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Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Magic has been banished from Orisha and the clan members who practiced it have been killed on the orders of a power hungry king. Zellie's...
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Sep 26, 20211 min read
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Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Sophie and her sisters and ready to be sent out into the world on their own after their father dies and leaves their family hat shop to...
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Sep 26, 20211 min read
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Onibi: Diary of a Yokai Ghost Hunter by Atelier Sentō
A charming graphic novel of two young foreigners exploring Japan through the lens of a special camera able to capture images of spirits...
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Sep 26, 20211 min read
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The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel
American cartoonist Bechdel (she of the Bechdel film test fame – does a film have two female characters, do they have names, do they...
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Sep 26, 20211 min read
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Never Too Small
Arising from a popular YouTube channel of the same name about small space living, this glorious exploration of deliberately designed...
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High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Record store owner Rob has a list for everything, including his break-ups. After Laura leaves him, he decides to revisit his...
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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
An absolutely astounding work, this autobiographical graphic novel traces Satrapi's childhood rebelling against her life in Iran in the...
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Songbirds by Christy Lefteri
Nisha, an immigrant maid in Cyprus, goes missing walking late one night and her absence tears into the lives of those who love her....
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The Beatles: Get Back
Publishing to coincide with Peter Jackson’s documentary, this stunning full colour hardback is an intimate portrait of The Beatles as...
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On Beauty by Zadie Smith
Smith is a rare treasure of a writer, with humour and insight particularly into the modern experience of womanhood and family. On Beauty...
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Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
This novel drew me in from the very start, and I had consumed half of it before I even looked up again. Jumping between the probable...
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Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
With the backdrop of the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln’s young son Willie lays dying. After his passing, he is sent to rest in a...
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Mrs March by Virginia Feito
Mrs. March spends her time as an Upper East Side wife living anxiously under the weight of expectations placed on her by society and...
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Murakami is a wonderful write - both incredibly specific and universal at once. Magical realism at its best, the story of Toru's life a...
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Sep 26, 20211 min read
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Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie
After a storm hits New York City, strange things begin to happen to some residents. They are, it turns out, decedents of the union of an...
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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
One of the most beautiful, heartbreaking, life-affirming novel I have had the pleasure to read. Following four young men from college...
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Sep 26, 20211 min read
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Told as a series of letters to the reader, this beautiful book follows high school freshman Charlie through his first year in American...
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Sep 26, 20211 min read
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Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
A gorgeous book about how our family history makes us who we are. A young Jewish writer visit his grandparent's pre-war hometown in...
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In Moonland by Miles Allinson
When Joe is 17, his father kills himself. Years later, when his own daughter is born, he decides to track down his father’s old friends...
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Sep 26, 20211 min read
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People From My Neighbourhood by Hiromi Kawakami
I adored this pocket-sized collection of intermingling super short stories, all set in a small Japanese neighbourhood. Charming, odd, and...
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