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🎓📚 Class is in session, and your next great read is on the syllabus! Head back to books with campus tales, dark academia, and stories filled with learning, discovery, and intellectual intrigue. From shadowy libraries to life-changing lessons, September’s Readers’ List is packed with page-turners perfect for the back-to-school season. 🍂🏛️
A Wonderful World of Magic
Magic begins the moment you believe. Adventure begins the moment you step inside. On the final day of fifth grade, Jennifer Harper and Jerry Kensington expect a summer filled with backyard adventures, and quiet hours lost in books. But everything changes when Jennifer uncovers an ancient, forgotten book hidden within her small town library.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
Past Rock Bottom
A ghost since his daughter’s death, Carl drowns in guilt and whiskey. Kate flees her abusive husband to a small town with her young daughter. When Sarah befriends the town drunk, their broken lives collide—forcing Carl to face his past and Kate to trust again. Redemption, they learn, isn't walked alone.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
Of Bones and Lilac
A cursed alchemist. A masked necromancer. A love that was never meant to survive. When Lehlia’s brother vanishes, she’s forced to join a man hiding a monstrous secret. Together, they hunt a magical animal trafficking ring- and uncover a truth that could destroy them both. Dark fantasy • Slow-burn romance • No spice • Artwork in every chapter
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
What She Carried (Mara Fenn Investigations Book 3)
Anna Dillon has spent ten years in SCI Muncy for killing her husband. Her daughter says she didn't. When Kate calls the tip line asking for Mara Fenn by name, Mara goes back to the Pennsylvania town she left behind—and finds Rob Dillon's name on a land filing no one was meant to read. The wrong woman is inside. The real crime is still running.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
Lost and Stolen Gods (Labyrinth of Gods Book 1)
The night a monster killed my grandmother, I was whisked away to a war-torn realm of gods. To claim vengeance, I’ll need to ascend by proving my worth in a series of lethal trials. My only ally is a dangerous fire elemental whose wicked mouth sets my pulse racing. If the trials don’t kill me, then his dark allure might just be my undoing.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
The Organ Broker
What if a death sentence could be worth millions? When activist Crystal Rigler discovers a secret network supplying prisoners’ organs to the rich and powerful, she finds herself at the center of a conspiracy where justice is for sale. Her personal circumstances force her to make difficult decisions, challenging her long-held moral principles.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
Deadly Deception in Willow Springs: A Marnie Devlin Cozy Mystery
The hat was vintage. The poison was fresh. An appraiser turns up dead in a hidden room at Ashworth Manor, where half the treasures are forgeries, and half the town is lying. Marnie Devlin, 65, can spot a fake at a glance. Someone in that house is counting on her not spotting them.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
How Do You Live Without Love? (The Dying Church Series Book 1)
Wesley Aames shows up to New Covenant as a man who has already lost everything—wife, daughter, and the will to keep going. Hired to revive a sleepy Appalachian church, he finds a congregation on life support: dwindling funds, fractious trustees, and a choir director who distrusts the new pastor from day one.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
Agent Gemini (Viral Agents Book 2)
Trinity's mission? To find out who she was before infection. Cal's mission? To find and protect Trinity. Unfortunately, Trinity's secrets might turn Cal into her worst enemy, and the government agency Division will stop at nothing to capture them both...
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
Wade & Felix Forever
A #1 bestseller on Amazon in Gay YA Fiction! Stuck in a stuffy Texas suburb with his cruel aunt, Wade dreams of running away to California with the boy of his dreams: his best friend Felix. But when Felix falls for their closeted bully, Roland, Wade goes to hilariously extreme lengths to win his love, leaving chaos and destruction in his wake.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
Born on Monday
Jessica Michaud returns to Maine to care for her ailing mother, only to find herself caught between the high school boyfriend she left behind and a vengeful ex who followed her from New York City. As the world closes in around her, a fierce nor’easter and a brutal crime uncover long-buried secrets.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
Camera, Confections and a Corpse
A killer in costume. A crush in cuffs. And cupcakes to die for. Kat expected spooky sweets and maybe a stolen dance with Bash. Instead, he’s arrested for murder. Now she’s racing to unmask the real killer before the man stealing her heart loses everything.
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The Lady's Guide to Handling Your Man Child
Part field guide, part survival manual, and part love letter, The Lady's Guide to Handling Your Man-Child humorously explores the hobbies, obsessions, collections, and wonderfully irrational logic that make men... well... men. Written with equal parts laughter and affection—and featuring contributions from the author's wife, Sheila.
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The Aztec Pursuit (Reed Hascombe Archaeological Adventure Thrillers Book 4)
Reed and his team travel to America, where they meet a Utah ranch owner who has discovered an antique Aztec ring in Arches National Park. A Mexican cartel leader chases them to an uncharted island in the Bermuda Triangle in search of hidden gold. An archaeological thriller that blends lost tribes, human ambition, and the lure of ancient power.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
The Kabuki Book
An exiled fox-spirit. A guilt-ridden swordsman. An empire determined to silence them both. As the gods of land and sea clash over Okuni’s soul, she consumes her divine life force to forge a radical, transgressive theatre on Kyoto’s riverbeds—sparking a rebellion of art and magic that refuses to die. An award-winning Literary Historical Fantasy.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
Kep Westguard The Second Battle of Saratoga (Saving America Book 4)
Being thirteen is hard enough. But being a time traveler trapped in 1777 on the eve of battle? That’s another problem. A traitor lurks inside the American ranks, and Kep and his team must expose the truth before America’s greatest victory becomes a devastating defeat. History class just became a matter of life, death, and the birth of a nation.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
Isabelle Night and the Demon's Flute
An ancient palace sits in ruins, guarding secrets. Demons lurk there, waiting for the chance to attack, and thieves will tear it all apart stone by stone to find what is hidden. Not the summer vacation 13-year-old Isabelle Night was expecting, but she's up to the challenge! This is a fast-paced, smart-kid adventure that's sure to please!
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
The Surgeon's Psychic Nurse
She can sense danger before anyone else. He believes only in science. When a quiet operating room nurse repeatedly saves lives through an impossible gift, the new surgeon can’t explain what he’s seeing—but he can’t ignore it either. As friendship turns to love in a charming small town, they’ll discover that the greatest leap of faith isn’t believing in the impossible… It’s believing in each other.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
In the Presence of Her Enemies
Former lead soprano, Margot Van Ormer, is the closest thing to an enemy Tamar has ever known. But when Tamar discovers Margot's four-year-old son has been mistreated in an orphanage, she rescues him until Margot is released from prison. Will her enemy become her friend, or is it true that no good deed goes unpunished?
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Available As Is: A Midlife Widow's Search for Love
Widowed at 50 after losing her high school sweetheart, Debbie must build a new life on her own and begin a chapter she has no idea how to start. Available As Is is a candid, funny, and deeply moving memoir about grief, dating, reinvention, and finding your voice after years of being silent.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
Light and Shadows
A multigenerational, suspenseful family drama, Light and Shadows is perfect for readers who love the emotional depth of Kristin Hannah, Barbara Kingsolver, and Celeste Ng. Set against a picturesque Western frontier, Light and Shadows is a gripping, emotional story of sisterhood and finding the courage to face your demons before it's too late.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
The Fake Academy
Grayfield Academy has a reputation as the perfect school for children of the tech elite. It purposefully avoids the use of technology in the classroom, caters to the children's and parents' every need, and holds an aura of prestige and exclusivity. Too bad that it's all just a facade. A facade that hides an agenda...as well as multiple deaths.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
Gretna Can't Get Any Greener
With only eight months left before conscription, Vadim falls into a whirlwind romance with Louise. As they fight to escape military service, Vadim's desperate actions put their future and their relationship at risk. Family pressures and tough choices threaten everything. Will they survive the countdown to goodbye? A poignant coming-of-age romance.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
The Complex (The Complex Book 1)
Beneath Washington, D.C. lies a classified underground city known only as The Complex — a sprawling network built over 60 years beneath Washington, D.C. Officially, it does not exist. Designed to ensure the survival of the US after nuclear war. It's evolved into a hidden governing machine operating outside oversight, and possibly outside human control.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026
We Were NEVER Alone
From its opening passage of three mind-bending and seemingly disconnected stories to an exploration of the possible consequences of contact, D.J. Hasson’s novel propels the reader along a journey that is at once simply unbelievable, yet simultaneously so absolutely plausible we can imagine reading its headlines in tomorrow’s newspapers. - Foreword by Bill Diamond, President of The SETI Institute.
This deal is good on September 20th, 2026