The Compendium of Magical Beasts: An Anatomical Study of Cryptozoology's Most Elusive Beings
By: Melissa Brinks
4.16
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
From controversial cryptozoologist and explorer Dr. Veronica Wigberht-Blackwater, The Compendium of…
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1. Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
By: Lisa Pulitzer , Jenna Miscavige Hill
3.77
Format: 402 pages, Hardcover
Jenna Miscavige was raised to obey. As niece of the Church of Scientology's leader David Miscavige,… read more
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"Scientology always has been a game of power and control. L. Ron Hubbard was the ultimate con man, and it's hard to figure out how much of Scientology was an experiment in brainwashing and controlling…"-Lisa Pulitzer, Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
2. Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect
By: Jonice Webb , Christine Musello
4.01
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
Running on Emptyis the first self-help book about Emotional Neglect: an invisible force from your c… read more
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3. The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black
By: E.B. Hudspeth
3.57
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
Philadelphia, the late 1870s. A city of gas lamps, cobblestone streets, and horse-drawn carriages--… read more
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- art
- mythology
- fantasy
- fiction
4. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
By: Patricia A. McKillip
3.52
Format: 257 pages, Paperback
Sixteen when a baby is brought to her to raise, Sybel has grown up on Eld Mountain. Her only playma… read more
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5. The Tropic of Serpents (The Memoirs of Lady Trent #2)
By: Marie Brennan
2.00
Format: 161 pages, Hardcover
The thrilling adventure of Lady Trent continues in Marie Brennan's The Tropic of Serpents . . . At… read more
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6. Silent Spring
By: Edward O. Wilson , Rachel Carson , Linda Lear
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring was first published in three serialized excerpts in the New Yorker in… read more
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7. The Whispering Skull (Lockwood & Co., #2)
By: Jonathan Stroud
4.05
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the six months since Anthony, Lucy, and George survived a night in the most haunted house in Eng… read more
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8. Pippi Longstocking
By: Astrid Lindgren , Louis S. Glanzman , Florence Lamborn
4.41
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
The beloved story of a spunky young girl and her hilarious escapades. Tommy and his sister Annika h… read more
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9. The Creeping Shadow (Lockwood & Co., #4)
By: Jonathan Stroud
4.07
Format: 71 pages, Hardcover
After leaving Lockwood & Co. at the end of The Hollow Boy,Lucy is a freelance operative, hiring her… read more
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10. Spell on Wheels, Vol. 1
By: Kate Leth , Nate Piekos , Megan Levens , None , Marissa Louise
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
Three young witches head out on an East Coast road trip to retrieve their stolen belongings and tra… read more
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11. The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #1)
By: Ellery Queen
4.04
Format: None pages, Paperback
A fine silk custom top-hat is missing from a crooked lawyer who was poisoned by lead alcohol in the… read more
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12. Taproot
By: Keezy Young
1.33
Format: 397 pages, Paperback
Blue is having a hard time moving on. He's in love with his best friend. He's also dead. Luckily, H… read more
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13. Lancelot: The Knight of the Cart
By: Chrétien de Troyes , Burton Raffel , None
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In this outstanding new translation of Lancelot, Burton Raffel brings to English language readers t… read more
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14. A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
By: Marie Brennan
3.84
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
You, dear reader, continue at your own risk. It is not for the faint of heart—no more so than the s… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"I have often found this to be true since, that matters which seem terribly important in the early days of such a journey (what will people back home say?) fade into triviality with the passage of tim…"-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
"You may think you see plenty of stars, friend reader, but you are wrong. Night is both blacker and more brilliant than you can imagine, and the sky a glory that puts to shame the most splendid jewels…"-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
"... I think that was the moment at which I realised I was truly leaving. This is something the gentlemen readers of this memoir may not understand, but the ladies will know it all too well. If they a…"-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
"It’s—it’s as if there is a dragon inside me. I don’t know how big she is; she may still be growing. But she has wings, and strength, and—and I can’t keep her in a cage. She’ll die. I’ll die. I know i…"-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
15. Our Dark Duet (Monsters of Verity, #2)
By: Victoria Schwab
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
THE WORLD IS BREAKING. AND SO ARE THEY. KATE HARKERisn't afraid of monsters. She hunts them. And sh… read more
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16. The Hollow Boy (Lockwood & Co. #3)
By: Jonathan Stroud
4.18
Format: 411 pages, Hardcover
As a massive outbreak of supernatural Visitors baffles Scotland Yard and causes protests throughout… read more
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17. The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights, #1)
By: T.L. Huchu
3.49
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
When a child goes missing in Edinburgh's darkest streets, young Ropa investigates. She'll need to c… read more
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- fantasy
- magic
- fiction
"If I'm going down, I'm taking it with me. M.A.D., bitch. I'm up for Mutually Assured Destruction - if that's what it takes."-T.L. Huchu, The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights, #1)
"It’s in the most trying times, when we ourselves have nothing, that we mustn’t forget there are higher virtues like compassion, kindness and solidarity. Doing something when it is hard, because it is…"-T.L. Huchu, The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights, #1)
"There’s a world of a difference between reading and hearing. I mean, you extract the same juice out of the fruit of knowledge – whether it’s coming off pod or page. But with audio, I like hearing the…"-T.L. Huchu, The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights, #1)
18. A Lesson in Vengeance
By: Victoria Lee
3.55
Format: 369 pages, Hardcover
Felicity Morrow is back at Dalloway School. Perched in the Catskill mountains, the centuries-old… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Just so,"-Victoria Lee, A Lesson in Vengeance
"For coffee-stained girls in libraries."-Victoria Lee, A Lesson in Vengeance
"The question isn't whether magic is real. It's whether I can touch it without being consumed by it."-Victoria Lee, A Lesson in Vengeance
"The poems circle the same question: how one’s soul could possibly endure when life’s beauty vanishes from reach."-Victoria Lee, A Lesson in Vengeance
19. The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3)
By: Kay O'Neill
4.50
Format: 135 pages, Hardcover
Join Greta and Minette once more for the heartwarming conclusion of the award-winning Tea Dragon se… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Everything that happens is part of your wholeness."-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3)
"When someone is grieving, the best thing you can do is let them heal on their own, and show them that you'll be there for them."-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3)
"You feel like you've lost your path. It's natural to be sad. It's alright to let those feelings wash over you, and give them time to soak into the earth. That's when things start to grow again."-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3)
"Well I am, now. But I wasn't always so ready to call it my home--when one feels displaced, it can take a while for the connections to grow. Once I was ready, it felt like I was part of a new song tha…"-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3)
20. House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2)
By: Erin A. Craig
4.14
Format: 544 pages, Library Binding
A modern masterpiece, this is a classic Gothic thriller-fantasy from New York Times bestselling aut… read more
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- fiction
"Besides, what else am I meant to be doing? I didn't laze around in life and I certainly wasn't going to start in death."-Erin A. Craig, House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2)
21. They Called Us Enemy
By: George Takei
4.42
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within Americ… read more
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"The wheel of democracy turns slowly."-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy
"Shame is a cruel thing. It should rest on the perpetrators but they don't carry it the way the victims do."-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy
"Our Democracy is a Participatory Democracy. Existentially it's dependent on people who cherish the shinning, highest ideals of our Democracy and actively engage in the political process."-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy
22. Plain Bad Heroines
By: Emily M. Danforth
3.65
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Our story begins in 1902, at The Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable stu… read more
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- fiction
"Eleanor Faderman knew many books. But never before had she read a book that seemed to know her."-Emily M. Danforth, Plain Bad Heroines
"She was a person like this: full of opinion and firm standing, she planted her flag in more topics than you could quite believe she could actually care about."-Emily M. Danforth, Plain Bad Heroines
"I like it so much better when nobody expects anything from me and then I surprise them by delivering anything at all." "That bar’s so low you’re gonna stub your toe on it."-Emily M. Danforth, Plain Bad Heroines
"So many things felt so routinely disappointing to her that it seemed a shame to waste this evening on that mild unhappiness, one that she could admit to herself possibly wasn't deserved."-Emily M. Danforth, Plain Bad Heroines
23. Pilu of the Woods
By: Mai K. Nguyen
4.24
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
A heartwarming story of friendship, loss, and finding your way home from debut author/illustrator M… read more
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24. 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
- magic
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"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
25. The Girl and the Glim
By: India Swift
3.74
Format: 60 pages, Paperback
An original graphic novel about being the new kid in a different school, getting picked on by the c… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
26. Chef's Kiss
By: Jarrett Melendez
3.96
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
English graduate Ben Cook is on the job hunt looking for something... anything... related to his pa… read more
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- fiction
27. Thirsty Mermaids
By: Kat Leyh
4.09
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Fresh out of shipwreck wine, three tipsy mermaids—Pearl, Tooth, and Eez—hit on the idea of magicall… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
28. Creepy Cross-Stitch: 25 Spooky Projects to Haunt Your Halls
By: Lindsay Swearingen
4.50
Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition
CROSS-STITCH GOES WITCHY WITH DARK AND ELEGANT DESIGNSFrom spooky skulls to ghoulish graveyards, Li… read more
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- art
- reference
29. Burn Our Bodies Down
By: Rory Power
3.51
Format: 352 pages, ebook
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Wilder Girls comes a new twisty thriller about a g… read more
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- fiction
"Keep a fire burning; a fire is what saves you."-Rory Power, Burn Our Bodies Down
"(...) if understanding a person meant I had to forgive them."-Rory Power, Burn Our Bodies Down
"I don't think the past ever really leaves, in Phalene. It breathes. It holds on."-Rory Power, Burn Our Bodies Down
"And maybe it's spite or maybe it's love but I can't really tell them apart anymore."-Rory Power, Burn Our Bodies Down
30. The Compendium of Magical Beasts: An Anatomical Study of Cryptozoology's Most Elusive Beings
By: Melissa Brinks
4.16
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
From controversial cryptozoologist and explorer Dr. Veronica Wigberht-Blackwater, The Compendium of… read more
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- magic
- monsters
- fiction
- reference
- fantasy
- mythology
31. The Very Short, Entirely True History of Mermaids
By: Sarah Laskow
3.89
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
From Ariel to the current craze for Sirens, mermaids have captivated our imaginations. But what's … read more
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