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• Gideon the Ninth

  Muir, Tamsyn

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  Raised in a hostile undead world, a lesbian swordswoman becomes a bodyguard to a necromancer to secure her freedom in a solar system of dark magic and cutthroat politics.

• The Library of the Unwritten

  Hackwith, A. J.

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  Assigned to watch the restless characters of books left unfinished by their authors, a head librarian of Hell’s neutral Unwritten Wing tracks an escaped Hero before an angel attack reveals the existence of a powerful literary weapon.

• Black Leopard, Red Wolf

  James, Marlon, 1970-

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  Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Game of Thrones

  Martin, George R. R.

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  The aristocratic Stark family faces its ultimate challenge in the onset of a generation-long winter, the poisonous plots of the rival Lannisters, the emergence of the Neverborn demons, and the arrival of barbarian hordes.

• Name of the Wind

  the Kingkiller Chronicle : Day One

  Rothfuss, Patrick, 1973-

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  A hero named Kvothe, now living under an assumed name as the humble proprietor of an inn, recounts his transformation from a magically gifted young man into the most notorious wizard, musician, thief, and assassin in his world.

• Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

  a Cozy Fantasy Steeped With Love

  Thorne, Rebecca, 1991-

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  All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Worn wooden floors, plants on every table, firelight drifting between the rafters... all complemented by love and good company. Thing is, Reyna works as one of the Queen's private…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Way of Kings

  Sanderson, Brandon

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  Introduces the world of Roshar through the experiences of a war-weary royal compelled by visions, a highborn youth condemned to military slavery and a woman who would save her impoverished house.

• The Lies of Locke Lamora

  Lynch, Scott, 1978-

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  An orphan's life is harsh—and often short—in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges death and slavery, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist. As leader of the band of light-fingered brothers known as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daughter of the Moon Goddess

  a Novel

  Tan, Sue Lynn,

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  A captivating debut fantasy inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess, Chang'e , in which a young woman's quest to free her mother pits her against the most powerful immortal in the realm and sets her on a dangerous path--where choices come…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying

  Wexler, Django,

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  Groundhog Day meets Deadpool in Django Wexler's no-holds-barred, laugh-out-loud fantasy tale about a young woman who, tired of defending humanity from the Dark Lord, decides to become the Dark Lord herself.

• The Night Circus

  a Novel

  Morgenstern, Erin

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  Waging a fierce competition for which they have trained since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways.

• The Golem and the Jinni

  a Novel

  Wecker, Helene

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  Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life to by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic and dies at sea on the voyage from Poland. Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert, trapped in an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dune

  Herbert, Frank

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  Set on the desert planet Arrakis, this is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib, avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family, and bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book That Wouldn't Burn

  Lawrence, Mark, 1966-

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  Two strangers find themselves connected by a vast and mysterious library containing many wonders and still more secrets, in this powerfully moving first book in a new series from the international bestselling author of Red Sister and Prince of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Good Omens

  the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

  Gaiman, Neil

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  The world is going to end next Saturday, but there are a few problems--the Antichrist has been misplaced, the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse ride motorcycles, and the representatives from heaven and hell decide that they like the human race.

• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

  Clarke, Susanna

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  In nineteenth-century England, all is going well for rich, reclusive Mr Norrell, who has regained some of the power of England's magicians from the past, until a rival magician, Jonathan Strange, appears and becomes Mr Norrell's pupil.

• Mort

  a Novel of Discworld

  Pratchett, Terry

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  Unable to be objective, Mort, Death's bumbling apprentice, kills an assassin instead of Keli, the princess who should have been his victim.

• Storm Front

  a Novel of the Dresden Files

  Butcher, Jim, 1971-

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  As a professional wizard, Harry Dresden knows firsthand that the "everyday" world is actually full of strange and magical things--and most of them don't play well with humans. And those that do enjoy playing with humans far too much. So when the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gunslinger

  King, Stephen, 1947-

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  Roland, the world's last gunslinger, tracks an enigmatic man in black toward a forbidding dark tower, fighting forces both mortal and other-worldly on his quest.

• The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again

  Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973

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  Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.