Fantasy

I recommend this book to anyone who wants to escape into something soft, magical, and deeply comforting. It’s a cozy fantasy about Viv, an orc mercenary who retires from a life of battle to open a coffee shop in a city that’s never even heard of coffee. What unfolds is a gentle, heartwarming story of friendship, community, and chasing a quieter kind of happiness. I fell in love with the found family, the magical creatures, and the slow, satisfying pace. The audiobook (narrate

The story follows Robin Swift, a Chinese orphan taken to study at Babel, Oxford's prestigious translation institute, where students learn to manipulate reality through silver-working. As Robin excels, he discovers the darker side of Babel's work, which is deeply entwined with British colonialism, prompting him to question his loyalty and consider resistance.

Isolated in a remote mansion in a central European forest, Laura longs for companionship--until a carriage accident brings another young woman into her life: the secretive and sometimes erratic Carmilla. As Carmilla's actions become more puzzling and volatile, Laura develops bizarre symptoms, and as her health goes into decline, Laura and her father discover something monstrous.

A dark, lushly gothic fantasy about a maiden who must unleash the monster within to save her kingdom, but the monster in her head isn't the only threat lurking.

An epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China's twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic.

Galaxy "Alex" Stern, a college student with a troubled past and the ability to see ghosts as she investigates magical and occult activities at Yale University.

Three women in three different timelines face the consequences of hungering for more in life.

A young woman uncovers her father's past as a scholar researching Vlad the Impaler (Dracula), which led to his disappearance years later.