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    Project Hail Mary

    Andy Weir · Sci-Fi

    Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission–and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.

    quest · space opera · survival · high stakes survival

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    Fourth Wing

    Rebecca Yarros · Fantasy

    Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.

    enemies to lovers · slow burn · forbidden romance · chosen one · found family · dragons · magic academy

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Dungeon Crawler Carl

    Matt Dinniman · Fantasy

    **The apocalypse will be televised!** A man.

    quest · found family · survival · high stakes survival

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Red Rising

    Pierce Brown · Sci-Fi

    Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future.

    chosen one · dystopian society · high stakes survival · enemies to lovers · found family · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Wild Dark Shore

    Charlotte McConaghy · Mystery & Thriller

    A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon. Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers…

    slow burn · twist ending · forbidden romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Sunrise on the Reaping

    Suzanne Collins · Fantasy

    **When you’ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for?** As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games,…

    dystopian society · grimdark · survival · high stakes survival · coming of age

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    The Will of the Many

    James Islington · Fantasy

    The Catenan Republic—the Hierarchy—may rule the world, but they do not know everything.

    dark academia · chosen one · quest

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Blood Over Bright Haven cover

    Blood Over Bright Haven

    M. L. Wang · Fantasy

    **Magic has made the city of Tiran an industrial utopia, but magic has a cost—and the collectors have come calling.** An orphan since the age of…

    grimdark · political intrigue · quest · morally grey character · chosen one

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Katabasis

    R.F. Kuang · Fantasy

    'a formidable, timeless work, destined to be a modern classic' OLIVIE BLAKE 'A novel to savour.

    dark academia · grimdark · morally grey character · found family · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    A Court of Thorns and Roses

    Sarah J. Maas · Fantasy

    When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution.

    enemies to lovers · slow burn · forbidden romance · dark romance · fae · magic academy

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Alchemised

    SenLinYu · Fantasy

    « In English: What is it you think you're protecting in that brain of yours?

    dark romance · grimdark · amnesia · possessive romance · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    The Secret History

    Donna Tartt · Literary Fiction

    Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of…

    dark academia · psychological thriller · morally grey character · found family

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Frankenstein

    Mary Shelley · Horror

    *Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus* is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley.

    gothic atmosphere · redemption arc · anti hero · revenge plot

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    Heated Rivalry

    Rachel Reid · Romance

    Pro hockey star Shane Hollander isn’t just crazy talented, he’s got a spotless reputation.

    enemies to lovers · slow burn · sports romance · he falls first

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Throne of Glass

    Sarah J. Maas · Fantasy

    Lethal. Loyal. Legendary. Enter the world of Throne of Glass with the first book in the #1 bestselling series by Sarah J. Maas. In a land…

    coming of age · chosen one · enemies to lovers · slow burn · found family · redemption arc

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Martian

    Andy Weir · Sci-Fi

    Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

    survival · space opera

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    My Husband's Wife

    Alice Feeney · Mystery & Thriller

    Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition.

    psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator · dark romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Caretaker

    Marcus Kliewer · Mystery & Thriller

    EXCITING OPPORTUNITY: Caregiver for elderly husband urgently needed.

    psychological thriller · cat and mouse · morally grey character · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Correspondent

    Virginia Evans · Literary Fiction

    Discover the word-of-mouth hit hailed by Ann Patchett as “A cause for celebration”—an intimate novel about the transformative power of the written…

    slow burn · second chance romance · workplace romance

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    The Strength of the Few cover

    The Strength of the Few

    James Islington · Fantasy

    Omne trium perfectum The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus.

    grimdark · quest · morally grey character · multiple timelines

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    The Lord of the Rings

    J.R.R. Tolkien · Fantasy

    One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In ancient times the Rings of Power…

    quest · found family · chosen one · dragons

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    Just Friends cover

    Just Friends

    Haley Pham · Romance

    This heartwarming and swoon-worthy second chance romance about childhood friends reconnecting as adults is the highly anticipated debut novel from…

    second chance romance · friends to lovers · romantic comedy

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Raven Scholar

    Antonia Hodgson · Fantasy

    Let us fly now to the empire of Orrun, where after twenty-four years of peace, the reign of Bersun the Brusque has come to an end.

    dark academia · slow burn · found family · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Night We Met

    Abby Jimenez · Romance

    **A beautiful, compelling novel that revels in laughter, friendship, and the messy choices life can throw our way.** In everyone’s life, there’s a…

    slow burn · friends to lovers · romantic comedy · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Quicksilver

    Callie Hart · Fantasy

    Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets.

    enemies to lovers · slow burn · forced proximity · chosen one · quest

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    The Poet Empress

    Shen Tao · Fantasy

    Debut author Shen Tao introduces readers to the lush, deadly world of The Poet Empress, a sweeping, epic and intimate fantasy perfect for fans of The…

    forbidden romance · political intrigue · slow burn

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Babel cover

    Babel

    R. F Kuang · Fantasy

    From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell…

    dark academia · political intrigue · morally grey character · revenge plot · magic academy

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    The Knight and the Moth

    Rachel Gillig · Fantasy

    Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all.

    gothic atmosphere · paranormal romance · quest · forbidden romance · slow burn

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Dune cover

    Dune

    Frank Herbert · Sci-Fi

    Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where…

    space opera · chosen one · quest · political intrigue

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    Shield of Sparrows

    Devney Perry · general fiction

    The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel.

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    Wolf Worm cover

    Wolf Worm

    T. Kingfisher · Horror

    Something darker than the devil stalks the North Carolina woods in Wolf Worm, a new gothic masterpiece from New York Times bestselling author T.

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · survival · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    1984 cover

    1984

    George Orwell · Literary Fiction

    "Big Brother is Watching You." In a world where truth is dictated by the Party, freedom is slavery, and war is peace, Winston Smith dares to think…

    dystopian society · psychological thriller · political intrigue · survival

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    Powerless

    Lauren Roberts · Fantasy

    Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya—the exceptional, the empowered, the Elites.

    forbidden romance · dystopian society · chosen one · enemies to lovers · slow burn

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Japanese Gothic

    Kylie Lee Baker · Horror

    New York Times Most Anticipated Book for 2026 USA TODAY Most Anticipated Books of 2026 Goodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Books of 2026 Book Riot…

    gothic atmosphere · multiple timelines · paranormal romance · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

    V. E. Schwab · Literary Fiction

    This is a story about hunger. 1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada. A young girl grows up wild and wily—her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of…

    magical realism · historical fiction · gothic atmosphere · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Housemaid cover

    The Housemaid

    Freida McFadden · Horror

    Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom.

    psychological thriller · haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · trauma recovery

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    Onyx Storm

    Rebecca Yarros · Fantasy

    After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there’s no more time for lessons.

    slow burn · enemies to lovers · forced proximity · found family

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Mistborn

    Brandon Sanderson · Fantasy

    For a thousand years ashes have fallen from the sky.

    chosen one · heist · political intrigue · enemies to lovers · slow burn · found family · magic academy

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Once Upon a Broken Heart

    Stephanie Garber · Fantasy

    ***How far would you go for happily ever after?*** For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings...

    slow burn · forbidden romance · quest · paranormal romance · fae

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    One Dark Window

    Rachel Gillig · Fantasy

    An ancient, mercurial spirit is trapped inside Elspeth Spindle's head - she calls him the Nightmare.

    dark romance · gothic atmosphere · chosen one · demons · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Daggermouth

    H. M. Wolfe · Fantasy

    He Is Her Ruin. She Is His Rebellion. The first thing you’ll learn in New Found Haven is mercy no longer exists. Showing mercy is a weakness, and…

    dark romance · enemies to lovers · grimdark · dystopian society · trauma recovery · forced proximity

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter cover

    Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

    Heather Fawcett · Fantasy

    **A woman who runs a cat rescue in 1920s Montreal turns to a grouchy but charming wizard to help save the shelter in this heartwarming cozy fantasy…

    second chance romance · found family · magical realism

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Atmosphere cover

    Atmosphere

    Taylor Jenkins Reid · Literary Fiction

    Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember.

    historical fiction · coming of age · forbidden romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Piranesi

    Susanna Clarke · Fantasy

    **From the *New York Times* bestselling author of *Jonathan Strange & Mr.

    magical realism · portal fantasy · twist ending

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    The Last Contract of Isako cover

    The Last Contract of Isako

    Fonda Lee · Sci-Fi

    Get ready to be blown away by this searing standalone science fiction epic where corporate samurai fight beneath merciless stars, and death is always…

    space opera · revenge plot · quest

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    And Now, Back to You cover

    And Now, Back to You

    B.K. Borison · Romance

    Two competing meteorologists are forced to find common ground in this opposites attract, When Harry Met Sally inspired romance, from New York Times…

    opposites attract · romantic comedy · slow burn · workplace romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Yesteryear

    Caro Claire Burke · Literary Fiction

    ***'My name is Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive…'*** Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle – and has the social media…

    dark academia · psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator · gothic atmosphere

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Nowhere Burning cover

    Nowhere Burning

    Catriona Ward · Literary Fiction

    Nowhere Burning is a harrowing tale of survival that places the dark fairy tale of Peter Pan and the ruthless dangers of Lord of the Flies into the…

    dark academia · coming of age · survival · morally grey character

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    Rites of the Starling

    Devney Perry · Fantasy

    Calandra’s five kingdoms are on the verge of destruction.

    slow burn · quest · found family · forbidden romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    The Favorites

    Layne Fargo · Literary Fiction

    **To the world, they were a scandal.

    enemies to lovers · coming of age · slow burn · obsessive love · forbidden romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus