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Kirsten McKenzie Author Of The Vampires of York Tower

From Kirsten's 3 favorite reads in 2026.

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Kirsten's 3 favorite reads in 2026

Kirsten McKenzie Why Kirsten loves this book

Exceptional, despite the oodles of death. Think Maze Runner meets Ready Player One meets Hunger Games, with a dash of Highlander.
Loved the characters. Loved the morals. Loved the Running Man moments. And the aliens. ALL THE ALIENS.
I stayed up far too late trying to finish it, then stayed in bed the rest of the morning finishing it. After reading this I binged the rest of the series, and I’m waiting impatiently for book #9!

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118 authors picked Dungeon Crawler Carl as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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The apocalypse will be televised!

A man. His ex-girlfriend's cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the most entertaining way possible.

In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth—from Buckingham Palace to the tiniest of sheds—collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground.

The buildings and all the people inside have all been atomized and transformed into the dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth filled with traps, monsters, and loot. A dungeon so enormous, it circles the entire globe.

Only a few dare venture inside. But once you're…


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December on 5C4 by Adam Strassberg,

Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!

On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…

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By Plum Parrot ,

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

What is this book about?

From the author of Falling with Folded Wings comes a furious new fantasy series, in which a teenage, hard-case Earthling tries to earn some class . . .

Victor can’t wait to get the hell out of high school, go to the local community college on a sports scholarship, and start his own life. But that’s all put on hold when he enters his abuela’s house and somehow ends up stepping into a world unlike anything he’s ever known, filled with fantastical meta-humans; walking, talking devils; and other creatures one usually needs some serious pharmaceuticals to see.

Fanwath is no…


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The Blade in the Angel's Shadow by Andy Darby,

The Blade in the Angel's Shadow delivers a compelling fusion of dark magic, espionage, and philosophical tension between chaos and order.

A heretic swordswoman, cosmic entities using humans as pawns, Elizabethan occultism, time travel, and the apocalyptic ambitions of the Angels? It’s bold, unsettling, and fiercely imaginative.

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By Michael R. Miller ,

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

What is this book about?

Winter. War. Chaos.

As Elder turns against Elder and riders clash, Holt and Ash fight to protect the people of the Fae Forest as Thrall seeks to blight every creature within it. On the front lines their only real aid comes from Holt's new lunar blade, and a dangerous new ally whose claws cut both ways.

In the west, Athra and Risalia have dragged Talia into war. She can't bring peace without pain; told she can't be a rider and a queen; torn beyond duty and her dream beyond the dream. There are no good options, not without becoming the…


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