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2025
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister

The Bog Wife

Kay Chronister

319 pages • 2024 • 19 editions

fiction horror dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister

Famous Last Words

Gillian McAllister

326 pages • 2025 • 40 editions

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Bombshell by Darrow Farr

The Bombshell

Darrow Farr

416 pages • 2025 • 18 editions

fiction literary adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
The Witch of Tin Mountain by Paulette Kennedy

The Witch of Tin Mountain

Paulette Kennedy

332 pages • 2022 • 12 editions

fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
What Darkness Brings by C.S. Harris

Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery #8

What Darkness Brings

C.S. Harris

11h 10m • 2013 • 8 editions

user-added

fiction historical mystery adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Jezebel by Megan Barnard

Jezebel

Megan Barnard

304 pages • 2023 • 6 editions

fiction historical adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Who Buries the Dead by C.S. Harris

Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery #10

Who Buries the Dead

C.S. Harris

10h 32m • 2015 • 5 editions

user-added

fiction historical mystery adventurous mysterious fast-paced
The Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley

The Hymn to Dionysus

Natasha Pulley

404 pages • 2025 • 20 editions

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Three Times a Lady by Eileen Dreyer, Eileen Dreyer
Three Times a Lady
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Eileen Dreyer, Eileen Dreyer

Three Times a Lady

Eileen Dreyer, Eileen Dreyer

309 pages • 2023 • 1 edition

mysterious fast-paced
The House of My Mother by Shari Franke

The House of My Mother

Shari Franke

315 pages • 2025 • 78 editions

nonfiction memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced