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• Once Smitten, Twice Shy

  Liese, Chloe,

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  In a reimagining of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, heartbroken Juliet and shy Will aren’t looking for love, but when Will must marry for the sake of the family business, they agree to practice romance, but practicing to perfection leads to an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Holmes and Moriarty

  a Novel

  Rubin, Gareth,

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  This immersive Sherlock Holmes mystery adventure pairs Holmes and Watson with two very unlikely allies—Moriarty and his trusted second, Moran—to solve a sinister plot that could threaten the very existence of humanity as we know it.

• This Motherless Land

  a Novel

  May, Nikki,

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  Funke is happy in Nigeria. She loves her art teacher mother, her professor father, and even her annoying little brother (most of the time). But when tragedy strikes, she's sent to England, a place she knows only from her mother's stories. This…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Aunt Tigress

  Qin, Emily Yu-Hsuan,

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  With worldbuilding inspired by Chinese folklore and Indigenous folklore, Tam navigates the murder of estranged Aunt Tigress - and an ensemble of old enemies.

• Big Jim and the White Boy

  An American Classic Reimagined

  Walker, David, 1968-

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  This graphic novel retelling of an American classic is both a multigenerational family epic as well as a high-stakes adventure story that follows Jim, an enslaved Black man, on his journey toward freedom, along with his sidekick, Huckleberry Finn.

• Lady Macbeth

  a Novel

  Reid, Ava,

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  Marrying a Scottish warrior, Lady Macbeth must use all her wiles and hidden witchcraft to survive his hostile, suspicious court but unbeknownst to her, he has occult secrets of his own and a prophecy that girds him like armor, making her magic even…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Life of Herod the Great

  a Novel

  Hurston, Zora Neale,

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  In the 1950s, as a continuation of Moses, Man of the Mountain, Zora Neale Hurston penned a historical novel about one of the most infamous figures in the Bible, Herod the Great.

• Knave of Diamonds

  a Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

  King, Laurie R.,

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  Mary Russell's long-lost Uncle Jake reappears and is somehow connected to the infamous theft of the Irish Crown Jewels, pulling her into a mystery and pitting her against Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, and her own loyalties.

• Jekyll & Hyde, Consulting Detectives

  Major, Tim (Science fiction writer),

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  Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s famed pair, Dr. Jekyll and his monstrous alter-ego join forces with his ex-fiancée to solve a series of disappearances across Victorian London in this thrilling mystery.

• The Great Mann

  a Novel

  Lurie, Kyra Davis,

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  In this poignant retelling of The Great Gatsby, set amongst L.A.'s Black elite, a young veteran finds his way in 1945, pulled into a new world of tantalizing possibilities and explosive tensions.

• Hungerstone

  a Novel

  Dunn, Kat,

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  It's the height of the industrial revolution and ten years into Lenore's marriage to steel magnate Henry, and their relationship has soured. When Henry's ambitions take them from London to the remote British moorlands to host a hunting party, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The God and the Gumiho

  Kim, Sophie,

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  Blending cotemporary writing with Korean mythology, the most notorious nine-tailed fox in Korea pairs up with a trickster god-turned-detective to track down a wrathful demon before it can destroy the mortal world.

• Pearl

  a Novel

  Hughes, Siân, 1965-

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  Based on an English Medieval poem, Pearl is the story of a young woman in a small English village struggling with her mother's disappearance from when she was a child. In one of her mother's dusty old books, Pearl discovers the Medieval poem, and it…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daughter of the Moon Goddess

  Tan, Sue Lynn

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  Inspired by the legend of Chinese moon goddess Chang'e, Xingyin confronts legendary creatures and vicious enemies across the earth and skies. When treachery looms and forbidden magic threatens the kingdom, she must challenge the ruthless Celestial…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love in Color

  Mythical Tales From Around the World, Retold

  Babalola, Bolu,

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  Focusing on the magical folktales of West Africa, Babalola also reimagines Greek myths, ancient legends from the Middle East, and stories from long-erased places.

• Anna K

  a Love Story

  Lee, Jenny, 1971-

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  Inspired by Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, seventeen-year-old Anna K. is at the top of Manhattan and Greenwich society. When she meets notorious playboy Alexia “Count” Vronsky, she must decide how much of her life she is willing to let go for the…Read moreRead more of this annotation