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• Shadow and Bone

  Bardugo, Leigh

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  This is the first book in the Geisha Trilogy and concerns Alina Starkov an orphan who is a cartographers assistant in the army. Full of intriguing imagery, magic and adventure, Alena becomes the protegee of the all powerful Dark Leader and adventure…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Once Upon a River

  Setterfield, Diane,

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  Fans of the magical and dreamy world of "The Night Circus" should enjoy this atmospheric novel about a mysterious baby that appears in a riverside inn on the Thames.

• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

  Clarke, Susanna

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  Susanna Clarke creates unique worlds that combine historical fiction with the magical and imaginative atmosphere found in fantasy. Her writing style is lush, literary, and full of carefully drawn characters. This award-winning, page-turning novel,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cloud Atlas

  a Novel

  Mitchell, David (David Stephen)

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  Mitchell's masterpiece skips from the past to the future to the present in an interlinked novel of humanity and connection.

• The Magicians

  a Novel

  Grossman, Lev

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  This is a dark and dangerous tale for Quentin Coldwater who loved to read fantasy tales or so he thought they were tales, but when he is admitted to a secret club one of the fantasies turns out to be true.

• The Song of Achilles

  Miller, Madeline

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  Set during the Trojan War, this novel brings us the story of Patroclus, an awkward young prince, who follows Achilles into war, not knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. Winner of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Keeper of the Lost Cities

  Messenger, Shannon

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  At age twelve, Sophie learns that the remarkable abilities that have always caused her to stand out identify her as an elf, and after being brought to Eternalia to hone her skills, discovers that she has secrets buried in her memory for which some…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

  Díaz, Junot, 1968-

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  Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, and The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. This inventive, humorous, and insightful story delves into the tumultuous life of Oscar and his Dominican-American family.

• The Time Traveler's Wife

  Niffenegger, Audrey

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  Another one for those who liked "The Night Circus", a love story about a man who periodically gets jolted into a different time.

• The Golden Compass

  Pullman, Philip, 1946-

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  Twelve-year-old Lyra and her daemon (animal familiar) Pantalaimon become embroiled in troubles when she unwittingly learns of “dust”, the intangible material that bind humans to their daemons. She soon finds out that some see dust as original sin;…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Alchemyst

  the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

  Scott, Michael, 1959-

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  Working at a bookstore during the summer, fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh find themselves caught in an age-old battle over a powerful alchemy spell book between two rivals, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee.