. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twin rails of the train tracks were being swallowed by the dense jungle. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I have two sons and they are twins. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They lay there listening, at first with doubt but then with tenor to the description the twins breathed at them between bouts of extreme silence. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“So get this,” he said to Henry and Francis, turning his face sideways to glimpse the twins. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Being at the museum made me think about how much I really need and love my twin sister. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, those twins never had a chance to dream the same dream we are making come true . . . change. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The twins, holding tremulously to each other, dared the few yards to the next shelter and spread the dreadful news. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Their chambers lie beyond this place, where the aqueduct’s water was diverted for the games. Once we have dealt with you...once you have helped us...the twins have promised we will never suffer again.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Holly nodded, curling her fingers around the twin joysticks. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The very next day, the twins came to Clive’s as the Saturday breakfast rush was ending. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a new sketch, one of Baba and the twins playing Jenga at home. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Delia sprang up into a sitting position beside her twin, and her eyes went to the doors on the other side of the barn. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The deep blue paint framing his twin bed. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The Murray twins lean against the massive trunk, sipping steaming cups of mulled cider. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Carol points her out to me, on the bus, the same way she’s pointed out the twin set and the coat tree: as an object to be admired. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“For being as selfish as Papá,” Delia finished her twin’s thought. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sophie Mol had convinced the twins that it was essential that she go along too. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi looked up from the shirt she was patching to see the twins hovering in the doorway from the hall. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Even with the twins, and they’re nearly as poor as he is.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Neither of the twins was at dinner that night. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As the Hitler Youth faced the twin granite grandstands, they stood at parade rest, waiting for the Führer to address them. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every sheep and goat had its wobbly twins, the forest was teeming, and the first crops of the hillsides were coming into fruit. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was used to the twins’ stylized brand of cursing by now. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And their mom has the nerve to say, “Are you looking for twins for the play?” and the young woman says, “Oh, I don’t know, I’m just an assistant in the casting office.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The apartment itself was dominated by two computers that sat across from the front door like twin shrines. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eyes caught twin reflections of the moon; the glittering yellow light penetrated his chest and he inhaled suddenly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to see how the twins had grown in the two days he had been gone—he wanted to see the twins. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was a pasty white with twin spots of rouge on the cheeks. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We can’t go on like this much longer,” said Henry at the twins’ apartment that night, as we were smoking cigarettes over uneaten plates of bacon and eggs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Zak always seemed like the weaker twin, but at least he tried to check the Snake. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You think Lolo’s taking the rap for something the twins did?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Layla was almost as exhausted as their parents, helping out in the middle of the night when the twins woke up for feedings. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Along the path through the park there were hundreds of flowers of different colors that excited the twins. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And yet, Briony struggled to grasp the difficult thought, wasn't there manipulation here, wasn't Lola using the twins to express something on her behalf, something hostile or destructive? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I turn and see Sausun, lounging in a tank top and huge track pants with a laptop on her flat stomach, on one of the twin beds in the room. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

There are many cases in which one twin is killed in childhood, in a riding accident, say, or is struck by lightning, while the other lives to a prosperous old age. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hand on his side, he stumbles into the trees, shouting for his twin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The sky is black with shimmers of glitter, and in the lake, there’s the sky’s rippling twin. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The twins, bawling in Tía Cuca’s arms, were two weeks old. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And no one has died until now. No one has been born, either, not since the Murray twins. Though it is not for lack of trying, given the way some of the acrobats carry on.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

So when she says,Is it true that twins know what each other are thinking? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

As Percy suspected, the twins had lifted another plaster mountain and were waiting for a clear shot. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mother o’ God, Mrs. Leibowitz, these twins smell to the high heavens. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Abuela looks on, arms crossed, as the twins model their getup. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Sparkle has been able to see the real me, the one I am when I'm not just Teal's brother, the also-ran, the slightly washed-out twin. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Michael and I traveled to rural Escambia County and were greeted by the twins. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They had to be twins, because their faces were identically ugly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Please, please," said the twins. "Go on," said Dorothy. The girls jumped off their chairs and clattered away. "You men go on inside and behave. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marisol and the twins spend more time at school with extracurricular activities, and Mama cooks way too much food, since our kitchen is much bigger now. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The twins, Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene, were six years old. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then I spot the twins, both sitting stiffly, arms crossed. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

If Jess, and the twins had been much closer, they would not have escaped with their lives. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

The twins aren’t coming b: to school this year, and I didn’t really mean I wanted to be dead. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In spite of this, they appeared cheerful and they welcomed the twins. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now they looked like two identical bald-headed babies, even though they weren’t twins. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suppose that one twin goes to live on the top of a mountain while the other stays at sea level. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins lay next to each other on the bed, their eyes closed. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chi-Boy slipped off the trail to reappear in behind the twins. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I was thrilled to see that these new twins, a male and a female, were strong and healthy. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The first pair of twins, born twenty years ago to Melissa, were undersize and weak from birth, especially one of them. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The new river that had joined them was a close twin to the one they had been sailing down, and that one alone had almost matched the Mander or the Trident. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But for my twin who now teaches school and murders tree trunks I have heard various words applied by our neighbors, none with much fondness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she could no longer hear the twins’ footsteps on the path, she ran for the tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw him when the vet came. He looks just like you, Duke. You guys could be twins!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“He’s going to move there. Wants the twins to go to school in Salinas.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the morning she arrived, Virgil’s parents and identical twin brothers immediately rushed her in a flood of hugs and hellos. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

A lightship with twin beacons glides past as America recedes; ahead wait the great glittering prairies of the Atlantic. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She admired the fact that she was a Enrique’s Journey hard worker and a fighter, a girl who thrived when her own twin died a month after birth. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

In tenth grade, he won a part in Blood Brothers, a musical about fraternal twins separated at birth. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The security guard, Clarence, and a guy who looked like his identical twin brother entered the rotunda, each of them carrying an aluminum attache case. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Spillane in Pump Lane off Carey’s Road has two crippled twin children with big blond heads, small bodies, and bits of legs that dangle over the edges of the chairs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

As they waited for Wash, Naomi and the twins huddled together against the foggy chill. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lolo and the twins watch us as we practice. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Train Ear yelled to Boom Box’s twin, “Step up!” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

That was exactly the way Mom’s face developed twin worry lines on her forehead—and then the worry lines erased—when she was trying to sound more optimistic and cheerful than she actually felt. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The twins were fanatical about them but I didn’t like them much. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the mirror, I look more like Donna’s twin than Pri. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The twin on the ground grabbed the fish from my basket and threw it. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

The parrot fortunately offered no further interruption to the entertainment the whole venom of his nature apparently having been cherished up and hurled against the twins in that one impetuous outburst. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins started crying, and Luke bent down to calm them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The twin set is just two sweaters, both the same color, one with buttons down the front, the other without. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured him and Baba drinking tea in Baba’s study, then smoking near the window, a sweetbrier-scented breeze blowing from the garden and bending the twin columns of smoke. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He held up a finger, buried the axe in the stump, and ran around to the front of the house to make sure that the twins were still busy eating his mother’s pies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Several weeks earlier, Henry had become angry when the twins were voicing moral objections at the idea of killing Bunny. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She needed to see that the twins were all right. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The giants vanished in twin puffs of smoke. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They weren’t; she realized the men were twins. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The twins noticed the smell, too, lifting their noses like hunting dogs catching a scent. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But she could not leave the twins alone with Henry. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The first twin said, “S’meggs?” and the second stiffened and said, “May the best egg win,” before they took their cereal and walked away. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had no mustache, but otherwise he could’ve been Hitler’s twin—or his father. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In a short time the twins were not only let alone but got themselves a certain reputation for smartness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wonders if they are twins; they certainly look enough alike to be twins, and he thinks it might be rude to ask. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The twins were both laughing, but even then they were liable—and the perfect height—to take a swing at your crotch. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They’d been sent to the Hoppers, who gave them new toys, but when the twins were sent back to the Home, the Hoppers kept the toys. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had a secret admirer—N. And he might just be Sahil’s twin freaking brother. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Next, a boy wearing a fuzzy white Kangol cap, who was slightly younger and shorter than Train Ear but definitely older than the twins, squeezed himself past the lanky teen and into the car. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Dad comes home with the drink smell there’s no money and Mam screams at him till the twins cry, and Malachy and I run out to the playground. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s worse for her than it is for me — birthing the twins near killed her. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

The twins, Leanne and Lorraine, were twenty-two; and their youngest, Sammie, had just turned eighteen and was still in foster care. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The twins cried when they were small and Dad and Mam would say Whisht and Hush and feed them and they’d go back to sleep. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Char and the twins turn away from me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

After a round of applause for the cooks—the twins looking like they were being sentenced to a year’s worth of dishwashing—everyone dug in. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Like a holy procession they returned to the village, the boy and the girl and the newborn twins and the cow and the cat. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins were curled up on the double bed on towels spread over a spare sheet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And look at these beautiful littles: the pretty blond twins, the freckle-faced Taft. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Naomi stabbed her needle deep into the pincushion and stared at the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins are already in their play clothes, barefoot, and trying to catch lizards in a plastic jar. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

That was how Naomi and the twins started feeding Muff’s chickens and gathering eggs from her coop. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And a pair of two-egg twin hearts sank and settled on the step above the sixth. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the small room, the twins’ mattress was on the floor, a mess of blankets and dirty stuffed animals. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

After, we all eat snacks and set off firecrackers in the yard, and the twins run around in the dark with the sparklers Simón brought for them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Not unusually severe for an ice age, it had twin peaks, the first about 70,000 years ago and the second at about 20,000 years ago. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tommie had just left when the screen door squeaked open and the twins shoved through the door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were twins, as it turned out, even though they didn’t look anything alike. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Wash tugged on Naomi’s skirt with a grin as soon as the twins were gone. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When my ship reached Syrinx, I saw the twin moons, By-Tor and Snow Dog, that orbited the planet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Naomi had swept up the sugar and cleaned the counters by the time Henry came out of the twins’ room a few minutes later. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Four of them stood in a line, two sets of twins, distinct mostly because of their hair color. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The twins looked at each other and then said together, “The Cozy Table!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Six hours later we’re in the Roths’ living room watching their twin sons play a game with a wooden top called a dreidel. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mom and Jess and the twins joined him in a booth, and he explained that what they’d seen and heard from their classroom earlier was called a steam explosion. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

The two sets of twins had fallen asleep peacefully. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, at that moment he was blinded by his twin obsessions: to destroy Lyra and to possess her mother. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Five of the children, including Luke and a set of fraternal twins, were three years old. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The twins, looking up into his face with adoration, nodded. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sucked in my breath until my lungs felt like twin dirigibles inside my ribs. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lee sat with a darning basket, mending the long black stockings the twins wore to school. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She bore twin sons to Poseidon—but fearing her father’s displeasure if he learned of the children’s birth, she abandoned them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two hanging side by side were twins save that one had a blue flame and the other was a hot-forge orange. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The twins stomp back into the living room. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Those weren’t the regular harbor lights; they were the twin lanterns of the plesiosaur artillery units. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The twins slid the compartment door shut behind them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Before Jessie and Isa could talk more, a new batch of neighbors came out and the twins got busy getting more signatures. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The twins were awake, and they both looked blindly and earnestly up at the wind-moved leaves of the oak tree. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

While half the group took off after RiRi and the hulk, the twins had gathered up Chi-Boy, pulling him away from Travis, who was crumpled on the ground with a bloody mouth. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A pair of twins on stilts stand on either side of the entrance. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t find either one of the twins but did catch sight of Ruth May fixing to executrate her second swoon of the day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t really make sense,” Piper said, “just garbled images, but I saw two giants, dressed alike. Maybe twins.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He made his mother a sandwich, peeling the last thin pieces of turkey out of the package and pressing them between twin slices of white bread. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The twins went bonkers every time Dr. Morales’s familiar face popped onto the screen. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

The paint cans are getting heavy, and it feels like my arms are being pulled like one of the twins’ stretch toys. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I fling a quick chest pass to my twin brother, JB, number twenty-three, a.k.a. the Jumper. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

She was ready to grab the twins and drag them back down the trail. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

His shoes, twin pets That snuggle his toes, Are under the bed. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is known as the twins paradox, but it is a paradox only if one has the idea of absolute time at the back of one’s mind. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Juanita chimed in, turning to look at the twins in the backseat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Delia joined her twin to shake her legs out and kicked at Pita in the process. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Even after the twins had gone, Naomi kept watching from the woods. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d thought to worry about Mama Mwanza but not my own crippled twin. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The way John Henry tells it, your world and ours are like twins. No, wait, that’s a bad example.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I counted ten dollars with the coins the twins have squirreled away.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The two sat looking at the twin boys in their strange bright-colored clothes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

With the certitude of a true believer, Vellya Paapen had assured the twins that there was no such thing in the world as a black cat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The Others can keep his love, I want his swords and sails. Holding tight to those twins is the best way to make certain that we'll have them." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Wash fished two dimes out of his pocket and handed them to the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lolo is in his flower bed with the twins. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He says that if you put one identical twin in a high-speed rocket for a week, he’d come back to find his brother ten years older than he is himself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The one eye we could see under all that matted hair, his right eye, was warm and friendly, and his smile was genuine, so the twins reached out and shook hands with him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I'd be lying if I said Janae wasn't like a second mother to me, to us—especially after Mama had the twins and she was busy doing any- and everything for them. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The twins who brought down the house, indeed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And now the twins are—” “Oh, preparing for their doomsday show in Rome,” Phorcys sneered. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The twins standing at the entrance don’t pay attention to me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We push the pram to a dark corner and peel the bananas for the twins.There are five bananas in the bunch and we feast on them in the dark corner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“They have remarkable timing,” Tsukiko says, turning her attention to the newborn twins. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I was pondering my resistance, when suddenly the twins’ bedroom door flew open. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ihe War a Door Closes From your window you watch love and happiness sink like twins in quicksand when she drives away, leaving you suffocating in sleeplessness, out of breath and hope. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

This was before the twins were born, before Mama started her catering business. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Class and Race: the South’s—America’s—Siamese twins. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe that all those twins were forced to test that theory. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

You can see them there, twin stars, one blazing beside the other. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow funeral march. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Next came Howard and Dwight, who were only a year or two apart and could have passed for twins except Howard wore glasses and had that up-down walk. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Biko, wear something nice. Kainene will be dressing up too,” her mother had added, as if mentioning her twin sister somehow legitimized everything. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’s going to play with the twins, to keep them occupied while Mrs. Hameed finishes packing her Thanksgiving catering orders and Sara and I come up with a new recipe. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They spoke quickly, in light tones that sounded like birds chattering, and they finished each other’s sentences like twin sisters would. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She loved the sweetness of the three of them together; she just wished it didn’t mean losing her time with Wash. But he was good, too good, to deny the twins their share. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he got muddled; the twins shook their heads and pointed at each other and the crowd laughed. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Where’d that come from?” he asked, pointing a soapy finger at a small boat Wash had made for the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Look at all I say about watching the twins or helping Lolo. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The more pictures of identical twins I looked at, the more it seemed as if I, I mean, we were there. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They had a deejay with one of those twin turntables playing some tough sides. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Still, she led the too inquisitive twins away and made them join in the game of hunt-the-zipper, which had been organized by one of her colleagues at the other end of the room. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z