The Shop Before Life
By: Neil Hughes
3.85
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
After two happy centuries in the prelife, Faythe is battling the most dangerous human emotion. She’…
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1. A Destiny of Dragons (Tales From Verania, #2)
By: T.J. Klune
4.18
Format: None pages, ebook
Once upon a time, the wizard's apprentice Sam of Wilds got his happily ever after in the arms of hi… read more
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- fantasy
2. The Consumption of Magic (Tales From Verania, #3)
By: T.J. Klune
4.16
Format: 354 pages, ebook
Sam of Wilds faced the Dark wizard Myrin and lived to tell the tale. Granted, the battle left him s… read more
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- fantasy
3. Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1)
By: Sarah Addison Allen
3.62
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The women of the Waverley family -- whether they like it or not -- are heirs to an unusual legacy, … read more
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4. The Lightning-Struck Heart (Tales From Verania, #1)
By: T.J. Klune
3.45
Format: 105 pages, Paperback
Once upon a time, in an alleyway in the slums of the City of Lockes, a young and somewhat lonely bo… read more
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5. The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)
By: Kay O'Neill
4.35
Format: 71 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Princess Princess Ever After comes The Tea Dragon Society, a charm… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"when one feels displaced, it can take a while for the connections to grow."-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)
"los recuerdos no sólo viven en tu interior minette. Residen en toda la gente y objetos con los que compartes tu vida"-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)
"Just because something comes easily to you, does not mean it has no value. You find it effortless because you love it, and that is why it is your gift."-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)
"everything that happens is part of your wholeness. the sadness, the loss, the hurt, as well as the joy, the love, the friendship -- it is all part of your tapestry .... remember that you are whole."-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)
6. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
By: Neil Gaiman
4.02
Format: 195 pages, Paperback
A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fantasy
- fiction
"Words save our lives, sometimes."-Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane
"Adults follow paths. Children explore."-Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane
"Books were safer than other people anyway."-Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane
"I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else."-Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane
7. The Tea Dragon Festival (Tea Dragon, #2)
By: Kay O'Neill
4.41
Format: 135 pages, Hardcover
Rinn has grown up with the Tea Dragons that inhabit their village, but stumbling across a real drag… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"We won't stay away so long this time. I forgot how good home tastes."-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Festival (Tea Dragon, #2)
"Aedhan: My name is Aedhan, of the Shining Wing Clan. Erik: I'm Erik, of the mountain vegetable picker clan!"-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Festival (Tea Dragon, #2)
8. Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)
By: Travis Baldree
4.20
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we nee… read more
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- fiction
- cozy mystery
- fantasy
"See you in the story past the story."-Travis Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)
9. DallerGut Dream Department Store
By: Lee Mi-ye
3.79
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
|| THE NO.1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD|| In a mysterious town that lies h… read more
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- fiction
- cozy mystery
- fantasy
"Adakalanya kekhawatiran kemarin menghilang seperti salju yang meleleh atau kekuatan untuk hidup menjalani hari ini muncul hanya dengan tidur yang nyenyak"-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store
"Adakalanya kekhawatiran kemarin menghilang seperti salju yang meleleh atau kekuatan untuk hidup menjalani hari ini muncul hanya dengan tidur yang nyenyak."-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store
"I don't think humans are some self-driving car racing toward the finish line. We must own our lives, start the engine ourselves, and sometimes put on brakes."-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store
"I believe there are two ways to love your life, Penny. The first is to work hard to change your life when you feel unsatisfied.' 'That seems about right.' Penny nods. 'The second option may look easi…"-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store
10. A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)
By: Freya Marske
3.91
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
Magic! Murder! Shipboard romance! Maud Blyth has always longed for adventure. She expected plent… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Hawthorn waved that aside. “My sister…"-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)
"She hadn't anticipated Maud Blyth. She didn't know how anyone ever could."-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)
"Maud, darling," she said, very soft. "You're worth more than this quest. I've told you that all along."-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)
"The head of security for the Lyric had a sturdy figure and a kind face with a reddish moustache that was doing its best to engulf his upper lip, as though he'd inherited it from a larger relative and…"-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)
11. In the Wild Light
By: Jeff Zentner
4.46
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Life in a small Appalachian town is not easy. Cash lost his mother to an opioid addiction and his P… read more
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- fiction
"Because for every way the world tries to kill us, it gives us a way to survive. You just gotta find it."-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
"This is what you remember of the people you love when they're gone—the ways they knew you that no one else did—even you. In that way, their passing is a death of a piece of yourself."-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
"You’ll never regret a decision more than the one you make out of fear. Fear tells you to make your life small. Fear tells you to think small. Fear tells you to be small-hearted. Fear seeks to preserv…"-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
12. The Last Conversation
By: Paul Tremblay
3.76
Format: 56 pages, Kindle Edition
What’s more frightening: Not knowing who you are? Or finding out? A Bram Stoker Award–winning autho… read more
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- fiction
"Soon. You keep saying soon. I don't think you and I share that words meaning."-Paul Tremblay, The Last Conversation
13. You Have Arrived at Your Destination
By: Amor Towles
3.49
Format: 54 pages, Kindle Edition
Nature or nurture? Neither. Discover a bold new way to raise a child in this unsettling story of th… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fantasy
- fiction
14. The Sprite and the Gardener
By: Rii Abrego
4.11
Format: 88 pages, Hardcover
Long, long ago, sprites were the caretakers of gardens. Every flower was grown by their hand. But w… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Oh, I wonder... I was trying to fix the whole thing at once... But maybe it needs to be done one step at a time? I can do this... I can do this!!"-Rii Abrego, The Sprite and the Gardener
15. Randomize
By: Andy Weir
3.53
Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition
In the near future, if Vegas games are ingeniously scam-proof, then the heists have to be too, in t… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
16. The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea (The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, #1)
By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
3.80
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
A desperate orphan turned pirate and a rebellious imperial daughter find a connection on the high s… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Rich people love books."-Maggie Tokuda-Hall, The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea (The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, #1)
"Love does not work in convenience. Or any kind of sense."-Maggie Tokuda-Hall, The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea (The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, #1)
"Love does not work in terms of convenience. Or any kind of sense."-Maggie Tokuda-Hall, The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea (The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, #1)
"He'd never understand why his drinking bothered Flora. To him, it was just something that had to happen, like sunrise, or death."-Maggie Tokuda-Hall, The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea (The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, #1)
17. Thistlefoot
By: GennaRose Nethercott
3.96
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The Yaga siblings--Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con a… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"what is a memory if not a ghost?"-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot
"Memory, it was nothing but a leash"-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot
"This song is for the goners, whose smiles are dust"-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot
"Leaves fell like one thousand small, flaming hands."-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot
18. In the Company of Witches (Evenfall Witches B&B, #1)
By: Auralee Wallace
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When a guest dies in the B&B she helps her aunts run, a young witch must rely on some good old-fash… read more
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- fiction
- cozy mystery
- fantasy
19. The Extraordinaries
By: T.J. Klune
4.07
Format: 405 pages, Hardcover
Some people are extraordinary. Some are just extra. TJ Klune's YA debut, The Extraordinaries, is a … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Be gay. Do crimes."-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries
"We're a lighthouse, Nick. A beacon to help them find their way home."-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries
"Your house isn't haunted! Your aunt is such a liar. She distracted me with cookies and lies!"-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries
"Boys can be anything girls can. And girls can be anything boys can. My mom says that sometimes; boys can even be girls."-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries
20. In the Lives of Puppets
By: T.J. Klune
3.92
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly in… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Hap?"-T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets
"I found you. I fixed you. I saved you, but you did the same for me."-T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets
"Humans were foolish. Careless. Cruel. But only a few. Most were full of light."-T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets
"I've made my choice. I need you to make yours. You're not a puppet. Not anymore."-T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets
21. The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)
By: Josiah Bancroft
3.82
Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition
The first book in a wildly inventive and mesmerizing new fantasy series from acclaimed author Josia… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Do not neglect to live your life. No cause, no matter how noble, will ever love you."-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)
"Administrators are oblivious and generally get in the way; effective employees learn to work around them. That's how it always is."-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)
"I read in the paper yesterday that astronomers believe there are planets out there that don't ride on a rail around a star like our rock does. They call them nomads. These nomads are up there wanderi…"-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)
22. Clytemnestra
By: Costanza Casati
4.25
Format: 435 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Madeline Miller's Circe, a stunning debut following Clytemnestra, the most notorious vi… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"She will bow to no one. Her destiny will be what she wants it to be."-Costanza Casati, Clytemnestra
"It is unwise to let a man who isn't king sit on a throne for too long."-Costanza Casati, Clytemnestra
"As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which option suits her better. Let her be hated forever."-Costanza Casati, Clytemnestra
23. The Shop Before Life
By: Neil Hughes
3.85
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
After two happy centuries in the prelife, Faythe is battling the most dangerous human emotion. She’… read more
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- fiction
- science fiction fantasy
- cozy mystery
- fantasy
24. Arch-Conspirator
By: Veronica Roth
3.43
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Outside the last city on Earth, the planet is a wasteland. Without the Archive, where the genes of … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
25. Under the Whispering Door
By: T.J. Klune
4.15
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to Charon's Crossing. The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"You’re awfully strange."-T.J. Klune, Under the Whispering Door
"Oh, Wallace. It's . . . the sun."-T.J. Klune, Under the Whispering Door
"Not knowing is better than pretending to know."-T.J. Klune, Under the Whispering Door
"I wish I'd found you before. Not someone like you. But you."-T.J. Klune, Under the Whispering Door
26. After the Forest
By: Kell Woods
3.81
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. A drop of blood to bind its power. 1650: The Black Forest, Wurt… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"And old enough to know that womenfolk have little enough power of their own. That is why they must have their charms and their tricks. Their books and their ink and blood. Their eyes, their smiles, t…"-Kell Woods, After the Forest
27. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
By: Sangu Mandanna
4.11
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family… read more
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- fiction
- cozy mystery
- fantasy
"The thing is, being a witch is extraordinary,"-Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
"That was some excellent Mary Poppins shit right there."-Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
"I can’t transform the world, Jamie. The world’s too big and too messy and too stubborn."-Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
"Trust is earned." "It is. But that’s only possible if someone’s willing to give you a chance."-Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
28. Heat Wave (The Extraordinaries, #3)
By: T.J. Klune
4.17
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
School’s out for the summer and a raging, malevolent heat has blanketed Nova City. Dark, twisted, p… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"And not to be outdone, Nick exclaimed, "Don't listen to them! I know for a fact dads are liars because I have incontrovertible proof that Seth doesn't orgasm fire!" Silence, only interrupted by Seth …"-T.J. Klune, Heat Wave (The Extraordinaries, #3)
29. The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
By: T.J. Klune
4.40
Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition
A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"I may have lost my mind," he told her. "Isn't it wonderful?"-T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
"I don't know why you can't see it." "See what?" "You. Everything you are."-T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
"I'm not depressed!' she looked him up and down. 'You aren't? Why on earth not?"-T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
"And he should be found at fault for existing? What choice did he have in the matter?"-T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
30. The Spellshop
By: Sarah Beth Durst
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst’s romantasy debut–a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbo… read more
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- fiction
- cozy mystery
- fantasy
"We can only control what we do and hope that other people make the right choice."-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop
"She was lonely, and she wanted someone to love. She made me out of love, and the empire destroyed her for it."-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop
"There was something so very beautiful about a notebook without a single note in it. It felt like touching pure potential."-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop
"I hope you know what you're doing" Caz said as he returned. "I absolutely do not know what I'm doing. I thought that was clear?"-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop
31. The Glass Woman
By: Alice McIlroy
3.45
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
A riveting psychological thriller that explores the tensions that arise when you can no longer trus… read more
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- fiction
