October 2025 list by Bonnie Bradford |
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Alchemy and a Cup of Tea
by Rebecca Thorne
Reyna and Kianthe have no trouble commanding the Realm, running a bookshop, or rescuing baby dragons...but can they save their town from the swarming influx of...tourists?!? Tomes & Tea series.
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The Art of Legend
by Wesley Chu
A humbled prince, a grumpy grandmaster, and a ragtag band of heroes find out what it takes to become truly legendary. War Arts Saga.
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Artificial Wisdom
by Thomas R. Weaver
In a climate-ravaged landscape where AI and humans vie for political power, a journalist must unravel a murderous plot that will either upend the world or save it.
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Automatic Noodle
by Annalee Newitz
You don’t have to eat food to know the way to a city’s heart is through its stomach. So when a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen, they decide to make their own way doing what they know: making food.
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The Book of Lost Hours
by Hayley Gelfuso
Enter the time space, a soaring library filled with books containing the memories of those have passed and accessed only by specially made watches once passed from father to son. This is where eleven-year-old Lisavet Levy finds herself trapped in 1938, waiting for her watchmaker father to return for her. Except he doesn't...
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The Dragon Wakes with Thunder
by K. X. Song
After winning a war and facing imprisonment for defying tradition, Hai Meilin must navigate palace politics, rising rebellions, and conflicting loyalties as rival factions across the Three Kingdoms seek her power for their own ends. Dragon Spirit Duology.
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Drumindor
by Michael J. Sullivan
When a master craftsman dwarf is fired and threatens retaliation, the rogues- for-hire enterprise is commissioned to stop him. This would have been easy except the targets of his wrath are the legendary towers of Drumindor. Riyria Chronicles series.
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The Ever King
by L J Andrews
They stole his crown. So he stole their daughter...
She’s innocent. He’s vicious.
But he will take back what he lost, no matter the price. Unless she steals his heart first.
Ever Seas series.
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Her Soul for a Crown
by Alysha Rameera
Anula Ramanayake calculated her ascent the moment she was orphaned. First, she would marry the raja. Then, she would poison him and take the throne for herself and her people. But when an unexpected happens, Anula is left with only a desperate option: her soul in exchange for the crown.
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House of the Beast
by Michelle Wong
Born out of wedlock and shunned by society, Alma found solace in solitude—so long as her mother was by her side. But when illness strikes, Alma reaches out to the father she’s never known and uncovers a dark truth: she’s a bastard of House Avera, one of the four noble families that serve the gods, and her father is a vessel of the Dread Beast, a harbinger of death.
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The Hungry Gods
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
In a ravaged world ruled by warring gods, sole survivor Amri joins forces with the fallen god Guy Vesten on a perilous quest for vengeance. Terrible Worlds: Innovations series.
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The Last Soul Among Wolves
by Melissa Caruso
Eight potential heirs, half of them Kem’s oldest friends.
Three cursed relics.
The rules: one by one, the heirs will die.
The prize for the lone survivor: A wish. And wishes are always bad business.
Echo Archives series.
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On Wings of Blood
by Briar Boleyn
Welcome to Bloodwing Academy.
Expect magic. Expect competition. Expect blood.
I didn't sign up for this. A half-fae in a school of highblood vampires? That's a recipe for suffering. They think they can control me. They think they can use me. But they have no idea what they've awakened.
Bloodwing Academy series.
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Sanctuary
by Lamar Giles
While seeking refuge from the Empire on the island of Pabu, Hunter and his found family face mounting peril as risky missions, secretive passengers, and a relentless Imperial officer threaten their fragile hope for peace.
Star Wars: Bad Batch series.
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Sub-Majer's Challenge
by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Alyiakal, a sub-majer in the Mirror Lancers of Cyador, is serving the last year of his tour as commanding officer of a remote border post. When forces outnumbering his command attack a small town, Alyiakal is given orders to drive out the invaders--whatever the cost.
Saga of Recluce series.
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Teo's Durumi
by Elaine U. Cho
Teo Anand, former ne’er-do-well second son of the Anand Tech empire and current solar fugitive, has just crash-landed on the Moon after escaping the latest attempt on his life. But if anyone can help exonerate him, it’s his best friend, bold Korean space pilot Ocean Yoon. The Alliance series.
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These Memories Do Not Belong to Us
by Yiming Ma
"When I was a boy, my mother used to tell me stories of a world before memories could be shared between strangers…" Constellation series.
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Voidwalker
by S. A. Maclean
Smuggler Fionamara, who uses forbidden magic to navigate shattered worlds, is forced into an uneasy alliance with the deadly immortal Antal after a botched heist sparks rebellion, dragging them both into a high-stakes battle for power, survival, and the fate of her homeland. Beasts of the Void series.
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