| 单词 | mystery |
| 例句 | But it seemed clear to me now that she had left the clues to a mystery behind. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z A second thought always followed the first, one mystery bred another: Was everyone else really as alive as she was? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z What if her girlfriends pawed through her threadbare socks, Nancy Drew mysteries, and frayed hair ribbons, casting them aside and choosing none? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Either the mystery would clear up, or it wouldn't. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The state of her own hair is a mystery, since she always wraps her head in a dazzling cloth printed with peacock feathers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Ellie didn’t seem the least bit interested in helping me solve the mystery, though it was the kind of thing that she might have been into just a few months before. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Bailey wanders down curving paths, his mind preoccupied with bottles full of mysteries. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When I started writing my book there was only one mystery I had to solve. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I was trying to be a man of mystery.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The only other book I noted—or reading material of any sort—was a paperback mystery standing upright between two Oriental bookends on top of the piano. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z None of this would be a mystery to a young ethnographer-doctor who was able to sort out superstition from legitimate symptoms of illness. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I was stirred by the dark mystery of mortality. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As with the locked-room mystery, if we can find one solution, then we have found the solution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I didn’t give the mystery fax a second thought. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He acknowledged outright that it was a personal matter, this choosing of one’s mysteries. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I can feel myself getting sucked into this mystery. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I lie on my bed, trying to make sense out of chaos, examining the mystery ashtray that holds the remains of my life. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But right now, he’d have given it all up for this small mystery, this tiny, newest, and best mystery of Weep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There were other code-breaking mysteries that called to them as well. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The mystery ship is coming alongside the Oasis, too close to be denied any longer. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z All that did was make me want to shoot that mystery pistol off even more. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It was brilliant moonlight, and the soft effect of the light over the sea and sky—merged together in one great, silent mystery—was beautiful beyond words. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Suddenly the feeling of his classmates starting the day without him is replaced by a new feeling, a mystery of sorts. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Kepler had nothing but his mathematical ability and a burning zeal to unlock the mysteries of the Universe. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It was like the three of them were locked together, acting out some kind of murder mystery, but they hadn’t yet discovered which of them was the victim. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “That,” Hassan acknowledged, “is one of the great unsolved mysteries of the human condition.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Things like, “Which of these helped to solve the mystery?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z It is a mystery but a happy one. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z When she received hers—if she received hers—would it retain the solemn mystery that it held for her now, or would it become ordinary to her? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z His voice was soothing and hushed in mystery. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z For whenever she yelled out a mystery number, it was no mystery at all. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Ivy couldn’t help but wonder if, just maybe, they were simply pondering mysteries too. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I had tampered with the mystery of existence and I had lost the sense of my own being. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, some mystery remains about Africa’s most surprising fact of human geography. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Finally, he realized that somehow, by some mystery, the man in black was making fists and jamming them into the rocks, and using them for support. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “There’s nothing like an unsolved mystery to keep you up at night.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I was flipping through a worn copy of a Mike Hammer mystery when I heard screaming and glass breaking. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Does he prompt a laugh that makes it hard to focus on ferreting out the mystery? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon watched with powerful curiosity until Mrs. Coulter looked at him, and he knew what she meant and turned away, averting his eyes modestly from these feminine mysteries as the golden monkey was doing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The fate of the Greenland colony, medieval Europe’s most remote outpost, remains one of archaeology’s romantic mysteries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I pick up a cup with mystery yellow fluid and stare down at it. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “The social circles on this side of the river are a mystery to me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I know it’s not a clue, but it feels too important to ignore. Strategy games are like that all the time—intentionally misleading the reader. Maybe James Parker is the real mystery.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But he did haul our water and cut wood, and he elucidated for us the many daily mysteries of Kilanga. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I understand metal. Nothing made of iron or steel is a mystery to a bear. But I have never seen a knife like yours, and I would be glad to look at it closely.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Many demanded that she solve messages and mysteries. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I felt as if I’d been working out a giant scientific mystery all this time, and I hadn’t even known it, and now all my questions and observations and data were click-click-clicking. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The papers said there was some mystery about Owen. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z By then the rest of the bonobos had given up on the mystery of the missing stake and returned to foraging. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The mystery of where the milk went to was soon cleared up. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z A few people are still at stations, folding blankets, cleaning floors and ceilings, preparing bioloaf and mystery diluted juice drink. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The life churning in the bucket was a mystery. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Noah and I must register the name of the floating paradise at the exact same moment, because we both blurt out, imitating Mom, “Embrace the mystery, Professor.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “You can read these Nancy Drew mysteries over the summer and take a rest from math. You’re all caught up, so no need to tax your brain.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Alatortsev and a small group of other masters and psychologists worked tirelessly for ten years attempting to “solve” the mystery of Fischer’s prowess, in addition to analyzing his personality and behavior. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I resist, ready to take the purple hat box and jet, but I guess the mystery is just too much. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z “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 One that you have already entered and particularly enjoyed, or an unexplored tent that remains a mystery? The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The work to get there had been one-sided, of course, with Barack alone trying to fill every gap and understand every mystery the senior Obama had ever created. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z His own gift, if the mahalath had given him one, remained a mystery. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I had come to the island to solve my grandfather’s mystery, and in doing so I had discovered my own. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “As Mary Oliver would say, that is the white fire of a great mystery.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He especially likes mystery stories and tales of horror and the supernatural. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z To Bach, the point of music was to glorify God, to reflect upon, interpret and celebrate the meaning and mystery of the scriptures. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Mental terrors, sir! I wish I could believe them to be only such: I wish it more now than ever; since even you cannot explain to me the mystery of that awful visitant.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Trees became more numerous, and the forests beside the road were dark and thick with mystery. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “I married the mystery, Professor,” he answers like always, but it used to sound like a compliment. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z His bright white head moves like he’s scanning the nest, trying to figure out the mystery of his family’s home. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It seemed to Penelope that a note of mystery briefly entered his voice, but it disappeared just as quickly. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Some sources even say that Socrates was initiated into some of the Egyptian mysteries. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind them lay pain and death and fear; ahead of them lay doubt, and danger, and fathomless mysteries. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z While at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Claudia and her brother had tried to solve the mystery of one of the statues, given to the museum by Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z To the ancients, zero’s mathematical properties were inexplicable, as shrouded in mystery as the birth of the universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This is the kind of mystery that isn’t easy to solve. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There was only Esther, who contained in her narrow body all mystery and all passion, and who answered all his need. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z So who was this mystery girl featured in your story, Tyler? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The mystery intensified a few days later when he got another call, this one from Air Force General Uzal Ent, telling him to report right away to Ent’s office in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A drunken, mystery tear slipping from my eye, unharnessed, unhinged, running into my ear. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And this is an example of a mystery which isn’t a mystery. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z How Rufino survived such horrid parents is a mystery to me. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Our mother used to have mystery under her skin, and we paid not the slightest attention. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They contained seven years of research and every hint and tidbit that was to be found about Weep and its pair of mysteries. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It would not run out in an hour like the ripped and soggy mystery magazines he sometimes fished out of the garbage bins behind newsstands near Abuelito’s shop. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z "Ought to ferret out the mystery before we go. Whole thing's like a detective story. Positively thrilling." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Then he was gone: a mystery dissolving in mystery. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I hated thinking about things and people—especially when they were mysteries I couldn’t solve. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He was faking his disappearance, and the challenge would be to find him, similar to the online murder mystery he’d planned two Halloweens ago. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z His skull is no longer with the rest of the skeleton in the Museum's collection, and its location is a mystery. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Jon remembered how he'd felt the day they had left the Wall: nervous as a maiden, but eager to glimpse the mysteries and wonders beyond each new horizon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z For once more she was becoming a mystery to me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z So I am writing a murder mystery novel. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z How my mother ever managed to sleep in the same room as him is a mystery to me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Again the two friends sat to ponder the mystery. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She would solve its mystery; and it, in turn, would do something important to her, though what this was, she didn’t quite know. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She hit upon the mystery of the sudden abundance of bread. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z To him strawberries were a holy mystery, jewels of sugar, deep red gems, sweet orbs, succulent rubies. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z For her husband, she knew, was a mystery to her, and had been ever since he’d returned from his days as a soldier nine years before. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Wanting to hear the whole history of a person, wanting to know their story, lured by the mystery of what you don’t yet know—it’s gotten her into plenty of trouble. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The.mysteries of life would have to wait; now I needed some dinner. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Curving pathways along the perimeter lead away from the courtyard, turning into unseen mysteries dotted with twinkling lights. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This mystery person could be lying about everything. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “To quote a famous peculiar: ‘At the heart of nature’s mystery lies another mystery.’” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The mystery of the closet poked at Ophie just until she was distracted once more by Mrs. Caruthers’s endless demands, which was not long at all. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z When Elizebeth explained that she needed a job, the librarian told her about a millionaire who needed help with a mystery about Shakespeare. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z That was the mystery of the Orient in Brooklyn. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If I didn’t have school, I could stake out the postal box and solve the mystery of the missing letters. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Prior to the Clutter mystery, the four cases cited were the sum of Dewey’s experience with murder, and measured against the case confronting him, were as squalls preceding a hurricane. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s no mystery why minorities have to hide, and harden themselves. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The physical and linguistic evidence considered so far has let us infer these prehistoric engulfings, but it still hasn’t solved their mysteries for us. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Lady Constance, we are confronted with a mystery,” was what Penelope finally said in answer. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z And now we had to turn our attention to the fall and new beginnings and the mystery of what was to come. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Also in the box she kept three mystery books her Dad had given her, a compact, a box of watch parts, a rhinestone necklace, a hammer, and some notebooks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He was no longer a quiet boy with a mystery, a link to her childhood. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “How about it, woman? Did you happen to bed down with some wandering God a dozen years ago? That might solve our little mystery.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z For Morgan, the principal mystery of organismal biology was not the gene but genesis: How did “units of heredity” enable the formation of animals and maintain the functions of organs and organisms? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He was shocked and delighted and overwhelmed, wagging his tail nervously, sniffing about in this strange, fluffy substance, whimpering with the mystery of it all. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Which is perhaps why the mystery of Weep captured him so completely. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I was just smelling the mystery, like April said,” he was explaining patiently, when suddenly he grabbed hold of the door frame and howled, “STOP!” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I cannot, Monsieur. It is a mystery to me. All my buttons are intact.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of it was a total mystery to him, but the part that was clear was enough to keep him alert and jittery all the way. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z In such episodes as these, I began to ponder the mystery of who I was, and what that might mean. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “What is there to understand? A miracle must always be a mystery,” she says simply. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z On the other hand he had the advantage of the prominently wounded and of any veteran whose war years are forever a mystery to the uninitiated. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Miss Trunchbull possessed none of these qualities and how she ever got her present job was a mystery. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a temptation for her to be magical and dramatic, and to regard what she had witnessed as a tableau mounted for her alone, a special moral for her wrapped in a mystery. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He used to think he was good at understanding people—Miss Perumal had told him so more than once—but these kids were a mystery to him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She sat in the hot sunshine watching the life on the street and guarding within herself, her own mystery of life. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “The ‘mystery’ of Seabiscuit,” wrote David Alexander, “seems to have been bothering a lot of the boys here to the point of a nervous breakdown.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In his life, Donald wrapped himself in a kind of quiet that, depending on the observer, signaled imbecility or a reservoir of mystery. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I have a lot of questions for you still, but maybe they’ll just keep being part of the mystery. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Once a week they would go to the library for Singer to withdraw a mystery book and on Friday night they attended a movie. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Me out of awe for the mystery playing out and Rosaleen because her lips were sealed with Red Rose snuff. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Another mystery,” said Lazlo, and they talked of gods and gifts, walking by the river. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “One day, Elias Veturius, these mysteries will be made clear. But not this day.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We enjoyed swimming, until the mystery of tides was explained in such a way that the ocean seemed nothing more than an enormous saltwater toilet, flushing itself on a sad and predictable basis. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It was a mystery why her computer brain knew certain things but not others. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And so they’d gone on in mystery, but not without resentment and a vast deal of speculation. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “That is a good question. As you know, Luna is a bit of a mystery. As was Xan, ever so long ago.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “You have disturbed our sacred rituals. You cannot look upon our mysteries and live.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mastery over nature, mystery and all, was a moral duty and social obligation. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not some big mystery! The boy’s telling us we’re about to be attacked. Here. In Thirteen.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But the rest of the Quatrain’s meaning remained a mystery. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Both Mackenzie and I have been gorging ourselves during our subterranean journey of mystery. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She wanted more, she wanted to penetrate deeper into the mystery of herself, and after a time the wanting became needing, which turned then to craving. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And though the solution to this mystery was, to my young mind, occulted, yet did 1 know where it lay: behind the forbidden door. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z That probably solves the mystery of the missing ones on the bottom. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Vagueness is at times necessary and mystery is never in short supply, but I don’t think they’re anything to worship. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For months their intellects had been hamstrung by mystery. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He loved the pageantry and mystery of the ceremonies, the camaraderie of the men, but he was not ambitious, and he would have been content to continue in his mid-level role forever. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Excuse me,” she said to Alex, in case you haven’t figured out the name of the mystery man, “but which one of us are you checking out?” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z That’s when the mystery gets solved: Frank doesn’t need to leave, Axel does. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z From time to time, the Baudelaire children looked at one another, but with their future such a mystery they could think of nothing to say. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Instead, the mystery involves blacks, Pygmies, and Khoisan, whose distributions hint at past population upheavals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Ged had thought that as the prentice of a great mage he would enter at once into the mystery and mastery of power. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z It is a mystery, something concealed and waiting. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z What makes one person allergic to dust or pollen, sensitive to a poison, or susceptible to an infection whereas another is not is a medical mystery for which there is at present no explanation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Kyle figured that was why Mr. Lemoncello wanted them all to take a break from chasing clues and read these classic mysteries. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Such is His mystery: that beauty requires contrast, and that discord is fundamental to the creation of new intensities of feeling. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Natalie mostly just seemed excited to have finally solved the mystery. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I'm no longer Manhattan Doe here, but I can still be a bit of a mystery. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Where Dreiser saw an enticing woman of mystery, Maxwell saw a schoolmarm of drab demeanor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The pieces of Lily I remember, my nana, were not a mystery. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Nancy Drew is a smart and resourceful teenage sleuth who began solving mysteries in the 1930s and continues to solve them to this day. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They swore that they were going to do something important with their lives—solve a great mystery, or rescue somebody, or be so smart in school that they’d skip grades. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The mystery object was bundled in Kleenex—no, toilet paper. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Nineteenth-century preacher Henry Ward Beecher’s last words were “Now comes the mystery.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The final case of the Cold War was now shut, and the mysteries surrounding the Year of the Spy had been solved. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “So why did you care? When Patrick—or whoever, this mystery person—sent the picture around? If you like it?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z It’s my personal tale of mystery and misgivings, hatred and heroism, scandal and sacrifice. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z All girls were a bit of a mystery, but Alma took it to the next level. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z He uncurls the tangled mystery of this maze. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z What they told me of this world filled some gaps in the knowledge I’d acquired in mine, and I began to see the answer to many mysteries. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Leah, our world is filled with mystery” was his confident reply. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Takes all the mystery out of food service. When will my waiter appear? When will I get the check?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Momma and I both like to read, but it’s a mystery to me why anyone would choose more school if they don’t have to. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The notes he took were habit and comfort, as though his tidy writing could transform mystery into sense. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I think of how that mystery woman will have Kareem’s caring arms around her and how he will gently kiss her lips and stroke her hair. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The answer is a mystery lying at the bottom of thousands of feet of water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z At first a cart takes me an average of forty-five minutes and there may still be three or four mystery items left at the bottom. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Physicists grappled with the mysteries of subatomic behavior into the mid-1920s, hoping that the steady accretion of observed results would lead them to the truth. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z How on earth was this supposed to help solve the mystery of the egg? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Trying to solve that mystery yourself isn’t fun and rarely pays off. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I decided some things were better left as mysteries. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Jobs were, by and large, a mystery to me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I, too, said a silent goodbye, to a place that had changed me forever—and the place that, more than any graveyard, would forever contain the memory, and the mystery, of my grandfather. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z That mystery was the least of his concerns because...well...there was something TimeStar hadn’t brought up, the thing Mr. James had asked about. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Ranofer got no answer to his questions, but he did not cease to ask them whenever the nocturnal mystery was repeated, which it was at irregular intervals. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was a mystery and I couldn’t work it out. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Like him promising again to let me shoot that mystery pistol. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I remember how unsettling it was to some of us there, in all its mystery. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Some mysteries go on for a long time. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The magical time of childhood stood still, and the pulse of the living earth pressed its mystery into my living blood. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It's a mystery, like those big heads on Easter Island or the popularity of the teeny-weeny knapsack. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z A great deal of mystery surrounds the origin of this peculiar custom, or ‘art’ as the Hobbits preferred to call it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z ‘Aunt Gloria,’ I said, ‘Salim has to be somewhere. It’s a mystery. I’m working on it. In my brain.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever the meaning of this enigma, it was a mystery to him as well. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Truth and mysteries crash into each other in Axel’s mind. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The thing that was the most normal about her was that she loved reading mysteries. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z It sits on the ground like a curse: large, grim, shrouded in mystery. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Between the two faces there stretched a darkness and a mystery that John feared, and that sometimes caused him to hate her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z As far as he was concerned, the mystery of it all was a great way to keep his mind off missing Mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There were two mysteries, actually: one old, one new. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The letter would be a good way to begin an art mystery. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Susan tilted her head to delve the mystery, could not, and turned back to the job of packing canvas carriers with food, hoods, and jesses for the eagle, hawks, owls, and falcons. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z But then it remained, for the most part, a remote mystery with haphazard clues. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Well, there may be a poison that distils itself out of good things; in an age when the existence of ptomaines is a mystery we should not wonder at anything! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Do not despair, Ophelia. God’s ways are a mystery,” she says, “and our sufferings often blind us to joy.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Next season the cane will regenerate, a vegetal mystery, and she will return to cut it again. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since the unsolved mystery of the oracle, Egypt, although still fascinating, had ceased to be an entirely comfortable place. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z How this drunken slob was chosen as the president’s bodyguard is a great mystery, but Crook knows that the president does not involve himself in such things. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z And then, because I’ve seen way too many murder mysteries on TV with my mom, I whisper, “Am I going to die?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Ma and me would lie on her bed and she would start reading out loud from one of her mystery hooks. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He knew that she assumed it was a mystery for him, too. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Yet despite the deep mystery of the infinite zeros, Galileo sensed their power. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “It feels like instead of solving a mystery, we’ve 'just opened a whole new one.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z That’s what the priests and the masters tell you, everything is a mystery and you have to believe what you’re told. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The shed was full of things he had built, some senseless mechanisms the functions of which were a mystery even to himself now as he looked upon them. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Reba even investigated the mysteries of making jello, both red and green. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Days go by, and after turning the events of the previous week over in my head, I can't decide how I feel about the mystery of Lily and the Spencers. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I told him this helped explain a mystery for me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Diego is still a mystery, but I enjoy spending time with him. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I don’t mind; I enjoy guessing at the mystery. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In fact, they seemed flattered that any mystery person would want to spend time with them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z There were racks loaded with mysteries, Newbery winners, historical fiction, biographies, and short stories. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z They lent him their secret books and helped him decipher the mysteries of horoscopes and divining cards. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But my misery wasn’t a secret to anyone; there was no mystery to be solved at all. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z 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 I don’t pretend to understand the mystery of love, but this time it was more than sex, more than using a woman’s body. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “How the normal cells become cancerous is still a mystery.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z That minor mystery put to rest, Auri and I began a meticulous investigation of Billows. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I want them to know I’m okay. No mystery over if I’m dead yet or not. But I can’t keep texting them until whatever happens finally goes down.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The mystery of why we weren’t getting pregnant would remain just that. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Someday I’ll come home, and when I do, I promise”—he put a hand to his hearts—“I’ll tell you all about the mysteries of Weep.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Ever since it was unearthed, the disk has posed a mystery for historians of writing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Mouzaive, the natural philosopher: for the mystery of the citadel’s suspension. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Mom was pretty mad at Grandma over this mystery. I don’t think she’d like me picking up where she left off.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She shook herself; there were mysteries enough without imagining more. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After a brief discussion, we agreed that we needed to figure out just what this mystery monster was. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z In the sway of a sudden reverie among the furrows or while untangling the mysteries of an early-morning dream. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Actually, how Travis came from his father was also a decent mystery. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Meanwhile the mystery of Holmes himself grew deeper and darker. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It isn’t like George to give away the answer to a mystery so quickly, but it is like him to pull Ray away, knowing what could come next. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But, as with many mysteries, each answer to a question opened up another question. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It would be all the more of a mystery to her that the woman submerges herself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “There are other mysteries I prefer,” Kaisa said, and then she returned the mask to Ash, who took it but did not put it on. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides his trips to the grocery store and his clockwork poker games, Gramps's comings and goings were mysteries to me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Instead she heard her mother, Euphrosyne Stephanides, speaking in this very cocoonery years ago, elucidating the mysteries of silkworms—“To have good silk, you have to be pure,” she used to tell her daughter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Her immense eyes widened with childlike acceptance, as if he had revealed the cardinal mystery of creation. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I didn’t really get a chance to solve the mystery of what happened to the blind old man who played the accordion on Main Street. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z But there was a more personal mystery confronting him now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z How Haymitch can stand walking around like this full-time is a mystery. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The two went outside to discuss the mystery. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Once this is understood, the disagreeable behavior of American enlisted men in German prisons ceases to be a mystery. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you know why I started the pondering mysteries thing?” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It would be much more helpful if Byrd gave clues to the mystery of a disappearing dad. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Lazlo heard it all: the concern and abiding interest they took in the far, fabled city and its mysteries, and with what excitement they had met the news of this visit. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The altar bell tinkled and we knelt; we bowed our heads and with our right fist softly beat our hearts, saying we believed in the mystery taking place before our eyes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Why the Grievers had lined up single file was a mystery. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Puzzled, disturbed more than he cared to admit, he explained this mystery by saying, “He must have gone on an underground road.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been thinking about the mystery all night, but she just couldn’t put it together. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I thought for sure that coming here would finally give me some real answers about Quinton, but it’s just as big a mystery in the supernatural world as it is back home. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z One of the mysteries was where he kept his stock since his was not a very large store. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting in his throne, I felt like I had the entire sea at my command—vast cubic miles of ocean churning with power and mystery. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Each one is a mystery, and I like the challenge of unlocking them. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But though in his youth he had received prizes for his ability to deduce square roots from memory, he was unable to solve the mystery of his daughter’s disease. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Everywhere he taught men the culture of the vine and the mysteries of his worship and everywhere they accepted him as a god until he drew near to his own country. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a mystery why the skiff had washed up on our little island and not on Cuttyhunk where most treasure and flotsam came to rest. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z But no one knows for sure, which is why it’s a mystery of science. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z It was a mystery once more, as at the eviction I had uttered words that had possessed me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This posed something of a mystery, for the decline had no obvious cause. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Well, sometimes you’re a complete mystery to me,” he admitted with a mischievous grin. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z How anyone can be so clever with his hands is a mystery to me! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Axel can’t add those words to the even greater mystery in his head. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z As with Gothic churches, which had plazas for the outdoor performance of sacred mystery plays, the mounds had greens before them: ritual spaces for public use. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was still an unsolved mystery, and a terribly real and dangerous one. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sure does,” I agreed, pretending it was a mystery when I knew what was happening over at Miss Trotter’s. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z For the most part, it remained a mystery. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z For the most part they were unspeakably boring, all about life in a traditional fishing village and the enduring mysteries of animal husbandry, but one exhibit stood out from the rest. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z In one of archaeology's most enduring mysteries, Maya civilization crumbled around it within a century. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We know we are approaching the greatest of mysteries. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching Cairnholm disappear felt like watching the only remaining key to that mystery sink beneath the dark waves. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z However, he does not own any mystery books. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Parker’s mystery was the perfect example of seeing what you wanted to see and hearing what you wanted to hear. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Vik asks suspiciously as he looks around for my mystery friend. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “Ah! A lady of mystery. My very favorite kind.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There the mystery lingered for many years^ Then, in 1982, an English veterinarian came forward with new eyewitness information about the Marburg monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And while the content of the secret study was certainly interesting, what was really sparking the nation’s interest was the mystery—where did the Times get this explosive document? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Then she pulled the diaper from her shoulder and smiled at him, and it was his duty to make clear this mystery. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The biggest mystery of all was how the white man came to dominate us. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Our privilege smacked of evil and mystery whereas theirs came in recognizable panty hose packages and candy wrappers and vacuum cleaner bags and Kleenex boxes. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Petey was an only child, and boys—kind ones, gentle ones—were a mystery to her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She said, “Thank you very much, boys. I guess we’ve solved this mystery. I wish they were all so easy to solve.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z That is a mystery I will not be able to unravel for you. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Our half-siblings from Papa’s first marriage had always been something of a mystery to me, so I was curious to learn more about Ella, and Hilda brought her out to Mason to meet me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z If there was mystery or contradiction in a friend, Leon took the long view and found a benign explanation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He was mystery to the boys, and his word, his law, was carried down by Lee, who naturally made it up himself and ascribed it to Adam. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “How come kids today gotta know everything? Nothing can be a mystery or an adventure anymore. Takes the excitement out of life.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z War is hell, but that’s not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “It says here you had some kind of tryst with a ‘mystery brunette,’” June reads. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Its structure was the second great mystery vexing physicists in the twenties. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If you pierce their mysteries, you start to uncover the truth of who she was. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It took a lot of late nights and early mornings, but she began to unravel the mysteries of the letter. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There are mysteries in this world like Braviary and his family. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Presentiments are strange things! and so are sympathies; and so are signs; and the three combined make one mystery to which humanity has not yet found the key. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I hadn’t even solved the mystery of my own body. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The mystery to me was how it had made its way into the office. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His mind was awhirl with thoughts and memories, and, at the center of everything: the mystery of himself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She loves mysteries, too, but she loves explanations for mysteries even more. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Claudia had had her fun at the museum, had had her mystery solved by meeting Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and then had headed home with her brother, safe and sound. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I want to know the mysteries of God. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Why he didn’t feel the need to share this plan with me is another mystery entirely. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Now his condition was named she felt a certain consolation, though the mystery of the fountain episode deepened. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Harry didn’t have time to fathom the mystery of Hermione’s impossible schedule at the moment; he really needed to get on with Snape’s essay. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Both had been trained by him in the English language and evidently a good deal else, for Brother Fowles left some mystery in his wake. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She averred they were a mystery to herself, and that what she knew was chiefly from conjecture. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z This was a lively image in the first five thousand mystery novels where it appeared. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A small part of her was glad to have this mystery to distract her from the tiny, annoying voice. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z How did life evolve to produce beings as elaborate and complex as we, able to explore the mystery of our own origins? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Father and I find your religious zeal a bit of a mystery.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Of all the major human mysteries—God, the nature of the universe, etc.—he knew the least about tampons. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I was feeling more and more vulnerable as I watched them continually struggle to solve the mystery of what white folks expected of them. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hamlet, absent from me, grew a mystery to me, a masked god with two faces, both of which hid yet another self. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I quite understood; my only doubt was as to whether any dream could be more terrible than the unnatural, horrible net of gloom and mystery which seemed closing around me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Sometimes I’m not sure which it is—a trade, an art, or a mystery. Do you think this room will—you’ll be happy here?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not think she or my father understood what the owl’s death meant, and I who shared the mystery with Ultima shuddered at what I would find. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Dobzhansky’s final flourish was to solve the “mystery of mysteries” that had preoccupied Darwin: the origin of species. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “It’s a magical mystery tour, Dad. Live a little.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z They are the only two who know the answers to these mysteries. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And, of course, there was the mystery of Van Eck’s son. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And the biggest mystery of all, the one detail that refused to go away. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Anyway, everything was going fine until Tristan’s mystery powder started melting. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I could see nothing that accounted for the meerkats’ fixed curiosity, and I might have given up on solving the mystery had squeaking and barking not erupted at a pond nearby. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Some mysteries can be solved like Ray’s licks, quick and in your face. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And even though Axel is getting used to the mystery of Frank being gone, his heart quivers now the same as it had the day he found the index card listing all those promises. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z If Axel just went by the clues, the facts—what he knows about birds—that might not be enough to solve this mystery. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And this means that time is a mystery, and not even a thing, and no one has ever solved the puzzle of what time is, exactly. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z June is often a mystery, a big ball of complex emotions and motivations, but her heart is honest and true. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “If I am right in my assumption, then the letter was burnt by the murderer. Why? Because it mentioned the word ‘Armstrong’ which is the clue to the mystery.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z This time tomorrow, they would be mysteries no longer. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I peer off the side of the ship, pondering the depths, wondering what unknowable mysteries lie beneath us. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “There remain mysteries in the circus even for its own illusionist? That is impressive.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I'm grateful to this mystery girl for helping Tess out, but with my money on the line, I decide to play it safe. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Some words were a mystery to me, but I got the gist of the story after scanning it over twice more. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Sooner or later, pilots always resorted to their hands when discussing the mysteries and secrets of flight. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s coming as surely as are the beasts that protect the mysteries of Challenger Deep. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The DHA refused to provide any reason for its action, but there was no mystery about what had happened. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z She was to tell no one, which dampened the fun quite a bit but added to the mystery. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “They are gone, their destination a mystery,” she said in her usual manner of investing idle news with importance. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She was the biggest mystery he’d encountered yet in Scythe Goddard’s world. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Whirling about, he looked for the source of the mystery voice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Whatever this mystery monster is, the General said it would come for you. They wanted to isolate you from the group, so the monster will appear and battle you one-on-one. “He said that?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z More mysteries of Weep; how endless was the supply of them? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Why he killed them? Well, that’s no mystery, is it?” blustered Fudge. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Maybe there are lots of ways to solve a mystery? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “How do you propose we go about solving the mystery of the ages?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The thought warms my insides again, and I tingle at the mystery of what this job offer might be. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z While Bobby stared at Tal's palm and pondered the mysteries of its lines and crevices, a crowd gathered around and hundreds of others watched from their tables. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Nancy Drew is a smart and resourceful teenage sleuth who began solving mysteries in the 1930s and continues to solve them to this day. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was like a mystery that I had to solve! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The ways of the centaur are shrouded in mystery. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Rosaleen who figured out the mystery of “Oh! Susanna.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It would seem that this small crack in the mystery was opened, not so much by the old people’s magic, as by hunger. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Major de Coverley was as great a mystery to him as he was to Major Major and to everyone else who ever took notice of him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z There Father Byrnes waited for us, waited to instruct us in the mysteries of God. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a mystery, but then there are many mysterious things in our social thinking. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I’ve created a puzzle mystery that will take you deep into the city’s past. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I read a lot of mystery stories now and books about kings and queens from old times. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z So they’re keeping up a mystery to stay even with us. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s as easy as it always is, and it’s hard, too, because I really don’t know the answer to this mystery. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I pulled the mystery pistol outta my tote sack and put it in her hand. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “What an ‘absolutely clean’ H-bomb might be remained a mystery to most scientists and congressmen, as well as to the public,” observed Newsweek. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In death, as in life, my father remained a mystery to me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Some had already been answered, and some were still mysteries. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z For reasons cloaked in mystery, his wife declined to have a funeral and never revealed what she did with his body. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z More often I don’t have the energy, and end up reading murder mysteries in the bathtub. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Here is the great secret, the great mystery to an immigrant’s success, the dwindle of irredeemable hours beneath the cheap tube lights. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was pretty sure it led here. Some powerful monster scent... She must’ve stopped here looking for the mystery monster. But we haven’t found anything yet.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z All efforts to solve the mystery had faltered. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But at the moment, I was having a hard time caring all that much about the mystery of the undroppable quarter. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I will be five one day and the Nicholtown school is a mystery I'm just about to solve. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The end-all mystery inside the bag was a small wooden picture of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But his advantage was the Army doctors who told her and Robert that the cause of battle fatigue was a mystery, even to them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He preferred to read comics and mystery books on the morning ride to Trace Middle. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And I would solve the mystery of my father. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The mysteries of Weep had been music to his blood for as long as he could remember. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Clearly people had more positive associations with the name Christian Brothers than with E & J. That only deepened the mystery, because if Christian Brothers had a stronger brand, why were they losing market share? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Gone is the air of mystery and excitement; now I am simply afraid. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She clenched one of her mystery novels under one arm. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z If normal sex was a great mystery in the neighborhood, criminal sex was an open book. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, me, I figured my dad out—not my mom. My mom is the biggest mystery in the world. I mean, she’s predictable when it comes to parenting. But really, she’s inscrutable.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I hate Morris Sampson because he is a somewhat famous mystery writer who wrote a roman & clef, a novel that is obviously based on true events and real people. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z A girl needed to preserve some mystery, even from her omniscient Dadi. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “So, what may I help you find today, ma’am? We have murder mysteries, romance novels, how-to makeup books, how-to hair books,” she pauses, jerks out a smile, “rose gardening, home decorating—” “I’m just browsing, thanks.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Now she is cynical, sullen, and a deeper mystery every day. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Axel doesn’t know the mysteries of those lost dads, and Aunt Nancy hasn’t said a thing. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The marriage line is faint, crisscrossed by tiny cracks in the skin starting and ending in a mystery. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z There was a mystery here in this house, a great mystery, there was no doubt about that, and Matilda was longing to find out what it was. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Their father, though, solved the whole mystery in a second. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Generally, it was late in the evening after I got back to my rooms that I tried to puzzle out the mystery of the bases. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Even though my eyes waren’t all the way use to the darkness, I could still see the hole in the barrel of the mystery pistol that Mrs. Chloe was aiming right twixt my eyes! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Every aspect of Nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of wonder and awe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d gone looking for answers, and gotten none, and the mystery wouldn’t let him go. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Cooter’s pretty good at tracking so maybe this was a mystery after all. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It isn’t Daniel’s fault, of course; who’s at fault is a mystery. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There he initiated girls into the mysteries of sex. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I was absorbed in the tale of a renowned scientist who had rigged up a mystery room made of metal in the basement of his palatial home. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There were poems and jokes, and LeeAnn had surprised everybody with a completely creepy mystery story that had a new installment every week. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Their deaths will almost certainly forever be a mystery. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “There is little mystery in it,” he said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Once more Penelope visited the library, this time in hopes that she might plumb the mysteries of the schot- tische, but to no avail. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Ernie asked, looking at a young boy biting into the mystery sandwich, his eyes closed in delight. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The answer to the mystery came sometime later, from deep within the forest. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “She’s not a mystery to me, Henry,” she now answered, her whole face looking as though it had been stung. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Among all of Africa’s mysteries, here were the few that revealed themselves in no time flat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You even got the Massachusetts part without trying. It’s so depressing. You don’t know what it’s like. An average white girl has no mystery anymore, if she ever did. Literally nothing to her name.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the mystery of the silver doe, which the other two insisted on discussing, seemed less important to Harry now, a vaguely interesting sideshow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z That was the last that was ever heard from the forbidden city, the unseen city, the lost city, and this was the mystery that had opened Lazlo’s mind like a door. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As he had already admitted, Sticky often got mixed up when he was excited, and in this frenzy of mysteries and revelations, he could hardly think straight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Everything, from their love of beauty and mystery, to their fascinating habit of getting married when they were only eleven years old, made good stuff to talk about. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole world saw him the way he wanted to be seen: as an unassailable force, complete unto himself and in full command of the mysteries of the universe. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Elders had their mysteries, which children disturbed at their peril. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She said that it was usually people who were killed in murder mystery novels. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z How the two women had come together was a mystery, but this much was definite: Mrs. Castro had hired Angela to burn Nicole. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Inevitably there are mystery items requiring extra time and inquiry: clothes that have wandered over from girls’ or men’s, clearanced items whose tags haven’t been changed to reflect their new prices, the occasional one-of-a-kind. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The mystery of it poked at Ophie, combining with her overall displeasure at waiting on Mrs. Caruthers to put her in a fine snit. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Again one stands in awe at the marvelous ingenuity and patience by which the mystery of the mitochondria has been solved. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Exactly where the virus came from is one of the great mysteries. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z How I managed to operate the car was a total mystery. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “But without such a lot of fuss and mystery.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z At this point my fear of getting caught is a faraway thing, I’m more keen on solving the mystery of the angry townsfolk than anything else. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I established a protocol of secrecy disguised as an air of mystery. My counsel is the reason this venue moves from location to location unannounced. It benefits both players.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I and this mystery here we stand,” Whitman wrote. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Hoping to get the mystery solved, she had jumped to some ridiculous conclusions. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z But Axel has a great big mystery to solve first, and Ray will just have to wait. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She said, “And if I remember correctly you and your mother had quite different tastes in books. I remember your mother used to like mysteries and fairy tales, isn’t that so?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He remembered remarking to the pathologist, as he cut up the little pink chunk of mystery meat in the tin foil, “Good thing this ain’t Marburg. ” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Back to Deep Water, where life would become again an empty trailer, an old man’s declining will to go on, a crazy fool believing in the mysteries of a beat-up vinyl suitcase, and me. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I was consumed by the mystery Edward presented. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I loved him because he made it plain, never mystical or esoteric, because his science was not rooted in the actions of spooks and mystery gods but in the work of the physical world. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z To me, the greatest mystery of science continues to be that a man could father six children who shared absolutely none of his interests. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “It is strange to see the mysteries of my discipline from outside, through your eyes. I’ve only seen them from within, as a disciple.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z How his pink-haired girlfriend was about to kiss him is a mystery to me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The mysteries of Mars have, if anything, deepened since Lowell’s day. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A maze of mysteries, a disease of uncontrollable darkness, for this maze—it lives. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z The very first stretch of the bridle path is no mystery at all. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It was an incredible mystery to Bernabe why people did not go off their rockers every five minutes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She was determined to clear up the mystery of the furtive mummies. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z How the stranger knew their maneuvers was definitely a mystery that needed solving. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The waves of recurring crime, the silly fads and crazes, the quicksilver changes in public taste, the hysteria and fears—all of these had long been mysteries to me. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And there it would remain—the mystery, in his mind—exhaling enigma for years to come. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But while walking through this quiet and spacious white neighborhood, he did not feel the pull and mystery of the thing as strongly as he had in the movie. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Just as I sat down, Kev appeared bearing two plates loaded with mystery meat and fried toast. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It had called her to come and gaze on a mystery. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Here are two pointers to help clear up the mystery, and examples of how they’re used. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Why, for example—especially knowing the family as I do—I should want to marry your sister is a great mystery to me. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z How he knew about Bitsy is a mystery of life, but it was true about her skirts and true about the baby. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Three days after that, the Preacher showed back up with the fancy holster and the mystery pistol. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “A Dracula mystery story,” she said, eagerly exhibiting her book. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt under the table for something else, a small cup Genie hadn’t even noticed, right next to the mystery coffee can. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Imagine what mysteries about our past could be solved with a borrower’s card to the Alexandrian Library. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And joining this caravan may have been my decision, but where it goes is going to be a mystery to me. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Ruefully I considered that the truths I sought had died with him, and the only other person who could shed fight on these questions, Hamlet, was himself a mystery. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “The air of mystery is creating more terror than actually showing himself.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It’s the kind of light that can unlock a mystery, shine a light on the truth. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z We all contain mysteries, especially when seen from the inside. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z And every turn he took through the twisting striped pathways led to more tents, more signs, more mysteries. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Ray has finished with the mysteries of the tree. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Trip’s not really a man of mystery, you know what I mean? I figure either it’s someone totally sketch or he’s really into her.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But if it meant that I’d finally be able to put my grandfather’s mystery to rest and get on with my unextraordinary life, anything I had to endure would be worth it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z "The killer was very cunning, Westing said. I read a mystery once where the victim was allergic to bee stings and the murderer let a bee in through an open window." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Byrd’s mouth opens wide, her eyes too, like Axel has found the words she’s been looking for, like he’s solved the very mystery from before. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z All you can do is fight a losing battle, waiting for those walls to collapse, and your life to become one huge mystery ashtray. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z How news travels through a town is a mystery not easily to be solved. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to be leading her towards mysteries that were beyond her understanding. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was reluctant to touch anything; the mysteries around him had tainted the pans and pots. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There was no way of knowing where they might’ve taken him, so add Disappearing Petey to the list of mysteries needing solving. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Maybe she thought she could solve the mystery of love that way. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It makes as much sense as believing that a technical knowledge of molecular biology will render a person unappreciative of the mysteries and complexities of life. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Little by little, drawn on by the boy’s sureness of understanding, the young Master began to do more than merely tell him of these mysteries. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z How it got there would forever remain a mystery. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Good Norvelt people wouldn’t be suggesting that the old ladies are being knocked off like this is some kind of cheap murder mystery,” Dad said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z One accepted the good or the evil with humility, for life was a mystery, and questions were not for the lowly. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z But my own mother is a mystery to me, her face as dead and remote as a star. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Of the mystery of living matter and the simplicity of death. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The problem with mysteries is they’re mysterious-, if any bozo could figure them out, then they wouldn’t be mysteries, would they? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Great. This story was all promising with the beautiful girl who has a crush on me and the mystery and the intrigue, and then I get whacked.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z So Hagar’s forays were part and parcel of the mystery of having been “lifed” by love, and while the manifestation it took was a source of great interest to them, the consequences were not. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Stumped by the mystery of Mr. Flux and his time-freezing camera. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They burned with a bright flame, and they made a great mystery for the boy: The curled ones straightened out as they burned, but the straight ones curled up. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew then, and know now, virtually nothing about Julian’s life outside of the classroom, which is perhaps what lent such a tantalizing breath of mystery to everything he said or did. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Our first major mystery to solve,” she said all loud, like saying it loud made it sound more real, “is what Lolly’s been doing in that storage room all week.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Love, sex, trust, betrayal, pain, forgiveness—all were a mystery to me when Volpe was my teacher. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It was like I was back at Moorland again, called by great mysteries. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Not really. It’s better to just know, not have to guess, not make everything some big mystery,” Axel says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Just when she was becoming less of a mystery, she became more of one. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He reckoned, very probably, that his house would be full again on many future nights, until the present mystery had been thoroughly discussed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Of course, I feel no sense of my own mystery eating a can of chicken soup late at night, or lying in the fluorescent light of the school nurse’s office. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Propose a theory to explain one of these eternal mysteries: Mona Lisa’s smile, crop circles, or Velveeta. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Henry shook a few aspirins into his hand, along with a couple of mystery pills from his pocket, and washed them down with the glass of whiskey Charles gave him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It’s one of the many mysteries of his house that Axel wants to know more about. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The gaps in Vivian’s stories seem to her mysteries she can help solve. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z To-day I seemed to get nearer than ever before to the heart of his mystery. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “The very air will smell of mystery,” she breathed. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Records indicating their exact numbers have not been preserved, so to this day, the number Lizzy Sobek bore on her forearm remains a mystery. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z There were some jokes, of course, but we came to appreciate the mystery of it all. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled, pushed, and prodded, and Neel struggled and practiced and memorized, until slowly the mysteries of algebra and geometry managed to untangle in his brain. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z But the somber mystery of connection that was like a voodoo offering was gone forever. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z How her dad kept that coat so dean is still a mystery to me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Not that she wasn’t something of a mystery. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The letter would remain a mystery, its secrets hidden for ten more years, until someone came along who was brave enough—or perhaps foolish enough—to take up the challenge again. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Thanks to the mystery intruders, the pancake-house project already was two weeks behind schedule. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mesarthium was at the center of this mystery, so that was where he was going—to the anchor, as though Mouzaive’s invisible magnetic fields were pulling him there. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Pax thought for a moment about the mystery of crying. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z A visitor staying in Fairfax later recalled that people were overcome by “paralyzing fear,” and a reporter observed that a “dark cloak of mystery and dread...covered the oil-bespattered valleys of the Osage hills.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In pondering the great mystery, I thought of Helen Burns, recalled her dying words—her faith—her doctrine of the equality of disembodied souls. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “We have a mystery ghost,” I speak up, wanting to change the subject. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I have a bookcase filled with all kinds of stories: mysteries, fantasy adventures, sci-fi. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And while some are easily guessed as ginger with peach or curried coconut, others remain delicious mysteries. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They must have been in the trees all along, and by natural mystery dropped at the same time. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Her past was a mystery she refused to discuss. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When the fat moon rose the next night, I planted the mystery seeds I had taken from Momma’s jar. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Try as she might, the man’s name remained a mystery. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z To Melanie she looked like a miniature monolith, glowing with mystery. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment I think that maybe I could just keep walking, out toward the mystery of the wall, past that to the open prairie, continue moving until I’ve left this whole mess behind. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Tucked into the envelope is a small piece of paper with the name of my mystery aunt and coded instructions for getting to the commune. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Ancient, back- broken math books, flaking travel books, warped spellers, mangled mysteries, biographies, music books, astronomy books, cookbooks. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, aren’t you the trusting things, to come all this way for a mystery.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s not called a mystery for nothing,” said Henry sourly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then again, I never imagined I would save the Old West, perform for an audience in the desert, and solve a mystery. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Tell me something before I leave: this mystery lover of yours...he doesn’t live in the castle, does he?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z This is one of the mysteries of a disappearing dad. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z My favorite types of books have always been mysteries. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “But not just any child. I am...uh, the mater in my sisterhood. The magna mater; in fact. There are no mysteries to me. Mithras cannot hide anything from my sight.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Stouthearted, surly, and wholly unpredictable, the deweys remained a mystery not only during all of their lives in Medallion but after as well. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was crammed with daily mysteries and adventures. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a mystery where the enemy gets all his shells. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But what it was and what it meant were still a mystery. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He was arranging books in the mystery section of the store when the old man stormed up to him. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Earth is alone among the rocky planets in having tectonics, and why this should be is a bit of a mystery. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I had always known the sky was full of mysteries—but not until now had I realized how full of them the earth was. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Do not interrupt! As pater, I must protect our mysteries.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Gnomes do not see detail. What you will wear tomorrow, what you will say, are mysteries. I see outlines only.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z G’ma gave it to him when he was five years old and obsessed with an old cartoon he used to watch at her house about a dog who liked to solve mysteries. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Now that the strange old man was there, the house was no longer empty, and the whole island was trying to unravel the mystery. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So he’d borrowed a warhorse and some plate from Lord Dondarrion’s armory and entered the lists at Black- haven as a mystery knight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This, the tornado drill, the being late to school, this is all just another example of the ways that Byrd keeps her mysteries. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “A big mystery,” I said, then gave her a smile to show her I wasn’t trying to be nasty to her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z And Ruth, for one reason or another—maybe she was embarrassed how things had turned out with her possible, maybe she was enjoying the mystery—had remained completely closed on the subject. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a mystery developing in the Reston Primate Quarantine Unit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He had learned the mysteries of squares and circles and triangles from his father’s maesters at easterly Rock, and they came back more quickly than he would have thought. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was no longer a complete mystery; mathematicians could extract some information about 0/0 if they approached it very carefully. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She thought it part of the mystery of his race that he could iron with an iron never heated on a stove. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z For fifteen years, the mysteries of Weep had never been far from his thoughts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was a mystery to both of us why his painting wasn’t valued in this family. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z She would say only that bad things happened there, which made the Green Lantern a place of irresistible mystery to us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “This call seems a mystery,” No. 10 wrote. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Megan is not a mystery to be solved, she is not a figure who wanders into the tracking shot at the beginning of a film, beautiful, ethereal, insubstantial. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s the reason I like puzzles and mysteries so much. Crossword puzzles, riddle books, strategy games—you name it, she bought it. Every birthday. Every Christmas.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Once or twice Ged tried to lead him to talk a little of such mysteries, but the Master was silent, looking at him long and grimly, till Ged grew uneasy and said no more. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The given names of half the people at the track were complete mysteries. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched her go, then turned her attentions back to the radio and the strange, beautiful mystery of wires. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z School work was dull and uninspiring compared to the mysteries of religion. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then it is as much of a mystery to me, I assure you,” said the angel. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There were so few mysteries in the small village. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The thought of a weird little mystery in everyone’s brain made her queasy. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z This day had been as full of mystery as Uncle Chester’s life. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Nature and his relationship to it are a deadly-serious matter, prescribed by convention, mystery, and danger. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Natural history, the subject that gripped Darwin at Cambridge, was not particularly poised to solve Herschel’s “mystery of mysteries.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He’s a handsome special agent, always solving mysteries and saving people and getting trapped in deadly situations and figuring a way out at the last second. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “A good guy whose phone was grabbed by a mystery person who texted your picture to David Marcel, who sent it to half the class.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Fired by the mystery of the language no one could read, he became a superb linguist and passionately immersed himself in ancient Egyptian writing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The mystery novel Miss Mallory had been reading when she heard the knock at the door. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He is very intelligent and he solves the mystery and he says The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The Preacher throwed his knife into the ground where the tracks use to be and put his hand on the fancy holster and mystery pistol he always totes. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The web glistened in the light and made a pattern of loveliness and mystery, like a delicate veil. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “He’s on transportation duty and I get mysteries. I see you building your harem of manservants.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z "But I think we just solved the mystery of why Tina hates me so much." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The Preacher slapped the man’s hand off his chest and stood so his jacket was open and that mystery pistol was showing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z His routine was to fly out to his mystery destination on Thursdays, come back Mondays, and come to our house on Tuesdays. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, there was welfare, and a few inmates had means, but it was mostly a mystery. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He changed. But you came into this dark place filled with mysteries, wonders, and terrors beyond your imagination”—she stuck her hand out, palm first, and swept it though the air dramatically—“to save him.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Because there are mysteries. Because there are things that people are forbidden to speak about. Because there are things they do not remember.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z And then I’d enjoy every minute of the sweaty spectacle before me—the leaping and charging, the rippling and roaring, the pulse of maleness and all its mysteries on full display. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I believe in mystery and old-school modesty, so I wear a sarong in the bathing suit competition. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Here was a chance for a physicist to solve the most seductive mystery of biology. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “I have a suitcase full of mystery stories.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I could look into any muggings or murders in Central Park yesterday around 5:40 p.m., when the feed stopped, but for my sanity this is better left a mystery. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And, best of all, for boys from the fields, forests, and small towns of the Pacific Northwest, it was just a few miles from all the manifold mysteries and wonders of New York City. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z From everything Ginny had told me about you, I knew you would go to any lengths to solve the mystery — particularly if one of your best friends was attacked. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z And who knew how many beach rats she’d drugged and collected into the mysteries of her church? Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t only the size of the hoard that gave the Trove its allure, it was the mystery of its disappearance and the desolation of what had happened when it was lost. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Constance Culmington, he reflected to himself, was exactly the sort of woman who would buy an island and surround herself with mystery! And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z But now I’d reached an age where certain childhood mysteries begin to make sense. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you satisfied with the resolution of your mystery?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As the search proceeded, it became more obvious that solving the mystery of nuclear structure required probes of higher energies than nature provides. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And the mystery of his suicide had left him baffled and without support. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She sat there and enjoyed the smell and the dark greenness of it.Oh, the mystery of a great tree, a prisoner in a tin wash bucket in a tenement front room! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The mysteries of the universe mean nothing to him. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z These were mysteries that Tom might never solve, though he seemed to spend most of his life trying. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In the days that followed, Tree-ear visited the kiln every evening in an attempt to glimpse Kang’s mystery wine cup after it was fired. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I could not retreat, as did so many, into the church and its mysteries. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z There were the first lines of a thought that was to become a museum mystery 470 years later. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Tucked away in the corner of the room, they’re like a private conversation between me and this mystery person. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The authority in the mystery figure’s voice makes me freeze. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It is one of the body’s many mysteries, which the study of anatomy seeks to unlock. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t mention the weird stuff—how the dogs ran straight to a mystery door under the stairs, or the kid’s enormous key ring. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He called the mystery woman at 2:30 on May 29. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Because seriously, if the greatest brains in the world couldn’t come up with any answers, what was some loser kid from Stokum going to add to life’s big mysteries? Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Who wouldn’t want to find out how this mystery will be solved? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Where Tjaden puts it all is a mystery, for he is and always will be as thin as a rake. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The mystery of all ’em things going through my mind chased away any thinking ’bout taking a poke at the cap’n’s head. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z All my mysteries were written on the outside of my body. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z That was his dream, daring and magnificent: to go there, half across the world, and solve the mysteries for himself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But fortunately, here again, there seemed to be no logical reason to believe that that mystery could have any connection with the mystery of the oracle. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Why she doesn’t leave it here overnight is a mystery. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The great Dutch painter Jan Vermeer has been called the Sphinx of Delft, for all his paintings have a degree of mystery. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z No, it’s because I feel like I’m part of this mystery, I’m connected. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Her age was a mystery, since she didn’t possess a birth certificate. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Gertrude lifted my chin and I looked up into eyes that were deep and gray and full of mystery. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z José Arcadio Buendía paid them and put his hand on the ice and held it there for several minutes as his heart filled with fear and jubilation at the contact with mystery. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It’s a mystery to me how his stick-like legs supported the weight above them, but they did, though they moved in surprising ways at times, as if his knees could bend in any direction. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But it had been almost half a year since we’d cleared the First Gate, and the Jade Key’s location still remained a mystery. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z To-morrow will see the funeral; and so will end this one more “mystery of the sea.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The mystery of the bracelet would remain unsolved. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And there was the mystery of the seven-tiered ziggurat that had appeared overnight in the middle of Central Park. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z There were various collections of Poe’s work on the table, along with other mysteries and scary stories. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I am your deliverance! I am your portal to the mysteries beyond this life!” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z As the trader’s son wrote, “There lingers memories like a half forgotten dream, of an enchanting world dawning on a child’s consciousness in its wonder and mystery.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Maybe we had solved a mystery deeper than a tattoo number. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Now I have more questions than ever for Diana, the mystery girl. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He tells me about God; I tell him about music—the mysteries of each other's worlds. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mundín asks, inconvenienced and awed by the mysteries of the female body. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Tom Riddle, who confided in no one and operated alone, might have been arrogant enough to assume that he, and only he, had penetrated the deepest mysteries of Hogwarts Castle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There were adventure stories and mysteries and love stories and fantasies. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z He stared at the daubs and streaks and runnels of red, and this newest mystery, it wasn’t a pathway of light burning lines through his mind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Jam nodded in solidarity at the mystery of libraries, then shot Pet a warning glare as soon as Ube turned back around. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Good. Good! Well, we might as well start now. Look, here are my murder mysteries—d’you like that sort of thing?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “My mother ain’t one of the world’s great mysteries. She likes a good lot of butter and prefers sons to daughters.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z During his presentation, a torrential rainstorm fell and the black sounds of the duende shivered in the air with mystery and anguish and death. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The police never brought anyone to trial, and the mystery had faded over time. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z And although he was studied by the top doctors in Europe, he remains a mystery to this day. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The man bent down and inspected the locket, grasping it perhaps he was Talented at solving mysteries. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z When Terryl learned this, she thought she’d solved one of the mysteries of her childhood: Why she was told not to answer the phone. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “That’s the mystery. He said he couldn’t get at it. ‘Now it is lost,’ he said.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Bull never understood how Virgil accomplished the same results; he could not fathom the mystery that Virgil speaking quietly but firmly could inspire a quality of fear that men who yelled could never approach. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z After the war, Hess returned to Princeton and the preoccupations of teaching, but the mysteries of the seafloor continued to occupy a space in his thoughts. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It’s still a mystery to me, why I hate her so much. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They just got together and worked on the mystery of James Parker. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Thomas waited, hoping that Newt or Alby would have a positive reaction to the news, maybe even have further information to shed light on the mystery. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She was trying to puzzle out the mystery of seeing her father the night before. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z And that meant that Wellpinit, that smaller, Indian town, was also a place of mystery. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Vast sectors of the citadel were, in fact, sealed off, their contents a mystery. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But in other aspects of our lives, I’m not sure we always respect the mysteries of the locked door and the dangers of the storytelling problem. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Dari asked, and I could tell he was watching me and piecing all his observations together, trying to analyze the mystery of me, so I turned away and clutched the seed to my chest. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The letter, with its small, black, single-spaced words and yellow edges, spoke of a mystery. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The dark was coming on hard now, and off to the west I could see the mountains rising in silhouette, all the mysteries and unknowns. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Science is where you might uncover facts that explain mysteries. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z For now they simply enjoyed the mystery and pleasure of stolen moments such as this. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The appearance of the yearbook clears up another high school mystery—why all the popular girls put up with the disgusting habits of Todd Ryder. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I was a partner to it but could no more fathom it than I could the mystery of the man in the doorway. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But my mind had been running on Grace Poole—that living enigma, that mystery of mysteries, as I considered her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Every time I was with Nicole, the bandage reminded of the mystery of it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Seward’s attacker was a mystery man—Stanton did not even know the assailant’s name. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Which is one of the very mysteries we have to solve,” said Al-Kaisy. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It was a big whodunit mystery for a whole week. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I also knew that you could keep from having children, but how that worked inside your body remained a mystery. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “No big Magnolia mystery after all. Just another homegrown calamity claiming a thousand small green lives. Faith.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I can tell she’s trying to dream, unlock the storms mystery. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Finding Cleopatra Two thousand years later, an air of mystery still swirls around Cleopatra. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In the case of Hush Puppies, the great mystery is how those shoes went from something worn by a few fashion- forward downtown Manhattan hipsters to being sold in malls across the country. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s there that they probe me, searching for answers to the mystery of Henry Jerome Denton. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z A mark of mystery, and a source of fascination for those who viewed the family from afar. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I tried to find something to tell her, but finally I shrugged and said, “It’s a mystery, I guess. I don’t know.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole state depressed him, the blue lines representing highways that intersected towns whose names and destinies were mysteries to him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z So he asks one more thing, one more important question to help solve the mystery. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There was romance in the unknown, but once a place had been discovered and cataloged and mapped, it was diminished, just another dusty fact in a book, sapped of mystery. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z That’s another mystery to solve: not just where are those parents... A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Three weeks to solve a mystery, three weeks to complete the task, three weeks to fix this or they’d lose their magic and be Witchlings forever. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “Romance! Boloney! But I do like the mystery part.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well? Does she speak? Will she shake her tongue and unlock the mystery of your identification?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But probably it was only that carpets and couches and curtains just didn’t make the right atmosphere for a game about hidden splendors and giant mysteries, in a land of mud and sand. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a complete mystery to me what exactly we were all busily preparing ourselves to do. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He knows this because it isn’t a mystery at all; it’s the comfort of George. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But the Midnight Dinners have an air of nocturnal mystery already, and Chandresh finds that providing no menu, no map of the culinary route, adds to the experience. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Exactly why Dudley wanted a racing bike was a mystery to Harry, as Dudley was very fat and hated exercise — unless of course it involved punching somebody. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I struggled and stumbled, but with the help of Miss Maestas I began to unravel the mystery of the letters. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Winds and currents were a mystery to me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He—Strange the dreamer, junior librarian—had marched into the Chrysopoesium, brandishing a book of fairy tales, and presumed to share his insights on the deepest mystery of alchemy. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He brightened and shrugged off the little mystery. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Whispers about the mystery guest ripple down the table through the voice-boxes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Instead, he got mystery for his pains, more and more mystery. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z At last, Mr. Morrison went inside to work on his own book—a mystery, he said, which he hadn’t quite solved. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “Gentlemen, it is a mystery to me,” he said. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Predictable in the order, but a mystery where things will end up. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was a mystery how she had come to life on the rocky shore. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It seemed to him it was the mystery at the center of everything to do with the godspawn. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Everything they ate was what my father would call “side dishes”: potatoes, zucchini, bean salad, and a mystery casserole that I could not identify. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z There are, to be sure, stand-up comedians, shaggy- dog raconteurs, consummate essayists, and authors of mystery novels who can build up curiosity and suspense and then resolve it all with a sudden revelation. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z And all of this was part of his mystery, his distance from what she was. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Later, when I got sleepy, there would be a mystery novel, a cup of tea if I felt like it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Somehow I couldn’t understand, the mystery was beginning to escape me! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a mystery in itself, whatever it was, and Lina was determined to solve it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “What a mystery life is, and love is a mystery within a mystery,” Vincent says. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Face Value, that was the book, a mystery novel by Victoria Valence. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Their coach, an intense and quiet presence who hid beneath the brim of her cap and came out only to give bits of inspiration or wisdom, presented another mystery. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z When we walked into the library fifteen minutes later, Grandma said, “I’m going to see what’s new in the mystery section. Want to meet back here in an hour?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z And yet for me, the mystery of a happening has no magic anymore, no natural draw. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The change was a complete mystery to my parents, who made jokes about the lawn fairies who work on the grass when everybody is asleep. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z But if what Red Jack says is true, it does sound like a bit of a mystery. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Miss Mallory was sitting at the picnic table on the front lawn, reading a mystery. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I guess that solves the mystery of where all the soy sauce ends up. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Confronted by the most vital intellectual currents of the time, his genius was immediately recognized by his teachers—one of whom introduced the young man to the dangerous mysteries of the Co- pernican hypothesis. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A knock at the door was both exciting and boring, depending on how you looked at it: The knock always held a mystery. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I made my way to the circulation desk, where I found Grandma holding a couple of mystery novels. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z A book not so much full of birds as full of evanescence, of blue-winged, trumpeting mysteries. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Candice would have liked nothing better than that—but that meant she was running out of time to solve the mystery. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There is no mystery, no ugly surprise down the road. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In a murder mystery novel someone has to work out who the murderer is and then catch them. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I almost feel like I have to solve the mystery myself, just to get the sheriff off my back. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I said, thinking that the easiest way to solve a mystery is to decide that there is no mystery to solve. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z We had access to many unremembered mysteries and detective novels and all the works of Daphne du Maurier, but litde more. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as Olmsted sought to conjure an aura of mystery in his landscape, so here he urged the engineering of seemingly accidental moments of charm. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Let us go and seek out other mysteries to explore for the moment.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z To her, explanations don’t ruin mysteries; they only make them more magnificent. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Though she is, even with all her out-loudness, at times, a complete mystery. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z How c came to be the symbol for the speed of light is something of a mystery, but David Bodanis suggests it probably came from the Latin celeritas, meaning swiftness. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The last two lines of the Quatrain were also a complete mystery. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “As I was about to tell that guard, it seems to me that they should try to get to the bottom of the mystery.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She taught me to listen to the mystery of the groaning earth and to feel complete in the fulfillment of its time. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He foretold unerringly what would happen, and this had displeased Zeus, who always liked to wrap in mystery what he would do—and very sensibly, too, in the opinion of all who knew Hera. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My Aunt Ophelia had solved a few of the many mysteries of the universe. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “I knew it,” she says finally, like she confirmed the answer to some great Sherlock Holmes mystery. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z When Lazlo had wished to discover, with Sarai, the realm of the unknowable, he had thought of great, huge mysteries like the origin and nature of gods. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z All these years, though, the mysteries of Weep had never had the urgency of this one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I stand in the ghetto classroom—‘the guest speaker’—attempting to lecture on the mystery of the sounds of our words to rows of diffident students. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I have that late-shift shut-in feeling that there’s no world beyond the doors, no problem greater than the mystery items remaining at the bottom of my cart. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Any town, even one as small as Reardan, was a place of mystery. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z For three months, he been saying he wants to be Charles’s teacher, show him mysteries. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Two minutes later she was crossing the rose beds and the gravel path in front of the Triton fountain, scene of another mystery that clearly foretold the later brutalities. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As to the other men who fought that war, we know where each one died, and how he died; but Zeus allotted my father death and mystery. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to tell them there is no mystery. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Cooter said, “We trying to solve us a mystery, sir.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Rarely did a murder involve the mysterious elements of dime novels and mystery stories. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z That was the mystery and mysteries are the chores of gods. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z On Wednesday afternoons, three of the girls in the class would go to his house where he taught them some of the mysteries of French cooking for extra credit. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I am, for example, a materialist largely because I was brought up to believe in the central mystery of the Church—the redemptive Incarnation. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t the faintest clue what her life was like, how she became an assassin, how she learned to play the pianoforte...It was all a mystery. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There were various collections of Poe’s work on the table, along with other mysteries and scary stories. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Well, mystery solved. Shay was all ready to travel to the Smoke with a bunch of that stuff.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was a mystery, but then fairly simple things were mysteries to Tom Watson and he preferred to leave them that way. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to look upon your mysteries,” Annabeth assured him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He said to himself, Given that this was a piece of mystery meat sniffed out of a monkey carcass, I should have been a little more careful. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In a way she almost took pride in her decision, for it enabled her to seek refuge in a mystery. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “I really want to knit something, with a warm cup of hot cocoa, and watch cozy witch murder mystery shows on the telecast,” Thorn said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Books could be awesome mysteries to her, or they could be dangerous time-wasting nonsense. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I bet you could sometimes find all of the mysteries of the universe in someone’s hand. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The mass was ending, the fleeting mystery was already vanishing. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They have the mystery of ferns that disappeared a million years ago into the coal of the carboniferous era. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The mystery guy at the diner paid for my food today, so why not? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A mystery like this was more exciting than any of the logic and strategy games on her old iPod touch. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z His meaning was a mystery I had no time to consider. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z As they neared Hagrid’s cabin on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, the mystery of the Beauxbatons’ sleeping quarters was solved. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z This is one reason that the unlocking of the cosmological mysteries requires us to use exotic instruments and frequencies different from the visible light to which our eyes are sensitive. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Shaking his head, he went on, “It’s still a mystery to me how you manage to come out number one in the class. What’s the problem?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Logic, reason, pure science: these, Aronnax insists, are the proper ways to pursue a mystery. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z So too is the resolve in her that follows, and the sense of initiation into grown-up mysteries. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Still, she has an aura of mystery that stops her from being teased or singled out for typical high school unpleasantness. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Carl Jung talked about the mysteries of synchronicity. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Their lives seemed full of adventure and mystery. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I was still staring, caught in the spell of power and mystery, when the secretary returned. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She and Erin walked to the girls’ locker room, a place full of mystery, so close and yet so far away. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Then I took its mysteries to bed with me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z She was a mystery fudge cake, Cady was sure of it—a circular chocolate cake with a gooey chocolate center hidden inside it. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The mystery was in the instant before it moved, the dividing moment between not moving and moving, when her intention took effect. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But he wasn’t any closer to understanding the mystery of him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A boy disappeared from the prison that year, and it was a complete mystery what happened to him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z That night creatures were drawn to lights where they could be most easily eaten by other creatures was one of those mysteries that gave her modest pleasure. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I’m careful to steer clear of whatever mystery shrouds his past. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As it was, nature provided plenty of mystery. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z A couple of years ago, Taryn started calling those times when they’d be hanging out and then got really quiet “pondering mysteries.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The mystery pistol was shaking and sliding back and forth in my hand same as a weather vane in a January storm. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The first mystery of Weep, the one that had opened his mind like a door. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Again we find that only by looking at some of the smallest units of life, the cell and its chromosomes, can we find that wider vision needed to penetrate such mysteries. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z That this mystery makes no sense at all. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I didn’t care about the photos in the basement, and I was sick of riddles and mysteries and last words. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He turns the TV back on to his murder mystery. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And then, that mystery something that will make the whole—as we learned in Mathematics—more than the sum of these very fine parts. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z How could it be that bright fact and cloudy mystery were actually all mixed up, helter-skelter, together? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He was faking his disappearance, and the challenge would be to find him, similar to the online murder mystery he’d planned two Halloweens ago. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Everything was conjoined by mystery and fate, and in his darkened cell he meditated on this and it became increasingly clear to him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He was saying something about ghosts, old mysteries, Miss Lilian’s role in the children’s disappearance. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He was away in a mystery, locked in the enigma that young Southern Black boys start to unravel, start to try to unravel, from seven years old to death. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I peeped and saw the chalice raised high, into the couing of the pigeons, into the mystery of the sky. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Blackwood boy would tell him if he asked, but that would spoil the mystery. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I would solve the mystery the next instant. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And when I finally leave my bedroom to join my teammates in our training for the day, it’s the memory of his dark eyes that lingers, the mystery behind his bloodied knuckles and furious gaze. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “We shall solve this highly mysterious mystery ourselves.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Somehow the fire seemed to dispel the brooding mystery we had felt since the shower of rocks. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Try to take it easy. I’m sorry. I don’t know what to say about her. She’s always been a mystery to me.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it wasn’t the door out of Ember, but it was a mystery nevertheless—a mystery connected, she was sure, to the bigger mystery they were trying to solve. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z What she felt remained a mystery, she felt a thousand things at once, she could not unravel the thread of her feelings with enough certainty to speak with any accuracy. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was hard to say what she ever thought of Our Father’s benedictions, in church or out, so I pondered more interesting mysteries, such as her eye. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This seemed to me a mystery quite on a par with that of the yin-yang circle, but it did not last. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z There was definitely some mystery surrounding the milk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The mystery of who they were was solved shortly after seven-thirty, when the guys who were paying them showed up. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Back in Amsterdam, de Vries abruptly terminated his prior work on the movement of tendrils in plants and threw himself into solving the mystery of heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Thomas couldn’t imagine how bad the whole ordeal must be—but the whole process of the Changing was still a mystery to him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Speed of accomplishment was as important to him as solving the puzzles’ mystery. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z So we grapple with the mysteries, each in our own way. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z This is what makes mysteries with Byrd so hard to solve. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I did not know until your audition. You were a mystery for years before that. And I’m certain you noticed that you caught me by surprise.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Charles, kind and slightly ethereal soul that he was, was something of an enigma but Camilla was the real mystery, the safe I could never crack. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “You know anything about this mystery girl of your brother’s?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Science was a mystery, perhaps because the only science book I’d ever read had had detachable pages for coloring. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z That was perhaps the only mystery that was never cleared up in Macondo. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Because people in her line of work like to be mysterious. Just like whatever it is we re traipsing through the woods for in the dark right now. There’s a mystery.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She thought it appeared appropriate to their message and would add a proper note of mystery besides. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But the mystery lay in the fact that no 2,4- D had been manufactured at the arsenal at any stage of its operations. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Even if I figure out the mystery of Balekin’s letters, there’s still no good place for me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The enduring mystery of her sly, almost smirking, smile. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z After we finished our business in the privy each morning, I took her to check our mystery garden. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z How Travis ever came from such a tiny woman was a mystery. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z How he could be focused on anything other than Griswold’s game right now was a mystery to her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Both Gaston and his wife would have liked to incorporate him into the family life, but Aureliano was a hermetic man with a cloud of mystery that time was making denser. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z How something so tiny could be so bottomless was a mystery to Pacheco: it was like clowns getting out of, or rather into, a Volkswagen beetle. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Like this colossal mystery I couldn’t understand before was now completely, suddenly solved. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z But right now, they had a mystery to solve. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Since the day of the mystery boxes, I keep thinking about how good it felt to do something right. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The only children whose genders she hadn’t divined were her own, because it was bad luck for a mother to plumb the mysteries of her own womb. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The bright taste of blueberry and pineapple lasted for a moment, and then all that was left was the mystery of being saved. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There is a real and unsolved mystery here. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I rejoice in the moment for quite a while, feeling like I’ve unlocked some great mystery by accident. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Okay. What I’m trying to say is, I don’t want mysteries.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z And Eclipse Boy, studied by the greatest doctors in Europe but still a mystery to this day. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “This seems to me perfectly preposterous and uncalled for. I don’t like it. I don’t understand your motive for silence and mystery, never saying a word to me about it this morning.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He plucks the mystery gift from his backpack and wades back toward me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. Partridge said, “Murder at Midnight. Its a mystery.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Mr. Leroy put his hand on his side and I saw he was wearing the Preacher’s fancy holster and mystery pistol. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I promised you ancient mystery, and now it’s nothing but a parking lot,” said Paolo, half sad and half joking, as they got back in the car. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He asks Gabe to hand out some tiny paper cups, and then he walks around the classroom with the plastic jug, filling each cup with a tiny amount of mystery liquid. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z After the owls, of course, the other birds followed, but by then the mystery had been grasped and understood. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I think about myself going down there alone despite the sinister unseen men, digging up the treasure, having all that mystery in my hands. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But there was a mystery here, she knew, and she was equally sure the Wrights held the key to it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It would be Candice’s choice to try to unravel the mystery. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It had been a terrific game, full of excitement and mystery and way-out imagining, but it had been a great deal more than that. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please don’t let it be some stupid advertisement,” I say out loud as I open the mystery letter first. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z But she was fascinated by it too—its constant murmur and movement, and the mystery of it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The key insight, possessing the potential to unlock the mystery produced by the contradictory versions of what happened during the duel, is that both sides constructed their explanations around self-serving and misguided assumptions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I find I no longer have Ada, the mystery of coming and going. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was enough to endure his own humiliating knowledge that if he had started after Gebu sooner, or pursued him faster, or been braver, all the mystery might have been unraveled now. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was embarrassing, I suppose, but it was also a precious secret, like a magic trick, where if I tried to explain it, or even talk about it, the thrill and mystery would be gone. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Much like the mystery of the archaic relics though, they had not been able to identify whose. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z They could see that the medical texts were together, but many books were in Chinese, a mystery. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z As the day’s final witness, the prosecution had promised to produce a “mystery man.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I squinted, trying to focus on the papers I held, the ones that would contain the mysteries of Julia Bishop. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Where I would wear a Lunelle-created hat was a mystery, but I wanted one all the same. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She and her brother, while hiding at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, had managed to solve an amazing mystery concerning a Renaissance statue, and Fadi admired her guts. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z How they’re as good as they are now is a mystery to me, after a hundred years of systematic denial that they’re human. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z My heart beat faster just thinking about all the secrets and mysteries waiting for us inside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It was a true mystery to me, how the Sun Maiden Chuguillanto could choose a short life with a llama herder rather than eternity with Inti. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He was a tragic outcast who lived on the margins, but he tried to compensate by pretending to have inside knowledge about all sorts of mysteries. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I guess I was a mystery even to myself. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I buy the mystery book and the postcards, thank Joel for his help, and we leave. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The cream- colored trousers marking with a mere seam the place where the mystery curled. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Something to give more clues about the mysteries inside. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Some days he saw mystery everywhere, in earthworms and holly trees and basset hounds, and the inexplicability of even the simplest life so angered and stupefied him that he almost resented any balancing elucidation. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just heard about Miss Volker,” he said, and shook his head at the mystery of it. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Plus, understanding the mind of the guy behind a mystery puts you that much closer to solving it.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He never could resist a shy girl—all that caution and mystery. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z But Axel isn’t up for a mystery right now; he’d rather point out that technically he did not “ask” about her favorite bird, he only suggested what her favorite bird should be. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I pulled the mystery pistol out of the fancy holster and put it in my tote sack. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z How he could be focused on anything other than Griswold’s game right now was a mystery to her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And always there are mysteries in the desert, stories told and retold of secret places in the desert mountains where surviving clans from an older era wait to re-emerge. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Axel can’t solve this mystery today, not for the eaglets, and not for himself. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He had half expected his friend to laugh at him, to refuse with some biting comment that would remind Milkman that Guitar was a mystery man now, a man with blood-deep responsibilities. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z How he stayed glossy and clean was a mystery to me, until he came to the boulder beside our bath pool one day, wet with the dew from the ferns. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z All he wanted was to solve the mystery. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I like mysteries, so I walked over to read the sign. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She was warned never to look upon me, and yet she could not stand the mystery. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And Moishe the Beadle, the poorest of the poor of Sighet, spoke to me for hours on end about the Kabbalah’s revelations and its mysteries. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A somberness darkened his voice and regard—the mysteries of Weep, writ on its own hero’s face. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There was a mild mystery in the house. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Other than an occasional sleepy “Ahwoo” from a dreaming child, they traveled in silence, through the forest and all its mysteries, back to Ashton Place. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to start hanging out or figuring out scoreboard-related mysteries with him or anything.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I learned to think that mysteries are for explanation. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In considering the quasars, we confront profound mysteries. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Tree-ear had learned the answer to their mystery: Min used thin slabs of clay to build the small interior boxes first, then the larger one to fit around them. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z All the ordinary problems and mysteries of my life that mattered only to me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z There are so many new mysteries to solve now, and none of them bigger than the baby’s rescue. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He insisted that Alice, Nellie, and Howard were with “Miss W.” in London, and that if the police would only check his story in detail, the mystery of the children would be solved. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The honeymoon was taking place in the bittersweet mysteries of Indian Summer in New England. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She said the card looked sincere, but I guessed that she liked it because it reminded her of her mystery rose. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “I still don’t see,” said the King sadly, “why you had to dress up like this to begin with. It is all a mystery to me. “ The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Math mystery solved: I got every answer “wrong” on my math assessment because I did not show my calculations. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Everyone had to heat their mystery powders on a heating plate and make observations, so we were all huddled around the powders with our notebooks. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Here was a way to have a part in making the big decisions, of seeing through the mystery of how the country, the world, really operated. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Dante became one more mystery in a universe full of mysteries. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The old, old mystery took hold as the priest slid open the tiny door that separated him from the sinner and made the sign of the cross before the grilled window. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been obsessed with the mystery of Weep all my life.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Precisely what Booth told Cox on the front porch—and during the next few hours they spent together in the house—remains a mystery. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As far back as she could recall the content of her days there had always been this silent forest which retained for her its mystery. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z People in the border states, who had been sheltering runaway slaves, helped further the mystery of an underground road. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s why they have different sins, the sacrilege, the mortal sin, the venial sin.Then the masters and grown-up people in general talk about the unforgivable sin, which is a great mystery. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “So, man of mystery, what were you doing by your girl-friend’s locker yesterday?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Who the woman was calling to remains a mystery, because after searching the apartment, we find she was alone. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But there was too much nonsense in Lily’s words, and my brain hates a mystery the way dogs hate cats, so before I can talk myself out of it I’m descending the stairs. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Maybe there was something here, some strange mystery waiting to be unraveled. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z |
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