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Sponsored by The Age of Darkness Series by Katy Rose Pool with Fierce Reads

Kingdoms have begun to fall to a doomsday cult, the magical Graced are being persecuted, and an ancient power threatens to break free. But with the world hurtling toward its prophesized end, one man’s haunting vision reveals the dangerous beginnings of a plan to stop the Age of Darkness.

Six of Crows meets Graceling with a dash of ‘Winter is Coming’ in Katy Rose Pool’s Age of Darkness series, which Hypable calls “the kind of epic fantasy you just can’t wait to dig into.”

Sponsored by Traitor by Amanda McCrina with Fierce Reads

Amanda McCrina’s Traitor is a tightly woven thrill ride exploring political conflict, deep-seated prejudice, and the terror of living in a world where betrayal is a matter of life or death.

“Alive with detail and vivid with insight, Traitor is an effortlessly immersive account of a shocking and little-known moment in the turbulent history of Poland and Ukraine—and ironically, a piercing and bittersweet story of unflinching loyalty. I think Tolya has left my heart a little damaged forever.” —Elizabeth Wein, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Code Name Verity and The Enigma Game

Sponsored by Kind of a Big Deal by Shannon Hale, with Fierce Reads

There’s nothing worse than peaking in high school. Nobody knows that better than Josie Pie. She was kind of a big deal—but the bigger you are, the harder you fall. And Josie fell. Hard. Ouch.

Meanwhile, her life keeps imploding. Desperate to escape, Josie gets into reading.

Literally.

She reads a book and suddenly she’s inside it. It’s alarming. But also . . . kind of amazing? It’s the perfect way to live out her fantasies. Book after book, Josie the failed star finds a new way to shine. But the longer she stays in a story, the harder it becomes to escape. Will Josie find a story so good that she just stays forever?

Sponsored by Impersonation by Heidi Pitlor, now available from Algonquin Books.

Allie Lang is a ghostwriter and a perpetually broke single mother to a young boy. Lana Breban is a lawyer, mother, and advocate for women’s rights with designs on elected office. Lana and her staff have decided she needs help softening her public image and that a memoir about her life as a mother will help.

When Allie lands the job as Lana’s ghostwriter, she has high hopes. But then Allie’s childcare arrangements unravel; she falls behind on her rent; and her subject, Lana, provides hardly any material. When will Allie speak up for all that she deserves?

Sponsored by Yellow Jacket, an imprint of Little Bee Books

Nobbin is now Prince Charming’s assistant, though he’s unable to assist him when things go awry saving Princess Angelica. After that, Sir Roderick thinks the princess needs training and advises the king to send her away to a queen who can educate her. The king has doubts, but the queen suddenly shows up with her son, Figbert.

They both torment everyone until, one day, Figbert disappears. Nobbin suspects Sir Roderick. They finally find Figbert, but he’s not like they remember. He’s smaller, rounder, and, much greener. Can they find out who turned him into a frog and crack the case?

Sponsored by Amazon Publishing

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Sponsored by Flatiron Books, publisher of Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy.

A dark past. An impossible journey. The will to survive. For fans of Flight Behavior and Station Eleven, a novel set on the brink of catastrophe, as a young woman chases the world’s last birds―and her own final chance for redemption. Migrations has been named a “most anticipated” book by Entertainment Weekly, Vulture, Elle, and more. Emily St. John Mandel calls this powerful novel “extraordinary.” Start reading Migrations now.

Sponsored by Skyhunter by Marie Lu, with Fierce Reads

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marie Lu comes an immersive world where the only hope against overwhelming evil is a team of warriors willing to sacrifice everything to save what they love.

The Karensa Federation has conquered a dozen countries, leaving Mara as one of the last free nations in the world. Refugees flee to its borders to escape a fate worse than death—transformation into mutant war beasts known as Ghosts. The Strikers, Mara’s elite fighting force, are trained to stop these monsters. But as the number of Ghosts grows, defeat seems inevitable. Still, one Striker refuses to give up hope.

Sponsored by Random House Books for Young Readers and GetUnderlined.com

The Hate U Give meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system.

Every week, Tracy Beaumont writes to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. But then the unthinkable happens. Tracy’s older brother, Jamal, is accused of killing a white girl. Determined to save him, Tracy investigates what really happened that night. How far will she have to go for justice?

This Is My America is the perfect mystery for anti-racist reading and fans of Nic Stone and Karen McManus.

Sponsored by Flatiron Books, publisher of  The Switch by Beth O'Leary 

A grandmother and granddaughter swap lives in this charming, romantic novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Flatshare, Beth O’Leary. Eileen and Leena neither find that her new life is exactly what she’d imagined.. Could love be waiting at someone else’s door?