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• House of Frost and Feathers

  Wiesebron, Lauren E.,

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  Marisha's time is running out. She's already lost her family to the sleeping plague, and she fears she'll be next. Penniless and desperate for protection, Marisha is forced to accept a job as apprentice to the notorious koldunya, the sorceress Baba…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It's Me They Follow

  Cook, Jeannine A.,

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  It's Me They Follow is a meta-romance about love in the time of mass upheaval and uncertainty. It follows The Shopkeeper, a bookseller and reluctant matchmaker. Helping others find love through books comes easily for The Shopkeeper, except when it…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Man Who Died Seven Times

  Nishizawa, Yasuhiko, 1960 December 25-2025

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  In the middle of the family New Year's gathering at his home, Grandfather Fuchigami is murdered. But not for the last time. For his grandson, Hisataro, has fallen into a mysterious time-loop, in which he must relive the same day again and again.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective

  Nichols, Jo,

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  Mrs. B, the landlady of The Marigold Cottages is a stubborn idealist who only rents to people she cares about: Sophie, an anxious young playwright with a dark past; Hamilton, an agoraphobe who likes to overshare; Ocean, a queer sculptor raising two…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Middle Spoon

  Varela, Alejandro, 1979-

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  The narrator of Middle Spoon appears to be living the dream: He has a doting husband, two precocious children, all the comforts of a quiet bourgeois life - and a sexy younger boyfriend to accompany him to farmers markets and cocktail parties. But…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A New New Me

  Oyeyemi, Helen,

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  What if you had to share your body and life with six different versions of yourself? Kinga-Alojzia lives alone in Prague, but she's never lonely. A different personality takes up residence in her mind each day of the week. Every evening, that day's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sheepdogs

  Ackerman, Elliot,

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  Skwerl and Cheese are down on their luck. Skwerl, who is resourceful like a squirrel (Marines win battles not spelling bees), used to work for Ground Branch, the CIA's elite paramilitary wing. He was fired after a raid went bad in Afghanistan. Big…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave

  My Cemetery Journeys

  Enriquez, Mariana,

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  Cemeteries have great stories and sometimes I steal some for my books. Mariana Enriquez has been fascinated by the haunting beauty of cemeteries since she was a teenager. She visits them frequently on her travels around the world, a goth flaneur…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Something to Look Forward to

  Flagg, Fannie,

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  Fannie Flagg once said that what the world needs now is a good laugh. And that is what she gives us in these thirty warmhearted, often hilarious, always surprising stories about Americans finding clever ways of dealing with the curveballs life…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sweetener

  Higgins, Marissa,

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  In Sweetener, recently separated wives, both named Rebecca, can't seem to disentangle their lives. Lonely and depressed, Rebecca is scraping by as a part-time cashier at an organic grocery store. Despite having less than ten dollars in her bank…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vulture

  Greenwood, Phoebe,

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  An ambitious young journalist, Sara is sent to cover a war from the Beach Hotel in Gaza. The four-star hotel is a global media hub, promising safety and generator-powered internet, with hotel staff catering tirelessly to the needs of the world's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Why Not Me?

  Kaling, Mindy

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  Hollywood starlet Mindy Kaling Kaling shares her ongoing, laugh-out-loud journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life.