Found Family

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Matt Dinniman · Fantasy

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

quest · found family · survival · high stakes survival

Fabulous Bodies

Chuck Tingle · Horror

Fashion influencer by day and grave-robber by night, Poppy Stringer is on call when Eddie Michaels—a flamboyant, piano-slamming rockstar and queer…

romantic comedy · found family · ghosts

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

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

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller · Literary Fiction

This is the story of the seige of Troy from the perspective of Achilles best-friend Patroclus.

slow burn · historical fiction · coming of age · forbidden romance · found family

Legends & Lattes

Travis Baldree · Fantasy

Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes out of the warrior’s life with one final score.

cozy vibes · found family · slow burn

Into the Fading Twilight

Catherine Cowles · Mystery & Thriller

Book Two in a brand new suspenseful small town series - Starlight Grove - from New York Times Bestselling Author, Catherine Cowles.

found family · psychological thriller · small town · trauma recovery

We Burned So Bright

T. J. Klune · Literary Fiction

Husbands Don and Rodney have lived a good long life.

found family · coming of age · survival

Spoiled Milk

Avery Curran · Horror

“The haunted lesbian boarding school horror show we always wanted.

dark academia · gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · found family · paranormal romance

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

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt · Literary Fiction

After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium.

found family · coming of age · missing person · cozy vibes

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

These Walls Remember

Del Sandeen · Horror

When two estranged sisters inherit a home possessed by the horrors of its dark past, they must work together to survive in this viscerally chilling…

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · ghosts · found family · psychological thriller

Carl's Doomsday Scenario

Matt Dinniman · Sci-Fi

"The training levels have concluded.

survival · high stakes survival · found family

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

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Becky Chambers · Sci-Fi

It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the…

space opera · cozy vibes · coming of age · found family

Jade City

Fonda Lee · Fantasy

"Stylish and action-packed, full of ambitious families and guilt-ridden loves, Jade City is an epic drama reminiscent of the best classic Hong Kong…

found family · chosen one · revenge plot

A Court of Mist and Fury

Sarah J. Maas · Fantasy

Feyre has undergone more trials than one human woman can carry in her heart.

enemies to lovers · slow burn · fae · forbidden romance · found family

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

The Things We Never Say

Elizabeth Strout · Literary Fiction

Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout’s new novel tells the story of a chance incident that sparks a powerful…

coming of age · small town · found family

American Hagwon

Min Jin Lee · Literary Fiction

At last, the National Book Award finalist and NYT bestselling author of Pachinko returns with a breathtaking contemporary epic: Min Jin Lee has…

found family · coming of age · slow burn

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

The Vivisectors

Missouri Williams · Literary Fiction

A reclusive graduate student is forced into a friendship that destabilizes her life in this surreal, allegorical romance.

dark academia · magical realism · slow burn · found family · friends to lovers

My Friends

Fredrik Backman · Literary Fiction

Fredrik Backman, who “captures the messy essence of being human” (The Washington Post), returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of…

coming of age · found family · multiple timelines

This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me

Ilona Andrews · Fantasy

Outlander meets Game of Thrones in this blockbuster new epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author duo Ilona Andrews.

enemies to lovers · slow burn · forbidden romance · found family · quest

The House in the Cerulean Sea

TJ Klune · Fantasy

Linus is an uptight caseworker with a heart of gold working for the department in charge of magical youth.

found family · urban fantasy · cozy vibes · political intrigue

The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

Matt Dinniman · Sci-Fi

Welcome to the Iron Tangle! Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, have to team up with other contestants not just to survive, but to…

survival · high stakes survival · found family · quest

Pool House

MARY H.K. CHOI · Literary Fiction

coming of age · small town · found family · fish out of water

Whistler

Ann Patchett · Literary Fiction

FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING, PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE DUTCH HOUSE AND TOM LAKE 'One of the most beloved authors of her generation' SUNDAY…

slow burn · second chance romance · found family

Kin

Tayari Jones · Literary Fiction

A Most Anticipated Book for 2026 according to the New York Times, New Statesman, NPR, Guardian, Independent, Financial Times, Daily Express, Mirror,…

coming of age · found family

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee · Literary Fiction

In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea.

historical fiction · coming of age · found family · trauma recovery

The Wedding People

Alison Espach · Literary Fiction

It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in…

found family · coming of age · cozy vibes

The Women

Kristin Hannah · Literary Fiction

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the…

historical fiction · coming of age · found family · survival

The Bright Years

Sarah Damoff · Literary Fiction

Ryan and Lillian Bright are deeply in love, recently married, and now parents to a baby girl, Georgette.

coming of age · found family · trauma recovery

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet

Becky Chambers · Sci-Fi

When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much.

space opera · found family · slow burn · friends to lovers

Harbour of Hungry Ghosts

Eliza Chan · Fantasy

"My name is not Kim, it's Kiamling.

urban fantasy · found family · demons · ghosts

Zodiac Academy

Caroline Peckham · Fantasy

**I’m a Gemini. Impulsive. Curious. Headstrong. A twin. Heir to a throne I know nothing about. And it turns out, I’m Fae.** But of course there’s…

chosen one · coming of age · found family · slow burn · fae · magic academy · love triangle

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

The Black Company

Glen Cook · Fantasy

Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil.

grimdark · quest · morally grey character · found family

The Way of Kings

Brandon Sanderson · Fantasy

Widely acclaimed for his work completing Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time saga, Brandon Sanderson now begins a grand cycle of his own, one every bit as…

chosen one · quest · magic academy · high stakes survival · found family

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien · Fantasy

The Hobbit is a tale of high adventure, undertaken by a company of dwarves in search of dragon-guarded gold.

quest · coming of age · found family · dragons

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck · Literary Fiction

Two men, migrant farmworkers, dream of a home of their own.

coming of age · found family · survival · historical fiction

The Great Wherever

Shannon Sanders · Literary Fiction

NAMED ONE OF 2026'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS BY: ESQUIRE | LITERARY HUB | BOOKPAGE | DEBUTIFUL 'An epic and deeply human story' PATRICK RYAN, author of…

magical realism · coming of age · found family

Country People

Daniel Mason · Literary Fiction

'Told with warmth and wit, Mason's prose shimmers in this immersive ode to stories, to the land, and its people' Lucy Steeds, Sunday Times…

historical fiction · found family · coming of age

The Dragon Has Some Complaints

John Wiswell · Fantasy

"The dragon may have some complaints, but readers won't.

found family · dragons

Malazan Book of the Fallen: Books 1-4

Steven Erikson · Fantasy

This discounted Malazan Book of the Fallen ebundle includes: Gardens of the Moon, Deadhouse Gates, Memories of Ice, House of Chains “I stand…

grimdark · found family · revenge plot · high stakes survival

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

Shannon Chakraborty · Fantasy

Cover illustration [as Cover Art]: Ivan Belikov Map design [as Cartographer]: Virginia Allyn Waves illustration [as Illustrator]:…

historical fiction · quest · found family

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

Heather Fawcett · Fantasy

A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and discovers dark fae magic, friendship, and love in the…

dark academia · cozy vibes · fae · slow burn · found family

Sword Catcher

Cassandra Clare · Fantasy

Two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of dangerous magic and dark secrets that could change the world forever in the start of a riveting epic…

enemies to lovers · slow burn · found family · forbidden romance

The Dark Tower

Stephen King · Fantasy

"Roland's ka-tet remains intact, though scattered over wheres and whens.

grimdark · quest · found family

Immortal Dark

Tigest Girma · Fantasy

Nineteen-year-old orphan Kidan Adane, heiress to a fallen House of humans tethered to vampiric creatures called draniacs, navigates her duty to…

paranormal romance · dark academia · vampires · quest · found family

Rites of the Starling

Devney Perry · Fantasy

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

slow burn · quest · found family · forbidden romance

Dead Beat

Leigh Bardugo · Fantasy

The highly anticipated, explosive conclusion to the Ninth House trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo.

dark academia · gothic atmosphere · demons · found family

Nettle & Bone

T. Kingfisher · Fantasy

After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter—has finally realized…

dark academia · found family · slow burn · quest · redemption arc

The Fellowship of the Ring

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien · Fantasy

The Fellowship of the Ring - the first volume in the rilogy "The Lord of the Rings" - tells the fateful power of the One Ring, and begins the…

quest · found family · dragons

The Blacktongue Thief

Christopher Buehlman · Fantasy

Set in a world of goblin wars, stag-sized battle ravens, and assassins who kill with deadly tattoos, USA Today bestselling author Christopher…

quest · found family · coming of age · revenge plot

The Wretched Divine

Adalyn Grace · Fantasy

“An utterly original and epic tale of angels, demons, and magic.

dark romance · paranormal romance · enemies to lovers · slow burn · demons · found family

Sea of Charms

Sarah Beth Durst · Fantasy

Sarah Beth Durst brings cozy fantasy romance to the high seas in Sea of Charms, the third magical adventure in the New York Times bestselling…

slow burn · second chance romance · found family

The Tainted Cup

Robert Jackson Bennett · Fantasy

A Holmes and Watson–style detective duo take the stage in this fantasy with a mystery twist, from the Edgar-winning, multiple Hugo-nominated Robert…

urban fantasy · cozy vibes · found family

The Spellshop

Sarah Beth Durst · Fantasy

Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people.

cozy vibes · romantic comedy · found family · slow burn · magic academy

Legendborn

Tracy Deonn · Fantasy

After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants to escape.

dark academia · urban fantasy · found family · chosen one · magic academy

A Parade of Horribles

Matt Dinniman · Fantasy

It’s off to the races in the explosive eighth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series—featuring bonus material exclusive to this print edition.

quest · found family · high stakes survival