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The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
When Ellie was a child, she and her mother were forced to move to a tiny home in downtown Tehran after the death of Ellie's father. There, Ellie meets a girl her own age named Homa who changes her life forever.
4 days ago


The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn
Sarah Pleinsworth hates Hugh Prentice for what he did to her cousin Daniel and Hugh can't stand how dramatic Sarah is - but when they're forced to see each other repeatedly over a few weeks time, they realize it's easier to hate someone you don't really know.
Oct 29


The Burning God by R F Kuang
After making an enemy of almost every world power she's come into contact with, Rin decides it's time to go her own way and save Nikan - starting with the south.
Oct 15


Murder at Holly House by Denzil Meyrick
When Inspector Frank Grasby is sent to the small village of Elderby, it's supposed to keep him out of trouble for awhile. But what started as a series of breaking and enterings turns into a murder investigation the day that Frank arrives. And the bodies just keep piling up.
Oct 8


The Dragon Republic by R F Kuang
With the Third Poppy War ended, Rin is now on the run from Empress Daji and the Nikan Empire but Rin is all out of allies. Or so she thought.
Sep 21


The Poppy War by R F Kuang
When Rin prepared to take the Keju, a test designed to find the most talented and promising to be educated in the Nikan's most prestigious academies, she thought the test would be the hard part. Boy was she wrong!
Aug 20


A Night Like This by Julia Quinn
When Daniel Smythe-Smith comes home to England, he thinks everything is going to be just fine. But then strange, and dangerous, things begin to happen around him in A Night Like This by Julia Quinn.
Aug 13


Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
When a boy gets tired of living within the confines of polite society, and the abuse of his father, he decides to sail a raft down the Mississippi River. He encounters Jim, an enslaved man who has escaped before being sold, and the journey they take together changes Huck forever.
Aug 10


Katabasis by R F Kuang
When Professor Grimes unexpectedly dies, his students decide to descend into Hell and bring him back to the world of the living so he can write them their recommendations in Katabasis by R F Kuang.
Aug 6


Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser
Lady Tremaine will do whatever it takes to give her daughters the life they deserve. Which is not easy as her manor crumbles around her and she struggles to find enough food for the household. But a royal ball offers a once in a lifetime chance to change everything.
Jun 18


The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis
Rory has been depressed for months, barely even able to get out of bed, and had already given up on her dream of opening a gallery for unknown artists when she spots an empty space that would be perfect for her gallery. It's not for sale or lease, but she reaches out to the owner and the two strike up an unlikely friendship. Having something new to focus on may help Rory crawl out of the depths of her depression and right some decades old wrongs in the process.
May 28


Masquerade by O O Sangoyomi
Ododo is a blacksmith in Timbuktu when she is approached by a vagrant. When she is later abducted and taken to Sangote, the capital of Yorubaland, she is shocked to discover that the vagrant is none other than Aremo, warrior king of all Yorubaland, and he wants her as his bride. Ododo is transformed from witch and pariah to woman of luxury. But she soon realizes that enemies hide all around her, as she wonders if life is really living inside of a gilded cage.
May 7


The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
A family lives through the Nazi occupation of France during WWII, each finding their own way to endure the war and fight against the atrocities being committed around them. In the process, they each find something in themselves that they didn't realize they were missing.
Apr 6


A Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas
Charlotte Holmes is forced to take on a new case when Lord Bancroft Ashburton's most loyal man has gone missing. Of course, Charlotte has no interest in helping Lord Bancroft who she has previously helped to put behind bars, but he makes sure she knows that she has no choice.
Mar 12


Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
When the reclusive Mr Norrell revealed his powers, showing England that the magic they believed to be dead was alive and well in him, he became an overnight celebrity. His name was on everyone's lips, as he believed it should be. When a second magician made himself known, Norrell was delighted to have someone else to talk to who really understood magic and even took the magician, Strange, as his student. Until Strange became too focused on the most dangerous parts of magic, c
Mar 5


All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The story of a blind, French girl who must overcome the fear of both herself and those who love her to survive in a world gone to pieces. The story of an orphaned boy in Germany whose skills in mathematics and radios lands him a spot in a school for Hitler Youth. Their paths wind together over the course of years until finally converging in Saint-Malo.
Feb 2


The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Minerva grew up on tales of the paranormal from her Nana Alba, but she never really BELIEVED those stories. But while researching Beatrice Tremblay, a obscure horror novelist, for her dissertation, Minerva begins to believe that those stories were more substantial than she thought.
Jan 29


Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
Honoria is on her third social season, and she is desperate to be married. Or, desperate to be out of her mother's house anyway. Yet, all of the suitors that she has never run the full gambit and a proposal never comes. When she sees her brother's best friend, Marcus, and accidentally causes him to sprain his ankle, she feels terrible. When that sprained ankle leads to a near death infection, Honoria feels like she needs to help Marcus recover. What's the harm anyway? They're
Dec 18, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025
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