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Upgrade by Blake Crouch
Logan Ramsay takes part in a raid on a secret genetics laboratory but finds nothing except a homemade explosive designed to shred his hazmat suit. He wakes up after the explosion and he feels no different, all of his tests come back normal. And that remains the case for a few weeks. But all of a sudden, his reflexes are better. His bones ache in a way he hasn't felt since he was going through growth spurts as a child. It seems that someone has given his body and his mind a bi
4 days ago
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The Dark Locket: Secrets of the Sanatorium by Chris Witt
Harold's girlfriend (and hopefully soon, fiance), Emily, disappears while doing research for her dissertation. He finds evidence that she was last at Lyaeus Sanatorium and he sets out to find her. But as he searches, he starts to uncover memories that he'd unknowingly buried and pieces of himself that he didn't know existed. Because this is not the first time Harold has been in Lyaeus, he spent his whole childhood inside its walls.
7 days ago
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Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Jason Dessen takes a quick trip to see a friend celebrating a huge career milestone, promising his wife that he will be home soon and bearing ice cream for dessert. Then, the unthinkable happens. He's abducted, taken to the outskirts of the city, and knocked unconscious. He wakes up strapped to a gurney with someone who claims to know him asking him questions he does not understand. He begins to realize that this world is not his.
Dec 4
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Blood Over Bright Haven by M L Wang
Sciona has been working her entire life to get where she is today - the very first woman to be an Archmage. She's making history and opening up new doors for all the little girls that want to be magicians too, and now the real work can start. The city is expanding, and she needs to present her ideas on how best to source the magic needed for the expansion. So, with her new Archmage robes, her new personal lab, and her brand, brand new assistant, Sciona gets to work. And makes
Dec 1
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The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
When the cops show up at Adam Morgan's door, arresting him while telling him that he was the last person to see his mistress alive before she was brutally murdered, Adam can think of only one person capable of taking on his case and proving his innocence: Sarah. His wife.
Nov 27
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The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
Kiela doesn't like people, but she loves books. When the Great Library of Alyssium is threatened by radicals, Kiela takes her sentient spider plant assistant Caz and as many books as she can manage and runs to the last place anyone would look for her - the island where she was born. What she has forgotten (or perhaps never realized) is the smaller the community, the nosier the people. She is immediately beset with neighbors wanting to help her, get to know her, and to gossip.
Nov 24
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This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Two beings who fight on opposite sides of a never-ending war to control time become aware of each other through a series of close encounters and lifetimes of trying to gain the upper hand. When one of them leaves a note of appreciation for the other's work ethic and attention to detail, a love story like no other begins to unfold.
Nov 20
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The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow
Three sisters reluctantly come together in New Salem to fight for the rights of women and discover how to return real magic to the world.
Nov 17
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Powerless by Lauren Roberts
Paedyn Gray tries to live her life in Ilya as under the radar as possible. It's how one survives a life in the slums. Until the day she witnesses a man about to be killed in an alleyway, and she saves his life. She becomes known as the notorious "Silver Savior" and her name is entered into the upcoming trials as a contestant. But what would be an honor for most people is likely to get Paedyn executed. Because she is an Ordinary, and her mere existence is an affront to the Eli
Nov 13
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What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall
Twenty-two years ago, Naomi and her best friends Olivia and Cassidy lived through an unimaginable horror when Naomi was attacked and stabbed seventeen times while the girls played in the woods. Miraculously, Naomi survived the attack and they were able to lock her serial killer attacker in prison. When they get the call that the attacker has died in prison, Olivia asks for the three of them to get together again. To their surprise, Oliviia thinks the time has come to tell the
Nov 10
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Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas
It is time for the final battle for Erilea but Aelin and her friends are all completely separated. Can they come together and join forces in time to beat their enemies, or will their last stand end it catastrophe and ruin - not only for them, but for the entire world?
Nov 6
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The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
Opaline, Henry, and Martha all make their ways to Ireland looking for a place to fit in. Someplace that will be safe, where they can be themselves. What they find is a small bookstore that it seems can only be found by those who need it. Or maybe they don't find it - it finds them. Maybe it was never lost at all.
Nov 3
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The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
Clementine comes home from work one day and enters the apartment she recently inherited from her aunt to find a stranger. Turns out, Clementine's aunt agreed to sublet the apartment for the summer to her friend's son while he comes to New York City to live his dream of working in a fine restaurant. Of course, all of that happened before Clementine's aunt died. The two of them become temporary roommates for the summer, only seeing each other periodically, and Clementine soon r
Oct 30
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Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Nora Stephens isn't sure when it happened but somehow, she became the villain in her own story. She is not the plucky girl next door you root for in every rom com, nor is she a woman who can be "one of the guys". She is a bossy, high maintenance, city lover who puts all of her effort in getting the best deal for her clients. But then her sister Libby convinces her to take a month away from the city so that Libby can live out her small-town fantasy before having her third chil
Oct 27
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A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Sera used to be one of the most powerful witches in Britain. Key words: used to be. Now she barely has enough magic to keep herself warm and is grumpily running an inn with her aunt while trying to keep the talking fox and the skeletal rooster from blowing her cover and declaring to the countryside that she is a witch. Along comes Luke Larsen, who is looking for a safe place for his sister, and Sera begins to think she could get her magic back again.
Oct 23
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Rabbits by Terry Miles
K has always been interested in The Game, but when billionaire Alan Scarpio approaches them and says they needs to find a way to fix The Game before the next iteration starts, K isn't quite sure where to start. Then Alan goes missing and The Game starts - K not having fixed a thing - and nothing is the way that it should be. Now K really needs to fix things.
Oct 20
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Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
When Fitz was six years old, his grandfather dropped him off at his uncle's door and never looked back. Since his father just happened to be the king's eldest son and heir to the throne known for his honor, nobody was quite sure what to do with Fitz. He becomes an outcast who is blamed for his father's abdication, but he has an ability that the country needs.
Oct 16
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We Would Never by Tova Mirvis
Hailey and Jonah's divorce continues to get more contentious the longer it drags on, until Hailey is ready to give in on Jonah's demands. But when Jonah is murdered in his own home, ending their divorce before an agreement is reached, suspicion turns to Hailey. Find out who killed Jonah in this book, based on a true story.
Oct 13
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The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang
In 1906, a terrible earthquake hits San Francisco. Both the earthquake and the following aftershocks caused immense damage, destroyed water lines, and fires swept through the city. At that moment, four women find themselves thrown together in a situation that could easily end in tragedy. A down on her luck soprano, a skilled embroideress desperate to escape an unwanted arranged marriage, a free-spirited author who has been missing for months, and a headstrong botanist must ba
Oct 9
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The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
Students from a fiction mystery club take a trip to an island on which a terrible triple murder/suicide occurred the year before. Alone on the island, they begin to die one by one under questionable circumstances. Is there a connection to the last tragedy? Or is one of the students the murderer?
Oct 6
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