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After her daughter wakes from an accident claiming to be someone else, Clem travels to the Orkney Islands to uncover a truth rooted in witchcraft and vengeance.
The Book of Witching
Horror · Historical Literary Fiction · Suspense · Women's Fiction
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After her daughter wakes from an accident claiming to be someone else, Clem travels to the Orkney Islands to uncover a truth rooted in witchcraft and vengeance. The Book of Witching is a chilling, emotional thriller by C. J. Cooke, an Editors’ Pick with 4.1 stars on Amazon and 3.8 on Goodreads.
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A mother’s love can defy reason, time, and even death.
When Clem receives the call that her nineteen-year-old daughter has been found unconscious after a hiking trip gone wrong, she rushes to the remote Orkney Islands seeking answers. But when Erin wakes, she does not recognize her mother. She claims a new name—Nyx—and speaks of things no one could know.
Desperate to save her daughter, Clem searches the island’s past and uncovers the story of a woman condemned for witchcraft four centuries earlier. As the veil between history and haunting begins to tear, Clem must face the possibility that her child’s soul has been claimed by something ancient.
An Editors’ Pick for Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense, The Book of Witching holds 4.1 stars on Amazon and 3.8 on Goodreads.
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In a near-future America, a reanimated man searches for love, identity, and belonging in a world that fears him.
Chicano Frankenstein
Literary Fiction · Thriller · Hispanic Fiction · Legal Thriller
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In a near-future America, a reanimated man searches for love, identity, and belonging in a world that fears him. As politics and profit divide the living and the revived, his past begins to surface. Daniel A. Olivas’s Chicano Frankenstein is a sharp, compassionate retelling that fuses science fiction, satire, and romance into a story of humanity reborn.
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In a near-future America divided by fear and profit, a man is brought back from the dead through a controversial process that erases his memories but not his humanity. Reanimated and unnamed, he struggles to find belonging in a society that both needs his labor and despises his existence.
When he falls in love with Faustina Godínez, a lawyer whose family embraces him as one of their own, he begins to piece together the truth of who he was before. But in a world driven by political hatred and corporate greed, knowledge can be as dangerous as resurrection itself.
Blending science fiction, satire, and romance, Daniel A. Olivas’s Chicano Frankenstein reimagines Mary Shelley’s myth as a powerful exploration of identity, love, and assimilation.
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Plum, a queer biracial intern, joins Dr.
Unwieldy Creatures
Literary Fiction · LGBTQIA+
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Plum, a queer biracial intern, joins Dr. Frank, a visionary scientist intent on creating life without sperm or egg. But their experiment’s living result forces both women to confront love, ambition, and abandonment. Shortlisted for the Shirley Jackson Award, Addie Tsai’s Unwieldy Creatures reimagines Frankenstein as a story of creation, identity, and consequence.
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In a near-future world of ambition and isolation, three lives collide in a radical reimagining of Frankenstein. Plum, a queer biracial Chinese intern, flees home to live freely but is soon adrift and searching for purpose. Dr. Frank, a brilliant biracial Indonesian scientist, is consumed by her desire to create life without sperm or egg. Her experiment succeeds—at a terrible cost.
When Plum is drawn into Dr. Frank’s secret laboratory, she must decide how far she will go to prove herself and what sacrifices science demands.
Shortlisted for the Shirley Jackson Award, Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai is a lyrical, haunting exploration of creation, power, and identity through the eyes of those living beyond the boundaries of belonging.
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In U.S.-occupied Baghdad, a junk dealer stitches together a body from war’s dead—only for it to vanish and return as a vengeful killer.
Frankenstein in Baghdad
Literary Fiction · Thriller · Speculative Fiction · Suspense
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In U.S.-occupied Baghdad, a junk dealer stitches together a body from war’s dead—only for it to vanish and return as a vengeful killer. As horror spreads, justice and vengeance become indistinguishable. Winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, Frankenstein in Baghdad is a gripping, blackly comic tale of creation and consequence.
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In war-torn Baghdad, Hadi, a junk dealer and storyteller, scours the wreckage for human remains—hoping to honor the dead by sewing their parts into a single body and demanding recognition for lives lost to chaos. But when his creation disappears, a string of brutal murders grips the city, each victim chosen according to a twisted sense of justice.
As rumors of an unkillable monster spread through occupied Baghdad, fear gives way to moral reckoning. Who deserves vengeance in a world where innocence and guilt blur beyond repair?
Winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction and a finalist for the International Booker Prize, Frankenstein in Baghdad is a darkly funny, haunting allegory of war, guilt, and resurrection.
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When Willow is born with brittle bones, her mother’s love becomes both her strength and her undoing.
Handle with Care
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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When Willow is born with brittle bones, her mother’s love becomes both her strength and her undoing. Faced with an impossible legal choice, Charlotte must decide how far she’ll go to protect her child. Handle with Care, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult, is a shattering exploration of love, guilt, and the value of a life.
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When Willow O’Keefe is born with a rare bone disease, her parents’ world fractures under the weight of love and impossible choices. Charlotte and Sean devote themselves to their daughter’s care, counting every shatter and recovery, every sleepless night, every quiet miracle.
But when a legal and moral crossroads forces Charlotte to question whether Willow’s life might have been avoided, she must face an unbearable truth—how far can a mother go to protect the child she adores, even if it means rewriting the story of her birth?
Handle with Care is a powerful, provocative novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult, exploring family, sacrifice, and the fragile line between devotion and despair.
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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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When I First Held You traces a love broken by silence and reshaped by time.
When I First Held You
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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When I First Held You traces a love broken by silence and reshaped by time. After political upheaval and forced separation in 1960s Glasgow, Judith builds a life marked by loss and careful repair. Decades later, the past resurfaces when the man she loved returns, carrying his own version of the truth. This emotional novel explores memory, grief, and whether long-buried bonds can be mended.
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Silence tore them apart. Can the truth bring them back together?
"Marvellous” —Lesley Pearse
"A hauntingly beautiful novel" —Imogen Clark
"Gripping, heart rending and extremely satisfying” —Katie Fforde
In 1960s Glasgow, anti-nuclear activists Judith and Jimmy fall in love. But their future hopes are dashed when their protestors’ squat is raided and many, including Jimmy, are sent to prison. Pregnant and with no word from Jimmy, Judith is forced to enter an unmarried mothers’ home, give up their baby and learn to live with her grief.
More than half a century later, Judith’s Mending Shop restores broken treasures, just as Judith herself has been bound back together by her late, much-missed partner, Catherine. But her tranquillity is shattered when Jimmy—so different and yet somehow the same—reappears, yearning to unpick the painful past.
Realising they each know only half of the other’s story, Jimmy and Judith finally break the silence that tore apart what might have been their family. Amid heartbreak and hope, how much can now be mended?
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A simple nighttime whistle can become an invitation, a warning, or the first step toward something that follows.
Never Whistle at Night
Horror · Indigenous Fiction · Occult Horror · Supernatural Horror
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A simple nighttime whistle can become an invitation, a warning, or the first step toward something that follows. Never Whistle at Night gathers Indigenous dark fiction rooted in ghosts, curses, monsters, family legacies, and revenge, offering a horror anthology shaped by cultural memory, survival, and the dangerous stories people pass down for a reason.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST EDITED ANTHOLOGY • BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANTHOLOGY • LOCUS AWARD FINALIST
A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to be un-settled?”
“Never failed to surprise, delight, and shock.” —Nick Cutter, author of The Troop and Little Heaven
Featuring stories by:
Norris Black • Amber Blaeser-Wardzala • Phoenix Boudreau • Cherie Dimaline • Carson Faust • Kelli Jo Ford • Kate Hart • Shane Hawk • Brandon Hobson • Darcie Little Badger • Conley Lyons • Nick Medina • Tiffany Morris • Tommy Orange • Mona Susan Power • Marcie R. Rendon • Waubgeshig Rice • Rebecca Roanhorse • Andrea L. Rogers • Morgan Talty • D.H. Trujillo • Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. • Richard Van Camp • David Heska Wanbli Weiden • Royce K. Young Wolf • Mathilda Zeller
Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and even follow you home.
These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. Introduced and contextualized by bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones, these stories are a celebration of Indigenous peoples’ survival and imagination, and a glorious reveling in all the things an ill-advised whistle might summon.
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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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Perfect for book lovers.
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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In Havana Storm by Clive and Dirk Cussler (4.6 out of 5 stars), Dirk Pitt investigates a toxic Caribbean outbreak and uncovers a deadly Cuban conspiracy.
Havana Storm
Men's Fiction · Thriller · Action Thriller
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In Havana Storm by Clive and Dirk Cussler (4.6 out of 5 stars), Dirk Pitt investigates a toxic Caribbean outbreak and uncovers a deadly Cuban conspiracy. As his children hunt a lost Aztec treasure, the entire Pitt family is drawn into danger. A globe-trotting, high-stakes thriller from the masters of maritime adventure.
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A mysterious toxic outbreak in the Caribbean threatens to spread to the U.S., and only Dirk Pitt can uncover its source. But what begins as an environmental crisis quickly spirals into a deadly power struggle for control of post-Castro Cuba. Caught between rival factions and ruthless operatives, Pitt faces danger on all sides—both above and below the waves.
Meanwhile, his children, Dirk and Summer, chase an Aztec artifact long thought lost in the explosion of the USS Maine. Their search leads them straight into the heart of Havana, where the past and present collide in explosive fashion.
In Havana Storm, Clive and Dirk Cussler deliver another pulse-pounding adventure packed with political intrigue, underwater peril, and the unstoppable spirit of the Pitt family.
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