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Emily Prout

From Emily's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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female rage

By Monika Kim ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked The Eyes Are the Best Part as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Crying in H-Mart meets My Sister, the Serial Killer in this feminist psychological horror about the making of a female serial killer from a Korean-American perspective.

Ji-won's life tumbles into disarray in the wake of her Appa's extramarital affair and subsequent departure. Her mother, distraught. Her younger sister, hurt and confused. Her college freshman grades, failing. Her dreams, horrifying... yet enticing.

In them, Ji-won walks through bloody rooms full of eyes. Succulent blue eyes. Salivatingly blue eyes. Eyes the same shape and shade as George's, who is Umma's obnoxious new boyfriend. George has already overstayed his welcome in her family's…


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Book cover of These Blue Mountains

These Blue Mountains by Sarah Loudin Thomas,

A moving story of love, betrayal, and the enduring power of hope in the face of darkness.

German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when her fiancé, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in 1932, Hedda…

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By Kylie Lee Baker ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Bat Eater as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

PRE-ORDER KYLIE LEE BAKER'S NEXT ADDICTIVE HORROR JAPANESE GOTHIC
🦇 'Haunted, absurd, terrifying, ridiculous, and full of hungry ghosts. This book shook me in all the best ways' GRADY HENDRIX 🦇
🦇 'Essential reading from a new voice in horror' BOOKLIST 🦇
🦇 'Gory' PAUL TREMBLAY 🦇
🦇 'Bat Eater will swoop in like a bat out of hell, swallow you whole and leave no crumbs' ALICE SLATER 🦇
🦇 'Easily one of the most exciting and unique books I've read in years' ERIC LAROCCA 🦇

Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner. But the bloody messes don't bother her,…


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