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Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Delighted my corporate lawyer romance BEHIND FRENEMY LINES has been longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards! You can vote for it here: bit.ly/DBA26

Book cover for Behind Frenemy Lines by Zen Cho, featuring a brightly coloured drawing of a curly-haired South Asian woman against the London skyline

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Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It's been brought to my attention that Bookshop.org UK sells audiobooks now! You can get some of mine on there, like Behind Frenemy Lines which features some fabulous British ESEA talent, Daniel York Loh and Vera Chok as the two leads ✨💕 (h/t @harihareswara.net)

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Behind Frenemy Lines: The Must-Read Workplace Fake Dating Romance from Zen Cho

Sparks fly when an ambitious rules-bound lawyer clashes with a maverick new hire who threatens his chances of partnership—and the walls he's built around his heart.When Kriya follows her boss and join...

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo by @zenaldehyde.bsky.social, Homeward Books & Syl-Lo-Therapy by Crystal Hurdle, @guernicaeditions.bsky.social. See alt-text. #DSPBposts #bookish 💙📚 #BookSky #booktok #booksta #bookstagram #booklovers

Book covers for The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo by Zen Cho, Homeward Books: It’s the Roaring Twenties, and writer Jade Yeo is exploring all the passions and perils of London high society. When she writes a scathing review of Bloomsbury luminary Sebastian Hardie, she’s hardly expecting an invitation to his next party, much less to find herself the object of his romantic attentions. Irresistibly drawn to the prospect of adventure, Jade is intrigued to find that Hardie’s charismatic wife supports his dalliances. But exciting as the Hardies are, a life of fancy dinner parties and bohemian drama is not the freedom Jade has worked for. Forced to confront her real desires, she must decide whether to succumb to the Hardies’ stifling fantasies—or seize real life with the tenacity it demands. Out June 16. https://www.homewardbooks.com/books/the-perilous-life-of-jade-yeo AND for Syl-Lo-Therapy by Crystal Hurdle, Guernica Editions: Ripped from the confines of their books and storied mythologies, Sylvia Plath and Nabokov’s Lolita Haze react, redact, reclaim—using food, math, bees, fashion, film, literary criticism, art, sexual identity, bibliotherapy, blood jets of poetry (and more)—on their parallel anachronistic rides. Syl-Lo-Therapy combines the best of creative vision with meticulous research. A deep dive into both Sylvia Plath and Nabokov’s Lolita, two books in one. Out September 2026. https://guernicaeditions.com/products/syl-lo-therapy

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Cole Sanders D’Alleva @princeofeternity.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I really enjoyed reading @zenaldehyde.bsky.social’s Spirits Aboard. The astonishing collection published by @kellylink.bsky.social’s Small Beer Press, it was such a great round of stories populated by vampires, dragons, and so much more! Seriously, you need to check it out RIGHT FREAKING NOW.

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Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Thank you!! I'm so glad you enjoyed it 🥰

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Toastnjam @toastnjam41.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social might fit the bill. It's a shorter story, if you like Wuxia type fantasy. I loved it.

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Hear my full review of THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO by @zenaldehyde.bsky.social (available now from @homewardbooksco.bsky.social) and see how the drink is made at Bar Cart Bookshelf on YouTube. youtu.be/a0PX42P5_NE

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Mocktail Recipe & Book Review: Artistic Education (THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO by Zen Cho)

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO by Zen Cho. A frothy epistolary novella, this literary comedy of manners dazzles and delights in true effervescent style. Utterly charming! Our drink is an Artistic Education, a bright bubbly mocktail.

An advance reader copy THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO alongside a red drink in a coupe glass on a table top.

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

In honor of today's cover reveal, this week's Thursday snippet comes from Melting the Ice Queen, which is available to preorder in North America now! bit.ly/MeltingTheIc... #romancelandia

Against a background of the Northern Lights, this snippet of text is shown above the North American cover of Melting the Ice Queen:
“Clothilde had never dreamed of easy, thoughtless victories. She’d only ever dreamed of one brilliant, powerful woman.”
The cover itself shows two women facing each other, holding twin candles, in the midst of a cathedral made of ice. The woman on the left is slim, Black, and wears an icy crown above her cool blue wedding gown, with more shards of ice held ready in the air behind her as she regards her new bride with open suspicion; the woman on the right is white, red-haired, lushly curved, and wearing a gold wedding gown as she grins mischievously at her new wife, with rainbow-colored heat rays beaming out from behind her own figure. The tagline reads: Nothing melts the heart like an old flame.

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imogenhybrid.bsky.social @imogenhybrid.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Spirits Abroad by @zenaldehyde.bsky.social, & I defy anybody not to love it. I don't usually like short stories, & only picked it up bc the shop didn't have anything else of hers (dammit, I like bookshops), & now I'm so glad I did! I mean, look at this exchange between two ghost in 'Balik Kampung':

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Ian Green @ianthegreen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

VERVAIN HOLLOW by Catriona Silvey is out June- Its a delightfully twisting slice of Gothic Americana anchored by exquisitely drawn characters and relationships. Deftly drawn, horribly spooky. I read it entirely after dark, and I recommend you do the same... catrionasilvey.com/vh.html

Cover for Vervain hollow by Catriona silvey, outline of a woman with interior filled by image of a gothic house

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Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Looking forward to this, taking place next month!

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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Here’s the cover for my upcoming new book, A Scholar’s Guide to Demonology & Other Dark Arts! More information at www.panmacmillan.com/authors/gene...

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Everina Maxwell @everinamaxwell.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Where are UK people getting their US import books? I just finished an arc of The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo by @zenaldehyde.bsky.social and now I immediately need to preorder a physical copy for a friend

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Karen Lord @drkarenlord.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

for those who could click through but would prefer not to:

Publishers Marketplace Deal Report. THE ANGEL AT THE GATES by Karen Lord. Imprint Akashic. Author of the 2024 Women’s Prize Longlisted THE BLUE, BEAUTIFUL WORLD Karen Lord’s THE ANGEL AT THE GATES, in which a man hoping to make sense of unspoken intergenerational trauma journeys to return a family heirloom to the land of its origin and gets caught in the country’s escalating war and danger, to Johnny Temple at Akashic, by Hana El Niwairi at CookeMcDermid, (world). Rights: johanna@akashicbooks.com. Fiction: literary. March 23, 2026.

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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I want to introduce everyone to a really good, but underread science fiction novel instead: Geoffrey Ryman's THE CHILD GARDEN

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The Child Garden

The Child Garden [Geoff Ryman] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Child Garden

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Samit Basu @samitbasu.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Popping up from the void to say, I'm starting an independent writing workshop! Do have a look, and share with anyone you think might be interested. samit.substack.com/p/writing-wo...

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Writing workshops

(Yes, I'm starting one)

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Wytwavedarling (she/her) @wytwavedarling.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Took a break from life this weekend to read Behind Frenemy Lines by @zenaldehyde.bsky.social. I wasn't sure what to expect because I discovered Cho through her SFF & rarely read romance, but I LOVED it. This book is so delightful! If you read romance at all, you need to read it. #Books #AmReading 📚📖

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a cartoon of belle from beauty and the beast says i just read the most wonderful story

Alt: a cartoon of belle from beauty and the beast says i just read the most wonderful story

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Gavin, Small Beer (closed due to long covid), &c. @gavingrant.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Katherine Blake's novel The Interior Life where a woman has two lives, an everyday deal with the kids, husband, PTA, etc. and then an amazing secondary world fantasy that she slips in and out of. And @jdnicoll.bsky.social points out it's (amazingly) available free here: www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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Dorothy J. Heydt: Bibliography

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Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Getting started wrapping Xmas presents today and so

Image of a dark-haired bespectacled man labelled "me (not a middle-aged British man)", gesturing at a butterfly labelled "searching for a Christmas playlist that features both Fairytale of New York and Stop The Cavalry", with the caption "is this being British"

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 03/12/2025

I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms March 10th, 2026! awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...

Cover of the House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard: a banyan tree with grey heraldry showing Notre Dame bisected by a sword
The text above reads "Enter a Ruined Paris", and below "March 10, 2026"

Cover of The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard: a dragon wrapped around grey heraldry showing a crowned hawthorn tree. The background is blue with spatters of grungy black
The text reads "Ruled by Fallen Angels..." and "March 10, 2026"

Cover of The House of Sundering Flames by Aliette de Bodard: a tiger in flames wrapped around grey heraldry showing a hawk above a tower The background is blue with spatters of grungy black
The text reads "And Dragons of the depths", "March 10, 2026"

Covers of all three books, The House of Shattered Wings (banyan tree and Notre Dame), The House of Binding Thorns (eastern dragon and crowned hawthorn tree), The House of Sundering Flames (tiger in flames and hawk over tower)
The text reads "Read the Complete Trilogy", "Available in Ebook and Trade Paperback March 10, 2026"

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The Binge Reading Bookclub Podcast @bingereadingbooks.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Episode 11 - Behind Frenemy Lines by Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social Bestselling author Nicholas Binge @bingewriting.bsky.social breaks down how Cho creates compelling conflict without killing anyone! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6xV0... 💙📚

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Episode 11 - Behind Frenemy Lines by Zen Cho (or how to write conflict without killing anyone)

Podcast Episode · The Binge Reading Bookclub · 27/11/2025 · 55m

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it’s tris @tristopher.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

This is such a fun little novella and might have been the first romance I ever read? A great start, tbh, if unflattering for some of its successors. Check it ouuuut

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Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

You can pre-order a print edition of Jade Yeo with a glorious new cover now! Check out the link for details ⬇️

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Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Happy Deepavali! My 3yo came home from nursery brimming with excitement: "We light candles to help Sita and Rama get home. The bad guy has loads of heads."

A lit candle in a red clay diya made by a child and a small elephant figure on a windowsill; it's dark outside

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Luke Seaber @thelong1930s.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Lord Peter Wimsey is the narrative voice of The Waste Land.

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Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Sally Rooney writes contemporary romance

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Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

If you've ever wanted a version of JADE YEO that you could hold and dogear and put on your shelf, this is your chance! I've seen the new cover and it's going to be SUCH a cute book, please support Homeward Books so they can publish it ✨

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Birmingham Science Fiction Group @birminghamsfgroup.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

OCTOBER EVENT: This Fri 10th Oct, we are very excited to welcome award-winning fantasy & romance author @zenaldehyde.bsky.social. Come and join us at The Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or join us on Zoom. Tickets available on the door or via Eventbrite: eventbrite.co.uk/e/1774794641549

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Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Oh my interview with Tatler Asia is out, cool!! Thanks @gavingrant.bsky.social 😊

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Hooray! My new tea & vampires novella (set at a most unusual inn in the Black Forest) is out NOW on my Patreon: patreon.com/stephanieburgis Subscribe at the Dragon Ruler level to grab it now, or preorder it for $2.99/£2.49 to get it on Sept 29th: books2read.com/stephanieburgis #romancelandia

A screenshot of Steph's latest Patreon post shows the title "Your Ebook Copy of A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence" along with the cover of the novella.

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Ooh, guess what arrived while we were gone? Shiny, beautiful copies of the French edition of Scales and Sensibility (Dragons & Sentiments)!!! Aren't they gorgeous? Look at that foil! 😍 And thanks so much, again, to @tansyrr.bsky.social & @zenaldehyde.bsky.social for the blurbs, now in French! :)

The French cover of Scales and Sensibility - Dragons et Sentiments - by Stephanie Burgis, published by Milady, shows an illustration of a young woman in Regency dress with a small dragon on her shoulder. The title and two rose illustrations are in shiny pink foil.

The back cover of the French edition reads: C'est une vérité presque incontestable que la vie

sociale d'une jeune femme sans dragon

est condamnée à l'échec.

En arrivant à Hathergill Hall, Elinor avait la ferme intention de se conduire comme une parente pauvre irréprochable. Elle n'avait en aucun cas prévu d'enlever le dragon de compagnie de son horrible cousine Pénélope, ni de tomber amoureuse de l'impudent chasseur de dot venu courtiser celle-ci. Et jamais elle n'aurait rêvé devoir se prêter à une ridicule mascarade magique pour sauver l'avenir de ses soeurs. Mais même les plus brillants esprits de l'Angleterre de 1817 ne sont pas encore parvenus à dévoiler tous les secrets des dragons... et les héroïnes les plus raisonnables peuvent parfois émettre quelques souhaits irréfléchis. L'impétuosité et la débrouillardise d'Elinor seront mises à rude épreuve, et peut-être se montrera-t-elle suffisamment téméraire pour séduire l'amour de sa vie et s'assurer un bonheur éternel... avec l'aide aussi imprévisible que dangereuse de la créature magique qui l'a adoptée. Une comédie romantique Régence regorgeant de dragons domestiques et de mésaventures magiques. «Le Château ambulant rencontre Mansfield Park dans cette comédie romantique Régence merveilleusement drôle.»
- Tansy Rayner Roberts.
« Une savoureuse Fantasy Régence pleine de romance, d'intrigues et d'un dragon tout à fait unique!»
- Zen Cho.

Traduit de l'anglais (Etats-Unis) par Frederic Grut. Illustration de couverture: Nicolas Jamonneau.

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Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

The Kickstarter for @spires.bsky.social's SF novella ELLIPSES is live! If you like exoplanet exploration, first contact and microbiology in addition to friendships, love and ship AIs, this one's for you. Check it out here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

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Ellipses-An Original Science Fiction Novella

This is the inaugural volume in a new original hard science fiction novella series called Supernovellas.

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Bookstore Romance Day @bookstoreromanceday.org · 17/08/2025

If you missed any of this year's #BookstoreRomanceDay virtual programming, or if you just want to watch your favorite panels again, everything has been uploaded to the BRD YouTube channel for you to watch at any time. You can also catch events from previous years! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Bookstore Romance Day 2025 - YouTube

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

ICYMI, my Harwood Spellbook series of frothy feminist romantasy novellas (+ 1 short novel) is now available as an ebook boxset. All of my patrons at the $5/month level or higher can grab it now: patreon.com/stephanieburgis & everyone else can grab it here: books2read.com/harwood-box #romancelandia

The box set image of The Harwood Spellbook: The Complete Series, by Stephanie Burgis, showing various heroines in Regency-like (but not quite) clothing having magical adventures in the snow, in the woods, and in the moonlight.

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Bookstore Romance Day @bookstoreromanceday.org · 09/08/2025

Start tomorrow off with a David Bowie earworm & authors #AveryKeelan, @zenaldehyde.bsky.social, @cynthiatimoti.bsky.social, & @vikeeland.bsky.social with moderator Becca Oman of Island Books as they talk all things Modern Love. 8/10 at 10 AM Eastern on Zoom. Register here: bit.ly/4ffrmxe

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Bookstore Romance Day @bookstoreromanceday.org · 08/08/2025

#BookstoreRomanceDay is THIS WEEKEND! Have you claimed your spots for the great line up of virtual events? www.eventbrite.com/cc/bookstore...

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Bookstore Romance Day 2025

Virtual events for Bookstore Romance Day 2025

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Bookstore Romance Day @bookstoreromanceday.org · 05/08/2025

Start your Sunday off with a David Bowie earworm & authors #AveryKeelan, @zenaldehyde.bsky.social, @cynthiatimoti.bsky.social, & @vikeeland.bsky.social with moderator Becca Oman of Island Books as they talk all things Modern Love. 8/10 at 10 AM Eastern on Zoom. Register here: bit.ly/4ffrmxe

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

AND tonight is the very last chance to scoop up the audiobooks of Claws & Contrivances and Good Neighbors (along with several other awesome audiobooks) for just $4.99 apiece, no matter where in the world you are! Find them all: books.bookfunnel.com/buydirectaud... #romancelandia

The image shows a sales post reading All Audiobooks $5 or less, along with the audiobook covers for Steph's Claws and Contrivances (with the tagline fake betrothals and unexpected dragons) and Good Neighbors (cozy-spooky rom-com).

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

For only one week, the ebook of Wooing the Witch Queen is on sale at every US online bookstore - and at least some Canadian ones, too! - for just $2.99. Snap it up now: us.macmillan.com/books/978125... #romancelandia

An image of the North American front cover of Wooing the Witch Queen shows a sinister witch queen in a spectacular beaded dress embracing her handsome and adoring new librarian (in a black wizard's robe) inside a library of magic filled with crows and masks and flying books. The tagline reads: Love can be a witch. A blurb from Sarah Beth Durst (New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop) reads: “Full of charm, wit, and magic… I loved it!”
Around the image, against a starry night background, are various pieces of text connected to it by arrows. They read: “bi villainous heroine,” “sweet cinnamon-roll hero with a fake identity,” “crow friends,” “found family,” and “flirting with fountains pens.” At the bottom of the image are the words: On sale for $2.99!

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Karen Lord @drkarenlord.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Stumbled across this interview I did when promoting The Blue, Beautiful World a couple of years ago. Still stand by my choices! fivebooks.com/best-books/g...

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The Best Speculative Fiction About Gods and Godlike Beings

Five works of science fiction that feature gods, epiphanies, and powerful beings—as recommended by award-winning author Karen Lord

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Rebecca Fraimow @rebeccafraimow.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

stealing time to read @zenaldehyde.bsky.social's Behind Frenemy Lines on my lunch break, I am startled by the sudden appearance of our regular volunteer to demand the book's title: "I can't remember the last time anything I read has made me smile as much as you're smiling right now!"

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