Staff Picks
12 booksThe fantasy books our booksellers keep pressing into readers’ hands.
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.Browse By Reader Shelf
Know your reading instinct already?
Each shelf is organized around a reader type, so you can head straight for the books that fit your taste tonight.
Epic AdventurerBig worlds, impossible quests, and books with map energy.
21 books
Shadow ReaderDark academia, moral danger, and gorgeous books with teeth.
21 books
Heart & HearthCozy fantasy, devotion, found family, and romantic warmth.
36 books
Urban MysticMagic beneath the modern world, hidden doors, and city legends.
16 books
Historical WandererPeriod settings, old worlds, and stories stitched through time.
19 books
ShapeshifterGenre-bending fantasy for readers who never stay in one lane.
28 booksFeatured Collections
Wander the corners of the shop readers return to.
Start with staff favorites, giftable editions, special copies, and cozy fantasy worth getting lost in.
Special Editions
3 booksBeautiful, signed, and collectible editions worth keeping out on display.
Giftable Finds
4 booksThe kind of books and editions that make the right present for the right reader.
Cozy Corner
45 booksWarm, charming fantasy for rainy days, soft blankets, and one-more-chapter nights.
Still Curious?
Take the storm-lit way into your next read.
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.
If browsing has not clicked yet, step inside and let the mood of the story do the sorting.
Catalog
Shadow Reader Picks
21 titles visible · up to Warm spice
Reader Type
Epic AdventurerShadow ReaderShapeshifterWarm
Six of Crows
by Leigh Bardugo
A criminal prodigy assembles a crew of six dangerous outcasts for an impossible heist—one that could make them rich beyond their wildest dreams, if it doesn't kill them first.
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Shadow ReaderWarm
The Blade Itself
by Joe Abercrombie
The first novel in the First Law Trilogy and debut fantasy novel from New York Times bestseller, Joe Abercrombie.Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck.
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Shadow ReaderWarm
The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss
Discover #1 New York Times-bestselling Patrick Rothfuss’ epic fantasy series, The Kingkiller Chronicle. “I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss.
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Shadow ReaderShapeshifterWarm
The Lies of Locke Lamora
by Scott Lynch
The first book of the epic fantasy caper Gentleman Bastard Sequence about a roguish group of conmen, which George R. R.
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Shadow ReaderHistorical WandererWarm
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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Shadow ReaderSweet
The Poppy War
by R.F. Kuang
“I have no doubt this will end up being the best fantasy debut of the year [...] I have absolutely no doubt that [Kuang’s] name will be up there with the likes of Robin Hobb and N.
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Shadow ReaderHistorical WandererShapeshifterSweet
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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Shadow ReaderWarm
The Atlas Six
by Olivie Blake
Six uniquely talented magicians are invited to compete for five spots in a secret society guarding the lost Library of Alexandria. To survive initiation, they must choose who among them is expendable.
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Ninth House
by Leigh Bardugo
"The best fantasy novel I’ve read in years, because it’s about real people... Impossible to put down.
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Shadow ReaderWarm
Prince of Thorns
by Mark Lawrence
A stunning fantasy debut from a major new talent! When he was nine, he watched his mother and brother killed before him.
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Shadow ReaderWarm
A Little Hatred
by Joe Abercrombie
"Abercrombie writes fantasy like no one else." - The GuardianThey burned her home.
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Shadow ReaderSweet
The Traitor Baru Cormorant
by Seth Dickinson
In Seth Dickinson's highly-anticipated debut The Traitor Baru Cormorant, a young woman from a conquered people tries to transform an empire in this richly imagined geopolitical fantasy.Baru Cormora...
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Shadow ReaderSweet
Katabasis
by R.F. Kuang
Dante's Inferno meets Susanna Clarke's Piranesi in this all-new dark academia fantasy from R. F.
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Shadow ReaderSweet
The Book That Held Her Heart
by Mark Lawrence
Two people once connected by a vast and mysterious library are now separated and must overcome time and distance to reunite and bring peace to their worlds, in the final book of the Library Trilogy...
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Shadow ReaderShapeshifterSweet
Steel Gods
by Richard Swan
Steel Gods is the second novel in the Great Silence trilogy, which began with Grave Empire, from Sunday Times bestselling author Richard Swan - a dark flintlock fantasy filled with epic adventure, ...
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