Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Fantasy heists, cozy historians, and the Lady of the Lake feature in speculative fiction novels that expand the bounds of imagination.

Chiara Bullen, The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance (Del Rey: Penguin Random House)
Learn more about this title: penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9780593982693

K.S. Shay, Portrait of a Witch Undone (Erewhon Books: Kensington)
Learn more about this title: penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9781645662273

Also featuring:
Naomi Ishiguro, The Rainshadow Orphans (Simon & Schuster/Saga Press: Simon & Schuster)
H. G. Parry, The Witch Below the Dreaming Wood (Redhook: Hachette)
Stephanie Williams, Temporal (Mad Cave Studios: Mad Cave)
Moderator: Ashley Rayner, Librarian at NORC, University of Chicago (IL)