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  • Remarkably Bright Creatures

    A Novel

    by Shelby Van Pelt ...
    A New York Times BestsellerSoon to be a Netflix FilmA Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!“Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing.” -- Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See HereFor fans of A Man Called Ove, a charmi... ... Read more

    Was $15.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • Briardark

    by S.A. Harian ...
    Series series Briardark
    Survival and cosmic horror collide in this new series, perfect for fans of LOST and House of Leaves.For Dr. Siena Dupont and her ambitious team, the Alpenglow glacier expedition is a career-defining opportunity. But thirty miles into the desolate Deadswitch Wilderness, they discover a missing hiker dangling from a tree, and their satellite phone fails to call out.Then the body vanishes without a ... Read more

    Was $5.99 USD Now $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dandelion Wine

    by Ray Bradbury ...
    Ray Bradbury's moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his most enchanting novels. Dandelion Wine stands out in the Bradbury literary canon as the author's most deeply personal work, a semi-autobiographical recollection of a magical small-town summer in 1928.Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is as vast and deep as the whole wide world that lies ... Read more

    Was $18.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Mongrels

    A Novel

    by Stephen Graham Jones ...
    Nominated for both the Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Awards, and a Best of 2016 selection of Tor.com and Book Riot, acclaimed horror writer Stephen Graham Jones' (The Only Good Indians and My Heart is a Chainsaw) Mongrels goes beyond your typical werewolf story to show a young boy, mired in poverty and always on the run, coming-of-age in a world that fears him and hates his family...but may just ... Read more

    Was $14.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • The Prince of New York

    by Susan Copperfield ...
    Series Book 11 - Royal States
    His Royal Highness Prince Ian Ambrose of New York longed to fade into the background and vanish following the supposed deaths of his parents and the rise of his sister to Queen of New York. While serving as his sister’s advisor creates trouble, it also allows him to turn trash into treasures in his junkyard.Upon his sister’s primary RPS agent discovering his task force had dropped the ball, Ian is ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Saint of Bright Doors

    by Vajra Chandrasekera ...
    Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel!A 2023 New York Times Notable Book“The best book I've read all year. Protean, singular, original.” —Amal El-Mohtar for the New York TimesThe Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults against the mundane struggles of modern life, resulting in a novel that is re... ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • salt slow

    by Julia Armfield ...
    Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year AwardFrom White Review Short Story Prize winner Julia Armfield, a brilliant, provocative debut story collection for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link.In her electrifying debut, Julia Armfield explores women’s experiences in contemporary society, mapped through their bodies. As urban dwellers’ sleeps become disassociated from them, ... Read more

    Was $11.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Toshikazu Kawaguchi Book Set

    by Toshikazu Kawaguchi ...
    Series series Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series
    What would you do if you could travel back in time? Discover the internationally bestselling novels of Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, now a worldwide phenomenon and BookTok sensation, in this special new box set. Step inside Tokyo’s whimsical Café Funiculi Funicula and travel back in time with a cast of unforgettable characters, including:Before the Coffee Gets Cold: ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Katabasis

    A Novel

    by R. F Kuang ...
    Dante’s Inferno meets Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi in this all-new dark academia fantasy from R. F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface, in which two graduate students must put aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor’s soul—perhaps at the cost of their own.Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek:The story of a hero’s descent to the underworld</st... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Charmed Life

    by Diana Wynne Jones ...
    Series series Chronicles of Chrestomanci
    A bewitching comic fantasy by a master of the supernaturalCat doesn't mind living in the shadow of his sister, Gwendolen, the most promising young witch ever seen on Coven Street. But trouble starts brewing the moment the two orphans are summoned to live in Chrestomanci Castle. Frustrated that the witches of the castle refuse to acknowledge her talents, Gwendolen conjures up a scheme that could ... Read more

    Was $6.99 USD Now $0.99 USD

  • Hate to Haunt You

    by Alli Temple ...
    Series Book 2 - Afterlife Incorporated
    You always haunt the ones you love.First, I got stuck as a ghost in the suburbs of Toronto. Now my reaper roommate is dying. Dying! Reapers aren’t even supposed to get the sniffles.Turns out, we’re connected, and I don’t just mean a shared love of pineapple on pizza. Kelly and I have arare and dangerous bond that’s draining my favourite reaper’s very essence away. If we don’t figure out how to ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Ink Blood Sister Scribe

    A Novel

    by Emma Törzs ...
    NAMED A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR & ONE OF THE BEST FANTASY NOVELS OF THE YEAR“Astonishing and pristine, the kind of debut I love to be devastated by, already so assured and sophisticated that it’s difficult to imagine where the author can go from here. . . . It’s simply a delight from start to finish.” – AMAL EL-MOHTAR, New York Times Book Review“Follow where this novel leads and ... Read more

    Was $11.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • The Incandescent

    by Emily Tesh ...
    Naomi Novik's Scholomance series meets Plain Bad Heroines in this sapphic dark academia fantasy by instant national and international bestselling author Emily Tesh, winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards."Look at you, eating magic like you're one of us."Doctor Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood School and one of the most powerful magicians in England. Her days consist of meetings, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • She and Her Cat

    Stories

    by Makoto Shinkai, Naruki Nagakawa ...
    Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori ...
    For fans of Mieko Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs and Murata Sayaka’s Earthlings**, this Japanese bestseller from renowned anime director Makoto Shinkai features four inspirational and heartwarming vignettes following women and their cats in their quests for love and connection.**Lying alone on the edge of the sidewalk in an abandoned cardboard box, a nameless narrator contemplates the indifferent ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • Stray Cat

    by Jennifer Ashley ...
    Series Book 16 - Shifters Unbound
    The elusive mate bond …For Lindsay, a lynx Shifter, it’s always been Xav, but will he share the mate bond she's forming with him?When Xav goes missing after one of his missions, Lindsay thrusts aside all doubts and focuses on one thing—finding Xav.Xav has had the best times of his life in Lindsay’s presence, though she’s impetuous and wild, which makes him crazy with worry. He’s not sure the two ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Dallergut Dream Department Store

    A Novel

    by Miye Lee ...
    Translated by Sandy Joosun Lee ...
    Series Book 1 - The Dallergut Dream Department Store
    THE #1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLDFor fans of magical realism and the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series by Toshikazu Kawaguchi comes this cozy fantasy debut.What if there was a store that sold dreams? Which would you buy? And who might you become when you wake up?In a mysterious town hidden in our collective subconscious there's a department store that sells dreams. Day and ... Read more

    Was $15.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • Nothing to See Here

    A Novel

    by Kevin Wilson ...
    A New York Times Bestseller • A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, People, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, TIME, The A.V. Club, Buzzfeed, and PopSugar“I can’t believe how good this book is.... It’s wholly original. It’s also perfect.... Wilson... ... Read more

    Was $9.49 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • No Place to Bury the Dead

    A Novel

    by Karina Sainz Borgo ...
    Translated by Elizabeth Bryer ...
    “[A] rich and lyrical tale of desperation and redemption . . . Throughout, Sainz Borgo applies stark poetry to the terrifying setting, where 'moans and cries attributed to ghosts sometimes masked executions and beatings.' It’s a stunner.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)“[A] deeply felt meditation on migration, mourning and the simultaneous entanglement and estrangement of the living and the ... Read more

    Was $11.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Guards! Guards!

    A Discworld Novel

    by Terry Pratchett ...
    Series Book 1 - City Watch
    "As traumatic as it is to only choose one Pratchett, this first entry in his Guards sub-series encompasses everything that is brilliant about his writing: terrific characterization and plotting, a completely believable world, and new details that come up with each re-reading. . . . The story of dwarves, dragons and good police work remains fresh, sharp, and incredibly funny." — Telegraph (UK)Magic ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The House of the Spirits

    A Novel

    by Isabel Allende ...
    This “spectacular… absorbing and distinguished work…is a unique achievement, both personal witness and possible allegory of the past, present, and future of Latin America” (The New York Times Book Review).The House of the Spirits, which introduced Isabel Allende as one of the world’s most gifted storytellers, brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The ... Read more

    Was $13.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Tangled Magic

    Book One of the Urban Fantasy Series Goddesses, Inc

    by Stefanie Santone ...
    Series Book 1 - Goddesses, Inc
    What could possibly be worse than death? After all, Ragnarök has already happened...Wild pixies in churches and bargaining with my soul probably weren't what my parents pictured when I told them about my new job. And that was just day one!Here I am at Goddesses, Inc.—a perfectly normal PI agency. Except it's run by literal goddessesThat’s right, I'm a (reborn) goddess. Pretty sure, anyway. Maybe ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • The Change

    A Novel

    by Kirsten Miller ...
    GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK"The Change is like a guttural rage scream (and somehow a soft, tearful hug) of a book, and I couldn't have loved it any more." --Emily Henry**Big Little Lies meets The Witches of Eastwick—a gloriously entertaining and knife-sharp revenge fantasy about three women whose midlife crisis brings unexpected new powers—putting them on a collision course with the evil ... Read more

    Was $11.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Mort

    A Discworld Novel

    by Terry Pratchett ...
    Series Book 1 - Death
    New York Times bestselling author Terry Pratchett makes Death a central character in Mort, another clever and fabulous installment in the Discworld series, where a cheerfully hapless young man discovers that work can kill your love life when your boss—and your girlfriend’s dad—is the Grim Reaper.Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job. In the Discworld, the Grim Reaper is ... Read more

    $6.49 USD

  • Dragon Fires Everywhere

    by Hazel Beck ...
    Series Book 4 - Witchlore
    When a witch plays with fire, she might just ignite a love that can't be extinguished…Newly-minted Historian of the soon-to-be-ascended Riverwood Coven Georgie Pendell has always played her part—so why does she feel like an outsider in her own life? Duped and dumped by her boyfriend, Georgie finds herself dismissing love as a fairytale. But when the words she reads aloud from an enchanted ... Read more

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