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• The Olympian Affair

  Butcher, Jim, 1971-

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  FANTASY "Butcher's long-awaited sequel to The Aeronaut's Windlass is an exciting epic fantasy, set in the sky and filled with airships, magic, and the connections of blood and found family." -- Library Journal

• The Dragonbone Chair

  Williams, Tad

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  FANTASY "Simon, a young kitchen boy and magician's apprentice, finds his dreams of great deeds and heroic wars becoming an all too shocking reality in a terrifying civil war." -- Publisher

• The Way of Kings

  Sanderson, Brandon

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  FANTASY "The vast scope of this book and the main characters’ compelling journeys make it an epic worthy of the name—and a real treat." -- Kirkus Reviews

• Name of the Wind

  Rothfuss, Patrick, 1973-

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  FANTASY Book 1 in the "The Kingkiller Chronicle" series, follows the life of Kvothe, a gifted young musician and magician. It recounts his journey from a gifted child to a legendary figure, unravelling the mysteries of his past and the magic that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 'Salem's Lot

  King, Stephen, 1947-

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  HORROR Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem’s Lot, intent on exploring the history of the Marsten House for his new book. But when a boy from town goes missing, Mears realizes that something sinister has the whole town under siege and only he can…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Other

  Tryon, Thomas

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  HORROR "The twisted story of 12-year-old twins whose devotion to one another is played out in a macabre game of murder." - Publisher

• Something Wicked This Way Comes

  a Novel

  Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012

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  HORROR "On a chilly October night, Jim Nightshade and Will Halloway smell cotton candy and hear the eerie tones of a carousel calliope. A carnival has rolled into town, a type of which these 13-year-olds have never seen before: a terrifying maze of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Horrorstör

  Hendrix, Grady

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  HORROR After a puzzling series of breakages at the Orsk furniture superstore, employees work an overnight shift to investigate. This book starts as a satire about the things we own, and turns into a creepy and clever horror story “...complete with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ancillary Justice

  Leckie, Ann

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  SCI FI The first novel to win science fiction's three major awards, the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Award, this is an intergalactic revenge novel with a compelling central character. "If you don't know the Ancillary series by now, you…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All Systems Red

  Wells, Martha

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  SCI FI Told through the artificial eyes of self-named Murderbot, a security robot that has succeeded in hacking its own programming to gain autonomy from the government systems that control it. Murderbot's strongest desire is to be left in peace.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Zone One

  a Novel

  Whitehead, Colson, 1969-

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  SCI FI In a post-apocalypse, zombie marauding New York City, Mark Spitz is a typical local just trying to get to the next day without being killed. Meanwhile, he and a handful of militia are making progress in wiping out the ‘skel’ zombie hordes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Oryx and Crake

  Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

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  SCI FI Set in a dystopian future, this is the first book in Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy. The narrator, who calls himself Snowman, slowly reveals the disturbing mystery of how civilization vanished. A dystopian classic told with Atwood’s customary…Read moreRead more of this annotation