Jessica

Name: Jessica (She/Her/Hers)

Favorite Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Science & Nature, Socioloy, Anthropology, Romance, Science Fiction

Favorite Authors: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Jacqueline Carey, Ellen Meloy, Brene Brown, Nalini Singh, Terry Pratchett, Kevin Hearne 

Favorite Books: A Discovery of Witches by Diana Harkness, The Anthropology of Turquoise by Ellen Meloy, Kushiels Chosen by Jacqueline Carey, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

 

 

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Isn't It Bromantic? (Bromance Book Club #4) By Lyssa Kay Adams Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780593332771
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Published: Berkley - July 20th, 2021

One of Buzzfeed's Best Romances of 2021
A Popsugar Best Book and Best Romance of July 2021
One of Bustle's Best New Books of July 2021

With his passion for romance novels, it was only a matter of time before Vlad wrote one.


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Beach Read By Emily Henry Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781984806734
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Published: Berkley - May 19th, 2020

FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION AND BOOK LOVERS!

A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.


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Garlic and the Vampire By Bree Paulsen, Bree Paulsen (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Bree Paulsen, Bree Paulsen (Illustrator)
$24.99
ISBN: 9780062995094
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Published: Quill Tree Books - September 28th, 2021

An enchanting, farm-fresh debut graphic novel starring an unusual heroine who is braver than she realizes, for middle grade readers looking for a cozy, adventuresome read in the vein of Witch Boy or Be Prepared.


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Queer Magic: Lgbt+ Spirituality and Culture from Around the World By Tomás Prower Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780738753188
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Published: Llewellyn Publications - June 8th, 2018

Queer Magic and Mysticism in History and Today


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Light Magic for Dark Times: More than 100 Spells, Rituals, and Practices for Coping in a Crisis By Lisa Marie Basile, Kristen J. Sollee (Foreword by) Cover Image
$22.99
ISBN: 9781592338535
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Published: Fair Winds Press - September 11th, 2018

When the world around you turns dark, tap into the light. If you’re having a hard time finding that light, facing trauma and division, or want to send healing vibes to a friend, the inspired, easy-to-do spells of Light Magic for Dark Times can assist.

Luna Luna magazine’s Lisa Marie Basile shares inspired spells, rituals, and practi


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Hild: A Novel (The Hild Sequence) By Nicola Griffith Cover Image
$22.00
ISBN: 9781250056092
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Published: Picador - October 28th, 2014

The award-winning author Nicola Griffith's brilliant, lush, sweeping historical novel about the rise of the most powerful woman of the Middle Ages: Hild.


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Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power By Pam Grossman Cover Image
$14.00
ISBN: 9781982145859
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Published: Gallery Books - October 6th, 2020

From the podcast host of The Witch Wave and practicing witch Pam Grossman—who Vulture has dubbed the “Terry Gross of witches”—comes an exploration of the world’s fascination with witches, why they have intrigued us for centuries and why they’re more relevant now than ever.

When you think of a witch, what do you picture?


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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot #1) By Becky Chambers Cover Image
$20.99
ISBN: 9781250236210
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Published: Tordotcom - July 13th, 2021

Winner of the Hugo Award!

In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, bestselling Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk and Robot series, gives us hope for the future.


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Lady Derring Takes a Lover: The Palace of Rogues By Julie Anne Long Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780062867469
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Published: Avon - February 26th, 2019

A mistress. A mountain of debt. A mysterious wreck of a building.


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Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Series #1) By Tamsyn Muir Cover Image
$29.99
ISBN: 9781250313195
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Published: Tordotcom - September 10th, 2019

Gideon the Ninth is the first book in the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Locked Tomb Series, and one of the Best Books of 2019 according to NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, BookPage, Shelf Awareness, BookRiot, and Bustle!

WINNER of the 2020 Locus Award and Crawford Award


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The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos) By Samantha Shannon Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9781635570304
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - February 18th, 2020

Get ready for Samantha Shannon's new novel, A Day of Fallen Night, coming in February 2023!

The New York Times bestselling "epic feminist fantasy perfect for fans of Game of Thrones" (Bustle).

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY:


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Seraphina (Seraphina Series #1) By Rachel Hartman Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9780375866227
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Published: Ember - December 23rd, 2014

Lyrical, imaginative, and wholly original, this New York Times bestseller with 8 starred reviews is not to be missed.  Rachel Hartman’s award-winning debut will have you looking at dragons as you’ve never imagined them before…
 


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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) By Becky Chambers Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780062444134
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Published: Harper Voyager - July 5th, 2016

National Bestseller!

The acclaimed modern science fiction masterpiece, Hugo Award winner for Best Series!


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A Study In Scarlet Women (The Lady Sherlock Series #1) By Sherry Thomas Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780425281406
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Published: Berkley - October 18th, 2016

USA Today bestselling author Sherry Thomas turns the story of the renowned Sherlock Holmes upside down in the first novel in this Victorian mystery series....
 


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Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country By Pam Houston Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9780393357660
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - January 7th, 2020

Winner of the 2020 Reading the West Advocacy Award
Winner of the 2020 Colorado Book Award for Creative Nonfiction

"This is a book for all of us, right now." —Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild


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The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club #1) By Theodora Goss Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781481466516
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Published: S&S/Saga Press - February 27th, 2018

Based on some of literature’s horror and science fiction classics, this “tour de force of reclaiming the narrative, executed with impressive wit and insight” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) debut is the story of a remarkable group of women who come together to solve the mystery of a series of gruesome murders—and the bigger mystery of their own origins.


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Time's Convert: A Novel (All Souls Series #4) By Deborah Harkness Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780399564536
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Published: Penguin Books - June 25th, 2019

I love the All Souls universe and experiencing Marcus and Poebe's stories had me giggling and cheerful. Another great Fall read! 


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Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) By Rebecca Roanhorse Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534413504
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Published: S&S/Saga Press - June 26th, 2018

One of the Time 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time

2019 LOCUS AWARD WINNER, BEST FIRST NOVEL

2019 HUGO AWARD FINALIST, BEST NOVEL

Nebula Award Finalist for Best Novel

One of Bustle’s Top 20 “landmark sci-fi and fantasy novels” of the decade

“Someone please cancel Supernatural alre


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Witchmark (The Kingston Cycle #1) By C. L. Polk Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250162687
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Published: Tordotcom - June 19th, 2018

WINNER of the 2019 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and a finalist for the Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and the Lammy Award!

One of the 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, according to Time Magazine


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Darius the Great Is Not Okay By Adib Khorram Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9780525552970
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Published: Penguin Books - August 20th, 2019

Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Hilarious and heartbreaking, this unforgettable debut introduces a brilliant new voice in contemporary YA.

Winner of the William C. Morris Debut Award


“Heartfelt, tender, and so utterly real. I’d live in this book forever if I could.”