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A missing child, a globe-trotting scientist, and a Jesuit forensic anthropologist converge in a chilling collection of stories that expose the grim intersections of power, violence, and corruption. With dark humor and unflinching prose, these tales reveal how fleeting moments can unravel entire lives—and how violence, especially against women, casts long, haunting shadows.

Borrow Accidents Happen and Other Stories by F.H. Batacan

A mother and daughter grapple with clashing identities, political trauma, and the painful legacy of China’s past. As one chases Western ideals and the other clings to rising nationalism, their explosive confrontation may tear them apart—or offer a fragile path toward healing and hope. By turns wry and lyrical, The Immortal Woman reminds us to hold tight to our humanity at any cost.

Borrow The Immortal Woman by Su Chang

This BookTok romantasy hit follows the events of Spark of the Everflame from the Kindred's Curse Saga series. As war looms, Diem’s only hope lies in forging uneasy alliances with her greatest enemies: the powerful royal family of House Corbois. But in a world where nothing is as it seems, Diem must untangle family secrets, old rivalries, and forbidden desires before her time—and her people’s future—runs out.

Borrow Glow of the Everflame by Penn Cole

Joannie’s first date in seven years takes a bizarre turn when a billionaire, who was, oddly enough, also Joannie’s childhood crush, crash-lands his hot-air balloon into her date's swimming pool—and back into her life. What follows is a tangled weekend of flirtation, betrayal, and outrageous excess as lust, money, and hidden desires collide in this wild, wickedly funny romp.

Borrow Hot Air: A Novel by Marcy Dermansky

Shaka’s world may be confined to a care home near Tokyo, but her mind is boundless—until a mischievous tweet sparks a real-life dare that reshapes everything she knows about desire, identity, and autonomy. This fearless, unsentimental story follows a woman determined to defy every limit society places on her. Hunchback, a darkly funny debut novel, was a bombshell bestseller in Japan and winner of Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize.

Borrow Hunchback: A Novel by Saou Ichikawa

Tempest Raj’s family business, Secret Staircase Construction, builds fantastical structures featuring secret staircases, sliding bookshelves, and escape rooms—and now they are transforming a home into a public library for classic detective fiction. But when a staged murder mystery hosted in the partially-renovated library turns deadly, Tempest must solve a vanishing-body puzzle straight out of classic whodunits before the killer strikes again. Library Game is #4 in the Secret Staircase Mysteries series.

Borrow Library Game: A Secret Staircase Novel by Gigi Pandian

In this gripping and explosive series launch, Welsh-Huggins introduces scrappy freelance courier Mercury Carter. For Mercury Carter, delivery isn’t just a job—it’s a mission. When a routine package drop turns into a hostage crisis, he draws on his past as a federal agent to outwit a ruthless crew, rescue the captive, and deliver justice in this pulse-pounding thriller. If you're a fan of Lee Child's Jack Reacher or Gregg Hurwitz's Evan Smoak, you won't want to miss this read!

Borrow The Mailman by Andrew Welsh-Huggins