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A sharp fit for readers drawn to dystopian literary fiction with social commentary, violent spectacle, resistance, and moral complexity.
Chain Gang All Stars
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · People of Color · Speculative Fiction
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National Book Award finalist Chain-Gang All-Stars follows Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker, imprisoned women and partners who compete in televised death matches for the possibility of freedom. Their story examines the prison system, systemic racism, capitalism, and the transformation of human suffering into entertainment. A sharp fit for readers drawn to dystopian literary fiction with social commentary, violent spectacle, resistance, and moral complexity.
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A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Friday Black • LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE
“This book is so good. Brutal subject matter, beautiful writing. This one is from the heart.” —Stephen King
A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Elle, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Lit Hub, Kirkus Reviews
“Like Orwell’s 1984 and Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Adjei-Brenyah’s book presents a dystopian vision so…illuminating that it should permanently shift our understanding of who we are and what we’re capable of doing.” —The Washington Post
She felt their eyes, all those executioners…
Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of the Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly popular, highly controversial profit-raising program in America’s increasingly dominant private prison industry. It’s the return of the gladiators, and prisoners are competing for the ultimate prize: their freedom.
In CAPE, prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs, competing in death matches before packed arenas with righteous protestors at the gates. Thurwar and Staxxx, both teammates and lovers, are the fan favorites. And if all goes well, Thurwar will be free in just a few matches, a fact she carries as heavily as her lethal hammer. As she prepares to leave her fellow Links, Thurwar considers how she might help preserve their humanity, in defiance of these so-called games. But CAPE’s corporate owners will stop at nothing to protect their status quo, and the obstacles they lay in Thurwar’s path have devastating consequences.
Moving from the Links in the field to the protestors, to the CAPE employees and beyond, Chain-Gang All-Stars is a kaleidoscopic, excoriating look at the American prison system’s unholy alliance of systemic racism, unchecked capitalism, and mass incarceration, and a clear-eyed reckoning with what freedom in this country really means from a “new and necessary American voice” (Tommy Orange, The New York Times Book Review).
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With 4.4 out of 5 stars, James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell’s The Blood Gospel is a gothic thriller of faith, horror, and hidden history.
The Blood Gospel
Thriller
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With 4.4 out of 5 stars, James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell’s The Blood Gospel is a gothic thriller of faith, horror, and hidden history. When a tomb reveals a crucified girl, a soldier, a priest, and an archaeologist race to find a legendary book said to be written by Christ himself. A Goodreads Choice Award nominee.
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New York Times bestselling authors James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell combine their talents in a gothic tale about anancient order and the hunt for a miraculous book known only as . . . The Blood Gospel.
An earthquake in Masada, Israel, kills hundreds and reveals a tomb buried in the heart of the mountain. A trio of investigators--Sergeant Jordan Stone, a military forensic expert; Father Rhun Korza, a Vatican priest; and Dr. Erin Granger, a brilliant but disillusioned archaeologist--are sent to explore the macabre discovery, a subterranean temple holding the crucified body of a mummified girl.
But a brutal attack at the site sets the three on the run, thrusting them into a race to recover what was once preserved in the tomb's sarcophagus: a book rumored to have been written by Christ's own hand, a tome that is said to hold the secrets to His divinity. The enemy who hounds them is like no other, a force of ancient evil directed by a leader of impossible ambitions and incalculable cunning.
From crumbling tombs to splendorous churches, Erin and her two companions must confront a past that traces back thousands of years, to a time when ungodly beasts hunted the dark spaces of the world, to a moment in history when Christ made a miraculous offer, a pact of salvation for those who were damned for eternity.
Here is a novel that is explosive in its revelation of a secret history. Why do Catholic priests wear pectoral crosses? Why are they sworn to celibacy? Why do the monks hide their countenances under hoods? And why does Catholicism insist that the consecration of wine during Mass results in its transformation to Christ's own blood? The answers to all go back to a secret sect within the Vatican, one whispered as rumor but whose very existence was painted for all to see by Rembrandt himself, a shadowy order known simply as the Sanguines.
In the end, be warned: some books should never be found, never opened--until now.
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With 4.0 out of 5 stars, Monika Kim’s The Eyes Are the Best Part is a TIME 100 Must-Read and a finalist for the Bram Stoker and Shirley…
The Eyes Are the Best Part
Horror · Asian Fiction · Psychological Horror
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With 4.0 out of 5 stars, Monika Kim’s The Eyes Are the Best Part is a TIME 100 Must-Read and a finalist for the Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Awards. A feminist horror about a Korean-American woman’s descent into serial killing, it blends family drama, rage, and cannibalistic nightmares into a chilling, subversive masterpiece.
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“Violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original, this novel pulls readers into a horrific world of murder and cannibalism while also critiquing misogyny, exploring Asian fetishization and stereotypes, sharing what it’s like to navigate two cultures and telling a touching story of a family in turmoil.” —New York Times Book Review
* TIME MAGAZINE 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2024 * BRAM STOKER AWARD FINALIST * SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD FINALIST *
Crying in H-Mart meets My Sister, the Serial Killer in this feminist psychological horror about the making of a female serial killer from a Korean-American perspective.
Ji-won’s life tumbles into disarray in the wake of her Appa’s extramarital affair and subsequent departure. Her mother, distraught. Her younger sister, hurt and confused. Her college freshman grades, failing. Her dreams, horrifying . . . yet enticing.
In them, Ji-won walks through bloody rooms full of eyes. Succulent blue eyes. Salivatingly blue eyes. Eyes the same shape and shade as George’s, who is Umma’s obnoxious new boyfriend. George has already overstayed his welcome in her family’s claustrophobic apartment. He brags about his puffed-up consulting job, ogles Asian waitresses while dining out, and acts condescending toward Ji-won and her sister as if he deserves all of Umma’s fawning adoration. No, George doesn’t deserve anything from her family. Ji-won will make sure of that.
For no matter how many victims accumulate around her campus or how many people she must deceive and manipulate, Ji-won’s hunger and her rage deserve to be sated.
A brilliantly inventive, subversive novel about a young woman unraveling, Monika Kim’s The Eyes Are the Best Part is a story of a family falling apart and trying to find their way back to each other, marking a bold new voice in horror that will leave readers mesmerized and craving more.
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Perfect for fans of steamy small-town westerns where bad boys meet the women strong enough to tame them.
Buck Wild
Romance · RomCom
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With 4.4 out of 5 stars, Lauren Landish’s Buck Wild kicks off the Bennett Boys Ranch series with a sizzling cowboy romance. When bull rider James meets Sophie, a feisty vet-in-training, sparks fly in a summer fling too hot to resist. Perfect for fans of steamy small-town westerns where bad boys meet the women strong enough to tame them.
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James Bennett lives for the rodeo. Eight seconds on the back of a bull is all the thrill he needs—or so he thinks. Spending the summer on his family’s ranch, the restless cowboy is itching for excitement. He finds it when Sophie Stone, a gorgeous veterinarian-in-training with fire in her eyes, shows up and puts him in his place.
Sophie knows James is every inch the bad-boy cowboy she swore off: rugged, cocky, and dangerously tempting. Yet his charm is impossible to resist, and soon their summer fling is hotter than a Texas afternoon.
But rodeo seasons end, and so do summers. Saying goodbye may be harder than either of them expected, especially when hearts buck wilder than bulls.
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Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic, returns with A Dark and Drowning Tide, a sapphic fantasy brimming with romance, rivalry, and danger.
A Dark and Drowning Tide
Romantasy · LGBTQIA+ · Lesbian Romance
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Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic, returns with A Dark and Drowning Tide, a sapphic fantasy brimming with romance, rivalry, and danger. Murder, magical forests, and slow-burn chemistry collide in this lush bestseller, rated 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon. A perfect blend of mystery, myth, and irresistible longing.
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Lorelei Kaskel never expected her quest for glory to begin with murder. A sharp-tongued folklorist desperate to prove herself, she joins an expedition to find a mythical spring said to grant unimaginable power. But when her beloved mentor is killed aboard their ship, suspicion taints everyone aboard, except Sylvia von Wolff, Lorelei’s infuriatingly gallant rival.
Thrust into leadership, Lorelei must balance unraveling the mystery with racing to the spring before Brunnestaad collapses into civil war. Yet the path ahead brims with dangers: forests that shift at night, rivers hiding dragons, and beasts that stalk in silence.
And as reluctant allies transform into something far more dangerous—something tender—Lorelei faces an impossible choice: pursue justice, seize her dreams, or risk losing everything she loves.
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Perfect for fans of ACOTAR and Fourth Wing.
Rule of the Aurora King
Romantasy
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With 4.3 out of 5 stars, Nisha J. Tuli’s Rule of the Aurora King is a Goodreads Choice Award nominee filled with sizzling enemies-to-lovers romance, glittering fae magic, and heart-pounding danger. Lor’s fight for freedom tangles her fate with a ruthless prince and the survival of Ouranos. Perfect for fans of ACOTAR and Fourth Wing.
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Lor has escaped the gilded prison of the Sun King only to fall into the hands of Nadir, the ruthless Aurora Prince. He believes she is hiding secrets, and he will do whatever it takes to uncover them. Lor, who has lived a lifetime guarding truths, refuses to break.
Forced into a reluctant alliance, Lor and Nadir set out to recover a lost artifact tied to her past and her fate. Their uneasy partnership burns with tension, desire, and betrayal, each step drawing them closer to a destiny neither can control.
But the Sun King is relentless, determined to reclaim what he believes is his. To survive, Lor must outwit kings, resist temptation, and seize her own power before Ouranos falls to ruin.
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Pamela Anderson breaks the celebrity memoir mold with Love, Pamela, a lyrical blend of prose and poetry that reclaims her life’s narrative.
Love, Pamela
Biographies & Memoirs
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Pamela Anderson breaks the celebrity memoir mold with Love, Pamela, a lyrical blend of prose and poetry that reclaims her life’s narrative. From shy island girl to global icon, she reveals the woman behind the bombshell image. With a 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this memoir is as unforgettable and layered as Anderson herself.
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Pamela Anderson was once the most photographed woman in the world—Playboy’s golden girl, Hollywood’s blonde bombshell, and the ultimate tabloid fixation. But behind the flashbulbs and magazine covers was a shy girl from Vancouver Island, trying to hold onto her identity while the world decided who she was.
In Love, Pamela, Anderson reclaims her story with searing honesty, blending candid prose and original poetry. She traces her journey from an imaginative, overlooked child to a cultural icon thrust into an unforgiving spotlight, where her personal struggles and public image collided.
Now, with hard-won clarity, Anderson reveals the woman behind the headlines: mother, activist, artist, survivor. This is not the caricature the tabloids sold—it’s Pamela, raw and unfiltered.
The question remains: do you really know her?
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Roxane Gay’s An Untamed State is a searing debut novel hailed as “commanding” and “breathtaking.” A New York Times–bestselling author and cultural critic, Gay crafts a story of…
An Untamed State
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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Roxane Gay’s An Untamed State is a searing debut novel hailed as “commanding” and “breathtaking.” A New York Times–bestselling author and cultural critic, Gay crafts a story of kidnapping, resilience, and survival that is as devastating as it is unforgettable. With a 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this novel is both harrowing and profoundly human.
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Mireille Duval Jameson’s life looks like a modern fairy tale. Daughter of one of Haiti’s wealthiest men, she has a devoted husband, a beloved son, and summers spent on her father’s luxurious estate. But when Mireille is kidnapped in broad daylight, the illusion shatters.
Imprisoned by a man who calls himself The Commander, Mireille becomes the bargaining chip in a deadly standoff. Her father refuses to bend, the ransom remains unpaid, and the days of her captivity stretch into unthinkable torment. Each moment chips away at her strength, forcing Mireille to confront the violence of a world where wealth is powerless.
As survival collides with betrayal, Mireille must fight to reclaim not just her freedom, but the woman she was before. Will she ever find her way back?
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A must-read for fans of moving, character-driven historical fiction.
Between Earth and Sky
Historical Fiction · Coming of Age · Indigenous Fiction
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Amanda Skenandore’s award-winning debut Between Earth and Sky is a poignant exploration of friendship, betrayal, and cultural loss. Winner of the American Library Association’s Reading List Award and rated 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this powerful historical novel is as heartbreaking as it is unforgettable. A must-read for fans of moving, character-driven historical fiction.
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In 1906 Philadelphia, Alma Mitchell’s carefully ordered life unravels with one shocking headline: her childhood friend, Harry Muskrat, is accused of murder. Once the brightest student at her father’s “savage-taming” boarding school, Harry—Asku—was stripped of his culture, his name, and his future. Now he faces death not just as a defendant, but as a man broken by the weight of assimilation.
Alma cannot reconcile the courageous boy she knew with the embittered man before her. Determined to save him, she convinces her lawyer husband to take the case. But defending Harry means exposing Alma’s long-buried secrets, the betrayals she has hidden even from her own heart.
As past and present collide, Alma must decide: will the truth destroy her, or finally set her free?
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A must-read for fans of sci-fi horror, corporate intrigue, and monsters that don’t care about quarterly reports.
Alien: The Cold Forge
Horror · Sci-Fi · Alien Invasion
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Alex White delivers a pulse-pounding Alien novel packed with corporate espionage, human treachery, and terrifying Xenomorph horror. Praised for its brutal tension and sharp prose, Alien: The Cold Forge holds a 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon. A must-read for fans of sci-fi horror, corporate intrigue, and monsters that don’t care about quarterly reports.
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Weyland-Yutani doesn’t give up easily. After losing their prized Xenomorph specimens at Hadley’s Hope, the Company is determined to bounce back with a new project: the Cold Forge. Aboard remote station RB-232, scientists push the limits of biology in pursuit of the ultimate weapon.
Enter Dorian Sudler, a ruthless corporate auditor whose job is to sniff out weakness and betrayal. But when whispers of a spy surface, Sudler’s mission twists into a deadly game of paranoia. Someone aboard isn’t loyal to the Company—and that’s a capital offense.
Meanwhile, the Xenomorphs themselves are multiplying, their hunger uncontained. If the saboteur strikes, the entire station could go up in flames… or worse, be overrun.
Who will survive when corporate greed collides with perfect predators?
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Perfect for fans of grimdark and gallows humor.
The Maleficent Seven
Fantasy · Grim Dark · Historical Fantasy
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Forty years after vanishing, dread demonologist Black Herran must reunite her monstrous captains for one last stand against a rising holy war. The Maleficent Seven by Cameron Johnston is a bloody, action-packed fantasy where villains become reluctant heroes in a desperate fight for survival. Perfect for fans of grimdark and gallows humor.
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When you are all out of heroes, all that is left are the villains.
Forty years ago, Black Herran led an army of monsters across Essoran. As a dread demonologist and ruthless general, she conquered kingdoms with six captains at her side: a necromancer, a vampire lord, a demigod, an orc warleader, a pirate queen, and a twisted alchemist. Then she vanished on the eve of victory.
Now a fanatical new force rises, threatening to destroy what remains of the world she once sought to rule. To stop it, Black Herran must reunite her old warband for one final stand in the besieged town of Tarnbrooke.
The Maleficent Seven by Cameron Johnston is a brutal, darkly inventive fantasy of redemption, chaos, and power reclaimed.
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A strong match for readers drawn to grimdark fantasy, morally gray characters, gaslamp settings, and crime-driven plots.
We Men of Ash and Shadow
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Grim Dark · Steampunk · Urban Fantasy
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Former soldier turned mercenary John Vanguard hunts criminals for a corrupt employer until a murder investigation draws him into a web of secrets, political unrest, and his own search for redemption, with a 4.0-star average from more than 460 Goodreads ratings. A strong match for readers drawn to grimdark fantasy, morally gray characters, gaslamp settings, and crime-driven plots.
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‘We Men of Ash and Shadow’ is the first book in the Vanguard Series and follows the journey of protagonist, John Vanguard, through the dark and corrupt city of D’Orsee. A Grimdark gas lamp novel, ‘We Men of Ash and Shadow’ explores themes of redemption, loyalty, and betrayal against the backdrop of a world where survival often means compromising your values. Amidst the gas lamp shadows former soldier-turned-mercenary John Vanguard hunts criminals at the behest of his corrupt employer, Captain Felix Sanquain. Shamed by his deserter past and seeking to make amends for his many misdeeds, a chance encounter with Tarryn Leersac – a skilled young would-be-assassin fallen from the graces of high society – leads Vanguard to become an unlikely mentor. Charged with hunting down the killer of two guards left washed up on the banks of the canal, the further Vanguard delves into the underbelly of the city the more he finds himself entangled in a web of secrets and lies. A prominent aristocrat is missing. Crime lords, con men and harlots run amok and the city teeters on the brink of another revolution. With his already precarious reputation hanging by a thread, Vanguard must piece together how and why the last war came to pass, find a way to earn redemption for his mistakes and come to terms with the past in a city where few survive, and even fewer can be trusted.
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