We saw nothing except grass, trees, crops, and the hard-packed dirt path as we moved. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was stuck in a world where time had come to a standstill except for my digging. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

No one will need a friend except me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean, except for those white folks who fought so she could even play?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever touched him except to hit him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The world was still, except for the shuffling footsteps of mourners, the hum of prayers, the click-clack of rosaries. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“We probably wouldn’t even know about this except people had their phones out, recording.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There was no way down except through backstage. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Anyway what do I need it for, I don’t want a man around, what use are they except for ten seconds’ worth of half babies. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get a word out of him except the most minimal directions—“up there,” “that way”—in a voice I could hardly hear. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

All of them except for Freya, and she looked angry. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

They were like bug eyes, except they were a little square. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Friday was also boring, except that it was Friday, which meant it was almost Saturday, which meant I was that much closer to the lock, which was happiness. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, except that I’m going away at midnight.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

People who have been digested by a man-eating lioncelle tend to become nonentities—to live no life except within the vitals of the devourer. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dining car was closed to coloreds anyway, except, of course, for the waiters and the cooks back in the kitchen. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked, to my grandmother, like devout Muslims from Bursa, except for the color of their garments. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

No, Dr. Strayer said, except that he believed it was illegal for a period of time just after someone got his or her license, new teen drivers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The place was deserted, except for yellowhammers and a few mice pattering about in the sun. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything disappears, except the point of my pencil. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t know what else we can do, except keep on deceiving ourselves. And perhaps by that time we’ll be home.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I think about turning it down, but I've never had wine, except the homemade stuff my mother uses for coughs, and when will I get a chance to try it again? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Can’t nothing interfere with a broomstick except powerful Dark magic — no kid could do that to a Nimbus Two Thousand.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Miss Garnder had nothing in all the world excepting a sureness about how right she was. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would answer except that my hand is over my mouth and it’s trembling. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She was terribly pale except for two bright spots of color high on her cheeks. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

As a result, European conquest did not create widespread or lasting European settlement of sub-Saharan Africa, except in the far south. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was glad no one except her faithful old Mary was here to see what was going on. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pleasant-looking National Park man checked me in and then he said, “How about that dog? They aren’t permitted in except on leash.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

All was silent except for the wind moving in the tall grass. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

With their hair flying and their mouths open, screaming at each other, I realized that none of the sisters had any teeth except for Wasp, who had one mossy yellow incisor. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing in that brownie except sugar and fat.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Here she was talking with a ghost as normal as talking to anyone else, except this ghost seemed to be enjoying the conversation as much as Ophie did. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Doors in the middles of all the cars, except the last one, slid open with a whir and a BONG! chime. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then all was quiet again, except for the cold rustle of the wind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

None of this was true, except the drunk part. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was completely naked except for the hat on his head, and the other passengers onboard the ship were looking at him, directing curious and embarrassed glances his way. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

The men on the quivering, battered boat were mad with terror, all except one who thought only of Alcyone and rejoiced that she was in safety. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a few sidesteps, like one wrestler circling another, except that he was thirty feet away; the maneuver was ridiculous. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It simply lingered, motionless except for the designs on its skin and its round eyes floating on their stalks. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Matt had never seen a priest except on TV. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take my word for it, we have. Did you see any pilot room except for this one port and the one gauge here in parsecs? Did you see any controls?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Among the grunts, some carried the M-79 grenade launcher, 5.9 pounds unloaded, a reasonably light weapon except for the ammunition, which was heavy. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t properly think and listen to the radio at the same time, so it was quiet in the car, except for the thumping rumble of Harold’s mechanical heart. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

After awhile there was nothing behind us and nothing before us except more field and a grove of trees. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The old man paid no attention to them and did not pay any attention to anything except steering. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had already studied everything that was taught there except French, music, and dancing,” she wrote, “so I devoted myself to these accomplishments.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Hemingway's house had survived the storm, except that the giant swimming pool was filled with brackish water and debris, along with a magnificent sea turtle that I immediately named Ernest. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Irwin had absolutely no way of getting in touch with me, except by going to Nurse Kennedy's flat, and after Joan's death Nurse Kennedy had moved somewhere else and left no trace. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Hattie would have deprived me of it too, except she sampled it first. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I might have asked a question about Jesus Christ Superstar, except that I. I didn’t know what it was, and 2. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Dad was drunk all the time except when he was in jail; Mom had completely withdrawn into her own world; and Maureen was more or less living with neighbors. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I cleaned up the dinner dishes, then sat in a chair by the window for about an hour, not doing anything except thinking. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t usually care about the stuff we steal, except how much we can make when we sell it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There hadn’t been time to think or feel much of anything except disbelief while we were making all the arrangements. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The stage was bare except for a half dozen white folding chairs. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Geyer would have agreed, except that his own search had revealed again and again Holmes’s talent for deflecting scrutiny. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Everything fades except the thump of my heart as we sit in cold metal chairs and wait. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He wore a faded Hawaiian shirt and nothing for pants except thick brown goat fur. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The man had a mobile, passionate face, handsome except for one wall eye. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Of course. All except Grandsire. He wouldn’t hide with the women and farm animals and he couldn’t go fight. He was sot on sitting it out under his own roof.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I've never seen him except at the time of the Song.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was gratified by the eruption of hot flame, just like Miss Riley’s experiment, except mine was pink rather than green. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She folded up their clothes hanging on the rack, except for her own, and put them in a pile on the sofa. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one looked at Bridget McGinn except Lyra, and she saw the blond girl’s face vivid with fear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Joey, that was the gayest thing I ever did. Well, except for the time I wrote a poem to Seanie.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. McCabe made a rule for Callum and me: except when we were in class together, we couldn’t be within twenty feet of each other. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They gave me this very crumby room, with nothing to look out of the window at except the other side of the hotel. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Ivy used to have a dress just like this one, except it was a smoky blue color, like a thundercloud about to burst open. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t any different from the rest of those scoundrels you see on TV today except he preached in synagogues and he wasn’t so smooth-talkin’. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take one pseudo-bite of the paella, and it’s pretty good except for the pimentos. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have any extra paper with me except for a Snickers wrapper that I had put in my pocket because I didn’t want to litter. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She described her life in New Orleans—everything except her boyfriend Sammy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Even the mailbox was empty, except for a flyer for my sister from the Robert Kennedy campaign, announcing that he would be stopping on Long Island before the New York primary. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“If you do persist in going—and we hope you won’t—we have no alternative except to arrest you,” the police superintendent said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In principle a Party member had no spare time, and was never alone except in bed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Everything was cold and quiet except for a milk truck that idled at the rear entrance as two silent, sleepy-looking men unloaded the wire crates and let them fall with a clatter on the asphalt. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

First, Mama cuts off a man who waves a fist at us, except it’s not a fist but a paw. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He imagined himself as the young Winston Churchill covering Kitchener’s battle at Omdurman, a battle of superior versus inferior arms, except that, unlike Churchill, he sided with the moral victor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But it meant nothing to Brian, except that he wished he had a fire. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the deep woods they could hear no sound except the slow flowing of the water and the songbirds. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was just like an abacus, except for one problem. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She was a middle-aged woman who looked rather ordinary except for the large mole on her left cheek. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

And it would have been okay, except that after Hank tells me how great the TV news story was, the first thing he does is check my socket fit. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know anything about it, except that the bus driver refused to land there. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

My little sister was dressed like a mini me, except her dress was pink, which is still her favorite color. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Each of them looked back, except for one. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The watch would be especially nice, except it isn’t working right. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who wants that, except, you know, a baby!” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was an almost perfect day, except that Abe didn’t know anything about the key or about Dad. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The whole house is quiet except for the trickle of the water coming from the shower in the bathroom. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The vicinity of the Hill View contains no diners, no fast-food joints or grocery stores, no commercial establishments at all except for a couple of agricultural-equipment warehouses. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That day passed much as the day before had gone, except that the silence seemed deeper; the air grew heavy, and it began to be stifling under the trees. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The boy I’d seen in the last dream was stoking the bellows, except he was taller now, almost my age. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A faithful replica, except the paint was more simplified than his actual colon ing would have been. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Gorilla babies and elephant babies and human babies are not so different, except that a gorilla gets to spend the day riding on his mother’s back, like a cowboy on a horse. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“I said to him why is he angry to me? I don’t know any ting about this land, except that I don’t want to sell it to nobody.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had friends—a quality that the rest of us noticeably did not possess, except for Francis and Eric, who were more like the same person than they were like actual friends. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The room was silent except for the humming of fans. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cabin was dark except for a dying fire in the fireplace, but the woman made her way to her bed without trouble. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the fields, nothing moved except the constantly swishing tails of the cows gathered flank to flank in the shade. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The window was intact, its glass unbroken . . . except. . . except for the face of Jesus. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed raised above them by this strange exemption and all honored him for it, except one only, Loki. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked just like every other earthworm I’d ever seen, except that it lay there like a limp piece of string. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was so dark in the bar I could hardly make out anything except Doreen. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I believe we forgot everything except, of course, personal fear, and it seemed to wipe the slate clean and give us a fresh start. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Everyone on the roof, except for the soldiers manning the machine guns, begin to make their way inside. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The staffroom, a long, paneled room full of old, mismatched chairs, was empty except for one teacher. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The sky was bigger now and except for the occasional shooting, it was quiet. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no thought in his head except his father....If it was him...if it really was him...he had to know, had to find out.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was dark except for the occasional flare of a safety sparkler. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Johnny lay in the ‘birth and death room.’This was hardly more than a closet with a tiny window off the kitchen, used for storage except in times of sickness. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

For sure Miss Love wasn’t a bit like Granny, except they were both feisty. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“She forced it to go to that situation on the bus so that she could rule out Erudite—except Erudite wasn’t ruled out.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a new cage not unlike my old cage, except that it’s much cleaner. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Then the cop asked him how long he had been there and Willie told him the same as Pedro did, except for Mr. Lynch, we had all been there about two hours. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did everything exactly as before, except this time, when he inserted the Crystal Key, he turned it counterclockwise instead of clockwise. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She is nude except for an Oriental silk dressing gown she hasn’t bothered to tie. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The yard out front is empty, except for my stable boy, Jacques. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean that. He’s hard to figure out. He loves his family, more than anything in the world except the Marine Corps, yet none of us ever have a real conversation with him.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody else fell down right behind him, except us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they quickly look away to avoid meeting our eyes, except for the little girl who is staring at me right now. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Everything was loaded except Queenie—the sergeant offered her a hand up the ladder to the rear cockpit. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“And each of us is on our own. Well, except for you two.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, being a hero didn’t seem to change him a bit except for one thing. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The darkness around him dispelled completely, leaving nothing to protect him except his battered armor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Look: It may spoil the ending, but in my father’s book all the incomers except for one—a boy—end up being killed by determined human mobs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Yeah, well, I wouldn’t have bothered trying to write anything except that Open Mike Friday is one time I know I can get Tyrone Bitting’s attention, and I’ve got a thing for Tyrone. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no way out except through him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed when I said I hadn’t, excepting my own. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, except for a packed- in clump at the center, it was practically all loops. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every outlet was unplugged from every socket and the house stayed dark, except for the lit candle in a few rooms, including ours. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’m shouting now, and I don’t know where the anger came from, except that I can feel it swirling around inside me, violent and vicious and the strongest I have felt in days. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The bites faded before she even got dressed, so she had nothing to show her stepmother except cobwebs, which her stepmother thought was some sort of clever trick. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Forasmuch as they hang in my memory by only this one slender thread, I don’t know what they did, except that they forbore to remove me. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

We all know that we are not to show our faces to anyone, except our two hosts. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, because I'd never planned on going back there except to kill Miss Anderson, but now that's not going to happen. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

By the time Bertha brought out dessert, everybody was rubbing their stomachs and saying how they couldn’t possibly eat another bite, except, well, maybe just a little of that peach cobbler. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He took me by the T-shirt again except this time he balled a piece of it up in his fist and said, “It’s done with us. It has to be. Okay?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Gray windows, empty except for a few Christmas-stars stuck to the panes on the ground floor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped on the corner of 12th, and it was impossible for him to look at anything except that stoop. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Not a boat was in sight except a single canoe traveling parallel to a tree-wreathed shoreline, children in life jackets at the flashing paddles a quarter mile off. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I did manage to clean up after myself a little, but other than that I didn’t do much of anything except take care of Sammy. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There are no antiprotons or antineutrons, made up from antiquarks, except for a few that physicists produce in large particle accelerators. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he arrived at 81 Morningside Avenue, he seemed in good health except for his eyes. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

What does he care for my coppers, except to make sure I do not get them? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

After the first one, which they had interrupted every third sentence with questions, they were an attentive audience, and silent except for their frequent loud sighs and Esther’s nervous laughter at all the wrong moments. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing had changed except your own attitude; the predestined thing happened in any case. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There was nothing he could do down here except trust and believe in Uncle Jet. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

For instance, none of the eight main founder crops except barley grows wild in Egypt. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Huddled in their half-built village that first terrible winter, the colonists rarely saw the area’s inhabitants, except for the occasional shower of copper- or claw-tipped arrows. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to mark the days now except the Sabbath, and we had to observe it in secret, anyway. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The room is quiet except for the radio playing softly, Preacher Green again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The cheese tasted O.K. to me and, except for a big powdery lump every once in a while, Dad’s milk was all right too. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair is tied back except for a few gorgeous strands that fall over her eyes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

There was a rule in the school—only sneakers on the gym floor but every-body ignored it except when there was a brother around. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says he won't forget, asks us if he's a man of his word and everyone except my mother nods. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I looked out and saw a white countryside, desolate except where ripples of blue broke the snowdrifts. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

No trace of Nergal remained except for a few scattered feathers. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She brought back another woman, who wore a similar uniform except that it was pink trimmed in white. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were unremarkable except for the whites, which were tinged with the filmy blue of the blind. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You see, there was a boy, their first child, two years older than I. I barely remember him. We both caught some kind of fever. I got well, except for this leg, but he died.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“There is nothing to sell except the girl,” she answered slowly. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

There were a few textbooks on math, which we shared, and an American history book that I never saw anyone read except Richard. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She had nothing left, except a baseball, matches, and a broken piece of mirror. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He had lain absolutely motionless, with no flicker of life except the faintest of breathing, for more than thirty-two hours. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They told him, “Nothing can stop you now except one thing: don’t let the people at home hold you back.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Like it would be like one of those inflatable moonwalk machines, except for always.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The controls and dashboard were black-and-gray carbon fiber except for a cherry-red start button. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a place impossible to enter except on official business, and then only by penetrating through a maze of barbed-wire entanglements, steel doors, and hidden machine-gun nests. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They all nodded their heads or said hello to her, except for Kaisha, who had her attention directed solely toward her laptop. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

You read all the time except when you come here. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was packed with people, all women and children except for two sailors who stood at either end. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was alone—except for the friends I had in my books, like Belle, and Anna. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

But she never talked, this woman, except for the brief necessities of life. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

On orders from his CBS bosses, Delmar wasn’t supposed to do his impersonation except in special situations with permission from the White House. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Do? Nothing, except feel glad and happy to be alive.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has a mind of metal and wheels; and he does not care for growing things, except as far as they serve him for the moment. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Often she forgot to wash him, and there was nothing to eat except cold tortillas. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

All was still and silent except for a quick, high movement of a monkey tail disappearing in the shadow of the pines. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted to hug the big oaf except he was standing in the middle of killer sheep. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

These horrible folk destroyed all Odysseus’ ships except the one he himself was in—which had not yet entered the harbor when the attack was made. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the first time we’ve seen each other since the woods except for the kabillion times I’ve seen him in my mind over the last few days, which included Christmas. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Nothing hurts except my heart, but I’m trying not to use it. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the middle of October everyone in the class, except me, had been called on at least twice. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

In those burned letters Martha had never mentioned the war, except to say, Jimmy, take care of yourself. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one would have cared, except for him and his parents and the teacher who had taught him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks like a doll that you see in a box on a shelf, except she’s prettier. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

There had been Belew telling them that everything could be taken away from you in life, your house, your car, everything except a state championship. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. It’s far more than any man— except the royal tax collectors—can count. And don’t call me sir,” he snarled. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I cannot emphasize this enough: It was a completely normal rap song, except in Swedish. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I never had anything wrong with my heel except the time the sting ray stung it when I stepped on him when swim-ming and paralyzed the lower leg and made the unbearable pain. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ship became quiet except for the drone of machinery. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At last he had nothing left except his daughter. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their mother held firm; and as it would be unreasonable to expect a girl to take risks with her complexion, the matter was settled, except that Theresa refused to walk anywhere. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All except the one from the world of the dead.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He knew very little about her, except that she was one more public demonstration that he was a superman. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t care about anything on this earth except the way her face was tipped toward mine, our noses just touching, how wide and gorgeous her smile was, like sparklers going off. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His next words are unintelligible, except for “seen in the market.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The area around my bed was the messiest part of the room, except for the area under my bed, which was even worse. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of lunch we talked about my brothers and sisters, about life in Tempe, about the weather, his crops, and anything except his guilt. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

All the sisters would be in the oratory for the final service of the day, except for Sister Fenella, he supposed, and Sister Katarina, if she was looking after Lyra. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“They don’t tell us anything except that Joey’s head is filled with lots of good brains.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Your secret—our secret is safe. No one knows except you, me, and Kojo.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Papa would of stayed with her, except he had to take up collection. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I imagine our births were rather similar, except that on the same night I came into this world, the Angel of Death took my mother from it. Ever since then, I’ve had a gift.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then I caught the patient’s eye and followed it, but could trace nothing as it looked into the moonlit sky except a big bat, which was flapping its silent and ghostly way to the west. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Nothing happened, except perhaps that the potion glowed a little brighter. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She was the most definite of any of the Hamiltons except her mother. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel stood on the hillside in the morning sunlight, alone in the ruins except for Arion, who paced next to her, nickering impatiently. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Rowan found he had no viable argument except to say, “It isn’t right!” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

No one in the theater, except a few employees, knew he had a horse waiting out back. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm a drone, painkiller makes the blankets feel too heavy, except I'm not under the blankets. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know anything about the place, except that it wasn’t near Philadelphia, where he was supposed to be. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I hear a noise over my shoulder and turn to see Violet, on the opposite end of the ledge and naked too except for a pair of black boots. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Why else would Maegor the Cruel have ordered death for all the builders who had worked on his castle, except to preserve such secrets? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Besides the chairs, there was no other furniture except for a small table in the corner. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

With no windows to let in the sunlight, the stacks were utterly dark except for the gentle light of my candle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Of course! I’ve seen all of the movies in the theater with my dad. I mean, except for the ones that came out before I was born.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

You can’t see ’em except as a kind of shimmer in the air. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

This afternoon the town had been deserted except for the loafers who stood around the filling station and the street comers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he was, too, except that he could find no explanation for why the song had affected him so grotesquely. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until finally he just packed up and left, and except for one birthday present when I was six, I didn’t hear another word from him, ever. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Monday had the same one except in pink, her favorite color. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“No, they think it’s cool. But we don’t talk a lot, except about ball and stuff.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

All except Sunny, whose eyes stayed stuck to her math book. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Harry raised his eyebrows, but said nothing except, “We’ll be starting in about five minutes, you’d better get your boots on.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Dr. Mendez—I know little about him except that he’s the only orthodontist in town. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There was nothing in what Fuller said that day that he had not already repeated dozens of times in Durham during the past year—except for the phrase “Black Power.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

We wear ribbons every day except Saturday when we wash them by hand, Dell and I side by side at the kitchen sink, rubbing them with Ivory soap then rinsing them beneath cool water. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

From their position at the top of the lawns overlooking the grounds, they had a clear view of the smooth black surface of the water — except that the surface was suddenly not smooth at all. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was lying on something that felt like a camp bed, except that it was higher off the ground and that he was fixed down in some way so that he could not move. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Anyone could have come into the apartment and carted away everything in it, except for the computer, and Jesse wouldn’t have noticed or perhaps cared that much. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh! Well, no. I mean, no one calls except my mom and dad. And I'm pretty tired of talking to them." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked almost exactly as Harry remembered him; the pencil-shaped nose, the batlike ears, the long fingers and feet — all except the clothes, which were very different. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, except for when a piece of art is captivating him, I catch him watching me, too. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The reason I asked was because Ackley never did anything on Saturday night, except stay in his room and squeeze his pimples or something. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The first tragic plays, which are among the best there are, never equaled except by Shakespeare, were produced in the theater of Dionysus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right. I'll tell you. Principal Peattie has a mad wife and he's hidden her in the school attic, except that every so often she escapes.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The lights are bright and flashing, and I don't know why I'm still standing here, except that it's hard to believe what I'm seeing. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Oh, absolutely nothing, except that I was strangling on bitterness and gall and was in no mood to talk about it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The living room was airy, the walls free of photographs except for a turquoise painting of a long-necked woman in a turban. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I looked at Capricorn Anderson, and that’s what I saw—not a case, but a time traveler, about to step into a world that had forgotten the sixties except for J.F.K. and the Beatles. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Alas, dear Hazel, I could never answer such questions except in person, and you are there, while I am here. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

And, in all except three, the Court upheld the constitutionality of the search or seizure. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

No one, except passengers with tickets, was allowed to enter. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

They raced through the reading and by eleven, all the Nolans, excepting Johnny, who was working, were in bed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was silence in the room, except for the distant rushing of the sea. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was just like “Trap the Birdie,” except instead of throwing up feathers stuck inside the hole of a coin, the player bounced a ball against the step and called out a mystery number. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Right now he was doing something no one except the Governor had ever done before. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“They lie at the very heart of Tartarus. Mortals such as you could never reach them, except through the halls of my palace—the Mansion of Night!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then we were nearly ready, except for one thing: when we left the animals’ loop, we’d be just as lost as when we’d come in. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

None asked anything except of himself, “How shall I be fed this day?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He said just what she’d meant to say, except that he said “I” and she had meant to say “we.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

That metal was also in short supply—except for the US Treasury Department’s monetary reserve, which was located in a vault at West Point. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Everyone seemed to be screaming, except the tall man. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Deydey, slumped over by the fire, she did not disturb except to lower him to the earth. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

No one wants to be treated like a baby, except, of course, a baby. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The desktop is clear except for the Netbook that Father used to communicate with the doctors. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Parker laughs, too, of course, but he don’t know why exactly, except Tyler wants him to. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

None of this was visible to Vetch, except when he looked at his friend's face; then he too saw the darkness for a moment. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

No one else did either, except the hard-shelled technicians. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The ship went silent, except for the waves lapping against the hull. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, I didn’t have much in common with any of my teammates except Doug. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I learned nothing from you except how to be suspicious. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The thrones were empty except for two at the end: the head throne on the right, and the one to its immediate left. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think much about the interview except that I still wondered why the man who had interviewed me had smiled. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was as though the cholera had wrung everything out of the villagers’ bodies and found nothing left to attack except their spirits. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And one showing this big, nasty, robot-type dude, except you could see whiskers and a long tail sticking out. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your skull. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We order one with double extra cheese and pepperoni, and one with everything except anchovies. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Feebly, without arguments, with nothing to support him except his inarticulate horror of what O’Brien had said, he returned to the attack. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He never saw Willis Hurd except at church, and then only because he had to. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Everything looked the same except that the desks and chairs seemed a lot smaller. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I thought he would have come apart like a rag doll with a pulled thread, but he doesn’t look that different, except for some bandages and scrapes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They went out onto the grounds in the afternoon; the snow was untouched except for the deep channels made by the Durmstrang and Beauxbatons students on their way up to the castle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed in an imitation of a court doublet, except his doublet is made from scraps of leather. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It is not possible to create weightlessness here on earth, except for very short periods of time. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We rolled past another stop, where nobody got on, because nobody else in the world was awake right now except for the three of us, the bus driver, and the homeless man. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A personal answer for all other creations except herself. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

There didn’t seem to be any source of light except for Percy’s and Jason’s blades. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But then, instead of starting in on her speech about Los Angeles, she let her mouth drop open and nothing came out except a strange gulping sound. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said that she hated everything her parents loved, except for brandy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“They all went out except Chipo, who was too weak to stand, and one old woman. She got a handful of ashes to fill the baby’s mouth.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

My grandmother, too, followed their orders, except that she didn’t seem to be servile because she anticipated their needs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He placed in Milo’s breast pocket a small gleaming pencil which, except for the size, was much like his own. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The Institute didn’t even let her see the body except through a window. Then they had the body cremated. Xiao-cheng was saying that they probably beat him to death before he ‘hanged himself.’ Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the fog comes, silent and steady and flat, except for the grasping tendrils. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of this white father of hers, I know nothing except her shame about it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dame Olga continued, “With a coachman and two footmen, they will be safe from everything except ogres. And from ogres I could offer little protection. Besides, they’ll have more fun without their old mother.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the twentieth century, tuberculosis was killing about two million people a year, more adults than any other infectious disease except for AIDS. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It looked like a miniature forest except for the little fence-looking things in the middle that the vines were wrapped around. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“But she died. I saw her spirit a few times in the Underworld, except that the last time I went down there...” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Really, being at home for two weeks was just like my entire life before Culver Creek, except my parents were more emotional. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Everyone except for J.T. and Digger, that is—my best friends. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

They looked like regular Congo Boy Scouts to me, marching, except they didn’t have any shoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d filled my head with their voices, which to me were more beautiful than anything except Buck’s Peak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

All the exotic peoples, except ogres, were represented at the ceremony. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, she likes most everyone here, except for Hoagland.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about Blink, and how nothing had ever felt stable to either of them except for their friendship, while it lasted. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The boys break up and walk to different buildings, except for Lakshman, who joins me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Everyone’s hungry; except for the ersatz coffee, a week’s food ration doesn’t last two days. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But no one knew him here—except the people he’d brought—and he hadn't flown three hours to watch other people have fun. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The nights are usually quiet, except for the meowing cats or the rooster next door that never knows what time it is. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

You can’t go home again because home has ceased to exist except in the mothballs of memory. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

R.C’s little sister Naomi, was my age but I never saw her in town except during the school year and even then she only came once in a while. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Messenger or no, her fumblings prompted a burst of laughter from the other students—except for Kate, who pretended not to notice as she grabbed Sticky’s arm, dragging him toward the door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The girls were married, all except Dessie, and she had a successful dressmaking business in Salinas. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Penniless whites took over the rows from penniless blacks, except at the end of the week the whites were no longer penniless. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Almost no one even knew it existed, except for the archivists who looked after it in secret. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Hugo thought that maybe the painting was a version of Prometheus, except Prometheus was stealing fire from the gods to create the movies. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what that means except that it’s probably why, now that our American school has officially closed, Sam and Mundín and I go over to the Mancinis’ house for our lessons. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

When Kainene received the three letters Olanna had written since the war started, she had said nothing except that she received them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Captain Newport also takes all of the food stores except fourteen weeks’ worth of wheat and barley for the one hundred or so of us colonists. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was the only living thing in sight except for a stationary cloud of hysterical gnats suspended in the heat above the road. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had I ever sat in a bus with my father for hours and not exchanged a single word of conversation, except for a short discussion about a passage of Talmud? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I answered, forgetting everything except him and his questions. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hallways in the compound are empty except for a few stragglers. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

For the next ten years, except for a bath every Friday, she never got out again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was lying exactly as before, except that now one of his eyes was closed. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing remains except for us to vote what support we can give the quest—transportation, money, magic, weapons.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

At that point, Johnny had his hands cupped around his mouth and was shouting at us, except I couldn’t hear a word. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘In the ancient times, Orion joined the Hunters. He was Lady Artemis’s best friend. He had no rivals at the bow - except for the goddess herself, and perhaps her brother, Apollo.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

By the time she got up on deck, the others had already gathered—all hastily dressed except for Coach Hedge, who had pulled the night watch. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was a charitable and generous woman, eager to make those around her happy—everyone except me. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But don’t forget—they didn’t have TV or video games back then. There wasn’t much to do except build stuff.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

There was no way to pass from the Street of the Masons into the alley behind it except to pass through one of the houses, or else go far around by the next cross street. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

For a moment there was no sound except the scratching of Henry’s pen and the distant crash of dish racks in the kitchen. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He fitted the revolver into a hip holster, shouldered the rifle, and ambled down a hall to the parlor, which was dark except for the flickering television screen. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dewey admits it, but he adds that except for an apparently somewhat expurgated version of his own conduct, Hickock’s story supports Smith’s. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m awfully flattered you mistook me for Prince Gwydion. There’s hardly any resemblance, except possibly a certain air of...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

My wristwatch runs all right, but I have nothing to set it by except the sun. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She had that same thing I had when I first went back to school, that grown-ness about her—maturity—except she had it times two. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, it would have seemed funny except that it was rather pathetic. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The tally was more than seven hundred. They were all kerns, of course. None of the knights were injured, except the one who broke his leg falling off the horse.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone she knew, she had always known—except for captured ghosts, who weren’t exactly keen on pleasantries. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

During all my years on the mountain, I talked to no one except the two old people, but they seemed to be many people. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are quiet for a few minutes then, except for the sound of our feet hitting the pavement. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Shorty got dressed, except for his boots and socks: those he left just outside her door. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The need for contact must have been overwhelming, and there was no one I could call except for Tom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we were young—all of us were now thirteen, except for Kanei, who was three years older—and our emotions were in disarray. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When I looked back, the entire street was abandoned, except for a few people trying to save something from the ruins of their homes. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I never knew my parents except from old pictures. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The boss’s wife came back to read and he fired all the remaining readers except Francie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the big shore places were closed now and there were hardly any lights except the shadowy, moving glow of a ferryboat across the Sound. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was even too lazy and self-satisfied to go anywhere, except to preaching over at Hebron or to Cold Sassy to sell his cotton. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The cabin is empty except for two guards and a scrawny little man in a suit. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The armored bear at the charge seemed to be conscious of no weight except what gave him momentum. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

There were six beds, all empty, except the farthest one over by the window. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first couple of weeks really weren’t that bad, except for the fact that I’d started fasting, which just made me kind of tired. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

This side of the park was mostly empty, except for a few kids on the playground. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

There was silence for a while, except for the sounds of munching; then Ted spoke again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mama had never been anywhere much except to Atlanta, once to Raleigh, and once to Social Circle, Georgia, for a two-week visit the summer before she married. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t tell him anything personal except that I’m a senior, and that I think he’s smart for going to community college. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Once there were four white families on our block but they all moved away except for the old lady who lives by the tree. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Back in Provincetown, there was a belt of sandy beaches all around the town, except for the harbor side, where houses were built out over the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was never permitted to leave the convent walls except on the occasion of her parents’ death. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was square and quiet except for their breathing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zero remained perfectly still except for his right hand, which slowly formed into a fist. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

All the children, except Charlie, had both their mothers and fathers with them, and it was a good thing that they had, otherwise the whole party might have gotten out of hand. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Whoever was talking to her stood, but the light from a cell phone shined in Ivy’s eyes, and she couldn’t see anything except a blocky silhouette. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Exactly alike, except for the bird. This book is Mr. Griswold’s new game—I’m sure of it.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Arnold would have returned to the mountain again this year, except that she was seven months pregnant with their first child. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It felt strange to take a bath like this—the house so quiet, no sound from the street, alone except for a nosy orange cat. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The museum was pitch-black except for the bits of light Aru had been able to convince Vajra to spit out. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Me, I never said nothing to him except once when I bought the Statue of Liberty for a dime. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could have any star I wanted, Dad said, except Betelgeuse and Rigel, because Lori and Brian had already laid claim to them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The room is silent except for his loud breathing and his occasional guttural throat clearing. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I felt like I was on a transporter pad, except no one ever had to hold their hands above their head for three seconds on the Enterprise. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The Colonel wouldn't tell me a word about the preprank, except that it was to be called Barn Night, and that when I packed, I should pack for two days. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The leathery skin at the head end of the shell was easy cutting, except around the flippers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She might have gotten away in that instant— except for the money. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I might have questioned God, I suppose, about how He could have allowed such a thing to happen, except that it didn’t just happen. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Well, all memories serve a purpose....What are memories except stories we tell ourselves, right? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I told them everything—except for Janina—all that I had seen, all that I was. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Twig, Dari, and I spent the rest of the weekend discussing our egg drop plans—except Wednesday, which is now officially Doris Day, unfortunately. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Their wings were like angels’ wings, except the eagles’ wings were fully unfurled, flying. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Nor did he seem to have any curiosity or interest in me, except once he had seemed to like my playing the piano. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Evidence Against Him or Suspicious Circumstances: None, except that weapon used might be said to suit his temperament. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was okay, except when Dusty was around—he’s Luke’s father. See, Mama is afraid of Dusty, so she had to give Luke to him.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When I was in school, we had to memorize this little rhyme: Use i before e, except after c, Or when sounded like a, As in neighbor and weigh. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t make out much except for the shadows and that lantern. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think there’s anything to do except wait for it to stop,” said Hermione anxiously, watching Ron bend over the basin. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It was just like a movie, except in this movie when the characters bleed, the blood is real. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The pilot did not move except that his head rolled on a neck impossibly loose as the plane hit a small bit of turbulence. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not much, it seemed to him, except be bored to death for his country. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for residents of Pyongyang, electricity is intermittent at best, hot water is rarely available, and travel outside the country is difficult except for diplomats and state-sponsored businessmen. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

On late afternoons like this there would be no light in the kitchen except the glow from the oil-burners of the big stove. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was an overcast autumn afternoon, and there was no one about except for a group of donors clustered under the overhanging roof of the recreation building. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blacks were their historical enemy, and, outside of the factories and except on election day, whites of means simply had no use for them. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re always so paranoid. Just because you found some underwear doesn’t mean anything. I told you already, all girls wear thongs. Well, except you.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The two-lane highway from Independence to the camp is quiet except for the small caravan of buses heading into the desert. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Nonsense. The earth is as old as we are, no older. How could it be older? Nothing exists except through human consciousness.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He is hidden from me, in every single way—except that I could see him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The shops are closed except for a few coffee places that people walk in and out of sleepily. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He had disappeared—except for one foot, which stuck up over a rock above her head. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no one else here except my mother, who never reads, and my nurse, Carla, who has no time to read because she spends all her time watching me breathe. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were no shuls with walls of exposed wood here, except for one. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was like I was dating, except I didn’t get to make out with any of the girls—and I was also bi because I met up with guys. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The whole of December could have been ruined because of the yellow tights—except for one thing. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

No one spoke, except to say “pass the salt” or “where’s the butter?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks sort of like a prep-school student, which will put him at a disadvantage in our school and make him stick out, because no one at our school has money, except drug dealers. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think men of common sense will prevail. Nobody wants rebellion except fools and hotheads.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half the women were younger than she, half were older; they had shared no experience that she could recall, except one female with whom she had quarreled steadily all through grammar school. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Among these was an absolute ban on “flying in airplanes of any description,” except with Groves’s explicit consent. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, all the people in the crowded little shack—all except the baby, who was asleep—were at a loss for words. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

On the ground beneath as the journey begins are the causeways and canals one sees today, except that they are now in good repair and full of people. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Silence, except for one pool ball smacking against another. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have a good answer for that, except: “It’s just odd, that’s all.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

This time, there were no sounds except the birds, chirping happily and flying patterns around the trees. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was right about it all, except she forgot the part about how good the food would be, how waiters walk around bringing you tray after tray of huge shrimp, stuffed mushrooms. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Half awake, I watched as he rolled off his mat and got dressed, except for his boots. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

That sounds impressive, except that Tjaden then went back and performed an even more heroic calculation, figuring out what the average degree of connectedness was for everyone who had ever acted in Hollywood. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His paper is blank except for its title and opening sentence. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Harry climbed the spiral stair with no thought in his head except how glad he was to be back. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Aside from conversational or casual language, don’t use only in place of but or except. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the open windows came the faint leathery scent of cow dung, always present except on the coldest days, and noticeable only to those who had been away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You don’t owe me a thing except to do good!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

After that, no one ever stayed in that room except for me. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

The silence in the room is total, except for the sound of the queen’s teaspoon scraping circular motions in the bottom of her teacup. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

For weeks past he had been making ready for this moment, and it had never crossed his mind that anything would be needed except courage. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t do anything, except watch. For days. The full moon came and raised the tide. The deeper water helped the shark swim back into the ocean.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It had become a regular thing, except that Laleh was there. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“That old head thinks of nothing except his eating and his drinking,” he muttered into the mouth of the oven; but aloud he said nothing. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Watching Julio, I see how restless I would be, except I am always so very tired. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not go outside much, except to play basketball with me and my friends, and she seemed to have a book with her wherever she went. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Indoor sandals and outdoor ones were exactly the same, except you must never get them mixed up! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The howling stopped; the man had no breath left for anything except hanging on. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Our company was composed of bodies too short or too tall, all graceless and all—except mine—pale. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone from our previous meeting was there except Mr. Thompson. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

At that time, it felt like heaven had opened and everything was clear, except the pain was getting worse by the minute. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This guy catches a big fish, except the fish says he is really a prince under a spell. The man lets the fish go, but his wife sends him back to get a wish granted.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason was feeling good about the battle, except for two big questions: Where was Leo? Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I felt that somehow they expected me to perform even those tasks for which nothing in my experience—except perhaps my imagination—had prepared me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am a simple girl. No one ever understood it except you.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The room seemed as empty as the old market, except for a small wooden bed Florent and Frankie’s father had brought downstairs. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But right now I can’t think about anything except my mother, who left me. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The living room was empty except for a stack of boxes in one corner and a large red cushion in the center of the floor. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even though it was so recent, it felt like it was a story about a long-ago event, and the danger didn’t seem real except for a vague sense of unrest. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Nobody minds this assignment, I think, except me. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Little had changed since then, except in one fundamental respect. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the plane ride home, everyone fell asleep after takeoff—except the boys. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The others obeyed without question ... except for the Hound, but Joff never asked the Hound to punish her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Luckily, Hungry Joe burst in just then, and everything was all right again, except that Dunbar staggered in drunk a minute later and began embracing one of the other giggling girls at once. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

At that, they leaped overboard and instantly were changed into dolphins, all except the good helmsman. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like, you’re invulnerable, except to an arrow made of the heartwood of a hawthorn tree, which just so happens to be the exact kind of arrow that your worst enemy favors. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the cast sits on the dugout bench except for Tiny, who walks nervously back and forth in front of the players. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t do anything to my hair except run my fingers through it. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The judges took our eggs up to the top of the building, except for a young curly-haired judge with a name tag that read SHAWN. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

No one said good-bye except a few uglies passing by. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Some of them look at me, and some of them don’t but nobody says anything to me—except one night a man came up and asked if I wanted a girl. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

A new guy walks up to the door, a thin, short-bearded, older hippie-looking guy—except without the long hair—with glasses. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He stared up at her, opened his mouth to reply, but nothing came out except a faint gurgling noise. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the same dismissive manner Holmes said, “Oh, he is a fellow Miss Cigrand met somewhere. I do not know anything about him except that he is a traveling man.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I catch fish in the pond all the time, and eat them; they have been one of my best food supplies except in the middle of winter, when they stopped biting. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It’s quiet all around except for the sound of our movements in the water. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

To the shock of even his fellow Osage, he was naked, except for his breechcloth and his moccasins, and his face was painted as if he were leading a war party. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He seldom took her anywhere except to the movies and he never took her to parties where people of his own set danced and laughed and developed intrigues among themselves. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The square in front of the mansion was empty except for the white doves, cooing and chasing each other around the fountain. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could swear he was standing three feet in front of me through a screen of mist, except I could only see the part of him that appeared in the rainbow. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And she said to herself: “Perhaps, just for once, it wouldn’t matter and nobody—except the King—need know.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Joseph had seen the box, which was mostly empty except for some old tools and newspapers. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He had carried no documents, no photographs, and no money except what his father gave him to pay his shifty guide and to buy an airline ticket to New York. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Bailey and I received one slice each, and I carried mine around for hours, shredding off the fruit until nothing was left except the perfume on my fingers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have different training exercises. Sometimes deathball—um, which is like paintball, except with... you know, poison and acid and fire balls. Sometimes we do chariots and gladiator competitions, sometimes war games.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We drove all the way home in silence, except for one remark. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a society where people believe girls are weak and not capable of anything except cooking and cleaning, you think, I have a talent. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Again I was thankful for the little we had to carry, except for the water. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“And there’s no other way in except with David’s code.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

His face was motionless as a black mask except for the slow, wide flutters of his nostrils with each breath. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She wasted no more words upon him except to refuse his gold. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the adults had seemed especially bleary, exhausted, and sad—except Milligan, who always looked that way—yet even so, there was a flicker of excitement, indeed of hope, in every eye. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

No sound could be heard except now and again a dim, far crackle from the radio set. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His white-walled room was bare except for a bed with a gray blanket, a toilet without a cover, a shelf for clothes, a cement table, and a barred window facing onto the center group area. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

If the bomb should fall and wipe out every living thing except Miss Brace, George would be happy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ruins of the old cathedral were demolished except for the crypt, where the former bishops of Chutreaux lay buried. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t getting him anything, except to be noticed by the cops. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The children—all except Constance, who was too busy humphing—set to their notes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No, indeed, Monsieur. There was nobody about except the attendant. Everyone was asleep.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night was quiet except for the gurgle of the fountains and waves lapping on the shore. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I like dinosaurs, too, except for them all being dead. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I had never met him before except to shake his hand in line after a mass meeting. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The wolf Lupa had told him that mortal minds could believe just about anything— except the truth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Every lamp is turned off in the house and everyone is asleep, except me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He was a tall, narrow man, like one of the marble pillars, except that, sheathed in sweat, he gleamed more. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stayed frozen, rooted to the spot as all grew silent, except for the whistling song of a few birds in the distance. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Malloy himself told me that he had never really even been out of Brooklyn except for the time he spent in the service. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

For years, we were not permitted to receive funds except from our families, so that poor prisoners rarely had money for books or tuition. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like thinking too hard, except about math. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Nearly everyone in town raised a few chickens, but turkeys were less common, being bigger and having a more pronounced tendency toward meanness, except of course for Travis’s birds. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And still the two did not hear him and would not, except that the woman Cuckoo came out and saw him and shrieked and they saw. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

There aren’t many down in this gloomy, misty place, except in the Transfer. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, uh, I’m going to let you take those to your mother and Loma. All except the round print of the three horses’ heads over there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I look up hopefully at every passerby, but after what seems like hours, I haven't seen anything encouraging except Rani's smile. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Wet shells meant the end of hunting anything except blackberries and dry wood, which we hadn’t thought to collect any real supply of. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Which would have been no big deal, except for the way they treated their dogs—they had two chocolate Labrador retrievers that rode along with them in the motor home. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The first of December rolled around and all the quilt squares had been turned in—except one. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Angry for no good reason except for the fact that I’m standing here and living and breathing, and Khalid is not. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I know. I’m not saying that everything is sur- vivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dandy and Poteet also stayed in the basement, except for quick runs to the yard to do their business. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Happy music sounds like the music they play at the beginning of baseball games, except sped up, and looped over and over and over again, until every lady in the church catches the spirit. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

They never seemed to need any company except each other and their cat. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There I left all of my weapons except one spear. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Gramps took Dad out along the empty country lanes in his pickup truck, just like he’d done with the rest of Dad’s siblings—except they’d all learned to drive when they were sixteen. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The camp is quiet except for some early sounds—dishwater sloshing in pots behind the dining hall, the cry of a baby who rose earlier than his mother would have preferred. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In going underground, I whipped it all except the mind, the mind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wept for hours, but no one came near her except Irela, who walked to the door after a time, looked in at her, and then shut it softly. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“If you need anything, just come by. I’m here all the time, except when I’m not.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

At first glance, it looked like an idyllic pastoral setting—except there were guards in Nazi uniforms on the premises and a stone wall with a barbed-wire fence surrounding it. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The room was dark except for the flickering light of a candle on the corner table. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t move anything except for my head, my shoulders, and my arms. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The auditorium lights are off except for the ones over the stage, and were all bright eyed and giggle-drunk. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Beyond them is a cramped hallway, empty except for three people in black. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It’s like everything I imagined for myself last night while I was alone in bed and Arthur was on the phone listening with me, except we’re really together this time. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The crew scattered for cover, except for Piper, who stood frozen in place, gaping at the arrow that had almost pierced her nose the hard way. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He unlocked the door and waved them into a large room, bare except for some benches and old lockers. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grover looked across the island, but there was nothing to see except sheep grazing peacefully in the meadows. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Freebie had made a complete recovery, except he limped sometimes and was afraid of cars. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I would never have given it another thought, except that this downtown “leader” was standing, staring after that hustler, looking as if he’d just heard Sanskrit. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can't explain what it is, except that my mouth shuts up when there's more than one or two people, and a whole classroom full, forget it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Back when I was twelve, I was in bed reading, and the lights flickered, except they didn’t. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

And I would, I swear to God, except I'm too busy trying to disappear. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“And I wasn’t the only one. A couple of the others stayed and turned pretty instead. I probably would have too, except I met you.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There are none to equal them in Greek mythology, except those retold by the tragic poets. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how else to explain it except to say that whenever I smile now, it always makes me feel like I’m doing something wrong. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He put his head to one side and then the other, still puzzled, more so when the cloud disappeared and nothing was left except clear water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would be no one, except himself, to speak the truth, and who would believe his tale? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

All the boys of the island, except Piggy, Ralph, Simon, and the two tending the pig, were grouped on the turf. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It didn’t happen often; for the most part, except when his mother was looking for tenants, the house mostly ran itself. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Van Riper thought to himself, I’ve never seen this sort of pandemonium except in a military command post in war—we can learn something from this. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I try to avoid public restrooms except in emergencies, but if I do need to go, I disinfect the toilet seat. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘Crikey! Nobody could tell you had more than one, except for the mess!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

No liquid water was present except for very thin films wetting individual sand grains. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I no longer felt anything except the lashes of the whip. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, just like when I was a kid, I flopped down on the spaceship, except now I was really hoping it would take me away. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She didn’t have an explanation for his murder, except the usual: wrong place, wrong time, wrong company. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I rarely had to be directly behind him except when we climbed trees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His whole naked ugly body was as red as a strawberry, except for his two balls which were the brightest blue you have ever seen. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t even recall what season it is, except that it must not be winter, since it’s the only season that can’t be unseasonably cool. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And he gave the slave a little silver, and the woman was content enough except for one thing, and this she told to Wang Lung when he gave her the silver. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“We’re still in our old barracks. And we’ll keep the same class schedule as before, except instead of Rhetoric and History, we have extra watches on the wall.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Possible reasons lie beyond the scope of this discussion, except to note that this in no way implies some deficiency in Egyptian genius or language. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

The beach was quiet, except a few older couples walking by holding hands. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I hacked and dug, but didn't find anything, except for a large white bean. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d only been to Dover to go to France, and to Sunderland to visit Uncle Terry and to Manchester to visit Aunt Ruth, who had cancer, except she didn’t have cancer when I was there. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There are no early sources for his story except a few brief allusions in Hesiod, in the eighth or ninth century. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to her that if she could get sick, too, no one would blame her for collapsing but, of course, she didn’t catch anything, except irritability from not sleeping properly and worrying. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The tiny bird didn’t stir, except perhaps for a small rise and fall of its chest. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Next thing, I’m diving through the crowd, knocking over drinks, people, not caring about anything except getting to the cliff path, the quickest way up the bluff. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Jack has an older brother in high school, and they look alike except that John’s taller, stockier, and more jocklike. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He remembered the time he had been there with his sheep; it had been a peaceful night . . . except for the dream. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what a charter is like except that it is small. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

This is what Chinese druggists normally do, except they give raisins. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt guilty instead because I could not focus on my sins, could not think of anything except how near he was. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Four days passed, without the ground or the scene changing much, except that behind them Weathertop slowly sank, and before them the distant mountains loomed a little nearer. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

All except two, a pair of miscreants—or revolutionaries, depending on your view—hiding out on chromosome number 5. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His lopsided Mohawk had been shaved away, leaving short and stubbly hair everywhere except for his long bangs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The field was quiet except for the thumping of soccer balls against forefeet and the rustling of the balls against the nylon nets hanging from the goals. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think he had actually kissed very many girls before he died. Maybe none except for your mother.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

There was not a sound except the wind. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I seldom went there myself except with some of the fellows when word got out that a new bunch of girls had arrived from New Orleans. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know any other way he could describe this sensation except to say that it felt right, as if he was always supposed to do this. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Seems like everybody else in eighth grade got it except me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Sure, there’s no ball and no shoulder pads, and nothing in your way except the string across the finish line. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

There was little sound out in the middle of the river, except for Moch’s chanting, the rattle of oars in oarlocks, their own deep rhythmic breathing, and their pulses pounding in their ears. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Danny’s face mirrored his exactly—except for the hair and the color of the eyes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She had no liking for men except as companions in the hunt and she was determined never to marry. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing except to think about what options you might give him when the time comes. He will leave his mark on the world as one of the best.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Shirley could not know that it was Sunday, a day when everyone stayed put, except to go to Church, and the tall buildings held only offices. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

They were similar to the iron bands on her wrists, except these fit around their necks! Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog looks everywhere except at Levi until Windy picks up the ratty tennis ball. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’s calm now except for her eyes, which seem to be moving back and forth in her head, as if they are still searching for a way out. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Officer Delinko was left alone to ponder the object lying on the linoleum tile—toothy, scaly, and lifelike, except for the $3.95 price sticker glued to its snout. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was bitter because she thought if everything was the same, except for her race, she would have been made vice president. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Once, White invited him to a relative’s ranch: “We do not have to rough it on his ranch, for he has every convenience except air cooling and you don’t need that.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I am like a room where things once happened and now nothing does, except the pollen of the weeds that grow up outside the window, blowing in as dust across the floor. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Wyman is standing there ail of a sudden with her hands on her hips like a cop who’s pulled us over, except there was no siren to warn us. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Surely Manit hadn't left him, but Pong couldn't see anything except the inky water beneath him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer—except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Some shiny, some speckled, some covered in wooly cocoons, some wrinkled and plain except for a curious sling that held them to a branch. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was very much like the tollbooths he’d seen many times on family trips, except of course it was much smaller and purple. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, miss. The donor left nothing except money. Do you wish to order a dessert?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But she looked the same, except for her attire—a black wrapper, black blouse, and a black scarf covering all of her hair and most of her forehead. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Alba stopped practicing the cello, except to play it naked on the topaz bed, and she attended classes at the university with a hallucinated look in her eyes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s why they put you in a room all alone, away from everybody except your lawyer and, if you’re lucky, any family that still claims you. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Uncle Willie, who never was one for explaining things because he took after Momma, said little except that “colored people hadn’t even bothered a hair on whitefolks’ heads.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joel pointed out that people generally understand that quality costs more, except when it comes to food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I’m a little sore ... and I don’t hear what he says after that except he must be really sore because I hear him crying even before the shower turns on. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

For he kept it hidden safe in a hole on his island, except when he was hunting or spying on the orcs of the mines. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Nothing else, except the mill itself, was recognizable. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She had to go out of the shed and sit down by herself in the snow, except that of course she wasn’t by herself, she was never by herself, because Pantalaimon was always there. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark except for a fast-moving band of light gray that would be overhead in a few minutes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The plate of bread sits on the floor outside her door, untouched except by the mouse that nibbles the bread and scurries away at my approach. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Holding the elevator door open with one foot, Bridge had pushed the buttons for every floor in the building, except for sixteen, where Alex lived. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Everybody in Cold Sassy except us had Saint Cecilia painted on something. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember starting out that morning, but I do remember trying to sleep and feeling quite alone except for a dull, bittersweet ache. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The quiet was profound except for the incessant buzzing of insects and the occasional chirrup of some hardy bird, braving the midday sun. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

For a moment I forgot about everything except the win. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Already the whole class had begun to warm towards Miss Honey, although as yet she had hardly taken any notice of any of them except Matilda. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stationed soldiers around Ngaliema Hospital with orders to let no one enter or leave except doctors. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe the cleaning fluids are at fault, except that then the rash should have begun on my hands. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like she was learning a new fact—she had understood it all along in every way except with her brain. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This is the only time we see Earl except for when he comes and goes to work. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone at the table has gone still except for Oak, who taps his glass against the side of his plate. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then there was only silence, except for the rain. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

After leaving the Pillars of Hercules—unscathed except for a few coconuts lodged in the hull’s bronze plating—the ship traveled by air for a few hundred miles. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There are no decorations except for a single poster for a movie called Jump London. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those languages eventually replaced all earlier western European languages except Basque. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone filed out of the classroom except him and Ron, who was whacking his wand furiously on the desk. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Only the way he talks, he goes ah wanna woid weecha, except it's bad enough having to listen to the creep, I don't want to have to spell the dumb way he talks. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

No decision he makes at Gettysburg will be decisive, except perhaps die last. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was the same as in my photo of him, except older, of course, and his cheeks were fuller. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I imagined trying to eat a sandwich like that in the bathroom, everything ending up on the gross floor except a single slice of mayonnaise-y bread I still managed to hold in my toes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Either way, it’s bound to be better than our last meeting, where not a single person showed up except me—and that includes the other council members. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then, they all started to look at me funny except for Sam and Patrick. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was disinterested, but the performance was wasted on everyone except Helvar. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was naked except for a breechclout, a filthy bit of yellow rag. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So he opened the door—and stared beyond the picket gate at Willis Hurd and his friends, who all broke into sudden and uproarious laughter—all except Willis, who was smiling his chicken-killing smile. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

El Jefe always wears his white uniform, except on Wednesdays, when he heads for his country home at night. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I crossed the street and entered a civilian tearoom, which was empty except for a middle-aged waitress, who looked as if she would have preferred a customer with a dry raincoat. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

And most likely we wouldn't have except near the garden. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not know her story, except that she was obviously colluding with our enemies. I have never met many of the dark beings who lurk in the inhospitable corners of Fablehaven.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The neighborhood was quiet, except for the sound of a basketball being bounced. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You weren't but four years old," he says, and now his big hands are starting to curl around my neck, except he's holding me soft. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There was nothing to do at my grandma’s house except watch a ton of TV.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t know much about Darren’s father except he was a heart surgeon, and he was killed in a car accident when Darren was about my age. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It's the telephone game we all played in elementary school, except not a game. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Most of our boxes can’t be opened by anyone not previously authorized for access. Actually, all of our boxes are like that—except this one.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I can’t wear any of my shoes, except my ski boots, which are not very practical around the house. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The advertising, with a side look at Federal Communications, made few claims except for the fact that the land they were selling was in Florida. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Something Surprise every day, except that after the first day it wasn’t Something Surprise anymore, because we knew what was coming. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You won’t be showing anyone anything, convict, except perhaps where the toilet is in your cell. Now, what do you see?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

An albatross, with its effortless flight, also seemed like a good idea, except a lack of water might impede her ability to take off and land. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then, even as I watched them, I forgot them, I forgot everything except finishing the song. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the Sandleford warren no rabbit of his age would have been asked to tell a story, except perhaps to a few friends alone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the whole room, except for Leon, Pierrot and myself, rose for the applause. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I could’ve stayed that way forever, except a voice behind us growled, “Well, it’s about time!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Go on,” said Harker hoarsely; so he bowed his head and moistening his lips with his tongue, added: “except that the poor fellow is dead.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And though she never ate what they served, except for a few slices of bread and a goblet of water, she always thanked them; she was always grateful for the questions. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They went into the golden room, and it was just the same, except more beautiful because the sun was pouring through the south windows. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know why I was thinking about all these things—except that’s what I always did. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He’d always considered himself the outsider in his family, only vaguely involved with his friends, and except for Guitar, there was no one whose opinion of himself he cared about. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as in the Americas, in Australia all of those few candidates except the red kangaroo became extinct around the time of the continent’s first colonization by humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For in fact, there is no secure means of holding on to cities except by destroying them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

No one, since she had come to America, had ever really wanted to hear about grandfather, except Reverend Bulkeley who had only been impressed by his royal favors. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

No one seemed to agree on exactly where it was going except that it w as heading north. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were closed now, but except for that, he looked more than ever like a marionette, a marionette flung carelessly into a corner, arms and legs every which way midst tangled strings. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He let go of every former vestige in his life, except football. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road out front looked strangely deserted except for a few kids in raggedy jackets and two disoriented goats. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Well, no one except you…and me…and Jessica makes three. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It’s also dark, except for a little light coming from the kitchen. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was not a place he’d ever seen, except in his dreams. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like one of those big foam hands you get when you go see the Yankees or the Knicks, except it was stiff and throbbing. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Except it’s cold, they been coming in since dawn. It’s quarter to. You get along and you won’t miss nothing except it’s cold.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was not then a bit sleepy, at least so I thought; but I must have fallen asleep, for, except dreams, I do not remember anything until the morning, when Jonathan woke me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

No one comprehended that really he was ill, that grief had made him so, that grief had drawn a circle around him he could not escape from and others could not enter—except possibly Sue. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time they came to a road, the BFG was over it and away, and no motorist could possibly have seen anything except a quick black shadow flashing overhead. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingertips brush the page in the same place they did when he was young, over the sun-gold hair, except now he knows its exact texture. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Yeah. Everybody beat it except Sonny, he's so dumb. And some kid named Justin. They got arrested. My father kicked them out. It's just an extra storeroom now." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer Cotton cleared the street, sending everyone indoors, except the older hobbits who had weapons of some sort. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Chicago is finally beginning to thaw—most of the snow has melted, except for a few dirty patches—and everyone looks brighter, more alive. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was the face from Mo’s photograph, except that the hair surrounding it was darker now, and there was no sign of any smile. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We worked in there from morning till night, except for school, and Tateh had us timed for that. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It resembles an overgrown ferret in most respects, except for the fact that it can talk. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sign of the Argo II. No sign of any coastline, familiar or otherwise, except for one tiny island at the horizon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You know, I hated moving to that house. I hated the kids at Queen Mary’s, and those boring things like skipping. I didn’t really have any good friends there, except for you.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Too early for anything, except to catch a one-way bus out of town. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sparrows were still rattling away in the trees, but the square was empty except for a few cars. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody had to think twice about it, except you. 10TH JUROR: I want to ask you something. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the monkeys exposed to airborne virus had died except for one monkey, which managed to survive Marburg. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone rings our doorbell, except for Louisa, who always knocks her regular knock. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

My mind felt broken, stuck in an endless loop, and I couldn’t think anything except: Mom decided to stop working. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

All except a sack of peaches had been marketed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This feeling was similar, except it was my intellect that was weary and expanded, languid and latently powerful. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The goddess condemned her never to use her tongue again except to repeat what was said to her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

All sense of physical reality slipped away—except for one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Soon the ground would be completely dark except for the glow from the sunset. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had cut down the bush around the village except for the entrance from the river through which we arrived. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see anything in his glasses except my own reflection, but his smile was sweet and cold, like a pythons, right before it eats you. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of her thought didn’t need to be spoken: No one except Nico. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He did not know what to feel, except shock at the way Snape had been killed, and the reason for which it had been done.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Nineteen years, and I hadn't been out of New England except for this trip to New York. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I took a sip from the spoon but couldn’t really taste much except the milk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They were fine, perfect really, except for the burned areas. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Until puberty Fernanda had no news of the world except for the melancholy piano lessons taken in some neighboring house by someone who for years and years had the drive not to take a siesta. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It would have taken me longer except that the rock made one end of the fence and part of a side. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone except April immediately got down on hands and knees and began to examine the paper eagerly and discuss possible names. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those fleeing were chased and cut down, except for one. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Some were so shocked they didn’t know what to do except scream and cry. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The students of heredity, especially, understand all of their subject except their subject. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The teachers have been prepping us about this all year long, so all the kids in the grade are excited about it—except for me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be looking everywhere except at Ida Spavento's housekeeper who was obviously struggling to keep up with her dogs. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the village doesn’t matter, except for the jailhouse and the gallows. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing in her tone to speak of, really, except for fatigue. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I held on, but except for that I couldn’t act. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth and he crept downstairs to the second deck, which Percy hadn’t explored except for sickbay. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the entryway hung the required portrait of El Jefe, except it wasn’t our old one of Trujillo as a young captain that used to hang next to the Good Shepherd. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t have bothered you except that there’ve been some windows broken around here. We think it’s kids. I’m the security guard. I’ve got to be careful.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly clean and unoccupied now, except for the resident girls’ counselor, a frightening mummy of an old woman named Mrs. Singer. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I lost the life jacket, except for the whistle, which stayed in my hand. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The willows and tamarics were almost bare then, except for the branches higher than a man could reach. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The two worlds seemed too separate to bring one back into the other without some kind of trouble following, except I was beginning to think I wasn’t going to have to worry about that now. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside was a check, blank except for Henry’s signature, and a twenty-dollar bill. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Littles had a grand piano in their living room, which was all right except that one of the keys was a sticky key and didn’t work properly. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t too unusual, though, because he wasn’t in any of my classes except for gym. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It's amazing, really, that he ever took any notice of me except to think I was odd. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a smell of warm food and the liquid spirits Dustfinger used in his fiery games, but no black-clad man could be seen anywhere, except for the bored-looking waiter who was straightening the chairs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was no one to whom he had anything to say, for he had never given himself whole-heartedly to anyone or anything, except murder. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had a cold look in his eye that said nothing mattered except the fire burning from his leg into his brain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He has, as a consequence of his crime, not only forfeited his liberty, but all his personal rights except those which the law in its humanity accords to him. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The room was very still except for a boys’ choir singing “Hark the Herald Angels” very softly on the radio. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't have anything to give you, either, except words, Kabir. So remember all I taught you. Go on. Go ahead. Don't look back." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He tried not to think about Ted Lavender, but then he was thinking how fast it was, no drama, down and dead, and how it was hard to feel anything except surprise. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brought him home and decided that except for letting him go outside for the bathroom, I would keep him in the house. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“But it’s just like what you were saying before, except different.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The room fell silent except for the plopping sound of peas falling to the bottom of a wooden bowl. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were told to wait for Karen Kelly in a very small room that was empty except for a square table. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just sit down for a second and talk about this. We, I have no idea what’s going on here, except that you’re upset. You need to calm down.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I flipped through the book so fast I couldn’t tell you a thing about it except that it was made out of paper. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d never freed the full force of a hurricane, except from within the solid structures of her inland city. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure why, but we had nothing in the nets this morning except the inkfish, and the chickens aren’t laying well. It’s weird that both happened at the same time.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“A fine man he was. They called him Mule-tail Buck. I don’t know why except he packed mules.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls rushed to hug Mary Lou, except for Petra, who kept watch over Harris with the can of hair spray at the ready. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He was straining his ears to hear the voice again, but there was no sound now except for Lockhart telling him he mustn’t expect a treat like this every time he got detention. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

First, except for the decorations on the pots, the pots themselves and their associated cultural paraphernalia are similar to the cultural remains found at Indonesian and Philippine sites ancestral to modern Austronesian-speaking societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

No water leaked into the class-room, except for the few drops that came from her eyes. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

No competition except for your own brain that swears there's other people on your heels. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have a lot of words back then, except for the ones in the language I had made up, that no one else knew. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

A lot, very much, so much, except I can’t, because my feet are cemented to the roof. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The door shuts, and all of us—except for Ray and Leda, who are crawling over the couch—stare at each other. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Headmaster Patterson stood beside the podium in the dining hall, resting one elbow on the edge as if casually leaning, except he wasn’t, because he never did anything casually. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She withdrew from the rest of them, except for David. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The houses on the opposite side were dark—except for one window, where a light still shined. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

And since I never left Lake Mag except for visits with my mother or Luke, I was bursting with excitement when I was told I would see them both. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Our small explosion hurt no one except the bridge and the bus. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” he continued calmly, “I was extraordinarily careful. No one except Skarpi knew I was coming. I didn’t mention you to anyone. I didn’t expect to actually find you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They all sat except Cluny, who lounged against the table using the chair as a footstool. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Our rugs and tables and bookshelves and Papa’s desk and most of the stuff in the kitchen except for a few pots and pans and dry food are staying behind. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“When you say you’ve got the Cloak, and clothes...” said Harry, frowning at Hermione, who was carrying nothing except her small beaded handbag, in which she was now rummaging. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Conor could only look back until it felt like there was nothing in the world except him and Harry. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

All fathers except mine are invisible in daytime; daytime is ruled by mothers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

All is quiet except for the thumps and scuffles of their footsteps, and Mark finds that his excitement over who might be in the boat overcomes the growing stench as they descend. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Buckland was able to find merit in them all, except the common garden mole, which he declared disgusting. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was an epitaph that could have been written for Finch, except that I’ve written one for him myself: Theodore Finch—I was alive. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We looked like pale ghosts except where rivulets of sweat had washed away the lime. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Mia yells at me except I’m so surprised she’s yelling at me that I don’t even know what she says. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, excepting for the bodies hidden in the tall grass. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know anything about water, either, except as something to drink, from a cup. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

In twenty-four hours it was all gone except for some lovely shady patches in the woods—white-laced branches dripping rain holes in the crust—and the slushy gray piles at the roadside. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The scenery and motion were so monotonous that Salva might have slept, except he was afraid that if he did, he might fall over the side. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Play fire trucks?” he asks me, except Ford always pronounces “tr” like “f.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was getting tired of being the young One and losing every game except when we felt sorry for him and let him win. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

All of them were together except Hazel, who had not come home from work, and Etta, who still lay sick in bed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"I never get mail, except Maria's letters," I say. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I searched for his name online. I searched every day for it and it never came up, except in a local paper, next to a photograph. He won a poetry contest.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mami is going with me to the hospital, all dressed up as usual, with no one to admire her and tell her how pretty she is, except me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

My hair fell forward, cutting off everything—Maxine, Mr. da Silva, the greenhouse’s geraniums —except the book. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Jeanine made it sound like there was no one left in the Dauntless compound except the soldiers she sent back to guard the computers. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We didn’t form a circle on the floor, and we didn’t have the microphone, but it was close enough—except no one talked. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

But now their numbers overwhelm the Box, so they stay put, mixed in with the general population—except they can’t come out of their cells. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her deep tan and her curly blond hair, she was almost exacdy what I thought a stereotypical California girl would look like, except her eyes ruined the image. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had written nothing since, so far as I knew, except his weekly sermons. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The drive was quiet, with me carefully steering while Dad said little except to grumble when I accidentally hit a pothole. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But with Catherine there was almost no difference in the night except that it was an even better time. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The rest of the girls except for Aly had already gone to breakfast. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My thoughts disappear except for these frag- ile bubbles and the four words that play over and over in my head. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In it were Henry’s books—not as many as you might think—and a single bed, and very little else, except a closet with a large, conspicuous padlock. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We have committed no crimes, except for my dad’s DUI. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“When I have kids, I won’t lay a finger on them. I mean, except to hug them and stuff. But never to hurt them.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Everyone seems happy to be here, except me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Rainbow colors shimmered through it, though there was no light in the room except for the moon outside. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And taller than every boy, except Ellis, and taller than most teachers. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Floating and stinging, just like Muhammad Ali, except he ain't sting like no bee, more like a Mack truck, he bragged. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It would be a true nightmare except that at the same time good, sweet memories are given even more strength, more reality. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

You had to live— did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There are no stories about Hebe except that of her marriage to Hercules. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t think of anything, except that he was touching me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mad-Eye Moody was sitting there — except that there was a very noticeable difference in his appearance. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Everything began to fade except the sound of the sixty. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark in Gawaine's tent, except for a flat pan of charcoal which lit it dimly from below. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry asked weakly, and when nothing happened except that Ron and Hermione gripped each other still more firmly and swayed on the spot, he raised his voice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They were all carrying sticks, except Jones, who was marching ahead with a gun in his hands. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“Exactly alike, except for the bird. This book is Mr. Griswold’s new game—I’m sure of it.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I hardly use it, except occasionally with Heather. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

No one has ever talked to her about college except the school guidance counselor who halfheartedly recommended nursing school when she got an A last semester in bio. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Petey disregarded the world around him; in fact, he disregarded everything except the bundles of leaves I brought him daily. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe, I’ll take time out and get a permanent wave, except that I hate beauty parlors. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we arrived it was quite empty, except for a policeman sitting near the door, the wife of the proprietor back of the zinc bar, and the proprietor himself. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The yaller mule was gone from the town except for the porch talk, and for the children visiting his bleaching bones now and then in the spirit of adventure. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The fabric is stiff and stained a brown so deep it’s almost black, except for a few smears of green. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was no noise except for the whoosh of my breathing and the rushing of my own heartbeat. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

No one talks much, except to point out something new, a sign or a building or a hint of what this world was like, when there were people in it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Everyone by now took it for granted that he was dead, except Penelope, his wife, and his son Telemachus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried again, crying and pleading, begging, sobbing, and Lord Asriel took no notice except to knock him to the ground. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

"He talked like a white man," I said, "except that his voice sounded southern, like one of ours . . ." "I'll have to investigate him," he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was silent except for the fire’s grumbling. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I feel like a scientist making a discovery, except it’s not a vaccine or a bomb. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The lobby was empty except for a night clerk dozing in his lit booth among the key rings and the silent telephones. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

And every day had a store in it, except Sundays. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

As she watched, the circle sank very slowly down, until it was hidden, except for a gleam of brightness, behind the leaves. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Contemporaneity,” to quote AIA, “specializes in the kind of battles wherein no one loses anything of any value, except arguably their lives.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It really felt like old times again—except for the fact that Auggie wasn’t there with us. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It seemed quite empty except for a sharp, spicy fragrance that lingered in the air. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

All kinds of boating except the most urgent had ceased for the time being. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She was all dressed to go, except she was wearing faded pink pj bottoms. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were big boys, almost men, and I was alone except for my maidservant Emmot. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Not once in more than sixty years did I stray, except in my imagination, and I have a feeling she wouldn’t have minded that. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I pulled off my jeans, wadded up all my clothes and set ’em on one of the rocks and then I just stood there a sec, completely naked except my boxers. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I searched his face for any sign of a lie, but saw nothing except the usual annoyance. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t returned to the island since entering nursing school except for two funerals, my grandmothers and the Captain’s. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Storey might well have given up entirely, except that all around him he saw fellow newspapermen scrambling to rent space and find type and paper. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was safe in my tree, and the men who fought were nothing to me, except of course that they talked in something akin to my language, which meant that we were, incredibly, related. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the point is, Monique never did anything wrong except look the way she did. And what did I want? For her to put a bag over her head?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The boy was nineteen years old, alone except for his sword-handler, and the three hangers-on, and the bull-fight was to commence in twenty minutes. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Harry piled his plate with a bit of everything except the peppermints and began to eat. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The storeroom yielded nothing more except the tantalizing fragrance from boxes and kegs all sealed and forbidden him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, when they reached the top, it was the same as a house on the earth, except that it seemed a mighty way up when he passed a window and looked into the sky. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They groped their way down a long flight of steps, and then looked back; but they could see nothing, except high above them the faint glimmer of the wizard’s staff. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

There were no windows except for a thin strip above one of the bunks. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Everyone except me, still caught in the middle. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He was accustomed to the silence now, but except for the wind whipping around, things seemed even quieter than they had been just two days before. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Do you think the dress code applies to everyone except you?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Dozens of Soviet Air Force regiments, all men’s except the 588th, flew these planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I put a stop ... to everybody in our class except that horrid girl from Old Sarum. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

However, that is not surprising, because modern highland staple crops are plant species that do not leave archaeologically visible residues except under exceptional conditions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I ran up to the half-buried structure, and after a quick search, found a hidden door that we’d walked right past, except now it shimmered like sunshine on water. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The only thing that seems even a little surprising is a bit of doggerel, a love poem in Prince Dain’s hand, about a woman who remains unidentified, except by her “sunrise hair” and “starlit eyes.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m absolutely ordinary — well, except for bad things like all the near-death experiences and being so clumsy that I’m almost disabled. And look at you.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The room is quiet except for the wall clock’s ticktock. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I'm not quite sure how to describe this band's music, except to say that it sounds like a hundred thousand weasels being dropped into a boiling ocean. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

It was a little like that, except the blots were black while this design had a host of colors. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

But a month later, the same neighbor who had awakened Thom from his enchanted sleep came across the farmer again, except this time he would not awaken, for he was dead. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He probably knew everything — except, it seemed, Quirrell’s spell and how to get past Fluffy. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

His black hair was buzzed close to his head, his face smooth and youthful like Deborah’s except for his brow, which was creased from decades of scowling. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was a very scarcity of life in the pose, except for a subtle rocking back and forth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t hear anything except from deep inside the sound of one metal cup clanking the length of the bars and one lone voice calling for help. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But there’s nothing in there except papers you can barely read and old props and junk.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The small room was perfectly clean except for a placard attached to the back of the door. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I’m beginning to look down on all poets except Sappho. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

They measure seven by ten feet, and are unfurnished except for a cot, a toilet, a basin, and an overhead light bulb that is never extinguished night or day. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The configuration struck me as significant, in some way that was not entirely clear, everyone except for Bunny—“What’s going on?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nothing green except the cactus and spiny plants. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind blew their carefully combed hair all out of order, and the salt spray covered their bodies, so they arrived at the dock looking as they ordinarily did, except their grandmother. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His profile was smooth lines, slightly curved except where his nose jutted out and his beard jutted out at the end of his chin. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And since you seem unable to stop them, I wish to change some plans. All the gates have been sealed to my castle except the front one, yes?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He could see nothing else except the bed and the bucket. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have no master, sir,” said I, “except the King.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“You did very well last year,” he said, “except in driver education. You made the California Scholarship Federation. Congratulations.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It does not seem to be pursuing me any longer, except with its stinking black clouds. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They were still under the white plum tree and their faces were touching except for a pale thin ray of moonlight between. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

And in a real departure: give away all your books except the Bible. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She could have been on the cover of a fashion magazine, except that parts of her fingers were bandaged. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Himself not especially susceptible to flattery except in a sentimental way, he soon learned its efficacy when plastered thick on big business men,” Sullivan wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She had always been a little desperate to fit in with the other kids, except for her coat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

That’s what Archie did—built the house nobody could anticipate a need for, except himself, a house that was invisible to everyone else. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ain’t nothing alive on this block except mangy cats and stray dogs, and they look like they want to jack me up, too. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The gray door was unmarked except for an extremely small, unobtrusive sign halfway down that read: Sexual Disorders and Gender Identity Clinic If my parents saw the sign, they pretended not to. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She used to wear no jewelry except for her Camp Half-Blood bead necklace, but now she wore little silver earrings shaped like owls—the symbol of her mother, Athena. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I would, except that those two little doors were starting to make me nervous. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Not much fuss is made over her except at Christmas, and even then Baby Jesus is a lot more important. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, the funeral home was pretty much the same as downstairs, except much darker and no tables. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I can barely move from the pain, except to thrash back and forth on my bed. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It was very quiet again, except for Hooper, snivelling, and the sound of the water. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Besides, there was nothing waiting for me on the outskirts of the city except miles upon miles of harvested farmland. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It might not be so bad, except that all the pages are shredded into confetti, and must be pieced back together. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They looked like the hands on the skeleton in the Rainier Scientific catalogue that Ron offered to buy for me, except they had skin, blotchy skin, and I didn’t want gifts from Ron. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

No sounds except people chewing, and forks tapping against plastic plates, and parents shushing their babies, who didn’t know any better. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Then, when his own troops started to cheer, he had no choice except to join the shouting: “Rome! Rome!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

As she’d expected, no one paid much attention—except Lexie, who briefly closed her eyes and whispered a silent thanks to whatever deity had made this happen. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Which gave him great joy except for one minor consideration: the barking came from underneath the ground in an alfalfa field where a thousand graceful, noisy birds called killdeer were nesting. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Ismene, shocking as it was, overwhelming her with anguish for the pitiful dead body and the lonely, homeless soul, it seemed, nevertheless, that nothing could be done except to acquiesce. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slip on yesterday’s jeans and hijab, both lying at the foot of the bed, and I’m ready, except for my teeth. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want this place to touch him except through me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It's basically Tiny's slightly fictionalized life story, except it is sung, and it is—I mean, I don't use this adjective lightly—the gayest single musical in all of human history. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

But I mean, who could love an equation — except for Mr. D’Ulney? Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The streams were crawling with tourists by then, except for very high up where the bank underbrush was so thick you could hardly get to the water. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now Frank had no one except his grandmother. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Just a simple arched marker, nothing special about it, except it was the only one. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never had an exciting mystery to solve. Well, except for the time I woke up one morning with every inch of my hair, body, and bed covered in chocolate.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Could it be true that nobody saw Finn except the old lady? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The trip was uneventful, except that she put her arm around me, which was very unusual for Momma to do. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The summer after graduation from junior high was pretty much the same as those of previous years, except that I was the only one who joined Papá in picking strawberries for Ito. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

One day he’d speak up for himself when he saw everyone else flying an airplane except him. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It looked like a small, square book, except the cover was an old Massachusetts license plate. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The long hallway reminds me of the storage center where Dad worked, except inside the lockers there weren’t happy screams and laughter. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s so mean. We should egg her house—except then it would look and smell better.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The colors were gone, except for the glowing blue line of the camel. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

So brilliant that I could get a full scholarship to college and major in it, except why bother? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

This man looked exactly the same, except that now the roles were reversed. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure, except when she has company. Why not?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The decks were empty except for two first-class passengers, American businessmen sharing a nightcap under lap blankets. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember what the valedictorian said except that she quoted Henry David Thoreau instead of a pop song. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

All except Sticky, who was too upset to concentrate. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

As we pass the table, the woman’s body disappears, except in my memory and his. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He had never had anything Chinese except chop suey, but he was awfully fond of that. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not remember his sister at all, except as a tiny, feeble baby, always silent, with large, watchful eyes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Nothing moved in the compound, except a few pieces of paper stirred by the wind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Their own room was empty except for the rusted bed and its springs. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

So I went to St. Ignatius, and it was cold and damp like it usually was, outside and inside, except inside there were more candles lit than you’d think could fit inside a single church. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

"Nothing happens to me. I walked alone all one night and nothing happened except a bicycle cop stopped me and asked to see my papers." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It’s time to lose the cape, step off the page, except I think I’ll keep the mask. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one seemed to notice I was crying, except the girl with blocks, who marched over to me. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They didn’t move, except sometimes to toss their heads as if they were angry at her for being in a place where she didn’t belong. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Everything looks sepia-toned except the flag, with its faded red stripes and blue field of stars. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When we had dressed the M.C. came in and gave us each five dollars, except Tatlock, who got ten for being last in the ring. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next hallway he guides us to is empty except for one fallen soldier. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He noticed that she never used Newspeak words, except the ones that had passed into everyday use. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I remembered in Pan’s cave, how the wild god had addressed each one of us individually .. . except Nico. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But it looked like the old Sam Gamgee sitting there, except that his face was unusually thoughtful. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I know exactly how it works. My parents drowned! I am an orphan! There is nothing to eat at the county home except for bologna sandwiches! And that is one way the world works.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He was fully dressed except for his shoes. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But Vandara was older, heavier, and unflawed except for the scar, the reminder that she had fought a beast and escaped alive. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher gave no instruction the entire period, except to applaud the actions of a man who, in broad daylight at an airport, killed a manacled criminal suspect accused of molesting the man’s son. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the real Broadway show except that it was the road company. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see a thing except an occasional muzzle blast, and they seemed to be moving away. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tayo realized then that as long as Josiah and Rocky had been alive, he had never known Robert except as a quiet man in the house that belonged to old Grandma and Auntie. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Almost felt like old times, except they were missing Freebie. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I walked home limp as a rag; I had not felt anything except sullen anger and a crushing sense of shame. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The land went up and down, with snow everywhere, unbroken except where the little road wound through. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“How are you so smart in almost every possible way except this most basic of things?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Silence, except for the cracking, snapping fire above us. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But there's nothing left of the injury except a scar that looks weeks old. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And I would have told, except that a part of me was glad. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t get out at all until I came here. We never left Garland except to lay in supplies.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

There was little positive published about blacks except in the black press. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

So were all her emails and text messages—except for the automatic ones she’d set up for Ms. Morales. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Nobody else seemed to change at all, except the boys. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what to do, except to try again. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I take walks all the time. It’s basically the same thing, except I’ll be holding a dog’s leash.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

So they did, all except Miss Spider, who set about weaving a long rope-ladder that would reach from the floor up to a hole in the ceiling. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

No human beings, except the courageous and experienced blind, are able to sense much in a strange place where they cannot see, but with rabbits it is otherwise. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s silence between us, except for the thump of my dad’s chain knocking against my sweatshirt. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Not much food except peanut butter and mac and cheese and Cup O Noodles. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I know nothing of them except that they are prisoners; and that is exactly what troubles me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the sun went down and the other men had to start back to town; they all went except Grandfather, because he wanted to listen some more. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A lot. And nothing feels normal. At home, even here. It’s like nothing is different except me and now I don’t feel like I fit into any of the places I fit into before.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And except for Bloody Juan, the guards are willing to take us out. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no idea what was wrong with the man, except that he was obviously having some kind of massive hemorrhage. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The class is quiet except for an exaggerated yawn from the back row. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yishan grunted in agreement, his mouth too full to reply, and for a moment all was quiet except for their satisfied munching. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

There was no way to get to the living room except through the study, and I walked around behind my desk, opened the door, stepped inside, and closed it quietly behind me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The smaller room across the hall was almost identical, except the quilt was faded blue instead of white. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of their personalities had been left in the rooms, except for the two paintings on the wardrobe doors, the lady cutouts, and the little picture of the boat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know anything about you except that you have a pretty big flashlight,” Gabriel answered. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, he is probably supposed to be invisible to everyone except the people who already knew he was coming, those who he knows are his supporters. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mouse had finished all of her chowder except for a cube of potato and a coin of carrot, which Miss Maggie saved for the pigs. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

There wasn't anything to do except smoke and drink. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Would it be something we could eat, a fruit of some kind? It looked like the pictures of peaches on cans, except for the color.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They looked like the ropes that had crisscrossed the front of the alcove, except now they appeared to be woven out of gold. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Conversely, two of the eight founder crops could not have been domesticated anywhere in the world except in the Fertile Crescent, since they did not occur wild elsewhere. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mom says each of us has a veil between ourselves and the rest of the world, like a bride wears on her wedding day, except this kind of veil is invisible. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I can’t say exactly why, except maybe Uncle was afraid of being laughed at by the others. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody spoke the rest of the meal except to say the gravy sure is good and please pass the muscadine jelly. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Even Chacko had no really complete explanation for why the Communist Party was so much more successful in Kerala than it had been almost anywhere else in India, except perhaps in West Bengal. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

You would have had an A in that one except for him. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later I’m lying on the operating table, the room dim except for the blinding light directly above my head. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I have never found another heterochromatic set of eyes to look at, except for ones on the Internet. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She was a girl, or she looked like one, except she had little wings growing from her shoulder blades. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And if I went to another school, I would never have known Sam or Patrick or Mary Elizabeth or anyone except my family. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Before morning all the leaders were dead, except one. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other boys were well behaved, except for staring at me, the newcomer. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

A picture-perfect moment, except for the fact that we were about to die and the world was going to end. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The true tension at court— which was apparent to everybody except Lancelot, who was too innocent to be conscious of such things—began to show itself dearly at the Westminster jousts. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the hockey mask, I do the same thing, except I paint it white and black. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“For sure. But you know what? I’ll bet, except for a few Lakota, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Crow, and Arikara people who come here, no one has the connection to this place that you do.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“The jogger’s mouth” made no sense to me, and searching turned up nothing except for a bunch of people jogging with their mouths open. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was going to go home and tell her everything that I knew—except for the stuff about Sapo, because I knew Blanca would want me to go to the police. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I rode a lot when I was out in Texas. I haven’t seen any ladies riding in Cold Sassy except Mrs. Sheffield.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Once I’ve reached the big bed, the worst is over, except when the shooting is extra loud. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Jo, laughing, “if my people are ‘philosophical and metaphysical’, it isn’t my fault, for I know nothing about such things, except what I hear father say, sometimes. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wizened, frail- looking wizard, bald except for a few wisps of white hair, was reading a letter by candlelight. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember any of them, except for the one with the gel in his hair and the Clark Gable mustache, the one with the Africa stain on his cap. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a moonless night, so we couldn’t see Mom except when she ran into the beam of the headlights. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fern moved slightly in the breeze, but along the path there was nothing to be seen except a scatter of last year’s fallen acorns under an oak. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing I could say, except the one unutterable fact that it wasn't true. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He says no one is innocent, except maybe you, Madeline Whittier. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t care about anything except figuring out how I’m going to get Scout to change the baseball day. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole apartment was painted pale yellow, except for the ceilings, which were smoky gray. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Now I get mostly B’s, with a sprinkle of C’s, except for English. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Nobody seemed to know except the kids that the world was coming to an end. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I could give her something you can never have, except from another person: what you look like from outside. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had a body like all the others who lived here except she was willing to be naked. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

My favorite video is Bambi except lately I don’t like it so much. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alone, that is, except for four burly men who sat outside the window and an unknown number lurking outside the door. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so proud of that flower and didn’t have a soul to show it to except Rosaleen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Help me God help me if that was it because I knew him and loved him better than anybody except True Belle who is the one made me crazy about him in the first place. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was Natalie’s idea,” Dad said, all happy and proud, even though I hadn’t done anything at all except suggest doing the same thing we do every year. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I realized I knew absolutely nothing about her except that she had worked at Stagecoach Pass since it opened. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The world seemed to be empty except for the occasional ruins, as if Tally and David were the last people alive. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It looks almost like the Grafton Hill projects, except these brick buildings barely have any windows. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

No one was home except for Lady Seymour, and she was not capable of making noise. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I want is for someone to start talking about themselves—for someone to talk about anything except me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

V might have supposed he was the owner of the establishment, except that he didn’t seem to care at all about her presence. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

On weekends, during our first year on the island, we were kept inside our cells all day except for a half hour of exercise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have doubled over in pain, except that his weight was plastering me against my seat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was still for a long time, not moving except to run his hand down Mouse’s back again and again. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The villages are the prettiest, I guess, in the whole nation, neat and white- painted, and—not counting the motels and tourist courts—unchanged for a hundred years except for traffic and paved streets. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hell, weren't they their own death and their own destruction except as the principle lived in them and in us? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the crowd dissipated, Anya got hugged or patted by every person who had been searching, except Kin. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She dressed exactly like any well-to-do Salinas woman out shopping on a Monday afternoon—except that she always wore gloves, which was unusual for Salinas. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The main courtyard was filled with warriors—mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Everybody except Grandpa said it was God’s will. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

My father didn’t like to talk, except to my mother. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Mess is mostly dark except for the lights along the perimeter of the room that let off a faint electronic buzz. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was like making gliding turns to an airport, except that we were coming in upside down and backward. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was eerily quiet except for the faint music from the carousel. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I take a few steps back and plop down crisscross applesauce just like we always have, except Javier definitely won’t be curling up on my lap now. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Which was nice except I don’t really like it when people touch me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The night was still except for the distant rush of traffic on the highway. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Abram has hair the color of carrots and one eye that wanders everywhere except where he is looking. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But he lopes along and says nothing except to ask people where Terenure is. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“There’s a thin layer of oxygen around us, like an extra skin. Must be self-regenerating. That’s how we’re breathing and staying dry. The oxygen gave the fire fuel—except the fire also suffocated me.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His hair, still coal black except for touches of gray at his temples, was combed back, but his cheeks were sunken, and he had a thin beard. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I have got so out of it!” said Mr. Wemmick,—“except at last. Very glad, I’m sure, to make your acquaintance. Good day!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody commented on this, except James, but Dicey abruptly changed the subject. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no idea how things stood except that he still hadn’t seen the California boat fall into his field of view. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

‘But -’ ‘Seriously, guys,’ Leo said, ‘I’m fine, except for the fact that Gaia’s destroying the world tomorrow. Let’s focus.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He had forgotten the Fleece and the Argo and his comrades: everything except Hylas. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but most people call me Thomas. Well, except Newt—he calls me Tommy. Tom makes me feel . . . like I’m at home or something. Even though I don’t know what home is!’ The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The men’s bathroom was like a girls’ except there were three urinals in a row, and only one toilet. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no roof over the shower building, and the walls were raised up six inches off the ground except in the corners. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Most of it was done, except for under each window of the house. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Emma, “there is no disputing about taste.—At least you admire her except her complexion.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He looks a little like Roger, except his face is rounder and he has darker hair. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

An ominous silence dropped like a curtain around them and, except for the scuffling of their frantic footsteps, there wasn’t a sound. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Evidence Against Him or Suspicious Circumstances: None, except that he is the only man the right height or size to have worn the Wagon Lit uniform. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get outside into the darkness so I could hug my dog and smell nothing except his fur. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He declared that every patient had to pay eighty cents, except for women, children, the truly poor, and anyone seriously ill. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We’re quiet for a while, except I hiccup every so often. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

From 145th Street to 149th Street, policemen had blocked off all automobile traffic except for their own cars, the newspapers’ cars, and the equipment trucks for radio and television on-the-spot coverage. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, I rarely spoke to Shannon or Mary and they rarely spoke to me, except to remind me to do my share of the chores, which I never did. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember much about Askar, except that he looked like my dad, but he was half a hand shorter, half a size smaller, half as educated, and half as friendly. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“She has, like, every musician in the world except Woody Guthrie,” I said. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He did not receive any visits except that of the barber every three weeks. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Granddaddy, nobody calls me Calpurnia except Mother, and then only when I’m in lots of trouble.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It is difficult to describe what happened next—except to say that it is a moment that occurs uniquely in the histories of refugees. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It looked exactly like my own school, except the surrounding landscape was different. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But that doesn’t get me much, except perhaps with Miss King, this English teacher I’m going to tell you about. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He knew everything about literature except how to enjoy it. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The room was dark except for the wide circle of light that held the masters’ table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And everybody turned and pushed against one another to see—except Old Yellow Suit, of course, who made a beeline for the exit. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

No prose paraphrase can give any idea of Pindar, except, perhaps, something of his singular power for vivid and minutely detailed description. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The conversations she had with her friends weren’t much different from the sort my mother had with hers, except in addition to the usual gossip, they discussed potential brides for Jawad Sahib. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In our times we have not seen great deeds accomplished except by those who were considered miserly; the others were all wiped out. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing, except for the uproarious crowd and swarms of cops like black hornets. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Modern conveniences were kept to a minimum, except in special areas like the hospital. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing about the town was grand except the big empty sky and, off in the distance, the stony purple Tuscarora Mountains running down to the table-flat desert. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was thankful that they had not been caught on the ground; but he felt that the trees offered little protection, except concealment. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We could use it as an exit, except that it was blocked by a million robot spiders. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

All of the contestants appeared to be grim and nervous, stiff as manikins, except for Susan, who was bending the ear of the boy sitting next to her. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She didn’t even know Devon except she watched him play basketball, she says. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had light brown hair that turned blond in the summer, and she never wore any makeup except deep red lipstick. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Hate continued exactly as before, except that the target had been changed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The landscape was dotted with buildings that looked like ancient Greek architecture—an open-air pavilion, an amphitheater, a circular arena—except that they all looked brand new, their white marble columns sparkling in the sun. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was still and quiet except for the swoop and chatter of a pair of sparrows darting in and out of driveways. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When you looked around, where else did you see a single black role model, except in church? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hour after hour, doubled over with cramps, I sit there reading the label stupidly, unable to think of anything except my own shivering discomfort. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

How could she explain that she was searching for a man she’d seen nothing of, except for a dark shoe? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

This is the heart of Gilead, where the war cannot intrude except on television. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Temperance was the rule except for Saturday night, when those with a taste for spirits partook and had something to think about at the next morning’s sermon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I have nothing left here except Mother and Daddy and staying here for my parents will surely ruin the relationship we have, but... The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then he had another group of people take the same test, except that this time, after giving them all of the information, he distracted them by having them do anagrams. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I had long had the feeling that this was the best way to “enclose” the reader’s mind in a new world, to blot out all reality except that which I was giving him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

These five groups constitute or represent all the major divisions of humanity except for Aboriginal Australians and their relatives. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The garden is quiet except for the blood rushing in his ears. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Our whole class is feeling terrible, except for her. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

There were no expectations on her anymore except to conquer the heck out of Insomnia Con. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The next day Lula reported to me that, after dinner, Harry and Fern sat outside in the darkness on the porch swing for a good half hour with no chaperones except the mosquitoes. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Private? How is it private if everyone knows except me?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tendai could rip through the cloth and yell for help—except that he didn’t see people or buildings through the hole. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The single unblocked window revealed distant bursts of light where the castle stood, but inside the room it was dark except for a solitary oil lamp. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing in our whole house that says he ever lived with us, except me. Why are you allowed to erase my father and I’m not allowed to—” “Erase yourself?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The back space was empty— except for Mama’s earring. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure how Vitellius knew this, since Frank hadn’t told anyone except Hazel, but ghosts had ways of finding out secrets. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A bird shrieked from a nearby tree, making all the girls except Taylor jump. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

These Lagunas wouldn’t beat her up, except she didn’t know for sure about the quiet one. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The family didn’t know much about him except that he was a hard bargainer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He looked a little weary, but otherwise he was fine—except for his eyes, which tired easily, he said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

After four days on the train, with no baths except for the sponge variety, we were not very sanitary when we reached California. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other people, too, had good crops, except for Snail, who spent his time cutting back weeds and examining the ground to see when the corn would grow. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“You’re saying that our grandmother was a famous author? Or she would have been, except this Madeline woman plagiarized her story?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“And Mami,” I said as I sipped my afternoon café con leche, “Miss Jiménez said the experts will give us free food and toothbrushes and things...and we can get breakfast every day except Sunday...” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It looked like our old hound dog Babe, except all made of gristle and blood. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the sun on the grass beyond it was just like the sun on the grass on this side, except unaccountably different. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I understand,” I say, except I have no clue how to do that. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Didn’t he know that I could stand anything except his kindness? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no answer except her sister’s cheek against her own, not even tears, for when most deeply moved, Jo did not cry. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see anything of Annabeth except a glint of her blond hair. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I might not have easily recognised the Square in the photo, except for the white bunker-like two-storey buildings in the background, on all three visible sides of the pool area. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people of Bone Gap thought his adopted name was funny, because they were certain he hated everyone and everything, except for all the women he claimed to date. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Milkman couldn’t answer except in Guitar’s words, so he said nothing. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel looked at the spot where Jack had been, but there was nothing there except the impression his legs left in the snow. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I have not spoken of my faithful vehicle except in formal terms of passing praise. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t bad, except we had to keep notes about Steinbeck’s technique because we were going to be writing our own travel accounts—fictional or nonfictional—for the year’s final composition. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I visit my mother every day, except when their protocol doesn’t allow it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

There are not that many subjects that could be spoken about, between us; there’s not much common ground, except this one mysterious and chancy thing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

In less than fifteen minutes everything except the house had been turned upside down. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The thing Wormtail had been carrying had the shape of a crouched human child, except that Harry had never seen anything less like a child. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We carried less than everyone else around us except for the water. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Since the day the Jews paraded into the ghetto, I had not seen Uncle Shepsel outside the room, except for lineups. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

On the opposite side of the road, grassy hills stretched to the horizon, empty of civilization except for one darkened convenience store at the top of the nearest rise. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In my home, everything seems normal except for the mood. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t bad, either, Harry thought, licking it as they watched a gorilla scratching its head who looked remarkably like Dudley, except that it wasn’t blond. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

All the kids were there except Willie, who, still on the path he learned at Robert Taylor, was in jail. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

They had worked their way through Gracie Hall except for the basement, which was locked. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know anything about cancer except it killed you. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had been talking to too many people, my friends, everybody it seems, except Ted. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad says, "So what do you make of that? You can't see it, but it makes a shadow—except it's not a normal shadow, is it?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I distributed the furniture among the various tenants, except the dining-room table, which was still intact despite the worms that had got into everything, and the wrought-iron bed that had belonged to my parents. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, just as in her nightmares, the Mark of Athena burned across the walls, incinerating the spiders until the room was empty except for the smell of sickly sweet ashes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He kept saying she was a big bumpkin pumpkin and I don’t think she would have even done anything except he kept cackling in her ear. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Remarkably unchanged except for the vacant look in her eyes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

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 was almost thirteen years old now, and it was hard to remember any other life—except for my daydreams of food. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Court was empty except for me and a sister from India, formerly a Protestant, who had converted to Islam, and was, like me, trying to make the Hajj. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were all more relaxed before this game, except for Victor. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That summer, Joseph came every day— except the weekends, when Madeleine’s parents were home. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t budge except to squint at me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A secret for all, except one: the president of the Jewish Council. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was a good light from the moon, with no one in sight except our own men.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told myself to let go, and my arm jerked up as though it meant to obey, except my fingers were still clenched tightly around the ashtray’s edge. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I think I was the only one who wasn’t in on it, except for Summer and maybe the D&D crowd. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I choose a seat in the middle where there’s no one sitting near me except for a lady with a baby, who studies me for a few seconds. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The class laughed except for Gilbert, P. K., and Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, nothing," she said, "except that he wants to leave me." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

But I don't smell anything except the lotion I rub into my grandfather's hands. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Fatherland or death!” the guerrillas echo, all except Felicia, who wonders whether all this shouting wouldn’t alert the enemy in a real war. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The fire is the most important thing on the island. How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if we don't keep a fire going? Is a fire too much for us to make?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But, except for the Plymouth and the weathered cross and the mum-mified banana tree, the tiny yard was completely bare. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hesitated, but there was nothing else to do except run away screaming, so I grabbed what I thought were her wrists. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The room was small and simple, except that it was on the top floor, and had French doors which opened onto a terrace as large as the room. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole world grey, everywhere you look, everything grey except the eyes of the bride. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Somehow, I felt surprised that the room was still the same—except that Mary had changed the bed linen. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond the ring of their firelight, there was nothing except animal sounds and insects, the black wildness of the jungles and swamps, the swelter of the interior. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could see their bodies—except for their faces, which were darker, as if they were headless walking beings. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then there were a bunch of kids just running around, happy to be in a place where there were no cars or noise except for their own laughter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There was no free space in the car except for an aisle in the middle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The menu was pretty much the same as it was in Portland, except for a seafood sub and a chicken tikka masala sub. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And clutching her treasure, she ran from the shop and would have run all the way back to the boardinghouse except that she realized that people on the street were turning to stare. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was a man without hobbies except on those occasions when he would challenge his son Ben in some sport. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost, except I notice him, because I have trained myself to notice him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, who actually cares about the hair above somebody’s eyelids, except Edna? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I had not even the instincts of a mother cat I wanted to flee both Elsinore and the unknown fate of motherhood, though such escape seemed impossible, except by my death. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Some people thought that, except for a few boulders, it would be hard and flat—and they turned out to be right. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all knew each other in a way, from the passing of messages over the preceding months; yet except for Jenner and me, none of us had ever really met. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A boy comes into the circle and does the same thing Pri is doing, except with stronger kicks and faster spins. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They were assured that they were going to be the only inhabitants of that land of milk and honey, except of course a few whitefolks like John Brown who history books said was crazy anyway. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a sort of camaraderie that rarely exists except between men who have fought the same enemies and known the same women. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Since his inauguration as vice president, Arthur had had little contact with Garfield except to lobby for political appointments that the Stalwarts wanted. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Almost . . . except for the pain in my shoulder and the guilt weighing me down. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

There’s no furniture except for a bench along the back wall. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The way she says “you’re” makes my stomach drop, as if it makes more sense that anyone else in the world would go in the Ring except for me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was like being asleep, except that you didn’t wake up, he thought. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hooper was completely beside himself, wrapped up in his fear, oblivious of everything except the storm, and his terror of it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

There seems to be plenty here to eat—except for guavas. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to hold him back except himself. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Candice dropped everything in her hands—everything except a lone plastic toy soda bottle. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We have looked at your records and they are not so bad. All except this one,” he said, nodding toward Steve. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Within a couple of weeks I would lose the chance to talk to my children face-to-face, ever again, except through glass,” he worried. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The Light Market was stocked with every color except Gold, which was sold only on the West Side. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The very phrases were worn so threadbare that they evoked no image except that of a turbaned "character" leaking sawdust at every pore as he pursued a tiger through the Bois de Boulogne. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I haven’t paid any attention to it except for the bus strikes and that Mississippi business. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was a scene much like the one I had just left at the university, except here no one was studying, and some of the people wore dressing gowns. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The bleeding had stopped except for the neck wounds. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

From behind they saw nothing amiss, except that she did not seem to hear their entrance into the room. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

People walk their own dogs after work, he tells me, except for one guy who works late and one lady who just had a baby. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Antoine spiked the ball in the end zone, and all the Lake Windsor players, except Erik, ran over and jumped on him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a way I guess that’s lying too, except I think you can tell the real truth with that kind of lying. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The demons called it a hatchet, but it was really a squarish sword, looking much like a cleaver except that the balance was truer. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His bedroom was the simplest room of all--except where the dresser was garnished with a toilet set of pure dull gold. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

In the car there is silence for a little while and nobody except Marge, who as usual has moved right along, will look at me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sons, for the most part, were much like him except when liquor quickened their courage and defiance. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chitrigupta had said that the celestial weapons were past the bridge, but there was nothing in sight except a giant cave. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Just like that, they scatter, replaced by nothing except white noise. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As for the mako, except for the tips of the tail and the mouth area, incongruously untouched, it was a half-eaten, butchered mess. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘It is good for him. He’s got nothing except what he ordered us to pack. He’s been slack lately, and he’ll feel the weight less when he’s walked off some of his own.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Everyone chatted for the short drive, except me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Instead of being an orphan, he was loved by nearly everybody except the Gaels, and he loved everybody in return. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of April and Dorothea’s Hollywood friends ever had gray hair, except the kind you have on purpose, no matter how old they got otherwise. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of us, except Kathy, received short trousers, an insubstantial jersey, and a canvas jacket. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like a picnic, sort of, except we are sitting at a round table under bright lights that buzz. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

And when I do think about it, how much 1 get paid, how hard I work, how fair Harold is to everybody except me, I get upset. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much to do except to look around at the hills and fields. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl couldn’t talk, couldn’t communicate at all except in the inadequate sign language she had invented—a language even her mother only half-understood. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I would have enjoyed the sight of so many people who had terrorized me being terrorized themselves, except that I was twice as scared as they were. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

And she told nobody about it except for Mary Elizabeth and then Patrick a year ago. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When we finished the cursing we all laughed, all except Brunner and Brew. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For instance, societies on small Polynesian islands were effectively rather similar to tribal societies with a big-man, except that the position of chief was hereditary. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That sounds like our dragon in Romania, the zmeu, except for the paper wings.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sunday evening everyone, except Pim and me, was clustered around the radio, listening to the “Immortal Music of the German Masters.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My parents’ names are Lindo and Tin Jong, and nobody, except a few older family friends, ever calls them by their first names. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mortimer had always thought she couldn’t cope with the world except between the covers of a book, but she’d show him! Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But most of these things, except perhaps the salt and sugar, would not keep forever, even though I did not use them up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

His eyes were closed—he always prayed from memory, except during a Festival or a High Holiday Service—and he was swaying slightly back and forth, his lips murmuring the words. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We’ll seal off everything except the upper storage room and the tunnels leading in the front and out the back. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

When he moves fast, you can see nothing except a streak in the water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ebola Zaire attacks every organ and tissue in the human body except skeletal muscle and bone. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone with somewhere to go except for me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I had not seen this youth upon our own ship before except in time of festival; he was not of our Company. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Again he ate hunched over his food, tense and quiet, paying no attention to anything except what was going on inside his own head. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, Mama never asked me to pick anything anymore, except in our garden. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, there is nothing in sight except for the forested darkness of Shoshone County. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I really don’t know him, except by sight, and do not go there out of jealousy. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Nobody,” I conceded, “except the entire hip-hop community.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

“That means their trial,” he explained, “except there won’t be a jury in juvenile court, remember. Master Williams will listen to everyone present their sides then she’ll decide the sentence—their disposition.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s quiet except for the clacking hooves and buzzing insects in the yellowed grass. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was naked except for his shorts and dog tags. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now there were long periods when he heard nothing except the wind in the trees and the plop of buckeyes on the earth. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then they sashayed past us, the one wearing Vonetta’s watch snaking her wrist around and around like a baton twirler, except there was no baton. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“We wanted for nothing except to be left alone here in Viosk,” said a voice. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sign of any kind of life or knowledge except the breathing and the heartbeat. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

They’re eyeing each other over his corpse and fingering their scimitars like it’s high noon in an Oklahoma boomtown, except in the desert. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Put these on,” he said, holding out a pair of knee- high rubber boots.“Tennis shoes aren’t much good up here except around camp.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But when the killing started, there was no right or wrong except in the way you did your job, except in the way that you were part of the killing. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

You wouldn't even know that she touched the comics except for the smell. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It was cold, except for the heat of mud underneath. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Thanksgiving morning at the rehab center, unfortunately, was the same as every other day, except for the construction paper turkeys pasted all along the walls of the waiting room. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Totally foolproof, except for the fact that gay people exist. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I have preserved original spelling and punctuation in quotations, except that I have regularized ‘u’ and ‘v’, and ‘i’ and ‘j’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It confirmed what she’d always thought: everyone knew more about sex than it appeared, everyone except her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, Morrie really hadn’t bought anything new—except medical equipment—in a long, long time, maybe years. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I was going to write out how I answered the question except Siobhan said it wasn’t very interesting, but I said it was. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Maintain radio silence, except in emergencies,” ordered Kelp. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Merlyn, in his running breeches, looked rather like Lord Baden-Fowdl, except, of course, that the latter did not wear a beard. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now we never have lotus root, except boiled, and I like it better raw, don’t you?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was not the style of teenage West Virginia boys to wear a hat, except the black-felt kind with a feather in it, and then only at dances. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She made no mention of her encounter with death and her flash of terror, except to say to her husband, “I thought I should have perished out there alone.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

When I finished Easy Pieces, I played Für Elise, then a few things from the lesson book, and that was all I had, except hymns. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I do, except exactly opposite plus a little worse. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He made no special preparation except to wear a heavy sweater and rain slicker. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

They showed a city that looked somewhat like Ember, except that its buildings were lighter and taller and had more windows. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing to show for them except a couple of pictures and our notebook. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The more I thought about it, the more I was sure that Fig had slept all day, except for the 5:42 a.m. wake-up call. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

At ground level, the principles of triangulation are the same, except that the triangles don’t reach into space but rather are laid side to side on a map. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

We wouldn’t care what Mr. van Maaren thought of the situation except that he’s known to be unreliable and to possess a high degree of curiosity. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The room reminded her of the Pantheon in Rome, except this place had been decorated in Hades Modern. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah . “I don’t know anything about Bagman except that he used to be Beater for the Wimbourne Wasps,” said Sirius, still pacing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There is nothing remarkable about him, except that he is able to command the two men who wear rifles slung across their backs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It does so by artificially holding constant every variable except the two he wishes to focus on, and then showing how those two co-vary. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Or the fact that Rishi was drawing it with a perfect ballerina’s bun, except the bun happened to be a croissant. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The beach before them was empty except for a few bums sleeping in little huddled circles. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The loneliness that was always in the cabin, except when his mother was singing or telling a story about the Lord, was heavier than ever now. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

These two conservative barons had never yielded to Arthur, and they did not believe in any form of government except the rule of force. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hopefully, no one will hear these tapes except for those of you on this list, leaving any changes they bring to your lives completely up to you. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

John Adams, who gave the problem more concentrated attention than anyone except James Madison, was periodically tempted to throw up his hands and declare the task impossible. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The place was empty except for some crates tucked in the corners and a floor-to-ceiling section of wall stretching ten feet along the center of the room. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Nothing changed inside her except the size of her sadness. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark out, and at first I couldn’t see anything except the massive black ocean across the street. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t think this is too strictly enforced except when the place is run by an obsessive martinet like Amadeus von Linden. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The front room was dark except for the flicker of a small fire in the hearth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house was dark when I awoke, and the bed was empty except for me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The side looked just like the front, except that it had no steps or door. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it did not interfere with our meeting, except that she chided me like a schoolmarm for not taking her advice and cutting down on my schedule. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So was I, the Roman numeral for one, except for the crossbars on top and bottom. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The children sniff around, trying to get used to me, all except for two-year-old Gerald Jr., who takes to me right away, follows me like a puppy. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We left without anything except the family books and the papers that would enable most of us to go to America. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hilltop below was now entirely dark except for the pale moonlight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wished I had gone up to Paris with Bill, except that Paris would have meant more fiesta-ing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“It was my fault! Mr. Bykovski wouldn’t have been there except for me!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hated it—except that I learned how to do CPR. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have no needs, except I say so,” the woman barked, nose to nose with her. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was hot there, and empty except for the pallets and my bag in its comer. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was like every single picture of Lindsey Lee Wells ever taken—except Colin noticed immediately that they were all from the last couple of years. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

We move on to V, which is similar to F, except that you hum a vibrato, which the boys enjoy. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no noise except what you make yourself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Shouldn’t I be happy, contented and glad, except when I’m thinking of Hanneli and those suffering along with her? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He threw away all my identification except for my fake Florida license. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The supposed fisherman answered, “I swear by the God of the Sea that no man except myself has come to this shore, and no woman either.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve gotten used to it, walking around as if I have a time bomb glued to my back, except the bomb maker forgot to tell me when the thing is supposed to go off. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

All the other visible hills, including those facing me across the narrow valley, looked to be in good health, except where they had been scarred and gouged by quarrying or strip mining, which was regularly. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He saw nothing ahead except the endless ribbon of road unfolding in twisting narrow curves. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

All the structures had been burned, except a simple straw hut that had been only half scorched away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t heard from him since, except for his snoring, which must have been painful for him. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's one of those weekends where I don't leave the house at all—literally—except briefly with Mom to go to the White Hen. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

It’s not a bad face except that lately my nose seems to have grown longer, and my upper lip appears to have collapsed against my teeth. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was naked, except for a pearl necklace. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We haven’t talked in a while, except for a casual hello at church. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then, when all was ready except changing his clothes, he sought out Brother Luke, for he knew that the friar would give him help and encouragement. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

"It won't work anyway. Every orb I made except this one burned in the fire. Along with everything else." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And I don’t know why I admit this, except that I simply have nothing to lose. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The salon was deserted, except for Steven and Emilia, who were standing alone and forgotten at the altar. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day she passed, she gave away all the flowers to the nurses, except one bouquet. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He knew almost nothing of beavers except that they lived in the water, chewed trees down, and looked cute when he saw them swimming in the water. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of Tashbaan; the desert, unbroken except by the narrow green crack which they had traveled down, spread to the horizon. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Nothing at all except I think they’re trying to take my mom away from me because he called me a foster kid.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sound in the cabin except the crackling of the fire, and there was no feeling inside him except a great loneliness. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

No nose or other facial jewelry, we learn; earrings must be small and discreet, not dangling; no blue jeans except on Friday, and then you have to pay $1 for the privilege of wearing them. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a sand-hued wrap, a kind of sari, except it was looser than that, as if it had just been unwound and then only casually repinned. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody shook hands with Stuart—everybody, that is, except the policeman, who was too wet and mad to shake hands with a mouse. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Along with everyone else except a few professional gulls such as Leper, I rejected anything which had the smallest possibility of doubt about it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few hours later, he tells me that the body has been dressed, except for socks and shoes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I find nothing, except for more girls like me, or women, or men, searching for the same thing. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I felt the things he couldn’t feel and he said the things I couldn’t say, except to him. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Up close like this, I can see that her skin is smooth and clear except for two freckles on her right cheek, and her eyes are a gray-green that makes me think of fall. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The guys were pretty silent except for perfunctory replies to Isabelle’s string of inane chatter about which sorority she wanted to join. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My dad didn’t really talk to me except to walk up and check to see if I had a fever, which I didn’t, because it was a software problem. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

While we were talking she was undressing me, and when I was undressed, except for the bandages, she washed me, very gently and smoothly. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was on the tip of her tongue to say It’s okay, except it wasn’t, and he knew it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He spent fourteen months in a dried-up lake bed, where he did nothing except dig holes. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The giant tire looked just like the giant doughnut over the doughnut store on Main Street, except that the tire was black and the doughnut was brown. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

No part of her body seemed to be moving except her fingers, which clutched her feather tight and low, just above the inky point. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her face would have been pretty except for her sunken cheeks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Arthur Smith, once a slender man, now was slender still except for the beach ball he sported under his shirt. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Baba, when there’s nothing left for us here except death, then surely it must be time to leave?” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine,” I say, “except we keep getting interrupted.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I’m just like Rashid Uncle, born with a defect that makes it hard to speak, even impossible, except that you can’t see mine. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Shin remembers little of his time in the hospital, except that the nightmares slowly diminished. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She hugged all of us except Dad—she had refused to speak a word to him since he plundered Oz—promised to write, and climbed into the station wagon. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And except for his strange shouts, nobody said a word. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I definitely fit the description of the ugly duckling in makeover movies, except that those girls were actually gorgeous actresses disguised by poorly framed glasses. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t mentioned Bri since that first afternoon, except to complain that her toothbrush was missing. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But now, no one had anything except Aaron and Evan’s diaper bag. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He seemed to know what everyone around him was thinking . . . except me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When he came to himself again, for a moment he could recall nothing except a sense of dread. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

All in all, his personality was an arabesque: intricate, symmetrical, balanced, and tightly constructed—except for one flaw. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The front was completely covered with hundreds of oranges, except for one blue one in the middle. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Well, except my uncle Dewey, who didn’t have any teeth. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

So not a soul except Mama saw me bring the zinc tubs out of the shed room. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

After the marriage, in the dead of night, they killed their bridegrooms—everyone except Hypermnestra. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t want me to go,” he said, “I won’t You know I have never loved any human being except you.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they were leaving the hospital, Tiller said, “But she won’t eat anything except Popsicles, orange Popsicles. What should we feed her?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But it was no use, he could not remember: nothing remained of his childhood except a series of bright-lit tableaux, occurring against no background and mostly unintelligible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

So we took turns getting in close to the center—except I gave Meryl Lee my turn since she had helped me with the pots. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel anything except that he was beginning to annoy me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I had nothing to say to that, except admit that he was probably right. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mouse paid no attention to anything except a mole crab that decided it had lived long enough and tunneled up through the sand directly between her front paws. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

In a way this was Finny’s view, except that naturally he saw it comically, as a huge and intensely practical joke, played by fat and foolish old men bungling away behind the scenes. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s bedroom is empty except for the mattress and the box spring under it, and the metal frame under that. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There weren’t enough of them to form recognizable letters or shapes—except for a capital “I”—so they didn’t march much at halftimes of games. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The room was quiet except for the occasional rap of a chess piece slammed to the board in anger. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The window is entirely dark except for the outlines of block letters, shining, brilliant words that hang between myself and whatever is on the other side of the glass. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The world was completely quiet except for the ringing of the Fūrin—the Japanese glass wind bell—that hung in a tree. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His grey shirt hung in loose tatters except where it was stuck to his body, stained a dark, sullen red. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A dozen different things that he might say flashed through Digory’s mind, but he had the sense to say nothing except : he exact truth. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Aragog clicked his pincers furiously, and all around the hollow the sound was echoed by the crowd of spiders; it was like applause, except applause didn’t usually make Harry feel sick with fear. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

We sat in the ladder-back chairs around the kitchen table, except for Rosaleen, who poured glasses of tea and set a plate of pimiento-cheese sandwiches on the table, as if anybody could eat. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Neel guessed the cub would be too terrified to venture out of her hiding place, except maybe to scavenge for food. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a fire hose, except that at the end, instead of a nozzle, there was a round plunger like a big rubber ball cut in half. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai’s suite was at the extremity of the seraph’s right arm, and the others’ were along that same passage, except for Minya’s. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I do know that they were both on home detention, which meant they couldn’t go anywhere except to a doctor’s appointment or their lawyer’s office. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

At first, all seemed still outside except for the rain falling, murmuring as if the night had found its voice. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Imagine: A month ago these guys ignored him except to tease him; now they snuck into his house and climbed into bed with him. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, at first we only had six for the whole community, but then people started sneaking them in and now everyone has one except my mother and Elisha’s mother.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I jump up, mumble bye to Nico, and notice that while we were engrossed in his laptop, almost everyone else left, except for Julie and Ms. Holly, who are talking in the corner. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“And I wasn’t no Annie Oakley myself, except with squirrels.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hear or see or feel anything except that throbbing, searing fire centered in my eyes. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never seen a mountain, except in a geography text. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Very good. There is no goat cheese like this except in Switzerland, where I came from as a boy.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Or whack out the local pets with my trusty slingshot or whatever—except I never had a slingshot, it was Grim who had one when he was my age. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I once saw pictures of two blonde girls, laughing and making faces at each other, and it all looked very friendly and usual, except that their two necks stemmed out of a single body. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

None of this seemed real, except for the reports of Aunt Lorraine’s hysteria. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

We rounded a corner and I saw the pool complex, a shimmering blue expanse with the same island I remembered from my childhood, except now it was covered by a glass-plated geodesic dome. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It's dark, except for the emergency bulbs that glow like red eyes along the border of the theater. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” Ben said softly, sadly, then looking up he said, “except that I made the team,” and he ran to his mother and his family screamed out their relief. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The entire population, except those needed for essential jobs, is required to attend. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

At that moment, I wasn’t thinking about anything except a big orange circle that seemed to be hovering in front of my eyes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

All the parents immediately went to protect their young—all the parents except Roz. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Children liked Crane because they hadn’t been anyplace else, except to Monahans or Marfa or Big Lake for a basketball or football game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like learning a new language, except there were nearly two hundred unfamiliar letters, and you had to invent your own words a lot of the time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Scythe Goddard and his friends came to a mall near where I lived. They gleaned everyone in the food court except for me. Then he told me to come with him. So I did.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He wore the jersey for almost a week without taking it off except to shower, because he knew that someone would try to steal it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The hallway was dark, except for the bathroom light spilling onto the carpet like melted butter. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My American cowgirl outfit was an exact duplicate—except for the skirt—of Mundín's cowboy one. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Nothing about her face gave away her age except her eyes, which belonged to another time. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He did not run; he walked as if nothing were new except the daylight. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded like a fairly regular rap song, except the words were in Swedish. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She looked like she did in the photos of her holding me as a child — except, bizarrely, with giant hairy apes in her arms. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure what to do about it, but I’m pretty sure it’s weird to say everybody gets money except the people providing the raw material.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Without a body, you are nothing anymore, except for a story. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

No, they had spoken of danger, but no one had specifically mentioned rats except the cockroaches. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Had you mentioned magic or Faerie to any of them, they would have smiled at you disdainfully, except, perhaps for Mr. Dickens, at the time a young man, and beardless. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

There is no lake nearby, no mountain, no view of anything much except houses and apartment buildings. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

All except one, who perched high, high above them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I live in a city where twenty-five per cent of the population is Negro and I doubt that the percentage is much higher, except in spots, in the eleven Civil War States. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That's all, sir, except that I want to say that I'm sorry for what I did and that I hold no hard feelings. What I did was unintentional, but I'm in agreement with my punishment." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to smile, except I was crying. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his head Palmer plotted a course that, except for the final half block, kept him in alleyways. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was these tiny details that showed the littlest kingdom’s deep-rooted ties to its Oxscinian colonizers: it looked almost exactly like a copper kispe, except squints had square holes through their centers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The door was shut against everything except physical pain. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d never been around kids who actually played instruments—except for Beat Box, even though technically, Beat Box didn’t play a musical instrument. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Her short hair was tucked into this hat, except for two perfect curls on her forehead that faced each other like black lacquer carvings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room is dim, except for the lights in the pool, shining bright as the water ripples around them. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They would have called out to him or run toward him except he was staring right past them with such distance in his eyes, he frightened them. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran never told me much about Tina except to say that she had a lot in common with his father. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monday, January 14,1935 The next Monday I’m in a really grumpy mood on account of it’s baseball day for everyone except me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The local papers don’t run any information about Boy21 except the number of points he scored in the game, and his assists and rebounds. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

All was silent except for the soft rustling of the page in the gentle breeze. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Now, she hated everything about it, except the unicorn; and, saddle sore and uncomfortable, she would have even happily spent time away from the unicorn. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Individually, no member of the Party owns anything, except petty personal belongings. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

No one's ever gotten this—well, except for some kid a few years ago who the military made a goddy fuss over. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The cabins were decorated with tiny flickering lights, like Christmas lights, except they seemed to be balls of real fire. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

There is no evidence that anyone has been here in a long time except for the smell, that sickly sour stench designed to keep the living from the dead. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I went past field after flat, featureless field, with virtually no change except when occasionally a flock of birds, hearing my engine, flew up out of the furrows. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Maybe. But I’ve got a big appetite these days. Any kind of food tastes good ... except maybe pomegranate seeds. I’m done with those.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Everyone I knew respected these customary laws, except for the powhitetrash children. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

This basically meant letting Colin study and setting “markers,” which were exactly like goals except they were called markers. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Her laugh, when she’s with them, is refined and low, like a woman’s laugh on the radio, except when she forgets herself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Vajra was still in her hand, but although the weapon had been awakened, Aru couldn’t do much with it except hit a couple of things. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Seemed like everyone knew except for me. And I had to wonder why that was. I guess sometimes we project feelings about ourselves onto others, and I’m sorry if I’ve done that to you.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

However I had no occasion for witty discourse, except with myself. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel any different, except for that new pull I felt tonight. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The park went quiet and dark again, except for the gentle trickle of water into the Thrill Ride of Love’s exit pool. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, except Grandma don’t really seem like she play too much,” Genie replied. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But hitting is not allowed, except if you are already in a fight with someone, then it is not so bad. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is almost impossible to enter from the east except through the tunnels. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Anyone who conspires cannot act alone, nor can he find companions except from amongst those whom he believes to be discontented. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

She pretended she was chasing cats . . . except she was the cat now, and if they caught her, they would kill her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She had a large purple bruise on her leg for days but what could I do except stand and watch my wife get beaten? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the boys—all except B.J.—had started drinking. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But every one of us, except the Negroes forced here as slaves, are descended from the restless ones, the wayward ones who were not content to stay at home. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The McMahon Bill excluded the military from control of atomic energy, except as the technology was directly applicable to weapons, propulsion, and other military needs. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I really liked my job as a test pilot; in fact, I thought it was the best possible job I could have, except for one thing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no cars at all, except for the occasional derelict vehicle propped on cinderblocks in someone’s front yard. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t really say much except that they were investigating everything and that he had “the utmost faith in Officer Galluzzo’s judgment” and that the officer was “a veteran with an immaculate record.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Solemn, humorless despite the slightly ironic smile, he suddenly cut deep—yet with the same mildness, the same almost inhuman indifference except for the pale flash of fire in his eyes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reading and relaxation: No German books may be read, except for the classics and works of a scholarly nature. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Hemmed in, limited, circumscribed, he sees and feels no way of acting except to hate and kill that which he thinks is crushing him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Shorty was really serious about nothing except his music, and about working for the day when he could start his own little group to gig around Boston. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which was fine, except what if the bird got tired of waiting? Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The house was silent except for the popping of the applewood in the fire, and the tall clock ticking in the front room. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair, which was once the color of autumn, was still the color of autumn, except that before, she had tended it herself, whereas now she had five full-time hairdressers who managed things for her. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a lantern, except that it was a deep blue. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was a good plan except for that one risk: he must confide in Heqet. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Most of my memories of the Pottses were rather pleasant—except for that film. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Matt too had lost all his clothes, except for the shorts. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, the whole seventh grade sat in the auditorium and watched the same Magic School Bus cartoons over and over, except for the lucky homeroom that won the rock-paper-scissors tournament and escaped to the gym. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

My wickedness five years ago, or six, or twelve, has no existence except as now, mumbling, mumbling, sacrificing the slain world to the omnipotence of words, I strain my memory to regain it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The house is silent, except for a clock chiming in the living room. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby was still fuming, but I felt nothing except relief. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He couldn't move anything except his eyes, and his fingers. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It’s a standard desktop display—except it’s floating in midair. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They had no domesticated animals at all except for dogs, which were probably domesticated elsewhere in the Americas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Living alone on a mountain is not much different, except that your speaking voice gets rusty. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd surrounding the Commons had swelled to include the entire army and every soul in the city except for Madam and Becky. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s really nobody alive who it could be, except you.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She took the money, unfolded and counted the bills, then stuffed them in her pants pocket, except for a ten-dollar bill, which she held out to me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed because, except that she was white, the big movie star looked just like my mother. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he’s drunk,” Sully said, and there was more laughter, except for a silent spot between them where Conor knew Harry wasn’t laughing. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

This time the apartment was exactly as I’d last seen it, except the Katz Diet Coke can was gone, consumed by the forlorn friend from Idaho. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm listening, but I can't hear anything except for Blade and his gang, and how they're scrambling around trying to find some rocks to heave at us. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

White people seemed to think of it as a necessity— most white people that is, except for that all-important one. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every one except Ms. Griegson, who put her hand on my chickens’ cage too. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I knew how to repair those windows, and how to clean the chimney, because those sorts of things interest me. But I don’t know how to cook anything except toast.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

‘You see? Already you too, Frodo, cannot easily let it go, nor will to damage it. And I could not “make” you — except by force, which would break your mind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Icy white, sunny, and mute, the expanse everywhere was almost entirely unmarked except for faint feather patterns where a little bird had pushed off; or for tiny mouse tracks trickling across the still, shimmering snow. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who in hell could, except God come to earth or somebody? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked all over the mountain but found her tied to the fence behind the corral, tethered with an intricate knot that nobody used except her father, Lott. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was just like any traveling preacher except he was a rabbi. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her house was pretty nice, except it had too many stairs. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

When I arrived at the store, nobody was there except a lady at the front cash register. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was bare of all furniture except the chair in which he sat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“If you leave now, you may lose the opportunity to see further than you have ever —” “I don’t want to see anything except a headache cure,” said Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The house was quiet when we got back, except for Dad and Babou in the kitchen playing Rook again. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t seen her since her house last Wednesday, which is the longest we’ve gone without seeing each other all year, except for during Christmas, when she visited her aunt in Cincinnati. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

What he says is a trespass: people don’t talk about bodies unless they’re discussing illnesses, or about souls except in church, or about passion unless they mean sex. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was fairly happy, except that, like many people living in Europe, he would rather have been in America, and he had discovered writing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

But he was not terribly distinguished and, except for his clothing, seemed entirely ordinary. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They must have all loved her, except perhaps my father, the only brother who never went back to China, having once been traded for a girl. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most people around me don’t seem to notice his presence—except for a few. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They owned a restaurant and had no personality to enchant or interest a teenager, except that the husband was called Uncle Jim, and the wife Aunt Boy. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Are you sure there’s nothing else to eat around here except those disgusting smelly snozzcumbers?’ she asked. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am walking along, in time to the music, Keep happy with the Happy Gang, my head empty except for these words. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She tolerated them fair enough, except for the muddy boots on the furniture and when they spread butter on their bread with their thumbs. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since there had never been a republican chief executive, there was no readily available vocabulary to characterize such a creature, except the verbal traditions that had built up around European courts and kings. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The snow was landing everywhere except on him. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And everything did stop, except for whatever Morgan was doing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Francie thought her diary would be like that, but excepting for some romantic observations on Harold Clarence, actor, the entries were prosaic. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left something hanging in the air, like he wanted to finish with except for Saturday night. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

At least that is what they were told; they understood little of what he said except his observations on hell. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Because my brother didn’t have any friends except for Libby Truett, I decided to visit her one afternoon seven weeks after he’d been missing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

At first I couldn’t see a thing except the pitch-black sky as I slowly cartwheeled away from the Agena, but then the Gemini swung around into view. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew nobody, had no names except the first name of an old lady who was now dead. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, one by one, they realized that they couldn’t hear anything at all except for the gentle murmur of their blades dipping into and out of the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His hatred for the King was not a reality like Mordred’s—indeed, he had little personal feeling against anybody except Lancelot His attitude was more of malice at random. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden everyone was looking off at the paintings on the walls or adjusting their collars—except for Emma, whose face was turning a certain shade of green. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But this is where my husband is and I wouldnt want to be anywhere in this world except close by his side. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in daylight, I saw little of his face, for he never pulled back the hood, except by accident. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He knew nothing about the place, except its name. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Everything was black—except her hair, which she often wore in two long, thick blond braids that hung on either side of her head. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

News reporters called Pinyudu a “camp,” but it was just a big, open place with no houses except a few belonging to the local Anyuak people. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aureliano did not notice the new thing except when the house became full of people. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

These rooms are like karaoke rooms except some are twice, even three times as big. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Anything to read—except for The Four Corners of the World. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Immediately I dove back to my hiding spot, which would have been a nifty move except that I banged my head on the sewage tank. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I go straight home now, except for maybe stopping at the grocery. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bunch of donkeys, except for the old man, said Grandmother. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But except for that, the place looked like a Caribbean postcard. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The things that were happening no longer seemed connected by anything except his own dazed senses. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s—” I couldn’t think of the right word—except “double agent,” which isn’t what I meant, though I suppose that’s what she really is. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But in this game, there was nothing except the two other pterodactyls, the ocean, and the distant volcano. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Now it is more necessary for all princes, except the Turk and the Sultan, to satisfy the people more than the soldiers, since the people can do more than the soldiers. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I can never find him at the work except by special appointment and then he is impatient to get away.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There had never been a chance before, since no one except Claudette Colvin had ever pleaded not guilty to breaking the segregation laws in a bus arrest. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Other times, you have your legs on and operate the way the world intended, except when you stumble or your legs start aching fifteen minutes after you’ve put them on. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, except that one of the teachers at school called the police when he saw our shotgun in the back of our truck when my dad was picking me up after school.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

We wouldn’t even have known he was finished except that he set the microphone down on the flatbed and started to climb off. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Ob’s got visions, Summer. Just like you, except you’re always fighting yours off.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

They said it didn’t hurt, except the new skin, which felt like a killer sunburn for a couple of weeks. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Never did no fighting except with my fists. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

For the next two weeks I whirled around the city going to doctors, taking vitamin shots and pills, buying clothes for the baby, and except for the rare moments alone, enjoying the imminent blessed event. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s that. She’s all mixed up with the dullness, and I can’t remember much except the last picture drawn in fire.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The country around the lake was moderately hilly, but the hills were small— almost hummocks—and there were very few rocks except to his left. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a week we were like a seminormal family, except that my father wasn’t allowed out of the house. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Their tally was exact with the list, and they had nothing to add except that the boxes were “main and mortal heavy,” and that shifting them was dry work. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The entire effect would be surreal except the clothes are ridiculously wrinkled. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Persians have adopted that method too, except most Persians use a large kettle and a smaller pot you can stack on top, like a double boiler. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It did not matter tonight...nothing mattered except the end, the end of their pointless adventure, the end of Dumbledore’s life. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I got no plan in mind except how mad I am. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She would have been beautiful except for the big dark circles under her eyes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

It isn’t used anymore, except as a museum. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked together silently up the hill to the pele tower, except that the major explained the situation as they went. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did not go far, for on the floor lay many old bones, and nothing else was to be seen near the entrance except some great empty jars and broken pots. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The rain had stopped and everyone except Rorra was already up. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Along this path the hobbits trudged, side by side, unable to see Gollum in front of them, except when he turned back to beckon them on. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Nothing in there looked like anything to do with animals, except maybe some more pieces of fence. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She was completely without experience in the world, she was unread and, except for the one long trip from Ireland, untraveled. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to look at from under the tree except Gatsby's enormous house, so I stared at it, like Kant at his church steeple, for half an hour. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

There was no sound except from the water and a breeze singing high up in the pine trees. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Alphabets of ultimately eastern Mediterranean origin spread throughout all complex societies of Eurasia, from England to Indonesia, except for areas of East Asia where derivatives of the Chinese writing system took hold. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When they came for me, I was rehearsing Bach's St. Matthew Passion, but even in German I understood nothing except the language of music. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We invented an American-feminine speaking personality, except for that one girl who could not speak up even in Chinese school. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her night vision ruined, she could hardly see anything except the moon in the sky. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Vividly he imagined Piggy by himself, huddled in a shelter that was silent except for the sounds of nightmare. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

All luck, no accounting for it, except for the fact that I always sell my stock fast. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has no rival in Greek tragedy except the four plays of Sophocles about Oedipus and his children. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not going to say too much about Delaney except that his mother was never home, so by the time we were seventeen his basement pretty much reeked. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When Bailey and I started laughing, she joined in, except that she kept her finger in front of her mouth to try to quiet us. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no one I could turn to with this problem, except Mr. Muhammad himself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like everyone at the party went except me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

So far, the policeman hadn’t seen much out of the ordinary except for the scene earlier that day: a wild-eyed man waving a red umbrella and chasing several giant black dogs around the property. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to explain things to you as if I’m writing a storybook, like The Jungle Book except without all the animals. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her bright orange blouse was the color of a pumpkin, and Moss was certain that no one in the universe could pull it off except for her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We talked about everything except what really matters. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

No one said anything except "Thank you, Mr. Sir" as he filled each canteen. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Yesterday was like that except now I got to sit in the front seat. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Anybody except himself, that is, because frankly, he was too scared and too stupid to handle it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never had she owned anything except for her raggedy clothes and occasional turnips, and now the comb with the cat was hers. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no regular economic specialization, except by age and sex: all able-bodied individuals forage for food. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was hardly a trace he’d ever lived in the house, except one: every night, after dinner, I would close the door to my room and pull Tyler’s old boom box from under my bed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Every bedroom was empty except for the smell of gasoline and a small crackling fire set directly in the middle of each bed, as if a demented Girl Scout had been camping there. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was so much jostling and searching for homework papers and mittens that no one paid any attention to anything except personal possessions until they were well up the walk to school. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alone in the village, all is quiet except for the muffled grunts of pigs and cackles of chicken. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of us knows where we are headed, and I think that except for the very youngest, each of us is apprehensive and fearful. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Here all was peace, all silence except for the chanted prayers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A necklace, its square blue sapphires girdled by glittering diamonds coated in dust, except where a few fingerprints allowed the light to strike through. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Daniel Ellsberg was working late again, his boss’s office was dark, except for a faint light coming from the open safe in the wall. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In the story everyone except Scheherazade is a shame for their family, but the queen is especially shameful because she’s an oath breaker. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

So I will send them forward and say nothing, absolutely nothing, except what must be said. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

No lying or stealing, and no insubordination to civil authority, except on the grounds of religious obligation. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

By a strange coincidence—or maybe not—he looks eerily like he does on YouTube, since his voluminous scarf and ski hat cover his face everywhere except the letterbox view from eyes to lower lip. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But the crack was much thinner than he'd thought, now he got down to it, he could see nothing except a faint greyness. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Don’t wear it out, except at the piano. political hopefuls. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even modern European plant geneticists have failed to develop any crop except macadamia nuts from Australia’s native wild flora. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stared forward and remained still except for the slight movement from his breathing. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Everyone except Dad would make his own bed and keep his room neat. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no memory of what I’d ridden by, except the concentration hangover. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She leads me down dim hallways, empty except for the occasional janitor. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even in Ireland I never saw a table like this, except on a holiday—and this is an ordinary Tuesday. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And then there was his face, which on first glance was just like a man’s face, except that his skin was as white as his clothes, and his cheekbones were sharp as blades. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just sit there with the other people waiting for the bus, except I'm never actually waiting for it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“But we don’t talk anymore, except when we study Talmud.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Not sure what I want from him, except maybe a few words of advice. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the words except for the ones locked away by those who still remembered who they had been before. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As she came walking in, looking very tired but as composed as ever, she observed that every vestige of the unfortunate fete had disappeared, except a suspicious pucker about the corners of Jo’s mouth. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How did you think I had the advance copy of her book so early? There are no other advance copies in the Twelve Towns except ours.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The eastern Canadian situation is not unique, except perhaps in the extent of forest spraying and the wealth of facts that have been collected. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

After that, except for a single dot representing the Ainu in Japan, the Hair Belt ends. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I guess my parents don’t see all that much of each other anymore except when Mom rings for Dad. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I won’t start listing television episode memories, except one because I guess we’re on the subject, and it seems like something everyone can relate to in a small way. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I would do the work but I would be no one except myself—whoever I was, I would pattern my life on that of the Founder. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There will be no crises here, except perhaps in the pre-Christmas rush. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At times it was the silent destroyer, creeping in unseen, unrecognized, except when, like a powerful time bomb, it would explode inside my guts. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

His own pockets were empty except for his pen/sword, Riptide. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We all froze, except for Brother Fowles, who jumped up and held out his hand to Father with the left hand clasping his forearm, secret handshake of the Congolese. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aphros looked like his brother, except he was blue instead of green and much, much bigger. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The rat was a cunning general, except the times when his mad rage took control of him, but what need of berserk fits for a bunch of silly mice? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The rutty road had not changed except that the ruts were deeper and the round stones stuck up higher. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She is happy, except sometimes her husband gets angry and once he broke the door where his foot went through, though most days he is okay. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up and stepped down from the porch onto the desert—for his back yard, except for the shed where he kept his digging tools, teas the desert. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

But I was just thinking about me and about how ridiculous it was that everyone except me was getting so freaked out over a stupid bloody nose. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of them now dropped into chairs, all except for Harry, who remained standing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He disdained full regalia, except on ceremonial occasions, and dressed instead in impeccable coats and breeches, with tall black riding boots and a dueling blade at his side. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I pressed my face to the window, which was fogged all around except on the spot I’d rubbed so that I could look out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He just came out and walked on up the hall like nothing ever happened—except his socks were now yellow, and the supermarket beauties were in his hand. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

No one made a move to stop him from doing as Gaily asked, except for Chuck, who stood at the front door, shaking his head. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Whitewashed cottages, quaint except for the satellite dishes sprouting from their roofs, lined a small grid of muddy gravel streets. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

At the beginning he had no feeling except sheer incredulity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Not much else we can do except push on. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Now I knew everything I needed to know except how Julian had slipped that into my pocket. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the room was carpeted, except for the side by the sink and fountain. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Run, Lanesha,” I scream, and I can’t hear anything except water lapping in my ears and I push with all my might. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Now of all of them who lived in these courts it seemed there was none wholly at peace and comfortable there except the small grandson who had been born to Wang Lung. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Empty, too, except for an open and empty suitcase. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t checked the weather and felt vaguely unsettled about that because the Frog didn’t have any radio gear except a cheap little transistor battery-powered receiver that hardly ever worked right. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Delegates from every colony except Georgia began meeting in Philadelphia in September 1774. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z