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Twilight Blade by Chiyoko Maruume and Tokegoro – The Latest Supernatural Action Manga Series

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Twilight Blade, also known as Awai no Enjin, is a supernatural action Manga series that was published recently, in June 2026. A young boy named Hikari loses his mother in a mysterious fire. Mr. Yojin is an investigator and an exorcist who empathizes with Hikari and decides to adopt him or at least let the young boy stay with him. What Hikari doesn’t know is that he attracts many evil spirits for a harmless boy of his age. And each time Yojin sees an evil power trying to attack Hikari, he rushes in and fights it off, protecting Hikari. The found family bonding that tehy both develop is what adds a strong sense of warmth to the plot.

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Tears of the Silenced: An Amish True Crime Memoir of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Brutal Betrayal, and Ultimate Survival

Tears of The Silenced: A True Crime Memoir by Misty Griffin – A Survivor’s Story of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Cults, Injustice, and Survival

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TW: Tears of The Silenced is a true crime memoir that tells the world of extreme violence that most of us cannot even imagine. Could someone who loves to gently read bedtime stories to young children each night turn out also be someone who brutally beats the same children several times a day and sexually assaults them? Could a biological mother beat her children with a leather belt and a metal fly sqautter and watch their children being molested by their step father gleefully? Could such cruel people be members of a church? And could a church enable and empower such abusers by systemically preventing the members, especially victims of absue from making any contact with the outside world? This is the real-life story and a first-hand narrative of the author and survivor, Misty Griffin.

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Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan – An Enjoyable Children’s Adventure Novel

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Percy Jackson is a twelve-year-old boy who is aware that he is not like ordinary kids of his age. His father left him and his mother to go somewhere and never returned. His mother is deeply loving and his step-father is mean and annoying. He’s changed schools several times because he would be caught doing something unbelievable and the school would suspend him. In a quick succession of events, several shocking incidents happen: his best friend in school, Grover, is not human at all, his mother, Grover, and he fight a monster, his mother gets killed, and he has moved into a place for many other “different” children like him: he is not human; Percy is a half-God. In this children’s fantasy book, Percy discovers who he is, goes on a quest with his friends, and fights monsters and many evil forces. This is a fast-paced novel that would normally be quite enjoyable for children.

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Hot for Slayer by Ali Hazelwood: An Amusing Paranormal Romantasy Novella

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“Hot for Slayer” is a quick-read, a romantasy novella about a vampire woman Aethelthryth running away and hiding for centuries from a vampire slayer Lazlo because it is his job to kill her. She puts up good fights and makes smart moves to escape, but this time when he meets her, it is different. Something unexpected happens: in an attempt to save Ethel from another vampire, Lazlo gets hurt and forgets everything. She risks her life to support him and let him stay with her, and the feelings these two arch rivals have had for each other all this time grow intense. This is the first time they enjoy each other’s company so much, but the moment he regains his memory, she would be dead. What is going on?

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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman – An Unconventional, Amusing, Cozy Thriller

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Elizabeth, Ron, Ibrahim, and Joyce, residents of a community for retired, old people are not the stereotyped old people, helpless and ailing. They are skilled in their own ways, use their knowledge, expertise, experience, and their age to their advantage to solve murders simply because they are curious. Often, amusingly, they are a step ahead of even the police! In a village where nothing interesting generally happens, when a murder occurs, members of The Thursday Murder Club get excited and start investigating the case, whether or not the police will allow them to do that.

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Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham – Fairytale Characters Reimagined as Powerful Adult Comics

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Fables is a series of comic books created and written by Bill Willingham and published by Vertigo Comics, a subsidiary of DC Comics. In this series, the author reimagines folklore and fairytale characters from children’s comics as “fables” who take up completely different roles, people who secretly live among the normal human beings, in Fabletown, New York. Snow White’s sister goes missing and her apartment has blood spilled everywhere and the furniture and items there are all destroyed. There is also a sign on the wall. Snow requests “Bigby”, the Big Bad Wolf, the sheriff of the Fabletown government to investigate the case.

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The Lion’s Tusk by Robert Jackson Bennett: A Fast-Paced Fantasy Novella

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The Lion’s Tusk is a fantasy novella written by Robert Jackson Bennett. One of the first things you will notice is that the author’s writing style is distinct and his vocabulary rich and the narrative is also interesting. The story combines all the classic whodunit murder mystery elements and elements of fantasy like mythology and fictional history. Ana Dolabra is a brilliant investigator who specializes in historical myths, beasts, and magic. Along with her assistant Din, she solves crimes of the past.

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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman – Is this popular book worth your time?

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“Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine” is an award-winning literary fiction book written by Gail Honeyman, published in the year 2017. Eleanor Oliphant is a twenty-nine-year-old woman with a dark past. She has some colleagues but no friends either at work or outside. Her childhood was anything but normal. She is lonely and tries to cope up with her loneliness but she can’t relate to others and others can’t relate to her. It all changes when she falls in love! The book blends deep emotions together; it makes you want to cry; it makes you laugh.

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Jackals and Arabs by Franz Kafka: An Allegorical Short Story About Power, War, and Control

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Jackals and Arabs may not be the most popular work of the author but it is one of Franz Kafka’s most controversial short stories. The story allegorically describes fear, shame, pride, control, power, dependence, helplessness, and hope. This is an interesting political satire short story for those who enjoy history and politics. Even though you can finish reading the story in a few minutes, it will leave you thinking deeply and debating different perspectives.

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Michelangelo by Diane Stanley: A Photobook Biography of The Greatest Artist of All Time

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Michelangelo is widely regarded as the greatest artist of all time. In this book authored by Diane Stanley, we get to see several beautiful paintings and learn about Michelangelo’s life, the later years of that period in European history, and his contributions to the field of art in different forms – paintings, sculptures, and architecture – during the Renaissance period. He worked on a marble sculpture of Virgin Mary holding a crucified Jesus in her arms, known as “Pietà”. It was this work that served as the beginning of his fame as an artist. Read this to find out how the young artist rose to fame and what all he accomplished in the renaissance period.

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