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Thrilling fantasy novels will take you on a journey of adventure

By Melissa Albert It’s a common misconception that children’s books are full of sunshine, rainbows, and cozy things happening with kind people. As Albert points out in his charmingly frightening adult debut, many books for youth are “brutal, stranger, more haunted by longing and loss” than those for adults. In Children (Tomorrow, 398 pages, $32)The

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Fantastic romance novels with afterlife plots

There was a time not long ago when it felt like all traditionally published queer books were on the way. Often these were tragic or emotionally devastating stories that could leave readers feeling depressed and heartbroken. We begged for a broader range of queer stories, and slowly a more diverse group of LGBTQ+ books began

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