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  • Book Recommendations for Young Adult & Adult-YA Crossover

    Book Jacket: Katabasis

    Katabasis
    by R. F. Kuang

    BookBrowse Review:
    R.F. Kuang has continued her blisteringly productive streak with her latest novel, Katabasis, which, like 2022's Babel, imagines a world in which academia and magic are ...

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    1. Deathly Fates
      by Tesia Tsai
    2. The Otherwhere Post
      by Emily J. Taylor
    3. The Book That Wouldn't Burn
      by Mark Lawrence

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    Book Jacket: The Compound

    The Compound
    by Aisling Rawle

    BookBrowse Review:
    Apathetic twentysomething Lily is beautiful but otherwise unremarkable, as she will be the first to tell you. She's bored with her job and doesn't get along with her...

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    1. Seesaw Monster
      by Kotaro Isaka
    2. Escape!
      by Stephen Fishbach
    3. Mood Swings
      by Frankie Barnet

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    Book Jacket: Endling

    Endling
    by Maria Reva

    BookBrowse Review:
    Maria Reva's debut novel Endling follows a group of Ukrainian women involved in 'romance tours'—a cultural phenomenon akin to the mail-order...

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    1. Black Bear
      by Trina Moyles
    2. Glorious Exploits
      by Ferdia Lennon
    3. Looking at Women Looking at War
      by Victoria Amelina

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    Book Jacket: Woodworking

    Woodworking
    by Emily St. James

    BookBrowse Review:
    Erica Skyberg is a popular English teacher and long-time community theater director, preparing to put on a production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. She's more or ...

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    1. The Mighty Red
      by Louise Erdrich
    2. Confessions of the Fox
      by Jordy Rosenberg
    3. Tomorrow Will Be Different
      by Sarah McBride

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