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  • Daryl Qilin Yam Thick novels about star-crossed, ill-fated lovers Book cover of The Blind Assassin Book cover of Cloud Atlas Book cover of The Golden Compass (The Northern Lights) Book cover of 1Q84 Book cover of The Great Reclamation
  • Patrick Edwards Changing your mind about science fiction Book cover of Kafka on the Shore Book cover of Gnomon Book cover of The Business Book cover of Cloud Atlas Book cover of Dune
  • Premee Mohamed Modern cosmic horror Book cover of Hammers on Bone Book cover of The Ballad of Black Tom Book cover of Can You Sign My Tentacle?: Poems Book cover of Winter Tide Book cover of The Fisherman
  • Allie Cresswell Connected, interleaved or overlayered story fiction Book cover of The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose Book cover of Olive Kitteridge Book cover of Notwithstanding Book cover of Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall Book cover of Cloud Atlas
  • Douglas Brannon Stories I wish I could read again for the first time Book cover of Ice Trilogy Book cover of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Book cover of House of Leaves Book cover of White Teeth Book cover of Cloud Atlas
  • Rebecca Alexander Where past and present collide Book cover of The Chalk Man Book cover of The Bone Garden Book cover of The House of Special Purpose Book cover of The Thirteenth Tale Book cover of The Time Traveler's Wife
  • Amy Young Mysteries and thrillers set in a dark academic setting Book cover of The Turn of the Key Book cover of Ninth House Book cover of The Girls Are All So Nice Here Book cover of If We Were Villains Book cover of The Thirteenth Tale
  • Corin Reyburn Speculative fiction for dismantling the patriarchy Book cover of The Fifth Season Book cover of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Book cover of Geek Love Book cover of Too Much Flesh and Jabez Book cover of The Black Tides of Heaven
  • McKenna Miller With weird writing styles Book cover of Bats of the Republic: An Illuminated Novel Book cover of A Prayer for the Dying Book cover of The Amulet of Samarkand Book cover of This Is How You Lose the Time War Book cover of A Natural History of Dragons
  • Harper Ford Beautifully sad love stories Book cover of Ethan Frome Book cover of Atonement Book cover of Cold Mountain Book cover of The Blind Assassin Book cover of Wuthering Heights
  • Arthur Herbert Endings that make you go, “Whoooooaaaa” Book cover of Sharp Objects Book cover of No One Will Miss Her Book cover of The Eighth Detective Book cover of Magpie Murders Book cover of The Perfect Marriage
  • Nancy M. Bell Magic and myth in our everyday lives Book cover of The Little Country Book cover of War for the Oaks: The Screenplay Book cover of Face the Fire Book cover of Magic's Pawn Book cover of The Sun and the Serpent
  • Jennifer Sklias-Gahan Tales that conjure up haunting atmospheres with twisted narratives Book cover of The Little Match Girl Book cover of The Bloody Chamber Book cover of The Thirteenth Tale Book cover of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio Book cover of The Ocean at the End of the Lane
  • Richard Cox Thrillers that are also literary novels Book cover of House of Leaves Book cover of Sea of Tranquility Book cover of Glamorama Book cover of The Passage Book cover of Cloud Atlas
  • Amanda Hampson Cosy crime to snuggle up with on a dark and stormy night Book cover of The Woman in White Book cover of Magpie Murders Book cover of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Book cover of The Thursday Murder Club Book cover of A Murder at Malabar Hill
  • Julie Brooks Whisking you from one time period to another Book cover of The Forgotten Garden Book cover of Labyrinth Book cover of The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi Book cover of Station Eleven Book cover of Cloud Atlas
  • Phillip T. Stephens Brainy, speculative fiction to read again, and often Book cover of Love in the Ruins Book cover of Zod Wallop Book cover of Gravity's Rainbow Book cover of The Intuitionist Book cover of Lovecraft Country
  • Barbara Gayle Austin Domestic thrillers unraveling dark family secrets Book cover of The Family Upstairs Book cover of Sharp Objects Book cover of The Guest Book cover of The Death of Mrs. Westaway Book cover of The Thirteenth Tale
  • Gray Basnight Ordinary people rising to a challenge with courage Book cover of The Bourne Identity Book cover of Deliverance Book cover of The Magus Book cover of Robinson Crusoe Book cover of Treasure Island
  • Adam Oyebanji Fair play murder mysteries that are actually fair Book cover of And Then There Were None Book cover of Moonflower Murders Book cover of The Cuckoo's Calling Book cover of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Book cover of The Trespasser
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