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Autumn Plunkett Author Of The Dangerously Cute Dungeon Volume One

From Autumn's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author

Autumn's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Autumn Plunkett Why Autumn loves this book

Cooking classes are really rare, the female characters were well written, and it was cozy

By RC Joshua ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Demon World Boba Shop as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Arthur never knew the comfort of home—until he died. Now, reborn in a vibrant demon world, he's serving up more than just tea: he's crafting the life he always dreamed of, one friendship at a time.

Arthur didn’t plan on being reincarnated to a world full of demons. But after the initial misunderstandings were cleared away, he found himself exactly where he wanted to be. In a world that was nice.

It doesn’t take long before a community of friendly demons forms up around Arthur, helping him find his place in this new world. With each bubble that rises in…


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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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Noh Bdy

From Noh's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Noh loves this book

I started it just for a break from the more fantastical stories that I usually read. It swept me up with memorable characters, great plotting, clever writing, and an overall sense of fun. I don’t even like football/soccer. It’s just that good.

By Ted Steel ,

Why should I read it?

9 authors picked Player Manager as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Could a seemingly average Premier League fan oversee a football club better than a top manager? Max is starting to think so . . .

Max Best is not living his—ahem—best life. His job’s a drag, his home’s a shooting gallery, his hopes are nil, and lately, even his beloved game of football has devolved from a chaotic, ecstatic delight into a cold, calculating equation complete with stats, tech terms, and mindless lingo. But then Max rescues a mysterious old man from a mugging. “Nick” seems friendly enough . . . until he innocently asks his saviour, “Would you sell…


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By Alex Gilbert ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked A Journey of Black and Red as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Waking up chained in a dark cellar, Ariane must struggle to survive and escape the strange fortress she finds herself in. All those around her play by rules she does not understand, and there is also this strange thirst that water cannot sate...


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Trusting Her Duke by Arietta Richmond,

A Duke with rigid opinions, a Lady whose beliefs conflict with his, a long disputed parcel of land, a conniving neighbour, a desperate collaboration, a failure of trust, a love found despite it all.

Alexander Cavendish, Duke of Ravensworth, returned from war to find that his father and brother had…

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Autumn Plunkett Author Of The Dangerously Cute Dungeon Volume One

From Autumn's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author

Autumn's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Autumn Plunkett Why Autumn loves this book

Bisexual MC, office themed dungeon, unique system

By Argus ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

An IT worker explores an alternate dimension in his office in the first book of a fun and fast-paced series blending cubical life and dungeon fantasy.

Working as overnight tech support, James Lyle has long said he'd do anything to escape the boredom. But his commitment to excitement is tested when a slight coincidence one shift sends him to a different part of his office building . . . and he discovers a stairwell that contains not stairs but rather a landscape of seemingly infinite cubicles against a distant horizon.

Unwilling (and unable) to stay away, James and a few…


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