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Sponsored by St. Martin's Griffin

It’s official: Zoey Marks is the cursed bridesmaid that no engagement can survive. Ten years, three empire waist dresses, and ZERO brides have walked down the aisle.After strike three, Zoey is left wondering if her own ambivalence towards marriage has rubbed off on those she loves. And when her building distrust of matrimony culminates in turning down a proposal from her perfect All-American boyfriend, Rylan Harper III, she and Rylan are both left heartbroken, leaving Zoey to wonder: what is it exactly about tying the knot that makes her want to run in the opposite direction?

Sponsored by Serendipity: Ten Romantic Tropes, Transformed

Love is in the air in SERENDIPITY, a collection of stories inspired by romantic tropes and edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer. Contributors include Elise Bryant, Elizabeth Eulberg, Leah Johnson, Anna-Marie McLemore, Marissa Meyer, Sandhya Menon, Julie Murphy, Caleb Roehrig, Sarah Winifred Searle, and Abigail Hing Wen.

Sponsored by Penguin Young Readers

Sleeping Beauty meets Indiana Jones in this thrilling fairytale retelling for fans of Sorcery of Thorns and The Cruel Prince.

Cursed princes are nothing but ancient history to Fi—until she pricks her finger on a bone spindle while exploring a long-lost ruin. Now needs to break a century-old curse.

Dark magic, Witch Hunters, and bad exes all stand in her way—not to mention a mysterious witch.

Set in a lush world inspired by beloved fairytales, The Bone Spindle is a fast-paced young adult fantasy full of adventure, romance, found family, and snark.

Sponsored by One World, publishers of My Broken Language

In MY BROKEN LANGUAGE, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright tells her lyrical story of coming-of-age against the backdrop of a struggling barrio, with her sprawling, idiosyncratic, love-and-trouble filled Puerto Rican family as a collective muse. This is an inspired exploration of home, family, memory, and belonging, narrated by the obsessed girl who fought to become an artist so she could capture the world she loved in all its wild and delicate beauty.

Sponsored by Forge Books

A Thousand Steps is a beguiling thriller and a vivid portrait of a turbulent time by New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker.

Sponsored by Algonquin Young Readers

From award-winning writer Sophie Burrows comes a stunning debut about two lonely people lost in the big city. CRUSHING is a nearly wordless graphic novel about love, loneliness, and the struggle to connect that The New York Review of Books called “perfectly pitched for the current time of pandemic isolation” and “visual genius.”

Sponsored by Northwind by Gary Paulsen

The legendary author of Hatchet adds to his legacy of renowned survival stories with this stunning new adventure. Journey to the razor’s edge between life and death, where the raging seas meet a northern wilderness in the captivating novel that Booklist calls “Paulsen at his best.”

Sponsored by Once Upon a Dance

Princess Naomi Helps a Unicorn is part of the Dance-It-Out! Creative Movement Story collection by Once Upon a Dance. In each book, Ballerina Konora joins the story’s pages with movement suggestions and photos. In this volume, the interactive dance and movement is wrapped up in a charming story of sibling angst, anger management, compassion, and triumph.

Fed up with her annoying sister, Naomi storms out of the castle, only to discover a unicorn in need of help. With a sense of purpose, she quickly forgets her anger.

Sponsored by Penguin Young Readers

The most recent book in the New York Times bestselling, award-winning Graceling Realm series, is now available in paperback!

For the past five years, Bitterblue has reigned as Queen of Monsea, heroically rebuilding her nation after her father’s horrific rule. After learning about the land of Torla in the east, she sends envoys to the closest nation there: Winterkeep—a place where telepathic foxes bond with humans, and people fly across the sky in wondrous airships. But when the envoys never return, having drowned under suspicious circumstances, Bitterblue sets off for Winterkeep herself, along with her spy Hava and her trusted colleague Giddon. On the way, tragedy strikes again—a tragedy with devastating political and personal ramifications.

Sponsored by Wednesday Books

When a left-open browser brings aspiring Broadway star Millie to her dad’s embarrassingly moody LiveJournal from 2003, Millie knows she has to find her mom. There’s Steph, a still-aspiring stage actress and receptionist at a talent agency. There’s Farrah, ethereal dance teacher who clearly doesn’t have the two left feet Millie has. And Beth, the chipper and sweet stage enthusiast with an equally exuberant fifteen-year-old daughter. But how can you find a new part of your life and expect it to fit into your old one, without leaving any marks? And why is it that when you go looking for the past, it somehow keeps bringing you back to what you’ve had all along?