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In flood-soaked Florence, a young American book conservator uncovers a forbidden erotic manuscript and begins a passionate affair with a married art restorer.
The Sixteen Pleasures
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction
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In flood-soaked Florence, a young American book conservator uncovers a forbidden erotic manuscript and begins a passionate affair with a married art restorer. Sensual, literate, and layered with history, this acclaimed literary romance—called “elegantly moving” by The New Yorker—blends art, desire, and defiance in unforgettable measure. A must-read for lovers of Call Me by Your Name and Possession.
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Florence, with its crumbling frescoes and secretive charm, is a city of passion—and preservation.
Margot Harrington, a 29-year-old American book conservator, has come to restore a convent’s flood-damaged library. But when she uncovers a rare 16th-century erotic manuscript—banned by the Vatican and long thought destroyed—she’s pulled into a delicate scheme: sell it to save the convent, without alerting the bishop.
At the same time, Margot becomes entangled with a married art historian working to preserve Italy’s vanishing masterpieces. Their bond, both intellectual and illicit, deepens into a sensual awakening that blurs the line between sacred and profane.
Set against the richly textured backdrop of Florence, this “elegantly moving” novel (New Yorker) explores art, desire, and the quiet rebellion of a woman daring to live for both.
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Swimming in the Dark is a lyrical, aching debut set in Communist Poland, where forbidden love and political unrest collide.
Swimming in the Dark
LGBTQIA+ · Literary Fiction
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Swimming in the Dark is a lyrical, aching debut set in Communist Poland, where forbidden love and political unrest collide. A Dua Lipa Book Club pick and NPR Best Book of the Year, Tomasz Jedrowski’s 4.6-star novel follows two men whose romance and ideals place them on opposite sides of a collapsing regime.
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In 1980s Communist Poland, love is dangerous—and freedom even more so.
When Ludwik meets Janusz during a summer agricultural camp, their connection is immediate and electrifying. What begins as a cautious friendship turns into an all-consuming romance, fueled by stolen moments, shared dreams, and a tattered copy of Giovanni’s Room. But passion has no place in a repressive regime, and returning to Warsaw forces each man to choose a path.
Janusz rises through the political ranks. Ludwik, disillusioned and restless, leans toward protest and resistance.
As politics, secrets, and survival wedge them apart, Swimming in the Dark becomes not just a love story, but a haunting meditation on identity, loyalty, and the price of personal freedom.
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, this debut is lyrical, intimate, and unforgettable.
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From acclaimed author Lydia Millet comes a darkly funny, deeply poignant tale of a real estate developer unraveling in a world obsessed with extinction and progress.
How the Dead Dream
Literary Fiction · Romance · Contemporary Fiction
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From acclaimed author Lydia Millet comes a darkly funny, deeply poignant tale of a real estate developer unraveling in a world obsessed with extinction and progress. With 4.5 stars on Amazon, this satirical gem balances biting commentary with emotional depth as one man’s perfectly ordered life descends into chaos, conservation, and a surreal quest for meaning.
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T. is a rising star in Los Angeles real estate—wealthy, ambitious, and always in control. Until he isn’t.
When his eccentric mother reappears after being abandoned by his newly-out father, T.'s tightly managed world begins to unravel. A suicide attempt, two sudden deaths, and a growing disillusionment with his newest project—a retirement community in the desert—leave him increasingly untethered.
Haunted by ecological collapse and personal guilt, T. develops an obsession with endangered animals, sneaking into zoos at night and questioning everything he’s built. His descent leads him far from the California sprawl and deep into a jungle river, where extinction, corruption, and redemption converge.
With sharp wit and aching humanity, Lydia Millet delivers a biting, surreal exploration of ambition, grief, and a world on the brink.
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Perfect for fans of Vampire Academy and The Mortal Instruments.
Academy Magic: The Complete Series
Fantasy · Teen + Young Adult · Coming of Age
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The complete Academy Magic series is here—five books of magic, monsters, and enemies-to-lovers sparks. With 4.6 stars on Amazon, this bundle follows underdog witch Bettina Blair from demon ambush to magical academy to a reluctant partnership with the most insufferably gorgeous guy on campus. Perfect for fans of Vampire Academy and The Mortal Instruments.
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Magic isn’t real. Or so Bettina Blair believed—until a demon shows up, and her parents finally come clean: she’s a witch.
Now she’s stuck at Eden Academy, a prestigious school for magical elites, and she’s completely out of her depth. No magic. No combat skills. No clue why the hottest guy on campus, Jackson Lancaster, loathes her so much.
He’s powerful, adored, and British—unfortunately. She’s invisible, unwanted, and now the only person who can retrieve a relic that might save the world.
With a demon army rising and her magic still missing in action, Bettina must learn fast—or die trying. But surviving this quest might mean trusting the one boy who’s made her life hell from day one.
This bundle includes all five books of the addictively magical Academy Magic series.
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A powerful, emotional story for fans of Winter Counts and The Round House.
Where They Last Saw Her
Literary Fiction
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From Minnesota Book Award–winner Marcie R. Rendon comes a gripping mystery rooted in truth. With 4.7 stars on Amazon, this national bestseller follows Quill, a Native woman who hears a scream in the woods—and refuses to stay silent. A powerful, emotional story for fans of Winter Counts and The Round House.
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Quill has spent her whole life on the Red Pine reservation. She knows what happens to women like her—what gets ignored, what gets buried.
Now grown, with a family of her own and friends who stand by her, Quill hears a scream in the woods during her morning run. When she returns, there’s no one there—just tire tracks and a single beaded earring.
Then another woman goes missing.
With the weight of history pressing in and a string of vanished Native women behind her, Quill decides enough is enough. She begins to investigate—and what she uncovers leads her from pipeline workers to corrupt systems and truths the powerful want to keep hidden.
Somewhere, someone believes these women are disposable. Quill is here to prove otherwise.
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Winner of the National Book Award, The Round House is a haunting mystery and coming-of-age tale set on a North Dakota reservation.
The Round House
Literary Fiction
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Winner of the National Book Award, The Round House is a haunting mystery and coming-of-age tale set on a North Dakota reservation. Louise Erdrich’s powerful novel (4.4 stars, 4,000+ reviews) explores trauma, justice, and identity through the eyes of a boy forced to grow up too soon. A modern classic that grips and lingers.
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One quiet Sunday, everything changes for thirteen-year-old Joe Coutts. After his mother is violently attacked near their Ojibwe reservation home, she retreats into silence, and the police investigation stalls. Joe's father, a tribal judge, seeks justice through legal channels, but the system proves woefully inadequate.
Feeling helpless and desperate, Joe sets out with his closest friends to uncover the truth himself. Their search leads to the sacred Round House—a place steeped in spiritual power and secrets. But nothing could prepare them for what they’ll uncover.
Set in 1988 North Dakota, The Round House is a masterful blend of mystery, coming-of-age grit, and cultural reckoning. As Joe is forced to grow up far too soon, the line between justice and vengeance begins to blur.
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Immortal but forgotten by all who meet her, Addie LaRue has survived three centuries alone—until a boy in a bookstore remembers her.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Historical Fantasy
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Immortal but forgotten by all who meet her, Addie LaRue has survived three centuries alone—until a boy in a bookstore remembers her. V.E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (4.4 stars, 100k+ reviews) is a sweeping, genre-blending bestseller praised by NPR, Oprah, and Goodreads. Don’t miss this hauntingly beautiful tale of identity, memory, and love.
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What if you could live forever, but no one could ever remember you?
In 1714 France, Addie LaRue makes a desperate bargain to escape a life not of her choosing. She’s granted immortality—but with a curse: everyone she meets forgets her moments after they part. Centuries pass. She becomes a ghost in her own story, shaping art, music, and lives without ever being remembered.
Then, in a tucked-away New York City bookstore, she meets Henry—and he remembers her.
As Addie dares to hope that her curse might be broken, she must confront the god who doomed her, the boy who sees her, and the weight of eternity she carries.
Can a forgotten girl write herself back into existence? Or will she remain a shadow forever?
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Winner of the Whitbread Prize and banned in several countries, The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie is a dazzling collision of myth, identity, and exile.
The Satanic Verses
Literary Fiction
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Winner of the Whitbread Prize and banned in several countries, The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie is a dazzling collision of myth, identity, and exile. Lauded for its "verbal pyrotechnics" and bold narrative invention, this 4.0-star masterpiece remains one of the most controversial and essential novels of modern literature. A landmark work. A literary firestorm. Don’t miss it.
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When a terrorist attack brings down a London-bound jet, two Indian actors fall from the sky—one transforming into an angelic figure, the other into something far darker.
Thus begins a surreal and sweeping odyssey through identity, belief, and transformation in The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie’s most provocative and acclaimed novel. As Gibreel and Saladin navigate a world of miracles and mayhem, myth and memory, their journey becomes a volatile meditation on faith, immigration, and what it means to exist between worlds.
Censored, celebrated, and globally discussed, this modern masterpiece blends dazzling imagination with razor-sharp social commentary. Verbal fireworks meet psychological insight in a story where nothing is sacred—and everything is questioned.
What happens when belief takes flight—and who survives the fall?
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With unforgettable characters and prose as bracing as a North Atlantic gale, this 4.2-star novel is a must-read for fans of literary fiction and emotional transformation.
The Shipping News
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Shipping News by Annie Proulx is a darkly comic, sharply written novel about a down-on-his-luck journalist who finds unexpected redemption in a coastal Newfoundland village. With unforgettable characters and prose as bracing as a North Atlantic gale, this 4.2-star novel is a must-read for fans of literary fiction and emotional transformation.
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Quoyle is a failed newspaperman with a disastrous past and no clear future—until his wife’s death sends him spiraling toward the sea.
Dragged to Newfoundland by his formidable aunt, he lands in a crumbling ancestral home with two troubled daughters and a heart too battered to hope. He’s soon reporting the shipping news for a bizarre local paper, surviving on cod cheeks, bleak weather, and stories of wreckage—both literal and emotional.
But as winter seals the coast in ice, something inside Quoyle thaws. Among eccentric townsfolk, haunted histories, and the steady rhythm of the sea, he begins to untangle his identity—and maybe even build something new from the wreckage.
In a land of storms and secrets, can one broken man anchor a life worth keeping?
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Laric Mason has spent years hiding his magic, determined to live quietly, until dragons destroy everything he loves.
Fires Above, Heroes Below
Fantasy · Coming of Age · Epic Fantasy
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Laric Mason has spent years hiding his magic, determined to live quietly, until dragons destroy everything he loves. With no one left to fight back, he must face the legacy he’s avoided and unlock a dangerous power to stand against dragonfire and war. This epic fantasy series opener holds 4.3 stars on Amazon and strong Goodreads ratings.
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When dragons return, a reluctant student becomes the realm’s last hope.
Laric Mason has spent years hiding his magic, content to scrape by with the bare minimum at his local academy. He refuses to chase the legacy left by his grandmother—or the destiny others claim waits for him. A quiet life is all he’s ever wanted.
Until the dragons come.
When a fiery assault from the war-hungry realm of Korthal shatters his village, Laric’s world burns. His school is gone. His family is gone. And the truth is undeniable: no one else is coming to save them.
To stand against the dragons, Laric must stop running from who he is—and unlock a power even he doesn’t fully understand.
Fires Above, Heroes Below begins an exciting dragon rider fantasy series by bestsellers D.K. Holmberg and Dan Michaelson.
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A runaway teen becomes Jaipur’s most in-demand henna artist—until the past shows up with a sister she never knew existed.
The Henna Artist
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction
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A runaway teen becomes Jaipur’s most in-demand henna artist—until the past shows up with a sister she never knew existed. The Henna Artist is a lush, emotionally rich bestseller about reinvention, independence, and the cost of keeping secrets. A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times hit, it’s historical fiction that lingers like the scent of jasmine.
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Lakshmi escapes an abusive marriage at seventeen and reinvents herself in 1950s Jaipur as the city’s most sought-after henna artist and discreet confidante to the wealthy elite. Her skill, independence, and guarded poise earn her power—but also enemies.
When a man from her past appears, bringing with him a spirited young girl claiming to be her sister, Lakshmi’s carefully curated world begins to fracture. Secrets she’s buried threaten to rise, and the life she’s fought so hard to build could unravel.
Set against the lush, intoxicating backdrop of post-independence India, The Henna Artist is a story of self-discovery, resilience, and the delicate balance between freedom and tradition.
A New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, this is historical fiction at its most intimate and evocative.
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A chance discovery disrupts a carefully constructed life and forces an unexpected reckoning.
There’s Something About Mira
Contemporary Romance · Literary Fiction · Romance · Asian Fiction
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A chance discovery disrupts a carefully constructed life and forces an unexpected reckoning. While visiting New York alone, Mira Salvi finds a lost ring and becomes consumed with returning it to its owner, drawing her into an uneasy partnership with a driven journalist. As the search unfolds, Mira begins to question the choices that once felt certain. There’s Something About Mira is a contemporary romance about identity, obligation, and the quiet pull of unfinished paths.
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From USA Today bestselling author Sonali Dev comes the heartfelt story of a woman determined to reunite a lost ring with its owner, who ends up finding herself along the way.
Mira Salvi has the perfect life—a job she loves, a fiancé everyone adores, and the secure future she’s always imagined for herself. Really, she hasn’t a thing to complain about, not even when she has to go on her engagement trip to New York alone.
While playing tourist in the city, Mira chances upon a lost ring, and her social media post to locate its owner goes viral. With everyone trying to claim the ring, only one person seems to want to find its owner as badly as Mira does: journalist Krish Hale. Brooding and arrogant, he will do anything to get to write this story.
As Krish and Mira reluctantly join forces and jump into the adventure of tracing the ring back to where it belongs, Mira begins to wonder if she is in the right place in her own life. She had to have found this ring for a reason…right? Maybe, like the owner of the lost ring, her happy ending hasn’t been written yet either.
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