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Contemplative

Slow, thinking books that leave room for you — they raise the questions and trust you to sit with them long after.

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Books and stacks that feel Contemplative

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Cover of KaikeyiCover of The Palace of IllusionsCover of Witch's HeartCover of Gospel of LokiCover of Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Drayfus Drayfus

Myth retellings for when you've run out of Greek ones

Norse, Hindu, Chinese and Roman myths, retold up close. For when you've closed your last Greek one and aren't ready to leave the old stories.

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Defiant Romantic
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Cover of IliumCover of Lord of LightCover of This ImmortalCover of The Einstein intersectionCover of Just City
Drayfus Drayfus

Science fiction that runs on ancient myths

Old myths running on new machines. Sci-fi for readers who grew up on mythology and never quite got over it.

Transcendent Surreal
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Cover of The Making of Another Major Motion Picture MasterpieceCover of Beautiful RuinsCover of Mr Wilder and MeCover of TrioCover of Hollywood
Drayfus Drayfus

Novels about making a movie, mess and all

Bad catering and a star who won't come out of the trailer. Novels from behind the scenes of a film shoot, where the better story is the one off camera.

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Wry Funny
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Cover of The Truth About the Harry Quebert AffairCover of The Club DumasCover of Shadow of the WindCover of PossessionCover of The Thirteenth Tale
Drayfus Drayfus

Literary mysteries that start with a found book

A book turns up where it shouldn't, and somebody starts pulling the thread. Mysteries where the evidence is on paper and the danger is real.

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Melancholic Haunting
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Cover of Tuf VoyagingCover of True GritCover of Boy's lifeCover of The Last UnicornCover of I Who Have Never Known Men
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Underrated novels nobody ever recommends

The ones you stumble on by accident on a library shelf and think about for years. Underrated books that never make the usual lists, and never leave you.

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Raw Nostalgic
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Cover of HyperionCover of Player of GamesCover of Closed and Common OrbitCover of The Lifecycle of Software ObjectsCover of Autonomous
Drayfus Drayfus

Science fiction where AIs live among us as people

Artificial intelligence that already woke up and now has to share the world with the rest of us. Sci-fi about the awkward part that comes after.

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Wry Unsettling
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Cover of The Song of AchillesCover of CirceCover of Silence of the GirlsCover of Thousand ShipsCover of Ariadne
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Greek myth retellings told by the side characters

Mythology from the back of the room. Wives, monsters, lovers and witches get the version the poets never bothered to write down.

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Lyrical Defiant
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Cover of MentiraCover of The Truth About the Harry Quebert AffairCover of The Invisible GuardianCover of The God of the WoodsCover of Beartown
rubenfa rubenfa

Village novels where nobody says what they know

Many know. No one says a word. Novels about the silent pact people in a village make so they can go on living there.

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Melancholic Mysterious
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