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  • Cover of The Ancestor
    The AncestorSeries

    series · 4 books · 2017

    Epic fantasy, about coming of age.

    “The three novels tell the story of Nona Grey, a peasant girl with mystical abilities.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Red Sister →

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  • Cover of Tender Morsels
    Tender MorselsNovel

    Margo Lanagan · standalone novel · 2008

    Fairy tale retelling, about grief and loss and family secrets.

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  • Cover of Grishaverse
    GrishaverseUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 2012

    “Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Six of Crows →

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    includes The Nikolai Duology, The Grisha, Six of Crows

  • Cover of The Scholomance
    The ScholomanceSeries

    series · 3 books · 2020

    Tense in tone, about survival and wizards.

    Start with A Deadly Education →

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  • Cover of Nevernight
    NevernightSeries

    series · 3 books · 2016

    About revenge and assassins.

    “Set in the Republic of Itreya, it follows fledgling assassin Mia Corvere seeking revenge for her family.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Nevernight →

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  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    Epic fantasy.

    “Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Gardens of the Moon →

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    includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Witness Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy