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River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 30 ratings“River of Stars is a major accomplishment, the work of a master novelist in full command of his subject.”—Michael Dirda, in The Washington Post“Game of Thrones in China.”—Salon.comRen Daiyan was still just a boy when he took the lives of seven men while guarding an imperial magistrate... -
Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu Vol. 3 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
SOMETHING TO FIGHT FOR, SOMEONE TO LIVE FORGods should never meddle in the affairs of mortals, but Xie Lian is not one to follow the rules when lives are at risk. He spits in the face of heaven and its laws and descends in a fury to save his country from drought and civil war... -
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi Vol. 2 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
HAUNTED BY SIN Following the trail of a dismembered corpse, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji arrive at the gates of Yi City: an old, abandoned town shrouded in mist and restless spirits. A fiendish foe awaits them in the shadows, heralding a tale of heartbreak and tragedy... -
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang
A mother struggling to repress her violent past,A son struggling to grasp his violent future,A father blind to the danger that threatens them all... -
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The House Witch 2 by Delemhach
House witch Finlay Ashowan must contend with matters of the heart, hearth, family, and kingdom in the second book of a whimsical and winning fantasy series.As a wielder of domestic magic, Finlay Ashowan likes to keep his affairs as neat and orderly as his kitchen... -
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
A Holmes and Watson-style detective duo take the stage in this fantasy with a mystery twist, from the Edgar-winning, multiple Hugo-nominated Robert Jackson BennettIn Daretana’s greatest mansion, a high imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree erupted from his body... -
Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey
The final chapter in Mercedes Lackey's spellbinding fantasy trilogy! The Herald-Mage, Vanyel, and his Companion, Yfandes, are alone responsible for saving the once-peaceful kingdom of Valdemar from the forces of a master who wields a dark, forbidding magic. And if either Vanyel or Yfandes falters, both Valdemar and its Herald-Mage must pay the ultimate price... -
Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 1 Volume 2 by Miya Kazuki
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 27 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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Sailor Moon, Vol. 3 by Naoko Takeuchi
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 37 ratings...Categorized as:
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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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Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 85 ratingsKylar Stern has rejected the assassin's life. The Godking's successful coup has left Kylar's master, Durzo, and his best friend, Logan, dead. He is starting over: new city, new friends, and new profession... -
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
Four months have passed since the shadow stone fell into Kell's possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Rhy was wounded and the Dane twins fell, and the stone was cast with Holland's dying body through the rift, and into Black London. In many ways, things have almost returned to normal, though Rhy is more sober, and Kell is now plagued by his guilt...Categorized as:
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The River of Silver by S.A. Chakraborty
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 37 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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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... -
Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray
New York City.1927.Lights are bright.Jazz is king.Parties are wild.And the dead are coming...After battling a supernatural sleeping sickness that claimed two of their own, the Diviners have had enough lies. They're more determined than ever to uncover the mystery behind their extraordinary powers, even as they face off against an all-new terror...Categorized as:
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Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts
The battleground has been chosen for the final showdown between those selected by the gods and the minions of the vampire Lilith. But there is one vampire who dares stand against her. And his love for the scholarly queen of Geall will complete the circle of six - and change the face of eternity... -
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... -
The Distressing Damsel by Shelly Laurenston, G.A. Aiken
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsCan a powerless witch find happiness with an arrogant, impatient dragon? If the dragon has his way, she sure as hell will. Book 2 in the award-winning Dragon Kin series! Talaith's life has never been easy. A goddess has forced her into servitude. Her husband despises her. And all those in her tiny village fear her... -
The Fire in the Glass by Jacquelyn Benson
London, 1914. Lily’s visions could stop a killer… if she’ll trust a reclusive aristocrat with her darkest secret.A monster stalks the gaslit streets of Edwardian London, draining the blood of the city’s mediums. Lily Albright knows who’s next.Lily is plagued by visions of the future she can never change...Categorized as:
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The Guns of Empire by Django Wexler
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAs the “audacious and subversive”* Shadow Campaigns novels continue, the weather is growing warmer, but the frosty threat of Vordan’s enemies is only growing worse.. -
The Gathering by Vanessa Nelson
Scarred by a brutal past, she has sworn to help those in need.As one of the Hundred, Yvonne cannot ignore a plea for help, even if all she wants is a quiet life, somewhere safe for her adopted children to grow into adulthood.Safety is in short supply. Young people, some of them children, are going missing in large numbers, leaving bewildered and grieving families behind... -
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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Miss Percy's Travel Guide to Welsh Moors and Feral Dragons by Quenby Olson
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFirst, there was a trunk. Inside the trunk was an egg, and inside the egg was…Well, it certainly was not a chicken.Miss Mildred Percy, former wallflower and current adventurer, is now in charge of a dragon. Along with Mr. Wiggan and Mrs... -
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The Fallen Kingdom by Elizabeth May
She’s on borrowed time…and she has only one chance to set things right.Find life.Deep in a forest, Aileana Kameron claws her way out of the earth. Back from the dead with no memory of who she is or what has happened to her, the Falconer now possesses even greater otherworldly powers and a ruthless instinct to kill—and the one piece of knowledge that can change everything.Find Kiaran... -
The Hidden Palace by Helene Wecker
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsChava is a golem, a woman made of clay, able to hear the thoughts and longings of the people around her and compelled by her nature to help them. Ahmad is a jinni, a perpetually restless and free-spirited creature of fire, imprisoned in the shape of a man... -
The Exiled by Frost Kay
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAn ENEMIES TO LOVERS post-apocalyptic fantasy perfect for fans of Holly Black, Kiera Cass, and Sarah J Maas!In a ravaged world full of sickness, devastation, and monsters, it was kill or be killed.After a disastrous second escape attempt, Hazel found herself blood indebted to her savior Noah, but he was no saint... -
A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs
Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman is back where his story began, in Florida. Except now Miss Peregrine, Emma, and their peculiar friends are with him, and doing their best to blend in... -
Brooms by Jasmine Walls
YALSA TOP 10 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS BEST OF THE YEAR: Booklist · Kirkus · Polygon · Chicago Public Library · New York Public Library 3 STARS ★ PW ★ Booklist ★ BCCB Mississippi, 1930s. Magic simmering beneath the surface, kept in check by unjust laws and societal expectations... -
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...
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