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Book Recs from Opening Lines!
Recommending you a book using its opening lines! What do you think? Would you keep reading The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi?
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Weird and Haunting Books that Stick with You
Does it shock you that I decided to bring pickle books to the long form stage?
If you were to make up a new category of books, what would it be? (Also, welcome to the pickle books club. You're IN IT NOW.)
Books mentioned:
- Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
- Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury
- Lakewood by Megan Giddings
- Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
- Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
- Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine
- Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
- House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
- Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros
- The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
- Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
- My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
- Jackal by Erin E. Adams
- The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
- Infested by Angel Luis Colón
Thank you to MIRA/HPT Hive, Simon Teen, Sourcebooks, Inkyard Press, Scholastic, Bantam, and William Morrow for the gifted copies!
Three Notable Reads
Title: The Spear Cuts Through Water
Title: The Ghosts of Rose Hill
Title: Raybearer
Other Recommended Titles
- Fever Dream
- Jackal
- The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
Thank You
Thank you to Vintage/Anchor, Tordotcom, William Morrow, and Saga Press for the gifted copies!
Join the Discussion
What are your thoughts on these unique book recommendations? Let’s you and me have a chat!
Happy Reading!
Image Credits
- Celestial and Steph - Aug 30, 2025
- Cover images sourced from Bindery Books.