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- The 13th Hex by Jordan L. Hawk
Aa:
- Adrian and the Tree of Secrets by Hubert
- Affinity by Sarah Watters
- All That Impossible Space by Anna Morgan
- All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
- All the Little Bones by Ellie Marney
- All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace
- Amelia Unabridged by Ashley Schumacher
- And I Darken by Kiersten White
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer
- As I Descended by Robin Talley
- The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas
Bb:
- Bag of Bones by Stephen King
- Because You’ll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas
- The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman
- Bloodline by Jordan L. Hawk
- Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie
- The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
- Breathless by Jennifer Niven
Cc:
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- Circe by Madeline Miller
- City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
- City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
- The Companion by Katie Alender
- Contagion by Erin Bowman
- The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
- The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
- Curse of the Forgotten City by Alex Aster
- A Curse so Dark & Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
Dd:
- Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
- Dealing in Dreams by Lilliam Rivera
- Death Sets Sail by Robin Stevens
- The Deep by Rivers Solomon
- Devil’s Lair by Sarah Barrie
- Diego & the Rangers of the Vastlantic by Armand Baltazar
- A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
- Duma Key by Stephen King
Ee:
- Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
- Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
- An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
Ff:
- Fable by Adrienne Young
- The First by Katherine Applegate
- Five Dark Fates by Kendare Blake
- For Lucy by Jewel E. Ann
Gg:
- Ghost House by Alexandra Adornetto
- Ghost Wood Song by Eria Waters
- The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe
Hh:
- The Hangman’s Revolution by Eoin Colfer
- Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
- Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Been
- The Host by Stephenie Meyer
- Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer
- Hunted by Meagan Spooner
- Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
Ii:
- Illegal by Eoin Colfer & Andrew Donkin
- In the Clearing by J.P. Pomare
- The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
- The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
- The Iron Trial by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare
- It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
Jj:
- None.
Kk:
- The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker
Ll:
- Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
- A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi
- The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
- Layla by Colleen Hoover
- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
- A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
- The Lost Sisters by Holly Black
- The Lost World by Michael Crichton
- Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis & Shannon Watters
- The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
Mm:
- Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed
- Malcolm at Midnight by W.H. Beck
- MEG by Steve Alten
- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- The Midnight Star by Marie Lu
- Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz
- Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona
- Murder is Bad Manners by Robin Stevens
- Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens
- A Mutiny in Time by James Dashner
Nn:
- Nailbiter, Vol. 2: Bloody Hands by Joshua Williamson & Mike Henderson
- New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
- The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
- A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay
- Nowhere Near You by Leah Thomas
Oo:
- The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He
Pp:
- The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
- Please Don’t Hug Me by Kay Kerr
- Pony by R. J. Palacio
- The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni
- The Project by Courtney Summers
Qq:
- Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran
Rr:
- The Raven’s Tale by Cat Winters
- Rebecca by Daphne du Murier
- Release by Patrick Ness
- Reverie by Ryan La Sala
Ss:
- Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
- The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse
- The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
- Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini
- The Silence of Bones by June Hur
- The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry
- The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman
- The Siren by Kiera Cass
- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
- Smoke in the Sun by Renée Ahdieh
- Song of the Current by Sarah Tolcser
- Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
- Sovereign by April Daniels
- Sphere by Michael Crichton
- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
- Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
- Stormhaven by Jordan L. Hawk
Tt:
- Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs
- The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
- A Thousand Fires by Shannon Price
- Three Sisters in Black by Norman J. Zierold
- Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
- To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
- The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
- The Twistrose Key by Tone Almhjell
- Two Dark Reigns by Kendare Blake
Uu:
- Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
- Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan
Vv:
Ww:
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
- When My Heart Joins the Thousand by A.J. Steiger
- Wicked Fox by Kat Cho
- The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
- The Wicker King by K. Ancrum
- Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk
- The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket
- The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
- Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty
- Winter by Marissa Meyer
- The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett
- Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore
- A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat
- Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing by Charlie Adhara
- The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
- The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff
- Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo
Xx:
- None.
Yy:
- The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
- Yesternight by Cat Winters
- You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
Zz:
- None.