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Growing up in a Glasgow housing estate, Mungo finds unexpected love with James, a Catholic boy who shares his longing for escape.
Young Mungo
LGBTQIA+ · Literary Fiction · Coming of Age
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Growing up in a Glasgow housing estate, Mungo finds unexpected love with James, a Catholic boy who shares his longing for escape. Their secret bond offers refuge from family upheaval and neighborhood tensions, until a dangerous fishing trip threatens everything. Acclaimed by NPR, Kirkus Reviews, and the Washington Post, this novel explores love and resilience in a divided world.
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In the harsh beauty of Glasgow’s housing estates, Mungo grows up learning the rules of loyalty, survival, and silence. As a Protestant boy surrounded by family turmoil, he never expects to find tenderness in a world shaped by division. Yet in a quiet dovecote filled with racing pigeons, he and James, a Catholic boy, forge a love that defies their circumstances and the expectations that govern their lives.
Their secret becomes a fragile refuge against poverty, violence, and the weight of family demands. When Mungo’s mother sends him on a remote fishing trip with two unsettling men, his resilience is pushed to its limits, and the future he imagines with James hangs in the balance.
Acclaimed by NPR, Kirkus Reviews, Time, and the Washington Post, Young Mungo is a profound story of love, courage, and survival.
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During the 1918 flu outbreak, thirteen year old Pia Lange searches a quarantined Philadelphia for food, unaware that her absence draws the attention of a grieving woman determined…
The Orphan Collector
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · World War 2
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During the 1918 flu outbreak, thirteen year old Pia Lange searches a quarantined Philadelphia for food, unaware that her absence draws the attention of a grieving woman determined to reshape the city’s orphans. Forced into a harrowing journey, Pia fights for truth, justice, and family. Acclaimed by Booklist and Publishers Weekly, this historical novel highlights resilience in extraordinary times.
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Fear sweeps through Philadelphia as celebration turns to sorrow, and a young girl’s world narrows to survival. For Pia Lange, the city’s crowded streets hold both danger and the fragile hope of finding her family again.
At thirteen, Pia shoulders the weight of protecting her baby brothers while navigating anti immigrant hostility that shadows her every step. When the Spanish flu strikes, she ventures into the quarantined city in search of food, unaware that a single decision will change everything.
Bernice Groves, consumed by grief, sees opportunity in the chaos, setting her sights on the city’s vulnerable children. Her choices place Pia in a desperate fight for truth and justice.
Praised by Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and other outlets, The Orphan Collector offers a powerful portrait of resilience during one of history’s darkest moments.
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Hidden in the underworld after the fall of the Titans, a young goddess must claim her power and confront her destiny.
Hekate: The Witch
Teen + Young Adult · Literary Fiction · Coming of Age
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Hidden in the underworld after the fall of the Titans, a young goddess must claim her power and confront her destiny. Hekate: The Witch by Nikita Gill is a lyrical reimagining of Greek myth, where loss and magic intertwine in a story of divine transformation, courage, and the making of a goddess.
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In a world of gods at war, a young goddess must rise from the ashes of her fallen kin.
Born to the defeated Titans, Hekate is hidden in the underworld to escape the wrath of Olympus. Among the shadows and river gods, she grows from frightened child to powerful witch, determined to uncover her family’s fate and forge her own divine path. Her journey through loss, love, and transformation becomes a testament to the strength found in darkness and the fire of becoming.
In Hekate: The Witch, Nikita Gill reimagines ancient myth with poetic brilliance, blending cosmic conflict and feminine resilience into a sweeping tale of courage, magic, and self-discovery.
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A clever, scrappy dog takes the spotlight in Toto, A. J. Hackwith’s witty reimagining of The Wizard of Oz.
Toto
Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Coming of Age
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A clever, scrappy dog takes the spotlight in Toto, A. J. Hackwith’s witty reimagining of The Wizard of Oz. When Oz’s magic begins to unravel, one Good Dog must uncover the truth behind the glitter and deceit. Heartfelt, sharp, and full of adventure, this novel proves even the smallest heroes can change everything.
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Every story needs a hero. This time, it is not the girl in the slippers but her loyal dog.
In Toto, A. J. Hackwith reimagines The Wizard of Oz through the eyes of the small, scrappy terrier who has seen it all. When a Good Dog finds himself exiled from Kansas and dropped into a world ruled by witches, walking tin men, and talking birds, he learns that courage is not measured in size but in heart.
As Oz teeters on the brink of rebellion, Toto must sniff out the truth behind its glittering lies and decide who is worth trusting.
Clever, heartfelt, and slyly subversive, Toto turns a classic tale on its head with humor, warmth, and undeniable charm.
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A sharp fit for readers drawn to queer literary fiction, dark humor, social anxiety, and awkward predicaments.
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
Literary Fiction · LGBTQIA+ · Coming of Age · Lesbian Romance
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A finalist for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead follows Gilda, an anxious lesbian atheist who unexpectedly takes a receptionist job at a Catholic church. A mistaken identity and continued emails to a deceased employee’s friend pull her into an increasingly difficult deception, with a 4.0-star rating from more than 3,800 Amazon reviewers. A sharp fit for readers drawn to queer literary fiction, dark humor, social anxiety, and awkward predicaments.
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In this “fun, page-turner of a novel” (Sarah Haywood, New York Times bestselling author) that’s perfect for fans of Mostly Dead Things and Goodbye, Vitamin, an anxious young woman stumbles into a job as a receptionist at a Catholic church and soon finds herself obsessed with her predecessor’s mysterious death.
Gilda, a twenty-something, atheist, animal-loving lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and finds herself being greeted by Father Jeff, who assumes she’s there for a job interview. Too embarrassed to correct him, Gilda is abruptly hired to replace the recently deceased receptionist Grace.
In between trying to memorize the lines to Catholic mass, hiding the fact that she has a new girlfriend, and erecting a dirty dish tower in her apartment, Gilda strikes up an email correspondence with Grace’s old friend. She can’t bear to ignore the kindly old woman who has been trying to reach her friend through the church inbox, but she also can’t bring herself to break the bad news. Desperate, she begins impersonating Grace via email. But when the police discover suspicious circumstances surrounding Grace’s death, Gilda may have to finally reveal the truth of her mortifying existence.
With a “kindhearted heroine we all need right now” (Courtney Maum, New York Times bestselling author), Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is a crackling and “delightfully weird reminder that we will one day turn to dust and that yes, this is depressing, but it’s also what makes life beautiful” (Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl).
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When his father and brothers are killed, Maia, a half-goblin outcast, inherits an empire he barely knows.
The Goblin Emperor
Fantasy · Coming of Age · Epic Fantasy · Historical Fantasy
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When his father and brothers are killed, Maia, a half-goblin outcast, inherits an empire he barely knows. Alone amid courtiers and conspirators, he must survive deadly intrigue and discover the strength to rule. Katherine Addison’s The Goblin Emperor is a richly imagined fantasy of politics, compassion, and one outsider’s rise to unexpected greatness.
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One night, an airship crashes, and an emperor dies. By morning, his exiled half-goblin son sits on the throne of a vast and perilous empire.
Raised far from the court that despised him, Maia has no allies, no training, and no idea whom to trust. Surrounded by schemers who see him as a puppet or a target, he must navigate the glittering dangers of politics, power, and betrayal while learning what it means to rule.
Every smile hides an agenda. Every favor carries a cost. Yet amid the treachery, Maia dares to hope for friendship, justice, and the chance to become more than a figurehead.
Katherine Addison’s The Goblin Emperor is a luminous tale of power, isolation, and the courage to lead with kindness.
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Locked away in their grandmother’s attic, four children wait for freedom that never comes.
Flowers In The Attic
Horror · Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Gothic Romance · Psychological Fiction
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Locked away in their grandmother’s attic, four children wait for freedom that never comes. What begins as protection soon turns into torment, and only their love for each other can keep them alive. Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews remains a chilling classic of family secrets, forbidden love, and the darkness that hides behind perfection.
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At the top of the stairs, four children wait for the world to remember them. Blond, beautiful, and innocent, Cathy, Chris, Cory, and Carrie were once part of a perfect family until tragedy tore their lives apart. To protect an inheritance that promises security, their mother locks them away in their grandmother’s attic, assuring them it will be only for a little while.
Days turn into months, and months into years, as their gilded prison becomes a nightmare of cruelty and betrayal. Hope fades, but the bond between them becomes their only weapon against despair.
Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews is a haunting tale of love, loss, and survival that continues to grip readers decades after its release.
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A New York Times bestseller, Oprah’s Book Club selection, and PEN/Faulkner Award winner, Behold the Dreamers follows Jende and Neni Jonga, a Cameroonian couple building a life in…
Behold the Dreamers
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction · People of Color
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A New York Times bestseller, Oprah’s Book Club selection, and PEN/Faulkner Award winner, Behold the Dreamers follows Jende and Neni Jonga, a Cameroonian couple building a life in New York after Jende becomes chauffeur to a Lehman Brothers executive shortly before the financial collapse, with a 3.9-star average from more than 87,400 Goodreads ratings. Readers drawn to literary fiction about immigration, marriage, class, and the American Dream should find plenty to consider here.
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A compulsively readable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream—the unforgettable story of a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economy
New York Times Bestseller • Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award • Longlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award • An ALA Notable Book
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
NPR • The New York Times Book Review • San Francisco Chronicle • The Guardian • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • Chicago Public Library • BookPage • Refinery29 • Kirkus Reviews
Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. In the fall of 2007, Jende can hardly believe his luck when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Clark demands punctuality, discretion, and loyalty—and Jende is eager to please. Clark’s wife, Cindy, even offers Neni temporary work at the Edwardses’ summer home in the Hamptons. With these opportunities, Jende and Neni can at last gain a foothold in America and imagine a brighter future.
However, the world of great power and privilege conceals troubling secrets, and soon Jende and Neni notice cracks in their employers’ façades.
When the financial world is rocked by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the Jongas are desperate to keep Jende’s job—even as their marriage threatens to fall apart. As all four lives are dramatically upended, Jende and Neni are forced to make an impossible choice.
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A tender gem for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.
Sweet Bean Paste
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age
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In Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa (4.4 out of 5 stars), a weary shopkeeper and an elderly woman forge an unlikely friendship over dorayaki pancakes and shared pain. Beautifully written and profoundly moving, this Japanese novel explores loneliness, forgiveness, and the quiet magic of human connection. A tender gem for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.
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Sentaro’s life has shrunk to the size of a small dorayaki shop. Once a dreamer and would-be writer, he now spends his days flipping pancakes filled with sweet bean paste, haunted by regret and dulled by routine. Then Tokue enters his world—an elderly woman with disfigured hands, a quiet strength, and a gift for making bean paste that tastes like memory itself.
As Tokue teaches Sentaro her craft, a tender friendship blossoms, transforming his small shop into something extraordinary. But Tokue carries a painful secret, and when it surfaces, their fragile peace begins to unravel.
Durian Sukegawa’s Sweet Bean Paste is a gentle, heartbreaking novel about loneliness, redemption, and how kindness can heal even the deepest wounds.
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The Library of Borrowed Hearts
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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In The Library of Borrowed Hearts by Lucy Gilmore (4.6 out of 5 stars), a struggling librarian discovers a decades-old romance scribbled in a rare book’s margins—and a link to her cranky neighbor’s past. Funny, tender, and brimming with heart, this uplifting story celebrates love, family, and the healing power of stories. Perfect for book lovers.
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Librarian Chloe Sampson has too much on her plate—three siblings to raise, bills piling up, and a job that barely keeps her afloat. Hope arrives in the form of a rare book from the 1960s, discovered tucked away on a dusty library shelf. But when her grumpy, reclusive neighbor Jasper offers a small fortune to buy it, Chloe’s curiosity outweighs her need for cash.
Inside the book’s margins, she finds a decades-old love story written in notes between two anonymous readers—one of whom may be Jasper himself. Her search for answers sparks an unexpected friendship, a literary scavenger hunt, and a reminder that stories never truly end.
Lucy Gilmore’s The Library of Borrowed Hearts is a witty, heartwarming ode to books, love, and second chances.
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Grief opens the door to a darker fairy tale in this haunting novel.
The Book of Lost Things
Literary Fiction · Horror · Teen + Young Adult · Coming of Age · Speculative Fiction
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Grief opens the door to a darker fairy tale in this haunting novel. After his mother’s death, twelve-year-old David slips into a warped storybook world filled with cruel kings, twisted myths, and dangerous bargains. What begins as an escape becomes a reckoning, as David must confront loss, growing up, and the cost of the stories we cling to.
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New York Times bestselling author John Connolly's unique imagination takes readers through the end of innocence into adulthood and beyond in this dark and triumphantly creative novel of grief and loss, loyalty and love, and the redemptive power of stories. High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness. Angry and alone, he takes refuge in his imagination and soon finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. While his family falls apart around him, David is violently propelled into a world that is a strange reflection of his own—populated by heroes and monsters and ruled by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a mysterious book, The Book of Lost Things. Taking readers on a vivid journey through the loss of innocence into adulthood and beyond, New York Times bestselling author John Connolly tells a dark and compelling tale that reminds us of the enduring power of stories in our lives.
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Winner of the Booker Prize and a New York Times bestseller, Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things is a haunting family saga of love, tragedy, and political…
The God of Small Things
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Indian Fiction
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Winner of the Booker Prize and a New York Times bestseller, Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things is a haunting family saga of love, tragedy, and political unrest in 1960s India. Praised as “magic, mystery, and sadness” by USA Today and rated 4.2 out of 5 stars, this modern classic is lyrical, unsettling, and unforgettable.
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In 1969 Kerala, seven-year-old twins Estha and Rahel live in a world colored by childhood wonder—and shadowed by secrets adults pretend not to see. When their young cousin Sophie arrives, the family’s fragile balance splinters. One forbidden liaison and one fateful day set off a chain of tragedies that will haunt generations.
Arundhati Roy’s Booker Prize–winning debut blends political unrest, family drama, and lyrical storytelling into a tale at once intimate and epic. Compared to Faulkner and Dickens, Roy masterfully unravels how the “small things” left unsaid shape lives as much as the monumental ones.
At once lush and devastating, The God of Small Things asks what survives in the aftermath of loss: memory, love, or the silence that buries them both.
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