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I’m Mar, devourer of books and explorer of the BOOKIVERSE. I’m passionate about Literary Culture and spend many hours a day reading and discovering the magic and mystery of the BOOKIVERSE to bring you the best book recommendations, latest trends, and the most anticipated new releases and screen adaptations. I’d love to be your guide to the BOOKIVERSE, Let’s explore together! [LEARN MORE].

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TRENDY ADAPTATIONS

The Chngeling
Aristotle and Dante
a haunting in venice
THE OTHER BLACK GIRL
A Little Life
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION
EMPIRE OF PAIN
Red white and royal blue
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HYPED & TRENDY

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Weyward
the weaver and the witch queen
I'm glad my mother died
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
DIVINE RIVALS
babel
A Day of Fallen Night
THE ONLY ONE LEFT
Hell bent
Immortal Longings
yellow face
GODKILER
Godly Heathens
THE FAMILIAR
fourth wing
a study in drowing
a haunting in venice
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HOT NEW RELEASES

Before the Devil Knows You're Here
Evil eye
the brothers hawthorne
the octagon valley cociety
THE SHAPE OF TIME
When a brown girl flees
inheritance
STARLING HOUSE
THE WARM HAND OF GODS
The Unmaking of June Farrow
THE GOTH HOUSE
Bookshops & Bonedust
Godly Heathens
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LATEST RECOMMENDATIONS

STARS LIKE ACID
Immortality
Sundial
The Astronomer Who Questioned Everything
where the crawdads sing
Maria, Maria
Valley of Shadows
Bindle Punk Bruja
Season of the bruja
The Most Magnificent Idea
the push
Comfort Me with Apples
ORQUIDEA DIVINA
GREEN ANGEL
piranesi cover
The Altar Within
Heartstopper
My Dark Vanessa
The Last Cuentista covre
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LATEST REVIEWS

STARS LIKE ACID
The Unmaking of June Farrow
THE SHAPE OF TIME
Family Lore
the dream house
A dark starless forrest
Immortality
The Haunting of Alejandra
In the wild light
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
The Astronomer Who Questioned Everything
Slewfoot
The Most Magnificent Idea
Bindle Punk Bruja
Gender Queer
A sea between us
Neruda on the Park
The Book of Souls
violeta
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead
black cake cover
the push
lesser known monsters of the 21st century
solimar
THESE DEADLY GAMES
very cold people
ODDBALL
GREEN ANGEL
Break Your Glass Slippers
unlock your storybook heart
The Last Cuentista covre
RAMON Y JULIETA
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AUDIOBOOKS RECOMMENDATIONS

Bindle Punk Bruja
Valley of Shadows
The Book of Souls
A Universe of Wishes
the push
hell divers
solimar
49
2
3
1
Baby Teeth cover
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UPCOMING REVIEWS

where the crawdads sing
Valley of Shadows
hester
Season of the bruja
Our Shadows Have Claws
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
The Mountain in the Sea
Wild is the Witch
Wake the Bones
Last Exit
31
8
10
6
Love on the Brain
Voices That Count
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UPCOMING ADAPTATIONS REVIEWS

iron widow
Daughter of the Forest
where the crawdads sing
My Best Friend's Exorcism
Shataram
Love and gelato
The Sandman
One of Us Is Next
Black Phone
The Nightingale
_The Summer I Turned Pretty
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THE BRIGHTEST STARS

BY GENRE

FANTASY | MAGICAL REALISM

the shadow of the winder cover
GREEN ANGEL
ORQUIDEA DIVINA
marked
sanctum
raven boys
the diviners
what dreams may come
Follow-Me-to-Ground-cover
solimar
piranesi cover
things we lost in the fire
a monster calls
the astonishing color of after
the mermaid
little prince
the fallen
fresh ink
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SCIFI | DYSTOPIAN | APOCALYPTIC

the road
life as we knew it
the dead and the gone
how high we go in the dark
hell divers
station eleven
dark matter
wolf by wolf
the handmaid's tale
bird box
red rising
dust lands
angelfall
see you in the cosmos
year one
We Set the Dark on Fire
cinder
The Last Cuentista covre
kindred
SEE ALL TOP SCIFI/DYSTOPIAN/APOCALYPTIC

MYSTERY | THRILLER | HORROR

the Girl from the Well cover
the diviners
raven boys
Follow-Me-to-Ground-cover
Anatomy A Love Story
the push
Baby Teeth cover
bird box
things we lost in the fire
living dead girl
we were liars
One of Us Is Lying
The demonist
The Broken Girls
The Drowning Kind
ninth house
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
The Light of the Fireflies
the road
piranesi cover
The Shadow of the Wind
BONE GAP
where the crawdads sing
SEE ALL TOP MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR

HISTORICAL FICTION

LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITIS
Memoirs of a Geisha
the shadow of the winder cover
the diary of a young girl
the godfather
the help
dominicana
the brief and wondrous life of oscar wao
the orphan's tale
Hedy's Journey
And I darken
little women
Ô Jérusalem
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CONTEMPORARY FICTION

wintergirls
Aristotle and Dante
the Inexplicable Logic of My Life
crank
forbidden
speak
flowers in the attic cover
like water
Words on Bathroom Walls
The Mystery of Hollow Places
With the Fire on High
The siren
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
fresh ink
thug
Safe Harbour
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ROMANCE

LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITIS
Memoirs of a Geisha
flowers in the attic cover
Aristotle and Dante
forbidden
the mermaid
The siren
All the Bright Places
SEE ALL TOP ROMANCE

YOUNG READERS

Hedy's Journey
see you in the cosmos
little prince
a monster calls
solimar
little women
WONDER
THE GOLDEN COMPASS
the-most-magnificent-thing
The Most Magnificent Idea
The Last Cuentista covre
SEE ALL TOP YOUNG READERS

GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICS

Hedy's Journey
little prince
a monster calls
TODA MAFALDA
ODDBALL
Adulthood Is a Myth
I'm Not Your Sweet Babboo!
Big Mushy Happy Lump
Hyperbole and a Half
Herding Cats
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POETRY

LIBRO DEL AMORE
Shine your Icy Crown
The Raven and Other Poems
The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One
THE MADMAN
unlock your storybook heart
HELIUM
LIBRO DEL AMORE
THE POET X
THE PROPHET
SEE ALL TOP POETRY

NON-FICTION

I Am Nujood
A stolen life
we should all be feminist
boy erased
food inc
In defense of food
Big Magic
Educated a memoir
Hillbilly Elegy a memoir
SEE ALL TOP NON-FICTION

BIPOC - HISPANIC

Certain Dark Things
the brief and wondrous life of oscar wao
dominicana
solimar
things we lost in the fire
The Altar Within
The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza
Doña Bárbara
We Set the Dark on Fire
With the Fire on High
THE POET X
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
violeta
Pan's Labyrinth
ORQUIDEA DIVINA
Aristotle and Dante
Valley of Shadows
Bindle Punk Bruja

BIPOC - BLACK

THE POET X
With the Fire on High
the help
Follow-Me-to-Ground-cover
thug
THE COLOR PURPLE
kindred

BIPOC - ASIAN

Pachinko
the astonishing color of after
To-All-the-Boys-Ive-Loved-Before
angelfall
Memoirs of a Geisha
Everything I Never Told You
The-Poppy-War
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

LGBTQIA+

Ace of spade
Black Sun
the help
YOUNG MUNGO
Follow-Me-to-Ground-cover
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Heartstopper
Things I Should Have Known
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Measure
THE COLOR PURPLE
boy erased
The House in the Cerulean Sea

DISABILITY

A Disability History
CARE WORK
cinder
CURSED
DEAF REPUBLIC
deaf utopia
Disability Visibility
seeds of yesterday
THE COLLECTED SCHIZOPHRENIAS
the girl in red
the six
WE ARE NOT LIKE THEM

MENTAL HEALTH & NEURODIVERSITY

Things I Should Have Known
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Words on Bathroom Walls
Adulthood Is a Myth
Big Mushy Happy Lump
ODDBALL
Hyperbole and a Half
Freshwater
speak
crank
The Mystery of Hollow Places
All the Bright Places
a monster calls

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