Notable Picks - Our Community Recommendation Board

A collection of books we think you'll like. These books are picked by staff, along with some notable recommendations from friends, family, and community members. Want to recommend a book for other readers? Let us know your favourite book through our contact form.

  • Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop: The heart-warming Korean sensation cover image

    Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

    Staff Pick

    A book about how meaningful mundane moments can be. It's a warm hug and an ode to book lovers and bookshops. Hyunam-Dong Bookshop is a slow, cozy novel that will resonate with you long after you finish, and remind you to find a little bit of joy wherever you are in life.

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  • The Invocations cover image

    The Invocations

    Staff Pick

    A great witchy book for Fall. It's full of demonic curses and angry, vengeful women. Three girls must work together to unravel a magical serial killer mystery before they're the next victims. Dark, creepy, intriguing...If you enjoyed 'House of Hollow', you'll REALLY enjoy Krystal Sutherland's 'The Invocations'

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  • The Devils cover image

    The Devils

    Staff Pick

    Fun fantasy is BACK. A grimdark, bloody, wacky adventure that will hit you with emotional bricks. The Devils manages to be hilarious and tragic at the same time. A chaotic group of convicted and cursed anti-heroes are given the next-to-impossible task of putting a long-lost princess back on the serpent throne.

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  • All My Rage: A Novel cover image

    All My Rage

    Staff Pick

    Heart-wrenching and powerful...All My Rage is a Young Adult novel, but should be read by EVERYONE. The wonderful, smooth writing carries you through some heavy and dark topics and leaves you with a beautiful ache. Told from the POV of two Pakistani American teens, All My Rage is a coming-of-age journey about grief, forgiveness, and navigating suppressed anger in a very unfair world.

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  • This Princess Kills Monsters: The Misadventures of a Fairy-Tale Stepsister: A Novel cover image

    This Princess Kills Monsters

    Staff Pick

    A queer fairy-tale retelling loosely based on The Twelve Huntsmen. It's an incredibly satirical, humorous, zany, and chaotic ride you won't want to get off of. A campy but heartwarming princess is attacked on the journey to marry a king she has absolutely no interest in marrying, and decides it's about time she slays her own monsters.

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  • The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan) cover image

    The Tainted Cup

    Staff Pick

    Sherlock-and-Watson style murder mystery set in a fantasy Lovecraftian-like world. If you're a fan of The Witcher, giant monsters, or botanical horror this is the book for you. It's witty and eccentric, with a main character who is disastrous yet endearing. When a high ranking officer is killed by strange and horrific means, a brilliant but incredibly strange investigator and her assistant are called in to solve the unsolvable case.

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  • All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries (The Murderbot Diaries, 1) cover image

    All Systems Red

    Staff Pick

    A slice-of-life style novella about a sassy, self-aware, introverted murder robot hired as security for a planetary mission who would much rather watch TV all day. It's just an overall GREAT book. The story is a good change of pace from lengthy novels, and can't help but become one of your favourite series of all time.

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  • Project Hail Mary: A Novel cover image

    Project Hail Mary

    Staff Pick

    Absolute crowd pleaser. It's a great novel to get you into sci-fi, or even just to buddy read with your friends. A scientist sent on a humanity-saving mission wakes up on a ship with the rest of his crew dead, and no memories of how they got there. Project Hail Mary is a delightful book about the resilience of human beings, but more importantly, it's a book about friendship.

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  • How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, 1) cover image

    How To Become The Dark Lord And Die Trying

    For fans of Dungeon Crawler Carl...It's incredibly fun, laugh-out-loud funny, and ridiculous in the best way possible. Quested with the impossible task of defeating the dark lord, a princess says enough is enough and decides to become the dark lord herself.

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