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When Women Were Dragons: A Novel by Kelly Barnhill

When Women Were Dragons: A Novel | Kelly Barnhill | A rollicking feminist tale set in 1950s America where thousands of women have spontaneously transformed into dragons, exploding notions of a woman’s p

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Misrule by Heather Walter

Misrule | Heather Walter | Does true love break curses or begin them? The dark sorceress of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ reclaims her story in this sequel to Malice. The Dark Grace is dead

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Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Brook Tsai

Unwieldy Creatures | Addie Brook Tsai | A tale of doom and ambition, loss and revenge, love and murder.

Unwieldy Creatures, a biracial queer, nonbinary retelling of Mary Shelley’s F

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High Times In The Low Parliament by Kelly Robson

High Times In The Low Parliament | Kelly Robson | Award-winning author Kelly Robson returns with High Times in the Low Parliament, a lighthearted romp through an 18th-century London featuring flirtati

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The Book Eaters by Dean Sunyi

The Book Eaters | Dean Sunyi | ‘Sunyi Dean’s The Book Eaters is a contemporary fantasy debut. It’s a story of motherhood, sacrifice, and hope; of queer identity and learning to acce

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A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys

A Half-Built Garden | Ruthanna Emrys | ‘A literary descendent of Ursula K. Le Guin, Ruthanna Emrys crafts a novel of extraterrestrial diplomacy and urgent climate repair bursting with quiet

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Nona The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Nona The Ninth | Tamsyn Muir | Her city is under siege.

The zombies are coming back.

And all Nona wants is a birthday party.

In many ways, Nona is like ot

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An Archive of Brightness by Kelsey Socha

An Archive of Brightness | Kelsey Socha | Two stoic lobstermen harboring a secret affection. A lonely architect building houses and machines from the exoskeletons of scorpions in a desert town

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Wrath Goddess Sing: A Novel by Maya Deane

Wrath Goddess Sing: A Novel | Maya Deane | ‘The gods wanted blood. She fought for love. Achilles has fled her home and her vicious Myrmidon clan to live as a woman with the kallai, the transgen

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The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard

The Red Scholar’s Wake | Aliette de Bodard | Xích Si: bot maker, data analyst, mother, scavenger. But those days are over now-her ship has just been captured by the Red Banner pirate fleet, famou