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    Model Home by Rivers Solomon

    The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry

    Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

    The Manicurist’s Daughter by Susan Lieu

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    Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell


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    The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

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    Local Man by Tim Seeley

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  • Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2024 Reading Glasses Challenge - read a book about a holiday during that holiday! Plus, they test out a book crate and give advice for mood readers who are also library users. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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    Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

    Looking for Love in all the Haunted Places by Claire Kann

    Death on Tap by Ellie Alexander

    Summers End by Juneau Black

  • Happy Halloween! Brea and Mallory recommend books about monsters and demons, plus they test out a book stand for bed reading and give out tips on book recommending. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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    The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd Jones

    Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper

    Prosper’s Demon by KJ Parker

    The Hills of Estrella Roja by Ashely Robin Franklin

    Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

    The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

    Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

    The Fervor by Alma Katsu

    Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

    Patricia Wants a Cuddle by Samantha Allen

    The Return by Rachel Harrison

    Books of Blood by Clive Barker

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    So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison

    The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister

    I Might be in Trouble by Daniel Aleman

    The Examiner by Janice Hallett

    Raw Dog by Jamie Loftus

    House of Hidden Meaning by Ru Paul

    The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

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    Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

    Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

    The Countess by Rebecca Johns

    Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller

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    All Fours by Miranda July

    Brooms by Jasmine Walls and Teo DuVall

    Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaghuchi, translated by Geoffery Trousselot

    The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal

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    Hum by Helen Phillips

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    OCTOBER

    The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch
    Red White and Royal Blue meets the Nightmare before Christmas

    Coup de Grace by Sofia Ajram
    Queer horror, Montreal, time loop, psychological

    The Bog Wife by Kay Caronister
    Horror, Appalachian gothic, siblings, supernatural bargain, family, nature magic

    The Dark Becomes Her by Judy I. Lin
    YA horror, sisterhood, Vancouver, ghosts, demons

    Killer House Party by Lily Anderson
    YA horror, haunted mansion house party goes bad, ghosts

    The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudora

    Horror, short story collection, surreal, subversive

    This Cursed House by Del Sandeen
    Historical horror, Southern gothic, 1960s New Orleans, curses, family secrets

    Red in Tooth and Claw by Lish McBride
    YA horror, Western, fantasy, monsters, remote frontier town

    Uncanny: The Origins of Fear by Junji Ito
    Non fiction, memoir

    All the Hearts You Eat by Hailey Piper
    Queer horror, small town mysteries, folklore, ghosts, occult

    American Rapture by CJ Leede
    Sci fi horror, apocalyptic, virus sweeping across country

    Where the Dead Brides Gather by Nuzo Onoh
    Horror, possession, ghosts, Nigeria, murder, family drama, secrets

    Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews
    Queer YA horror, psychological, monsters, woods, art

    Marigold Mind Laundry by Jungeun Yun, translated by Shanna Tan
    Speculative fiction, magic laundromat that erases people’s painful memories

    Impractical Magic by Emily Grimoire

    Witchy romance, grumpy/sunshine, slow burn, small town, cozy

    Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London
    Queer horromance, vampires, fantasy, rom-com

    Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi
    Romantasy, food magic, kitchen witch, Halloween

    Jasmine is Haunted by Mark Oshiro

    Queer middle grade fantasy, ghosts, grief, friendship

    The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
    Fantasy, demons, angels, epic love story, history

    A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara

    Fantasy, grim reapers and souls, stressed out mom solving a mystery

    How to Help a Hungry Werewolf by Charlotte Stein
    Horromance, cozy, small town, witch + werewolf

    Gentlest of Wild Things by Sarah Underwood
    Sapphic romantasy, mysteries, myth, Eros and Psyche retelling, vampire

    The Wild Huntress by Emily Lloyd-Jones
    YA fantasy, magical competition, monsters, a hunt

    A Pirate’s Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne
    Romantasy, lesbian pirates, enemies to lovers

    A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang
    Fantasy, womanhood, kingdoms warring, spies

    The Night Mother by Jeremy Lambert and Alexa Sharpe

    The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling
    Witchy Yuletide romance

    The Witches of El Paso by Luis Jaramillo
    Literary fantasy, motherhood, magic, search for a lost child, 1940s Texas

    The Crescent Moon Tea Room by Stacy Sivinski
    Fantasy, 3 clairvoyant sisters, family curse

    The Stone Witch of Florence by Anna Rasche
    Historical fantasy, witches, gem magic, mystery, 1300s Italy


    Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-il Kim, translated by Anton Hur
    Epic fantasy, empire run on necromancy, magic

    Swordcrossed by Freya Marske
    Gay romantasy, low stakes, enemies to lovers, bodyguard

    The Stars are Dying by Chloe C. Peñaranda
    Romantasy, dark fantasy, Greek myths, vampires

    Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy
    Queer romantasy, magic forest, curses, sorcerer and his rival

    Legend of the White Snake by Sher Lee

    Queer YA romantasy, Chinese fairytale retelling, romance

    If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkens
    Horromance, Scotland, haunted castles, enemies to lovers writers

    The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke

    Fantasy short story set in the world of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

    The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
    Fantasy, third in series

    Absolution by Jeff Vandermeer
    4th in series

    Run by Blake Crouch
    Sci fi, apocalyptic thriller, rage epidemic

    Metal from Heaven by August Clarke
    Queer fantasy, lesbian revenge, class warfare

    Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins
    Sci fi, time bending, puzzles, sixty protagonists

    It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah Dawson
    Sci fi horror, thriller, secluded artist’s colony, murder, secrets

    The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by H.G. Parry
    Historical fantasy, fairies, curses and spells, magic, 1920s England, friendship

    Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
    Fantasy, mage school, ancient secrets, misogyny

    The Bloodless Princes by Charlotte Bond
    Fantasy, sequel

    The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August
    Queer sci fi, cat sidekick, space travel/exploration

    The Ace and Aro Relationship Guide by Cody Daigle-Orians
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    Women’s Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery
    Queer literary fiction, 1960s NYC, funny

    How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Ekland? by Anna Montague
    Literary fiction, lesbian awakening, roadtrip, grief, funny

    Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta
    Queer horrormance, small town, sexy, monsters (not sexy monsters)

    The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan
    Mystery, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone meets The Goonies, seaside town, family secrets, secret societies

    The Puzzle Box by Danielle Trussoni
    Thriller, sequel

    Model Home by Rivers Solomon

    Rough Pages by L.C. Rosen
    Mystery, sequel

    Much Ado About Margaret by Madeleine Roux

    Regency romance, publishing, scandal, mistaken identities

    The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes
    Historical Greek myth retelling, Oedipus and Antigone

    NOVEMBER

    I Am the Dark That Answers When You Call by Jamison Shea
    Queer YA horror, sequel

    Dead Girls Don’t Dream by Nino Cipri
    Queer YA horror, scary woods, magic, small town, legends, rituals

    Versailles by Kathryn Davis
    Historical fiction, Marie Antoinette retelling

    Taiwan Travelogue by Shuang-zi Yang, translated by Lin King
    Historical fiction, sapphic, Taiwan, 1930s

    The Muse of Maiden Lane by Mimi Matthews
    Historical romance, horse girl

    Vanishing Treasures by Katherine Rundell
    Nonfiction, animals on the verge of extinction

    The Dead of Winter by Sarah Clegg
    Nonfiction, history, folklore of Krampus and other Yuletide monsters

    City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim
    Literary, ballet, broken dreams, Russia

    Lowest Common Denominator by Pirkko Saisio, translated by Mia Spangenburg
    Queer historical literary fiction, coming of age, Finland

    Interstellar Megachef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
    Sci fi, gay Masterchef in space

    Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher
    Queer historical fantasy, granddaughter of Robin Hood

    Thanks for Listening by Molly Horan
    Ace romance, YA, high school, secret advice app

    Leap by Simina Popescu
    YA graphic novel, queer ballerinas at a boarding school

    Rani Choudhury Must Die by Adiba Jaigirdar
    If the Taste video by Sabrina Carpenter was a book, sapphic YA romance

    Flopping in a Winter Wonderland by Jason June
    YA gay Christmas romance

    Wake Up, Nat and Darcy by Kate Cochrane
    Sapphic hockey romance, rivals to lovers

    The Legacy of Arniston House by T.L. Huchu

    We Shall be Monsters by Alyssa Wees
    Fantasy, fairies, witches, moms + daughters

    Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley
    Romantasy, fairies, fae court, deadly trials, monsters, secret rebellion

    Breath of Oblivion by Maurice Broaddus
    Sci fi, second in trilogy, Black Panther meets The Expanse

    The Lotus Empire by Tasha Suri
    Fantasy, third in trilogy, epic

    The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson
    Romantasy, horny fairies, monsters, magic

    Red Sonja: Consumed by Gail Simone
    Epic fantasy novel

    The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso
    Sapphic epic fantasy, romance, time magic

    Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, translated by Geoffrey Trousselot
    Fifth in series

    The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
    Fantasy, found family magical cat, motley crew, fortune telling

    Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch
    Mystery, grumpy pony protagonist, murder, feel-good

    Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney
    Thriller, forensic science, serial killer, teen protagonist, small town

    A Trinket for the Taking by Victoria Laurie
    Historical cozy fantasy mystery, 1840s Copenhagen, magic detective

    Darkly by Marisha Pessl
    YA thriller, game design, murder, puzzles

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    The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert

    Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

    The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley

    Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

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    Nestlings by Nat Cassidy

    The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden

    Your Lonely Night Are Over by Adam Sass

    My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris

    Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

    House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

    What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell

    An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson

    Night’s Edge by Liz Kerin

    The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko Jackson

    Rain by Joe Hill and Zoe Thorogood

    She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

  • Brea and Mallory test out the CAWPILE rating system! Plus, they settle a debate about sleep reading and if it counts, and recommend books based on favorite TV shows. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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    All This & More by Peng Shepard

    The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

    The Reading Glasses Book!!!

    Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell

    Foe by Iain Reid

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    The Parliament by Amy Pokwatka

    Twilight Falls by Juneau Black

    Hex Wives by Ben Blacker and Mirka Andolfo

    plain bad heroines by emily m danforth

    Over My Dead Body by Greg Melville

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    The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

    I Spit on Your Celluloid by Heidi Honeycutt

    March by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell

    They Called Us Enemy by George Takei and Harmony Becker


    Ducks by Kate Beaton

  • Brea and Mallory recommend their favorite books set during summer! Plus, they solve a book tech problem about searching inside audiobooks, and debate about asking librarians for book recommendations. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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    Doppelganger by Naomi Klein

    Thunder Song by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

    All Summer Long by Hope Larson

    This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki

    Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

    Forget This Ever Happened by Cassandra Rose Clarke

    The Elementals by Michael McDowell

    Joyland by Stephen King

    Local Girls by Caroline Zancan

    Jaws by Peter Benchley

    The Wretched Waterpark by Kiersten White

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    In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

    Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

    The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann

    Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

    The Impossible Us by Sarah Lotz

  • Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2024 Reading Glasses Challenge - figure out your reading appeal factors! Plus, they solve a problem about figuring out your wheelhouse, and recommend dialogue heavy books! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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    Marrow by Tricia Wolfe and Brynne Weaver

    Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley

    Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

    A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall

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    Loneliness and Company by Charlee Dyroff

    The Girl Who Slept with God by Val Brelinski

    August

    There is a Rio Grande in Heaven by Ruben Reyes Jr
    SFF short stories

    Jellyfish Have No Ears by Adele Rosenfeld, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman
    Literary fiction about deafness

    There’s Nothing Wrong With Her by Kate Weinburg

    Literary fiction, mental health, funny, chronic illness, speculative

    Hum by Helen Phillips
    Sci fi thriller, dystopian, marriage, motherhood, selfhood

    The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey

    Literary fiction, funny, bird protagonist

    We Were Pretending by Hannah Gersen
    Literary fiction, female friendship, mushrooms, Canada

    Times Agent by Brenda Peynado

    Grief, motherhood, late stage capitalism and pocket worlds (a geographically small world hidden within our reality)

    Clickbait by Holly Baxter

    Debut literary fiction, hilarious, life falling apart

    The Italy Letters by Vi Khi Nao

    Queer literary fiction, epistolary, Las Vegas, queer love

    Godzilla and the Song Bird by Manzu Islam

    Historical fiction, Bangladesh, brothers, cinema

    There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

    Historical fiction, multiple timelines, Gilgamesh

    The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable

    Historical fiction, music, violins, Venice, 1700s

    Mystery Lights by Lena Valencia

    Literary short stories set in the desert

    One Hundred Shadows by Hwang Jungeun, translated by Jung Yewon

    SFF, magical realism, Seoul, capitalism

    The Sunforce by Sascha Stronach

    Queer fantasy, sequel to The Dawnhounds

    The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

    Queer romance, two disaster bisexual exes on a European tour

    How to Leave the House by Nathan Newman

    Gay literary fiction, small town secrets, quirky characters

    The Palace of Eros by Caro de Robertis
    Queer Greek myth retelling of Psyche and Eros

    Voyage of the Damned by Frances White
    Queer romantasy, murder mystery on a magical ship

    Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore
    Queer spooky romance, ghosts

    Wild Failure by Zoe Whitall

    Queer feminist short stories

    The Other Ones by Fran Hart

    YA spooky queer romance

    Rise and Divine by Lana Harper

    Lesbian witch romance

    Prince of the Palisades by Julian Winters

    Gay YA romance, Los Angeles

    A Bahn Mi for Two by Trinity Nguyen

    YA sapphic foodie romance

    A Grand Love - Stories for Grandparents of Trans Grandchildren by Janna Barkin

    Nonfiction

    Queer as Folklore - The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters by Sasha Coward
    Nonfiction

    Confounding Oaths by Alexis Hall

    Gay romantasy, historical

    Hers for the Weekend by Helena Greer
    Sapphic opposites-attract romance, fake dating

    Come Out, Come Out by Natalie C. Parker
    Queer YA horror, trans characters, ghosts

    Full Shift by Jennifer Dugan and Kit Seaton

    Queer YA graphic novel, werewolves

    You’re the Problem, It’s You by Emma R. Alban

    Gay enemies-to-lovers Victorian romance

    The Unmothers by Leslie J. Anderson

    Folk horror, small town, female rage

    The Dark We Know by Wen-yi Lee-Ya

    YA horror, queer, small town, an Entity

    Helga by Catherine Yu

    YA horror, satire, science experiment makes a girl and she escapes into the world

    Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen

    Horror, Chinese mythology, returning to a small town

    The Madness by Dawn Kurtagich

    Horror, feminist Dracula retelling

    The Volcano Daughters by Gina Maria Balibrera

    Historical fiction, sisterhood, El Salvador, California, Paris, ghosts

    Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson

    Fantasy, magical island, witches, demons, polyamory, myths

    The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins

    Historical fiction, gothic, powerful family, magic silk, 1800s

    Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

    Feminist Macbeth retelling

    Peggy by Rebecca Godfrey

    Imagined life of Peggy Guggenheim

    The Story Collector by Evie Woods

    Historical fiction, book about books, Ireland, small town, fairies (not horny ones)

    The Seventh Veil by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Historical fiction, 1950s Hollywood

    The Ghost Cat by Alex Howard
    Historical Fantasy, 1910s, cat who becomes a ghost who witnesses history

    Truly Madly Magically by Hazel Beck

    Book 3 of Witchlore Series

    Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud

    Horror novella, historical sci fi, hospital experiments

    Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
    Sci fi, cat sidekick, veteran protagonist, trapped in a fantasy dungeon video game

    Asunder by Kerstin Hall

    Fantasy, Sabriel meets Witch King

    She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor
    West African SFF novella in the Who Fears Death universe

    The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki, translated by Jesse Kirkwood

    Japanese cozy fantasy, talking cats, magic coffee shop

    A Werewolf’s Guide to Seducing a Vampire by Sarah Hawley

    Supernatural romance, werewolves, vampires

    Glass Houses by Madeline Ashby

    Sci fi thriller, AI, deserted island, women in tech, near future whodunit

    The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. Maclean

    Romantasy, cozy, magic zoo

    The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark

    Fantasy novella, gods, assassins, magic city

    The Coven by Harper L. Woods

    Vampire romantasy

    Strange Folk by Alli Dyer

    Fantasy, Appalachia, magic estranged family, debut

    A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

    Fantasy, Goose Girl reimagining, Brothers Grimm, magic, murder

    Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis

    Sci fi novella, sexy space heist

    The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley by Shelley Wood

    Historical sci fi, time traveling, genetics

    Bite by Bill Schutt
    Micro history of teeth

    I Want to Die But I Still Want to Eat Tteobokki by Baek Sehee, translated by Anton Hurr

    Nonfiction, sequel

    Everyday Rituals by Pearl Katz

    Nonfiction about the power of routine and ritual

    Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallow Marlowe

    Debut romance, cryptid hunter and producer learn to fall in love again while looking for Mothman and aliens

    Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks

    Opposites attract romance with a mortician and a widow

    Dark Restraint by Katee Roberts

    Smutty minotaur/Ariadne romance

    Second Tide’s The Charm by Chandra Blumberg
    Second chance marine biologist romance, sharks!!!

    The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

    Workplace Native rom-com

    Queen of Dreams by Kit Rocha
    Poly romantasy, sexy people fighting ancient evil

    House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias

    Thriller, coming of age, teens seeking vengeance for a murder

    The Antique Store Detective by Clare Chase
    Cozy mystery, small town, antiques

    Better Left Buried by Mary E. Roach
    YA thriller, teen girls solving mysteries in an abandoned amusement park

    Eye of the Beholder by Emma Bamford
    Thriller, inspired by Vertigo, Scottish highlands, beauty industry

    Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson
    YA mystery, historical island mansion, queer

    Wordhunter by Stella Sands
    Mystery, detective with uncanny ability to analyze words and speech patterns

    Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown
    Thriller, secret society, upper class secrets

    Dear Hanna by Zoje Stage

    Follow up to Baby Teeth

    I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell

    Mystery, advice columnist solving her predecessor’s murder

    Highway Thirteen by Fiona McFarlane

    Interconnected short stories about the same serial killer

    Talking to Stranger by Fiona Barton
    Thriller, detective and reporter racing each other to a solve a murder

    We Love the Nightlife by Rachel Koller Croft
    Thriller, vampires, toxic female friendship, 1970s London disco scene

    Scrap by Calla Henkel
    Thriller, true crime obsessed artist hired by insanely wealthy family with dark secrets

    The Naturalist’s Daughter by Tea Cooper

    Historical thriller, platypus mystery!!!

    September

    Babe in the Woods by Julie Heffernan

    Graphic novel, literary, motherhood, lost in the woods, memory

    We’ll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida, translated by E. Madison Shimoda

    Literary fiction, Japanese, healing power of cats

    Dawnland by Tess Callahan

    Literary fiction, Cape Cod, family secrets

    Where the Forest Meets the River by Shannon Bowring
    Queer literary fiction, Maine, small town, grief

    Please Fear Me by Jennifer Love
    Queer literary fiction, teen runaway, circus, coming of age

    Still Life by Katherine Packet Burke
    Queer literary fiction, queer friendship, trans characters, womanhood

    Playground by Richard Powers
    Literary fiction, multiple POVs, ocean setting

    Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White
    YA thriller, trans protagonist, Appalachia, classism, ghosts

    Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas
    Book 2 of Sunbearer duology

    This Fatal Kiss by Alicia Jasinka
    YA poly romantasy, magic, fairytales

    Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner
    YA trans horror, small town, monster, sacrifice

    Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

    Sequel to The House in the Cerulean Sea

    The World is Not Yours by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

    Sci fi novella, space horror

    Spells to Forget Us by Aislinn Brophy

    Witchy YA sapphic romance

    A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft

    Dark academia sapphic romantasy

    At the End of the River Styx by Michelle Kulwicki
    Queer YA Horror, curses, monsters

    Love and Sportsball by Meka James
    Sapphic sports romance

    Flamboyants - The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I’d Known by George M. Johnson

    Nonfiction

    The Haunting of Moscow House by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

    Gothic horror, historical Russia, haunted house

    The Night Guest by Hildur Knutsdottir, translated by Mary Robinette Kowal
    Horror, Iceland, grief, possession

    So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison
    Horror, vampires, female satisfaction

    Such Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne

    YA horror, doppelgangers

    Ruin Road by Lamar Giles
    YA horror, curses, high school

    Dearest by Jacquie Walters
    Stressed mom horror

    We Are Hunted by Tomi Oyemakinde
    YA horror, White Lotus meets Jurassic Park

    The Thirteenth Child by Erin A. Craig

    YA horromance, dark fairytale

    Sweetest Darkness by Leslie Lutz
    YA horror, psychic teen, abandoned hotel

    Devils Kill Devils by Johnny Compton

    Horror, Southern gothic, demons, angels

    In the Garden of Monsters by Crystal King
    Historical fiction, Hades and Persephone retelling, gothic romance, evil garden

    What We Sacrifice for Magic by Andrea Jo DeWera
    Historical fiction, witches, 1960s, Minnesota, family, small town

    The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk

    Historical fiction, 1913, Poland, WWI, sanitarium

    The Vampire of Kings Street by Asha Greyling

    Historical fantasy, 1800s New York, vampires, law

    The Light Between Us by Elaine Chiew

    Historical speculative romance, 1920s Singapore

    The Booklover’s Library by Madeline Martin
    Historical fiction, London, mother-daughter relationship, books

    The Shadow Key by Susan Stokes-Chapman
    Historical fiction, 1700s Wales, gothic, isolated estate, secrets

    The Mesmerist by Caroline Woods
    Historical thriller, 1890s Minneapolis, woman banding together to stand a serial killer

    The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi, translated by Jesse Kirkwood
    Cozy Japanese fantasy, magical photo studio, afterlife

    Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood

    Debut cozy fantasy, witches, burnout

    Bringer of Dust by J.M. Miro

    Sequel to Ordinary Monsters

    Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    Sci fi epic, space, aliens, politics

    An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson
    Dark academia, magic school, dark fantasy

    We Need No Wings by Ann Davila Cardinal
    Fantasy, grief, love, flying

    The Scarlet Throne by Amy Leow

    Political epic fantasy, talking cats, demons, power and corruption

    Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell
    Sci fi, world with no white people

    This Will be Fun by E. B. Asher
    Cozy quest romantasy, Prince Bride comp, friendship

    Lucy Undying by Kiersten White
    Fantasy, Dracula retelling, gothic

    Bright I Burn by Molly Aitken
    Historical fantasy, Ireland, witches

    Vilest Things by Chloe Gong

    Sequel to Immortal Longings

    Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker

    Horror, ghosts, reality show, TV production, new adult

    The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
    Fantasy, magic, hope

    The Cottage Around the Corner by D.L. Soria

    Romantasy, mage-witch rivalry, rom com, small town

    The Village Library Demon Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner
    Librarian solving supernatural murders

    The Midnight Club by Margot Harrison
    Fantasy, dark academia, friend reunion

    Space Oddity by Catherynne M. Valente
    Sequel to Space Opera

    Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik

    Fantasy short stories

    Horror for Weenies by Emily C. Hughes
    Nonfiction, crash course in horror movies

    The Extinction of Experience by Christine Losen
    Nonfiction, how to experience being human in a digital world

    Bone of the Bone by Sarah Smarsh
    Nonfiction, essays on the working class

    Magically Black and Other Essays by Jerald Walker

    Nonfiction on Black culture

    By the Fire We Carry by Rebecca Nagle
    Nonfiction, fight for Native land

    Book and Dagger by Elyse Graham

    Nonfiction, WWII librarian spies

    The Book Swap by Tessa Bickers
    Bookish second chance romance

    Sunshine and Spice by Aurora Palit
    Opposites attract fake dating, cooking

    My Vampire Plus One by Jenna Levine
    Fake dating rom-com with a vampire

    A Jingle Bell Mingle by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

    Christmas rom-com, forced proximity

    The Worst Duke in London by Amalie Howard

    Historical romance, Bridgerton meets 10 Things I Hate About You

    The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel
    Mystery, old friends reunite in a Hitchcock-themed hotel, murder

    Guide Me Home by Attica Locke
    Third in Highway 59 trilogy

    Where They Last Saw Her by Marcie R. Rendon

    Thriller, Native woman solving disappearances and murder

    Passiontide by Monique Roffey
    Thriller, local island women banding together to solve murder

    We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
    Father/daughter murder solving, thriller

    Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath and Hassan Otsmane Elhaou
    Graphic novel thriller, Richard Scarry meets Dexter

    William by Mason Coile
    Sci fi thriller, cyber noir, psychological thriller, house haunted by AI


    Bitter is the Heart by Mina Hardy
    Horror, generational trauma, evil mom

    The Curse of the Dead Man’s Diamond by Christyne Morrell

    Middle grade mystery, haunted manor, ghosts

    Snake Oil by Kelsey Rae Dimburg

    Literary thriller, wellness culture, female ambition

    The Most Famous Girl in the World by Iman Hariri-Kia
    Thriller, satire, celebrity culture, obsession

    The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard
    Mystery, granddaughter of a serial killer must solve copy cat murder

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