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It fits readers who want historical dark fantasy with grotesque humor, sharp brutality, and a setting where ruin creates its own kind of opportunity.
The Folly of the World
Fantasy · LGBTQIA+ · Epic Fantasy · Historical Fantasy
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Disaster strips away civility and leaves greed, desperation, and violence floating close to the surface. In The Folly of the World, three dangerous outsiders move through a flooded medieval Holland in search of fortune, bound together by chaos, cunning, and unstable allegiance. It fits readers who want historical dark fantasy with grotesque humor, sharp brutality, and a setting where ruin creates its own kind of opportunity.
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A flooded town in medieval Holland holds riches for an unusual trio in this darkly humorous adventure by the author of The Enterprise of Death.
"Every page is saturated with wickedness and mischief. Bullington's fans will be happy to see him bring his trademark dark humor, gritty detail, and loopy characters into a new gruesome landscape." —Publishers Weekly
On a stormy night in 1421, the North Sea delivers a devastating blow to Holland: the Saint Elizabeth Flood, a deluge of biblical proportions that drowns hundreds of towns, thousands of people, and forever alters the geography of the Low Countries. Where the factions of the noble Hooks and the merchant Cods waged a literal class war but weeks before, there is now only a nigh-endless expanse of grey water, a desolate inland sea with moldering church spires jutting up like sunken tombstones. For a land already beleaguered by generations of civil war, a worse disaster could scarce be imagined.
Yet even disaster can be profitable, for the right sort of individual, and into this flooded realm sail three conspirators: a deranged thug at the edge of madness, a ruthless conman on the cusp of fortune, and a half-feral girl balanced between them.
With The Folly of the World, Jesse Bullington has woven an extraordinary new tale of the depraved and the desperate.
"Smart, funny, and full of wild exuberance." ―Lauren Beukes
"The Folly of the World is . . . weaved with masterful wordplay and dark humor. Bullington has perfected his voice in this novel. . . . He was scary good before, and he just keeps getting better." —Fantasy Literature
"[An] absorbing cross—genre piece. . . . This dark and memorable novel, complete with its dark and memorable characters, is among the more distinctive and classifiable reads around." —The Bookbag
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It fits readers who want character-driven epic fantasy with rich worldbuilding, moral complexity, and a deep investment in how fragile beings grow into power.
Dragon Keeper
Fantasy
Our take
Change arrives on scaled wings in a world that fears what it cannot control. In Dragon Keeper, the return of dragons forces damaged creatures and uncertain handlers into a difficult journey shaped by survival, transformation, and uneasy dependence. It fits readers who want character-driven epic fantasy with rich worldbuilding, moral complexity, and a deep investment in how fragile beings grow into power.
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“Robin Hobb is one of our very best fantasy writers.”
New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson
With Dragon Keeper, Robin Hobb, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling “master fantasist” (Baltimore Sun), begins a breathtaking new series about the resurgence of dragons in a world that both needs and fears them—the world Hobb’s readers most recently visited in her immensely popular “Tawny Man” trilogy. Volume One of the Rain Wilds Chronicles, Dragon Keeper is yet another magnificent adventure from the author of The Soldier Son and Farseer Trilogies, confirming the Contra Costa Times of California’s assessment of Hobb as “one of the most important writers in 21st century fantasy.”
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Long before humanity took to the skies, a shattered world faced the first wave of annihilation from machines built to outlast it.
Into the Storms
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Post-Apocalyptic
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Long before humanity took to the skies, a shattered world faced the first wave of annihilation from machines built to outlast it. In Into the Storms, three men on separate paths are pulled into the aftermath of the Machine War as dormant threats reawaken, radioactive ruins conceal new dangers, and survival depends on facing a relentless enemy bent on human extinction.
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In the shadow of extinction, legends are forged. From the New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith comes Into the Storms, the untold origin story of humanity’s darkest day.
Two and a half centuries before the Hell Divers, the Machine War erupted—autonomous killer robots turning Korea into a battlefield that threatened to consume civilization. As the dust settles, three men stand at the crossroads of humanity’s fate.
CEO Tyron Red, thrust into leadership of the Industrial Tech Corporation after his father’s death, works to reverse the war’s catastrophic effects while battling enemies, both human and machine, lurking in the shadows.
Sergeant Santiago Rodriguez returns to his family in San Diego, a soldier without a war, struggling to pay bills until an ITC contract draws him back to Korea—now transformed into a radioactive wasteland harboring dark secrets that could ignite global conflict.
Corporal Cecil Pepper battles a different kind of enemy while working surveillance for the Charlotte Crime Task Force. When a raid against city gangs goes tragically wrong, Cecil and his wife flee to the mountains of North Carolina seeking safety—unaware that an enemy once thought defeated is awakening across the globe.
As peace crumbles and forgotten machines reactivate, Tyron, Santiago, and Cecil must confront a merciless foe whose only directive is humanity’s extinction. Long before the first Hell Divers leaped from their airships, these heroes stood firmly on the ground to face the storm.
Welcome to the end of the world as they knew it.
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As grief, resentment, and old family wounds begin to surface, a murder in small-town New York forces one woman to confront everything she has tried to keep contained.
Once Upon a Lie
Psychological Thriller
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As grief, resentment, and old family wounds begin to surface, a murder in small-town New York forces one woman to confront everything she has tried to keep contained. In Once Upon a Lie, Maeve Conlon investigates her cousin’s death while trying to protect her vulnerable father from suspicion, uncovering buried secrets, domestic strain, and a sharp thread of revenge beneath the surface.
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"An excellent, edgy thriller" about a single mom turned amateur sleuth confronting "secrets, betrayals, stunning revelations. This book has it all" (Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Still See You Every Where).
Maeve Conlon's life is coming apart at the seams. Her bakery is barely making ends meet, and one of her daughters spends as much time grounded as the other does studying. Her ex-husband has a new wife, a new baby, and a look of pity for Maeve that's absolutely infuriating. Her father insists he's still independent, but he's slowly and obviously succumbing to Alzheimer's. And now, her cousin Sean Donovan has been found dead, sitting in his car in a public park in quiet Farringville, New York, shot through the head.
There was never much love lost between Maeve and Sean and she's not exactly devastated by his death, but suddenly the police are poking around asking the family questions. It's just one more hassle Maeve doesn't have time for, until she realizes that her father, whose memory and judgment are unreliable at best, is a suspect in the murder. Maeve is determined to clear his name, but is she prepared to cope with the dark memories and long-hidden secrets that doing so might dredge up?
"[A] riveting tale of ordinary cruelty and complicated heroism . . . All the characters are sharply drawn, particularly Maeve, whose dark humor and stoic attitude mask an unshakable moral core." —Publisher's Weekly, starred review
"A darkly powerful tale of family secrets, loss, and revenge." —Hank Philippi Ryan, USA Today–bestselling author of The House Guest
"A surprising, suspenseful and satisfying story." —Mary Jane Clark, New York Times–bestselling author of Dying for Mercy
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Fame, dependency, and negligence converge in a forensic account of the final hours before one of pop culture’s most shocking deaths.
83 Minutes
Biographies & Memoirs
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Fame, dependency, and negligence converge in a forensic account of the final hours before one of pop culture’s most shocking deaths. 83 Minutes reconstructs the chain of events surrounding Michael Jackson’s collapse, drawing on court records, testimony, and medical detail to examine how those critical moments unfolded. This true crime biography fits readers interested in celebrity tragedy, legal fallout, and the human cost behind public myth.
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A definitive look at Michael Jackson's final minutes, revealing for the first time the shocking details behind the tragic death of one of the world's biggest pop stars.
On June 25th, 2009, the world was rocked by the tragic news that Michael Jackson—the biggest and most influential music icon since Elvis Presley—had died. He was only 50 years old when paramedics pronounced him dead on arrival at a Los Angeles hospital. For weeks after his death, speculation and rumor abounded concerning the drugs in Jackson's system and the role Conrad Murray, the singer's personal physician, had played in the his death. In 2011, Murray was tried and convicted of involuntary manslaughter, for which he served two years in prison.
Now, for the first time, readers have access to a comprehensive and truly horrifying account of the crucial moments leading up to Jackson's demise. Drawing on court documents and testimonials, 83 Minutes presents a multi-perspective tracking of every individual involved and the part they played as the tragedy unfolded, examining forensically the mystery of the 83 minutes that elapsed from the moment Dr. Murray suggested he found Jackson not breathing to the moment the singers' lifeless body was wheeled into hospital.
Evenhanded and unbiased, Matt Richards and Mark Langthorne's account is rich with detail, including the specific cocktail of drugs employed in an attempt to keep Jackson alive and the harrowing conditions in which the troubled genius's life ended. Included as well is the story of the legal struggle for control of Jackson's assets that followed his death where Richards and Langthorne report that "the combined earnings of Jay Z, Taylor Swift, and Kanye West since Michael Jackson died come nowhere near the revenues Jackson has earned for his estate after his death."
Written with documentary flair, this powerful and compelling book is already emerging as the definitive account of one of the darkest hours in music history.
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This dark academia fantasy is a strong fit for readers who want atmospheric mystery, dangerous magic, and death-haunted school intrigue.
Curious Tides
Romantasy · Teen + Young Adult
Our take
Something followed Emory out of the sea caves, and now grief, forbidden power, and buried secrets are pulling her toward the truth her classmates died for. Curious Tides follows a young healer at a lunar magic college as she investigates a deadly secret society, impossible resurrections, and the dark magic now living inside her. This dark academia fantasy is a strong fit for readers who want atmospheric mystery, dangerous magic, and death-haunted school intrigue.
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Two starred reviews!
“A marvel in atmosphere.” —Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights
Ninth House meets A Deadly Education in this gorgeous dark academia fantasy “that will capture readers like a rip current” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) following a teen mage who must unravel the truth behind the secret society that may have been involved in her classmates’ deaths.
Emory might be a student at the prestigious Aldryn College for Lunar Magics, but her healing abilities have always been mediocre at best—until a treacherous night in the Dovermere sea caves leaves a group of her classmates dead and her as the only survivor. Now Emory is plagued by strange, impossible powers that no healer should possess.
Powers that would ruin her life if the wrong person were to discover them.
To gain control of these new abilities, Emory enlists the help of the school’s most reclusive student, Baz—a boy already well-versed in the deadly nature of darker magic, whose sister happened to be one of the drowned students and Emory’s best friend. Determined to find the truth behind the drownings and the cult-like secret society she’s convinced her classmates were involved in, Emory is faced with even more questions when the supposedly drowned students start washing ashore—alive—only for them each immediately to die horrible, magical deaths.
And Emory is not the only one seeking answers. When her new magic captures the society’s attention, she finds herself drawn into their world of privilege and power, all while wondering if the truth she’s searching for might lead her right back to Dovermere…to face the fate she was never meant to escape.
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A strong match for readers drawn to literary historical fiction about occupation, identity, betrayal, and divided allegiance.
The Gift of Rain
Historical Fiction · Asian Fiction · World War 2
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A Man Booker Prize nominee, The Gift of Rain follows a young man on the island of Penang whose bond with a Japanese mentor leaves him caught between competing loyalties during World War II, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 7,100 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to literary historical fiction about occupation, identity, betrayal, and divided allegiance.
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In the tradition of celebrated wartime storytellers Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene, Tan Twan Eng's debut novel casts a powerful spell.
The recipient of extraordinary acclaim from critics and the bookselling community, Tan Twan Eng's debut novel casts a powerful spell and has garnered comparisons to celebrated wartime storytellers Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene. Set during the tumult of World War II, on the lush Malayan island of Penang, The Gift of Rain tells a riveting and poignant tale about a young man caught in the tangle of wartime loyalties and deceits.
In 1939, sixteen-year-old Philip Hutton-the half-Chinese, half-English youngest child of the head of one of Penang's great trading families-feels alienated from both the Chinese and British communities. He at last discovers a sense of belonging in his unexpected friendship with Hayato Endo, a Japanese diplomat. Philip proudly shows his new friend around his adored island, and in return Endo teaches him about Japanese language and culture and trains him in the art and discipline of aikido. But such knowledge comes at a terrible price. When the Japanese savagely invade Malaya, Philip realizes that his mentor and sensei-to whom he owes absolute loyalty-is a Japanese spy. Young Philip has been an unwitting traitor, and must now work in secret to save as many lives as possible, even as his own family is brought to its knees.
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Survival becomes both a physical and spiritual struggle in a novel shaped by grief, memory, and the brutal machinery of slavery.
Let Us Descend
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · People of Color
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Survival becomes both a physical and spiritual struggle in a novel shaped by grief, memory, and the brutal machinery of slavery. Let Us Descend follows Annis as she is sold south and forced through an unforgiving landscape, sustained by the voices of her mother, her ancestors, and a world of spirits that blurs myth and history. This literary historical novel offers a harrowing, lyrical reading experience centered on endurance, rebirth, and reclamation.
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OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • Instant New York Times Bestseller • Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, Time, The New Yorker, and more.
“Nothing short of epic, magical, and intensely moving.” —Vogue • “A novel of triumph.” —The Washington Post • “Harrowing, immersive, and other-worldly.” —People
From “one of America’s finest living writers” (San Francisco Chronicle) and “heir apparent to Toni Morrison” (LitHub)—comes a haunting masterpiece about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War that’s destined to become a classic.
Let Us Descend describes a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. A journey that is as beautifully rendered as it is heart wrenching, the novel is “[t]he literary equivalent of an open wound from which poetry pours” (NPR).
Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader’s guide. As she struggles through the miles-long march, Annis turns inward, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout, she opens herself to a world beyond this world, one teeming with spirits: of earth and water, of myth and history; spirits who nurture and give, and those who manipulate and take. While Annis leads readers through the descent, hers is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation.
From one of the most singularly brilliant and beloved writers of her generation, this “[s]earing and lyrical…raw, transcendent, and ultimately hopeful” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) novel inscribes Black American grief and joy into the very land—the rich but unforgiving forests, swamps, and rivers of the American South. Let Us Descend is Jesmyn Ward’s most magnificent novel yet.
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This epic fantasy sequel suits readers who want sweeping worldbuilding, shapeshifting clan politics, and a coming-of-age arc under relentless pressure.
The Bear and the Serpent
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure
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War closes in from every direction as old rivalries, contested crowns, and ancient terror push a fractured world toward ruin. In The Bear and the Serpent, Maniye is drawn deeper into political conflict while northern clans face a threat far older and more devastating than any civil war. This epic fantasy sequel suits readers who want sweeping worldbuilding, shapeshifting clan politics, and a coming-of-age arc under relentless pressure.
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The Bear and the Serpent is the second book in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s epic fantasy trilogy, Echoes of the Fall, following The Tiger and the Wolf.
‘Addictively brilliant’ – John Gwynne on The Tiger and the Wolf
As the south is in turmoil, an old terror emerges in the north . . .
Maniye, child of both Wolf and Tiger clans, has been named Champion of her people. But they’re unsure if she’s an asset – or a threat. To buy time, she joins Prince Tecuman’s warband of outcasts and heads south, to help him gain his crown. She wants to discover her true place in the world, but instead heads into the jaws of a fierce new conflict.
Civil war threatens as Tecuman and his twin sister battle for the throne, for only one can rule. Yet whoever triumphs will carry a heavy burden, as a great doom has been foreseen that will fall across their whole world. And soon Maniye finds herself at the heart of a political storm.
Danger is also shadowing her old home, where Loud Thunder and his Bear clan are attempting to unite the northern tribes. But only extreme peril will end age-old rivalries. An adversary from the most ancient of times is preparing to strike, putting their lands and their very souls in danger. And neither north nor south will be spared the terror to come.
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It fits readers who want romantic suspense and crime thrillers driven by damaged investigators, institutional rot, and partnerships forged under pressure.
Violent Echoes
Mystery · Thriller
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In a town where the official story comes too fast, trust becomes its own kind of risk. In Violent Echoes, FBI agents Jackson Brooks and Willow Banks are thrown together by a brutal double murder that exposes corruption, grief, and a conspiracy reaching far beyond a quiet Alabama community. It fits readers who want romantic suspense and crime thrillers driven by damaged investigators, institutional rot, and partnerships forged under pressure.
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Two agents. A treasonous conspiracy. No one to trust but each other.
FBI Special Agent Jackson Brooks thought he could leave the darkness behind. After walking away from the Violent Crimes Against Children task force, he retreated to Florence, Alabama, hoping for peace. But when two people are executed at a local restaurant, Jackson is pulled back into a world he thought he’d escaped.
FBI Special Agent Willow Banks has one last chance to make things right. Haunted by her partner’s death, she’s determined to save the K9 her late partner left behind—an unruly dog the Bureau has given up on. Sent to Jackson for help evaluating the animal, Willow’s visit takes an unexpected turn when the quiet Alabama town erupts in violence.
With a corrupt police force eager to pin the murders on a homeless man, Jackson and Willow must confront their demons and trust each other to uncover the truth. Because in Florence, the real monsters aren’t always hiding in the shadows—they’re standing in plain sight.
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This psychological suspense novel is a strong fit for readers who want small-town menace, emotional damage, and a steadily deepening sense of unease.
Bad Things
Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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Grief does not stay buried in a town where old secrets seem to feed on loss. Bad Things follows John Henderson as a cryptic message pulls him back to the place where his son died, forcing him to confront a mystery tangled with local history, guilt, and growing dread. This psychological suspense novel is a strong fit for readers who want small-town menace, emotional damage, and a steadily deepening sense of unease.
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From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Intruders and The Straw Men comes a nerve-shattering story of guilt, rage, deadly secrets, and very, very . . . bad things
Three years ago, lawyer John Henderson watched his four-year-old son tumble from a jetty into the lake outside their Washington home. In a terrible instant, a life all too brief and innocent ended. But it wasn't drowning, the fall, or even some previously undetected internal defect that killed the little boy. Scott Henderson had simply, inexplicably . . . died.
Today, John is a different man—divorced, living a solitary existence in a beach house in Oregon, working as a waiter in a restaurant that caters to the summer crowd. Withdrawn from a life and past too painful to revisit, he touches no one and no one touches him. Then one night he receives a short and profoundly disturbing e-mail message from a stranger. It reads: I know what happened.
It's enough to pull John back to Black Ridge—the one place on earth he'd hoped never to return to—in search of answers to the mystery that shattered his world. In this small, isolated Pacific Northwest community, populated in large part by descendants of the original settlers, the shadows now seem even darker and more sinister than when tragedy first drove him away—and the wind whipping down out of the primal forest can chill a man to his soul. It seems that bad things have always happened in this town of generations-old secrets—and are happening still.
The deeper John digs into his own past, and into local history, the more danger he draws toward himself . . . and toward his estranged and helpless family. And though he doesn't know it, he's not the only one who's been called back to Black Ridge.
And that's a very bad thing . . .
A twisting, relentlessly thrilling, and consistently surprising novel of psychological suspense, Michael Marshall's Bad Things is a masterwork of chilling brilliance that will keep the reader guessing right to the final page. Bad things don't just happen to other people. They're waiting to happen to you, too.
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It fits readers who want science-driven thrillers with escalating danger, creature horror, and the unnerving sense that nature is adapting faster than anyone can stop it.
Natural Selection
Dystopian · Horror
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A scientific breakthrough turns feral when discovery gives way to pursuit and the body count starts rising. In Natural Selection, a team of scientists uncovers a previously unknown predatory species whose rapid evolution turns their work into a deadly hunt. It fits readers who want science-driven thrillers with escalating danger, creature horror, and the unnerving sense that nature is adapting faster than anyone can stop it.
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A shocking biological discovery.
A previously unknown predatory species. Evolving just like the dinosaurs. Now. Today.
Weaving science and thriller in a way not seen since Jurassic Park, Natural Selection introduces a phenomenally dangerous new species that is rapidly adapting in a way never before seen.
A mystery. A chase. A vast, expansive puzzle.
A team of scientists is on the verge of making a stunning discovery.
When people start dying, the stakes are upped even further.
Then the real hunt begins.
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