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(UPDATED) Books to get you out of your reading slump
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items If your books have started giving you judgy looks from across the room, it might be time for a little literary rescue mission. This curated list of page-turners is here to yank you out of your reading slump and fling you headfirst into worlds far mor...
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If your books have started giving you judgy looks from across the room, it might be time for a little literary rescue mission. This curated list of page-turners is here to yank you out of your reading slump and fling you headfirst into worlds far mor...
the book to get you out of your reading slump
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn, Paperback
Want to get into thrillers? This is your entry point…so what are you waiting for? Dive in!
Don't Let the Forest In by CG Drews, Hardcover
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. In the dizzying heat of midsummer, seven exceptional warriors, thinkers, strategists compete to replace him. When one o...
The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy, #1)
Alma never needed much—just her quiet life, her books, and her mother. But when illness steals that simple world, she reaches out to the father she’s never met… and promptly discovers she’s the unwanted bastard of House Avera, a noble family with mor...
House of the Beast by Michelle Wong
Sciona claws her way into the High Magistry, the first woman to ever do it—only to be met with silent hatred and a “janitor” who’s clearly meant as an insult. But the janitor is no simple servant. He’s a former hunter whose people were erased by forc...
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
Bree only wanted answers about her mother’s death. Instead, she uncovered her own Arthurian power and became something impossible—a Medium, a Bloodcrafter, a Scion. Now demons are rising, the Order is fracturing, and Nick—the boy she loves—has been t...
Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2) by Tracy Deonn
Joan Goodwin is a quiet professor with a loud love for the cosmos—until a NASA ad turns her whole world upside down. Chosen from thousands, she joins a chaotic crew of pilots, scientists, and engineers training for the space shuttle. Joan realizes im...
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Touraine, stolen and raised as an imperial soldier, returns home to crush a rebellion—only to feel old loyalties waking.
Luca needs a desperate turncoat to help reclaim her throne. Between war rooms and battlefields, the two strike dangerous bargains. But some loyalties and betrayals run too deep to control.
Luca needs a desperate turncoat to help reclaim her throne. Between war rooms and battlefields, the two strike dangerous bargains. But some loyalties and betrayals run too deep to control.
The Unbroken: C.L., Clark
In a world without hunger, disease, or death, only Scythes are allowed to kill—to keep humanity in check. Citra and Rowan never wanted the job, but they’re chosen to train as apprentice Scythes, learning the art of ending life while knowing failure c...
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe):Shusterman, Neal: Books
In the Martial Empire, defiance means death. Laia keeps her head down—until her brother is arrested, and she’s forced to bargain with rebels. To save him, she must spy inside the Empire’s brutal military academy. When she gets there, she meets Elias,...
An Ember in the Ashes #1
Elspeth survives her mist-haunted kingdom with the help of the Nightmare—a powerful, ancient monster living in her mind. He protects her… but his magic is never free. A run-in with a masked highwayman drags her into a dangerous quest to cure the king...
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1) by Rachel Gillig
The kingdom is falling under a tyrant’s rule and creeping dark magic. Elspeth and Ravyn have almost all twelve Providence Cards—except the most crucial one: the Twin Alders. To find it before Solstice, they must cross the deadly, mist-choked forest. ...
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2) by Rachel Gillig
Okay seriously, what does Rachel Gillig put in her writing? She must be brewing her stories with stormlight and secrets, because Sybil Delling’s world crackles with eerie magic. As a Diviner, Sybil dreams of six unearthly Omens who show her disasters...
The Knight and the Moth
Wait—what do you mean the Confederate soldiers didn’t stay dead after the Civil War? And what do you mean they came back as zombies? In Justina Ireland’s reimagined America, the dead rose at Gettysburg, rewriting history overnight. Born just before t...
Dread Nation
Welcome to Olympus, where the throne is empty, the gods are dramatic, and the solution to everything is apparently: bloodsport. Nyssa, daughter of Death, is here to break destinies and maybe a few skulls. Caelus, heir to the crown, is ready to prove ...
Crown of Olympus
On the island of Kekon, jade isn’t just a gemstone—it’s power, prestige, and the reason people live or die. The Kaul family, legendary Green Bone warriors, have protected their turf for generations. But when a new drug lets anyone wield jade’s magic,...
Jade City (Green Bone Saga #1)|Paperback
June Hayward always wanted literary fame—she just didn’t expect to steal it. When superstar author Athena Liu dies suddenly, June grabs her unpublished manuscript and reinvents herself as “Juniper Song,” riding the stolen success straight onto bestse...
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
When her mother dies in a fire marked by a scorched butterfly, Adeline Siow follows the trail into the Red Butterflies—an underground sisterhood sworn to a fire goddess and fueled by vengeance. Suddenly, she’s heir to a legacy she never asked for, ca...
When They Burned the Butterfly: A Novel|Hardcover
In a crumbling space empire where necromancers rule the day, the Emperor is recruiting the dead—and the living—to solve an impossible mystery. Enter Gideon Nav: snarky swordswoman, expert eye-roller, and reluctant sidekick to the Ninth House’s gloomy...
Gideon the Ninth (Locked Tomb Series #1)|Paperback
Warring clans, forbidden love, and magic that bites back—welcome to the fens. Agnir has spent her whole life as a hostage among her enemies, keeping an uneasy peace just by existing. She’s tough, sharp-eyed, and way too used to navigating clan politi...
Fate's Bane|Hardcover
Time travel, lost memories, and a fresh twist on Camelot—Vera’s about to rewrite a legend. At 22, Vera’s stuck: heartbreak, diner shifts, and morning runs that lead nowhere. Then a strange man shows up and drops a wild claim—she isn’t just Vera; she’...
The Once and Future Queen: Deluxe Limited Edition|Hardcover
In a city divided into rings of privilege and poverty, one rule matters above all: falling in love outside your ring is a death sentence. Greyson Serel has spent his entire life playing the perfect heir to the presidency while hiding secrets that cou...
Daggermouth
Ryland Grace wakes up alone on a spaceship millions of miles from Earth—with no memory, two dead crewmates, and no idea why he’s there. As his memories return, so does the terrifying truth: he’s humanity’s last chance to stop an extinction-level thre...
Project Hail Mary
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. In the dizzying heat of midsummer, seven exceptional warriors, thinkers, strategists compete to replace him. When one o...
The Raven Scholar
Fiction
It’s the 1960s, the space race is heating up, and science isn’t the only force capable of reaching the Moon—magic is, too. Cynthia Rhodes is a brilliant arcane engineer, educational TV host, and amateur sleuth with a weakness for charming professor T...
The Starseekers: A Murder and Magic Novel
Kell is one of the last Antari, a rare magician able to travel between four parallel Londons—each with its own balance of magic, power, and danger. By day, he serves as an ambassador for Red London. By night, he secretly smuggles forbidden objects be...
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic Series #1)
Anabelle Gage is trapped in a dying body she can’t afford to replace. After losing her chance at Paragon Academy—and the healthy new form it could provide—Ana turns to illusion magic and theft. But when she’s caught, the headmaster offers her a bruta...
Queen of Faces: Deluxe Edition
Romance
Dr. Briana Ortiz is juggling a messy divorce, her brother’s urgent need for a kidney, and an irritating new doctor who might steal her promotion. Then Jacob Maddox sends her a letter—and suddenly, he’s funny, thoughtful, and nothing like she expected...
Yours Truly
Yasmen and Josiah thought their love would last forever—until grief and heartbreak tore their marriage apart. Now they’re rebuilding separate lives while co-parenting their children and running a business together. But the pull between them never dis...
Before I Let Go
If you've never read dark romance, this is the perfect entry. Trauma nurse Aly Cappellucci has one very specific obsession: masked men—especially the tattooed stranger she follows online. She’s spent plenty of time fantasizing about him hunting her d...
Lights Out (Into Darkness Series #1)