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Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
Winter’s Orbit, by Everina Maxwell, is an intricately plotted blend of space opera, court intrigue, and slow-burn romance. When the death of Prince Taam threatens to destroy a peace treaty that protects the Iskat Empire from alien invaders, the Emperor attempts to salvage the treaty by arranging for her grandson, Prince Kiem, to marry Taam’s widower, Count Jainan.
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
When Stef Penney’s The Tenderness of Wolves, opens, it’s 1867 and winter in Dove River,
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
An excellent and slightly supernatural story of revenge.
Ascendance of a Bookworm by Miya Kazuki
Ascendance of a Bookworm is a light novel series by Japanese author Miya Kazuki.
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
The Personal Librarian tells the story of Belle da Costa Greene, hired by J. P. Morgan to serve as the curator and librarian of his newly-constructed Pierpont Morgan Library.
Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim
Beasts of a Little Land is an epic saga set during Korea’s tumultuous history of Japanese occupation and the fight for Korean independence.
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Here’s the set-up of Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia: Noemi Taboada, a debutante livi
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson undertakes to hike the 2,200 mile Appalachian Trail that runs from Georgia to Maine. Bryson enlists the help of an unfit friend, Katz, who can barely tackle a staircase. Together they meander along the trail meeting other people with the same goal. Statistics are clearly against them.
All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton
Australian author, Trent Dalton, is back with another highly imaginative, beautiful yet gritty story full of memorable characters.
The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Antebellum Virginia is the setting of this eloquently written historical novel by Edward P. Jones, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2004 and the National Book Critics Award in 2003.
A Star is Bored by Byron Lane
Author Byron Lane based his book, A Star is Bored, on the life of Carrie Fisher (he had been her assistant). In the novel, a movie star called Kathi Kannon, who has made it big playing Priestess Talara in a runaway sci-fi movie sensation, hires Charlie B