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The Chosen and the Beautiful (Hardcover)

By Nghi Vo

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Published: Tordotcom - June 1st, 2021

To call this a Great Gatsby retelling is to undersell it. Told from the point of view of Jordan Baker, this is a gripping and magical story about difficult friendships, identity and belonging, paper tigers, literal devil's bargains, and all the glitz and glamor of the 1920s. Probably my favorite new book of the year.

Ari

King of Shadows (Paperback)

By Susan Cooper

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Published: Margaret K. McElderry Books - June 1st, 2001

While playing Puck in a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Nat Field finds himself four hundred years in the past, in another production of Midsummer, playing opposite Shakespeare himself. This is a really lovely historical fantasy that feels like a hug across time.

Ari

The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Paperback)

By Alix E. Harrow

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ISBN: 9780316421973

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Published: Redhook - May 12th, 2020

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January Scaller lives a quiet, lonely life in her guardian's mansion, waiting for her father to return from his trips around the world and longing to go on adventures with him, until the day she discovers a mysterious book. The book tells the story of a star-crossed romance that spans multiple worlds, and before long, January realizes that this story is entwined with her own. Ten Thousand Doors is a beautiful love letter to portal fantasies and the power of the written word.

Ari

Letters From Father Christmas, Centenary Edition (Hardcover)

By J.R.R. Tolkien

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Published: William Morrow - October 27th, 2020

This collection of letters and accompanying art sent from the North Pole is both delightfully imaginative and a really sweet gift from a parent to his children. This book feels like a hug to me, and it's one of my very favorite December reads.

Ari

The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Paperback)

By Alix E. Harrow

$19.99

ISBN: 9780316421973

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Published: Redhook - May 12th, 2020

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January Scaller lives a quiet, lonely life in her guardian's mansion, waiting for her father to return from his trips around the world and longing to go on adventures with him, until the day she discovers a mysterious book. The book tells the story of a star-crossed romance that spans multiple worlds, and before long, January realizes that this story is entwined with her own. Ten Thousand Doors is a beautiful love letter to portal fantasies and the power of the written word.

 

Ari

The Scapegracers (Hardcover)

By H. A. Clarke

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ISBN: 9781645660002

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Published: Erewhon Books - September 15th, 2020

 

When Sideways Pike, social outcast and lesbian witch, gets hired to do real magic at a party for the three most popular girls at her high school, she doesn't expect to end up with best friends and a new coven. Perfect for getting you into the Halloween spirit this month. Think The Craft, but queer and with all the girls lifting one another up and supporting each other.

Ari

These Violent Delights: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Micah Nemerever

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ISBN: 9780062963635

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Published: Harper - September 15th, 2020

Hands-down one of the best books I've read this year. Part twisted queer love story, part thriller, this journey through obsession and murder is one I couldn't put down, and one that stayed on my mind for a long time after finishing.

 

Ari 

Bookish Cats Board Book (Board book)

By Mudpuppy, Angie Rozelaar (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 9780735363786

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Published: Mudpuppy - January 21st, 2020

 

A punny and delightful first look at the literary greats of the feline world!

Ari

The Raven Tower (Paperback)

By Ann Leckie

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ISBN: 9780316388702

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Published: Orbit - October 1st, 2019

 

The easiest way to describe this book is as a good and compelling Hamlet retelling (starring a trans character!), but it's so much more than that. It's a murder mystery, a revenge story, and a musing about the power of language and intention, with a wonderfully built mythology and a fascinatingly weird narrator.

Ari

To Be Taught, If Fortunate (Paperback)

By Becky Chambers

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ISBN: 9780062936011

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Published: Harper Voyager - September 3rd, 2019

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Meticulously researched, wistful and heartfelt by turns, this is a weird and lovely little book, speculating on what life might be like on other planets and what right, if any, humans have to scientific knowledge of worlds outside our own.

 

Ari