100 Must-read Books: The Essential Man’s Library

"Di mana kera putih menampakkan rupa, di situ bencana akan melanda." Nyoman hanyalah seorang pemuda yang terjebak dalam ramalan purba. Lahir dengan Roh Jiwa Kera Putih, sebuah anomali suci sekaligus pertanda petaka bagi tanah kelahirannya, Nusantara Nyoman memikul beban yang tak pernah ia minta. Di dunia di mana para Medium bertarung menggunakan kekuatan arwah, kemunculannya adalah sinyal bahwa Nusantara sedang berada di ambang kiamat. Demi menjaga negeri dari kehancuran yang justru diramalkan melalui dirinya sendiri, Nyoman harus menapaki jalur kultivasi yang berbahaya. Bersama Rara, sang pewaris misterius samudra, Nyoman berkelana melintasi samudra untuk membuka 9 Pintu Alam Arwah kultivasi miliknya. Apa yang Akan Kamu Temukan? Dalam perjalanan ini, dunia tidak lagi hanya berisi manusia. Kamu akan dibawa masuk ke dalam semesta di mana: Legenda Nusantara seperti Gatotkaca, Nyi Roro Kidul, dan Timun Mas bangkit kembali dengan kekuatan yang mematikan. Cerita Rakyat dan Dongeng yang kita dengar sewaktu kecil ternyata menyimpan rahasia hukum alam yang nyata dan berbeda! Mitologi Dunia dari dataran China hingga puncak Himalaya bersatu dalam satu sistem kekuatan elemen yang taktis dan logis. Jadilah Bagian dari Legenda! Dunia MAN LEGEND sangatlah luas dan terus berkembang. Penulis mengajak kalian para pembaca untuk ikut merajut benang takdir ini. Punya legenda, cerita rakyat, dongeng, atau sosok mitologi favorit? Kalian diperbolehkan menyarankan atau membantu merancang karakter baru berdasarkan mitos favorit kalian! Siapa tahu, sosok pilihanmu akan menjadi sekutu kuat atau musuh mematikan yang dihadapi Nyoman dalam perjalanannya menjaga Nusantara. Akankah Nyoman berhasil membalikkan ramalan bencana menjadi sebuah kebangkitan? Ataukah ia justru akan menjadi sosok yang menghancurkan seluruh semesta?

This book contains hot mature explicit scenes. Read at your own risk! . Twenty-five years old and the only provider for her struggling, poor-class family. Angela had no other choice. Saying “yes” to Antonio, was the only way to save her two little nieces. Antonio Montero. An untouchable name! An insatiable monster! The dangerously handsome idol, young billionaire, and media’s obsession—crowned the sexiest man of his generation. A toxic playboy with a trail of scandals, rumors, and broken hearts. Poor Angela. She just signed a deal with the devil. Her world is about to spiral into chaos. And she has no idea the wicked, sleepless nights this monster has planned for her. This wasn’t just a contract. It was a cage. And the monster holding the key? He didn’t plan to let her go.

Celeste Costa-Allegra was raised to be the perfect woman and the ideal wife for Darson Allegra. All her achievements as a woman were dedicated to her husband. One day, Darson brought a mistress into their home, even though Celeste was already four months pregnant. Her husband soon divorced her and callously abandoned her in a dangerous place after the mistreatment she had endured, while her in-laws stripped her of everything she had. Filled with hatred and resentment, she vowed to seek revenge against them. Little did she expect that, in that perilous situation, she would accidentally save the life of the infamous and ruthless Primo Semion Lombardi, who would then unexpectedly offer her a marriage proposal!

Attorney Yna Reyes has built her life on discipline, logic, and control. Shaped by loss at a young age, she learned to survive without relying on anyone, becoming a respected lawyer and prosecutor who keeps her heart carefully guarded. Love, to her, is a distraction something fragile she cannot afford. Everything changes after a chance collision with Gabriel Valesquez. What begins as an unexpected encounter slowly turns into something deeper, quieter, and far more dangerous than either of them anticipated. Gabriel does not pursue Yna with grand gestures or pressure. Instead, he offers patience, honesty, and a presence that challenges the walls she has spent years building. As Yna navigates demanding cases, long nights at the firm, and the protective concern of her closest friends, she finds herself drawn into a connection she never planned to want. Meanwhile, Gabriel carries a past he has never fully confronted one that threatens to resurface just as Yna begins to open her heart. Between ambition and vulnerability, silence and longing, The Man I Should’ve Never Met is a slow burn romance about healing, restraint, and the courage it takes to choose love after learning how to survive alone.

Alora Hale lost her voice five years ago. By the time she realized it, her husband had already replaced her. Silenced by an accident and slowly erased from her own marriage, Alora lives quietly beside a man who no longer sees value in her— until the night he sends her to a hotel under false pretenses and sells her body for profit. She escapes. But that survival leaves her with something she never expected. Pregnant by a stranger who vanishes without a trace, Alora is divorced, stripped of her child, and cast out with nothing into a city that rewards power and devours the weak. Determined to destroy her devilish husband, she begins hunting for the only person capable of crushing him. Morningstar. The most feared businessman in the city; the kind of man whose absence can collapse markets. Morningstar is stunning, untouchable, unapproachable, and rumored to be incapable of attachment. He is also the last man Alora ever expected to find… and the father of her unborn child. Bound together by a secret neither of them planned, Alora is pulled into Morningstar’s world under a strict contract— one that might dissolve into live love or chaos. In the end, secrets would be unraveled and betrayals would surface as the quiet woman everyone underestimated begins her rise. Because when a woman who has lost everything decides to fight back, she doesn’t beg. She destroys.

After getting cheated on, Nicole Walker decides to go on a vacation in Spain where she saves a man named Alessandro. Impressed with her Alessandro sent his men to bring her to him, even if it was against her will. Days later Nicole meets Alessandro's sister Andrea which she befriends. She also meets Diego, an undercover cop investigating Alessandro's involvement in money laundering who seeks her help. She agrees and says she will do everything to help except sleep with Alessandro. After an attack on the house, Alessandro's mother Victoria comes with his father, a sick man in a wheelchair unable to move or speak. After listening to a few conversations Nicole realizes Alessandro is not as guilty as it first seems and tries to find ways to help him when she caches Victoria's eyes. Victoria sees Nicole as a threat to everything she has built and decides that she must go. Nicole gets in her hand information that affects Victoria but before she can share it with Alessandro she gets kidnaped again this time by her grandfather one she didn't know existed. She tried to get ahold of Alessandro, who was going crazy trying to understand how was it possible for Nicole to be gone, that she was taken from under his nose. When she finally contacts him she tells him the truth about his mother and instructs him to hide his father and then to come for her. Together with the help of Andrea, they make a plan to bring Victoria and Franco down and clean Alessandro's name.

Seven years ended with one ringtone at the altar. One quiet apology, then he walked away to the pregnant ex he once called a mistake, leaving me beneath crystal lights and camera flashes, the perfect discarded bride. Publicly humiliated. I made a decision that shocks them all. I married Adrian, Marcus’s estranged elder stepbrother, the self-made billionaire their father once discarded. Cold. Untouchable. Far more powerful than the heir who betrayed me. Our marriage is a contract. He needs stability to secure his corporate takeover. I need a throne high enough to watch Marcus fall. But our 'fake' touches turn into an obsession neither of us can control. Now I’m carrying Adrian’s child the true firstborn heir of the legacy built on betrayal And this time, I’m not the woman left behind. I'm the prize.

For the hundredth time, my dad hints at us that he really wants to become a grandfather during New Year Eve's dinner. Lydia Cooper, my wife who has insisted on living a childless life for the past decade, just smiles before placing more food on his plate. After dinner, she ducks out to the balcony and murmurs into her phone, "Be good, now. Mommy will visit you a few days later." I can feel my blood running cold in my veins as I stand in the living room with a glass of water. As I approach Lydia, I do my best to keep my voice light and teasing. "I just heard you say the word 'mommy.' Do you have an illegitimate child out there somewhere?" Lydia rubs her nose, her tone now awkward. "You might be hearing things. It was just my friend's child…" My heart plunges into my stomach pit at her words. I've been in love with Lydia for ten years. It's only natural that I know how she acts whenever she's lying.

"If kidnapping her is the only way to make her mine, then I'll do it without hesitation," Kiego remarked. **** Kiego Alcazer was a man every woman could wish for; a multi-billionaire who initiated a desperate plan to kidnap the woman she loved on the very day of her wedding in order to get her back. But an unexpected turn of events happened because Kiego's men had kidnapped the wrong bride! She's Brevorah, who belongs to a well-known aristocratic family, an obedient daughter to her father, who set her up for an arranged marriage. A forced bride, about to marry a man she isn't in love with. Two different individuals, each having their own struggles in life, accidentally bump into each other. Will Kiego be the person who can bring Brevorah some courage to finally fight and stand for what she really wants in life without her father's shadow? How about Kiego? He aimed to ruin Brevorah's life due to his great anger towards her, because for him, she was the reason why his plan didn't work out. What if his hatred eventually turns into something different than he'd least expected? Will he be able to correct his mistakes when what happened in the past is like a curse keeping them away from each other? Including Sheena, the woman he was supposed to kidnap before and is now trying to get back into his life. ***

私は杉野芽衣（すぎの めい）、音信不通だった九条一航（くじょう いっこう）が、突然SNSにこんな投稿をした。 【この投稿を100番までに『いいね』した人全員に、別れ祝い金をプレゼント】 瞬く間に、「いいね」は99件まで増えていた。 きっとまた、私が以前の十回のように、折れて謝り、投稿の削除を懇願するのを待っているんだろう。 だが、今回は違った。 私はその投稿をシェアし、一言コメントを添えた。 【私もその一人に入れて】 そして、彼のSNSも電話番号も、すべてブロックした。 三日後、一航の幼馴染からメッセージが届く。 【一航さんの卒業公演、あなたのチケットも取ってあるよ。来てくれたら、今回のことは水に流すってさ】 私は机の上にある航空券に目を落とした。 【用事があるから無理】 用事があるのは本当だ。東山大学の大学院に合格し、今夜の飛行機で東山に向かうところだ。 彼とは、もう二度と会うことはない――そう心に決めていた。