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A Dragon of Black Glass
Rollins, James
Paper Book
The third and penultimate book in the New York Times bestselling Moonfall series from thriller-master James Rollins, A Dragon of Black Glass is a tale of relentless adventure and the struggle for survival in a harsh world that hangs by a thread.What will they risk to save the world?With the...
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We Are Dreams in the Eternal Machine: A Novel
Béchard, Deni
Paper Book
A haunting novel exploring AI and the meaning of human existence from the award-winning author of Cures for Hungerand Into the Sun. A Millions Most Anticipated Book of 2025 Charged initially with a single task--"to never harm humans and to protect them"--the machine, an...
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Black woods, blue sky : a novel
Ivey, Eowyn
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Snow Child returns to the mythical landscapes of Alaska with an unforgettable dark fairy tale that asks the question: Can love save us from ourselves? "No one writes like Eowyn Ivey."--Geraldine Brooks ...
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Gliff: A Novel
Smith, Ali
Paper Book
From a literary master, a moving and genre-bending story about our era-spanning search for meaning and knowing Set in an uncertain future, where children are recruited by the surveillance state and new boundaries are drawn between people daily, Gliff begins when two...
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The illegal : a novel
Hill, Lawrence
Paper Book
Keita Ali is on the run. Like every boy on the mountainous island of Zantoroland, running is all Keita's ever wanted to do. In one of the poorest nations in the world, running means respect. Running means riches-until Keita is targeted for his father's outspoken political views and...
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Survivor song : a novel
Tremblay, Paul
Paper Book
A propulsive and chillingly prescient novel of suspense and terror from the Bram Stoker award-winning author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts. "Absolutely riveting." -- Stephen King In a matter of weeks, Massachusetts has been overrun by...
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Dungeon crawler Carl
Dinniman, Matt
Paper Book
The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman--now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition. You know what's worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being...
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Juice
Winton, Tim
Paper Book
One of The Guardian's best sci-fi books of 2024 An edge-of-your-seat post-apocalyptic thriller, perfect for fans of Station Eleven and The Road, from twice Booker-shortlisted author Tim Winton. 'Will stab your conscience and break your heart' Emma Donoghue...
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American rapture
Leede, CJ
Paper Book
The instant USA Today bestseller from CJ Leede, author of Maeve Fly--a scorching and sweeping new novel about the end of the world as we know it. "A blistering, feverish ride through a uniquely American apocalypse."--Chuck Wendig, New York Times...
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The Capital of Dreams
O'Neill, Heather
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Finalist for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction A breathtaking dark fairy tale of survival and betrayal from the vivid imagination of Heather O'Neill Fourteen-year-old Sofia Bottom lives in a small country that Europe has forgotten. But inside...
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Death Valley : a novel
Broder, Melissa
Paper Book
Named a Best Book of 2023 by The New York Times ("incandescent...hilarious...a triumph"), Oprah Daily ("surreal, absurd, lucid, and wise"), Vanity Fair ("Broder [is] a genius and a sorceress"), and more! From the visionary author of Milk Fed...
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The Other Valley: A Novel
Howard, Scott Alexander
LONGLISTED FOR CANADA READS 2025 For fans of Emily St. John Mandel, David Mitchell, and Kazuo Ishiguro, an exquisite literary speculative novel set in an unnamed valley, where bereaved residents can petition to cross a forbidden border to see their lost loved ones again...
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The future
Leroux, Catherine
Paper Book
Winner of Canada Reads 2024 * Longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award * Longlisted for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction * One of Tor.com's Can't Miss Speculative Fiction for Fall 2023 * Listed in CBC Books Fiction to Read in Fall 2023 * One of Kirkus...
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The white hare
Johnson, Jane
Paper Book
For fans of Alice Hoffman and Kate Morton, The White Hare is a spellbinding novel about mothers and daughters finding a new home for themselves, the secrets they try to bury, and the local legends that may change their lives. In the far west of Cornwall lies the White...
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Witch of wild things
Vasquez Gilliland, Raquel
Paper Book
Sage Flores has been running from her family - and their 'gifts' - ever since her younger sister Sky died. Eight years later, Sage reluctantly returns to her hometown. Like slipping into an old, comforting sweater, Sage takes back her job at Cranberry Rose Company and uses her ability to communicate...
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At the bottom of the garden : a novel
Bruce, Camilla
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A murderess becomes the guardian of two very unusual girls in this mesmerizing gothic novel from acclaimed author Camilla Bruce. Clara Woods is a killer--and perfectly fine with it, too. So what if she takes a couple of lives to make her own a little bit better? At the bottom of...
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The Unworthy
Bazterrica, Agustina/ Moses, Sarah (TRN)
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER The long-awaited new novel from the author of global sensation Tender Is the Flesh: a thrilling work of literary horror about a woman cloistered in a secretive, violent religious order, while outside the world has fallen into chaos. ...
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Followed by the Lark : A Novel
Humphreys, Helen.
Paper Book
Inspired by his journals and writing, this moving novel inhabits the life and mind of renowned nineteenth-century naturalist, poet and abolitionist Henry David Thoreau, revealing the deep connections between his time and our own. Composed in short, compelling scenes, Followed by the Lark...
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The new wilderness : a novel
Cook, Diane
Paper Book
A Washington Post, NPR, and Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year * Shortlisted for the Booker Prize "More than timely, the novel feels timeless, solid, like a forgotten classic recently resurfaced -- a brutal, beguiling fairy tale about humanity. But at its core, The New Wilderness is really...
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Sundial
Ward, Catriona
Paper Book
"DO NOT MISS THIS BOOK. Authentically terrifying." --Stephen King WINNER of Best Hardcover Novel at the ITW Thriller Awards * Finalist for the Bram Stoker and Locus Awards * Shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel *...
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Memorials : a novel
Chizmar, Richard
Paper Book
The New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller about a group of college students encountering supernatural terror while on a road trip through Appalachia--an unforgettable, chilling novel that is "scary and hard to put down. You might be advised not to read it at night" (Stephen King)....
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Absolution: A Southern Reach Novel
VanderMeer, Jeff
Paper Book
One of Time's Must-Read Books of 2024 * One of Indigo's Top Ten Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of 2024 * Named Best Book of the Year by Barnes and Noble * One of Kobo CA's Best Science Fiction Books of 2024 Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the...
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Autokrator
Weedon, Emily A.
Paper Book
I am a gender criminal. I am Unmale, yet I write as though I am a person. Driven by a Machiavellian mind and ego, Tiresius has risen through the ranks of the Autokracy to become Imperial Treasurer, has won over the trust of the Autokrator himself, and yet, has broken the society's...
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