## 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?

1. **Shop the full bookshelf**

### 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*

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## 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!

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### Join the Discussion
What are your thoughts on these unique book recommendations? Let’s you and me have a chat!

**Happy Reading!**

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### Image Credits
- Celestial and Steph - [Aug 30, 2025](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/)  
- Cover images sourced from *Bindery Books*.