Episode 58: Happy Halloween!

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Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World By Benjamin Alire Sáenz Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781534496194
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - October 12th, 2021

A #1 New York Times bestseller
Four starred reviews!
“Messily human and sincerely insightful.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

The highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed, multiple award-winning novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is an “emotional roller coaster” (


Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe By Benjamin Alire Sáenz Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9781442408937
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - April 1st, 2014

A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)

This Printz Honor Book is a “tender, honest exploration of identity” (Publishers Weekly) that distills lyrical truths about family and friendship.

Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world.


Growing Things and Other Stories By Paul Tremblay Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062906687
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - July 7th, 2020

A New York Times Notable Book

Winner of the Bram Stoker Award

"One of the best collections of the 21st century." — Stephen King


My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel By Oyinkan Braithwaite Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780525564201
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Published: Anchor - July 30th, 2019

WINNER OF THE LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR MYSTERY/THRILLER • “A taut and darkly funny contemporary noir that moves at lightning speed, it’s the wittiest and most fun murder party you’ve ever been invited to.” —MARIE CLAIRE


Sistersong By Lucy Holland Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316320771
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Published: Redhook - October 5th, 2021

In an ancient land steeped in wild magic, three royal siblings fight to keep their kingdom safe from the warriors who threaten its borders—and their bond—in this lyrical debut of spells and song, sisterhood and betrayal.

"ABSOLUTELY STUNNING." —Hannah Whitten, author of For the Wolf

In the kingdom o


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Spear By Nicola Griffith Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250819321
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Published: Tordotcom - April 19th, 2022

"A pleasure to follow [and] a lovely flexing of Griffith’s strengths in short form." The New York Times Book Review

“Spectacular—I've been waiting years for this book to exist.” —Maria Dahvana Headley, author of Beowulf: A New Translation


Hild: A Novel By Nicola Griffith Cover Image
$21.00
ISBN: 9781250056092
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Published: Picador - October 28th, 2014

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


Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices By Swapna Krishna (Editor), Jenn Northington (Editor) Cover Image
By Swapna Krishna (Editor), Jenn Northington (Editor)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593081891
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Published: Vintage - July 13th, 2021

From the vast lore surrounding King Arthur, Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table, comes an anthology of gender-bent, race-bent, LGBTQIA+ inclusive retellings.


Last Night at the Telegraph Club By Malinda Lo Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780525555254
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Published: Dutton Books for Young Readers - January 19th, 2021

Winner of the National Book Award
A New York Times Bestseller

"The queer romance we’ve been waiting for.”—Ms. Magazine


Ash By Malinda Lo Cover Image
$10.99
ISBN: 9780316531313
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - May 14th, 2019

The haunting, romantic lesbian retelling of Cinderella and modern queer classic by award-winning author Malinda Lo--now with an introduction by Holly Black, a letter from the author, a Q&A, and more!

In the wake of her father's death, Ash is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother.


Huntress By Malinda Lo Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9780316039994
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - June 12th, 2012

Nature is out of balance in the human kingdom. The sun hasn't shone in years, and crops are failing. Worse yet, strange and hostile creatures have begun to appear. And the people's survival hangs in the balance.


Every Vow You Break: A Novel By Peter Swanson Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062980038
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Published: William Morrow - March 23rd, 2021

“Hitchcockian chills and thrills abound in Swanson's latest mystery, a twisty tale of survival and deception. " – O, the Oprah Magazine


Razorblade Tears: A Novel By S. A. Cosby Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250252708
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Published: Flatiron Books - July 6th, 2021

*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* One of Barack Obama's Recommended Reads for Summer New York Times Notable Book • NPR’s Best Books of 2021 • Washington Post’s Best Thriller and Mystery Books of the Year • TIME Magazine’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2021 • New York Public Library’s Best Books of the Year • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee • Book


Blacktop Wasteland: A Novel By S. A. Cosby Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250252692
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Published: Flatiron Books - June 1st, 2021

A New York Times Notable Books of 2020

Like Ocean’s Eleven meets Drive, with a Southern noir twist, S. A. Cosby’s Blacktop Wasteland is a searing, operatic story of a man pushed to his limits by poverty, race, and his own former life of crime.


The Book of Accidents: A Novel By Chuck Wendig Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9780399182136
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Published: Del Rey - July 20th, 2021

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A family returns to their hometown—and to the dark past that haunts them still—in this masterpiece of literary horror by the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers


Wanderers: A Novel By Chuck Wendig Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780399182129
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Published: Del Rey - May 19th, 2020

A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the world’s last hope. From the mind of Chuck Wendig comes “a magnum opus . . . a story about survival that’s not just about you and me, but all of us, together” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).


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Alice Isn't Dead: A Novel By Joseph Fink Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062844149
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Published: Harper Perennial - August 31st, 2021

A New York Times Bestseller

From the bestselling co-author of It Devours! and Welcome to Night Vale comes a fast-paced thriller about a truck driver searching across America for the wife she had long assumed to be dead.


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Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre By Max Brooks Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781984826800
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Published: Del Rey - February 9th, 2021

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The #1 New York Times bestselling author of World War Z is back with “the Bigfoot thriller you didn’t know you needed in your life, and one of the greatest horror novels I’ve ever read” (Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter and Recursion).
 


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Robopocalypse: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) By Daniel H. Wilson Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780307740809
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Published: Vintage - April 17th, 2012

In this terrifying tale of humanity’s desperate stand against a robot uprising, Daniel H. Wilson has written the most entertaining sci-fi thriller in years.
 


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Nothing But Blackened Teeth By Cassandra Khaw Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250759412
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Published: Tor Nightfire - October 19th, 2021

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!
A Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, and World Fantasy Award Finalist!
A British Fantasy Award Nominee!
An Indie Next and
October LibraryReads Pick!
2022 RUSA Reading List: Horror Winner!
A Most Anticipated Read on Goodreads, Tor.com, Crime Reads, BookRiot, The Nerd Daily, and more.


Pearl By Josh Malerman Cover Image
$27.00
Likely available, but must be ordered by email/phone
ISBN: 9780593237830
Published: Del Rey - October 12th, 2021

From Josh Malerman, the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie, comes the legend of Pearl, a strange new monster unlike any other in horror (previously published as On This, the Day of the Pig).


The Woods Are Always Watching By Stephanie Perkins Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780525426028
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Published: Dutton Books for Young Readers - August 31st, 2021

New from bestselling author Stephanie Perkins, and the perfect companion to her New York Times bestseller There's Someone Inside Your House, available now on Netflix!


Wilder Girls By Rory Power Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9780525645610
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Published: Ember - June 2nd, 2020

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

"The perfect kind of story for our current era."Hypable

Featured in Vulture’s "11 Books to Read If You Already Miss Yellowjackets"!


Sawkill Girls By Claire Legrand Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062696601
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Published: Katherine Tegen Books - October 2nd, 2018

“Reader, hang on for dear life. Sawkill Girls is a wild, gorgeous, and rich coming-of-age story about complicity, female camaraderie, and power.” —Sarah Gailey, author of River of Teeth


Squad By Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Lisa Sterle (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Lisa Sterle (Illustrator)
$14.99
ISBN: 9780062943149
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Published: Greenwillow Books - October 5th, 2021

An IndieBound Bestseller

Squad is a fast-paced and feminist horror story for every girl who’s ever felt like prey, and asks how far a girl should go to hunt the hunters.”—Laura Ruby, author of National Book Award Finalist Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All


The Dead Zone By Stephen King Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781501144509
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Published: Gallery Books - April 12th, 2016

Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine

A #1 New York Times bestseller about a man who wakes up from a five-year coma able to see people’s futures and the terrible fate awaiting mankind—a “compulsive page-turner” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).

Johnny Smith awakens from a five-year coma after his car accident and discov


Thinner By Stephen King Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781501144523
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Published: Gallery Books - March 8th, 2016

The “extraordinary” (Booklist) novel of a cursed man’s quest to find the source of his nightmare and to reverse it before he becomes…nothing at all.


Bag of Bones: A Novel By Stephen King Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781501198892
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Published: Scribner - September 4th, 2018

A powerful tale of grief, love’s enduring bonds, and secrets of the past from #1 New York Times bestselling author and master storyteller Stephen King.

Four years after the sudden death of his wife, bestselling novelist Mike Noonan is still grieving.


Christine By Stephen King Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781501144189
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Published: Gallery Books - February 23rd, 2016

Stephen King’s ultimate evil vehicle of terror, Christine: the frightening story of a nerdy teenager who falls in love with his vintage Plymouth Fury. It’s love at first sight, but this car is no lady.

Evil is alive in Libertyville.


From a Buick 8: A Novel By Stephen King Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781501192197
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Published: Gallery Books - November 14th, 2017

The #1 New York Times bestseller from Stephen King—a novel about the fascination deadly things have for us and about our insistence on answers when there are none…

Since 1979, the state police of Troop D in rural Pennsylvania have kept a secret in the shed out behind the barracks.


Cell: A Novel By Stephen King Cover Image
$9.99
Likely available, but must be ordered by email/phone
ISBN: 9781501122248
Published: Pocket Books - June 21st, 2016

The next call you take could be your last in this terrifying #1 New York Times bestseller by Stephen King—now a major motion picture starring Samuel L. Jackson and John Cusack.

“If any of them looks over here, sees us, and decides to come after us, we’re done.


Lisey's Story: A Novel By Stephen King Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781501138256
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Published: Scribner - June 28th, 2016

*Now an Apple TV+ limited series starring Julianne Moore and Clive Owen*

The “haunting…tender, intimate book that makes an epic interior journey” (The New York Times), Lisey’s Story is a literary masterpiece—an extraordinarily moving and haunting portrait of a marriage and its aftermath.

Lisey lost her husband Scott two year


Revival: A Novel By Stephen King Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781476770390
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Published: Gallery Books - May 5th, 2015

A dark and electrifying novel about addiction, fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side of life.

In a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church.


NOS4A2: A Novel By Joe Hill Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780062200587
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - October 15th, 2013

Now an AMC original series. 

NOS4A2 is a spine-tingling novel of supernatural suspense from master of horror Joe Hill, the New York Times bestselling author of Heart-Shaped Box and Horns.


Horns: A Novel By Joe Hill Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780061147968
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - March 8th, 2011

Joe Hill's critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning debut chiller, Heart-Shaped Box, heralded the arrival of new royalty onto the dark fantasy scene. With Horns, he polishes his well-deserved crown.


Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft By Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (Illustrator), Robert Crais (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (Illustrator), Robert Crais (Introduction by)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781600103841
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Published: IDW Publishing - August 18th, 2009

Now a Netflix original series! Named a "modern masterpiece" by The A.V. ClubLocke & Key tells a sprawling tale of magic and family, legacy and grief, good and evil.


House of Leaves: The Remastered Full-Color Edition By Mark Z. Danielewski Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780375703768
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Published: Pantheon - March 7th, 2000

“A novelistic mosaic that simultaneously reads like a thriller and like a strange, dreamlike excursion into the subconscious.” —The New York Times