Award year

2025 Library Journal Best Books Winners

Browse the 2025 Library Journal Best Books winners and nominees by category. Each category starts with the winner, followed by nominees and other recognized titles.

Library Journal Best Books Awarded by Library Journal 16 categories shown

Christian Fiction

Winner and nominees for the 2025 Library Journal Best Books Christian Fiction category.

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The Codebreaker's Daughter

Green, Amy Lynn

Standalone · Christian

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Fault Between Us

Landsem, Stephanie

Standalone · Christian

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Filling Station

Miller, Vanessa

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Last Light over Galveston

Wright, Jennifer L.

Standalone · Christian

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Midnight on the Scottish Shore

Sundin, Sarah

Standalone · Christian

Feb-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

On the Edge of Trust

Bradley, Patricia

Logan Point Series · Book 5 · Christian

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Other Sister

Patch, Jessica R.

Standalone · Thriller

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

This Promised Land

Gohlke, Cathy

Standalone · Christian

Apr-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Contemporary Romance

Winner and nominees for the 2025 Library Journal Best Books Contemporary Romance category.

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An Academic Affair

McAlister, Jodi

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

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Along Came Amor

Daria, Alexis

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Any Trope But You

Lavine, Victoria

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Apr-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Blonde Who Came In from the Cold

Carter, Ally

The Blonde Identity Series · Book 2 · Romantic Suspense

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Can't Get Enough

Ryan, Kennedy

Skyland Series · Book 3 · Contemporary Romance

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Code Word Romance

Walker, Carlie

Standalone · Romantic Suspense

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Crossing Paths

Ruggle, Katie

Beneath the Wild Sky Series · Book 2 · Contemporary Romance

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Dating Prohibition

McCoy, Taj

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Sep-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Dirty Version

Kahn, Turner Gable

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Finders Keepers

Adler, Sarah

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

First-Time Caller

Borison, B.K.

Heartstrings Series · Book 1 · Contemporary Romance

Feb-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Give Me a Shot

De Cadenet, Gia

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Great Big Beautiful Life

Henry, Emily

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Apr-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Heart Strings

Fairbanks, Ivy

Love in Galway Series · Book 2 · Contemporary Romance

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

How Freaking Romantic

Harding, Emily

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

How to Grieve Like a Victorian

Reeves, Amy Carol

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Dec-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

If Not for My Baby

Golden, Kate

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Last Night Was Fun

Michelle, Holly

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Love Audit

Eden, Lucy

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Dec-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Love Is a War Song

Nava, Danica

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Love Letters for Other People

Gandhi, Shaylin

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Dec-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Love Lyric

Forest, Kristina

The Greene Sisters Series · Book 3 · Contemporary Romance

Feb-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Marriage Narrative

Kann, Claire

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

My Big Fat Fake Marriage

Stein, Charlotte

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Once Upon a Time in Dollywood

Jordan, Ashley

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Only Lovers in the Building

Gonzalez, Nadine

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

People Watching

Bonam-Young, Hannah

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

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Promise Me Sunshine

Bastone, Cara

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Roll For Romance

Woods, Lenora

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Say You'll Remember Me

Jimenez, Abby

Say You'll Remember Me Series · Book 1 · Contemporary Romance

Apr-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Scotch on the Rocks

Fletcher, Elliot

Macabe Brothers Series · Book 2 · Contemporary Romance

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Secret Nights and Northern Lights

Oliver, Megan

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Some Kind of Famous

Wilder, Ava

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Spirit of Love

Kate, Lauren

Standalone · Paranormal Romance

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Temple of Swoon

Segura, Jo

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Jan-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Unromance

Connor, Erin

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Jan-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

We Met Like This

West, Kasie

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Sep-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

What Happens in Amsterdam

Solomon, Rachel Lynn

Standalone · Historical Romance

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

What If It's You?

Gagnon, Jilly

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Writing Mr. Wrong

Armstrong, Kelley

Stanton Siblings Series · Book 2 · Contemporary Romance

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Yin Yang Love Song

Jessen, Lauren Kung

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Feb-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Crime Fiction: Mystery

Winner and nominees for the 2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Mystery category.

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Badlands

Preston, Douglas; Child, Lincoln

Nora Kelly Series · Book 5 · Thriller

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right

Mosley, Walter

A King Oliver Novel Series · Book 3 · Private Investigator

Feb-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Botanist's Assistant

Townsend, Peggy

Standalone · Cozy Mystery

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Broken Fields

Rendon, Marcie R.

A Cash Blackbear Mystery Series · Book 4 · Police Procedural

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

A Case of Life and Limb

Smith, Sally

The Trials of Gabriel Ward Series · Book 2 · Historical Mystery

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

A Case of Mice and Murder

Smith, Sally

The Trials of Gabriel Ward Series · Book 1 · Historical Mystery

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Dark Maestro

Slocumb, Brendan

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Dead in the Frame

Spotswood, Stephen

A Pentecost and Parker Mystery Series · Book 5 · Historical Mystery

Feb-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Death at the White Hart

Chibnall, Chris

Standalone · Police Procedural

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

A Death in Diamonds

Bennett, S.J.

Standalone · Cozy Mystery

Feb-2024 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Death of an Ex

Pitts, Delia

Vandy Myrick Series · Book 2 · Police Procedural

Jan-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Dentist

Sullivan, Tim

DS Cross Series · Book 1 · Police Procedural

Jun-2020 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Devil in Oxford

Armstrong, Jess

Ruby Vaughn Series · Book 3 · Historical Mystery

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

A Fashionably French Murder

Cambridge, Colleen

An American in Paris Mystery Series · Book 3 · Historical Mystery

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Fast Boys and Pretty Girls

Patrick, Lo

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Florida Palms

Pan, Joe

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Four Queens of Crime

Limoncelli, Rosanne

Standalone · Historical Mystery

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Galway's Edge

Bruen, Ken

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Girl from Greenwich Street

Willig, Lauren

Standalone · Historical

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Girl in the Green Dress

Fredericks, Mariah

Standalone · Historical Mystery

Sep-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Hang on St. Christopher

McKinty, Adrian

A Detective Sean Duffy Novel Series · Book 8 · Police Procedural

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

History Lessons

Wallbrook, Zoe B.

Standalone · Police Procedural

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Impossible Fortune

Osman, Richard

A Thursday Murder Club Mystery Series · Book 5 · Cozy Mystery

Sep-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Ivory City

Murphy, Emily Bain

Standalone · Historical Mystery

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Lessons in Crime

Edwards, Martin

Standalone · Mystery

May-2024 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Loose Lips

Donovan, Kemper

A Ghostwriter Mystery Series · Book 2 · Cozy Mystery

Jan-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Mailman

Welsh-Huggins, Andrew

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Marble Hall Murders

Horowitz, Anthony

Susan Ryeland Series · Book 3 · Amateur Sleuth

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective

Nichols, Jo

Standalone · Cozy Mystery

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library

Chapman, Amanda

Mrs. Christie Series · Book 1 · Amateur Sleuth

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Mrs. Plansky Goes Rogue

Quinn, Spencer

Mrs. Plansky Series · Book 2 · Amateur Sleuth

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Murder and a Missing Manuscript

Jordan, Richard Tyler

Standalone · Police Procedural

Apr-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Murder in the Dressing Room

Stars, Holly

A Misty Divine Mystery Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Jan-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Murder in Manhattan

Mulhern, Julie

Standalone · Historical Romance

Dec-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Murder in Mint Condition

Jordan, Richard Tyler

Standalone · Police Procedural

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Murder Takes a Vacation

Lippman, Laura

Standalone · Cozy Mystery

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Museum Detective

Phillips, Maha Khan

Standalone · Police Procedural

Apr-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Mysterious Death of Junetta Plum

Wesley, Valerie Wilson

A Harriet Stone Mystery Series · Book 1 · Historical Mystery

Dec-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder

Rose, Bellamy

Standalone · Police Procedural

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Queens of Crime

Benedict, Marie

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Feb-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Safari

Goldis, Jaclyn

Standalone · Thriller

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne

Currie, Ron, Jr.

Standalone · Thriller

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes

Jackson-Opoku, Sandra

Savvy Summers Mysteries Series · Book 1 · Cozy Mystery

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

A Shipwreck in Fiji

Rao, Nilima

Standalone · Mystery

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Thus with a Kiss I Die

Dodd, Christina

Daughter of Montague Series · Book 2 · Historical Mystery

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)

Sutanto, Jesse Q.

Vera Wong Series · Book 2 · Amateur Sleuth

Apr-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

We Had a Hunch

Ryan, Tom

Standalone · Cozy Mystery

Oct-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Welcome to Murder Week

Dukess, Karen

Standalone · Cozy Mystery

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Wolf Tree

McCluskey, Laura

Standalone · Thriller

Feb-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Crime Fiction: Suspense

Winner and nominees for the 2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Suspense category.

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The Confessions

Carr, Paul Bradley

Standalone · Thriller

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

El Dorado Drive

Abbott, Megan

Standalone · Thriller

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Her One Regret

Freitas, Donna

Standalone · Thriller

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Hospital

Wolfe, Leslie

Standalone · Thriller

May-2024 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Johnny Careless

Wade, Kevin

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Kiss Her Goodbye

Gardner, Lisa

Frankie Elkin Series · Book 4 · Thriller

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Last Room on the Left

Konen, Leah

Standalone · Thriller

Jan-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Lime Juice Money

Morey, Jo

Standalone · Thriller

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Living and the Dead

Carlsson, Christoffer

Standalone · Thriller

Dec-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Quiet Librarian

Eskens, Allen

Standalone · Thriller

Feb-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Salt Bones

Givhan, Jennifer

Standalone · Thriller

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Tutor

Psak, Courtney

Standalone · Thriller

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Undoing of Violet Claybourne

Critchley, Emily

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Wasp Trap

Edwards, Mark

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

We Are All Guilty Here

Slaughter, Karin

A North Falls Thriller Series · Book 1 · Thriller

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Writers and Liars

Goodman, Carol

Standalone · Thriller

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

You Deserve to Know

Thompson, Aggie Blum

Standalone · Thriller

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Crime Fiction: Thriller

Winner and nominees for the 2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller category.

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All This Could Be Yours

Ryan, Hank Phillippi

Standalone · Thriller

Sep-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Belles

Dunham, Lacey N.

Standalone · Thriller

Sep-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Break-In

Faulkner, Katherine

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Sep-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Cold Burn

Land, Jon

Standalone · Thriller

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Devil's Kitchen

Thielman, Mark

Standalone · Historical Mystery

Apr-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Atkins, Ace

Standalone · General Fiction

Dec-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Famous Last Words

McAllister, Gillian

Standalone · Thriller

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Final Orbit

Hadfield, Chris

Standalone · Thriller

Oct-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Havana Syndrome

Higgins, Jeffrey James

Standalone · Thriller

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Hitchhikers

Stevens, Chevy

Standalone · Thriller

Oct-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Home Before Dark

AEgisdottir, Eva Bjorg

Standalone · Mystery

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Huguette

Black, Cara

Standalone · Historical

Dec-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

King of Ashes

Cosby, S.A.

Standalone · Thriller

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Mean Moms

Rosenblum, Emma

Standalone · Thriller

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Medusa Protocol

Hart, Rob

Standalone · Thriller

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Nobody Knows You're Here

Greenwood, Bryn

Standalone · Thriller

Sep-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Oligarch's Daughter

Finder, Joseph

Standalone · Thriller

Jan-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

South of Nowhere

Deaver, Jeffery

Colter Shaw Series · Book 5 · Thriller

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Stillwater

Scott, Tanya

Standalone · Thriller

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

This Book Will Bury Me

Winstead, Ashley

Standalone · Thriller

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Vanishing Place

Rankin, Zoe

Standalone · Thriller

Sep-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The White Crow

Robotham, Michael

Standalone · Thriller

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Wild Instinct

Parker, T. Jefferson

Standalone · Thriller

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Fantasy

Winner and nominees for the 2025 Library Journal Best Books Fantasy category.

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The Adventures of Mary Darling

Murphy, Pat

Standalone · Fantasy

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Anima Rising

Moore, Christopher

Standalone · Fantasy

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Anji Kills a King

Leikam, Evan

The Rising Tide Series · Book 1 · Fantasy

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Ashfire King

Abdullah, Chelsea

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2023 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Audition For The Fox

Cahill, Martin

Standalone · Fantasy

Sep-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Aunt Tigress

Qin, Emily Yu-Xuan

Standalone · Dark Fantasy

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Awakened

Osworth, A.E.

Standalone · Dark Fantasy

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Beasts of Carnaval

Rodrigo, Rosalia

Standalone · Fantasy

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Blackfire Blade

Logan, James

The Last Legacy Series · Book 2 · Fantasy

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Blood for the Undying Throne

Kim, Sung-il

The Bleeding Empire Series · Book 2 · Fantasy

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Bones Beneath My Skin

Klune, T.J.

Standalone · Romance

Oct-2018 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Bookshop Below

Summers, Georgia

Standalone · Fantasy

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Brigands & Breadknives

Baldree, Travis

Legends & Lattes Series · Book 3 · Fantasy

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame

Yang, Neon

Standalone · Fantasy

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

Schwab, V.E.

Standalone · Fantasy

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

City of All Seasons

Langmead, Oliver K.

Standalone · Fantasy

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Dead Hand Rule

Gladstone, Max

Standalone · Fantasy

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Dragon Wakes with Thunder

Song, K.X.

Standalone · Fantasy

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

A Drop of Corruption

Bennett, Robert Jackson

Shadow of the Leviathan Series · Book 2 · Fantasy

Apr-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Eat the Ones You Love

Griffin, Sarah Maria

Standalone · Fantasy

Apr-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales

Fawcett, Heather

Standalone · Fantasy

Feb-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Everlasting

Harrow, Alix E.

Standalone · Fantasy

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me

Wexler, Django

Standalone · Fantasy

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Fallen City

Young, Adrienne

Standalone · Fantasy

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Glass Slide World

Vaughn, Carrie

The Naturalist Society Series · Book 2 · Fantasy

Oct-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Greenteeth

O'Neill, Molly

Standalone · Fantasy

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association

Rozakis, Caitlin

Standalone · Fantasy

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Harmattan Season

Onyebuchi, Tochi

Standalone · Fantasy

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Immortal

Tan, Sue Lynn

Standalone · Fantasy

Jan-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil

Darkshire, Oliver

Standalone · Fantasy

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Katabasis

Kuang, R.F.

Standalone · Fantasy

Sep-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Keeper of Lonely Spirits

Anderson, E.M.

Standalone · Fantasy

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Kill the Beast

Swift, Serra

Standalone · Fantasy

Oct-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Lessons in Magic and Disaster

Anders, Charlie Jane

Standalone · Fantasy

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Letters From An Imaginary Country

Goss, Theodora

Standalone · Fantasy

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Memory of the Ogisi

Utomi, Moses Ose

Standalone · Fantasy

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Mother of Rome

Bear, Lauren J.A.

Standalone · Fantasy

Jan-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Ordeals

Greenlaw, Rachel

The Ordeals Series · Book 1 · Fantasy Romance

Oct-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Outcast Mage

Campbell, Annabel

Standalone · Fantasy

Feb-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Psychopomp and Circumstance

Royce, Eden

Standalone · Fantasy

Oct-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Raven Scholar

Hodgson, Antonia

Standalone · Fantasy

Apr-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Red City

Lu, Marie

The New Alchemists Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Oct-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The River Has Roots

El-Mohtar, Amal

Standalone · Fantasy

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

A Ruin, Great and Free

Turnbull, Cadwell

The Convergence Saga Series · Book 3 · Fantasy

Sep-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Silvercloak

Steven, L.K.

Standalone · Fantasy

Aug-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Six Wild Crowns

Race, Holly

Standalone · Fantasy

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Sovereign

Clark, C.L.

Standalone · Fantasy

Jun-2024 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Strength of the Few

Islington, James

The Hierarchy Trilogy Series · Book 2 · Epic Fantasy

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Summer War

Novik, Naomi

Standalone · Fantasy

Sep-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

This Monster of Mine

Abeysekara, Shalini

Standalone · Dark Fantasy

Apr-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Tomb of Dragons

Addison, Katherine

Standalone · Fantasy

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Tonight, I Bleed

Adams, Katharine J.

Standalone · Fantasy

Oct-2024 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Turns of Fate

Bishop, Anne

Isle of Wyrd Series · Book 1 · Dark Fantasy

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore

Krempholtz, Emily

Standalone · Fantasy

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The War Beyond

Stewart, Andrea

Standalone · Fantasy

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Water Moon

Yambao, Samantha Sotto

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Jan-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

When the Tides Held the Moon

Kelley, Venessa Vida

Standalone · Fantasy

May-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

When They Burned the Butterfly

Lee, Wen-yi

Standalone · Fantasy

Oct-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Wild Reverence

Ross, Rebecca

Standalone · Fantasy

Sep-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Winter Goddess

Barnard, Megan

Standalone · Fantasy

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Witch Roads

Elliott, Kate

The Witch Roads Series · Book 1 · Fantasy

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Witches of Dubious Origin

McKinlay, Jenn

Books of Dubious Origin Series · Book 1 · Fantasy

Nov-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Witching Moon Manor

Sivinski, Stacy

The Spellbound Sisters Series · Book 2 · Fantasy

Oct-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Graphic Novels

Winner and nominees for the 2025 Library Journal Best Books Graphic Novels category.

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10,000 Ink Stains: A Memoir

Lemire, Jeff

Standalone · Graphic Novel

Jul-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Baby Blue

Eriksson, Bim

Standalone · Graphic Novel

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Life, Taken by Force

Passmore, Ben

Standalone · Graphic Novel

Oct-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Cabbie: Definitive Edition

Ferrer, Riera

Standalone · Graphic Novel

Jan-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Curse of Monte Cristo: A Reimagining of the Novel by Alexandre Dumas

Dabel, David

Standalone · Graphic Novel

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Death in Trieste

Jason

Standalone · Graphic Novel

Sep-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me

Pond, Mimi

Standalone · Graphic Novel

Sep-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Fishflies

Lemire, Jeff

Standalone · Graphic Novel

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Gaysians

Curato, Michael

Standalone · Graphic Novel

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Helen of Wyndhorn

King, Tom

Standalone · Graphic Novel

Mar-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

It Rhymes With Takei

Takei, George

Standalone · Graphic Novel

Jun-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Knives: A Criminal Book

Brubaker, Ed

Standalone · Graphic Novel

Sep-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

The Legend of Kamui

Sanpei, Shirato

Standalone · Fantasy

Jan-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

Les Normaux: A Graphic Novel

Janssen, Janine

Standalone · Graphic Novel

Feb-2025 2025 Library Journal Best Books *

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Auster, Paul

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The Once and Future Riot

Sacco, Joe

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Out of Alcatraz

Cantwell, Christopher

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The Pit

Kriek, Erik

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Santos Sisters Vol. 1

Greg & Fake

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Spent: A Comic Novel

Bechdel, Alison

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Total THB, Volume 1

Pope, Paul

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You Must Take Part in Revolution

Badiucao

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The Art of a Lie

Shepherd-Robinson, Laura

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The Book Club for Troublesome Women

Bostwick, Marie

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The Boxcar Librarian

Labuskes, Brianna

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Buckeye

Ryan, Patrick

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Daughter of Genoa

Devereaux, Kat

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The Harvey Girls

Fay, Juliette

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The Jackal's Mistress

Bohjalian, Chris

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The Kaboom Boys

Keith, Don

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Let's Call Her Barbie

Rosen, Renee

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The Listeners

Stiefvater, Maggie

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The Mad Wife

Church, Meagan

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The Missing Pages

Richman, Alyson

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One of Us

Chaon, Dan

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This Here Is Love

Perry, Princess Joy L.

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Tough Luck

Dallas, Sandra

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The Traitor of Sherwood Forest

Kaufman, Amy S.

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Typewriter Beach

Clayton, Meg Waite

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Wayward Girls

Wiggs, Susan

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Gabriela and His Grace

De la Rosa, Liana

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Hardly a Gentleman

James, Eloisa

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My Inconvenient Duke

Chase, Loretta

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Rules for Ruin

Matthews, Mimi

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Herrera, Adriana

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Chapman, Clay McLeod

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Angel Down

Kraus, Daniel

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At Dark, I Become Loathsome

LaRocca, Eric

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Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng

Baker, Kylie Lee

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The Bewitching

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia

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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

Jones, Stephen Graham

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Coffin Moon

Rosson, Keith

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Cold Eternity

Barnes, S.A.

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The Country Under Heaven

Durbin, Frederic S.

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The Creek Girl

Wagner, Wendy N.

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Cursed Daughters

Braithwaite, Oyinkan

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Direct Descendant

Huff, Tanya

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Ecstasy

Pochoda, Ivy

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The End of the World As We Know It

Golden, Christopher

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Fever Dreams of a Parasite

Iniguez, Pedro

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Girl Dinner

Blake, Olivie

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The Graceview Patient

Starling, Caitlin

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Herculine

Byron, Grace

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Howl

Wytovich, Stephanie M.

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King Sorrow

Hill, Joe

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The Long Low Whistle

Hightower, Laurel

Standalone · Horror

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Lucky Day

Tingle, Chuck

Standalone · Horror

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The Midnight Timetable

Chung, Bora

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Night & Day

Datlow, Ellen

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The Night Birds

Golden, Christopher

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The Place Where They Buried Your Heart

Henry, Christina

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Play Nice

Harrison, Rachel

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The Poorly Made and Other Things: A Story Collection

Rebelein, Sam

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Slashed Beauties

Rushby, A.

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The Starving Saints

Starling, Caitlin

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The Sundowner's Dance

Keisling, Todd

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Teenage Girls Can Be Demons

Piper, Hailey

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The Unworthy

Bazterrica, Agustina

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Victorian Psycho

Feito, Virginia

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Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

Chapman, Clay McLeod

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We Are Always Tender with Our Dead

LaRocca, Eric

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When the Wolf Comes Home

Cassidy, Nat

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Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

Hendrix, Grady

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Blake, Ashley Herring

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Kiss Me, Maybe

Gamez, Gabriella

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Ladies in Hating

Vasti, Alexandra

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Lady Like

Lee, Mackenzi

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The Most Unusual Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy

Parrish, Roan

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A Rare Find

Lowell, Joanna

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Ready to Score

Slaughter, Jodie

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The Shots You Take

Reid, Rachel

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Single Player

Tai, Tara

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Thirsty

Lehane, Lucy

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The Antidote

Russell, Karen

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Archive of Unknown Universes

Reyes, Ruben, Jr.

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Atmosphere: A Love Story

Reid, Taylor Jenkins

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The Award

Pearl, Matthew

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Bad Bad Girl

Jen, Gish

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Beach Vibes

Mallery, Susan

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Beasts of the Sea

Turpeinen, Iida

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Before I Forget

Hoen, Tory Henwood

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The Book of Luke

Holder, Lovell

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Bug Hollow

Huneven, Michelle

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Cece

Prophete, Emmelie

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Counting Backwards

Kirshenbaum, Binnie

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Days at the Torunka Cafe

Yagisawa, Satoshi

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Discontent

Serrano, Beatriz

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A Dog in Georgia

Grodstein, Lauren

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Double Room

Senes, Anne

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Dream Count

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi

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Emotions

Toussaint, Jean-Philippe

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Endling

Reva, Maria

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The Fair Folk And Little Orphan Mary

Konopnicka, Maria

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The Ferryman and His Wife

Grytten, Frode

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Fifteen Wild Decembers

Powell, Karen

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The First Line

Laclavetine, Jean-Marie

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Fox

Oates, Joyce Carol

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A Girl Within a Girl Within a Girl

Reddy, Nanda

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The Girls Who Grew Big

Mottley, Leila

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Goddess Complex

Sathian, Sanjena

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The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen

Azar, Shokoofeh

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Great Black Hope

Franklin, Rob

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The Great Mann

Lurie, Kyra Davis

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Heart the Lover

King, Lily

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A Hole in the Story

Kalfus, Ken

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Hunchback

Ichikawa, Saou

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The Incredible Kindness of Paper

Skye, Evelyn

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Intemperance

Jha, Sonora

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Liquid

Rahmani, Mariam

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Minor Black Figures

Taylor, Brandon

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Murder Your Darlings

Blum, Jenna

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The Mushroom Gatherer

Hanisova, Viktorie

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Off Menu

Rosen, Amy

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Only Smoke

Millas, Juan Jose

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Palaver

Washington, Bryan

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The Peculiar Gift of July

Ream, Ashley

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People Like Us

Mott, Jason

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The Rabbit Club

Yates, Christopher J.

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Rabbit Moon

Haigh, Jennifer

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Room on the Sea

Aciman, Andre

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Rosarita

Desai, Anita

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The Second Chance Cinema

Weiss, Thea

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Sister Europe

Zink, Nell

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So Far Gone

Walter, Jess

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Songs for Other People's Weddings

Levithan, David

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Songs of Summer

Rosen, Jane L.

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The Summer House

Matsuie, Masashi

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Theft

Gurnah, Abdulrazak

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These Summer Storms

MacLean, Sarah

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This Is Not a Ghost Story

Amerie

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To Sicily with Love

Probst, Jennifer

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Tom's Crossing

Danielewski, Mark Z.

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The Tortoise's Tale

Coulter, Kendra

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Trigger Warning

Townsend, Jacinda

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Twist

McCann, Colum

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The View From Lake Como

Trigiani, Adriana

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We Do Not Part

Kang, Han

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We'll Prescribe You Another Cat

Ishida, Syou

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What Hunger

Dang, Catherine

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What Is Wrong with You?

Rudnick, Paul

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What Will People Think?

Hamdan, Sara

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When the Cranes Fly South

Ridzen, Lisa

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Where the Rivers Merge

Monroe, Mary Alice

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Wild Dark Shore

McConaghy, Charlotte

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The Wilderness

Flournoy, Angela

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The Winds from Further West

Smith, Alexander McCall

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The Women on Platform Two

Anthony, Laura

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Wreck

Newman, Catherine

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Danan, Rosie

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

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Hogle, Sarah

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Kova, Elise

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Behooved

Stevenson, M.

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Blood Beneath the Snow

Kennington, Alexandra

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Cinder House

Marske, Freya

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Ember Eternal

Neill, Chloe

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A Forbidden Alchemy

McEwan, Stacey

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The Isle in the Silver Sea

Suri, Tasha

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The Keeper of Magical Things

Leong, Julie

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The Last Wish of Bristol Keats

Pearson, Mary E.

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The Maiden and Her Monster

Martinez, Maddie

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Never the Roses

Lambert, Jennifer K.

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Ship of Spells

Dickson, H. Leighton

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Son of the Morning

Emezi, Akwaeke

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Soulgazer

Rapier, Maggie

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Tusk Love

Guanzon, Thea

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Wrath of the Dragons

Darling, Olivia Rose

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The Afterlife Project

Weed, Tim

Standalone · Science Fiction

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All the Water in the World

Caffall, Eiren

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Amplitudes

Mandelo, Lee

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Automatic Noodle

Newitz, Annalee

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Death of the Author

Okorafor, Nnedi

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Dissolution

Binge, Nicholas

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The Ephemera Collector

Jackson, Stacy Nathaniel

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Esperance

Oyebanji, Adam

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Exo

Brush, Colin

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The Folded Sky

Bear, Elizabeth

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The Garden

Newman, Nick

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The Heist of Hollow London

Robson, Eddie

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Idolfire

Curtis, Grace

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Inner Space

Szamalek, Jakub

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Luminous

Park, Silvia

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Murder by Memory

Waite, Olivia

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Of Monsters and Mainframes

Truelove, Barbara

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Picks and Shovels

Doctorow, Cory

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Saltcrop

Kitasei, Yume

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The Shattering Peace

Scalzi, John

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Shroud

Tchaikovsky, Adrian

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Simultaneous

Heisserer, Eric

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Slow Gods

North, Claire

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Sunward

Alexander, William

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Symbiote

Nayak, Michael

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Two Truths and a Lie

O'Brien, Cory

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We Will Rise Again

Newitz, Annalee

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What We Can Know

McEwan, Ian

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Short Stories

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After Midnight

Du Maurier, Daphne

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Early Stories by Tennessee Williams

Williams, Tennessee

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Near Flesh

Dunn, Katherine

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An Oral History of Atlantis: Stories

Park, Ed

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Show Don't Tell: Stories

Sittenfeld, Curtis

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Tamiami Trail

Bannan, Jennifer

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This Is Salvaged: Stories

Vara, Vauhini

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Winter Stories

Rishoi, Ingvild

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