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A Novel
by Leigh BardugoIf you liked The Familiar, try these:
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
by Victoria E. Schwab
Published Jun 2025
Read ReviewsFrom V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by Victoria E. Schwab
Published Apr 2023
Read ReviewsWinner of the 2020 BookBrowse Fiction Award
In the vein of The Time Traveler's Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab's genre-defying tour de force.
by Jake Wolff
Published Sep 2020
Read ReviewsA chemistry student falls for his teacher and uncovers a centuries-old quest for the Elixir of Life.
by Matt Haig
Published Jun 2019
Read ReviewsA love story across the ages - and for the ages - about a man lost in time, the woman who could save him, and the lifetimes it can take to learn how to live.
by Martin Seay
Published Apr 2017
Read ReviewsSet in three cities in three eras, The Mirror Thief calls to mind David Mitchell and Umberto Eco in its mix of entertainment and literary bravado.
by Susann Cokal
Published May 2002
Read ReviewsA remarkable and confident debut---an endlessly surprising tale about appetite and miracle, all four humors in abundance, and human ecstasy of every sort.
At times, our own light goes out, and is rekindled by a spark from another person.
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