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Good for readers who want family drama, legal tension, and questions of guilt shaped by misunderstanding.
House Rules
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Domestic Fiction
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Called “complex, compassionate, and smart” by The Washington Post, House Rules follows Jacob Hunt, a teen with Asperger’s whose fascination with forensic analysis draws police attention after a murder rocks his small town, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 12,200 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want family drama, legal tension, and questions of guilt shaped by misunderstanding.
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and the modern classics My Sister’s Keeper, The Storyteller, and more, comes a “complex, compassionate, and smart” (The Washington Post) novel about a family torn apart by a murder accusation.
When your son can’t look you in the eye…does that mean he’s guilty?
Jacob Hunt is a teen with Asperger’s syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. He’s hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, though he is brilliant in many ways. He has a special focus on one subject—forensic analysis. A police scanner in his room clues him in to crime scenes, and he’s always showing up and telling the cops what to do. And he’s usually right.
But when Jacob’s small hometown is rocked by a terrible murder, law enforcement comes to him. Jacob’s behaviors are hallmark Asperger’s, but they look a lot like guilt to the local police. Suddenly the Hunt family, who only want to fit in, are thrust directly in the spotlight. For Jacob’s mother, it’s a brutal reminder of the intolerance and misunderstanding that always threaten her family. For his brother, it’s another indication why nothing is normal because of Jacob.
And for the frightened small town, the soul-searing question looms: Did Jacob commit murder?
House Rules is “a provocative story in which [Picoult] explores the pain of trying to comprehend the people we love—and reminds us that the truth often travels in disguise” (People).
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A warrior raised to follow her father’s path, Lamia expects duty, a mate, and a future in New Moon.
The Delta’s Daughter
Romantasy · Paranormal Romance
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A warrior raised to follow her father’s path, Lamia expects duty, a mate, and a future in New Moon. Instead, betrayal, kidnapping, and a dangerous rogue wolf force her into a fight for survival. The Delta’s Daughter begins a dark shifter romantasy series full of legacy, war, love, and explicit adult themes. Rated 4.6 on Amazon and 4.5 on Goodreads.
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Lamia wanted to follow in her father's footsteps and become the next Delta of New Moon. Find her mate and live happily ever after.
But the fates had other ideas. Love, tragedy, and betrayal follow Lamia as she discovers her family’s heritage, the blood that runs through her veins, and her spirit animal's legacy.
A rogue wolf from the King's past wants to claim Lamia for himself: Kidnapped, held for breeding and her strength, Lamia can only survive and pray she makes it out alive.
Will her prince and his beta rescue her or will she fight her way out?
Follow the tale of Lamia Langley, the Delta’s Daughter as she grows into the strongest shifter in the realm and faces challenges, war, heartache, and love.
It’s all sweet and innocent… until it isn’t.
The first book in an eight-book series. Step into the shifter realm where each story focuses on a different character and their role in Lamia's story. Watch as the tales unfold into one bigger story.
A dark and dangerous adventure awaits you.
**For a mature audience. Contains a trigger chapter. Explicit language, and scenes of a sexual nature. Adult themes, sex, violence.**
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Good for readers who want dense epic fantasy with myth, violence, sorcery, and apocalyptic stakes.
The Judging Eye
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · Grim Dark
Our take
Set twenty years after The Thousandfold Thought, The Judging Eye returns to Earwa as an emperor gathers a vast army to prevent a second apocalypse, pulling a reluctant king into holy war while an empress faces assassins and an exiled wizard searches for his enemy’s secrets, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 690 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want dense epic fantasy with myth, violence, sorcery, and apocalyptic stakes.
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The acclaimed author of the Prince of Nothing series returns with a new epic fantasy set in the same richly layered universe.
With his Prince of Nothing series, R. Scott Bakker won legions of fans and comparison to fantasy luminaries such as J.R.R. Tolkien and Frank Herbert. Now comes The Judging Eye, Bakker's first novel in a new series set in the world of Earwa, twenty years after the end of The Thousandfold Thought—a world that is both familiar yet profoundly changed.
To prevent a second apocalypse, an emperor gathers a vast army and draws a reluctant king into holy war. Meanwhile, an empress finds herself threatened by assassins and an exiled wizard seeks his enemy's secrets. Delving even further into his richly imagined universe of myth, violence, and sorcery, Bakker delivers a fantasy novel that defies expectations.
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Good for readers who want science fiction about AI, robotics, secrecy, and human identity.
The Phoenix Code
Sci-Fi · Hard Sci-Fi · Space Opera
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“Continues to dazzle us with brilliance in combining science, romance and adventure” Romantic Times, The Phoenix Code follows MIT professor Megan O’Flannery as she works with a secret android named Ander, loosening his controls until independent thought turns dangerous, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 160 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want science fiction about AI, robotics, secrecy, and human identity.
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The Nebula Award–winning author "continues to dazzle us with brilliance in combining science, romance and adventure." —Romantic Times
MIT professor Megan O'Flannery is one of the world's leading research scientists on artificial intelligence for androids. Most of her work consists of working with computer simulations, so when the company MindSim gives Megan an opportunity to work with an android, she jumps at the chance.
Hidden and secret, an underground compound in the Nevada desert offers Megan a spectacular lab where she can live and work, mostly alone except for robotic assistants—and the android. Although it appears physically indistinguishable from a human man, Megan realizes she has a lot of work ahead if he is ever to think and act like a human, let alone the superspy that MindSim wants him to be. She loosens the controls on his behavior, allowing the android—who soon chooses the name Ander—the freedom of more independent thought.
However, when Raj Sundaram, the reclusive genius of robotics, arrives at the compound to work with the android, Ander's behavior takes a strange turn, causing Megan to distrust Raj. As Ander's development spins out of control, he throws the project into chaos, going rogue even as he becomes stronger—and more dangerously human.
"This novel is clearly science fiction first with a dynamic climax that will stun the unsuspecting audience who will fail to break The Phoenix Code before Ms. Asaro reveals the ending of this keeper." —Painted Rock Reviews
"Cinematic energy and the ease and confidence of a seasoned bestseller." —SFReviews.net
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For readers who like twisty domestic thrillers, family secrets, and high-stakes abduction plots.
The Wrong Child
Thriller · Suspense
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The Wrong Child follows Sarah and Jake after their three-month-old son, Max, is abducted, while teenager Willow begins questioning the new baby her family has brought to their caravan park. As Max’s neonatal diabetes becomes life-threatening, Willow uncovers disturbing secrets and a deadly cover-up, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 2,200 Amazon reviewers. For readers who like twisty domestic thrillers, family secrets, and high-stakes abduction plots.
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A mother with a dark secret...
A daughter dying to tell.
When 3-month-old Max is abducted, his parents are plunged into their worst nightmare. Devastated mum Sarah only took her eyes off him for a second, but that doesn't stop her guilt. Even husband Jake can't hide his anger that their little boy went missing on her watch.
By contrast there are smiles and celebration at a caravan park in Lincolnshire, as baby Blaze is introduced to the Star family. Jenna and Gary are delighted with the new addition to their family. He is their fourth child and a real object of delight to their eldest - fifteen-year-old Willow - who once again will raise the child.
But trouble is brewing for the Star family. Willow is concerned by the desperate online appeals from Sarah and Jake, baby Max has neonatal diabetes and without regular treatment will die. As baby "Blaze" becomes seriously ill, Willow makes a shocking discovery. What is the truth about her family? And how far will they go to hide their deadly secret?
READERS ARE LOVING THE WRONG CHILD:
'This needs to be on your TBR'
'I couldn't put it down!'
'A rollercoaster ride...absolutely full of twists and turns!'
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For readers who like literary horror, haunted histories, and psychological unease.
House of Windows
Fantasy · Horror · Supernatural Horror
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Called “superb literary horror” by Peter Straub, House of Windows follows a writer drawn into Veronica Croydon’s story of scandal, widowhood, and a marriage strained by psychological and paranormal forces. Moving from the Hudson Valley to Afghanistan and Victorian England, it explores memory, grief, and supernatural violence, with a 4.1-star rating from 500 Amazon reviewers. For readers who like literary horror, haunted histories, and psychological unease.
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The haunting debut novel by the Bram Stoker Award-winning author—"think Henry James and Joyce Carol Oates with just a few paragraphs of Joe Lansdale" (Tor.com).
For the last few years, Veronica Croydon has been at the center of scandal, first as the younger woman for whom her famous professor left his wife, and then as his apparent widow. When a writer staying at the same vacation home as Veronica has the chance to hear her story, he jumps at it. What follows takes him to the dark heart of a father's troubled relationship with his only son, in a story that stretches from the Hudson Valley to Afghanistan; and from post-9/11 America to Victorian England.
House of Windows is a haunting exploration of a marriage under strain from forces both psychological and paranormal. With its combination of literary complexity and chilling supernatural violence, it is widely considered a masterpiece of contemporary horror fiction.
New introduction by Adam Nevill
Reading Group Guide included
"John Langan is a writer of superb literary horror. Both House of Windows and The Fisherman are dark and unsettling contemporary masterpieces." —Peter Straub, New York Times bestselling author
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For readers who like dark MM mafia romance, academy settings, enemies-to-lovers tension, and cliffhangers.
Conquest
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Erotica
Our take
At Vintermoor Academy, crown heir Vincenzo Vieri is trying to prove himself worthy of the empire he was born to rule when Nikolaj Dragovich, a deadly Bratva heir, is sent to kill him. Conquest turns that threat into dangerous attraction, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 100 Amazon reviewers. For readers who like dark MM mafia romance, academy settings, enemies-to-lovers tension, and cliffhangers.
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My name is Vincenzo Vieri. Crown heir to the Five Families. Son of a king. Twin to a traitor.
I came to Vintermoor Academy for one reason: to prove my loyalty and walk out worthy of the empire I was born to rule. This place is nothing but a proving ground for the next generation of monsters, murderers, and mafia royalty. I was prepared for all of it… but not for him.
Nikolaj Dragovich.
Bratva heir. Bloody prince of the North Wing. A predator with frostbitten eyes and a mouth made for war.
I know he was sent here to kill me, but no one warned me what it would feel like to want the weapon aimed at my throat.
Nikolaj is chaos wrapped in velvet; a curse I can’t kill.
And if I’m not careful, he won’t just take my crown...
He’ll bury me with it.
This is book 1 in the Of Ruin and Royalty duet, and ends in a cliffhanger.
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For readers who like rural fantasy, fey sisters, folklore, and mystical family mysteries.
Comet Weather
Fairy Tale · Romantasy
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Called “a golden slice of British rural fantasy” by Paul Cornell, Comet Weather reunites the four Fallow sisters at Mooncote as they search for their missing mother, Alys. With a comet due and cryptic help from star spirits and the dead, old tensions and family secrets rise, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 200 Amazon reviewers. For readers who like rural fantasy, fey sisters, folklore, and mystical family mysteries.
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This tale of four fey sisters is "a golden slice of British rural fantasy in the tradition of Diana Wynne Jones and Tanith Lee. . . . I loved it" (Paul Cornell, New York Times–bestselling author of Witches of Lychford).
Levelheaded Bee still lives at Mooncote, the family home in Somerset, where she has an unconventional boyfriend of whom her sisters are unaware. Stella, a DJ who's just done some gigs in Ibiza, has vowed never to return to Mooncote after a row with Bee. Single mother and fashion designer Serena lives in Notting Hill with growing doubts about her relationship with her longtime boyfriend, a rock musician. And Luna, the youngest, is a wanderer living out of a horse-drawn van while she follows a trail of horse fairs across the country.
The four Fallow sisters are scattered like the four winds. But now, with the comet due, they're drawn back together, united in their desire to find their mother, free-spirited Alys, who disappeared a year ago. They have help, of course, from the star spirits and the no-longer-living, but such advice tends to be cryptic and is hardly the most dependable of guides . . .
"In Comet Weather, Liz Williams has crafted something marvellous. This is a book full of wonder, horror, love, heartbreak, strangeness, and a gorgeously evoked sense of time and place. Between one page and the next you'll be laughing out loud, then shivering to your bones." —Alastair Reynolds, award-winning author of Eversion and Revelation Space
"This quick-witted and intriguing contemporary fantasy is fresh and original, while also harking back to the mythology of the English landscape and the classic literature that has inspired. A many-faceted delight." —Juliet E. McKenna, author of the Green Man series
"A perfect pleasure to read. Think [Neil] Gaiman: imagination enriched with history, culture, geography, astronomy and archaeology, and a dash of romance." —Aurealis
"One of the most affecting and accomplished fantasy novels of the year so far." —Locus
"Mesmerizing." —SciFi Mind
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Good for readers who like gay sports romance with enemies-to-lovers tension, grumpy/sunshine dynamics, Olympic pressure, and hurt/comfort.
Kiss and Cry
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Gay Romance · Sports Romance
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Two rival figure skaters must train together for the Olympics, forcing them to confront their intense rivalry and growing feelings for each other. Kiss and Cry has a 4.5-star rating from more than 1,900 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like gay sports romance with enemies-to-lovers tension, grumpy/sunshine dynamics, Olympic pressure, and hurt/comfort.
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Will figure skating enemies become lovers?
Henry
Everything comes easily for Theo Sullivan, whether it’s jumps or figure skating world titles. Everyone loves him—judges, fans, coaches.
I hate him.
Now he’s invaded my training center, and I have to see him every day as we prepare for the Olympics. I’m going to win gold if it’s the last thing I do. I’m going to beat him.
But the strangest thing is happening. I’m peeking under his happy-go-lucky exterior and discovering there’s more to Theo than I imagined.
This is a mistake. I can’t trust him.
I can’t be falling in love.
Theo
My mom’s convinced training with Henry Sakaguchi will distract me heading into the Olympics. No way—Henry’s epically boring and cold. He might as well be carved from ice.
But when I need help, he’s there. He tries to keep me at arm’s length, but it’s no use. He’s too kind. Too generous. He’s caring and gorgeous and hot, and I’ve never wanted anyone like this.
I might want Henry more than a gold medal.
Am I falling in love?
Kiss and Cry by Keira Andrews is a steamy gay sports romance featuring grumpy/sunshine opposites attracting, secretly soft-hearted boys, hurt/comfort, and of course a happy ending.
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Good for readers who like candid musician memoirs about creativity and hard-earned artistic perspective.
A Dream About Lightning Bugs
Biographies & Memoirs
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A New York Times bestseller called “funny as hell” by Sara Bareilles, Ben Folds chronicles his artistic journey from working-class North Carolina to becoming a celebrated musician, sharing life lessons and insights about music, creativity, and sustaining a career in the digital age, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 900 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like candid musician memoirs about creativity and hard-earned artistic perspective.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the genre-defying icon Ben Folds comes a memoir that is as nuanced, witty, and relatable as his cult-classic songs.
“A Dream About Lightning Bugs reads like its author: intelligent, curious, unapologetically punk, and funny as hell.”—Sara Bareilles
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND PASTE
Ben Folds is a celebrated American singer-songwriter, beloved for songs such as “Brick,” “You Don’t Know Me,” “Rockin’ the Suburbs,” and “The Luckiest,” and is the former frontman of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five. But Folds will be the first to tell you he’s an unconventional icon, more normcore than hardcore. Now, in his first book, Folds looks back at his life so far in a charming and wise chronicle of his artistic coming of age, infused with the wry observations of a natural storyteller.
In the title chapter, “A Dream About Lightning Bugs,” Folds recalls his earliest childhood dream—and realizes how much it influenced his understanding of what it means to be an artist. In “Measure Twice, Cut Once” he learns to resist the urge to skip steps during the creative process. In “Hall Pass” he recounts his 1970s North Carolina working-class childhood, and in “Cheap Lessons” he returns to the painful life lessons he learned the hard way—but that luckily didn’t kill him.
In his inimitable voice, both relatable and thought-provoking, Folds digs deep into the life experiences that shaped him, imparting hard-earned wisdom about both art and life. Collectively, these stories embody the message Folds has been singing about for years: Smile like you’ve got nothing to prove, because it hurts to grow up, and life flies by in seconds.
Praise for A Dream About Lightning Bugs
“Besides being super talented, and an incredibly poignant and multifaceted musician, Ben Folds is a fantastic author. I couldn’t put this book down—and not just because I taped it to my hand. Ben takes us into his mind and into his process from the very beginnings of his childhood to where he is today—one of the greatest musicians and writers that has ever graced the art.”—Bob Saget
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Good for readers who like YA thrillers with heists, family secrets, murder, and characters who know how to lie.
Such Charming Liars
Teen + Young Adult · Mystery · Thriller · Detective Fiction · Suspense
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A New York Times bestseller, a mother-daughter grifter duo sets out on their final job, but things take a deadly turn when they cross paths with a serial scammer and his son. Such Charming Liars has a 4.2-star rating from more than 1,300 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like YA thrillers with heists, family secrets, murder, and characters who know how to lie.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final job, the heist turns deadly—and dangerously personal—in this twisty thriller from the #1 bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying!
For all of Kat’s life, it’s just been her and her mother, Jamie—except for the forty-eight hours when Jamie was married and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. That all ended in an epic divorce, and Kat and Liam haven’t spoken since.
Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job—at billionaire Ross Sutherland’s birthday party. And Kat has figured out a way to tag along. What Kat doesn’t know, though, is that there are two surprise guests at the dazzling Sutherland compound that weekend. The last two people she wants to run into. Liam and his father—a serial scammer who has his sights set on Ross Sutherland’s youngest daughter.
Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when a Sutherland dies, they realize they might actually be in the killer’s crosshairs themselves. Somehow Kat and Liam are the new targets, and they can’t trust anyone—except each other.
Or can they? Because if there’s one thing both Kat and Liam know, it’s how to lie. They learned from the best.
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Good for readers who like swashbuckling historical adventure, seafaring danger, and revenge-driven coming-of-age stories.
Wake of the Perdido Star
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Historical Mystery
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In 1805, a seventeen-year-old sailor seeks revenge in Cuba after family tragedy, embarking on a three-year journey filled with storms, shipwrecks, and adventures around the world. Wake of the Perdido Star has a 4.6-star rating from more than 700 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like swashbuckling historical adventure, seafaring danger, and revenge-driven coming-of-age stories.
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The Oscar-winning actor teams up with a shipwreck diving expert to spin a cinematic tale of nineteenth century pirates, shipwrecks, and sea adventure.
In 1805, seventeen-year-old Jack O'Reilly sets sail with his parents from America to Cuba aboard the Perdido Star. But when tragedy strikes shortly after their arrival, Jack makes a desperate escape, rejoining the departing Star as a member of the crew. On his yearslong journey around the globe, he only grows more obsessed with avenging the murder of his parents.
By the time he returns to Cuba, Jack has faced storms, shipwreck, and deadly battles. He leads a renegade band who call themselves the Right Honourable Brotherhood of the Shipwrecked Men of the Star. But having seen and suffered so much, what is Jack now willing to sacrifice for revenge?
Hackman and Lenihan infuse this swashbuckling tale with authentic details of 19th century seafaring and deep sea diving. The hero Jack is joined by a colorful cast of characters, including Paul Le Maire, the aristocratic intellectual who earns Jack's friendship; Quince, the first mate, Jack's mentor and defender; Quen-Li, the mysterious Chinese cook whose skills extend beyond the galley; Hansumbob, the ship's poet, whose simplicity belies a wisdom born of the heart; and the greedy Count de Silva, whose charm masks a murderous soul.
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