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  • Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior

    Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Heralded as the most important Brazilian novel of the century so far, this bestseller's unique blend of magic and social realism won it three literary awards and global acclaim'I heard  our grandmother asking what we were doing.'"Say something!" she demanded, threatening to tear out our tongues. Little did she know that one of us was holding her tongue in her hand...
  • His Holy Bones by Ginn Hale

    His Holy Bones by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 16 ratings
    When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world...
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  • The Last Present by Wendy Mass

    The Last Present by Wendy Mass

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Don't miss the latest entry in the incredible Willow Falls series by Wendy Mass! Amanda and Leo have a history with birthdays. Now their friend's little sister, Grace, has fallen into a strange frozen state on her birthday, and Amanda and Leo must travel in time in order to fix whatever's wrong. As they journey back to each of Grace's birthdays, they start seeing all sorts of patterns . .
  • Oath Breaker by Michelle Paver

    Oath Breaker by Michelle Paver

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    A thrilling story about friendship, loyalty, and revenge When he was outcast, Torak was the hunted one. Nine moons later he becomes the hunter when he vows to avenge the killing of one of his closest friends. Racked by guilt and grief, he follows the killer into the Deep Forest, where the World Spirit stalks the hidden valleys as a tall man with the antlers of a stag...
  • Outcast by Michelle Paver

    Outcast by Michelle Paver

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    A thrilling story of friendship, survival, and the need to belong. For two moons Torak has hidden a terrible secret—and now it is revealed. He bears the mark of the Soul-Eater, and must pay the price. Cast out from the clans, he is alone and on the run: cut off from his best friend, Renn, and his beloved pack-brother, Wolf...
  • The Highland Witch by Susan Fletcher

    The Highland Witch by Susan Fletcher

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The Massacre of Glencoe happened at 5am on 13th February 1692 when thirty-eight members of the Macdonald clan were killed by soldiers who had enjoyed the clan's hospitality for the previous ten days. Many more died from exposure in the mountains. Fifty miles to the south Corrag is condemned for her involvement in the Massacre...
  • Emily Windsnap and the Land of the Midnight Sun by Liz Kessler

    Emily Windsnap and the Land of the Midnight Sun by Liz Kessler

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The New York Times best-selling series continues with the half-mermaid embarking on an icy and perilous journey to the Land of the Midnight Sun. Strange storms are blowing up from the ocean, caused by the nightmares of Neptune, King of the Sea...
  • The Iron Temple by Ginn Hale

    The Iron Temple by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 13 ratings
    When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world...
  • Reader and Raelynx by Sharon Shinn

    Reader and Raelynx by Sharon Shinn

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    In this novel of secret sorceries and forbidden desires, the mystic Cammon must put aside his personal feelings for Princess Amalie while he reads the souls of her suitors for any potential threats. But Cammon is unable to read Amalie, and he begins to suspect that she herself possesses magic powers-a revelation which would put her life in danger, and throw the kingdom into chaos...
  • The First Confessor by Terry Goodkind

    The First Confessor by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind comes The First Confessor, the prequel to the Sword of Truth, for the first time hardcover In a time before legends had yet been born... Married to the powerful leader of her people, safe among those gifted with great ability, Magda Searus is protected from a distant world descending into war...
  • When Water Burns by Lani Wendt Young

    When Water Burns by Lani Wendt Young

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "Maybe you're not meant to manipulate fire the way I do. Maybe sparks are all you're ever going to make." He snarled, "Or maybe you just need to be a better teacher and give me more." Before I could reply, he grabbed my hand, twisted and pulled me into a restraining lock. Body pressed against my back, he held me in a chokehold. I struggled. Kicked. Fought. Pain knifed me as I tried to free myself...
  • Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind

    Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 59 ratings
    As his beloved Kahlan lies close to death, Richard Rahl, who distrusts prophecy more than anyone, is confronted by a compelling vision - one that bears a terrible price. It would mean taking Kahlan away to safety while abandoning his people to a grim fate...
  • Confessor by Terry Goodkind

    Confessor by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    Descending into darkness, about to be overwhelmed by evil, those people still free are powerless to stop the coming dawn of a savage new world, while Richard faces the guilt of knowing that he must let it happen. Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not confess to the one person he loves…and has lost...
  • Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind

    Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 114 ratings
    The masterpiece that started The New York Times bestselling epic Sword of Truth In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his father, a mysterious woman, Kahlan Amnell, appears in Richard Cypher's forest sanctuary seeking help . . . and more. His world, his very beliefs, are shattered when ancient debts come due with thundering violence...
  • 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass

    11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    GROUNDHOG DAY meets FLIPPED in this tale of a girl stuck in her birthday. It's Amanda's 11th birthday and she is super excited -- after all, 11 is so different from 10. But from the start, everything goes wrong. The worst part of it all is that she and her best friend, Leo, with whom she's shared every birthday, are on the outs and this will be the first birthday they haven't shared together...
  • The Royal Treatment by Lindsey Leavitt

    The Royal Treatment by Lindsey Leavitt

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What girl wouldn't swoon over the outrageous perks in Desi's life as a princess substitute? Desi gets to hang out with crush-worthy Prince Karl, and the Faade agency has taken a special interest in her magical abilities. But between sub training, starting the eighth grade, "and "dealing with the cute-but-bossy new boy Reed, ""she's beginning to feel like she's in over her head...
  • 13 Gifts by Wendy Mass

    13 Gifts by Wendy Mass

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Wendy Mass turns to another magical birthday: 13! When Tara, a self-proclaimed shrinking violet, steals the school mascot, a goat, in order to make some friends with the popular crowd and gets caught, she gets herself in a heap of trouble...
  • Riddle-Master by Patricia A. McKillip

    Riddle-Master by Patricia A. McKillip

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    For over twenty years, Patricia A. McKillip has captured the hearts and imaginations of thousands of readers. And although her renowned Riddle-Master trilogy-- The Riddle-Master of Hed, Heir of Sea and Fire , and Harpist in the Wind --has been long out of print, it is considered her most enduring and beloved work...
  • The Legend of Holly Claus by Brittney Ryan, Laurel Long

    The Legend of Holly Claus by Brittney Ryan, Laurel Long

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Santa Claus is the King of Forever, Land of the Immortals. When one special boy writes to Santa asking what no other child has ever asked -- what he wants for Christmas -- a miracle occurs: Santa and his wife are blessed with a daughter. But the birth of Holly Claus also brings about a terrible curse -- from an evil soul named Herrikhan...
  • Ambrosia Shore by Christie Anderson

    Ambrosia Shore by Christie Anderson

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sadie never dreamed she would see the world of Ambrosia with her own two eyes, just like Rayne never believed he would have the chance to share it with her. Finally, they can be together without any lies, without hiding who they are, in a world that shines brighter than Sadie could ever imagine. There’s only one problem...
  • Raider's Promise by Lois Walfrid Johnson

    Raider's Promise by Lois Walfrid Johnson

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Three years after their first adventure began, Bree, Devin, and Mikkel now enter a new world with the explorer Leif Erikson. Their first task: build a shelter to survive the winter. But danger lurks from within the shadows on the horizon of a life where everyone needs the courage to win...
  • The Aether by T.M. Cromer

    The Aether by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a world where magic and the mundane coexist, Damian Dethridge, known as the Aether, possesses the power to manipulate and redistribute magical energies. From a young age, he’s been responsible for maintaining balance among the witch community. However, his extraordinary abilities attract unsavory characters, working to destroy his family from within...
  • Midnight Howl by Clare Hutton

    Midnight Howl by Clare Hutton

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Poison Apple Books: Thrilling. Bone-chilling. These books have bite!Marisol and her mom move from the city to rural Montana for a few months, and stay with family friends and their twin children, Jack and Hailey. Marisol loves looking at the stars so far away from city lights, but she feels creeped out by the woods right by their house...
  • Charming and the Cherry Blossom by L.J. Evans

    Charming and the Cherry Blossom by L.J. Evans

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Today was a fairy tale… I inherited a fortune from a dad I never knew,And a thoroughly charming guy asked me out.Unfortunately, my fairy tale could disappear in ninety days... Because there’s an impossible task to complete,And a greedy cousin plotting against me.Plus, I’m not your typical fairy tale princess...
  • Fortune of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Fortune of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Medium Harlow Thane has given up her life as a celebrity paranormal investigator. After her life was turned upside down by a devious and illusive ghost, all she wants is to settle down in Keating Hollow, running the new pub in town. Unfortunately for her, no matter how much she wants to give up ghost hunting, the ghosts won’t quit her. Neither will her ex Cash Moses...
  • Fortune of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Fortune of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Medium Harlow Thane has given up her life as a celebrity paranormal investigator. After her life was turned upside down by a devious and illusive ghost, all she wants is to settle down in Keating Hollow, running the new pub in town. Unfortunately for her, no matter how much she wants to give up ghost hunting, the ghosts won’t quit her. Neither will her ex Cash Moses...
  • DragonFire by Donita K. Paul

    DragonFire by Donita K. Paul

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Three years of strife have passed since Kale and Bardon freed Paladin's knights. Now, fiery dragons scorch their beautiful countryside as an evil husband-and-wife wizard duo battle one another for supremacy. The people of Amara just want to be left alone, hoping the conflict with disappear...
  • Corrag by Susan Fletcher

    Corrag by Susan Fletcher

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A breathtaking novel of passion and betrayal in seventeenth-century Scotland, and the portrait of an unforgettable heroine accused of witchcraft.February 13, 1692. Thirty-eight members of the MacDonald clan are killed by soldiers who had previously enjoyed the clan's hospitality. Many more die from exposure...
  • Blade of Fortriu by Juliet Marillier

    Blade of Fortriu by Juliet Marillier

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 34 ratings
    Five Winters have passed since young king Bridei ascended the throne of Fortriu. Five years, in which the people have felt a contentment unknown for generations. But the security of a people can vanish in a heartbeat, for wolves are often drawn to fields filled with fattened sheep. Bridei is determined to drive the Gaelic invaders from his lands once and for all...
  • DragonKnight by Donita K. Paul

    DragonKnight by Donita K. Paul

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Trapped in an evil spell… can the knights of Paladin be rescued?Before vowing his allegiance to Wulder as a knight, Bardon heads to the mountains for solitude. His life is suddenly complicated by a woman and her granddaughter, N’Rae, on a mission to rescue the woman’s son trapped in a chamber of sleep...
  • Blackveil by Kristen Britain

    Blackveil by Kristen Britain

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Read Kristen Britain's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. The long-awaited sequel to Green Rider, First Rider's Call, and The High King's Tomb. Once a simple student, Karigan G'ladheon finds herself in a world of deadly danger and complex magic, compelled by forces she cannot understand when she becomes a legendary Green Rider-one of the magical messengers of the king...
  • Sleeper's Castle by Barbara Erskine

    Sleeper's Castle by Barbara Erskine

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Two women, centuries apart. One endless nightmare tearing Wales apart – and only they can stop it.Sunday Times bestselling author Barbara Erskine returns to Hay in the year that marks the 30th anniversary of her sensational debut bestseller, Lady of Hay.Hay-On-Wye, 1400 – War is brewing in the Welsh borders, Catrin is on the brink of womanhood and falling in love for the first time...
  • One Enchanted Evening by Lynn Kurland

    One Enchanted Evening by Lynn Kurland

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Time-travel romances have made Lynn Kurland a bestseller in the here-and-now. A duty-bound knight has taken on the task of rebuilding the most dilapidated castle in all of England. A costume designer gets her chance to shine by showcasing her fairy- tale designs at an upscale party in an authentic medieval castle...
  • All For You by Lynn Kurland

    All For You by Lynn Kurland

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    FALLING THROUGH TIME IS DANGEROUS…Peaches Alexander is thrilled to receive an unexpected invitation to a weekend party given by the handsome, eligible Duke of Kenneworth. The only Stephen de Piaget, a stuffy medieval studies scholar who seems determined to get in the way...
  • Silver Diamond, Volume 1: Silver Seed by Shiho Sugiura

    Silver Diamond, Volume 1: Silver Seed by Shiho Sugiura

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From Storm in Heaven:Rakan lives alone, and the plants in his garden grow so thick and fast that it seems like a jungle. One day a man, holding a gun made of wood, falls right down into his garden. He seems to come from another world, and he's searching for someone who can bring back the green into his own dark and inhospitable world...
  • The Novice by Trudi Canavan

    The Novice by Trudi Canavan

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 60 ratings
    "Even if a magician's powers surface of their own accord, he will soon be dead if he does not gain the knowledge of how to control them." Alone among all the novices in the Magicians' Guild, only Sonea comes from lowly beginnings. Yet she has won powerful allies—including Lord Dannyl, newly promoted to Guild Ambassador...
  • Monster Girls Unlocked: A Men's Fantasy Adventure by Justin Trublood

    Monster Girls Unlocked: A Men's Fantasy Adventure by Justin Trublood

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Justin Trimble's fantasies come to life when a couple of great looking, middle-aged professors give his virtual world a try and are transformed both in-game and out.As an AI researcher, Justin Trimble already has access to some of the most advanced technology on the planet. On his nights and weekends, he explores the capabilities of the virtual systems to invent an immersive game...
  • The Valley of the Wolves by Laura Gallego García

    The Valley of the Wolves by Laura Gallego García

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Dana attends a school of magic with only one other student. She has a great love only she can see. And only she can unravel these mysteries and become mistress of the Valley of the Wolves. Ever since Dana was a little girl, Kai has been her best friend and constant companion--even though she's the only one who can see him...
  • Unlocking the Spell by E.D. Baker

    Unlocking the Spell by E.D. Baker

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Now that Annie has helped her sister Gwendolyn (a.k.a. Sleeping Beauty) wake up from the 100-year curse by finding her beloved prince, you would think that things would get back to normal. Think again! That beloved prince, Beldegard, is stuck in the body of a bear and the only way that Annie can be free of the two irritating lovebirds is to help-by finding the evil dwarf who cast the spell...
  • The Wide-Awake Princess by E.D. Baker

    The Wide-Awake Princess by E.D. Baker

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    In this new stand-alone fairy tale, Princess Annie is the younger sister to Gwen, the princess destined to be Sleeping Beauty. When Gwennie pricks her finger and the whole castle falls asleep, only Annie is awake, and only Annie—blessed (or cursed?) with being impervious to magic—can venture out beyond the rose-covered hedge for help. She must find Gwen's true love to kiss her awake...
  • The Last Daughter of York by Nicola Cornick

    The Last Daughter of York by Nicola Cornick

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the winter of 1483, Francis Lovell is Richard III’s Lord Chamberlain and confidante, but the threat of Henry Tudor’s rebels has the king entrusting to Francis and his wife, Anne, his most crucial mission: protecting the young Richard of York, his brother’s surviving son and a threat to Henry’s claims to the throne...
  • Warden of Water by D.N. Hoxa

    Warden of Water by D.N. Hoxa

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 15 ratings
    The time has come to end the reign of dragons.My family has played god with shifters for over eight centuries. They've conquered in silence, have gathered and saved power for themselves, failing their people.No more.The draca live. All four of us are alive, on the same timeline, and we have what it takes to summon the Ether, bring back the balance of elements in our world...
  • Everything in Its Time by Dee Davis

    Everything in Its Time by Dee Davis

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Years ago while vacationing in Scotland, Katherine St. Claire believed she’d found the love of her life. She shared a night of passion with a stranger, in a hotel castle called Duncreag. But come morning, her lover had disappeared. And she has spent the last eight years trying to convince herself it was all a dream..
  • Dragon Champion by E.E. Knight

    Dragon Champion by E.E. Knight

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Dragon Champion, the first book in E. E. Knight's all-ages fantasy series chronicling the adventures of a fledgling dragon, is a dramatic departure for the author of the bestselling Vampire Earth saga ( Valentine's Rising, Tale of the Thunderbolt, et al...
  • Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind

    Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 68 ratings
    Richard comes to terms with his true identity as a War Wizard. The New World, and all the freedom of humankind, is under threat from the Imperial Order after he had brought down the barrier between the Old and New World. The Imperial Order has already sent delegations and armies into the New World...
  • Dragon Kiss by E.D. Baker

    Dragon Kiss by E.D. Baker

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Audun is a teenage ice dragon in love...with a human princess. Can he become human and win Millie's heart?   Audun is on a quest to find Princess Millie, and to become human in order to win her heart. But The Dragon King has set out a number of tasks Audun must perform before he is permitted to even try to woo Millie...and each one is filled with E. D...
  • The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell

    The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Merrie Haskell’s middle-grade fantasy novel Princess Curse is an imaginative retelling of the fairy tales The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Beauty and the Beast.   In the fifteenth-century kingdom of Sylvania, the prince offers a fabulous reward to anyone who cures the curse that forces the princesses to spend each night dancing to the point of exhaustion...
  • Prince of Dogs by Kate Elliott

    Prince of Dogs by Kate Elliott

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    "Prince of Dogs" returns readers to the war-torn kingdoms of Wendar and Varre, and the intertwined destinies of: Alain, raised in humble surroundings but now the Count's heir; Liath, who struggles to unravel the secrets of her past while evading the traps set for her by those seeking the treasure she hides; Sanglant, believed dead by those who could save him, but actually a prisoner in the city...
  • Forgotten Truth by Dawn Cook

    Forgotten Truth by Dawn Cook

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    When a shapeshifting student is transported back four centuries, she is in danger of being permanently changed into her dragon form, with no memory of her human life - or love. Apt and eager Alissa is the only student of the last surviving master of magic. She easily shifts from human to raku, or beast counterpart, and has learned many advanced magics on her own...
  • Mark of Royalty by Jennifer K. Clark, Stephonie K. Williams

    Mark of Royalty by Jennifer K. Clark, Stephonie K. Williams

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    At a time when royal infants are marked at birth, a royal advisor makes a terrible misstep — and an infant princess must be secreted away to save her life. Named Sarah by Miranda, the woman who agrees to raise the child as her own, the girl is unaware of her royal heritage — even though Miranda has done all she can to pair Sarah with the king's nephew, Lord Chad...
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