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She is a Haunting (Staff Pick)

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She Is a Haunting By Trang Thanh Tran Cover Image
$15.19
ISBN: 9781547610815
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Published: Bloomsbury YA - February 28th, 2023

In this delightful ghost story set in Vietnam, creeping atmosphere, first love, and familial issues mix. In exchange for paying her college tuition, Jade Nguyen agrees to spend the summer helping her dad with his project: restoring a French colonial house. But as if sleep paralysis, bugs, and sightings of a beautiful undead bride aren't unnerving enough, she now faces an intense challenge--proving the house is haunted.

- Engel


Last Tale of the Flower Bride (Staff Pick)

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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride: A Novel By Roshani Chokshi Cover Image
$24.00
ISBN: 9780063206502
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Published: William Morrow - February 14th, 2023

I first discovered Roshani Chokshi from her debut novel, The Star-Touched Queen. A master of storytelling then and now, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride instantly soared in my ranking of favorite books. It's thoughtful, provocative in the best of ways, and unbelievably beautiful. It's evident just from the first chapter that immense research and care went into the novel. This is a story that will definitely lure readers back in for seconds and thirds.

- Engel


Oceanology

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Oceanology: The True Account of the Voyage of the Nautilus (Ologies) By Ferdinand Zoticus de Lesseps, Emily Hawkins (Editor), Various (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Ferdinand Zoticus de Lesseps, Emily Hawkins (Editor), Various (Illustrator)
$29.99
ISBN: 9780763642907
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Published: Candlewick - August 25th, 2009

Look at this! It's beautiful! Alternative history in the deep sea. I'm sold. (This endorsement brought to you by Stacey)

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The Whispering Dark

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The Whispering Dark By Kelly Andrew Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781338809473
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Published: Scholastic Press - October 18th, 2022

Continuing the theme of reading creepy literature in winter time, this one is a promising Young Adult tale that follows a deaf student who's accepted into a prestigious academy that teaches students how to travel between parallel worlds. Ghostly partnerships, tales of sacrifice, love, and obsession, this is a story that you can't go wrong with.

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A History of Fear

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A History of Fear: A Novel By Luke Dumas Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781982199029
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Published: Atria Books - December 6th, 2022

It's officially winter time so you know what that means... horror becomes much more terrifying (at least to me). In this chilling novel, the devil is in Scotland. When the country's most notorious serial killer is found dead in his cell, officers find a handwritten manuscript that promises to answer the question everyone's been wondering about: was he a lunatic, or was he telling the truth in saying that the devil made him do it...

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Nancy Drew Mystery Stories 1-4

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Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Books 1-4 By Carolyn Keene Cover Image
$39.96
ISBN: 9780448490052
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Published: Grosset & Dunlap - October 13th, 2015

This is the perfect present for budding sleuths and mystery enthusiasts, young children who've never heard of this timeless classic and anyone who remembers the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books like they were some kind of weird fever dream. A bonus present for the resident Nosy Person in your life (I am one and I am not ashamed) that our bookstore sadly cannot provide: any of the Nancy Drew games from Her Interactive!! A few of my favorites are The Silent Spy, Labyrinth of Lies, and Warnings at Waverly Academy.

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Vita Nostra

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Vita Nostra: A Novel By Marina & Sergey Dyachenko Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780063054158
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Published: Harper Voyager - January 19th, 2021

I was influenced by a recent tweet from Alexis Henderson and various authors to check out this book. Vita Nostra is cut from the same cloth as Lev Grossman's The Magicians series. A slow unraveling of a story, reading this book echoes the sensation of giving someone your hand and trusting them to lead you somewhere magical.

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The Atlas Paradox

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The Atlas Paradox (Atlas Series #2) By Olivie Blake Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250855091
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Published: Tor Books - October 25th, 2022

The very anticipated sequel to The Atlas Six, The Atlas Paradox is rich with (increasingly) feral characters, chaos, moral decay, and corruption. It's a perfect early holiday gift for that friend or foe who was talking your ear off about it last year.

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House of Hunger

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House of Hunger By Alexis Henderson Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593438466
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Published: Ace - September 27th, 2022

In Alexis Henderson’s newest Gothic horror, you’ll find vampires that are only slightly well-behaved, a feral yet fascinating court, and a quickly passionate romance that threatens to devour the thing the protagonist holds most dear: her life.

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The Honeys

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The Honeys By Ryan La Sala Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781338745313
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Published: PUSH - August 16th, 2022

If you read Alone With You in the Ether and developed Aldo's fascination with bees, The Honeys is nothing like it but it does have bees. Alternatively, this book could be pitched as a YA version of Mona Awad's Bunny, except there are bees and it's summertime."

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