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When Victor Frankenstein meets Mary Bennet, their unlikely connection sparks desire and danger.
Pride and Prometheus
Historical Fiction · Fantasy · Romance · Historical Fantasy · Historical Romance
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When Victor Frankenstein meets Mary Bennet, their unlikely connection sparks desire and danger. As his Creature demands a bride, Mary uncovers the dark truth behind Victor’s genius. Blending Pride and Prejudice with Frankenstein, John Kessel’s Pride and Prometheus is a rich, haunting fusion of Regency romance and gothic horror about love, ambition, and moral consequence.
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When Victor Frankenstein journeys to England to create a bride for his Creature, he meets Mary Bennet, the overlooked sister of Pride and Prejudice. Awkward, intelligent, and longing for meaning beyond the drawing room, Mary finds herself drawn to Victor’s brilliance and mystery. But his secrets are darker than she could ever imagine.
As the Creature demands his promised mate, Mary is pulled into a web of passion, horror, and moral reckoning that will change her life forever. Between love and monstrosity, who deserves redemption, and who must pay the price of creation?
Blending Jane Austen’s wit with Mary Shelley’s gothic intensity, John Kessel’s Pride and Prometheus is a mesmerizing tale of science, longing, and the dangerous pursuit of perfection.
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When his brother dies, young mechanic Alasdair Finch uses clockwork and alchemy to bring him back.
This Monstrous Thing
Historical Fantasy · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Teen + Young Adult · Steampunk
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When his brother dies, young mechanic Alasdair Finch uses clockwork and alchemy to bring him back. But Oliver’s return is monstrous, and soon the city’s obsession with Frankenstein turns deadly. Caught between invention and fear, Alasdair must fight to save what remains of his brother. Mackenzi Lee’s This Monstrous Thing is gothic fantasy at its finest.
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In a world powered by steam and clockwork, Alasdair Finch has built a reputation as a gifted mechanic. But when his beloved brother Oliver dies, grief drives him to the unthinkable. Using gears, steel, and forbidden knowledge, Alasdair brings Oliver back to life.
The resurrection is a miracle gone wrong. Oliver returns changed, more machine than man, and soon the story of Frankenstein sweeps through the city, exposing the brothers to suspicion and fear. Hunted by those who would destroy them both, Alasdair must confront the line between invention and monstrosity before it consumes them all.
Mackenzi Lee’s This Monstrous Thing is a brilliantly inventive gothic fantasy, blending reimagined history, clockwork science, and the tragic heart of brotherhood.
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With cities under siege, knights whispering of greater dangers, and heroes tested on every front, this epic fantasy has earned a 4.7 out of 5 stars rating and…
Of Darkness and Light
Fantasy · Historical Fantasy
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Ryan Cahill’s Of Darkness and Light, the electrifying sequel in The Bound and the Broken, brings war, rebellion, and ancient magic to the forefront. With cities under siege, knights whispering of greater dangers, and heroes tested on every front, this epic fantasy has earned a 4.7 out of 5 stars rating and is a must for fans of sprawling sagas.
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In Of Darkness and Light, the battle for survival burns hotter than ever.
Belduar has never fallen in over a thousand years. Now Calen Bryer and his companions must defend the city’s walls against the Lorian Empire and the unstoppable Dragonguard. If Belduar falls, hope itself may collapse with it.
Far to the north, Ella Bryer arrives at Antiquar with Faenir at her side. Relentless and unafraid, she is prepared to carve her own path through whatever stands in her way. In Al’Nasla, Rist Havel trains within the Circle of Magii, unaware that destiny’s eye is fixed firmly on him.
As rebellion stirs and ancient shadows awaken, nations will fall, heroes will rise, and the world will tremble beneath blood and fire.
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Wen-yi Lee’s When They Burned the Butterfly is a fierce, glamorous fantasy debut where gang wars, migrant gods, and vengeance ignite 1970s Singapore.
When They Burned the Butterfly
Fantasy · LGBTQIA+ · Dark Fantasy · Historical Fantasy
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Wen-yi Lee’s When They Burned the Butterfly is a fierce, glamorous fantasy debut where gang wars, migrant gods, and vengeance ignite 1970s Singapore. Blending the sharp intensity of R.F. Kuang with the gritty underworld of Fonda Lee, this novel carries a 4.6 out of 5 stars Amazon rating. A dazzling mix of magic, rebellion, and found family awaits.
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Singapore, 1972. Magic is vanishing under the weight of modernization, but in the back alleys, secret societies still channel the power of migrant gods.
Adeline Siow has always been a loner, content with the fire she can summon at her fingertips. That changes when her mother dies in a blaze marked by the symbol of a butterfly. Hunting for answers, Adeline collides with the Red Butterflies, a fearsome girl gang sworn to a fire goddess and led by her mother in secret.
Now, Adeline’s bloodline holds the goddess’s power, and rival gangs are circling. Bodies are piling up with traces of unfamiliar magic, and a dangerous world demands her loyalty.
Can Adeline claim her place among the Butterflies, or will she burn with them?
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Ayana Gray’s I, Medusa, from the New York Times bestselling author of Beasts of Prey, is a fierce retelling of Greek myth.
I, Medusa
Historical Fantasy
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Ayana Gray’s I, Medusa, from the New York Times bestselling author of Beasts of Prey, is a fierce retelling of Greek myth. With 4.5 stars and early critical acclaim, this feminist origin story reclaims Medusa as a wronged woman turned vigilante. Explosive, heartbreaking, and empowering, it redefines a legend too long silenced.
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Meddy has always been overshadowed. Next to her radiant immortal sisters and her god-born parents, she is overlooked, underestimated, and yearning for a life beyond the island she calls home. When Athena offers her a place as a priestess, Meddy seizes the chance to step into purpose and power.
But in Athens, under the watchful gaze of gods, her promising future is shattered. Noticed by Poseidon, betrayed by Athena, Meddy’s life is rewritten in rage and serpents. Her locs become snakes, her gaze a weapon, her body a curse for a crime she never committed.
Ayana Gray’s I, Medusa is a bold reimagining of one of mythology’s most maligned figures, transforming a monster into a heroine who refuses to be forgotten.
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A struggling riverboat captain accepts a deal from a wealthy stranger whose secrets grow darker with every mile down the Mississippi.
Fevre Dream
Fantasy · Horror · Fantasy Adventure · Historical Fantasy · Supernatural Horror
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A struggling riverboat captain accepts a deal from a wealthy stranger whose secrets grow darker with every mile down the Mississippi. Set in 1857, Fevre Dream blends gothic horror, historical detail, and moral reckoning in a chilling reinvention of the vampire novel. With 4.4 stars on Amazon and more than 32,000 Goodreads ratings, it remains a genre classic.
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A THRILLING REINVENTION OF THE VAMPIRE NOVEL BY THE MASTER OF MODERN FANTASY, GEORGE R. R. MARTIN
Abner Marsh, a struggling riverboat captain, suspects that something’s amiss when he is approached by a wealthy aristocrat with a lucrative offer. The hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York doesn’t care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh’s dilapidated fleet; nor does he care that he won’t earn back his investment in a decade. York’s reasons for traversing the powerful Mississippi are to be none of Marsh’s concern—no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious York’s actions may prove. Not until the maiden voyage of Fevre Dream does Marsh realize that he has joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare—and humankind’s most impossible dream.
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Samantha Shannon’s The Priory of the Orange Tree is a New York Times bestseller and a modern epic often hailed as feminist Game of Thrones.
The Priory of the Orange Tree
Fantasy · LGBTQIA+ · Epic Fantasy · Historical Fantasy
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Samantha Shannon’s The Priory of the Orange Tree is a New York Times bestseller and a modern epic often hailed as feminist Game of Thrones. With 4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon and named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon and BookPage, this sweeping tale of queens, mages, and dragons is a must-read high fantasy masterpiece.
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The House of Berethnet has ruled for a thousand years, but Queen Sabran the Ninth is unwed and heirless. Without a daughter to continue the line, her realm faces destruction. Assassins are closing in, and danger stalks her very throne.
At court, Ead Duryan hides her true allegiance. Outwardly a lady-in-waiting, she secretly serves a society of mages sworn to protect the queen. Her forbidden magic may be Sabran’s only defense against what is coming.
Across the sea, Tané trains to be a dragonrider, her destiny tied to choices that could unravel her life.
As East and West refuse to unite, an ancient enemy stirs. A queendom without an heir, divided kingdoms, and dragons rising—this is epic fantasy at its fiercest.
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Jeffrey Ford’s The Shadow Year is a World Fantasy Award winner with 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon.
The Shadow Year
Historical Fantasy · Horror
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Jeffrey Ford’s The Shadow Year is a World Fantasy Award winner with 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon. Blending eerie childhood nostalgia with supernatural menace, this haunting novel turns a basement cardboard town into a terrifying mirror of reality. Disappearances, deaths, and a sinister stranger converge in one unforgettable story of innocence lost.
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In the 1960s, childhood feels both endless and fleeting on Long Island—lazy afternoons, neighborhood games, and secrets too big to share.
Two brothers, restless with imagination, build Botch Town, a cardboard replica of their community, tucked away in their basement. Figurines stand in for neighbors, friends, and family. But it’s their younger sister, Mary—strange, sharp, and otherworldly—who quietly manipulates the clay residents.
When disappearances, deaths, and eerie sightings grip their town, the brothers notice an unsettling truth: every shift in their miniature world plays out in reality. And when a sinister stranger in a long white car appears, the connection becomes undeniable.
The line between make-believe and nightmare has vanished. If Mary keeps remaking the town, what else might come to life?
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Best for readers who like epic fantasy with convict heroes, unpredictable magic, battling warlords, and harsh frozen settings.
Ice Forged
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · Historical Fantasy
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Called “highly readable” by the Sunday Telegraph, condemned murderer Blaine “Mick” McFadden has spent six years in a frozen penal colony. When supply ships stop arriving and the kingdom’s magic fails, Blaine and his fellow exiles must confront the disaster unfolding beyond their prison, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 300 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like epic fantasy with convict heroes, unpredictable magic, battling warlords, and harsh frozen settings.
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From one of the most exciting writers of fantasy adventure comes the first novel in The Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, a tale of unpredictable magic, battling warlords, and the lust for vengeance set in the unforgiving frozen wastes at the edge of the world.
Condemned as a murderer for killing the man who dishonored his sister, Blaine "Mick" McFadden has spent the last six years exiled in Velant, a penal colony in the frigid northern wastelands. Harsh military discipline and the oppressive magic keep a fragile peace as colonists struggle against a hostile environment. But the supply ships from Dondareth have stopped coming, boding ill for the kingdom that banished the colonists.
Now, as the world's magic runs wild, McFadden and the people of Velant must fight to survive and decide their fate . . .
Praise for the Ascendant Kingdoms Saga
"Epic fantasy as it was meant to be read: gripping, action packed, and larger than life. A delight for any fan of the genre!" —Rachel Aaron
"Epic fantasy at its best." —Aaron Rosenberg
"A vivid, engrossing tapestry woven from epic heroism, post apocalypse struggles, perilous magic and darkest fantasy. A distinct and distinctive achievement." —Juliet McKenna
"A book that will take over readers' thoughts until long after the final page." —RT Book Reviews
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Gods of Jade and Shadow is a Nebula Award finalist and NPR Best Book of the Year.
Gods of Jade and Shadow
Historical Fantasy · Magical Realism · People of Color
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Gods of Jade and Shadow is a Nebula Award finalist and NPR Best Book of the Year. With 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this dazzling 1920s fairy tale follows Casiopea, a young woman who unleashes the Mayan god of death and joins him on a perilous quest through Mexico’s jazz age and underworld.
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Casiopea Tun spends her days scrubbing floors in her grandfather’s house, dreaming of escape. Her life feels as small as her dusty town in southern Mexico—until she opens a forbidden wooden box and unleashes a god. Not just any god, but Hun-Kamé, the Mayan god of death, betrayed and dethroned by his brother.
Bound to him by fate, Casiopea must help reclaim his throne or face destruction herself. Her journey spans 1920s Mexico, from Yucatán’s jungles to Mexico City’s glittering jazz halls, and finally into the obsidian depths of Xibalba, the underworld.
As myth and modernity collide, Casiopea finds not only danger but freedom, identity, and even love. But the road to destiny is paved in shadows—will she survive the gods’ game?
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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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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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