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Neverseen by Shannon Messenger
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsSophie Foster is on the run—but at least she's not alone.Her closest friends from the Lost Cities have gone with her to join the Black Swan. They still have doubts about the shadowy organization, but the only way to find answers is to start working with them. And as they settle into their new lives, they uncover secrets far bigger than anything they’d imagined...Categorized as:
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The Path of Ascension 5 by C. Mantis
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDon't miss Book 5 of this action-packed fantasy adventure that blends everything you love about LitRPG with Xianxia.About the This is a mix between LitRPG and Xianxia. It's like a car that looks like a LitRPG with dungeons and skills, but the interior and engine are all Xianxia... -
Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 1 Daughter of a Soldier Volume 3 by Miya Kazuki
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsJust as Myne gets her foot in the door of making paper, she collapses due to the sickness known as the devouring. She's getting better thanks to the help of those around her, but the devouring remains clouded in mystery...Categorized as:
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Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 1 Volume 2 by Miya Kazuki
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIt has been a year since our hero was reborn into a new world in the body of Myne, a sickly little girl from a poor family. She's been doing her best to fulfill her dream of making books, but her plans have been foiled at every turn. But now Myne has a deal with Benno the merchant: With her friend Lutz's help, she will make a paper prototype that he can sell in his shop...Categorized as:
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The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 88 ratingsWith what should have been the greatest heist of their career gone spectacularly sour, Locke and his trusted partner, Jean, have barely escaped with their lives. Or at least Jean has. But Locke is slowly succumbing to a deadly poison that no alchemist or physiker can cure... -
The Complete Arrows Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTogether for the first time in a single volume, The Complete Arrows Trilogy is the adventure that launched Valdemar, Mercedes Lackey’s expansive fantasy realm beloved by generations of readers.Talia, once a runaway, is Chosen by the Companion Rolan, a mystical horse-like being with powers beyond imagining... -
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 8 by Naoko Takeuchi
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsChibi Usa’s sickly friend Hotaru isn’t just Sailor Saturn, Deity of Destruction. She’s also possessed by Master Pharaoh 90. Facing this cataclysmic power will be impossible--unless Sailor Moon can unite the powers of every Guardian of the Solar System. Then, when the moon eclipses the sun, a mystical unicorn begs for help... -
The Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy by Laini Taylor
The perfect gift for readers who want to be swept away. The Daughter of Smoke & Bone Trilogy Gift Set includes three hardcovers: Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Days of Blood & Starlight, and Dreams of Gods & Monsters... -
Air Awakens: Digital Boxed Set by Elise Kova
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe complete, five book Air Awakens series from author Elise Kova. Air AwakensA library apprentice, a sorcerer prince, and an unbreakable magic bond... The Solaris Empire is one conquest away from uniting the continent, and the rare elemental magic sleeping in seventeen-year-old library apprentice Vhalla Yarl could shift the tides of war... -
Cardcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow, Vol. 1 by CLAMP
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsCapturing Cards was only the beginning...Once upon a magic night, an English sorcerer mixed Western wizardry with Eastern enchantments to create a magical deck of cards called the Clow Cards. These cards were hidden inside a dusty old book for decades, their powers virtually wasted. Then one fateful day, a young girl named Sakura Kinomoto discovered the book in her father's library... -
Cardcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow, Vol. 4 by Clamp
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsCapturing Cards was only the beginning...Once upon a magic night, an English sorcerer mixed Western wizardry with Eastern enchantments to create a magical deck of cards called the Clow Cards. These cards were hidden inside a dusty old book for decades, their powers virtually forgotten. Then one fateful day, a young girl named Sakura Kinomoto discovered the book in her father's library... -
The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Part Three by Michael Dante DiMartino
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhen Asami is kidnapped, Korra sets out to the Spirit Wilds to find her. Now teeming with dark spirits influenced by the half spirit-half human Tokuga, the landscape is more dangerous than ever before. The two women must trust in each other and work together if they are to make it out alive... -
The River of Silver by S.A. Chakraborty
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsBestselling author S. A. Chakraborty's acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy gets expanded with this new compilation of stories from before, during, and after the events of The City of Brass, The Kingdom of Copper, and The Empire of Gold, all from the perspective of characters both beloved and hated, and even those without a voice in the novels...Categorized as:
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Cardcaptor Sakura Collector's Edition 1 by Clamp
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCardcaptor Sakura brought a generation of readers to manga, and now it's back in a definitive collector's edition!Cardcaptor Sakura is one of the all-time classics of the magical girl genre, and the Collector's Edition will be the definitive version of the story, for both long-time fans and readers new to the story... -
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Echoes by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWith the root of all evil—at least in Bannen’s opinion—behind lock and key, the team is finally free to do something else with their lives. Bannen quite looks forward to living in Gargan, the new house being built, with the occasional mission to spice things up. Sure, the MISD thinks he needs therapy after everything he’s lived through in the past three years...Categorized as:
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The Human Familiar by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhile Bannen had every intention of finding adventure, being yanked through a magical portal two continents away isn’t quite what he imagined happening. For that matter, being magically bound to a mage-in-training hadn’t ever crossed his mind. Being the first human familiar ever summoned in Corcoran? Not on his to-do list... -
Sea Spell by Jennifer Donnelly
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsAt the end of Dark Tide, Book 3 in the Waterfire Saga, Astrid leaves her mermaid friends to confront her ancestor, Orfeo, the evil force behind the rise of the monster Abbadon. Orfeo possesses one of the six talismans that the merls need in order to keep the monster locked up forever... -
Dark Tide by Jennifer Donnelly
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsOnce a lost and confused princess, Serafina is now a confident leader of the Black Fin Resistance (BFR). While she works on sabotaging her enemy and enlisting allies for battle, her friends face challenges of their own. Ling is in the hold of Rafe Mfeme's giant trawler, on her way to a prison camp... -
The Legend of Korra Turf Wars, Part Two by Michael Dante DiMartino
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsRecovering from the fight and furious for revenge, Triple Threats member Tokuga solidifies his ties with the duplicitous Wonyong... -
Cast in Wisdom by Michelle Sagara
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSOMETHING IS WAKINGThe fiefs that exist at the heart of the city of Elantra are home to sentient Towers that guard the world against the incursion of Shadow. But between the fiefs exists the gray world of the border zone. In it, geography changes between one passage across a border and the next. The rules of magic are different there—and yet somehow familiar to Kaylin Neya... -
The Void Mage by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter two years of training in Turransky under a new master, Rena is a proper Void Mage, supposedly ready to handle whatever the world throws at her. Which is just as well because Toh’sellor’s influence has proven it can pop shards up anywhere at any given time across all three continents, with nothing to use to predict it. Worse still, it doesn’t seem to have any real restrictions... -
The Shadow Glass by Rin Chupeco
The dramatic finale to The Bone Witch series! Tea's dark magic eats away at her, but she must save the one she loves most, even while her life—and the kingdoms—are on the brink of destruction. In the Eight Kingdoms, none have greater strength or influence than the asha, who hold elemental magic. But only a bone witch has the power to raise the dead... -
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 6 by Naoko Takeuchi
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA new edition of the Sailor Moon manga, for a new generation of fans! Featuring an updated translation and high page count in a more affordable, portable edition, perfect to go wherever you or the magical guardian in your life want to take it.Teenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she's never gotten good grades, and, well, she's a bit of a crybaby... -
Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 1 Volume 1 by Miya Kazuki
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA certain college girl who's loved books ever since she was a little girl dies in an accident and is reborn in another world she knows nothing about. She is now Myne, the sickly five-year-old daughter of a poor soldier. To make things worse, the world she's been reborn in has a very low literacy rate and books mostly don't exist. She'd have to pay an enormous amount of money to buy one... -
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Rogue Wave by Jennifer Donnelly
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsSerafina, Neela, Ling, Ava, Becca, and Astrid, six mermaids from realms scattered throughout the seas and freshwaters, were summoned by the leader of the river witches to learn an incredible truth: the mermaids are direct descendants of the Six Who Ruled—powerful mages who once governed the lost empire of Atlantis... -
Cast in Conflict by Michelle Sagara
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsKeep your friends close, and your enemis closerA Dragon and ten Barrani wouldn’t be anyone’s ideal roommates if a person wants peace and tranquility at home. The residue of three Draco-Barrani wars can make things pretty awkward—on a good day. Kaylin Neya has run out of good days.In the upheaval surrounding the Academia, the Tower in the fief of Candallar is now without its lord... -
The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco
No one knows death like Tea. A bone witch who can resurrect the dead, she has the power to take life…and return it. And she is done with her self-imposed exile. Her heart is set on vengeance, and she now possesses all she needs to command the mighty daeva... -
Remnants by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFinally over with the wedding, managed to escape the parents, signed up with the MISD, yay! Got assigned a permanent team with Chi, Vee, and Maksohm, double yay! Toh’sellor has been stolen. Yeah, this is not going to be fun. It is, in fact, anti-fun. Oh, and monkeys. Poor Chi... -
Queen by Karen Lynch
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsJesse recovered the missing ke’tain to keep her parents safe, but it came at a high price. In the weeks after her brush with death, she struggles to adapt to her new life, while burdened with the terrible secret she learned about her brother Caleb.On her first visit to Faerie, Jesse faces new challenges and perils amid the splendor of the Unseelie court... -
Ascendance of a Bookworm: Royal Academy Stories - First Year by Miya Kazuki, You Shiina
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAfter the graduation ceremony ends and the library falls quiet once again, Solange reflects on the eventful term that has just concluded—and the many special memories she has made along the way...Categorized as:
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Transcendent by A.L. Knorr, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe countdown to a more intolerant Rodania has begun. At a ceremony to honour the fallen Strix soldiers, Prince Diruk delivers the ultimate insult, foreshadowing the kind of kingdom Rodania will become when he takes his ailing father’s throne.Toth believes that the harpy threat will never be over unless the harpies are exterminated... -
Fearless by Cornelia Funke
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsJacob Reckless has only a few months left to live.He's tried everything to shake the Fairy curse that traded his life for his brother's — legends such as the All-Healing Apple, the Well of Eternal Youth, the blood of a northern Djinn. And yet hope after hope is extinguished... -
Shadow Reaper by Isla Frost
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsDon't miss this epic conclusion to the internationally bestselling young adult fantasy series.Life magic is abundant in Nova's world.But it might just take death magic to save it.Nova has sworn she will use every ounce of her wildcard power to bring down the worlds-destroying enemy that has gone undefeated for one hundred and fifty years... -
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, Vol. 4 by Clamp
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsInto the LabyrinthSakura takes to the sky in pursuit of the "fuzzy thing" that made her friend Akiho fall asleep, and in the process gains another of the mysterious transparent cards... -
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Deadly Night by Vanessa Nelson
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCan she serve justice in an unjust world?Newly-promoted Watch Officer Thea March is assigned her very first death investigation. Someone has brutally killed a young woman and dumped her body in an empty warehouse. The only real clue left at the scene points to one of the elite – the Ageless – as being involved... -
Contractor by Andrew Ball
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Earth is under siege - and no one knows about it, because the invaders erase those whom they consume. A handful of men and women stand on the border between the mundane and the magical. They have a special spark of soul; not quite enough to be naturally gifted in spellcraft, but greater than the average person, a tiny flame that can ignite incredible potential... -
Combatant by A.L. Knorr, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRodania's protective magic is broken. There is no military. Who's going to step up? Jordan’s father is in deep trouble. He's trapped in the tombs of Trevilsom, and rescuing him is only the first of her challenges. When she, Toth and Eohne find him, Allan is a shadow of his former self and even Eohne isn't sure how to help him... -
Ranma ½, Vol. 3 by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFrom the best-selling manga author of InuYasha, Ranma 1/2 features a martial artist with a curse: When he gets doused with cold water, he turns into a voluptuous girl. His friends--and enemies--turn into various cute animals due to a curse similar to Ranma's. Ranma 1/2, which features action, adventure, and romantic comedy, is the longest-running manga in the United States... -
Goldenhand by Garth Nix
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsLirael knows the blood that runs in her veins and her true powers. She also knows that Chlorr of the Mask has been conspiring with the clans of the steppe, from a message she’s received from her long-dead mother, Arielle. But no one else believes that nomads can be a real threat... -
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, Vol. 3 by Clamp
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMore Cards, More ProblemsNow that she's in middle school, Sakura's having a lot of fun with her new friends, and these days she's busier than ever. But one day when she's about to have dinner, she's transported away by a mysterious darkness... -
Take a Thief (Valdemar (Chronological) #27) by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsMercedes Lackey's triumphant return to the best-selling world of Valdemar, Take a Thief reveals the untold story of Skif--a popular character from Lackey's first published novel, Arrows of the Queen . Skif was an orphan who would have died from malnutrition and exposure if he had never met Deke the pickpocket. By the time he was twelve, Skif was an accomplished cat burglar... -
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, Vol. 2 by Clamp
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMYSTERIES WITHIN MYSTERIESStrange things are afoot in Sakura's neighborhood again, beginning with the appearance of puzzling transparent cards in her dreams... -
Ascendant by A.L. Knorr, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhat if the one person who is supposed to love you unconditionally, wants to kill you instead? Before you go looking for answers, make sure you can handle the truth. Jordan is a step closer to uncovering the mystery of her mother’s disappearance. Sol can finally make his urgent delivery and Allan has received Jordan’s message, but instead of giving him comfort it has only made him desperate... -
The Might by Siri Pettersen
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTenk deg å være jaget i en ukjent verden. Uten identitet. Uten familie. Uten penger. Alt du har er en menneskejeger, en likfødt, og en grim, gryende visshet om hvem du er.Hirka er strandet i en døende verden, dratt mellom menneskejegere, likfødte og lengselen etter Rime, vennen hun ville gitt alt for å se igjen. I vår urbane virkelighet er hun fritt vilt... -
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The Rot by Siri Pettersen
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTenk deg å være jaget i en ukjent verden. Uten identitet. Uten familie. Uten penger. Alt du har er en menneskejeger, en likfødt, og en grim, gryende visshet om hvem du er.Hirka er strandet i en døende verden, dratt mellom menneskejegere, likfødte og lengselen etter Rime, vennen hun ville gitt alt for å se igjen. I vår urbane virkelighet er hun fritt vilt...Categorized as:
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The Eidolon by K.D. Edwards
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the epic conclusion to K.D. Edwards' first blockbuster trilogy in The Tarot Sequence series, readers followed Rune on a race against time as an age-old threat rose to threaten the city of New Atlantis. Now, for the first time, The Eidolon tells what really happened to Max, Quinn, and Anna as prisoners in the Hourglass Throne's base of operation... -
Cast in Deception by Michelle Sagara
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE, WHO NEEDS ENEMIES?Private Kaylin Neya thought her home couldn’t possibly get more crowded. But when one of her housemates, Annarion, decides to undertake the Barrani Test of Name, his friends refuse to let him face his task alone—and Kaylin’s sentient home, Helen, is the only structure capable of shielding the rest of Elantra from the magnitude of their power... -
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Short Stories, Vol. 2 by Naoko Takeuchi
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe second collection of short stories actually consists of one long, and two short tales. The first and longest story pays homage to one of the oldest folk tales of Japan, “the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.” Usagi’s faithful sidekick Luna is saved by and ends up developing a crush on an astrophysicist whose dream of becoming an astronaut has been dashed by heart disease... -
Cast in Oblivion by Michelle Sagara
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPOLITICS ARE HELLKaylin wasn’t sent to the West March to start a war. Her mission to bring back nine Barrani might do just that, though. She traveled with a Dragon, and her presence is perceived as an act of aggression in the extremely hostile world of Barrani-Dragon politics...Categorized as:
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Cast in Honor by Michelle Sagara, Michelle Sagara West
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn the aftermath of a vicious battle between darkness and light, the city of Elantra has emerged victorious. But Shadows continue to haunt every corner of its streets...Elantra stands strong, but countless numbers of Hawks, the city's staunchest protectors, were lost in the brutal attack. Humans, Barrani, Aerians, Leontines—none of the races emerged unscathed from the defense of the city...
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