Recommended Reads - Week of April 21, 2026

Morbid Curiosities
Young Adult Thriller

An ambitious teen enrolls at an elite science institute in Morbid Curiosities, a young adult thriller from author S. Hati. When the Institute’s invitation arrived at my doorstep, it felt like it had been inked in my blood, sweat, and tears. Aarya’s life plan has been set for as long as she can remember: finish high school with a bang, attend the...

Thistlemarsh
Adult Cozy Fantasy

"The perfect escape for A Court of Thorns and Roses and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue fans... Thistlemarsh is perfect for all genre lovers." — Parade
Faeries disappeared over one hundred years ago, as suddenly as slipping through a doorway. It was only the very foolish, or the very determined, who held out hope for their return. Welcome to...

The Photonic Effect
Space Opera

“What space opera is meant to be. A brilliantly complex novel about love, loss, and war.” —K.B. Wagers
A starship captain and her crew face conspiracies and betrayals as they clash with various factions of a galactic civil war in a thrilling space adventure by New York Times bestselling author Mike Chen. The starship Horizon’s crew spent ten...

Second Time's a Charm
Cozy Fantasy Romance, Texas Author

Returning home after years away, Reece is going to have to avoid her assassin ex-boyfriend as she learns to care for the magical creatures now under her protection. Three years ago, Reece McCarthen solved her problems the best way she could think of: running as far as possible. Abandoned by her childhood sweetheart, she left her gossiping small...

Gods & Comics
Young Adult K-Drama Romantasy

New York Times bestseller Kat Cho returns with a fresh contemporary, fantasy romance about a teen whose life is upended when the gods in her anonymous viral web comic inspired by a forgotten Korean myth come to life and the hero falls in love with her.Seventeen-year-old junior class vice president Grace Bak has her entire future all mapped out...

Odessa
Horror

In a powerfully imagined Russia at the height of the pogroms, a grief-stricken family turn to ancient magic to bring their daughter back from the grave.  “A triumph ... Count me in for whatever Sher writes next.” ― Nat Cassidy, author of Mary and When the Wolf Comes Home Yetta is a bright, quick teenage girl with a wild, searching...

The Language of Liars
Space Opera

Speak another person's language. Know them. Become them. And discover you've destroyed them.In his training as a spy, Ro was warned: you will always be living a lie. Jumping into a Star Eater's mind in the first place requires a moment of perfect psychic connection, and he has studied all his life to comprehend their species. He admires...

The Witch and the Huntress
Sapphic Romantic Fantasy / Mythology

Two of Greek mythology’s most complex and powerful women—Medea and Atalanta—join forces on Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece in this suspenseful, sapphic reimagining from the acclaimed author of Psyche and Eros. Medea possesses both witchcraft and cunning, yet she endures a lonely and constrained life under the rule of her wicked father,...

Rabbit Test and Other Stories
Sci-Fi Anthology / Short Stories

“Brilliant.” ― Publishers Weekly
A subversive debut short-fiction collection from one of the hottest talents in speculative fiction: 2025 Compton Crook Award winner and Pushcart Prize nominee Samantha Mills (The Wings Upon Her Back). These riveting stories range effortlessly from fantasy and science fiction to literary fiction,...

Last Night in Brooklyn
Coming of Age Fiction

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY TIME, OPRAH DAILY, USA TODAY, PEOPLE, ELECTRIC LIT, HARPER'S BAZAAR, LITHUB, BOOK RIOT, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, TOWN & COUNTRY, SHE READS, LIBRARY JOURNAL, AND MORE! New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a captivating story about a young woman whose life becomes ensnared in her...

Hide the Witches
Fantasy Romance

"Hide the Witches is a stunning new romantasy series set in a world of magic and cool creatures. Miranda Lyn explores themes of power dynamics and loyalty, as well as a passion between witch and witch hunter that burns right off the page." —Demi Winters, New York Times Bestselling Author, Road of Bones
Some bonds are forged in blood. Others burn...

Subtraction
Indie Sci Fi

Can society survive in a world where humans live for generations? Professor Herbert Blane's Life-Extension Therapy (LET) has changed the world, allowing humans to live for centuries. The first recipients of LET-the so-called early generations-amassed wealth and power with no intention of ever stepping aside...

Permanence
Indie Spec Fiction

Like 'Severance' for relationships, Permanence traps two secret lovers in a sealed-off city built for adulterers, where the affair can run forever . . .