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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

V E Schwab · 544 pages

This is a story about hunger. 1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada. A young girl grows up wild and wily—her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, María makes a desperate choice. She vows to have no regrets. This is a story about love. 1827. London

Morally Gray CharacterFeminismCharacter-DrivenAtmospheric
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Katabasis

R. F. Kuang · 560 pages

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 underworldAlice L

Morally Gray CharacterBookishFeminismAtmospheric
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The Wolf Den

Elodie Harper · 464 pages

Freedom vs ControlFeminismMorally Gray CharacterDark
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The Blind Assassin

Margaret Atwood · 638 pages

More than fifty years on, Iris Chase is remembering Laura's mysterious death. And so begins an extraordinary and compelling story of two sisters and their secrets. Set against a panoramic backdrop of twentieth-century history, The Blind Assassin is an epic tale of memory, intrigue and betrayal...

FeminismDual TimelineToxic Family DynamicsCharacter-Driven
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Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn · 297 pages

WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker's troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille's first assignment from the second-rate daily paper where she works brings her reluctantly back to her hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls.NASTY on her kneecap, BABYDOLL on her legSince she left town eight years a

Toxic Family DynamicsMorally Gray CharacterDual TimelineCharacter-Driven
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The Unwilling

Kelly Braffet · 576 pages

Toxic Family DynamicsFreedom vs ControlMorally Gray CharacterDark
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The Atlas Six

Olivie Blake · 384 pages

The Alexandrian Society, caretakers of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity, are the foremost secret society of magical academicians in the world. Those who earn a place among the Alexandrians will secure a life of wealth, power, and prestige beyond their wildest dreams, and each decade, only the six most uniquely talented magicians are selected to be considered for initiati

BookishMorally Gray CharacterUrban FantasyDark
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Infinite Shores

Pascale Lacelle · 592 pages

BookishMorally Gray CharacterCharacter-DrivenAtmospheric
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Book of Night

Holly Black · 304 pages

Morally Gray CharacterToxic Family DynamicsDarkAtmospheric
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Interview with the Vampire

Anne Rice · 346 pages

This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal life. Louis recounts how he became a vampire at the hands of the radiant and sinister Lestat and how he became indoctrinated, unwillingly, into the vampire way of life. His story ebbs and flows through the streets of New Orleans, defining crucial moments such as his discovery of the exquisite lost youn

Morally Gray CharacterKids in DangerDarkCharacter-Driven
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The Invasion of the Tearling

Erika Johansen · 536 pages

With each passing day, Kelsea Glynn is growing into her new responsibilities as Queen of the Tearling. By stopping the shipments of slaves to the neighboring kingdom of Mortmesne, she crossed the Red Queen, a brutal ruler whose power derives from dark magic, who is sending her fearsome army into the Tearling to take what is hers. And nothing can stop the invasion.

Freedom vs ControlMorally Gray CharacterDual TimelineFeminism
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The White Lady

Jacqueline Winspear · 321 pages

Kids in DangerDual TimelineMorally Gray CharacterCharacter-Driven
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The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 272 pages

Single MotherFeminismAtmosphericDark
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The God of Endings

Jacqueline Holland · 480 pages

Kids in DangerAtmosphericDarkCharacter-Driven
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The Heiress

Rachel Hawkins · 294 pages

Toxic Family DynamicsMorally Gray CharacterDual TimelineAtmospheric
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The Bewitching

Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 360 pages

“Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches”: That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter Minerva—stories that have stayed with Minerva all her life. Perhaps that’s why Minerva has become a graduate student focused on the history of horror literature and is researching the life of Beatrice Tremblay, an obscure author of macabre tales. In t

BookishFeminismDarkCharacter-Driven
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Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

R F Kuang · 560 pages

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphane

BookishMorally Gray CharacterCharacter-DrivenDark
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Fire

Kristin Cashore · 432 pages

It is not a peaceful time in the Dells. The young King Nash clings to his throne while rebel lords in the north and south build armies to unseat him. The mountains and forests are filled with spies and thieves and lawless men. This is where Fire lives. With a wild, irresistible appearance and hair the color of flame, Fire is the last remaining human monster. Equally hated and adored, she had th

Toxic Family DynamicsFeminismMorally Gray CharacterCharacter-Driven
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The Weight of Ink

Rachel Kadish · 576 pages

BookishFeminismDual TimelineAtmospheric
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The Hours

Michael Cunningham

BookishFeminismSingle MotherDark
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Long Bright River

Liz Moore · 473 pages

A female cop begins to fear for her addicted sister. A serial murder is targeting homeless female prostitutes. Can Mickey find her sister before the killer does ?

Single MotherDual TimelineAtmosphericDark
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The Obsidian Tower

Melissa Caruso · 480 pages

"A classic, breathtaking adventure brimful of dangerous magic and clever politics. A book that will thrill and delight any fantasy fan."―Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne In this fresh epic fantasy bursting with intrigue and ambition, questioned loyalties, and broken magic, one woman will either save an entire continent or bring about its downfall. "Guard the tower, ward the stone. Find you

Morally Gray CharacterToxic Family DynamicsAtmosphericCharacter-Driven
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A Study in Drowning

Ava Reid · 378 pages

BookishFeminismDarkFantasy

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