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• The Incandescent

  a School Story

  Tesh, Emily,

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  Doctor Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood School and one of the most powerful magicians in England, but soon she must work to protect her students from a grave threat.

• Blood Over Bright Haven

  a Novel

  Wang, M. L. (Maya Lin),

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  After achieving her dream of becoming the first female high mage, Sciona faces hostility from her colleagues and an unexpected alliance with her janitor, a former nomadic hunter, as they uncover a secret that could revolutionize magic.

• Gothikana

  RuNyx (Novelist),

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  After receiving an admission letter from a mysterious university in an old secluded castle on top of a mountain, Corvina Clemm gets tangled up in a chilling, century-old mystery as well as with a part-time professor.

• The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

  Samatar, Sofia,

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  The boy was raised as one of the Chained, condemned to toil in the bowels of a mining ship out among the stars. His whole world changes when he is informed he has been given an opportunity to be educated at the ship’s university. The boy forms a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When We Were Silent

  McPhillips, Fiona,

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  An outsider threatens to expose the secrets at an elite private school. Also available as a physical book and ebook.

• Scorched Grace

  a Sister Holiday Mystery

  Douaihy, Margot,

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  A chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, Sister Holiday, when Saint Sebastian's School becomes the target of a shocking arson spree, launches her own investigation, which turns her against colleagues, students and fellow Sisters as she pieces…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Centre

  Manazir Siddiqi, Ayesha,

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  A London-based Pakistani translator furthers her stalled career by attending a mysterious language school that boasts near-instant fluency -- but at a secret, sinister cost. Also available as an ebook.

• The Things We Do to Our Friends

  Darwent, Heather,

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  Studying at the University of Edinburgh, Clare, yearning to reinvent herself, becomes friends with Tabitha, an intimidatingly rich girl, and her exclusive circle, but when Tabitha needs her help on a special little project, Clare starts to realize…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Will of the Many

  Islington, James, 1981-

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  At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secrets in this new fantasy series by internationally bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington.

• I Have Some Questions for You

  Makkai, Rebecca,

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  In the riveting new novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers, a woman must reckon with her past when new details surface about a tragedy at her elite New England boarding school. Also available…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Saint Death's Daughter

  Cooney, C. S. E. (Claire S. E.),

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  Lanie Stones, the daughter of the Royal Assassin and Chief Executioner of Liriat, has never led a normal life. Born with a gift for necromancy and a literal allergy to violence, she was raised in isolation in the family’s crumbling mansion by her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Babel

  or the Necessity of Violence : An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

  Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.),

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  A Chinese boy orphaned by cholera and raised in Britain is trained to work at Oxford's prestigious Royal Institute of Translation, the world's center for translation and magic through silver working where he must choose between competing loyalties.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ordinary Monsters

  a Talents Novel

  Miro, J. M.,

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  What follows is a story of wonder and betrayal, from the gaslit streets of London, and the wooden theaters of Meiji-era Tokyo, to an eerie estate outside Edinburgh where children with gifts--like Komako, a witch-child and twister of dust, and Ribs,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Maidens

  a Novel

  Michaelides, Alex, 1977-

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  When a member of a secret society known as The Maidens is murdered, a brilliant, but troubled, group therapist finds her obsession with proving the guilt of an untouchable Cambridge University professor spiraling out of control, threatening to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Atlas Six

  Blake, Olivie,

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  Chosen to compete for five spots within The Alexandrian Society, the protectors and benefactors of the world's greatest source of knowledge, six powerful, young magicians must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice to win one of the coveted…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Deadly Education

  A Novel

  Novik, Naomi

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  An unwilling dark sorceress destined to rewrite the rules of magic clashes with a popular combat sorcerer while resolving to spare the lives of innocents. Also available as a physical book and ebook.

• Ninth House

  An Alex Stern Novel

  Bardugo, Leigh,

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  Surviving a horrific multiple homicide, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks is unexpectedly offered a full scholarship to Yale, where her mysterious benefactors task her with monitoring the university’s secret societies. Also available as an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gideon the Ninth

  a Locked Tomb Novel

  Muir, Tamsyn,

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  Raised in a hostile undead world, a lesbian swordswoman becomes a bodyguard to a necromancer to secure her freedom in a solar system of dark magic and cutthroat politics. Also available as an ebook and downloadable audiobook.

• The Goldfinch

  Tartt, Donna

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  Taken in by a wealthy family friend after surviving an accident that killed his mother, thirteen-year-old Theo Decker tries to adjust to life on Park Avenue. Also available as a physical book, audiobook on CD, and downloadable audiobook.