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  • 1.

    Demon's Dream: An Unexpected Love

    by elle kayson

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    Average rating: 9.44

  • 2.

    Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)

    by Brandon Sanderson

    Summary:

    An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller and a USA Today and Indie Bestseller!

    The Stormlight Archive saga continues in Rhythm of War, the eagerly awaited sequel to Brandon Sanderson's #1
    New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from an epic fantasy writer at the top of his game.

    After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar’s crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move.

    Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin’s scholars begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals, and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that was once the heart of their strength.

    At the same time that Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with his changing role within the Knights Radiant, his Windrunners face their own problem: As more and more deadly enemy Fused awaken to wage war, no more honorspren are willing to bond with humans to increase the number of Radiants. Adolin and Shallan must lead the coalition’s envoy to the honorspren stronghold of Lasting Integrity and either convince the spren to join the cause against the evil god Odium, or personally face the storm of failure.

    Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

    The Cosmere
    The Stormlight Archive
    ● The Way of Kings
    ● Words of Radiance
    ● Edgedancer (novella)
    ● Oathbringer
    ● Dawnshard (novella)
    ● Rhythm of War

    The Mistborn Saga
    The Original Trilogy
    ● Mistborn
    ● The Well of Ascension
    ● The Hero of Ages

    Wax and Wayne
    ● The Alloy of Law
    ● Shadows of Self
    ● The Bands of Mourning
    ● The Lost Metal

    Other Cosmere novels
    ● Elantris
    ● Warbreaker
    ● Tress of the Emerald Sea
    ● Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
    ● The Sunlit Man

    Collection
    ● Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

    The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series
    ● Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
    ● The Scrivener's Bones
    ● The Knights of Crystallia
    ● The Shattered Lens
    ● The Dark Talent
    ● Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (with Janci Patterson)

    Other novels
    ● The Rithmatist
    ● Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
    ● The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

    Other books by Brandon Sanderson

    The Reckoners
    ● Steelheart
    ● Firefight
    ● Calamity

    Skyward
    ● Skyward
    ● Starsight
    ● Cytonic
    ● Skyward Flight (with Janci Patterson)
    ● Defiant

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    Average rating: 9.34

  • 3.

    Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7)

    by J. K. Rowling

    Summary:

    Now for the first time ever, J.K. Rowling's seven bestselling Harry Potter books are available in a stunning paperback boxed set! The Harry Potter series has been hailed as "one for the ages" by Stephen King and "a spellbinding saga" by USA Today. And most recently, The New York Times called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the "fastest selling book in history." This is the ultimate Harry Potter collection for Harry Potter fans of all ages!

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    Average rating: 9.22

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  • 4.

    White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

    by Ruby Hamad

    Summary: Called “powerful and provocative" by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of the New York Times bestselling How to be an Antiracist, this explosive book of history and cultural criticism reveals how white feminism has been used as a weapon of white supremacy and patriarchy deployed against Black and Indigenous women, and women of color.

    Taking us from the slave era, when white women fought in court to keep “ownership” of their slaves, through the centuries of colonialism, when they offered a soft face for brutal tactics, to the modern workplace, White Tears/Brown Scars tells a charged story of white women’s active participation in campaigns of oppression. It offers a long overdue validation of the experiences of women of color.

    Discussing subjects as varied as The Hunger Games, Alexandria Ocasio–Cortez, the viral BBQ Becky video, and 19th century lynchings of Mexicans in the American Southwest, Ruby Hamad undertakes a new investigation of gender and race. She shows how the division between innocent white women and racialized, sexualized women of color was created, and why this division is crucial to confront.

    Along the way, there are revelatory responses to questions like: Why are white men not troubled by sexual assault on women? (See Christine Blasey Ford.) With rigor and precision, Hamad builds a powerful argument about the legacy of white superiority that we are socialized within, a reality that we must apprehend in order to fight.

    "A stunning and thorough look at White womanhood that should be required reading for anyone who claims to be an intersectional feminist. Hamad’s controlled urgency makes the book an illuminating and poignant read. Hamad is a purveyor of such bold thinking, the only question is, are we ready to listen?" —Rosa Boshier, The Washington Post
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    Average rating: 9.21

  • 5.

    Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, 7)

    by Sarah J. Maas

    Summary:

    Together they will rise. Or together they will fall.

    The epic finale to the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas.

    Aelin Galathynius has vowed to save her people-but at a tremendous cost. Locked in an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. The knowledge that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, but her resolve unravels with each passing day.

    With Aelin captured, her friends and allies have scattered. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while others will be severed forever. But as destinies weave together at last, all must stand together if Erilea is to have any hope of salvation.

    Sarah J. Maas's #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an explosive conclusion as Aelin fights for her life, her people, and the promise of a better world.

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    Average rating: 9.2

  • 6.

    J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

    by J.R.R. Tolkien

    Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The complete four-book boxed set of the greatest fantasy epic of all time: The Lord of the Rings and its enchanting prequel, The Hobbit
     
    When Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves embark upon a dangerous quest to reclaim the hoard of gold stolen from them by the evil dragon Smaug, Gandalf the wizard suggests an unlikely accomplice: Bilbo Baggins, an unassuming Hobbit dwelling in peaceful Hobbiton.

    Along the way, the company faces trolls, goblins, giant spiders, and worse. But as they journey from the wonders of Rivendell to the terrors of Mirkwood and beyond, Bilbo will find that there is more to him than anyone—himself included—ever dreamed. Unexpected qualities of courage and cunning, and a love of adventure, propel Bilbo toward his great destiny . . . a destiny that waits in the dark caverns beneath the Misty Mountains, where a twisted creature known as Gollum jealously guards a precious magic ring.
     
    This boxed set includes:
    THE HOBBIT
    THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
    THE TWO TOWERS
    THE RETURN OF THE KING
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    Average rating: 9.2

  • 7.

    Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)

    by Rick Riordan

    Summary: All five books in the blockbuster Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, in paperback, collected in a boxed set fit for demigods, complete with a bonus poster!

    Now with glorious new cover art and packaged with a special poster, this value-priced set includes the best-selling The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and The Last Olympian.
    Accompany the son of the sea god Poseidon and his other demigod friends as they go on a series of quests that will have them facing monsters, gods, and conniving figures from Greek mythology. Do they have what it takes to save the Olympians from an ancient enemy?
    Whether it is for readers who are experiencing Percy's funny and thrilling adventures for the first time, or for fans who want to devour the saga again, this gift will be prized by readers aged 8-80.
    This beloved series, read in schools across the world, has inspired two motion pictures and a Broadway musical. It is currently in development for a television series on Disney+,

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    Average rating: 9.19

  • 8.

    Throne of Glass Hardcover Box Set

    by Sarah J. Maas

    Summary: When magic has gone from the world and a vicious king rules from his throne of glass, an assassin comes to the castle. She is a prisoner, but if she can defeat twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition to find the greatest assassin in the land, she will become the king's champion and earn her freedom. But the evil she encounters in the castle goes deep, and as dark forces gather on the horizon – forces which threaten to destroy her entire world – the assassin must take her place in a fight greater than she could ever have imagined.
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    Average rating: 9.18

  • 9.

    Heartstopper Volume One, International Edition

    by Alice Oseman

    Summary:

    Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A sweet and charming coming-of-age story that explores friendship, love, and coming out. This edition features beautiful two-color artwork.

    Now streaming on Netflix!

    Shy and softhearted Charlie Spring sits next to rugby player Nick Nelson in class one morning. A warm and intimate friendship follows, and that soon develops into something more for Charlie, who doesn't think he has a chance.

    But Nick is struggling with feelings of his own, and as the two grow closer and take on the ups and downs of high school, they come to understand the surprising and delightful ways in which love works.

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    Average rating: 9.14

  • 10.

    Oathbringer: Book Three of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 3)

    by Brandon Sanderson

    Summary:

    The #1 New York Times bestselling sequel to Words of Radiance, from epic fantasy author Brandon Sanderson at the top of his game.

    In Oathbringer, the third volume of the New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive, humanity faces a new Desolation with the return of the Voidbringers, a foe with numbers as great as their thirst for vengeance.

    Dalinar Kholin’s Alethi armies won a fleeting victory at a terrible cost: The enemy Parshendi summoned the violent Everstorm, which now sweeps the world with destruction, and in its passing awakens the once peaceful and subservient parshmen to the horror of their millennia-long enslavement by humans. While on a desperate flight to warn his family of the threat, Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with the fact that the newly kindled anger of the parshmen may be wholly justified.

    Nestled in the mountains high above the storms, in the tower city of Urithiru, Shallan Davar investigates the wonders of the ancient stronghold of the Knights Radiant and unearths dark secrets lurking in its depths. And Dalinar realizes that his holy mission to unite his homeland of Alethkar was too narrow in scope. Unless all the nations of Roshar can put aside Dalinar’s blood-soaked past and stand together—and unless Dalinar himself can confront that past—even the restoration of the Knights Radiant will not prevent the end of civilization.


    Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

    The Cosmere
    The Stormlight Archive
    ● The Way of Kings
    ● Words of Radiance
    ● Edgedancer (novella)
    ● Oathbringer
    ● Dawnshard (novella)
    ● Rhythm of War

    The Mistborn Saga
    The Original Trilogy
    ● Mistborn
    ● The Well of Ascension
    ● The Hero of Ages

    Wax and Wayne
    ● The Alloy of Law
    ● Shadows of Self
    ● The Bands of Mourning
    ● The Lost Metal

    Other Cosmere novels
    ● Elantris
    ● Warbreaker
    ● Tress of the Emerald Sea
    ● Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
    ● The Sunlit Man

    Collection
    ● Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

    The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series
    ● Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
    ● The Scrivener's Bones
    ● The Knights of Crystallia
    ● The Shattered Lens
    ● The Dark Talent
    ● Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (with Janci Patterson)

    Other novels
    ● The Rithmatist
    ● Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
    ● The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

    Other books by Brandon Sanderson

    The Reckoners
    ● Steelheart
    ● Firefight
    ● Calamity

    Skyward
    ● Skyward
    ● Starsight
    ● Cytonic
    ● Skyward Flight (with Janci Patterson)
    ● Defiant

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    Average rating: 9.12

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