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Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
Gideon, a swordswoman, competes in a deadly game of puzzles and challenges to become an immortal servant. But dark secrets lurk in the shadows.
Gideon the Ninth is set in a galactic empire of nine planets, each ruled by a noble house that practices its own unique type of necromancy . Although advanced technology exists, the Nine Houses ... (Wikipedia)
Indelible
by Karin Slaughter
A young woman's brutal attack and murder haunt her sister and the detective who failed to solve the case. Secrets unravel as they seek justice.
An officer is shot point-blank in the Grant County police station and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver is wounded, setting off a terrifying hostage situation with medical examiner Sara Linton at the ... (Goodreads)
In an Absent Dream
by Seanan McGuire
A young girl discovers a magical world where choices have consequences and must decide between staying or returning to reality.
This fourth entry and prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world ... (Goodreads)
The Elementals
by Michael McDowell
A gothic horror story about a family haunted by a mysterious force from the sea.
On a split of land cut off by the Gulf, three Victorian summer houses stand against the encroaching sand. Two of the houses at Beldame are still used. The third house, filling with sand, is ... (Goodreads)
Howl’s Moving Castle
by Diana Wynne Jones
A young woman embarks on an adventure to break a curse and reclaim her identity in a magical world.
18-year-old Sophie Hatter is the eldest of three sisters living in Market Chipping, a town in the magical kingdom of Ingary, where fairytale tropes are accepted ways of life, including that the ... (Wikipedia)
Artificial Condition
by Martha Wells
Murderbot, a rogue security unit, investigates its past and uncovers a conspiracy. Action-packed sci-fi adventure with a relatable protagonist.
A, USA Today, bestseller,The "I love Murderbot!" —Ann Leckie, Artificial Condition, is the follow-up to Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning,, New York Times, bestselling, All ... (Barnes & Noble)
Down Among the Sticks and Bones
by Seanan McGuire
Twins Jack and Jill find a portal to a dark world where they must choose between being a vampire's apprentice or a mad scientist's assistant.
Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children. This is the story of what happened first… Jacqueline was her ... (Goodreads)
My Best Friend's Exorcism
by Grady Hendrix
A group of teens battle a demonic force that has possessed one of their friends.
Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fifth grade, when they bonded over a shared love of E.T., roller-skating parties, and scratch-and-sniff stickers. But when they arrive at high school, ... (Goodreads)
A Memory Called Empire
by Arkady Martine
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare travels to the heart of the Teixcalaanli Empire to investigate the death of her predecessor.
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining ... (Goodreads)
A Head Full of Ghosts
by Paul Tremblay
A family's descent into darkness when their teenage daughter is suspected to be possessed.
The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia. To her parents' despair, the doctors ... (Goodreads)
Horrorstör
by Grady Hendrix
A group of employees battle supernatural forces in a haunted Scandinavian furniture store.
Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring bookshelves, shattered Glans water goblets, and smashed ... (Goodreads)
The Goblin Emperor
by Katherine Addison
A young outcast's ascent to the throne of a vast empire, overcoming obstacles of his lineage.
The youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, distant from the Imperial Court and the deadly intrigue that suffuses it. But when his father and three sons in line ... (Goodreads)
Every Heart a Doorway
by Seanan McGuire
A portal fantasy exploring the stories of children who have ventured through magical doorways and returned to the mundane world.
Rarely, children may find doorways which transport them to other worlds. As a child, Nancy found a doorway that led her to the land of the dead, based on the story of Persephone and Hades . When she ... (Wikipedia)
Happily Ever Ninja
by Penny Reid
A married couple navigates the challenges of balancing family life and a secret ninja career.
There are three things you need to know about Fiona Archer... I would tell you what they are, but then I'd have to kill you. But I can tell you that Fiona's husband, the always irrepressible and ... (Barnes & Noble)
There There
by Tommy Orange
A powerful novel that follows the lives of twelve Native Americans living in Oakland, California, as they prepare for a powwow.
The book begins with an essay by Orange, detailing "brief and jarring vignettes revealing the violence and genocide that Indigenous people have endured, and how it has been sanitized over the ... (Wikipedia)
A Darker Shade of Magic
by V.E. Schwab
A thrilling adventure through multiple parallel universes with a mysterious magical force.
Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black. Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and ... (Goodreads)
Oathbringer
by Brandon Sanderson
Epic fantasy tale of a world on the brink of destruction and the heroes trying to save it.
In Oathbringer , the third volume of the New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive, humanity faces a new Desolation with the return of the Voidbringers, a foe with numbers as great as their ... (Goodreads)
The Institute
by Stephen King
Children with psychic abilities are kidnapped and taken to a sinister institution where they are subjected to cruel experiments.
Tim Jamieson leaves his job in Florida and prepares to head to New York City . By coincidence, en route, he gives up a seat on a plane and finds himself in the fictional small town of Dupray, South ... (Wikipedia)
Exit Strategy
by Martha Wells
Murderbot is back, trying to protect its human friends while navigating dangerous situations and uncovering corporate conspiracies.
Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right? Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of ... (Goodreads)
This Is How You Lose the Time War
by Amal El-Mohtar
Two time-traveling agents from warring factions fall in love through letters, risking everything to be together.
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the ... (Goodreads)
Mark of the Demon
by Diana Rowland
Homicide detective Kara investigates a string of ritualistic murders, discovering a supernatural world and her own demon heritage.
Cop and conjurer of demons, she's a woman in danger of losing control to a power that could kill.... Why me? Why now? That's what Beaulac, Louisiana, detective Kara Gillian was asking herself when an ... (Goodreads)
The Favorite Sister
by Jessica Knoll
A reality TV show featuring five successful women turns deadly when one of them is found dead. Secrets and lies are exposed as the truth is uncovered.
* * *, NEW YORK TIMES, BESTSELLER * * * Brett and Kelly have always toed the line between supportive sisters and bitter rivals. Growing up, Brett was the problem child, in the shadow of the brilliant ... (Goodreads)
The Golem and the Jinni
by Helene Wecker
Two supernatural creatures from different mythologies, living in New York City, find companionship and friendship in each other.
In the Polish town of Konin at the end of the 19th century, a corrupt kabbalist named Yehudah Schaalman creates a golem in the shape of a woman at the request of young Otto Rotfeld, who seeks a ... (Wikipedia)
Friends Without Benefits
by Penny Reid
Two friends navigate their complicated relationship, while dealing with their own personal issues and past traumas.
There are three things you need to know about Elizabeth Finney: 1) She suffers from severe sarcastic syndrome, especially when she's unnerved, 2) No one unnerves her like Nico Manganiello, and 3) She ... (Goodreads)
The Near Witch
by Victoria Schwab
A mysterious stranger arrives in a small village where children are disappearing, and the townspeople blame the Near Witch.
The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company. And there are no strangers in the ... (Goodreads)
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe
by Lauren James
Romy is the only surviving crew member on a spaceship destined for a new planet, until she receives a message from Earth that changes everything.
Now in paperback, this surprising and gripping sci-fi thriller with a killer twist that Entertainment Weekly called “compulsively unpredictable” will have readers hanging on until its shocking ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Mystery of Three Quarters
by Sophie Hannah
Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of four people who all received letters accusing them of the same crime.
Four people receive letters purporting to be from Hercule Poirot and accusing them each of the murder of Barnabas Pandy, a ninety-something businessman who drowned - accidentally, it seems - in his ... (Wikipedia)
Dragon Spear
by Jessica Day George
A young girl must use her wits and bravery to save her kingdom from a powerful dragon.
The third and final installment in, New York Times, bestselling author Jessica Day George's dragon fantasy series races to a dramatic finale. As far as Creel is concerned, all is finally right with ... (Barnes & Noble)
Craven Manor
by Darcy Coates
A young woman inherits a decrepit mansion with a dark history, and soon discovers that the house is haunted by malevolent spirits.
From bestselling horror author Darcy Coates comes a story of silenced voices and spectral reckonings. Some secrets are better left forgotten... A ghastly reimagining of classic haunted house ... (Barnes & Noble)
Island of Lost Girls
by Jennifer McMahon
A young girl goes missing on a summer night, and years later, a woman returns to the island to confront her past and find the truth.
While parked at a gas station, Rhonda sees something so incongruously surreal that at first she hardly recognizes it as a crime in progress. She watches, unmoving, as someone dressed in a rabbit ... (Goodreads)
