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Heartless
Marissa Meyer • 2016
The Queen of Nothing
Holly Black • 2019
<b>A powerful curse forces the exiled Queen of Faerie to choose between ambition and humanity in this highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy from a #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author.</b><br><br><i>He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne</i><br><br>Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power.<br><br>Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan's betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her twin sister, Taryn, whose life is in peril.<br><br>Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict's bloody politics.<br><br>And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity . . .<br>
The Wicked King
Holly Black • 2019
<b>The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling novel <i>The Cruel Prince.</i></b><br><i>You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.</i><i><br></i><i>The first lesson is to make yourself strong.</i><i><br></i>After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.<br>When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.
The Cruel Prince
Holly Black • 2018
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, comes the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue. Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences. In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.
Caraval
Stephanie Garber • 2018
<p><b>Welcome, welcome to <i>CARAVAL</i>, Stephanie Garber’s enchanting, <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> bestselling fantasy debut about two sisters swept up in a mysterious competition filled with magic, heartbreak, and danger</b><br><br>Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their powerful and cruel father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the far-away, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over.<br><br> But this year, Scarlett's long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to attend. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season's Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner. <br><br>Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. But whether Caraval is real or not, she must find Tella before the five nights of the game are over, and her sister disappears forever.<br><br>Continue the adventure in <i>Legendary </i>and <i>Finale—</i>out now!</p>
A Curse For True Love
Garber Stephanie • 2024
Two villains, one girl, and a deadly battle for happily ever after.<br/><br/>Evangeline Fox ventured to the Magnificent North in search of her happy ending, and it seems as if she has it. She’s married to a handsome prince and lives in a legendary castle. But Evangeline has no idea of the devastating price she’s paid for this fairytale. She doesn’t know what she has lost, and her husband is determined to make sure she never finds out . . . but first he must kill Jacks, the Prince of Hearts.<br/><br/>Blood will be shed, hearts will be stolen, and true love will be put to the test in A Curse for True Love, the breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Once Upon A Broken Heart trilogy.
The Ballad of Never After
Stephanie Garber • 2022
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Stephanie Garber • 2021
Reading
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern • 2011
<b><b><b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER </b>• Two starcrossed magicians engage in a deadly game of cunning in the spellbinding novel that captured the world's imagination. <b>•</b> "Part love story, part fable ... defies both genres and expectations." —<i>The Boston Globe</i><br><br></b></b>The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called <i>Le Cirque des Rêves</i>, and it is only open at night. <br><br>But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway: a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them both, this is a game in which only one can be left standing. Despite the high stakes, Celia and Marco soon tumble headfirst into love, setting off a domino effect of dangerous consequences, and leaving the lives of everyone, from the performers to the patrons, hanging in the balance.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Heather Fawcett • 2023
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north in this “incredibly fun journey through fae lands and dark magic” (NPR), the start of a heartwarming and enchanting new fantasy series.<br/><br/>“A darkly gorgeous fantasy that sparkles with snow and magic.”—Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches<br/><br/>LOCUS AWARD FINALIST • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, PopSugar, Polygon, The Globe and Mail, She Reads<br/><br/>Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world’s first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. She could never make small talk at a party—or even get invited to one. And she prefers the company of her books, her dog, Shadow, and the Fair Folk to other people.<br/><br/>So when she arrives in the hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik, Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk. Nor does she care to spend time with another new arrival: her dashing and insufferably handsome academic rival Wendell Bambleby, who manages to charm the townsfolk, muddle Emily’s research, and utterly confound and frustrate her.<br/><br/>But as Emily gets closer and closer to uncovering the secrets of the Hidden Ones—the most elusive of all faeries—lurking in the shadowy forest outside the town, she also finds herself on the trail of another mystery: Who is Wendell Bambleby, and what does he really want? To find the answer, she’ll have to unlock the greatest mystery of all—her own heart.<br/><br/>Book One of the Emily Wilde Series
Legendary
Stephanie Garber • 2019
To Read
Ruthless Vows
Rebecca Ross · 2023
Vow of Thieves
Mary E. Pearson · 2019
Dance of Thieves
Mary E. Pearson · 2018
<p>“A brilliant fantasy with a boldly beating heart. Mary E. Pearson is a fearless storyteller—I’m still trying to catch my breath from this book.” —Stephanie Garber, <i>New York Times</i>–bestselling author of <i>Caraval</i> and <i>Legendary</i> <br><br>"The slow-burning, seductive romance never overwhelms the intricate plot, which is built with layers upon layers of twists, reveals, and double-crosses." —<i>Booklist<br></i><br>"This novel has it all—romance, conflict, danger, and humor." —<i>School Library Journal<br></i><br>"Pearson is a gifted storyteller and spinner of eminently satisfying romances and fantasy." —<i>Publishers Weekly</i><b><br><br>A stunning new young adult adventure set in the kingdoms of the Remnant, by the author of the <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling Remnant Chronicles and the Jenna Fox Chronicles.<br></b><br>A formidable outlaw family that claims to be the first among nations.<br><br>A son destined to lead, thrust suddenly into power.<br><br>Three fierce young women of the Rahtan, the queen's premier guard.<br><br>A legendary street thief leading a mission, determined to prove herself.<br><br>A dark secret that is a threat to the entire continent.<br><br>When outlaw leader meets reformed thief, a cat-and-mouse game of false moves ensues, bringing them intimately together in a battle that may cost them their lives—and their hearts.<br><br><u><b>The Remnant Chronicles</b></u><br><i><b>The Beauty of Darkness</b></i><br><i><b>The Heart of Betrayal</b></i><br><i><b>The Kiss of Deception</b></i><br><br>Praise for <i>Dance of Thieves</i>:<br><br>"Pearson is a gifted storyteller and spinner of<b> eminently satisfying romances and fantasy</b>. <b>Fans will thrill at these newest protagonists</b>, especially the women warriors, who are equal partners in the play for power." —<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br><br>"This novel has it all—<b>romance, conflict, danger, and humor</b>. A must-have for all fantasy YA shelves." —<br><i>School Library Journal</i></p>
The Knight and the Moth
Rachel Gillig • 2025
Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross • 2023
Jade City
Fonda Lee • 2018
Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White
Amélie Wen Zhao • 2024
Song of Silver, Flame Like Night
Amélie Wen Zhao • 2023
The Dagger and the Flame
Catherine Doyle • 2024
Half a Soul
Olivia Atwater • 2022
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories (The Folk of the Air)
Holly Black • 2020
A Fire Endless
Rebecca Ross • 2022
The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst • 2024
A River Enchanted
Rebecca Ross • 2022
The Enchanted Greenhouse
Sarah Beth Durst • 2025
The Lost Story
Meg Shaffer • 2024
Inspired by C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobes—just in case—from the author of The Wishing Game.<br/><br/>“This is the book you’ve been waiting for.”—Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls and the North Bath Trilogy<br/><br/>As boys, best friends Jeremy Cox and Rafe Howell went missing in a vast West Virginia state forest, only to mysteriously reappear six months later with no explanation for where they’d gone or how they’d survived.<br/><br/>Fifteen years after their miraculous homecoming, Rafe is a reclusive artist who still bears scars inside and out but has no memory of what happened during those months. Meanwhile, Jeremy has become a famed missing persons’ investigator. With his uncanny abilities, he is the one person who can help vet tech Emilie Wendell find her sister, who vanished in the very same forest as Rafe and Jeremy.<br/><br/>Jeremy alone knows the fantastical truth about the disappearances, for while the rest of the world was searching for them, the two missing boys were in a magical realm filled with impossible beauty and terrible danger. He believes it is there that they will find Emilie’s sister. However, Jeremy has kept Rafe in the dark since their return for his own inscrutable reasons. But the time for burying secrets comes to an end as the quest for Emilie’s sister begins. The former lost boys must confront their shared past, no matter how traumatic the memories.<br/><br/>Alongside the headstrong Emilie, Rafe and Jeremy must return to the enchanted world they called home for six months—for only then can they get back everything and everyone they’ve lost.
The Will of the Many
James Islington • 2023
Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel
Anthony Doerr • 2021
Upon a Frosted Star
M.A. Kuzniar • 2023
Midnight in Everwood
M.A. Kuzniar • 2021
In The Darkness Of Night, Magic Awaits... The Nutcracker For Adults, Perfect For Fans Of Robert Dinsdale's The Toymakers, Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus And Stephanie Garber's Caraval
Wings of Starlight
Allison Saft • 2025
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
Heather Fawcett • 2024
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
Heather Fawcett • 2025
Ironside
Holly Black • 2007
Valiant
Holly Black • 2005
Tithe
Holly Black • 2002
The Prisoner's Throne
Holly Black • 2024
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!<br/>An Instant #1 Indie Bestseller!<br/><br/>Return to the opulent world of Elfhame, filled with intrigue, betrayal, and dangerous desires, with this second book of a captivating duology from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black.<br/><br/>An imprisoned prince. A vengeful queen. And a battle that will determine the future of Elfhame.<br/><br/>Prince Oak is paying for his betrayal. Imprisoned in the icy north and bound to the will of a monstrous new queen, he must rely on charm and calculation to survive. With High King Cardan and High Queen Jude willing to use any means necessary to retrieve their stolen heir, Oak will have to decide whether to attempt regaining the trust of the girl he’s always loved or to remain loyal to Elfhame and hand over the means to end her reign—even if it means ending Wren, too. <br/><br/>With a new war looming on the horizon and treachery lurking in every corner, neither Oak’s guile nor his wit will be enough to keep everyone he loves alive. It’s just a question of whom he will doom.<br/><br/>From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black comes the stunning blood-soaked conclusion to the Stolen Heir duology.
The Stolen Heir
HOLLY BLACK • 2023
Finale
Stephanie Garber • 2020
Fantasy Realism
I Am Not Jessica Chen
Ann Liang • 2025
The Wishing Game
Meg Shaffer • 2023
Water Moon
Samantha Sotto Yambao • 2025
A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets, and then embarks on a magical quest when a charming young physicist wanders into the shop, in this dreamlike fantasy novel. “Race through a lush world of pure wonder and romance—kites made of wishes that become stars, origami that holds time in its folds, and a night market in the clouds—in this lovely, cozy fantasy reminiscent of Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea.”—Booklist (starred review) On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it. Most will see a cozy ramen restaurant. And only the chosen ones—those who are lost—will find a place to pawn their life choices and deepest regrets. Hana Ishikawa wakes on her first morning as the pawnshop’s new owner to find it ransacked, the shop’s most precious acquisition stolen, and her father missing. And then into the shop stumbles a charming stranger, quite unlike its other customers, for he offers help instead of seeking it. Together, they must journey through a mystical world to find Hana’s father and the stolen choice—by way of rain puddles, rides on paper cranes, the bridge between midnight and morning, and a night market in the clouds. But as they get closer to the truth, Hana must reveal a secret of her own—and risk making a choice that she will never be able to take back. “Highly recommended . . . Readers who have been swept up in the cozy charm of Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi and The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee will fall hard for the mix of magical realism, fantasy mystery, and star-crossed romance.”—Library Journal (starred review)
Crime
THREE ASSASSINS
Kōtarō Isaka • 2023
SUZUKI IS JUST AN ORDINARY MATHS TEACHER...UNTIL HIS WIFE IS MURDERED.<br/><br/>Seeking justice, he leaves his old life behind to infiltrate the criminal gang responsible. What he doesn't realise is that he's about to get drawn into a web of the most unusual professional assassins, each with their own agenda:<br/><br/>THE WHALE convinces his victims to take their own lives using just his words.<br/><br/>THE CICADA is a talkative and deadly knife expert.<br/><br/>THE PUSHER dispatches his targets in deadly traffic 'accidents'.<br/><br/>Suzuki must take on the three assassins to avenge his wife - but can he keep his innocence in a world of seasoned killers?<br/><br/>THEIR MISSION IS MURDER. HIS IS REVENGE.
