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Same Moon Same Stars

A beautifully poignant novel about a sixteen-year-old’s experience as a military kid who must confront—and heal—tragedy in her family  Merci is an Army kid, with both parents serving active-duty military. Because her mother is often deployed longer, Merci and her dad spend more time together and develop a close relationship by kayaking, connecting over art, […]

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Nine Rooms in the House by Dave Ellis

A genre-bending reimagining of Dante’s Divine Comedy, confronting modern audiences with modern sins  Nine Rooms in the House is a quietly unsettling work of literary fiction that resists easy classification. Part short story collection and part novel, Dave Ellis offers a narrative that explores what it means to live a meaningful life when meaning itself […]

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We Who Have No Gods by Liza Anderson

Between power and powerlessness lies a knife’s edge—and Vic Wood walks it with bloody determination In the shadowed halls where magic breathes and death whispers, Liza Anderson constructs a world that feels simultaneously ancient and achingly immediate. We Who Have No Gods by Liza Anderson marks the opening of The Acheron Order series with the […]

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Review: A Symbol of Time by John Westley Turnbull

Synopsis: Survival requires sacrifice. But what if the price is an entire world? Their home is cold and dying, choked by the toxins of their own progress. Now, an advanced alien species looks toward the Third Planet—Earth—with hope and fear. They see a fertile paradise, but one that is hostile, hot, and dominated by massive, […]

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The Blueberry Society by Zeebo

A whirlwind of humor, chaos, and nostalgia, spun into a collection as sweet and surprising as freshly picked blueberries Zeebo’s The Blueberry Society is a kaleidoscopic collection of memoir-esque vignettes masquerading as short stories, each one circling back to the ways that love—and the mess it leaves in its wake—weaves through a life.  Told in […]

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The Book of Heartbreak by Ova Ceren

Haunting and hopeful, this spellbinding Istanbul-set mystery unravels a teenager’s hidden heritage to free her from the curse of death-by-heartbreak.  The Book of Heartbreak is a love letter to human connection and a warning against keeping family secrets that fester and poison generations to come, Equal parts intriguing and illuminating, author Ova Ceren’s magical mystery […]

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The Coming Disruption

A provocative examination of AI, leadership, and what it means to remain relevant in a rapidly changing world Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here to transform modern life as we know it in every way. If you’re not already conscious of this, by the end of The Coming Disruption, you’ll be certain of it.  AI is […]

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The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams

In contemporary literary fiction, few debuts arrive with the profound weight of ancestral memory quite like The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams. This sweeping multigenerational epic traces the lives of seven generations of Black women from the horrors of enslavement to the complexities of modern identity, weaving together themes of generational trauma, […]

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5 New Non Fiction Books Feb 2026

Coming out in February, we have a touching and funny memoir from Mark Haddon and Julia Cooke’s fascinating account of three women reporters. Enjoy 5 New Non Fiction Books Feb 2026! This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. 5 New Non Fiction Books Feb 2026 […]

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Blah, Blah, Rapture… by Thomas Steele

When a girl goes missing, which matters more: the truth or the story? “I’ll never forget that impossible image. It’s burned into my retinas, with her dress and hair kind of fanned out in a mystical breeze as she did it. She was majestic. Otherworldly.” In Blah, Blah, Rapture…, Thomas Steele transforms a missing-person narrative […]