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The Monsters We Defy

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The King of Crows

Libba Bray · 560 pages

Found FamilyGhosts & HauntingsRacismBig City
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A Tempest of Tea

Hafsah Faizal · 338 pages

HeistBig CityFound FamilyEnsemble Cast
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Shorefall

Robert Jackson Bennett · 493 pages

HeistBig CityFound FamilyEnsemble Cast
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Six of Crows

Leigh Bardugo · 493 pages

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price--and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone... A convict with a thirst for revenge. A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager. A runaway with a privil

HeistBig CityFound FamilyEnsemble Cast
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When Among Crows

Veronica Roth · 166 pages

Bargains and DealsBig CityAtmosphericFantasy
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The Gilded Wolves

Roshani Chokshi · 400 pages

HeistFound FamilyEnsemble CastFantasy
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The City We Became

N.K. Jemisin · 437 pages

RacismFound FamilyEnsemble CastBig City
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Spinning Silver

Naomi Novik · 465 pages

Bargains and DealsRacismFantasyAtmospheric
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Bindle Punk Bruja

Desideria Mesa · 400 pages

Big CityRacismAtmosphericHistorical Fiction
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The Mask of Mirrors

M.A. Carrick · 630 pages

Big CityHeistFound FamilyAtmospheric
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Daughter of Smoke and Bone

Laini Taylor · 448 pages

Bargains and DealsFound FamilyFantasyAtmospheric
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The Raven Boys

Maggie Stiefvater · 439 pages

Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's only gift seems to be that she makes other people's talents stronger. When she meets Gansey, one of the boys from the expensive Aglionby Academy, she discovers that he has talents of his own--and that together their talents are a dangerous mix. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as "raven boys", they can only mean

Ghosts & HauntingsFound FamilyEnsemble CastFantasy
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The Lies of Locke Lamora

Scott Lynch · 512 pages

"HIGH-OCTANE FANTASY...A CREAT SWASHBUCKLING YARN OF A NOVEL." -Richard Morgan In this stunning debut, Scott Lynch delivers the thrilling tale of an audacious criminal and his tightly knit band of tricksters. Set in a fantastic city pulsing with the lives of decadent nobles and daring thieves, here is a story of adventure, loyalty, and survival that is one part "Robin Hood," one part Ocean's El

HeistBig CityFound FamilyFantasy
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The Drowned Woods

Emily Lloyd-Jones · 368 pages

HeistEnsemble CastFantasyAtmospheric
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One Dark Window

Rachel Gillig · 377 pages

New York Times bestseller • USA Today bestseller • Booktok sensation • Amazon Charts bestseller • Over 3 million copies sold of The Shepherd King Duology From the queen of gothic romantasy, Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window is the dark, mist-cloaked tale of a maiden who must unleash the monster within to save her kingdom—but the monster in her head isn't the only threat lurking. Elspeth needs a monst

Bargains and DealsHeistFantasyAtmospheric
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Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer · 288 pages

Artemis Fowl is the first of a series of semi-realist novels produced by Eoin Colfer. They document the adventures of a precocious prodigal child of the criminal empire, Artemis Fowl. In this book, accompanied by his huge and loyal bodyguard/sidekick/advisor Butler, Artemis engages in a series of surreal activities; the absence of his missing father and the mental disorder of his mother allow him

HeistFound FamilyEnsemble CastFantasy
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The Fall of Babel

Josiah Bancroft · 636 pages

HeistEnsemble CastFound FamilyFantasy
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Other Birds

Sarah Addison Allen · 320 pages

Between the real and the imaginary, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways. Right off the coast of South Carolina, on Mallow Island, The Dellawisp sits-a stunning old cobblestone building shaped like a horseshoe, and named after the tiny turquoise birds who, alongside its human tenants, inhabit an air of magical secrecy. When Zoey comes to claim her deceased mother

Ghosts & HauntingsFound FamilyEnsemble CastAtmospheric
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The City of Lost Fortunes

Bryan Camp · 367 pages

Bargains and DealsBig CityFantasyAtmospheric
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The Darkest Night

Gena Showalter · 384 pages

All her life, Ashlyn Darrow has been tormented by voices from the past. To end the nightmare, she has come to Budapest seeking help from men rumored to have supernatural abilities, not knowing she'll be swept into the arms of Maddox, their most dangerous member--a man trapped in a hell of his own.Neither can resist the instant hunger that calms their torments...and ignites an irresistible passion.

Bargains and DealsEnsemble CastFound FamilyFantasy
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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

Shannon Chakraborty · 307 pages

"A thrilling, transportative adventure that is everything promised–Chakraborty's storytelling is fantasy at its best." -- R.F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and The Poppy War "An exhilarating, propulsive adventure, stitched from the threads of real history, Amina’s adventures are the reason to read fantasy." -- Ava Reid, internationally bestselling author of Juniper & Thorn

HeistFound FamilyAtmosphericFantasy
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Phantasma

Kaylie Smith · 400 pages

**Welcome to Phantasma. There are only two rules to the game: Stay alive. And don’t fall in love.** When Ophelia’s sister disappears, there is only one way to save her. Ophelia must enter Phantasma, a deadly contest inside a haunted mansion, and claim its prize—a single wish. Phantasma is a maze of twisting corridors and lavish ballrooms, of demons and temptations. Ophelia will face nine cha

Bargains and DealsGhosts & HauntingsFantasyAtmospheric
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A Fistful of Charms

Kim Harrison · 544 pages

Bargains and DealsFound FamilyRacismFantasy
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Three Mages and a Margarita

Annette Marie · 312 pages

Found FamilyBig CityEnsemble CastFantasy

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