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A Novel
by Lev Grossman
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by Lev Grossman
Published Jul 2025
Read ReviewsThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians trilogy returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium.
by Susanna Clarke
Published Sep 2021
Read ReviewsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality.
by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
Published Sep 2019
Read ReviewsThe definitive English language translation of the internationally bestselling Russian novel - a brilliant dark fantasy with "the potential to be a modern classic" (Lev Grossman), combining psychological suspense, enchantment, and terror that makes us consider human existence in a fresh and provocative way.
by Laurie Forest
Published Aug 2018
Read ReviewsA new Black Witch will rise her powers vast beyond imagining.
by Alice Hoffman
Published Jun 2018
Read ReviewsAn instant New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick from beloved author Alice Hoffmanthe spellbinding prequel to Practical Magic.
by Helen Phillips
Published May 2016
Read ReviewsA young wife's new job in an enigmatic organization pits her against the unfeeling machinations of the universe in this inventive and compulsively page-turning first novel
by Kevin Wilson
Published Apr 2012
Read ReviewsMeet The Family Fang, an unforgettable collection of demanding, brilliant, and absolutely endearing oddballs whose lives are risky and mischievous performance art.
by Paul Murray
Published Aug 2011
Read ReviewsA tragic comedy of epic sweep and dimension, Skippy Dies wrings every last drop of humour and hopelessness out of life, love, mermaids, M-theory, the poetry of Robert Graves, and all the mysteries of the human heart.
by Dexter Palmer
Published Feb 2011
Read ReviewsBeautifully written, stunningly imagined, and wickedly funny, The Dream of Perpetual Motion is a heartfelt meditation on the place of love in a world dominated by technology.
by Elizabeth Kostova
Published Oct 2006
Read ReviewsWhat does the legend of Vlad the Impaler have to do with the modern world? Is it possible that the Dracula of myth truly existedand that he has lived on, century after century, pursuing his own unknowable ends? Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is an adventure of monumental proportions, a relentless tale that blends fact and fantasy, ...
by John Twelve Hawks
Published Jul 2006
Read ReviewsThe Traveler explores a parallel world that exists alongside our own. A world that exists in the shadows of our own. A conflict we will never see. One woman stands between those determined to control history and those who will risk their lives for freedom.
by Susanna Clarke
Published Sep 2005
Read ReviewsSophisticated, witty, and ingeniously convincing, Susanna Clarke's magisterial novel weaves magic into a flawlessly detailed vision of historical England. She has created a world so thoroughly enchanting that eight hundred pages leave readers longing for more.
by Neil Gaiman
Published Apr 2002
Read ReviewsAs unsettling as it is exhilarating, American Gods is a dark and kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth and across an America at once eerily familiar and utterly alien.
by Philip Pullman
Published Oct 2001
Read ReviewsBrings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy.
Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone
by J.K. (Joanne) Rowling
Published Sep 1999
Read ReviewsHarry hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years - but all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives with an invitation to an incredible place.
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