The Book Mage of Scurry Hollow

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Pecantown's booksellers did not want to sell books online unless it could feel as personal as a visit to the shop. So they built The Book Mage of Scurry Hollow, an interactive quiz that uses a little magic and a lot of bookseller know-how to guide you to the right shelf.

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A shelf that already feels like your taste.A few questions in, you will know where to start and what kind of fantasy world you are actually in the mood for.

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Start with staff favorites, giftable editions, special copies, and cozy fantasy worth getting lost in.

Staff Picks

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The fantasy books our booksellers keep pressing into readers’ hands.

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Special Editions

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Beautiful, signed, and collectible editions worth keeping out on display.

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Giftable Finds

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The kind of books and editions that make the right present for the right reader.

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Cozy Corner

45 books

Warm, charming fantasy for rainy days, soft blankets, and one-more-chapter nights.

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The Book Mage of Scurry Hollow is part recommendation and part little fantasy adventure: a strange bookshop, a mysterious guide, and a shelf that feels uncannily right when you come back out.

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Historical Wanderer Picks

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Mexican Gothic

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark, one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore.“A spellbinding fairy tale rooted in Mexican myt...

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Babel

by R.F. Kuang

Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alter...

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The Everlasting

by Alix E. Harrow

A door-to-door saleswoman in 1960s Kentucky discovers that the old houses she visits hold doors to other worlds—and closing them may be the only way to save her own.

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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

In the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world.In the midst of the Napoleonic...

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His Majesty's Dragon

by Naomi Novik

In the first novel of the New York Times bestselling Temeraire series, a rare bond is formed between a young man and a dragon, and together they must battle in the Napoleonic Wars.“A terrifically e...

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The Lions of Al-Rassan

by Guy Gavriel Kay

It's the 21st century, and all is right with the world. Or so it seems.

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Circe

by Madeline Miller

"A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story," this #1 New York Times bestseller is "both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a ...

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The Bear and the Nightingale

by Katherine Arden

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A wild and willful young woman finds herself at the center of a tale of spirits, ancient evils, and the mysterious winter-king Frost—in the lyrical first novel of the Winterni...

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The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

by Natasha Pulley

In 1883 London, a clerk finds a mysterious gold watch that predicted an explosion. Tracking its maker to a Japanese craftsman in Knightsbridge, he is drawn into a world of invention, intrigue, and impossible foresight.

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The Golem and the Jinni

by Helene Wecker

Helene Wecker's dazzling debut novel tells the story of two supernatural creatures who appear mysteriously in 1899 New York. Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a strange ...

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What the River Knows

by Isabel Ibañez

Stress. It’s everywhere these days: a cry for help, the answer to why illnesses pop up (or won’t go away), an issue for students and workers, and a culprit when it comes to everything from car acc...

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The Familiar

by Leigh Bardugo

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The Hymn to Dionysus

by Natasha Pulley

A timely reimagining of the story of Dionysus-Greek god of ecstasy, revelry, and ruin-and a captivating queer love story for readers of The Song of Achilles and Elektra.Raised in a Greek legion, Ph...

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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

by V.E. Schwab

ALL first edition copies will be signed by the author! Signed copies available while supplies last.

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Entwined

by H.M. Long

Three sisters join the hunt for a stolen magical artefact in the start of this Gilded Age fantasy duology. Perfect for fans of heists, skullduggery and stolen kisses, and authors such as Nghi Vo an...

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The Carnivale of Curiosities

by Aimee Gibbs

A dazzling gothic tale of Faustian bargains, jealousy, and murder set in a spectacular circus, where star-crossed lovers' destinies are forged at an unexpected price--perfect for readers of V. E.

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