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Book Recommendations for General Fiction + Speculative, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Alt. History

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  • Snowglobe
    Snowglobe: Snowglobe, Book 1
    Soyoung Park, Joungmin Lee Comfort
    Paperback: 04/01/2025
     
    In a world of constant winter, only the citizens of the climate-controlled city of Snowglobe can escape the ...
  • I Cheerfully Refuse
    Leif Enger
    Paperback: 04/01/2025
     
    A career defining tour-de-force from New York Times bestselling, award-winning and "formidably gifted" (...
  • When the Moon Hits Your Eye
    John Scalzi
    Hardcover: 03/25/2025
     
    New York Times bestseller John Scalzi flies you to the moon with his most fantastic tale to date: When the ...
  • Tilt
    Tilt: A Novel
    Emma Pattee
    Hardcover: 03/25/2025
     
    Set over the course of one day, a heart-racing debut about a woman facing the unimaginable, determined to find...
  • The Last Bloodcarver
    The Last Bloodcarver: (The Last Bloodcarver Duology, Book 1)
    Vanessa Le
    Paperback: 03/18/2025
     
    "A gritty world filled with a beautifully crafted cast and an intricate magic system. A smart, lush, and ...
  • The Last Murder at the End of the World
    Stuart Turton
    Paperback: 03/11/2025
     
    From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Water comes an...
  • The Dream Hotel
    Laila Lalami
    Hardcover: 03/04/2025
     
    READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY ● From Laila Lalami—the Pulitzer Prize and ...
  • The Otherwhere Post
    Emily J. Taylor
    Hardcover: 02/25/2025
     
    The New York Times bestselling author of Hotel Magnifique returns with another glittering dark fantasy about a...
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