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Updated January 3, 2025
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The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley
Paper Book
A 2024 literary highlight in the Sunday Times, BBC, Grazia, Dazed, Sunday Express, GQ, i-D, Stylist, Bookseller and Literary Friction'Outrageously brilliant' ELEANOR CATTON'Make room on your bookshelves for a new...
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A Sorceress Comes to Call
T. Kingfisher
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The Mercy of Gods
James S. A. Corey
Paper Book
'THE START OF SOMETHING TRULY EPIC' Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga'NO ONE BUILDS A UNIVERSE LIKE JAMES S. A. COREY' John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling authorFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse comes a spectacular new space opera...
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Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune
Paper Book
A magical house. A secret past. A summons that could change everything. This is the hugely-anticipated sequel to TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea, a cosy-fantasy triumph and a New York Times bestseller. Arthur Parnassus has built a good life...
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Adrian Tchaikovsky
Paper Book
Adrian Tchaikovsky, master of imaginative science fiction, returns with a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder, rebellion and belonging - perfect for fans of Douglas Adams. Task List Item No. 1 - Become self-aware . . . Meet Charles(tm), the latest in...
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The Tainted Cup
Robert Jackson Bennett
Paper Book
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The Stardust Grail
Yume Kitasei
Paper Book
'An enjoyable, richly imagined, space-faring adventure populated with intriguing characters' Guardian'Come to The Stardust Grail for Indiana Jones-style outer space heist adventure, stay for the sensitively drawn characters and thoughtful exploration of other forms of life far beyond our own'...
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The Last Murder at the End of the World
Stuart Turton
Paper Book
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SEVEN DEATHS OF EVELYN HARDCASTLE AND THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER 'A mind-bending, genre-blending, boy-that-ending mystery unlike any I've ever read' A. J. FINN 'I loved it' C....
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House of Flame and Shadow
Sarah J. Maas
Paper Book
The third book in the EPIC Crescent City series from multi-million and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas. Maas has established herself as a fantasy fiction titan - Time Think Game of Thrones meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer<...
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Winter Lost
Patricia Briggs
Paper Book
'Patricia Briggs never fails to deliver an exciting, magic and fable filled suspense story' Erin Watt, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Royals series.Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, must stop a disaster of world-shattering proportions in this...
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The Black Bird Oracle
Deborah Harkness
Paper Book
Diana Bishop journeys to the darkest places within herself - and her family history - in the highly anticipated fifth novel of the beloved Number One Sunday Times bestselling All Souls series.The first shadows fall on a Friday afternoon when a single, dying raven lands on the pavement...
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Annie Bot
Sierra Greer
Paper Book
April 2024 Indie Next Pick Book of the Month SelectionEsquire pick for "The Best Books of 2024 (so far)"Amazon Editors' "Best of March" PickAudible Best of the MonthThe Guardian Science Fiction Book of the MonthThe Times Book of the MonthNamed One of the "Most Anticipated Novels" of 2024 by...
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The Wren in the Holly Library (Deluxe Limited Edition)
K. A. Linde
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The Brides of High Hill
Nghi Vo
Paper Book
Nghi Vo's Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle returns with a standalone gothic mystery that unfolds in the empire of Ahn. Featured in BookBub | Book Riot | Gizmodo | Amazon Best SF&F of 2024 So Far pick | An NPR Best Book of the Year ...
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A Song to Drown Rivers
Ann Liang
Paper Book
A love story that transcends time and place.Xishi's beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue - where the best fate for a girl is to marry well and support her family. When Xishi draws the attention of Fanli, the famous young military advisor, he presents her with a rare opportunity: to...
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Echo of Worlds
M. R. Carey
Paper Book
'A GENUINE TREAT FOR SF FANS: AN EPIC MULTIVERSE TALE THAT MOVES LIKE A THRILLER' Kirkus on Infinity Gate'AN IMMENSE ACHIEVEMENT: AN IMPECCABLY CRAFTED BOOK' New York Times on Infinity GateFollowing the critically acclaimed Infinity Gate comes...
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Bride
Ali Hazelwood
Paper Book
A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis. Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most...
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The Tusks of Extinction
Ray Nayler
Paper Book
When you bring back a long-extinct species, there's more to success than the DNA. Moscow has resurrected the mammoth. But someone must teach them how to be mammoths, or they are doomed to die out again. Dr. Damira Khismatullina, an expert in elephant...
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Buried Deep and Other Stories
Naomi Novik
Paper Book
A thrilling anthology of short stories from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Scholomance Trilogy and Uprooted, spanning each of her realms and including a sneak peak into the world of her next series. From the gothic, magical halls of the Scholomance...
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Five Broken Blades
Mai Corland
Paper Book
Five ruthless killers. Five deadly motives. One King - who must die. Six of Crows meets She Who Became the Sun in a feast of treason and seduction set against a dazzling fantasy backdrop of Korean history and folklore.
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts
Katherine Arden
Ebook
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A Fate Inked in Blood
Danielle L. Jensen
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Red Side Story
Jasper Fforde
Paper Book
Imagine a world where your position in society depended on what bit of the colour spectrum you could see. This is the world inhabited by Eddie Russett (red, middle-level) and Jane Grey (monochromatic, lowest in society). Eddie and Jane must negotiate the delicate Chromatic politics of society to...
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The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands
Sarah Brooks
Paper Book
A breathtaking historical fantasy set onboard the Great Trans-Siberian Express, perfect for fans of Piranesi, Babel and The Night Circus - available to preorder now!'I urge everybody to pick up a copy' STUART TURTON'Be warned - once you step into The Cautious...
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Floating Hotel
Grace Curtis
Paper Book
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Glass Houses
Madeline Ashby
Paper Book
A group of employees and their CEO, celebrating the sale of their remarkable emotion-mapping-AI-algorithm, crash onto a not-quite-deserted tropical island. Luckily, those who survived have found a beautiful, fully-stocked private palace, with all the latest technological...
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Apprentice to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Paper Book
NOTICE TO STAFF- There has been a disturbing increase in cheeriness, sprightly behaviour and overall optimism of late. Please resume your former dark, ominous terrors at your earliest convenience. -Mgmt Evie Sage has never been happier to be the assistant to The Villain. Who...
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The Lost Story
Meg Shaffer
Paper Book
From the author of cult favourite The Wishing Game comes a Narnia-inspired fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobe door . . . you know, just in case.Fifteen years ago, two boys went missing at a state park in West Virginia. Six months later they mysteriously...
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