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  1. 1.GHOSTWRITTENEmily Castillo is a struggling Mexican American writer barely subsisting as a high school English teacher when her brilliant and socially awkward tech bro ex-boyfriend, Theo Smith, makes her an AI ass
  2. 2.DIVE INTO LOVEEnrique Pedraza is a 17-year-old high school senior in San Antonio. Even though his father insists that “Mexicans don’t play tennis,” Enrique loves the sport. As the best player in his district, he ha
  3. 3.REALMS OF ISLANDSStretching from the 1820s to the 1970s, this novel tells a sweeping story anchored by the matriarchs of two interconnected families in Oceania. The prologue, titled “Three Dreams of Grandmother,” intr
  4. 4.SCORPION GRASSPsychologist Marjorie “Jorie” Holmes lives in a society where women control everything; following an event known as the Shift, men are no longer around, and the creations of men, including books, have
  5. 5.DJ DECAPITATORIt’s Sam’s last day as the janitor aboard an intergalactic space station, and his best friend Kai is throwing a retirement party to celebrate. But things quickly go south when a mysterious epidemic tu
  6. 6.BEFORE HELENA: MY FOURTEEN DAYS OF MADNESSAt 17, Anthony Baxter becomes an orphan after losing both his mother, Helena, and his father, Edward, to AIDS in 2005 and 2010, respectively. Due to his family’s secretive ways, Anthony only learned t
  7. 7.PESKY ROOTS / RAÍCES FASTIDIOSASMami even says, “I gave birth to the better version of me. This one came out white.” After moving from the Bronx to New Jersey, 12-year-old Izzy (in a family full of Ignacias it’s what she prefers) en
  9. 8.STARMINSTERLondon Overhead, a fantastical city above London, is invisible except to its winged human Librae. Eleven-year-old Astrid, new to this world, loves London Overhead and was eager to finally fledge—and f
  10. 9.THE MUEZZINLouna, a rising pop star on her first stadium tour in Marseille, is a famous face hiding a buried identity. Backstage after her set, an intruder startles her with words in Arabic: “I found you, Jamila
  11. 10.MY LIFE INC.How does one become the CEO—or, as this book puts it, the “Chief Evolution Officer”—of their own life? This self-help book borrows themes from the business world to direct readers toward better balanc
  12. 11.MA, YOUR SON IS CRAZY, DO SOMETHING!The author’s cousin Robert’s life reads like a cautionary tale, with many pages devoted to his yearslong involvement in criminal activity and after-hours gambling. As readers take in the stories of Ro
  13. 12.BRAVE NEW GAMESeventh-grader Charlie Gold, at six feet two, would be perfect as center for the school basketball travel team, but at tryouts, the 13-year-old’s anger gets the better of him, and he’s subsequently cu
  14. 13.THE HOCKEY 100This ranking of hockey greats—another in a series by sports news outfit The Athletic—is entertaining and aggravating, as any list of its kind should be. It’s essentially a contest for second place. Th
  15. 14.THIS LITTLE WORLDLetters sent home to family members from someone far away can provide great insights into how immigrants adapt to a new country or culture. British historian Das’ book uses these and other documents t
  17. 15.BUILT TO BREATHEIn 2013, McPheely cofounded Base, an executive assistant company she ran as CEO for more than a decade. The business succeeded well beyond her initial dreams, but she also struggled to balance increas
  18. 16.THEIAMeet Theia! Named after the “extremely extraordinary” Greek goddess of light, the chipper orange planet recounts the origins of the solar system. Back then, Earth was “a great big, fiery ball of molte
  19. 17.DEAD BATTERIESFans of The Last of Us will find much to like in this tale of dystopian deprivation, in which a woman named May and her 10-year-old child, Davis, who has high support needs, are hunkered down in a Con
  20. 18.WHODUNLIT?Austen’s invitation to afternoon tea at Chawton Cottage—in the form of a handwritten note—implores the recipient to “come with an open mind and a readiness to engage in a few puzzles, ciphers, and mys
  21. 19.CLEOPATRAAs in Spartacus (2013) and Pontius Pilate (2017), Schiavone concisely depicts a figure “hidden in shadow” but “connected to crucial events in Roman history.” Challenging some modern historians and anc
  22. 20.SPELLWRIGHTFia Ives’ magic is “rather fickle,” and ever since her mother’s death, their spellshop has gone quiet, much like Fia’s life. Until the night she breaks into the Thistledown archives seeking a spell st
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