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Anjali Sachdeva’s All the Names They Used for God is an award-winning debut short story collection praised by Roxane Gay as “one of the best.” Winner of the…
All the Names They Used for God
Literary Fiction · Magical Realism · Speculative Fiction
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Anjali Sachdeva’s All the Names They Used for God is an award-winning debut short story collection praised by Roxane Gay as “one of the best.” Winner of the Chautauqua Prize and longlisted for The Story Prize, this genre-defying work blends sci-fi, myth, and magical realism. With a 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon, it’s dark, dazzling, and unforgettable.
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In All the Names They Used for God, Anjali Sachdeva bends reality into something strange, gorgeous, and unforgettable. A group of Nigerian schoolgirls, kidnapped by Boko Haram, search for meaning in the aftermath of trauma. A man falls under the spell of a mermaid. Seven genetically engineered sisters grapple with a mysterious illness that threatens to undo them.
Across science fiction, Gothic, magical realism, and horror, these stories refuse to fit neatly into one box. What unites them is a fierce confrontation with fate—characters pushed to the limits of survival, wonder, and despair, searching for the sublime in a fractured world.
Daring, haunting, and limitlessly imaginative, this award-winning collection proves why Roxane Gay calls it “one of the best” she’s ever read.
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Perfect for fans of heartwarming stories about love, loss, and second chances.
Harry’s Trees
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Magical Realism · Women's Fiction
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Jon Cohen’s Harry’s Trees is a USA Today bestseller that blends grief, hope, and a touch of magic. With a 4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this uplifting tale follows a grieving widower, a determined girl, and a mysterious book that binds them together. Perfect for fans of heartwarming stories about love, loss, and second chances.
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Harry Crane never expected to become a widower at thirty-four. Crushed by grief, he abandons his job with the U.S. Forest Service and retreats into the wilds of Pennsylvania, determined to disappear. But fate, it seems, has other plans.
Oriana, a fiercely imaginative young girl mourning her own father’s death, believes Harry holds the key to healing her fractured world. With her mother, Amanda, and the town’s courageous librarian, they hatch an extraordinary scheme sparked by a mysterious book.
Reluctant at first, Harry soon finds himself swept into a golden adventure that blends loss, magic, and hope. To help Oriana is to confront his own pain—and maybe discover that even broken hearts can grow again.
Sometimes redemption hides in unexpected places.
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Mariana Enriquez’s Our Share of Night is a literary horror masterpiece longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and hailed as one of TIME’s 10 Best Novels of the…
Our Share of Night
Horror · Literary Fiction · Magical Realism
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Mariana Enriquez’s Our Share of Night is a literary horror masterpiece longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and hailed as one of TIME’s 10 Best Novels of the Year. With 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this cult-haunted, multigenerational tale blends grief, terror, and the occult into an unforgettable reading experience praised by The Washington Post and The New York Times.
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When Mariana dies, she leaves behind more than grief. Her husband, Juan, and their young son, Gaspar, inherit her family’s dark legacy: the Order, a secretive cult that commits unspeakable acts in pursuit of immortality. Now father and son must navigate a world where bloodlines are destiny and escape is nearly impossible.
As the Order closes in, Juan struggles to shield Gaspar from the horrors awaiting him, but even love may not be enough to sever the chains of inheritance. From swinging London to Argentina’s military dictatorship, the past and present collide in a tale where ghosts linger, desire twists, and family becomes the most terrifying prison of all.
Epic, unsettling, and unforgettable, Our Share of Night is literary horror at its most masterful.
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Ryan La Sala’s Reverie is a wildly inventive YA fantasy where dream worlds become reality—and threaten to destroy it.
Reverie
Fantasy · LGBTQIA+ · Literary Fiction · Magical Realism
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Ryan La Sala’s Reverie is a wildly inventive YA fantasy where dream worlds become reality—and threaten to destroy it. A B&N YA Book Club Pick and Indie Next selection with a 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this “joyously, riotously queer” (Kirkus) debut blends imagination, danger, and LGBTQ+ representation into a dazzling, unforgettable adventure.
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Kane Montgomery should be dead. Weeks ago, he was dragged half-conscious from a river with no memory of how he got there. Now, reality itself feels unstable. Colors are sharper, shadows heavier, and impossible things keep breaking through.
Then three classmates appear, claiming to be his friends—and the only ones who know what’s happening. Kane isn’t sure who to trust, but he doesn’t have much time to decide. Fantastical dreamscapes are bleeding into the real world, each more dazzling and dangerous than the last. And at the heart of it all lies a dark magic that ties back to Kane’s missing memories.
If he can’t unlock the truth, Kane won’t just lose himself. He might watch reality unravel for everyone.
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In the shadow of a nation’s birth, a child’s life begins already entwined with history’s weight and consequence.
Midnight’s Children
Literary Fiction · Magical Realism · Psychological Fiction
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In the shadow of a nation’s birth, a child’s life begins already entwined with history’s weight and consequence. In Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie follows Saleem Sinai, whose telepathic link to others born at India’s independence binds him to a fractured, evolving country. This is literary fiction shaped by memory, identity, and myth, where personal fate and national destiny become impossible to separate.
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The iconic masterpiece of India that introduced the world to “a glittering novelist—one with startling imaginative and intellectual resources, a master of perpetual storytelling” (The New Yorker)
WINNER OF THE BEST OF THE BOOKERS • SOON TO BE A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time • The fortieth anniversary edition, featuring a new introduction by the author
Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of India’s independence. Greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and Prime Minister Nehru himself, Saleem grows up to learn the ominous consequences of this coincidence. His every act is mirrored and magnified in events that sway the course of national affairs; his health and well-being are inextricably bound to those of his nation; his life is inseparable, at times indistinguishable, from the history of his country. Perhaps most remarkable are the telepathic powers linking him with India’s 1,000 other “midnight’s children,” all born in that initial hour and endowed with magical gifts.
This novel is at once a fascinating family saga and an astonishing evocation of a vast land and its people–a brilliant incarnation of the universal human comedy. Forty years after its publication, Midnight’s Children stands apart as both an epochal work of fiction and a brilliant performance by one of the great literary voices of our time.
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Freya Marske’s A Restless Truth is a sparkling queer historical fantasy of magic, murder, and shipboard romance.
A Restless Truth
Historical Fantasy · LGBTQIA+ · Literary Fiction · Lesbian Romance · Magical Realism
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Freya Marske’s A Restless Truth is a sparkling queer historical fantasy of magic, murder, and shipboard romance. A New York Times Editors’ Choice and international bestseller with starred reviews, it follows Maud Blyth and the scandalous Violet Debenham as they unravel murder and conspiracy at sea. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this is mystery and romance at their most dazzling.
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Maud Blyth signed up for adventure, but she didn’t mean this. Tasked with escorting an elderly woman across the Atlantic, Maud instead finds her charge murdered on day one of the voyage. Now she’s stranded on an ocean liner with a corpse, a talking parrot, a ship full of suspects, and one dangerously captivating ally.
Enter Violet Debenham: scandalous actress, talented magician, and everything Maud should avoid. Together, the two must navigate murder, magic, and mounting desire while chasing down a powerful object that’s worth killing for.
Trapped at sea, masks will slip, alliances will fracture, and every revelation cuts closer to the truth. To survive, Maud must risk more than her life—she must risk her heart. Who said adventure was safe?
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Simone van der Vlugt’s Midnight Blue is a European bestseller set in Holland’s Golden Age, perfect for fans of The Miniaturist and Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Midnight Blue
Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction
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Simone van der Vlugt’s Midnight Blue is a European bestseller set in Holland’s Golden Age, perfect for fans of The Miniaturist and Girl with a Pearl Earring. With 4.2 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this richly atmospheric tale follows a widowed woman whose hidden talent as a painter leads her to Delft where art, danger, and independence collide.
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Amsterdam, 1654. Newly widowed at twenty-five, Catrin flees her small village, desperate for a fresh start. She finds work as a housekeeper for a wealthy merchant family—and accidentally discovers her own extraordinary gift. When Rembrandt himself recognizes her talent, Catrin dares to dream of a life defined not by loss, but by art.
But secrets don’t stay buried. When a figure from her past threatens her fragile new beginning, she escapes to Delft, where her designs on blue-and-white pottery spark a revolution that will make Delftware famous across Europe.
Still, tragedy shadows her steps, forcing Catrin to choose between survival and the independence she’s fought so hard to claim. In a gilded age of art and ambition, how much will freedom cost?
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Shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize, Imogen Hermes Gowar’s The Mermaid and Mrs.
The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction · Magical Realism
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Shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize, Imogen Hermes Gowar’s The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock is a spellbinding debut of obsession, wit, and wonder. With a 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon and named a People Best Book of the Fall, this bawdy, magical tale of an 18th-century merchant and a courtesan shimmers with intrigue and unforgettable allure.
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In 1785 London, merchant Jonah Hancock receives news no businessman expects: his ship has been sold for a mermaid. What arrives is no shimmering beauty but a grotesque, shriveled creature with claws, teeth, and the body of a fish. Yet curiosity proves more valuable than cargo, and soon Jonah’s fortune rises as all of London clamors to see the marvel.
His newfound fame carries him from grimy docks to glittering parlors, where he meets Angelica Neal—a dazzling courtesan with ambitions as sharp as her beauty. Their fates intertwine in a dangerous dance of desire, power, and peril.
But obsession carries a price, and the line between wonder and ruin blurs quickly. What will Jonah and Angelica sacrifice in pursuit of the extraordinary?
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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 4.0 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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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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