Piranesi
By: Susanna Clarke
4.23
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls …
Want to Read $ 8.20"In my mind are all the tides, their seasons, their ebbs and their flows."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
"In my mind are all the tides, their seasons, their ebbs and their flows."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
"May your Paths be safe, your Floors unbroken and may the House fill your eyes with Beauty."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
"May your Paths be safe, your Floors unbroken and may the House fill your eyes with Beauty."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
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1. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
By: Martha Wells
4.15
Format: 144 pages, ebook
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." In a corporate-dominated space-farin… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
"On the entertainment feed, this is what they call an “oh shit"-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"If the humans see me actually doing my job, it helps keep suspicions from forming about faulty governor modules."-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"They don't give murderbots decent education modules on anything except murdering, even those are cheap versions."-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other."-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
2. The Secret History
By: Donna Tartt
4.17
Format: 559 pages, Paperback
Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits a… read more
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- mystery
- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
"It's a terrible thing, what we did,"-Donna Tartt, The Secret History
"How quickly he fell; how soon it was over."-Donna Tartt, The Secret History
"Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones I did not."-Donna Tartt, The Secret History
"I suppose the shock of recognition is one of the nastiest shocks of all."-Donna Tartt, The Secret History
3. I Who Have Never Known Men
By: Ros Schwartz , Jacqueline Harpman
4.22
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
"As far back as I can recall, I have been in the bunker." A young woman is kept in a cage underg… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
"Survival is never more than putting off the moment of death."-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men
"I thought it was unfair, and then I understood that, alone and terrified, anger was my only weapon against the horror"-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men
"Look at them. They’re pretending, they behave as though they still have some control over their lives and make momentous decisions about which vegetable to cook first."-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men
"Only now, I tell myself that what I'd felt for her, the trust that slowly built up, the constant preference for her company and the joy each time I was reunited with her after an expedition were prob…"-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men
4. Small Things Like These
By: Claire Keegan
4.18
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal me… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
"Always, Christmas brought out the best and the worst in people."-Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These
"for people were bound, he knew, to reveal not only themselves, but what they knew, in conversation"-Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These
"And then the nights came on and the frosts took hold again, and blades of cold slid under doors and cut the knees off those who still knelt to say the rosary."-Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These
"When he reached the yard gate and found the padlock seized with frost, he felt the strain of being alive and wished he had stayed in bed, but he made himself carry on and crossed to a neighbour’s hou…"-Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These
5. Our Wives Under the Sea
By: Julia Armfield
3.78
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep-sea mission that ende… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"El océano profundo es una casa embrujada: un lugar donde se mueven en la oscuridad cosas que no deberían existir."-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea
"She refused almost every aspect of my help, the way women will when they've been bred to accept little more than the baset civility."-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea
"I don't know why I expected you to read my mind,' I say, when I call back to leave her a message, 'I was just doing what I always do, assuming the world revolves around me."-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea
"The space around us is a claw half grasped, holding tight without quite crushing, and I wish, in the idle way I always wish these days, that I felt more confident in my ability to breathe."-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea
6. The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
By: James Islington
4.63
Format: 639 pages, Kindle Edition
At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secret… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mystery
- audiobook
"Death is only meaningless if it does not change us, Vis."-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
"I am curious about no small number of things, but it's not fair to sate my curiosity at the expense of her pain."-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
"And this is the risk of our world, Diago. The flaw of our system is in its head. In us. The qualities of a king change the kingdom. And not one of us is perfect enough to have a right to lead ... I w…"-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
7. The Sword of Kaigen
By: M.L. Wang
4.47
Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition
A mother struggling to repress her violent past, A son struggling to grasp his violent future, A … read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"The enemy is a tornado. What are you going to do?' 'Kill it."-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen
"Flayed and boneless, he faced the creature he had awakened, this woman of god’s blood and fury."-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen
"I’ve never needed a sword to protect you—to raise you the way your father wanted. Caring for my family meant putting away the fighter, so I did."-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen
"This... you are my story... and I was so selfish, so tied to that shadow that I missed it. And my son, I— I’m so sorry it took me this long to understand. I’m sorry—"-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen
8. Tress of the Emerald Sea
By: Brandon Sanderson
4.40
Format: 483 pages, Kindle Edition
The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, w… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"They supposedly had golden hair, like yours, the color of sunlight."-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea
"It might be said that Tress had a way with words. In that her words tended to get in her way."-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea
"Well, this isn't the part of the story where you ask questions. So kindly keep them to yourself."-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea
"If we let it, memory can make shadows of the now, as nothing can match the buttressed legends of our past."-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea
9. The Familiar
By: Leigh Bardugo
3.84
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishavers… read more
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- magical realism
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
"There was nothing more dangerous than a woman witha pen in her hand."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
"She was allowed to want more for herself. And even if she wasn't, she would find a way to get it."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
"And you're not afraid...of the devil? Of his minions? "Fear men, Luzia," he said. "Fear their ambition and the crimes they commit in its service. But don't fear magic or what you may do with it."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
10. This Is How You Lose the Time War
By: Amal El-Mohtar
3.88
Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before … read more
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- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
"Atlantis sinks. Serves it right."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"And everyone is alive, somewhere in time."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"All the stars are eyes here, always seeking."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"I would rather break the world than lose you."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
11. A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
By: Becky Chambers
None
Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition
ASIN B08H831J18 moved to the more recent edition Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-a… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
12. Bunny
By: Mona Awad
3.50
Format: 305 pages, Paperback
We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. … read more
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- literary fiction
- magical realism
- fiction
- mystery
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"The pink pony inside me weeps softly."-Mona Awad, Bunny
"Oh, Bunny, I love you. I love you, Bunny."-Mona Awad, Bunny
"We think of it as art meets life, Bunny. We’re putting art into the world."-Mona Awad, Bunny
"Because life is shorter than we are, she says, so why beat around the bush?"-Mona Awad, Bunny
13. Piranesi
By: Susanna Clarke
4.23
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls … read more
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- literary fiction
- magical realism
- mythology
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mystery
- audiobook
"In my mind are all the tides, their seasons, their ebbs and their flows."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
"May your Paths be safe, your Floors unbroken and may the House fill your eyes with Beauty."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
"The House is valuable because it is the House. It is enough in and of Itself. It is not the means to an end."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
"It does not matter that you do not understand the reason. You are the Beloved Child of the House. Be comforted. And I am comforted."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
14. Yellowface
By: R.F. Kuang
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"The truth is fluid, there is always another way to spin the story."-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
"They tell authors never to look at Goodreads, but nobody follows that advice—none of us can resist the urge to know how our work is being received."-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
"Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic. Writing is creating something out of nothing, is opening doors to other lands. Writing gives you power to shape your own world when the real one hu…"-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
15. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
By: Heather Fawcett
4.02
Format: 317 pages, Hardcover
A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and dis… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
- audiobook
"How was it that I suddenly had faerie kings, plural, demanding to marry me?"-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
"I could not tell if he was terrible at drawing cats or if he simply had a terrible cat."-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
"Shadow padded up to me and put his head on my knee, all forgiven, as it always is with dogs. If I frightened my cat as I had Shadow, she'd ignore me for days, or possibly put a curse on me, but then …"-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
"And you shall shut yourself away forever in those old stones with your books and your mysteries like a dragon with her hoard, having as little association with the living as possible and emerging onl…"-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
16. Babel
By: R.F. Kuang
4.18
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with stu… read more
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- magical realism
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"It is astounding, in truth, how much of academia’s perceived resource scarcity is artificially constructed."-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe."-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"languages aren't just made of words. they're modes of looking at the world. They're the keys to civiliation. And that's knowledge worth killing for"-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"It revealed the sheer dependence of the British, who, astonishingly, could not manage to do basic things like bake bread or get safely from one place to another without words stolen from other countr…"-R.F. Kuang, Babel
17. The Spear Cuts Through Water
By: Simon Jimenez
4.19
Format: 525 pages, Hardcover
Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal fa… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"There is no correct way to shake hands with pain."-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water
"They fought because it was the easiest language they spoke."-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water
"I have lived a long time," she said. "And the longer I live, the more it surprises me, and saddens me, how wise the young must become to live in this world."-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water
"But the truth of the matter was they fought because Jun was grieving and Keema was terrified and Jun was exhilarated and Keema was joyful and Jun was exhausted and Keema was repulsed."-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water
18. Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
By: Travis Baldree
4.12
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.The battl… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
- audiobook
19. Project Hail Mary
By: Andy Weir
4.51
Format: 476 pages, Hardcover
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mystery
- audiobook
"No. You no can die. You are friend."-Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary
"Usually you not stupid. Why stupid, question?"-Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary
"He puts his claw against the divider. “Fist my bump."-Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary
"Grumpy. Angry. Stupid. How long since last sleep, question?"-Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary
20. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)
By: Becky Chambers
4.41
Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robo… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"It's one thing to be told about the world that was. It's another to see a piece of it."-Becky Chambers, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)
21. Circe
By: Madeline Miller
4.23
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe i… read more
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- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
"Her only love was reason. And that has never been the same as wisdom."-Madeline Miller, Circe
"He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none."-Madeline Miller, Circe
"But that was only a shape I had been poured into. I did not have to keep it."-Madeline Miller, Circe
"He liked such sharpness, for there was nothing in him that had any blood you might spill."-Madeline Miller, Circe
