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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.
6 hours ago


The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Dorian Gray is obsessed with staying young and beautiful, an endeavor that grows out of control when he obtains a portrait that takes the marks of age and sin from his physical body
4 days ago


The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore
When Archer's life upends and he has to leave Paris to become a single dad to surprise daughter Olive, he expects to hate living in Dream Harbor. And he does, at first.
Sep 14


Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
After nearly dying in the Mountain Kingdom, Fitz decides that his vow to King Shrewd is not as important as his life. But a vision of more raids has him riding back to Buckkeep.
Sep 10


Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
In most of her past lives, Evelyn dies just before her eighteenth birthday at Ardan's hand. But she really likes this one, and she'd prefer to keep it
Sep 7


The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club by Gloria Chao
When Kathryn Hu finds out that her boyfriend Tucker has been cheating on her - or rather, she's the other woman - what she doesn't expect to find is a friendship with Tucker's other girlfriend. Their friendship is still very new when Tucker turns up dead and they must find the killer to exonerate themselves in The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club by Gloria Chao.
Sep 3


I Know How This Ends by Holly Smale
Margot is (allegedly) getting back on the wagon. After spending ten years with the same man, which ended in disaster, she has a list for what she needs in a man. When she meets Henry, he is not what she is looking for. So then why does she keep having visions of the future in I Know How This Ends by Holly Smale
Aug 31


Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
Why is it that when Samantha meets the rude veterinarian Xavier Rush, she cannot stop thinking about him. She says yes as soon as he asks her on a date. They say there's no such thing as the perfect guy, but Samantha is no longer so sure. Too bad her amazing (and disastrous) first date with Xavier is the day before she moves across the country in Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
Aug 27


Valor by John Gwynne
As Corban flees his home only to find danger on every horizon, Maquin seeks revenge only to find forced servitude, and Veradis tries to stay loyal but finds only doubts while the Banished Lands descend into war and people show where their true loyalties lie in Valor by John Gwynne.
Aug 24


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


The Girls Before by Kate Alice Marshall
Audrey volunteers for search and rescue, never saying it but always looking Janie - who she didn't look for before it was too late in The Girls Before by Kate Alice Marshall.
Aug 17


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


Fearless by Lauren Roberts
After a surprising reception at her return to Ilya, Paedyn now has to navigate difficult and unexpected aspects of her relationships, including to her future husband in Fearless by Lauren Roberts.
Aug 3


The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
When Edmond Dantes is imprisoned for a crime that he did not commit, he vows not only to get out of prison but to make everyone who wronged him pay - no matter how long it takes.
Jul 30


The Secret History by Donna Tartt
A small group of students studying the classics in a university in Vermont decide to pursue a transcendent experience like the Greeks did and are taken places they never expected.
Jul 27


Shifter and Shadow by Sharon Shinn
What happened on Dorrin Isle after Kirra's disastrous recent relationship ended poorly and she decided to mend her broken heart by healing the sick.
Jul 23


Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Two sisters, close but as different as sisters can be, navigate society's maze of propriety as best as they can as they each fall in love.
Jul 20


Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Two brothers fresh off the death of their father have to find their way through grief without losing themselves, and maybe gaining something in the process.
Jul 20
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