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                                    Fantasy and Science Fiction October 2025  
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	What we can know : a novel
	
 by Ian McEwan
In a future drowned by climate disaster, solitary scholar Thomas Metcalfe uncovers a trail to a lost 2014 poem that once stirred scandal, unraveling a century-old mystery of love, betrayal and artistic legacy in a world longing for what it has lost.
 
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	The eye of the Bedlam Bride
	
 by Matt Dinniman
Follow Carl and Princess Donut into insanity on the next level in the wildly entertaining USA Today bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman--now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition! A pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk show host, an heiress, and the man they shattered along the way. A rapidly deteriorating AI system. An inconvenient tiara upon the head of a friend. It is bedlam on the eighth floor. 
 
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  | 		The Library at Hellebore	 by Cassandra KhawAlessa Li has been forcibly enrolled at Hellebore Technical Institute, an elite academy for the dangerously powerful world-enders within its hallowed walls. On graduation day, Alessa is trapped in the library along with other students being forced to take part in the institute's grisly ritual: being devoured by the monstrous faculty. A harrowing and lore-rich tread into the darkest depth of dark academia fantasy, Khaw's latest is "a visceral symphony of body horror" (Booklist).   |  
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	Thief of Night
	
 by Holly Black
There'd always been something wrong with Charlie Hall, crooked from the day she was born, never met a bad decision she wasn't willing to double down on, but will she be good enough to steal back a heart?
 
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	Among the Burning Flowers
	
 by Samantha Shannon
A standalone legend to the New York Times bestselling fantasy series bridges the events of A Day of Fallen Night and The Priory of the Orange Tree.
 
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	Dirty Lying Sirens
	
 by Sabrina Blackburry
When Maddie meets Caspian after losing her job and running out of options, she doesn't expect such an instant connection. Caspian is from Atlantis, a remote Greek island that is the stuff of legends. When he asks her to come home with them, he has a very specific reason in mind. Maddie is a Siren, and she's lost her gift over the years. 
 
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	The irresistible urge to fall for your enemy
	
 by Brigitte Knightley
When a deadly assassin seeks the help of a healer from a rival order, their uneasy alliance to cure his illness and combat a resurging plague forces them into dangerous territory—where unraveling a medical mystery tests their loyalties and fuels a forbidden attraction.
 
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	What Fury Brings
	
 by Tricia Levenseller
A romantic fantasy features a warrior general who must kidnap and train a husband to take her rightful place as queen.
 
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	Arcana Academy
	
 by Elise Kova
To escape prison, Clara, a rogue tarot magician, agrees to pose as the fiancée of Arcana Academy's powerful headmaster, but as they plot to steal a legendary card, forbidden magic and unexpected feelings threaten both her freedom and her heart. Maps.
 
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	Alchemised
	
 by Senlinyu
Alchemist Helena Marino, a prisoner with amnesia, fights to survive in a necromancy-ridden world as the ruthless High Reeve attempts to unearth the vital secrets hidden within her missing memories.
 
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	To clutch a razor
	
 by Veronica Roth
The author pulls from Slavic folklore to explore family, duty and what it means to be a monster, in a sequel to the USA Today bestselling When Among Crows.
 
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	The witching moon manor : a novel
	
 by Stacy Sivinski
The Quigley sisters return to the Crescent Moon Tearoom to bargain with Fate once more in the sequel to Stacy Sivinski's Nationally Bestselling debut, The Crescent Moon Tearoom.
 
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