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Steve A. Wiggins Author Of Sleepy Hollow as American Myth: Irving's Story Retold, Adapted and Cemented in Popular Culture

From Steve's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Steve A. Wiggins Why Steve loves this book

I've been reading dark academia and this book fits both that and the speculative fiction category that I treasure. Bunny was spot on for a reader with my tastes.

By Mona Awad ,

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5 authors picked Bunny as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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Soon to be a major motion picture

"Jon Swift + Witches of Eastwick + Kelly 'Get In Trouble' Link + Mean Girls + Creative Writing Degree Hell! No punches pulled, no hilarities dodged, no meme unmangled! O Bunny you are sooo genius!" —Margaret Atwood, via Twitter

"A wild, audacious and ultimately unforgettable novel." —Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times

"Awad is a stone-cold genius." —Ann Bauer, The Washington Post

The Vegetarian meets Heathers in this darkly funny, seductively strange novel from the acclaimed author of 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl.

"We were just these innocent girls in the…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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Steve A. Wiggins Author Of Sleepy Hollow as American Myth: Irving's Story Retold, Adapted and Cemented in Popular Culture

From Steve's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author

Steve's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Steve A. Wiggins Why Steve loves this book

This may be the best thriller I've ever read. It was masterfully told and unforgettable. A great story for when you want to feel paranoid.

By Ivar Leon Menger , Jamie Bulloch (translator) ,

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1 author picked What Mother Won't Tell Me as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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"An intoxicating [thriller], well worth the sleep you will lose as you read 'just one more chapter'." ― Clémence Michallon, internationally bestselling author of The Quiet Tenant

Perfect for fans of Abigail Dean's Girl A and Adrian McKinty's The Chain, What Mother Won't Tell Me is a taut, Nordic thriller with a folk tale twist about a young girl raised in strict isolation, protected from the cruel people in the outside world, who soon realizes the most dangerous strangers are the ones in the bedroom across the hall... 

Once upon a time, a young woman named Juno lived in a…


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