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• A Master of Djinn

  Clark, P. Djèlí,

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  Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha'arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she's certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Magic Fish

  Nguyen, Trung Le,

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  In this graphic novel, teen Tié̂n enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library to learn English, and uses fairytale themes from the West and from their birthplace of Vietnam to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Jasmine Throne

  Suri, Tasha,

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  Set in a world inspired by historical India, a captive princess and a servant in possession of forbidden magic become unlikely allies--and eventually, much more than allies--on a dark journey to save their empire. First in a trilogy.

• Never Open It

  the Taboo Trilogy

  Niimura, J. M. Ken,

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  Graphic novel rooted in well-known Japanese folk tales, such as Urashima Taro and The Crane Wife. Each of the three stories delves into the concept of the taboo, asking questions such as "Why are these rules meant to be followed?" and "Who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bear and the Nightingale

  a Novel

  Arden, Katherine,

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  When an arrogant new priest maligns the old beliefs and local spirits, fearful villagers stop leaving them gifts. Soon, cold, starvation, and death creep into the community, and Vasilisa must battle the raging bear loosed by the villagers'…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Deathless

  Valente, Catherynne M., 1979-

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  Set in an alternate version of St. Petersburg in the first half of the twentieth century, Marya Morevna, a clever child of the revolution, is transformed into the beautiful bride of Koschei the Deathless, a menacing overlord. Based on a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sistersong

  Holland, Lucy,

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  The old magic of the ancient kingdom of Dumnonia has turned from King Cador, calling instead to his three children. Riva can cure others but not her own deep scars. Keyne battles to be accepted for who he truly is--the king's son. And…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Left-handed Booksellers of London

  Nix, Garth,

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  In a slightly alternate 1983 London is looking for a man she has never met - her father. Her one lead introduces her to the world of the left-handed (fighters) and right-handed (intellectuals) booksellers, an extended family of magical…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wicked + the Divine. Vol. 1, The Faust Act

  Gillen, Kieron,

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  In this graphic novel series, every ninety years, twelve gods from a variety of religions incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead.

• Elatsoe

  Little Badger, Darcie, 1987-

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  In an America been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, seventeen-year-old Elatsoe ("Ellie" for short) can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed down through generations of her Lipan…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gods of Jade and Shadow

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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  The Jazz Age is in full swing, and Casiopea Tun dreams of a life far from cleaning floors in her dusty small town in southern Mexico, but this seems impossible - until the day she opens a box in her grandfather's house and accidentally…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The City Beautiful

  Polydoros, Aden,

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  Murder mystery + Jewish folklore + historical fantasy. Chicago World's Fair, 1893. When his best friend, Yakov, becomes the latest victim in a long line of murdered Jewish boys, Romanian immigrant Alter is possessed by Yakov's dybbuk,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Sun

  Roanhorse, Rebecca,

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  The winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world. Inspired by indigenous of North and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The One Hundred Nights of Hero

  a Graphic Novel

  Greenberg, Isabel,

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  In this graphic novel spin on a Scheherazade tale, a man named Jerome makes a bet his wife, Cherry, will remain true in his absence for 100 nights . If Cherry falters in her virtue, his neighbor can keep Jerome's castle and Cherry herself.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Red Rising

  Brown, Pierce, 1988-

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  Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future, working all day to make the surface of Mars livable for future generations. But once he discovers Reds like him are nothing more than slaves to a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lovely War

  Berry, Julie, 1974-

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  Set in the perilous days of Word Wars I and II, a classical pianist from London, a British would-be architect turned soldier, a Harlem-born ragtime genius in the US Army, and a Belgian orphan with a gorgeous voice and a devastating past…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Circe

  a Novel

  Miller, Madeline,

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  The Odyssey told from the perspective of Circe. Banished to a deserted island by a jealous Zeus, Circe she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Damsel

  Arnold, Elana K.,

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  Tradition dictates when the king dies, his son must slay a fierce dragon and rescue a damsel to be his bride, but when Ama wakes in the arms of Prince Emory, she knows none of this. She has no memory of what came before she was captured by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sorcerer to the Crown

  Cho, Zen

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  At his wit's end, Zacharias Wythe, Sorcerer Royal, eminently proficient magician, formerly enslaved child, and the only Black man in The Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers ventures to the border of Fairyland to discover why England's…Read moreRead more of this annotation