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• Shadow and Bone

  Bardugo, Leigh

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  Inspired by Russian folklore. Recommended because you like The Bear and the Nightingale.

• The City of Brass

  Chakraborty, S. A.

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  Inspired by Egyptian folklore. Recommended because you like The Bear and the Nightingale.

• The Wolf and the Woodsman

  a Novel

  Reid, Ava

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  Inspired by Jewish folklore and Hungarian history. Recommended because you like The Bear and the Nightingale.

• Spinning Silver

  Novik, Naomi

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  Inspired by Eastern European folklore.

• A Gentleman in Moscow

  Towles, Amor

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  "Spread across four decades, this is in all ways a great novel, a nonstop pleasure brimming with charm, personal wisdom, and philosophic insight." -Kirkus Reviews

• Convenience Store Woman

  Murata, Sayaka, 1979-

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  Recommended because you like Days at the Morisaki bookshop. (Note: This novel is lighter then the author's other novel Earthlings which many readers find disturbing.)

• Magpie Murders

  Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-

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  Recommended because you like The Thursday Murder Club.

• The Marlow Murder Club

  a Novel

  Thorogood, Robert

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  "Fans of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club will like the amateur sleuths introduced in this puzzle from Thorogood (...) While avid mystery readers might recognize the twist, the finale and its grand solution are worthy of Agatha Christie."…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

  Sutanto, Jesse Q.

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  "Literary comfort food in the guise of a quirky whodunit." -Kirkus Reviews

• The Eyre Affair

  Fforde, Jasper

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  Recommended because you liked The Invisible Library. Comedic fantasy.

• Legends & Lattes

  a Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes

  Baldree, Travis, 1977-

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  "This charming outing will please anyone who’s ever wished to spend time in a fantasy world without all the quests and battles." -Publisher's Weekly

• A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

  Kingfisher, T.

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  Winner of the 2021 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book. A cozy fantasy novel.

• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

  Mandanna, Sangu

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  "This sweet and sometimes steamy fantasy romance will appeal to fans of TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea (2020) or Karen Hawkins' The Book Charmer (2019)." -Maribeth Fisher, Booklist