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Dark Matter by Robert Plant

Visceral, lyrical, and deeply unsettling; an unforgettable collection. Technology is the monster lurking just beneath the surface in Plant’s collection of seven eerie, quietly devastating stories. When an introverted man turns to a new dating app, he discovers some matches…
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The chubby bubbies: Trip to the Museum by A. M. XAVIER (Author), IRENE SİLVINQ (Illustrator)

A lively tale brimming with sibling squabbles, quiet wisdom, and artistic flair. Can chipmunks carry wonder in their paws? They can, and they do, in Xavier’s charming picture book that trades noise for nuance and delivers a gentle, art-filled adventure…
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Muunokhoi’s Awakening by Gilbert Arthur

A meditative tale of instinct, choice, and awakening… Arthur’s brilliant novel opens underground, in the stillness of a marmot colony buried deep beneath the snow. There, Muunokhoi, a large, intelligent tarbagan marmot, awakens too early from hibernation. With the world…
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Deception’s Edge by Nannette Potter

Tense, layered, and deeply felt. Potter delivers a high-stakes thriller that fuses espionage, faith, and personal loss into a tense, emotionally charged story. Knife-thrower Blade Broussard is hunting Alec Quinn, the man she blames for her mother’s death. But when…
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To Be by John Blossom

A stirring, introspective exploration of youth and grief… Blossom offers a profound portrait of adolescence, capturing a young boy’s struggle to rebuild his identity in the wake of illness, loss, and the demands of growing up. The story follows Duncan…
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Tidebreakers Call (Starweaver Academy, book 1) by Shawn Connelly

A smart, emotionally anchored fantasy that favors depth over dazzle. In Connelly’s sharp, sea-steeped debut, a boy pulled from the waves must earn his place in a world that doesn’t wait for the unprepared. Seventeen-year-old Finn Tempest has always felt…
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Best Chef in Town by Lori Rotter (Author), Vaughan Duck (Illustrations)

Lively, wholesome, and deliciously funny… Rotter’s latest picture book is a hearty tale of ambition, humility, and teamwork.  When confident Chef Romi enters a televised cooking contest, she’s certain she’ll win.  But when a sugar mix-up threatens disaster, Sam steps…
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Tangled Darkness by MM Desch

Emotionally resonant and deeply moving… A psychiatrist with a haunted past is drawn into a deadly conspiracy in a clinic where silence protects secrets and the truth could cost everything. Dr. Leslie Schoen has rebuilt her life and is finally…
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Panko Monkey and the Incredible Weather Machine by Sai Ink

A zany, brainy romp… Ink’s charming tale blends heart, humor, and hands-on science, taking readers on a young monkey’s quest for the perfect day. Panko, the sunshine-chasing monkey with a big grin and even bigger ideas, teams up with his…
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Animal Revenge: General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms by David Bush

Dark, complex, and unexpectedly tender… In Bush’s latest novel, a weary molossus war dog returns home to find the empire he fought for rotting from within. It’s AD 64, and the persecution of Christians is in full swing. The city…
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Cuddle Kitty: A Tail of Friendship by Steven Rogers (Author), Alison Mutton (Illustrator)

Warm, fuzzy, and full of feelings… Rogers’s debut picture book centers on a simple but meaningful lesson: love means listening. Cleo loves a good cuddle, but not the kind that comes with squeals, surprise grabs, or rough pats.  Poor Emma…
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Let Me Go: A Gripping Second-Chance Contemporary Romance by Tricia T. LaRochelle

A brilliant blend of heartfelt emotion and sensual heat. A jaded stockbroker finds connection in a woman the world has written off in LaRochelle’s second-chance romance. Jacob “JC” Sullivan has everything: money, power, women, but no real peace. When his…
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Domesteaders: Cloud 8.5 by Curtis Palmer

Ambitious, unwieldy, and unforgettable… Palmer’s wildly ambitious novel is a literary experiment brimming with wit, rage, memory, and socio-political critique. In a future buckling under the weight of climate collapse, Beavan Broderick, once a fringe beaver ethologist and now a…
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Reciprocity: A Third JD Cordell Action Thriller by D.C. Gilbert

A taut, morally complex story that hits with precision and heart. In Gilbert’s third JD Cordell novel, a team of former U.S. military operatives takes on a ruthless human trafficking network in the lawless underworld of Manila. When two young…
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The Best Worst Christmas Ever by Thomas J. Thorson

Deeply human and quietly magical; a triumph… Thorson turns a blizzard, a blackout, and a botched vacation into a warm, imaginative reawakening of what family and Christmas really mean in his compelling YA fantasy. The Natale family’s long-awaited tropical escape…
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The Wanderer’s Notebook Volume III by Christopher Emrys

Deeply rewarding and emotionally resonant… Emrys continues his thoughtful, low-key epic series with a collection of stories that favors intimacy over spectacle. In “Discovery,” a wood elf scout named Ymladdwr unearths a mind-reactive portal in the wilderness. Alongside Gwyddoniaeth, a…
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Shades of Yellow by Talia Orbach

A standout debut… Set in a quiet Connecticut town, Orbach’s heartfelt middle-grade novel follows three fourteen-year-olds as they face pressure, loss, and change—and discover that friendship might be the one thing they can count on. Cassidy is used to moving.…
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Switch by Lisa Towles

A taut, high-intelligence thriller with real emotional teeth… A wounded ex-CIA operative learns that healing, like espionage, requires ruthless precision in Towles’s explosive finale in the E&A Investigations series. Still recovering from a hit-and-run and holed up in her family’s…
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Journey to the Dark Galaxy (The Dark Galaxy Series Book 2) by Hannah D. State

A vivid, thought-provoking SF story with heart and high stakes… A telepathic teen faces interplanetary threats and internal reckoning in State’s emotionally charged sequel to The Dark Galaxy Series. Fourteen-year-old Sam Sanderson is drafted by GAIA, an interplanetary alliance, after…