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With 4.6 stars on Amazon, this story of espionage, identity, and courage is perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Marie Benedict.
Code Name Butterfly
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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Inspired by Josephine Baker’s real-life heroism, Code Name Butterfly is a gripping World War II novel set in occupied Paris. When Elodie Mitchell is mistaken for a star, she’s drawn into a covert resistance network. With 4.6 stars on Amazon, this story of espionage, identity, and courage is perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Marie Benedict.
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Paris is about to fall. Elodie Mitchell plans to leave.
A Black American journalist caught in the chaos of 1941 France, Elodie is ready to return home. But when she’s mistaken for the legendary Josephine Baker and pulled backstage at a cabaret show, she stumbles into a hidden world of danger and defiance.
Beneath the sequins and spotlight lies a resistance movement counting on her help. Disguised as Josephine’s cousin, Elodie takes on a mission that could change the course of the war—and her life. Gathering intelligence, dodging Nazi suspicion, and standing up to racism from both sides of the ocean, she becomes more than just a witness to history.
She becomes a part of it.
Inspired by true events, this is historical fiction that grips, moves, and lingers.
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With 4.1 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this spicy librarian-meets-dragon chaos is perfect for fans of magical mishaps and forbidden heat.
One Dark Spark
Romantasy
Our take
She freed a fire-breathing dragon king from a magical book. Oops. One Dark Spark by Heather Hildenbrand is a fast-paced, steamy romantasy filled with snark, smolder, and accidental destruction. With 4.1 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this spicy librarian-meets-dragon chaos is perfect for fans of magical mishaps and forbidden heat.
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My job is simple: keep the magical books in the library from leaking into the real world.
Spoiler alert—I’m terrible at it.
One rainy afternoon, fueled by bad decisions and too much pumpkin spice, I accidentally free the king of dragons from a story. Aries is scorching-hot trouble with molten eyes, literal firepower, and zero interest in staying tucked neatly between the pages.
Unfortunately, he’s not the only thing I unleashed.
Now something else is prowling the stacks. Something darker. Something written with fangs and sharp plot twists.
If Aries and I can’t put the magic back where it belongs, the whole world might go up in smoke. And as it turns out, dragons aren’t exactly great at quietly solving problems.
But they’re fantastic at making sparks fly.
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Wizards, warships, and apocalyptic stakes collide in The Captain by Will Wight.
The Captain
Sci-Fi · Epic Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
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Wizards, warships, and apocalyptic stakes collide in The Captain by Will Wight. After merging with six alternate selves, Varic Vallenar gains power beyond belief—and memories of every gruesome death. With 4.8 stars on Amazon, this sci-fi fantasy is an action-packed search for a mythical ship that may be the galaxy’s last hope.
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Wizards don’t usually worry about cyborgs. Or alien supersoldiers. Or planet-eating bugs. Varic Vallenar isn’t most wizards.
On a backwater world, Varic performs a risky spell to merge with his alternate selves. He gains their magic—and their horrifying memories. Each one died fighting something terrifying. Now Varic knows what’s coming, and even with unmatched magical power, it’s not enough.
This galaxy isn’t just dangerous. It’s dying.
With threats ranging from secret syndicates to undead armies, Varic’s only hope lies in a long-lost legend: a mythical starship called The Last Horizon. Built to face the impossible. Manned by heroes.
If it’s real, it could be the answer. If it’s not, he’ll be the next one to fall.
To survive this galaxy, you need more than magic. You need a miracle.
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A reluctant witch.
Hunt the Wood
LGBTQIA+ · Romantasy
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A reluctant witch. A deadly forest. A monstrous lord who just might be more than he seems. Hunt the Wood is a steamy dark fantasy where fate, fear, and forbidden desire collide. With 4.5 stars on Amazon, this witchy tale blends danger and slow-burn romance in a world where nothing is as it first appears.
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I’m not a powerful witch, just a fortune teller making ends meet. But when my grandmother, the leader of the Rathmore Coven, summons me, I have no choice but to answer her call. To reach her, I must cross the Wood, the realm of Wotan, lord of the hunt. Rumors of his cruelty and brutality precede him, but nothing prepares me to meet the monster face to face.
Because Wotan is more than a monster. He’s a predator, a bully, and now he’s claimed me as his pawn in his war against my grandmother. A master of torture, he’s determined to master me, stripping me bare of all my secrets.
Yet as much as I fear him, I’m drawn to him. His rough edges conceal a softer side—and I find myself wondering if I can be the one to finally tame him. With my life hanging in the balance, I’ve got to fight to uncover the truth about Wotan, my grandmother…and maybe my own destiny.
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From Grammy winner and co-founder of The Roots, The Upcycled Self is a lyrical, fearless memoir about rising from trauma to artistry.
The Upcycled Self
Biographies & Memoirs
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From Grammy winner and co-founder of The Roots, The Upcycled Self is a lyrical, fearless memoir about rising from trauma to artistry. Named a Rolling Stone Best Book of the Year and rated 4.7 stars on Amazon, Tariq Trotter reflects on the formative relationships that shaped him. It’s part confession, part blueprint, and all heart.
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Before the platinum records and Grammy wins, Tariq Trotter was a kid who burned his house down.
Better known as Black Thought of The Roots, Trotter unpacks his early life with a poet’s rhythm and a survivor’s clarity. The Upcycled Self is more than a memoir. It’s a meditation on transformation—turning pain into power, tragedy into triumph.
Told through four pivotal relationships, his story digs deep into family, friendship, creativity, and community. The result is a raw, lyrical reflection on growth, grief, and the weight of becoming.
With each chapter, Trotter invites readers to ask tough questions about their own origin stories. What do we carry forward? What must we leave behind?
This is the testimony of an artist forged in fire, offering wisdom with the weight of lived truth.
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With 4.7 stars on Amazon, this enchanting YA fantasy is perfect for fans of classic fairy tales with fierce heroines and quiet strength.
The Goose Girl
Teen + Young Adult
Our take
A princess stripped of her title. A mutiny that leaves her nameless. In The Goose Girl, New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor author Shannon Hale weaves a magical tale of survival, identity, and finding your voice. With 4.7 stars on Amazon, this enchanting YA fantasy is perfect for fans of classic fairy tales with fierce heroines and quiet strength.
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She was born to be queen. First, she’ll have to survive as a goose girl.
Crown Princess Anidori of Kildenree has always spoken more easily with birds than with people. Gifted with the rare ability to speak with animals, Ani has never quite fit in at court, and now she’s being shipped off to marry a foreign prince she’s never met.
But betrayal cuts deeper than exile. When her lady-in-waiting stages a brutal coup, Ani is left alone and hunted in a strange land. Forced into hiding as a lowly goose girl, Ani begins to hone her magical gifts and rebuild her shattered identity.
To reclaim her name and her throne, Ani must learn to speak up for herself. And this time, the world will listen.
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Outlaws, uplifted dolphins, and a galaxy on the brink.
Heaven’s Reach
Sci-Fi · First Contact · Hard Sci-Fi
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Outlaws, uplifted dolphins, and a galaxy on the brink. This thrilling sci-fi epic from the New York Times bestselling author of Startide Rising delivers nonstop adventure, sweeping scale, and a mystery that threatens all life. With 4.4 stars on Amazon and a prophecy no one wants to see fulfilled, Heaven’s Reach is space opera that hits hard and fast.
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War has come to Jijo, and this time, the galaxy is watching.
Six outlawed races found fragile peace on a hidden planet. That peace ends when the Jophur arrive—ancient enemies with a twisted agenda that could unravel everything.
The refugees’ only hope lies with the Earthship Streaker, a vessel crewed by uplifted dolphins and their human commander. Their mission is simple but suicidal: lure the Jophur into space and disappear into the unknown.
Across the stars, things are unraveling fast. Earth is under siege. White dwarfs are exploding without cause. Prophecies are resurfacing. And the secrets aboard Streaker might be powerful enough to shift the fate of the universe.
One crew, one ship, one last shot at survival. The countdown has already started.
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On an island built from the world’s electronic waste, survival depends on enduring the systems that profit from human ruin.
Waste Tide
Dystopian · Hard Sci-Fi · Techno-Thriller
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On an island built from the world’s electronic waste, survival depends on enduring the systems that profit from human ruin. Waste Tide follows Mimi, a migrant waste worker caught in a violent struggle between gangs, investors, and revolutionaries in a near-future China poisoned by capitalism and control. This eco-tech thriller blends class conflict, environmental collapse, and sharp social vision into a story that feels both harrowing and urgently real.
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A Locus Award Finalist for Best First Novel. "An accomplished eco-techno-thriller with heart and soul as well as brain." —David Mitchell, New York Times-bestselling author of Cloud Atlas
Translated by Ken Liu, who brought Cixin Liu's Hugo Award-winning The Three Body Problem to English-speaking readers.
Mimi is drowning in the world's trash.
She's a waste worker on Silicon Isle, where electronics—from cell phones and laptops to bots and bionic limbs—are sent to be recycled. These amass in towering heaps, polluting every spare inch of land. On this island off the coast of China, the fruits of capitalism and consumer culture come to a toxic end.
Mimi and thousands of migrant waste workers like her are lured to Silicon Isle with the promise of steady work and a better life. They're the lifeblood of the island's economy, but are at the mercy of those in power.
A storm is brewing, between ruthless local gangs, warring for control. Ecoterrorists, set on toppling the status quo. American investors, hungry for profit. And a Chinese-American interpreter, searching for his roots.
As these forces collide, a war erupts—between the rich and the poor; between tradition and modern ambition; between humanity's past and its future.
Mimi, and others like her, must decide if they will remain pawns in this war or change the rules of the game altogether.
"A chilling sci-fi novel about class war and trash in near-future China, and the people the world's economy leaves behind . . . Pressingly relevant." —The Verge
"Thrilling . . . fresh." —The Washington Post
"Viscerally gripping action . . . sheer excellence." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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Vanishing tourists.
Dirus
Horror
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Vanishing tourists. Shredded campsites. An ancient predator stalking Yellowstone. Dirus by L.J. Vitanza is a razor-sharp ecological thriller with primal terror and pulse-pounding suspense. Originally a Kindle Vella Top Faved story, this gripping series opener has earned 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon. If Jurassic Park and The Grey had a love child, this would be it.
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Something ancient has resurfaced.
Long thought extinct, a deadly pack of apex predators migrates south from the remote forests of Canada into Yellowstone National Park. Smart, territorial, and hungry, they leave behind a trail of vanishing hikers, shredded campsites, and a growing sense of dread.
Sam, a seasoned bear biologist, is used to sorting out messes involving tourists and wildlife. But these aren’t bears. And they aren’t just passing through.
As the disappearances mount and pressure from park officials grows, Sam races to uncover the truth behind the killings. But the predators know the land. They know how to hide. And they are always watching.
This summer, Yellowstone becomes a hunting ground. And the most dangerous animal in the park isn’t on any of the ranger maps.
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Perfect for fans of dual timelines and thought-provoking mysteries, it is a haunting blend of past and present.
The Shape of Mercy
Historical Fiction
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A privileged student. A centuries-old diary. A truth that hits too close to home. With 4.6 stars on Amazon, this gripping novel explores how judgment, fear, and unspoken history ripple through time. Perfect for fans of dual timelines and thought-provoking mysteries, it is a haunting blend of past and present. Discover the story that refuses to stay buried.
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When Lauren Durough turns down a Stanford education and a trust fund, she isn't just making a statement. She’s choosing to live life on her own terms.
Taking a job transcribing 17th-century journal entries for the prickly and secretive Abigail Boyles, Lauren is swept into the voice of Mercy Hayworth, a teenager condemned in the Salem witch trials. Mercy’s world is governed by fear, superstition, and the deadly cost of being misunderstood.
As Lauren digs deeper, she begins to suspect Mercy’s tragic past is tangled with Abigail’s bitter present and perhaps even her own unfolding future. Secrets long buried resurface, demanding that Lauren face the truths she’s been avoiding.
Can she really see herself clearly, or is she just another biased observer pretending to know better?
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Brutal murders, buried secrets, and a detective who won’t let things lie.
The Absent One
Mystery · Police Procedural
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Brutal murders, buried secrets, and a detective who won’t let things lie. The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen dives into a chilling cold case that leads to powerful enemies and a woman on the run. With 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this second Department Q novel delivers dark twists and razor-sharp Nordic Noir suspense.
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Detective Carl Mørck isn’t known for letting go. Department Q may be tucked away in the basement, but it’s where Copenhagen’s coldest cases finally get a second chance.
The latest file to land on his desk? A twenty-year-old double homicide involving a brother and sister. A suspect confessed and went to prison, but something about it stinks. The case is too neat, the confession too clean, and the trail—though cold—is far from dead.
At the center of it all is Kimmie, a fugitive living off the grid, haunted by the past and hunted by people with far too much to lose. She knows what really happened. The question is whether Carl can find her before someone else makes sure she stays silent for good.
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A team of retired detectives reunites to solve a missing person case the police gave up on.
Peace River Village
Psychological Thriller
Our take
A team of retired detectives reunites to solve a missing person case the police gave up on. Peace River Village by Christopher Amato blends sharp wit, dark suspense, and real-world grit into a thrilling mystery. With 4.2 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this ride through suburban justice packs danger, heart, and a whole lot of attitude.
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Peace River Village is supposed to be a quiet haven for retired cops. Morning walks, mild gossip, maybe a neighborhood watch with a little flair.
Then the neighbor’s teenage granddaughter disappears. The local police say she’s a runaway. Case closed.
But the seasoned sleuths on this cul-de-sac aren’t buying it. When her frantic grandmother turns to her detective neighbors, the old instincts kick in. What starts as a neighborly favor unravels into a chilling case involving drugs, predators, and human trafficking.
Armed with decades of experience and zero patience for bureaucracy, these retirees are putting their golden years on hold. The clock is ticking, and they’re the only ones willing to dig deeper.
Sometimes, justice comes with gray hair and a retirement plan.
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