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Speculative Fiction A mix of Sci Fi, Fantasy and Horror for your TBR pile |
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The Bezzle
by Cory Doctorow
When he stumbles upon the ultra-wealthy's newest mark—California's Department of Corrections, Martin Hench, a self-employed forensic accountant, discovers they will stop at nothing to extract money from the government and the hundreds of thousands of prisoners they have at their mercy.
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The Book That Broke the World
by Mark Lawrence
Forced to flee the Library by a ruthless enemy, Evar is thrust into the vastness of a world he's never seen, while Livira, trapped in a ghost world, must recover the book she wrote—one which is the only true threat to the library's existence.
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The Bright Sword
by Lev Grossman
Arriving at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, a gifted young knight Collum instead finds only a handful of knights left after the Battle of Camlann, and together, joined by Merlin's apprentice Nimue, set out to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance.
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The Day Tripper
by James Goodhand
After an altercation with a former childhood bully leaves him bruised, bloody and almost drowning in the Thames, 20-something Alex Dean wakes up each day in a different year and must piece together what happens in his life after that fateful night to save himself and the people he loves most.
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The Emperor and the Endless Palace
by Justinian Huang
"Moving from 4 BCE to 1740 in China and finally to contemporary Los Angeles, The Emperor and the Endless Palace weaves together three couples into one epic love story, blending historical figures with Chinese folklore." Library Journal
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The Familiar
by Leigh Bardugo
During the Spanish Golden Age, Luzia Cotado, gifted with magic, garners the attention of the disgraced secretary to Spain's king, plunging her into a world where the lines between magic, science and fraud blur—and where she must enlist the help of an embittered immortal familiar whose deadly secrets could destroy them both.
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A Fate Inked in Blood
by Danielle L. Jensen
After discovering that she is a shield maiden who can repel any attack, a fanatical jarl binds Freya with a blood oath to protect Skaland in a Norse-inspired fantasy romance, from the best-selling author of The Bridge Kingdom series.
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Island Witch
by Amanda Jayatissa
Amara, the daughter of a 19th century Sri Lankan village's demon-priest is accused of witchcraft and must clear her and her father's names after someone or something begins mysteriously attacking men in the jungle.
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The Ministry of Time
by Kaliane Bradley
To establish whether time travel is feasible—for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time, a“bridge” who lives with, assists and monitors the expat known as“1847” or Commander Graham Gore, falls fervently in love, with consequences she never could've imagined—ones that could change the future.
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Moon of the Turning Leaves
by Waubgeshig Rice
When a community of Anishinaabe people, with their natural resources dwindling, needs to find a new home, Evan Whitesky leads a dangerous mission back to their ancestral home in the Great Lakes region, during which they encounter other survivors, some who thrive on violence.
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My Murder
by Katie Williams
Recently brought back to life and returned to her grieving family by a government project, Lou, the victim of a serial killer, readapts to being a mother and wife but wonders how much she can really trust those around her as she sets out to figure out the circumstances of her death.
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The Other Valley
by Scott Alexander Howard
Vying for a coveted seat on the Conseil, 16-year-old Odile, who lives in an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future, discovers her friend Edme is about to die, and sworn to secrecy to preserve the timeline, instead finds herself drawing closer to the doomed boy, imperiling her entire future.
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts
by Katherine Arden
In 1918, field nurse Laura Iven returns to Belgium to uncover the truth about her brother Freddie's supposed death in combat, while Freddie, unable to return to the killing fields, takes refuge with a mysterious man who has the power to make the hellscape of the trenches disappear.
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What Feasts at Night
by T. Kingfisher
When they arrive at the Easton family hunting lodge in Gallicia, Alex Easton, Angus and Miss Potter find the caretaker dead and the grounds troubled by a strange, uncanny silence, and feel something is not quite right in their home—or in their dreams.
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