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Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, Vol. 8 by AidaIro
Kou has seemed depressed ever since he, Nene, and Hanako-kun returned from the Hell of Mirrors three days prior. To cheer him up, the three friends decide to go to a Tanabata festival held within one of the school’s Boundaries... -
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Charm by Tracy Wolff
The instant #1 New York Times Bestselling Series Goodreads Most Anticipated YA Book of November Finally find out what happened during those missing four months, as the thrilling adventure continues! He’s under my skin… After Katmere, I shouldn’t be surprised by anything. Including the existence of a world beyond my world called the Shadow Realm... -
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![Saviour of the Pack by Heather G. Harris]()
Saviour of the Pack by Heather G. Harris
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMy mum told me I could be anything I wanted to be – and it turns out that I want to be an alpha werewolf. I’m finally starting to get a hang of this alpha malarkey when destiny sticks her oar in once again.There’s a prophecy about me, and it’s time for me to find out what it says... -
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Revival of the Court by Heather G. Harris
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsDing dong, the bells are ringing.You are cordially invited to the Wedding of Jinx and Emory.Unfortunately, so are the Connection. A shocking arrest throws the guests into disarray and threatens my happily ever after. I think I can calm things down but they quickly go from bad to worse when I’m hauled bodily away from my own wedding... -
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![你的名字 (your name. (Novel) #1) by Makoto Shinkai, 新海誠]()
你的名字 (your name. (Novel) #1) by Makoto Shinkai, 新海誠
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsMitsuha, a high school girl living in a small town in the mountains, has a dream that she's a boy living in Tokyo. Taki, a high school boy in Tokyo, dreams he's a girl living in a quaint little mountain town...Categorized as:
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your name. 1 by Makoto Shinkai, Ranmaru Kotone
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsA story of two people determined to hold on to one another.Mitsuha, a high school girl from a town deep in the mountains, dreams of an unfamiliar life in Tokyo. Taki, a high school boy from Tokyo, dreams that he is a girl living in the mountains. As the two begin swapping lives, a miraculous story is set in motion...Categorized as:
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Tiger's Destiny by Colleen Houck
With three of the goddess Durga's quests behind them, only one prophecy now stands in the way of Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan breaking the tiger's curse. But the trio's greatest challenge awaits them: A life-endangering pursuit in search of Durga's final gift, the Rope of Fire, on the Adaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal...Categorized as:
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![Inferno by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Inferno by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsThe heat is on, and a new threat to humanity has risen…Nick has his driver’s license and he’s not afraid to use it. But turning sixteen isn’t what he thought it would be. While other boys his age are worried about prom dates and applying for college, Nick is neck deep in enemies out to stop him from living another day... -
![Reign by Chanda Hahn]()
Reign by Chanda Hahn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsGoing to the Fae plane against Jared’s orders has cost Mina dearly. Her decision continues to haunt her as a new danger surfaces. The Grimms are fading. To save her family’s future, Mina Grime will have to travel to the past with the help of her Fae Godmother and a magic pair of shoes. She must go to where the Story first began, to the beginning of the dark prince’s reign... -
![Betrayal of the Court by Heather G. Harris]()
Betrayal of the Court by Heather G. Harris
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDeath. Theft. Marriage. It’s an average day in the Other Realm.Someone keeps bludgeoning people in the Other realm to death. A couple of the murders were virtually in our back garden, so Emory has asked me to try and find the culprit. I’d feel better if I didn’t have Shirdal along with me, cracking jokes and on the verge of a deadly killing spree of his own... -
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Midnight Smoke by Helen Harper
Supernatural Squad might be small, but we're growing in power. The vampires and werewolves of London are beginning to respect me more and I feel like I know what I'm doing - even if I don't yet understand what I truly am.Unfortunately, there might be a few snags to deal with. I'm trying to avoid Lord Horvath, the black-eyed vampire leader who seems intent on a more intimate relationship... -
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Magic Wild by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWith the Shadows from her past hot on her tail, Del Bellator is committed to growing her magic. That means hunting demons and stealing their powers, a job that’s as risky as dancing with the devil. But she’ll need all the power she can get if she wants to defeat the Shadows, so she’s willing to take the risk. While out on a demon hunt, she spots her boyfriend Roarke’s long-lost brother... -
![Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura]()
Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn a tranquil neighborhood of Tokyo seven students are avoiding going to school – hiding in their darkened bedrooms, unable to face their family and friends – until the moment they find the mirrors in their bedrooms are shining.At a single touch, they are pulled from their lonely lives into to a wondrous castle straight out of a Grimm’s fairy tale...Categorized as:
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Demon Magic by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsDel Bellator’s simple life of treasure hunting and demon slaying ended the moment she learned she was a Guardian between the Underworld and Earth. The only problem? She has no idea what that means and no control over the magic that could help her... -
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Shimmer by Paula Weston
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsGaby thought her life couldn’t get more complicated.She’s almost used to the idea that she’s not the nineteen-year-old backpacker she thought she was. She can just about cope with being one of the Rephaim - a 140-year-old half-angel - whose memories have been stolen. She’s even coming to grips with the fact that Jude, the brother she’s mourned for a year, didn’t die at all...Categorized as:
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Phantom Magic by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDel Bellator has screwed up. Big time. She’s failed to defeat her enemies the Shadows and has been forced to open a portal between Hell and Earth. Now, demons are flowing onto Earth as fast as lava down a volcano. And the effects are going to be just as deadly.With the help of her friends and her boyfriend, the powerful Warden of the Underworld, Del must find the portal and close it... -
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Haunting the Deep by Adriana Mather
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe Titanic meets the delicious horror of Ransom Riggs and the sass of Mean Girls in this follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestseller How to Hang a Witch, in which a contemporary teen finds herself a passenger on the famous “ship of dreams”—a story made all the more fascinating because the author’s own relatives survived the doomed voyage... -
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Magic Revealed by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAt a glance, life is perfect for Del Bellator. She’s getting the hang of her magic, the shop she runs with her friends is thriving, and she has a hot almost-boyfriend in the form of were-demon Roarke Fallon. But nothing is ever as it seems. Del’s mysterious friend Draka is missing, and she’s in more danger than Del could ever realize... -
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The Collectors' Society by Heather Lyons
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFrom the author of the Fate series and The Deep End of the Sea comes a fantastical romantic adventure that has Alice tumbling down the strangest rabbit hole yet. After years in Wonderland, Alice has returned to England as an adult, desperate to reclaim sanity and control over her life...Categorized as:
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![DeadEndia: The Watcher's Test by Hamish Steele]()
DeadEndia: The Watcher's Test by Hamish Steele
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsBarney and his best friend Norma are just trying to get by and keep their jobs, but working at the Dead End theme park also means battling demonic forces, time traveling wizards, and scariest of all--their love lives!Follow the lives of this diverse group of employees of a haunted house, which may or may not also serve as a portal to hell, in this hilarious and moving graphic novel, complete... -
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Besieged by Kevin Hearne
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe ancient gods are alive and well in the modern world in this hilarious, action-packed collection of original short stories featuring Atticus O’Sullivan, the handsome, tattooed, two-thousand-year-old Irishman with extraordinary magic powers from Kevin Hearne’s New York Times bestselling Iron Druid Chronicles... -
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Destined for Doon by Carey Corp, Lorie Langdon
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe second book in the popular new Doon YA series that takes on a classic story, Brigadoon, and spins it in a new way to give readers a fresh, modern experience. In this sequel to Doon, Kenna Reid realizes she made a horrible mistake-choosing to follow her dreams of Broadway instead of staying in the enchanted land of Doon... -
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One Past Midnight by Jessica Shirvington
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsSabine isn't like anyone else. For as long as she can remember, she's had two lives. Every twenty-four hours she "shifts," living each day twice. In one life, Sabine has everything: popular friends, perfect grades, expensive clothes, and the guy everyone wants. In the other, Sabine's family struggles financially, and her friends are considered rebels. But then she meets Ethan...Categorized as:
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Sabine's Notebook by Nick Bantock
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsGriffin Foolish man. You cannot turn me into a phantom because you are frightened. You do not dismiss a muse at a whim. If you will not join me—then I will come to you. Sabine Sabine was supposed to be imaginary, a friend and lover that Griffin had created to soothe his loneliness. But she threatens to become embodied—to appear on his doorstep, in fact. So he runs...Categorized as:
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![The Forgotten Mountain by Heather Lyons]()
The Forgotten Mountain by Heather Lyons
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAfter years spent in Wonderland, Alice Reeve learned the impossible was quite possible after all. She thought she left such fantastical realities behind when she finally returned to England. Now Alice has become a member of the clandestine Collectors’ Society, and the impossible has found her again in the form of an elusive villain set on erasing entire worlds...Categorized as:
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Split Second by Kasie West
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsLife can change in a split second.Addie hardly recognizes her life since her parents divorced. Her boyfriend used her. Her best friend betrayed her. She can’t believe this is the future she chose. On top of that, her ability is acting up. She’s always been able to Search the future when presented with a choice. Now she can manipulate and slow down time, too . . . but not without a price...Categorized as:
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Life Is Strange: Waves by Emma Vieceli
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBeloved heroines Max and Chloe return, in the official comic for smash hit game series Life Is Strange! Three years after the events of Life Is Strange: Dust, Max Caulfield has been left stranded on the shores of an unfamiliar reality. Her new world seems too good to be true: Rachel, a girl who suffered a terrible fate in Max's timeline, is alive and well, and with Chloe... -
![Shades of Doon by Carey Corp, Lorie Langdon]()
Shades of Doon by Carey Corp, Lorie Langdon
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter cheating death, Veronica Welling is determined to savor every moment in her idyllic kingdom with both her true love and best friend by her side at last. At the same time, Mackenna Reid is enthusiastically building her new life and a theater with her prince... -
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Pivot Point by Kasie West
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsKnowing the outcome doesn’t always make a choice easier . . .Addison Coleman’s life is one big “What if?” As a Searcher, whenever Addie is faced with a choice, she can look into the future and see both outcomes. It’s the ultimate insurance plan against disaster. Or so she thought...Categorized as:
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Reunion by Meg Cabot
The RLS Angels are out for blood, and only Suze can stop them--since she's the only one who can see them. The four ghostly teenagers died in a terrible car accident, for which they blame Suze's classmate Michael... and they'll stop at nothing until he's joined them in the realm of the dead... -
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Figment by Cameron Jace
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAfter her encounter with the Cheshire Cat, Alice Wonder can hardly tell reality from imagination. But when kids have their head chopped off and stuffed in watermelons all over the city, it's clear that another Wonderland Monster has arrived, possibly scarier than the Cheshire... -
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Witch's Pyre by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsLily Proctor has come a long way from the weak, sickly girl she used to be. She has gained power as a witch and a leader, found her way home, chosen to face battle again, and (after losing her first love and being betrayed by her new love) she has learned more about loss and grief than she ever wanted to know... -
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A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 77 ratingsA richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together. Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research... -
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Toil and Trouble by H.P. Mallory
The underworld in civil war. The cause? A witch who can reanimate the dead. A sexy as sin vampire determined to claim her. An infuriatingly handsome warlock torn between duty and love. Who says blonds have more fun?After defending herself against fairy magic, Jolie Wilkins wakes to find her world turned upside down—the creatures of the underworld on the precipice of war... -
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![Claimed By Shadow by Karen Chance]()
Claimed By Shadow by Karen Chance
Clairvoyant Cassie Palmer has inherited new magical powers-including the ability to travel through time. But it's a whole lot of responsibility she'd rather not have. Now she's the most popular girl in town, as an assortment of vamps, fey, and mages try to convince, force, or seduce her—and her magic—over to their side...Categorized as:
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Darkness Savage by Rachel A. Marks
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe fate of humanity hangs in the balance as Aidan faces a crushing choice: give in to the demands of the forces of Darkness in order to save his sister, Ava, or fight on the side of good and risk losing her forever. With so much at stake and so little time, Aidan embarks on a mission to finish assembling a team of “Lights,” other teens whose special abilities are linked to his own...Categorized as:
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City of Flowers by Mary Hoffman
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe Stravaganza series returns with ever-more-dangerous politics and intrigue. Sky, a new Stravagante, is whisked away from his dreary life in London to Giglia, the Talian version of Florence. Featuring favorite characters from the first two titles in the series, including Georgia and Falco, as well as a host of exciting new characters, this breathtaking adventure will not disappoint...Categorized as:
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![Johnny Doesn't Drink Champagne by Cody Young]()
Johnny Doesn't Drink Champagne by Cody Young
I’m seventeen and he’s twenty-one. That’s okay… isn’t it? He drives a Lamborghini. So what? He was born in 1462. Uh-oh. He seeks revenge, but there is one person standing in his way. Me. On a high school trip to London, Madison Lambourne meets seductive stranger Johnny De Vere, who believes he knows her already, and is torn between love and revenge... -
![Remember Me by Chelsea Bobulski]()
Remember Me by Chelsea Bobulski
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn this eerie and suspenseful YA, a teen girl discovers what connects her to the hotel she calls home as horrifying visions lead her to the truth. Nell Martin is moving again, this time to the Winslow Grand Hotel, built in 1878. As Nell is settling in, strange things begin to happen... -
![Forever, Again by Victoria Laurie]()
Forever, Again by Victoria Laurie
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsLily Bennett is less than thrilled to be the new kid as she starts her junior year in high school.But soon after classes begin, she meets a classmate, Cole Drepeau, with whom she forms an immediate and intimate bond. As Cole and Lily grow closer, Lily learns about the murder that divided the town more than thirty years before...Categorized as:
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![The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde]()
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 70 ratingsIn Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense... -
![The Dark Place by Britney S. Lewis]()
The Dark Place by Britney S. Lewis
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou can only hide from your nightmares for so long.Seventeen-year-old Hylee Williams didn't ask to disappear. But she did disappear, and not only that, but when she vanished from our world, she materialized in a dark, twisted version of the night that changed her life forever: the night her older brother went missing... -
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Blackfin Sky by Kat Ellis
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen Sky falls from Blackfin Pier and drowns on her sixteenth birthday, the whole town goes into mourning – until she shows up three months later like nothing happened. Unravelling the mystery of those missing months takes Sky to the burned-out circus in the woods, where whispers of murder and kidnapping begin to reveal the town’s secrets...Categorized as:
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![Rapture by Lauren Kate]()
Rapture by Lauren Kate
The sky is dark with wings . . . And time is running out for Luce and Daniel. In order to stop Lucifer from erasing the past, they must find the place where the Fall began. Only Luce can break the curse, and it is her choice alone that will decide all of their fates. But as Dark Forces gather, great sacrifices will have to be made in this final, epic struggle . . -
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Insight by Jamie Magee
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsBefore that fateful summer night, Willow had balanced the insight of emotion, and the vivid images. That night, the figure in her nightmare marked her wrist with a star, giving her father no choice but to tell Willow a family secret that would abruptly change life, as she knew it, forever... -
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Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSixteen-year-old Canny Mochrie's vacation takes a turn when she stumbles upon a mysterious and enchanting valley, occupied almost entirely by children who can perform a special type of magic that tells things how to be stronger and better than they already are... -
![A Book of Spirits and Thieves by Morgan Rhodes]()
A Book of Spirits and Thieves by Morgan Rhodes
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsModern-day sisters discover deadly ancient magic in book 1 of this Falling Kingdoms spin-off series!Worlds collide in this suspenseful, page-turning Falling Kingdoms spin-off series, which explores a whole new side of Mytica—and an even darker version of its magic...Categorized as:
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![How to Stop Time by Matt Haig]()
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 79 ratings“The first rule is that you don’t fall in love," he said…, "There are other rules too, but that is the main one. No falling in love. No staying in love. No daydreaming of love. If you stick to this you will just about be okay."A love story across the ages - and for the ages - about a man lost in time, the woman who could save him, and the lifetimes it can take to learn how to live...Categorized as:
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![The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman]()
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 79 ratingsCollecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, time-traveling, fantasy adventure—the first in the Invisible Library series! One thing any Librarian will tell the truth is much stranger than fiction... Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, a shadowy organization that collects important works of fiction from all of the different realities... -
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Darkness Brutal by Rachel A. Marks
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAidan O’Linn’s childhood ended the night he saw a demon kill his mother and mark his sister, Ava, with Darkness. Since then, every three years the demons have returned to try to claim her. Living in the gritty, forgotten corners of Los Angeles, Aidan has managed to protect his sister, but he knows that even his powers to fight demons and speak dead languages won’t keep her safe for much longer...Categorized as:
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