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• Bunny

  Awad, Mona,

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  An outsider in a selective MFA program is invited to an exclusive gathering by a clique-or maybe cult- where she dives into the world of magic, mystery and murder.

• Ninth House

  Bardugo, Leigh,

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  Galaxy "Alex" Stern is thrown into a world of magic and murder at Yale University after a mysterious group offers her a full ride scholarship. She must balance magic rituals, crime fighting, and talking to ghosts all while maintaining satisfactory…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Killingly

  Beutner, Katharine,

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  After Bertha goes missing while at Mount Holyoke College, her family searches for answers. As the family searches for clues, secrets about Bertha and her best friend, Agnes, arise which add to the mystery of her disappearance.

• The Atlas Six

  Blake, Olivie,

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  Six new recruits are invited to join a selective magical society, but only five will be initiated. Throughout a year of pledging, they fight to prove their power and usefulness to the society and secure a powerful future-- even if it means fighting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Magic for Liars

  Gailey, Sarah,

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  Ivy is hired to investigate the gruesome murder of a faculty member at her sister Tabitha's magical private academy. The stalwart detective starts to lose herself in the case, the life she could have had, and the answer to the mystery that seems…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Magicians

  a Novel

  Grossman, Lev,

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  A thrilling and original coming-of-age novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world.

• The Library of the Unwritten

  Hackwith, A. J.,

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  Claire in a librarian in the Library of the Unwritten in Hell where she is tasked with caring for all other unfinished and abandoned books-- and the characters that try to escape Hell in search of their authors.

• The Cloisters

  a Novel

  Hays, Katy, 1982-

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  A circle of researchers uncovers a mysterious deck of tarot cards and shocking secrets in New York's famed Met Cloisters.

• An Academy for Liars

  Henderson, Alexis,

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  Lennon Carter discovers a hidden school called Drayton College. At Drayton, Lennon faces dangerous choices as she uncovers secrets about the school and its faculty.

• Murder Your Employer

  From the Chronicles of Dean Harbinger Harrow, the McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, Dean of Admissions and Confessions, Professor Emeritus, Department of Arts and Blackmail Letters, Senior Fellow, International Guild of Murderists

  Holmes, Rupert,

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  The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts-- a luxurious, clandestine college dedicated to the fine art of murder where earnest students study how best to "delete" their most deserving victim.

• Never Let Me Go

  Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-

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  A group of students from an exclusive private school in the English countryside reunite in adulthood and explore the bonds that tie them together.

• The Fortune Seller

  a Novel

  Kapelke-Dale, Rachel,

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  A middle-class student who tries to fit into the elite world of Yale's equestrian team encounters a mysterious and talented tarot reader. As unspoken tensions and rivalries within the group surface the women turn against each other, leading to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Historian

  a Novel

  Kostova, Elizabeth

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  A young woman discovers the letters that tie her family to the mythos of Dracula. Told in three parts, readers explore the pursuits of three academics to understand the story of Dracula and kill him, once and for all.

• Babel, Or, The Necessity of Violence

  An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

  Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.),

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  Orphan Robin is taken by a professor at the prestigious Oxford University and trained in the art of translation magic. As he and a group of friends become aware of the oppression and inequity caused by their work, they fight to end the practice…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nocticadia

  Lake, Keri,

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  Mortui vivos docent. The dead teach the living.

• I Have Some Questions for You

  Makkai, Rebecca,

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  A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past- the family tragedy that marred her adolescence.

• The Maidens

  Michaelides, Alex, 1977-

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  A spellbinding tale of psychological suspense, weaving together Greek mythology, murder, and obsession.

• A Deadly Education

  a Novel

  Novik, Naomi,

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  Set at Scholomance, a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death (for real)- until a girl, El, begins to unlock its many secrets.

• A Study in Drowning

  Reid, Ava,

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  Part historical fantasy, part rivals-to-lovers romance, part Gothic mystery, and all haunting, dreamlike atmosphere.

• If We Were Villains

  Rio, M. L.,

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  After ten years in prison for murder, Oliver reflects on his time in college acting in Shakesperean plays and engaging in intense rivalries with other students at Dellecher Classical Conservatory.