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This author enchanted readers with Once Upon a Broken Heart and The Ballad of Never After

Who is Stephanie Garber?

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She finds a manuscript that may reveal the author’s role in a child’s death - but maybe it’s all fiction…or not.

What is Verity?

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Timothée Chalamet plays the title role in this sci-fi epic based on Frank Herbert’s classic 1965 novel.

What is Dune?

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God of Malice, God of Pain, God of Wrath, God of Ruin, God of Fury

What is Legacy of Gods series?

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This cozy but spicy romance gives Gilmore Girls vibes, and is followed up with interconnected standalones based on different town shops.

What is The Pumpkin Spice Cafe?

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Their romantasy Powerless and its sequel Reckless have topped BookTok romance charts in 2024–2025.

Who is Lauren Roberts?

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The final line of the book delivers a multiverse-level shock when Bryce ends up in Pythian meeting A High Lord.

What is Crescent City: House of Sky and Breath?

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This 2023 Prime Video series, starring Riley Keough as a rock singer, was adapted from a Taylor Jenkins Reid book.

What is Daisy Jones and the Six?

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Gild, Glint, Gleam, 

What is the Plated Prisoner series?

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Ali Hazelwood’s latest venture into sports romance, featuring a platform diver and a world-champion swimmer, took TikTok by storm this year.

What is Deep End?

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In The Midnight Library, this author asks “What if you had chosen differently?”

Who is Matt Haig?
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In The Dead Romantics, the love interest appears charming but aloof…until this reveal.

What is he’s actually a ghost?

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This 2023 Oscar-winning film, adapted from a German novel, follows soldiers in World War I and is titled after the absence of news

WhAt is All Quiet on The Western Front?

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Flock, Exodus, The Finish Line

What is the Ravenhood series?

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 In this dark academia fantasy, six magical elites are recruited for secret knowledge — but only five will survive the initiation year.


What is The Atlas Six?

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This author’s hit Divine Rivals mixes magical typewriters with World War I–inspired fantasy.

Who is Rebecca Ross?

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It’s not a dark romance until the man who’s obsessed with her turns out to be the one who took everything from her in the first place.


What is Haunting Adeline?

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The 2019 film adaptation of this Stephen King novel splits the story across two time periods, unlike the books single narrative.

What is It?

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The Awakening, Ruthless Fae, The Reckoning, Shadow Princess

What is the Zodiac Academy series?

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This dystopian prequel by Suzanne Collins, centered on the 50th Hunger Games and Haymitch's origin story, set publishing records upon release.


What is Sunrise on the Reaping?

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Known for Assistant to the Villain and Heroes & Villains, this author’s cozy villain romcoms are all over BookTok.

Who is Hannah Nicole Maehrer?

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The villain wins. The hero never existed. And you’ve been rooting for the wrong person the whole time


What is Gone Girl?

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This 1920s classic novel‘s 1974 film adaptation was heavily criticized for omitting the book’s final chapters and changing the protagonist’s fate.

What is The Great Gatsby?

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Lights Out, Caught Up

What is Into Darkness series?

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A magical house that chooses its caretakers stars in this cozy fantasy by TJ Klune, along with a found family of quirky residents.


What is Under the Whispering Door?