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The Immortals by Tamora Pierce
The Immortals by Tamora Pierce, is the story of Verilidaine Sarrasri (known as Daine), a parentless girl with an extraordinary talent... -
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Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 15 by Rifujin na Magonote
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsStory SynopsisA 34-year-old NEET otaku was chased out from his house by his family. This virgin, plump, unattractive, and penniless nice guy found that his life was heading towards a dead end. He recalled that his life could actually become much better if he can get over the dark history of his life... -
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![The Silent Shield by Jeff Wheeler]()
The Silent Shield by Jeff Wheeler
Thrust into the heart of events threatening to rip her kingdom apart, young Trynne Kiskaddon will gain new powers and see old allies fall and new heroes rise as the battle for the kingdom and the lands beyond begins.Courtly intrigue and rumors of invasion plunge Kingfountain into turmoil as the search for Trynne’s father begins in earnest... -
![The Forsaken Throne by Jeff Wheeler]()
The Forsaken Throne by Jeff Wheeler
A devastating disaster has left the Forbidden Court in ashes, its fountains destroyed, and its magic at risk. It was destined as the site of Trynne Kiskaddon’s coronation as empress. Now, all Trynne can imagine is the roar of flames, the cries of Gahalatine’s people, and the smell of cinders in a city gone dark... -
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![Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 14 by Rifujin na Magonote]()
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 14 by Rifujin na Magonote
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsCASTLE IN THE SKYNanahoshi, Rudeus, and the rest of their group take a trip to Perugius’s mysterious floating fortress, seeking adventure and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to learn new magic. What they find instead is disaster as one of their number is struck down by a deadly illness... -
![Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 2 by Mizuho Kusanagi, Sandra Nogués Graell]()
Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 2 by Mizuho Kusanagi, Sandra Nogués Graell
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsA red-haired princess loses her family and her kingdom… Now she must rise and fight for her throne!Princess Yona lives an ideal life as the only princess of her kingdom. Doted on by her father, the king, and protected by her faithful guard Hak, she cherishes the time spent with the man she loves, Su-won... -
![Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 15 by Rifujin na Magonote, 理不尽な孫の手]()
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 15 by Rifujin na Magonote, 理不尽な孫の手
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSECOND CHANCERudeus’s brief meeting with his time-travelling future self leaves him struggling to process the terrible suffering that version of him endured... -
![The Hollow Crown by Jeff Wheeler]()
The Hollow Crown by Jeff Wheeler
Following the downfall of a tyrant, years have passed in prosperity for the kingdom of Ceredigion. Now, as the time comes to celebrate the new king’s nuptials, the specter of a new enemy emerges to destroy all that has been painstakingly built in those years.Tryneowy Kiskaddon has grown up learning military and diplomatic strategy from her father, one of the king’s closest advisors... -
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Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAdventure, Romance, Mad Science! Agatha Heterodyne is the last heir to the Maddest of Mad Scientist families, and now she's returning home to claim the family castle. Unfortunately, it turns out that she's not the only one with that idea in mind... -
![Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine by Phil Foglio, Mark McNabb]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine by Phil Foglio, Mark McNabb
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe collection begins as Agatha finds a new ally in Krosp the Cat (a genetic experiment with a smattering of Napoleon's brain cells) and becomes better acquainted with Gilgamesh, the Baron's son -- who gently breaks the news that Agatha has the spark for Mad Science... -
![Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones by Kaja Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones by Kaja Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAdventure Romance, Mad Science ! Agatha Hetrodyne is the last heir to the Maddest of Mad Scientist families, and now she's returned home to claim the family castle. Unfortunately , it turns out that she's not the only one with that idea, and the Castle is a hopeless death trap... -
![The Ciphers of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler]()
The Ciphers of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsFrom the moment she was banished by her father, the king, Princess Maia journeyed to seek sanctuary at Muirwood Abbey, the epicenter of magic and good in the land. Now safe for the first time since her cruel abandonment, Maia must foster uneasy friendships with other girls training to be Ciphers: women who learn to read and engrave tomes of ancient power, despite the laws forbidding them to do so... -
![Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm by Phil Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm by Phil Foglio
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAdventure, Romance, Mad Science! Agatha has finally made it to her ancestral castle, but so has a whole crowd of her friends - and enemies! Worse, the lives of two them are in danger, unless she can get the Castle's power source back up and... -
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![Agatha Heterodyne and the Clockwork Princess by Kaja Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Clockwork Princess by Kaja Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAgatha Heterodyne is the last heir to the Maddest of Mad Scientist families, and on the run from the current ruler of Europe. In a fairy-tale castle on a mountain pass, she finds herself at the center of an evil plan to bring back one of the deadliest enemies of recent history... -
![Girl Genius Volume 4: Agatha Heterodyne & The Circus Of Dreams by Phil Foglio]()
Girl Genius Volume 4: Agatha Heterodyne & The Circus Of Dreams by Phil Foglio
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Adventure, Romance & Mad Science continues as Agatha Heterodyne's damaged aircraft comes roughly to rest in the Wastelands. She encounters a traveling circus and proves her mettle by destroying a massive spider-clank as it attacks... -
![Girl Genius Volume 6: Agatha Heterodyne And The Golden Trilobite by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Girl Genius Volume 6: Agatha Heterodyne And The Golden Trilobite by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe climax to the second Girl Genius story arc. The Wulfenbachs discover that Agatha is still alive and come to get her. Things are complicated by the fact that Agatha is currently possessed by the evil mastermind responsible for the Long War. A issue chock full of daring-do, political intrigue, and plumbers... -
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Agatha Heterodyne and the Golden Trilobite by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe climax to the second Girl Genius story-arc. The Wulfenbachs discover that Agatha is still alive and come to get her. Things are complicated by the fact that Agatha is currently possessed by the evil mastermind responsible for the Long War... -
![Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAdventure! Romance! Mad Science! Deep in the heart of the damaged machine that is Castle Heterodyne, Agatha discovers her mother's long-abandoned secret laboratory... -
![Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 16 by Rifujin na Magonote]()
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 16 by Rifujin na Magonote
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsLONG LIVE THE KINGNow officially Dragon God Orsted’s underling, Rudeus receives his first mission: to make Princess Arielle the next king of Asura Kingdom! Mighty as the endeavor might seem, it’s just the first of many steps he’ll have to take if he’s going to help Orsted bring down the Man God... -
![Agatha Heterodyne and the Hammerless Bell by Phil Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Hammerless Bell by Phil Foglio
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAdventure, Romance, Mad Science! Heroes and villains fight for control of Mechanicsburg, as Agatha finally repairs the damaged machine that is Castle Heterodyne... -
![Snow White with the Red Hair, Vol. 3 by Sorata Akiduki, Sorata Akizuki]()
Snow White with the Red Hair, Vol. 3 by Sorata Akiduki, Sorata Akizuki
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA job she loves, free time with Zen—Shirayuki’s life couldn’t be better. But the return of Zen’s brother, Crown Prince Izana, puts everyone on edge. Even worse, Izana has much to say about Zen’s red-haired friend... -
![Second Chance by Elise Hennessy]()
Second Chance by Elise Hennessy
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThere’s never been a female gryphon rider. Until me.I just wanted to ease the suffering of Arimus, a gryphon blinded in combat. He’d lost his first rider, and his will to live. But when he forges a new psychic link with me to be his replacement rider, it brands me as “an affront to the gods” for daring to ride an avatar of the God of Man... -
![Contest of Queens by Jordan H. Bartlett]()
Contest of Queens by Jordan H. Bartlett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn a Queendom divided, can one girl unite the realms?Jacs, an inventor’s apprentice from the Lower Realm, has only ever dreamed of what the land among the clouds holds. That is until she finds a letter from Connor, an Upperite boy hoping to learn more about the land below. Little does Jacs know, Connor is actually Prince Cornelius of the Queendom of Frea... -
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![Fate Breaker by Victoria Aveyard]()
Fate Breaker by Victoria Aveyard
“A true fantasy masterpiece." —Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author Since Victoria Aveyard launched the instant #1 New York Times bestselling Realm Breaker, the series has taken readers by storm. Now the finale is here to continue this epic fantasy series. Change your fate—or kneel to it. The Companions are scattered and hopeless, torn from each other... -
![ЯED by Jennifer Anne Davis]()
ЯED by Jennifer Anne Davis
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSentenced to be executed. Betrayed. Alone. Hung on the gallows. Rema thought her life was over, but she was wrong. Saved by a rebel force she’d only ever heard rumors about, Rema finds herself in a forbidden place. She is finally safe—free from the king and Prince Lennek. But not everything is as it seems at the rebel fortress. Secrets are whispered, and loyalties are tested... -
![A Kingdom Discovered by Deborah Grace White]()
A Kingdom Discovered by Deborah Grace White
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMerletta’s reality has been overturned…but nothing in her world has changedMerletta’s enemies may think they’ve bested her, but she’s always been a survivor. Now she has a choice to make—protect herself, or expose the Center’s lies? The question only becomes more complex when she learns she’s not the only one to have paid the price for her flight to Vazula... -
![Stormbreak by Natalie C. Parker]()
Stormbreak by Natalie C. Parker
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn this conclusion to the Seafire trilogy, Caledonia Styx will risk everything--her heart, her crew, and even her life--to defeat Lir and take back the Bullet Seas once and for all.Aric Athair is dead. But the fight for the Bullet Seas is far from over...Categorized as:
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![A Winter's Promise / The Missing of Clairdelune / The Memory of Babel by Christelle Dabos]()
A Winter's Promise / The Missing of Clairdelune / The Memory of Babel by Christelle Dabos
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 10 ratings... -
![Emerald of the Sea by Kimberly Pearl]()
Emerald of the Sea by Kimberly Pearl
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBackstabbing pirates. Extravagant dinner parties. Falling in love with the one man who’s out of reach. Seventeen-year-old Emma doesn’t know who she is or where she came from. The not-exactly-legal merchant ship she was raised on is the only home she’s ever known, and she’s had enough of the captain’s lies... -
![The Bride of Lycaster by Perci Jay]()
The Bride of Lycaster by Perci Jay
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen you are brought up to be only a bride, you are nothing until you are married. Then someone else decides what you are. Serafina Ravenwood is a liar. Caught between bloodthirsty giants destroying her homeland and a cruel Duke who shatters her family, Serafina only has one option to survive—marry the heir to the Dukedom of Lycaster... -
![Fire & Ash by Heather Frost]()
Fire & Ash by Heather Frost
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFirst the flames . . .When Desfan Cassian, the future ruler of Mortise, skips his fifteenth birthday celebration so he can gamble in the slums, he knows his father won't be pleased. Then again, the serjan hasn’t been happy with him in years... -
![Dragons Rising: Complete Series by Alisha Klapheke]()
Dragons Rising: Complete Series by Alisha Klapheke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis set includes all five books of an internationally bestselling young adult epic fantasy with a slow-burn romance!The world will drown beneath the waves…only the last mage can stop it.Vahly, the last mage, is the world’s biggest disappointment... -
![Kingslayer by Honor Raconteur]()
Kingslayer by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHe had known this day would come. No man could escape the entire might of the Sovran forever. He just found it humorous that it was an enemy of the Sovran that had caught him instead.Bound, kneeling before a queen whom he had hounded for a straight year, he should have been anxious. Or at least a little worried. Instead, a strange sense of relief filled him. It was over... -
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![Storms of Allegiance by Melanie Cellier]()
Storms of Allegiance by Melanie Cellier
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEven absorbed in her studies, Delphine can’t forget Nik or his mission to find Grey. When he reappears with a plan to defeat Grey, she’s desperate to convince Amara and Hayes to agree—even if it means putting herself in danger.But there are things Delphine doesn’t know about her own ability, and once in Grey’s orbit, it might not be as easy to extricate herself as she expects... -
![The Breaker of Stars by Nicole Platania]()
The Breaker of Stars by Nicole Platania
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBook 3.5 in The Curse of Ophelia series. Coming 2024... -
![Agatha Heterodyne and the Beetleburg Clank by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Beetleburg Clank by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIn a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, Mad Science rules the World...with mixed success. At Transylvania Polygnostic University, Agatha Clay is a student with trouble concentrating and rotten luck. Dedicated to her studies but unable to build anything that actually works, she seems destined for a lackluster career as a minor lab assistant... -
![Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 18 by Rifujin na Magonote]()
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 18 by Rifujin na Magonote
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn the years since Ariel took the throne, Rudeus has been keeping busy carrying out missions for Orsted and even finding time to save an old friend from slave traders... -
![Swords of Empire by Robert Ryan]()
Swords of Empire by Robert Ryan
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThey killed him. They stole his power. They split his empire into chiefdoms. But he foretold a day when his descendant would rise against their sorcery…Shar was no ordinary girl. Her clan was the Fen Wolves, a poor tribe that dwelt in the marshes. Yet she meant to bring them glory.She was a young warrior, but few men could stand against her. If they were strong, she was fast... -
![Rhone by Kelly St. Clare]()
Rhone by Kelly St. Clare
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHe’s leaving Glacium. Rhone has always been an outcast. Life in the castle may come with a soft bed and regular food, but that's the only difference he can see from the childhood he spent in the gutter. The assembly fear him. Rhone exists on the fringes of their friendship. He could have handled that yesterday... -
![The Dragon Knight's Beloved Vol. 2 by Ritsu Aozaki, Asagi Orikawa]()
The Dragon Knight's Beloved Vol. 2 by Ritsu Aozaki, Asagi Orikawa
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMISTRESS TO THE MARGRAVEAfter stepping down as the commander of the Dragon Knights, Hubert asked Melissa to accompany him to his estate and pretend to be his lover. There they found a hostile greeting at the hands of Eleanor, a woman who was fiancée to Hubert’s late brother... -
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The Dragon Knight's Beloved Vol. 3 by Ritsu Aozaki, Asagi Orikawa
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMelissa has been kidnapped! Eleanor and her servant are behind it, and both want to use her as bait for dragons Melissa cares for. However, each has a different plan for the dragons when they arrive. The safety of the wild dragons, especially the newborn king of dragons, is Melissa's biggest concern. Any cry for help plays into Eleanor's and the poachers' plans... -
![Tegami Bachi, Vol. 10 by Hiroyuki Asada]()
Tegami Bachi, Vol. 10 by Hiroyuki Asada
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA New York Times best-selling sci-fi fantasy series with heart.Amberground is locked in darkness. A man-made star casts only a dim light over the land. The pitch-black wilderness is infested with Gaichuu—colossal insects with metal exoskeletons. The Gaichuu make travel between the cities of Amberground extremely dangerous... -
![Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 20 by Rifujin na Magonote]()
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 20 by Rifujin na Magonote
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTUGGED ALONG BY FAMILY TIES Rudeus brings Zanoba back to Ranoa Kingdom to plan the Man-God's future downfall when a letter arrives from the Holy Kingdom of Millis--Cliff's grandfather is urging him home. Though he suspects another Man-God plot is afoot, Rudeus is soon distracted by a missive from his own matriarchal relatives and races off to the capital of Millis... -
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![Rampage by Aaron Oster]()
Rampage by Aaron Oster
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLife is cruel. Arbor learns this lesson the hard way, when everything he loves is taken from him in a single night. Left alive by the men who butchered his family, Arbor has two options: give up and perish, or rise up and fight to take back the life he's lost. To do that though, he'll have to leave behind the only home he's ever known and venture out into the world beyond... -
![To Bind Fire by D.E. Carlson]()
To Bind Fire by D.E. Carlson
A powerful imposter. A land torn by war. Their only hope-a child born in innocence. And Iris has killed him.Iris is a frightened girl thrust into a foreign world by her own terrible mistake.Besaun is Crown Prince of the Fire Empire who would rather tinker than assume the throne.Both are fated to save the world.Iris knows little of her past and less of her heritage, but she knows Fire... -
![Inventor: Elven Alliance Collected Stories Volume Two (Elven Alliance) by Tara Grayce]()
Inventor: Elven Alliance Collected Stories Volume Two (Elven Alliance) by Tara Grayce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFan favorites find their happy endings in this second collection of Elven Alliance short stories and novellas! If you've been waiting for Iyrinder and Miss Merrick's story, Lance and Illyna to finally meet, and glimpses of Farrendel and Essie's growing family, then you won't want to miss this story... -
![Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito by Makiburo]()
Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito by Makiburo
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn order to clear the name of 'Emi,' who had reincarnated as the villainess, Remilia, the real Remilia who had been watching all along inside awakens... -
![Ember Quartet Digital Collection by Sabaa Tahir]()
Ember Quartet Digital Collection by Sabaa Tahir
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJourney deep into the Martial Empire and into “one of the best fantasy series of the last decade” (Buzzfeed) with the complete An Ember in the Ashes quartet by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir... -
![The Bird and the Blade by Megan Bannen]()
The Bird and the Blade by Megan Bannen
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAs a slave in the Kipchak Khanate, Jinghua has lost everything: her home, her family, her freedom … until the kingdom is conquered by enemy forces and she finds herself an unlikely conspirator in the escape of Prince Khalaf and his irascible father across the vast Mongol Empire...
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