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A strong fit for readers drawn to classic science fiction, orbital societies, political conflict, and long-form future history.
The Worlds Trilogy
Dystopian
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Marianne O'Hara grows up in an orbital habitat in a future where much of humanity has left Earth, then becomes caught in the widening conflict between the planet and the man-made Worlds above it. This volume collects Worlds, Worlds Apart, and Worlds Enough and Time, with a 4.3-star average from more than 200 Goodreads ratings. A strong fit for readers drawn to classic science fiction, orbital societies, political conflict, and long-form future history.
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The Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of The Forever War imagines a future in which most of humanity has abandoned Earth for orbiting man-made habitats.
In Worlds, Worlds Apart, and Worlds Enough and Time, Joe Haldeman imagines a near future rife with exhilarating and terrifying possibilities, when hundreds of thousands of human beings have abandoned the Earth's surface to live in man-made habitats orbiting the troubled planet.
Haldeman's science fiction saga follows Marianne O'Hara, a young inhabitant of the World known as New New York, from her arrival on Earth as a student who becomes seduced by radical politics, through her coming of age amid the Worlds' war and the habitats' devastation, and ultimately to Marianne's emergence as a leader—and possibly the last hope of the human race as it heads toward the stars.
Stephen King said of the first book in Haldeman's trilogy, "There are scenes in Worlds I will remember forever." These gripping novels will enthrall anyone interested in the future—that of our planet and of the human race.
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A strong match for readers drawn to dystopian romantasy, why-choose relationships, magical beings, and multiple POVs.
Taming the Lures
Romantasy
Our take
Kate has learned to survive poverty in the broken-down city of Fallset, until three powerful magical beings known as Lures save her from a brutal attack and then leave her behind. This standalone MFMMM reverse-harem urban romantasy is set in a dystopian future, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 200 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to dystopian romantasy, why-choose relationships, magical beings, and multiple POVs.
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From bestselling author Birdie D'Avo comes a Stand-Alone Reverse Harem Dystopian Urban Romantasy full of dark humor, violence, and a cast of unhinged, morally gray characters.
Kate
I’ve grown used to life in the broken-down city of Fallset. Poverty is pervasive, and everyone is desperate for something. I had nothing, and that was okay. Until one night, three men—lures we call them, magical beings with more power and beauty than they’ve any right to—saved me from a brutal attack, then abandoned me, bleeding in the rain.
I should have forgotten about them, pushed them out of my mind. Especially when bombs started going off in my neighborhood, and I had more important things to worry about than three lures who didn’t want to be found. But our brief encounter fueled an intense urge to see them again. So I spent my nights searching.
Until they reminded me where people like me belonged—on the other side of town, with all the other filthy humans. When I’m finally ready to let go and stop chasing the three lures who don’t want me, I meet another man. But this one’s not like the others…
Unfortunately, nothing in my life can ever be that simple, and when reality is grim, temptations are hard to resist.
This is an MFMMM (no MM) reverse harem urban romantasy set in a dystopian future world. It is a complete standalone, with no cliffhanger, multiple POV, multiple partner/extremely graphic sex scenes intended for readers 18+, no cheating, no choosing, with a HEA. There is also, *ahem* unusual male anatomy, knotting, and fated mate bonds. Content warning if you need it: this book includes on page descriptions of or references to violence, gore, assault, and death.
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A strong match for readers drawn to slow-building psychological suspense, uneasy domestic settings, and small-town menace.
Crawlspace
Horror
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Crawlspace follows Albert and Alice Graves, a quiet, childless New England couple who befriend their oil man, Richard, and draw him into their household, only for a disturbing discovery beneath their home and the town’s hostility toward their guest to darken the arrangement, with a 3.64-star average from more than 600 Goodreads ratings. A strong match for readers drawn to slow-building psychological suspense, uneasy domestic settings, and small-town menace.
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In this novel of mounting psychological suspense from an award-winning author, a surprise waits beneath the home of a quiet, childless New England couple . . .
Albert and Alice Graves live a normal, if monotonous, domestic life. They've never had children; they spend their days tending to their home and enjoying their time together. One day, when the oil man, Richard, is refilling their furnace, Alice invites him to dinner, never suspecting that a casual act of charity will lead to a horrifying, morbid discovery in the crawlspace underneath their beloved house.
The Graves take Richard into their lives, becoming attached to his presence as though to the son they never had. Their town, though, is not nearly so welcoming. When the locals lash out against the Graves and their strange houseguest, the contented household is irrevocably drawn into a darkness they could not have imagined.
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With a 3.8-star average from more than 200 Goodreads ratings, it’s a strong match for readers drawn to historical horror that mixes World War I, religious conspiracy, investigation,…
The Damned
Horror
Our take
In 1914 Arras, Catholic Inquisitor Poldek Tacit is sent to investigate a priest’s brutal murder as British and German forces face each other across No Man’s Land and an unnatural enemy lurks beneath the battlefield. With a 3.8-star average from more than 200 Goodreads ratings, it’s a strong match for readers drawn to historical horror that mixes World War I, religious conspiracy, investigation, and supernatural menace.
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In this "sublime work of dark fiction" set during WWI, werewolves roam the trenches and the Catholic Inquisition continues its grim work in the shadows (Intravenous Magazine).
When a priest is brutally murdered in the French city of Arras, Poldek Tacit—a brutally efficient Inquisitor—arrives on the scene to investigate the crime. His mission: to protect the Church from those who would seek to destroy it, no matter what the cost. As Tacit strives in vain to investigate the murder, he must also uncover the reason why other Vatican servants seek to undermine him. Meanwhile, a beautiful and spirited woman, Sandrine Prideux, warns British Lt. Henry Frost of a mutual foe lurking beneath the killing fields—an enemy that wreaks its havoc by the light of the moon.
Faced with impossible odds and struggling with his own demons, Tacit must battle the forces of evil—and a church determined to achieve its aims at any costs—to root out a dark conspiracy that seeks to plunge the world into even deeper into conflict.
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Ideal for readers looking for atmospheric village mysteries with many suspects, buried secrets, and police-procedural tension.
The Last Party
Thriller
Our take
Patricia Cornwell calls it “Wicked fun, devilishly clever, with echoes of Agatha Christie.” The Last Party opens after a New Year’s Eve celebration ends with Rhys Lloyd dead in a freezing lake. DC Ffion Morgan must investigate a Welsh village full of neighbors, friends, and family with reasons to want him dead. Ideal for readers looking for atmospheric village mysteries with many suspects, buried secrets, and police-procedural tension.
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"Wicked fun, devilishly clever, with echoes of Agatha Christie." —Patricia Cornwell, #1 New York Times bestselling author
At midnight, one of them is dead. By morning, all of them are suspects.
It's the party to end all parties….but not everyone is here to celebrate.
On New Year's Eve, Rhys Lloyd has a house full of guests. His vacation homes on Mirror Lake are a success, and he's generously invited the village to drink champagne with their wealthy new neighbors.
But by midnight, Rhys will be floating dead in the freezing waters of the lake.
On New Year's Day, Ffion Morgan has a village full of suspects. The tiny community is her home, so the suspects are her neighbors, friends and family—and Ffion has her own secrets to protect.
With a lie uncovered at every turn, soon the question isn't who wanted Rhys dead…but who finally killed him.
In a village with this many secrets, murder is just the beginning.
"Brilliant, so atmospheric....I fell in love with the courageous, complicated detective Ffion Morgan and I think readers will too." —Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author of The It Girl
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A sharp fit for readers who like witty, darkly comic mysteries, unusual academic settings, and elaborate murder schemes.
Murder Your Employer
Mystery
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A New York Times bestseller called “fiendishly funny” by Booklist, Murder Your Employer takes readers inside the McMasters Conservatory, a secret school where students learn how to eliminate people they believe deserve it and must graduate by getting away with the perfect murder, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 5,300 Amazon reviewers. A sharp fit for readers who like witty, darkly comic mysteries, unusual academic settings, and elaborate murder schemes.
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A New York Times bestseller! From Edgar Award–winning novelist, playwright, and story-songwriter Rupert Holmes comes a diabolical thriller with a killer concept: The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, “a fantasy academy laid out like a combination of Hogwarts, Downton Abbey, and a White Lotus–style resort” (Los Angeles Times) dedicated to the art of murder where students study how best to “delete” their most deserving victim.
Who hasn’t wondered for a split second what the world would be like if a person who is the object of your affliction ceased to exist? But then you’ve probably never heard of The McMasters Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of the homicidal arts. To gain admission, a student must have an ethical reason for erasing someone who deeply deserves a fate no worse (nor better) than death. The campus of this “Poison Ivy League” college—its location unknown to even those who study there—is where you might find yourself the practice target of a classmate…and where one’s mandatory graduation thesis is getting away with the perfect murder of someone whose death will make the world a much better place to live.
Prepare for an education you’ll never forget. A “fiendishly funny” (Booklist) mix of witty wordplay, breathtaking twists and genuine intrigue, Murder Your Employer will gain you admission into a wholly original world, cocooned within the most entertaining book about well-intentioned would-be murderers you’ll ever read.
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Ideal for progression fantasy readers who like dragon riders, cultivation-style magic, political intrigue, and ongoing series arcs.
The Tainted Khan
Fantasy · Teen + Young Adult
Our take
Jai returns to his own people while developing as a magician and warrior, confronting threats from within and without and deepening his bond with his dragon, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 500 Amazon reviewers. Ideal for progression fantasy readers who like dragon riders, cultivation-style magic, political intrigue, and ongoing series arcs.
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The next installment in New York Times bestselling author Taran Matharu’s Soulbound Saga--a thrilling cultivation and progression epic fantasy series--continuing the harrowing journey of Jai as he navigates returning to his own people, growing in his magic and as a warrior, fending off attacks both without and within...and, of course, bonding even more with his dragon!
Jai dreams of being a dragon rider. He dreams of freedom from the Sabine Empire and a world in which he can lead his people, the Kidara, to freedom. But even though he has his dragon, Winter, she is still growing, just as he’s still growing in his own power. And the road to victory is even more fraught than he had hoped.
Because even when he finds a tribe on the Great Steppe, they are not his people. More, they are outcasts, the Tainted, and he finds that he knows little of the customs and political intricacies that take place in these vast grasslands. He is a stranger amongst his own kind, and that is even more apparent when he reunites with the Kidara, for Jai’s uncle rules, and is loath to cede power to his nephew. And even if Jai was sure he could take the reins of the leadership, he isn’t sure he could actually hold them.
But the legionaries and Gryphon Guard of the Sabine Empire are wreaking havoc against the other tribes of the Great Steppe, and Jai is forced to learn a lifetime’s worth of knowledge in a matter of months. From taming the massive khiroi that make up the tribe’s calvary, to levelling up his magic, to becoming a true warrior, worrying over the fate of the woman he loves, and strengthening his bond with Winter, Jai is a dragon rider with a massive weight on his young shoulders. And his greatest hope is that the shoulders of Winter will soon be strong enough to help carry him.
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Best for readers drawn to classic feminist science fiction, dystopian social systems, gender politics, and speculative romance.
The Shore of Women
Dystopian
Our take
In a post-nuclear future, women rule technologically advanced walled cities while men live outside them, separated except for reproduction. When Birana questions her society’s deception, she is exiled and crosses paths with hunter Arvil, forcing both to confront what they have been taught about the other side. Best for readers drawn to classic feminist science fiction, dystopian social systems, gender politics, and speculative romance.
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A dystopian tale of a power struggle between the sexes in the post-nuclear future, perfect for readers of Margaret Atwood and Ursula K. Le Guin.
After a nuclear holocaust, women rule the world. Using advanced technology, they've expelled men from their vast walled cities to roam the countryside in primitive bands, bringing them back only for the purpose of loveless reproduction under the guise of powerful goddesses.
When one young woman, Birana, questions her society's deception, she finds herself exiled among the very men she has been taught to scorn. She crosses paths with a hunter, Arvil, and the two grow close as they evade the ever-threatening female forces and the savage wilderness men. Their love just might mend their fractured world—if they manage to survive.
Hailed as "one of the genre's best writers" by the Washington Post Book World, Pamela Sargent is the author of numerous novels, including Earthseed and Venus of Dreams. The winner of the Nebula and Locus awards, she has also coauthored several Star Trek novels with George Zebrowski.
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A good pick for readers who enjoy music biographies, behind-the-scenes career stories, and the business side of celebrity.
Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way
Biographies & Memoirs
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Ryan White traces Jimmy Buffett’s rise from singing for beer to becoming a tropical music icon and the businessman behind the Margaritaville empire, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 1,200 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for readers who enjoy music biographies, behind-the-scenes career stories, and the business side of celebrity.
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A candid, compelling, and rollicking portrait of “one of America’s most potent cultural icons” (Peter Ames Carlin, New York Times bestselling author)—the legendary pirate captain of Margaritaville—Jimmy Buffett.
In Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way, acclaimed music critic Ryan White has crafted the definitive account of Buffett’s rise from singing songs for beer to his becoming a tropical icon and inspiration behind the Margaritaville industrial complex, a vast network of merchandise, chain restaurants, resorts, and lifestyle products all inspired by his sunny but disillusioned hit “Margaritaville.”
Filled with interviews from friends, musicians, Coral Reefer Band members, and business partners who were there, this book is a top-down joyride with plenty of side trips and meanderings from Mobile and Pascagoula to New Orleans, Key West, down into the islands aboard the Euphoria and the Euphoria II, and into the studios and onto the stages where the foundation of Buffett’s reputation was laid.
Buffett wasn’t always the pied piper of beaches, bars, and laid-back living. Born on the Gulf Coast, the son of a son of a sailing ship captain, Buffett scuffed around New Orleans in the late sixties, flunked out of Nashville (and a marriage) in 1971, and found refuge among the artists, dopers, shrimpers, and genuine characters who’d collected at the end of the road in Key West. And it was there, in those waning outlaw days at the last American exit, where Buffett, like Hemingway before him, found his voice and eventually brought to life the song that would launch Parrot Head nation.
And just where is Margaritaville? It’s wherever it’s five o’clock; it’s wherever there’s a breeze and salt in the air; and it’s wherever Buffett set his bare feet, smiled, and sang his songs.
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A strong match for readers drawn to possession horror, Mexican history and folklore, family-centered terror, and slow-building supernatural dread.
Piñata
Horror
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Named a Best Horror Book of the Year by Esquire, Piñata follows Carmen Sanchez as she supervises the renovation of an ancient abbey in Mexico with her daughters. After an accident uncovers centuries-old artifacts, the family returns to New York, where something malevolent has followed them home. A strong match for readers drawn to possession horror, Mexican history and folklore, family-centered terror, and slow-building supernatural dread.
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A Best Horror Book of the Year (Esquire)!
A Head Full of Ghosts meets Mexican Gothic in Piñata, a terrifying possession tale by author and artist Leopoldo Goût.
It was supposed to be the perfect summer.
Carmen Sanchez is back in Mexico, supervising the renovation of an ancient abbey. Her daughters Izel and Luna, too young to be left alone in New York, join her in what Carmen hopes is a chance for them to connect with their roots.
Then, an accident at the worksite unearths a stash of rare, centuries-old artifacts. The disaster costs Carmen her job, cutting the family trip short.
But something malevolent and unexplainable follows them home to New York, stalking the Sanchez family and heralding a coming catastrophe. And it may already be too late to escape what’s been awakened…
They were worshiped by our ancestors.
Now they are forgotten.
Soon, they’ll make us remember.
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Ideal for readers who enjoy culinary memoir, personal essays, behind-the-scenes kitchen stories, and food science.
Food for Thought
Biographies & Memoirs
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An instant New York Times bestseller called “must-read” by Gaby Dalkin, Alton Brown’s debut essay collection mixes food writing, cooking tips, kitchen stories, and reflections on his life and career, with a 4.7-star rating from more than 500 Amazon reviewers. Ideal for readers who enjoy culinary memoir, personal essays, behind-the-scenes kitchen stories, and food science.
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This instant New York Times bestseller by Alton Brown, the acclaimed cookbook author, beloved culinary personality, and food science expert, is a “must-read” (Gaby Dalkin, New York Times bestselling author of What’s Gaby Cooking) debut collection of food essays, cooking tips, kitchen stories, and behind-the-scenes insights, all infused with his signature wit and flair.
From cameraman to chef, musician to food scientist, Alton Brown has had a diverse and remarkable career. His work on the Food Network, including creating Good Eats and hosting Iron Chef America and Cutthroat Kitchen, has resonated with countless viewers and home cooks. Now, he shares exactly what’s on his mind, mixing compelling anecdotes from his personal and professional life with in-depth observations on the culinary world, film, personal style, defining meals of his lifetime, and much more.
With his whip-smart and engaging voice, Brown explores everything from wrestling a dumpster full of dough to culinary appropriation to his ultimate quest for the perfect roast chicken. Deliciously candid and full of behind-the-scenes stories fans will love, this “fabulous read” (Michael Ruhlman, New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of a Chef) is the ultimate reading experience for anyone who appreciates food and the people that prepare it.
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A good pick for readers who like historical spy thrillers built around wartime intelligence, pursuit, and undercover intrigue.
Prince of Spies
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Historical Thriller · Political Thriller · War Fiction · World War 2
Our take
Young detective Richard Prince hunts a German spy who comes ashore on a Lincolnshire beach in 1942, pulling him into a WWII espionage case, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 4,000 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for readers who like historical spy thrillers built around wartime intelligence, pursuit, and undercover intrigue.
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Find the truth; risk everything. A gripping WWII spy novel full of intrigue and peril from a modern master.
1942: A German spy comes ashore on a desolate stretch of Lincolnshire beach. But he is hunted down by a young detective, Richard Prince. The secret services have need of a man like him...
In occupied Europe, Denmark is a hotbed of problems for British intelligence. Rumours of a war-ending weapon being developed by the Germans are rife.
Sent to Copenhagen, Prince is soon caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Dodging Gestapo agents, SS muscle and the danger of betrayal, his survival and the war effort hangs in the balance.
Gripping and intense, Prince of Spies is the first in a new espionage series that will delight fans of Alan Furst, Philip Kerr and John le Carr.
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