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The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra ChandrasekeraRaised to kill, Fetter, who walked among invisible powers, learned lethal catechism and gained a habit for secrecy, escapes his rural hometown for the big city where every door is laden with potential—and where he discovers what kind of man he is, which rewrites the world.
The Saint of Bright Doors won the 2024 Locus Award for First Novel! Other winners include Martha Wells' System Collapse for Best Science Fiction Novel and Martha Wells' Witch King for Best Fantasy Novel.
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Adult Summer Reading 2024June 1 - August 31 The Boston Public Library invites you to participate in our annual Summer Reading program for adults! Visit our webpage to download a bingo card and learn more about the Adult Summer Reading Program, including information about upcoming events and suggestions from librarians to help you complete each challenge.
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Park Seolyeon "Stopped from jumping off a bridge by her guardian angel, a millennial woman learns she is a magical girl like the ones in manga and must wield her credit card as her magic wand to defeat monsters."
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Mai Corland "Summoned to kill the God King Joon, the five most dangerous liars in the kingdom must work together to defeat the man who destroys the poor while the nobles flourish."
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Sydney J. Shields "On the tiny isle of Innisfree, Honey Witch Marigold Claude is determined to prove to Lottie, a notorious skeptic, that magic is real but soon begins to care for her in unexpected ways."
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Hana Lee "One of the few who venture outside the domed cities on motorcycles powered by magic, magebike courier Jin-Lu rescues princess Yi-Nereen from her abusive family, and the two of them flee across the wastelands."
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Nadi Reed Perez "While her fellow ghosts party their afterlives away at an abandoned mansion they call the Haunt, Mal Caldera is determined to make contact with her younger sister from beyond the grave."
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Emily Hamilton "When they accidentally steal a spaceship, Cleo and her friends are soon en route to Proxima Centauri, and as they go deeper into space, the laws of physics start twisting, and old mysteries begin to come back to life."
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Robin Sloan "Thirteen thousand years from now, a boy in a remote village under a wizard's rule encounters an ancient, sentient AI with a special perspective on all human history who becomes his greatest ally."
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Kaliane Bradley "Offered the salary of her dreams, a civil servant is tasked with living with, assisting, and monitoring an "expat" from another time to establish whether time travel is feasible--for the body and the fabric of space-time."
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Andrea Hairston "Caring for her three Circus-Bots and two dogs, Cinnamon works to provide food and housing for refugees from the Water Wars and confronts threats from Darknet Lords and the nostalgia militia while trying to build a future."
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