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• Carpet Diem

  Or...How to Save the World by Accident

  Anderson, Justin Lee

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  Narrator Matthew Lloyd Davies shines in this funny, vivid story in which a hermit, Simon, and his favorite rug must decide the fate of the world when an unusual pair of beings visit his home. The unusual premise develops into an engaging…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daughter of the Moon Goddess

  A Novel

  Tan, Sue Lynn

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  A debut fantasy inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess, Chang’e, in which a young woman’s quest to free her mother pits her against the most powerful immortal in the realm and sets her on a dangerous path - where choices come…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Devil in Silver

  LaValle, Victor, 1972-

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  That old man with a bison's head, roaming the mental ward each night at New Hyde Hospital? It's the devil. To defeat him, newcomer Skinny Ray joins forces with three other patients. The novel will leave you wondering about its many…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Elder Race

  Tchaikovsky, Adrian

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  Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way. But a demon is terrorizing the land, and now that she's an adult, she understands that the only way to save her people is to invoke the pact between her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fourth Wing

  Yarros, Rebecca

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  In this massively popular book, twenty-year-old Violet was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Godkiller

  Kaner, Hannah

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  Gods have been outlawed, and Kissen exterminates them for a living — until she finds one she can’t kill in this setup for a classic fantasy road trip, with a motley group and plenty of wild action. But it’s also a vehicle for exploring the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nettle & Bone

  Kingfisher, T.

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  This darkly funny feminist fairy tale finds its unlikely heroine in Marra, youngest princess of the Harbor Kingdom. Marra is better at knitting than politicking, and is relieved to be sent to a convent while her older sisters make…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ninth House

  Bardugo, Leigh

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  This book is perfect for fantasy readers who love ghosts. Bardugo’s first fantasy novel for adults introduces an antihero who is just the right person to take on rising dangers in an elitist society. Alex Stern’s early life was wrecked by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• She Who Became the Sun

  Parker-Chan, Shelley

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  This genderbent retelling of the fall of the Yuan Dynasty and the life of the first Ming Emperor is full of sweeping storytelling and a gripping plot. On his 12th birthday, a fortune teller tells Zhu Chongba his fate—untold greatness. When…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Silver Nitrate

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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  Moreno-Garcia explores colourism in both mysticism and Mexican society, and the need to survive by creating your own private language in this chilling tale of film nerds colliding with occultists who seek a special film with arcane powers.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Under the Whispering Door

  Klune, TJ,

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  After dying of a heart attack, cutthroat lawyer Wallace ends up in Charon’s Crossing Tea and Treats, a shop run by Hugo the ferryman, whose job is to help people come to terms with their death and cross over. In this heartwarming story of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Witch King

  Wells, Martha

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  In this layered and complex fantasy, demon Prince Kai awakens in his own tomb, alone and unable to remember how he got there, although he knows he must have been betrayed. He'll have to recover his companions, retrace his steps, both in…Read moreRead more of this annotation