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Caraval by Stephanie Garber

Caraval

Caraval #1

Stephanie Garber

407 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

The Golden Enclaves

The Scholomance #3

Naomi Novik

411 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons by Kate Khavari

A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons

Saffron Everleigh Mysteries #1

Kate Khavari

8 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical mystery adventurous mysterious fast-paced
The Lying Game by Ruth Ware

The Lying Game

Ruth Ware

370 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

The Maidens

Alex Michaelides

337 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

556 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

The Book Eaters

Sunyi Dean

298 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

If We Were Villains

M.L. Rio

432 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction literary thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Vicious by V.E. Schwab

Vicious

Villains #1

V.E. Schwab

340 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced