Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Published on May 2, 2023 | Fantasy, Romance, Action
This novel follows Violet Sorrengail as she enters the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders. Violet was originally meant to live a quiet life among books and history, but the commanding general, her mother, orders her to join the Riders Quadrant with hundreds of other cutthroat cadets. Violet makes a few friends and even more enemies, like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless in the Riders Quadrant. As she learns to navigate her new life, Violet begins to suspect the leadership is hiding a terrible secret.
The book takes readers on a fantastical journey through a magical world with romance and action. This is Rebecca Yarros’ first fantasy novel for her highly anticipated The Empyrean series. The second book of the series, Iron Flame, was released on Nov. 7, 2023.
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Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Published on May, 25, 2023 | Fiction, Contemporary, Thriller
Athena Liu is a literary star and June Hayward is a literary nobody. When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals one of her unpublished works and publishes it as her own. Evidence begins to threaten June’s success and she discovers how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
This novel tackles diversity, racism and cultural appropriation with a timely story filled with lies, dark humor and deadly consequences.
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Spare by Prince Harry
(J.R. Moehringer, ghostwriter)
Published on Jan. 10, 2023 | Non-fiction, Memoir, Autobiography
Prince Harry’s long-awaited biography tells the prince’s story of his life after his mother, Princess Diana, passed away. Before Princess Diana’s passing, Harry was seen as the carefree and happy Spare to the more serious Heir.
After grief changed his life, Harry struggled with anger, sadness and loneliness. The book follows his life through his time in the British Army, meeting his wife Meghan and their life behind the scenes that led them to flee the country and leave the Royal Family.
This story gives readers a raw, honest inside scoop of Harry’s experiences with the Royals.
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Holly by Stephen King
Published on Sept. 5, 2023 | Horror, Fiction, Mystery
In Stephen King’s latest novel, one of his most compelling and resourceful characters, Holly Gibney, returns to solve the truth behind multiple disappearances in a mid-western town.
When Penny Dahl calls the detective agency to help locate her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case as her partner is sick and her mother recently passed away. But something in Penny’s voice draws Holly in.
Blocks from where the girl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. Holly learns they are harboring an unholy secret that could be related to the girl’s disappearance. Now Holly must use all of her talents to outthink and outmaneuver the professors.
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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
Published on April 18, 2023 | Non-fiction, History, Adventure
In 1742, a patched-together vessel washed up on the coast of Brazil with 30 emaciated men. The men claimed they were survivors of His Majesty’s Ship, the Wager, a ship that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission. The shipwreck landed the men on a desolate island, where they were stranded for months before building the vessel to get home.
Six months later, another vessel landed on the coast of Chile, containing three men who told a different story from the shipwreck. They said the sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes; they were mutineers.
The page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery culminates in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth.
