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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.

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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, #1)

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These Twisted Bonds (These Hollow Vows, #2)

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A Treachery of Swans

A.B. Poranek

An enthralling sapphic retelling of Swan Lake, for fans of Allison Saft and V.E Schwab.Magic has long been outlawed in Auréal. Odile has always known she’d be the one to restore it.Raised by a sorcerer, Odile has spent years preparing for the heist of a lifetime. It’s perfectly simple. Impersonate a princess, infiltrate the palace, steal the king's enchanted crown and restore magic to the kingdom.But when the King is unexpectedly murdered, she’s forced to recruit the help of Marie d'Odette, the real princess, and the two begin to unravel a web of lies and deceit that leaves Odile uncertain of who to trust.Soon though Odile must decide – her mission or the girl she’s falling for?The fate of the Kingdom depends on her making the right choice. . .

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The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)

halforq

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The beeswax scene. WOOF.

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fairyswoo

classic? historical fantasy? book recs

hey guys just wondering what books are similar to ''the alchemist'', ''circe'', ''babel'', ''yellowface''? or anything that is beginner friendly for someone (me) that is new to this kind of genre of books? thankyou!

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tokki-jo

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I usually listen to books on at lease 1.5x speed... I had to slow it down. like all the way. also robin ｡°(°.◜ᯅ◝°)°｡ my shayla

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for the goblins, ghouls, and monsters (but ✨classics✨)

pleeasse give me suggestions for classics that make you want to close the book and wash your eyes. but in a good way. in a "im disturbed" way. in a "I need to put on something happy so I can sleep tonight" way. like Dracula, Frankenstein, and Sleepy Hollow vibes. But also taking Wuthering Heights vibes. That book truly made me want to chuck it across the room. but I think about it ALL THE TIME. I see it in my mind and Kathy is haunting me. When I hear a branch outside my window I know its her.

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THIS WEEK: "book quotes that made you sigh weakly because you can't believe someone wrote such a beautiful sentence"

Ok, I may have just started this thread because I want to share this gorgeous quote by Zadie Smith with everyone (its quoted in Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson) + I love reading beautiful sentences and looking out into the distance meaningfully.

"There was an inevitability about their road towards each other which encouraged meandering along the route" - Zadie Smith, NW

Aaagghhhh!!! 😘😭😩🥰🥹😭❤️❤️

Share yourss! Doesnt have to be from this week ofcourse.

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spacebunny9925

What do you consider cozy?

After reading The Spellshop by Sarah Best Durst, I posted that I don’t really know if I would classify it as a cozy fantasy. Even though a lot of readers do. It made me see that everyone’s interpretation of it is different.

Compared it to an anime. Maybe like Fruits Basket (Not similar in story, but level of slice of life drama) For instance, Tohru is so naive and positive, but she did live in a tent with a picture of her dead mother. Along with some other heavy themes in the guise of lightness.

My interpretation of fantasy: Not your Ex’s Hexes by April Asher is my interpretation of cozy fantasy. It’s a quick Romantic fantasy of a witch finding herself while also helping out a hot vet with his struggling hospital.

If you can compare The Spellshop to another book/show/movie what would you say is cozy fantasy to you?

That way I can better see what is considered cozy.

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tokki-jo

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for the goblins, ghouls, and monsters (but ✨classics✨)

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Babel

R.F. Kuang

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British Empire Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel. The tower and its students are the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver-working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as the arcane craft serves the Empire's quest for colonization. For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide . . . Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?