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21) The Healer's Way
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What could be simpler? On my very first day in this world, I was given the title of a count along with all the trimmings: a castle, name, lands and power.
You'd think I had it made, but no . . . They seized my castle, took my lands, and now, I'm surrounded by enemies. Moreover, it's nothing but one headache after another with the authorities.
And even though I wrested my castle back, the neighbors aren't going anywhere, and they live and breathe...
22) Quicksand
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Somewhere deep underground, Stephanie's team suddenly becomes face-to-face with the monsters that have attacked multiple times on the Earth's surface. But now her team is in their territory and extremely outnumbered. As the crew barely keep themselves from being torn apart by the creatures, it seems as if they are being led further into the unknown abyss. And for those who survive the journey, a shocking surprise will be waiting for them at the end....
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Earthsea series volume 1
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The first novel of Ursula K. Le Guin's must-read Earthsea Cycle. "The magic of Earthsea is primal; the lessons of Earthsea remain as potent, as wise, and as necessary as anyone could dream." (Neil Gaiman)
Ged was the greatest sorcerer in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world.
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...24) Gideon the Ninth
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Gideon the Ninth is the first book in the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Locked Tomb Series, and one of the Best Books of 2019 according to NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, BookPage, Shelf Awareness, BookRiot, and Bustle!
WINNER of the 2020 Locus Award and Crawford Award
Finalist for the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Series!
Finalist for the 2020 Hugo,
25) Death Masks
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Dresden files volume 5
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The Dresden Files have taken the genre of paranormal mystery to a new level of action, excitement, and hard-hitting magical muscle. Now, in Death Masks, Jim Butcher’s smart-guy private eye may have taken on more than he can handle...
Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change. But he also knows that whenever things are going good, the only way...
Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change. But he also knows that whenever things are going good, the only way...
26) Turn Coat
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Dresden files volume 11
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Jim Butcher’s breakthrough #1 New York Times bestseller starring Chicago’s only professional wizard, Harry Dresden.
When it comes to the magical ruling body known as the White Council, Harry is thought of as either a black sheep or a sacrificial lamb. And none hold him in more disdain than Morgan, a veteran Warden with a grudge against anyone who bends the rules. But now, Morgan is in trouble. He’s been accused...
When it comes to the magical ruling body known as the White Council, Harry is thought of as either a black sheep or a sacrificial lamb. And none hold him in more disdain than Morgan, a veteran Warden with a grudge against anyone who bends the rules. But now, Morgan is in trouble. He’s been accused...
27) The Round Door
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Copper, Charli, and her six-year-old ghost friend, DJ, are so excited to stay with their Nanna and Pop at their beach house for a few weeks.
One day when Charli, DJ, Copper, and their friends decide to swim at a lake, they discover a willow tree that holds an exciting secret. When they decide to climb the tree, a round door suddenly appears. After Charli, DJ, and the others decide to investigate, they are transported to a water park that holds a...
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What's the first thing you do after you wake up one morning and find yourself trapped inside what you believe is your favorite video game?
If you said try and find a way back home, you'd be completely wrong. Especially if you're anything like my friends and me. Instead, you use your game knowledge to finish a few easy quests, get yourself some money for room and board, and then hope a way back home just conveniently falls into your lap.
That is of...
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El profesor Aronnax y sus dos compañeros, Consejo y Ned Land, son capturados por el capitán Nemo en su submarino Nautilus, del que no podrán salir. Durante su viaje, explorarán los mares, descubrirán maravillas nunca vistas por el ser humano y se enfrentarán a enormes criaturas marinas.
Considerada como una de las novelas pioneras de la ciencia ficción, Julio Verne ofrece en ella una mirada temprana a la exploración submarina, la tecnología...
30) El Principito
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El mundo de fantasía y la mirada tierna y curiosa de El Principito conquistó a grandes y chicos de distintas épocas. Catapulta editores presenta una nueva edición con las ilustraciones originales de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, traducida por Cristina Piña. Incluye un exclusivo señalador para que el mismo principito acompañe el viaje por las páginas de su libro.
31) Altered carbon
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Takeshi Kovacs novels volume 1
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW AN EXCITING SERIES FROM NETFLIX • The shell that blew a hole in his chest was only the beginning in this “tour de force of genre-bending, a brilliantly realized exercise in science fiction.”—The New York Times Book Review
In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions...
In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions...
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Alice in Wonderland (also known as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), from 1865, is the peculiar and imaginative tale of a girl who falls down a rabbit-hole into a bizarre world of eccentric and unusual creatures. Lewis Carroll's prominent example of the genre of "literary nonsense" has endured in popularity with its clever way of playing with logic and a narrative structure that has influence generations of fiction writing.
33) Hell is a Harem
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Lucifer, the Lord of Hell, has reappeared into my life, and he owes a sh*t ton of alimony. Twenty-five years' worth to be exact, timed from the day he walked out on me and my mother and never looked back. And I plan on making his life a living Hell until he pays up. He just smiles, ruffles my hair and tells me I'm cute when I'm angry. But anger isn't all that's rising to the surface with this surprise reunion. The seal on my past has been broken,...
34) Fictionauts
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Fantasy is a serious business for this team, as they scour fictional worlds to right dangerous anomalies and preserve the balance between reality and imagination. But recently, a rash of unexplained disturbances across the fictional universe has started to tear it apart, and they face the ultimate challenge when the mysterious Agent X threatens to bring down the barriers between our world and the world of stories. Dive headlong into the madcap, mind-bending...
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Carivel was born female, but she has been secretly living as a boy for years in her adoptive village of Draebard. The last thing she needs is to fall for not one but two unattainable men - a dominating warrior and a reluctant wolf-shifter with a horrific past. Now the Alyrion Empire is poised to invade, and Carivel must choose whether to keep her secret or reveal it - not only to the men she loves but also to the powerful female ruler whose army could...
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Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel: The powerful and compelling sequel to the dystopian classic Parable of the Sower
Lauren Olamina was only eighteen when her family was killed, and anarchy encroached on her Southern California home. She fled the war zone for the hope of quiet and safety in the north. There she founded Acorn, a peaceful community based on a religion of her creation, called Earthseed, whose central tenet...
Lauren Olamina was only eighteen when her family was killed, and anarchy encroached on her Southern California home. She fled the war zone for the hope of quiet and safety in the north. There she founded Acorn, a peaceful community based on a religion of her creation, called Earthseed, whose central tenet...
38) Cool Air
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With this tale of horror set in 1923 New York City, H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) touches on two subjects that, judging from the proliferation of films and novels spotlighting these peculiar topics, have continually aroused our human imagination: cryonics and zombies.
39) Seared, Book 1
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Stranded in the Badlands after fleeing for their lives, Jace and his friends find themselves with an unexpected opportunity to train and secure their freedom. Stranded in the Badlands after fleeing for their lives from Mount Hua Outpost, Jace and his friends find themselves with unexpected gifts from the gods-the opportunity to train and get stronger at an unprecedented pace and the chance to secure their freedom from Lords Ouyang and Ngai. But in...
40) Nona the ninth
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"Tamsyn Muir's New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb Series continues with Nona ...the Ninth? "You will love Nona, and Nona loves you." -Alix E. Harrow "Unlike anything I've ever read." -V.E. Schwab on Gideon the Ninth "Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original." -The New York Times on Gideon the Ninth Her city is under siege. The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is a birthday party. In many...