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• Vigil

  Saunders, George, 1958-

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  Not for the first time, Jill 'Doll' Blaine finds herself hurtling toward earth, reconstituting as she falls, right down to her favorite black pumps. She plummets towards her newest charge, yet another soul she must usher into the afterlife, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Most

  Anthony, Jessica, 1974-

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  It is an unseasonably warm Sunday in November 1957. Katheen, a college tennis champion turned Delaware housewife, decides not to join her flagrantly handsome life insurance salesman husband, Virgil, or their two young boys, at church. Instead, she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Galatea

  a Short Story

  Miller, Madeline,

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  In ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece--the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen--the gift of life. After marrying her, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The River Has Roots

  El-Mohtar, Amal,

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  In the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, the mysterious Hawthorn family tends the willow trees there. For as long as anyone can remember, the Hawthorns have paid tribute to the willow trees, honoring an ancient compact to sing to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Salt Grows Heavy

  Khaw, Cassandra,

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  You may think you know how the fairytale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince. But what the fables forget is that mermaids have teeth. And now, her daughters have devoured the kingdom and burned it to ashes. On the run, the mermaid is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Thornhedge

  Kingfisher, T.,

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  There's a princess trapped in a tower. This isn't her story. Meet Toadling. On the day of her birth, she was stolen from her family by the fairies, but she grew up safe and loved in the warm waters of faerieland. Once an adult though, the fae ask a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Idle Grounds

  Bamford, Krystelle,

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  A group of cousins searching for a missing child during a family gathering wander deeper into haunted woods, uncovering unsettling family secrets that challenge everything they know about their past, identity and inheritance.

• The Last White Man

  Hamid, Mohsin, 1971-

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  From the internationally bestselling author of Exit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change. One morning, a man wakes up to find himself transformed. Overnight, Anders's skin has turned dark, and the reflection in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

  Yagisawa, Satoshi, 1977-

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  Twenty-five-year-old Takako has enjoyed a relatively easy existence, until the day her boyfriend Hideaki, the man she expected to wed, casually announces he's been cheating on her and is marrying the other woman. Suddenly, Takako's life is in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unworthy

  Bazterrica, Agustina María, 1974-

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  From her cell in a mysterious convent, a woman writes the story of her life in whatever she can find--discarded ink, dirt, and even her own blood. A lower member of the Sacred Sisterhood, deemed an unworthy, she dreams of ascending to the ranks of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Foster

  Keegan, Claire,

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  An international bestseller and one of The Times's "Top 50 Novels Published in the 21st Century," Claire Keegan's piercing contemporary classic Foster is a heartbreaking story of childhood, loss, and love, now released as a standalone book for the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Coup De Grâce

  Ajram, Sofia,

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  Vicken has a plan: throw himself into the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal and end it all for good, believing it to be the only way out for him after a lifetime of depression and pain. But, stepping off the subway, he finds himself in an endless,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Psalm for the Wild-built

  Chambers, Becky,

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  n A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Hugo Award-winner Becky Chambers' delightful new Monk & Robot series gives us hope for the future. It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Spindle Splintered

  Harrow, Alix E.,

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  USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's A Spindle Splintered brings her patented charm to a new version of a classic story. Featuring Arthur Rackham's original illustrations for The Sleeping Beauty, fractured and reimagined. "A vivid,…Read moreRead more of this annotation