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***Shortlisted for the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards for Best Novel***''A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers and the doors they lead us through . . . absolutely enchanting'' Christina Henry, bestselling author of Alice

ACCORDING TO JANUARY SCALLER, THERE''S ONLY ONE WAY TO RUN AWAY FROM YOUR OWN STORY, AND THAT''S TO SNEAK INTO SOMEONE ELSE''S . . .

In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr Locke, she feels little different from the artefacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored and utterly out of place.

But her quiet existence is shattered when she stumbles across a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page reveals more impossible truths about the world, and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own.

''One of the most unique works of fiction I''ve ever read'' Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author

''A gorgeously written story of love and longing, of what it means to lose your place in the world and then have the courage to find it again'' Kat Howard, author of An Unkindness of Magicians

''Devastatingly good, a sharp, delicate nested tale of worlds within worlds, stories within stories and the realm-cracking power of words'' Melissa Albert, author of The Hazel Wood

''The Ten Thousand Doors of January healed hurts I didn''t even know I had. An unbearably beautiful story about growing up, and everything we fight to keep along the way'' Amal El-Mohtar, Hugo Award-winning author

''Beautiful, achingly gorgeous ode to storytelling, magic and family'' S. A. Chakraborty, author of The City of Brass

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER''Glorious . . . a tale that will sweep you away'' Yangsze Choo, New York Times bestselling author of The Night Tiger''A gorgeous and thrilling paean to the ferocious power of women'' Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of Strange the DreamerIn 1893, there''s no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box.

But when the three Eastwood sisters join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten ways that might turn the women''s movement into the witch''s movement. Stalked by shadows and sickness, hunted by forces who will not suffer a witch to vote - and perhaps not even to live - the sisters must delve into the oldest magics, draw new alliances, and heal the bond between them if they want to survive.

There''s no such thing as witches. But there will be.

Praise for The Once and Future Witches:

''A brilliant dazzle of a book . . . I devoured it in enormous gulps, and utterly loved it'' Kat Howard, author of The Unkindness of Ghosts

''Compelling, exhilarating and magical - a must-read'' Booklist (starred review)

''Delightful . . . a tale of women''s battle for equality, of fairy tales twisted into wonderfully witchy spells, of magics both large and small, and history re-imagined'' Louisa Morgan, author of A Secret History of Witches

''A love letter to folklore and the rebellious women of history'' Publishers Weekly

''A breathtaking book - brilliant and raw and dark and complicated'' Sarah Gailey, author of Magic for Liars

“Implacable destiny is no match for courage, sisterhood, stubbornness, and a good working knowledge of fairy tales.” —Katherine Arden, bestselling author of the Winternight trilogy, on A Spindle SplinteredFollow professional fairy tale fixer, Zinnia Gray, as she helps women get the endings they deserve! First, Sleeping Beauty in A Spindle Splintered, featuring Arthur Rackham''s original illustrations for The Sleeping Beauty, fractured and reimagined. And then, Snow White''s Evil Queen in A Mirror Mended!In A Spindle Splintered, it''s Zinnia Gray''s twenty-first birthday. When she was young, an industrial accident left her with a rare condition and no one who has it has lived to twenty-two.Her best friend is intent on making Zin''s last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. But when Zinnia pricks her finger, she finds herself cast into another world, with another sleeping beauty, just as desperate to escape her fate.Then, in A Mirror Mended, Zinnia discovers there’s more than one person trapped in a story they didn’t choose. Snow White''s Evil Queen has found out how her story ends and she''s desperate for a rewrite. Will Zinnia accept the queen''s poisonous request for a rewrite and save them both from the hot iron shoes that wait for them? Or will she try another path? At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow''s A Spindle Splintered brings her patented charm to a new version of a classic story. Featuring Arthur Rackham''s original illustrations for The Sleeping Beauty, fractured and reimagined.“A vivid, subversive and feminist reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, where implacable destiny is no match for courage, sisterhood, stubbornness and a good working knowledge of fairy tales.” —Katherine ArdenIt''s Zinnia Gray''s twenty-first birthday, which is extra-special because it''s the last birthday she''ll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her illness, just that no-one has lived past twenty-one.Her best friend Charm is intent on making Zinnia''s last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. But when Zinnia pricks her finger, something strange and unexpected happens, and she finds herself falling through worlds, with another sleeping beauty, just as desperate to escape her fate.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A Mirror Mended is the next installment in USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow''s Fractured Fables series.Finalist for the Hugo Award!Zinnia Gray, professional fairy-tale fixer and lapsed Sleeping Beauty is over rescuing snoring princesses. Once you’ve rescued a dozen damsels and burned fifty spindles, once you’ve gotten drunk with twenty good fairies and made out with one too many members of the royal family, you start to wish some of these girls would just get a grip and try solving their own narrative issues.Just when Zinnia’s beginning to think she can''t handle one more princess, she glances into a mirror and sees another face looking back at her: the shockingly gorgeous face of evil, asking for her help. Because there’s more than one person trapped in a story they didn’t choose. Snow White''s Evil Queen has found out how her story ends and she''s desperate for a better ending. She wants Zinnia to help her before it’s too late for everyone. Will Zinnia accept the Queen''s poisonous request, and save them both from the hot iron shoes that wait for them, or will she try another path?At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A REESE''S BOOK CLUB PICK“This book has everything you could possibly want this fall...a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid & eerie setting—plus, characters willing to risk everything.” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club October ’23 Pick)Starling House is a gorgeous, modern gothic fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January. I dream sometimes about a house I’ve never seen…. Opal is a lot of things—orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier—but above all, she''s determined to find a better life for her younger brother Jasper. One that gets them out of Eden, Kentucky, a town remarkable for only two things: bad luck and E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth century author of The Underland, who disappeared over a hundred years ago. All she left behind were dark rumors—and her home. Everyone agrees that it’s best to ignore the uncanny mansion and its misanthropic heir, Arthur. Almost everyone, anyway. I should be scared, but in the dream I don’t hesitate. Opal has been obsessed with The Underland since she was a child. When she gets the chance to step inside Starling House—and make some extra cash for her brother''s escape fund—she can''t resist. But sinister forces are digging deeper into the buried secrets of Starling House, and Arthur’s own nightmares have become far too real. As Eden itself seems to be drowning in its own ghosts, Opal realizes that she might finally have found a reason to stick around. In my dream, I’m home. And now she’ll have to fight. Welcome to Starling House: enter, if you dare.A Book of the Month Club PickAn October 2023 Indie Next PickA LibraryReads October 2023 Hall of Fame PickApple, Best Books of OctoberEW.com, Fall Book Must Reads 2023Washington Post, Noteworthy Books for OctoberPaste Magazine, The Must-Read Fantasy Books of Fall 2023PopSugar Best New Fantasy Books of 2023BookPage, Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2023Observer, Must-Read Books of Fall 2023Polygon, 12 Best New SFF for the FallLitHub, October’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy BooksBookish, October’s Most-Anticipated BooksGizmodo, October''s Huge List of New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror BooksAt the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

An utter masterpiece…I loved every single page. —Rachel Gillig, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of One Dark WindowFrom Alix E. Harrow, the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a moving and genre-defying quest about the knight whose legend built a nation, and the cowardly historian sent back through time to make sure she plays her part–even if it breaks his heart.Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion’s greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, who died for queen and country. Her legend lives on in songs and stories, in children’s books and recruiting posters—but her life as it truly happened has been forgotten.Centuries later, Owen Mallory—failed soldier, struggling scholar—falls in love with the tale of Una Everlasting. Her story takes him to war, to the archives—and then into the past itself. Una and Owen are tangled together in time, bound to retell the same story over and over again, no matter what it costs.But that story always ends the same way. If they want to rewrite Una’s legend—if they want to tell a different story--they’ll have to rewrite history itself."Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent." —Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas SixAt the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.