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Hopeless
Chestnut Springs (Book 5)
Written by Elsie Silver
Hopeless by Elsie Silver is a small-town romance built on secret feelings, emotional walls, and slow-burn tension. When years of unspoken love collide with timing and fear, two hearts must decide if hope is worth the risk.
House of Earth and Blood
Crescent City (Book 1)
Written by Sarah J. Maas
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas is an urban fantasy packed with magic, mystery, and slow-burn romance. Set in Crescent City, it follows a woman seeking justice in a world of angels, demons, and deadly secrets.
House of Flame and Shadow
Crescent City (Book 3)
Written by Sarah J. Maas
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas is a high-stakes urban fantasy finale packed with war, sacrifice, and emotional payoff. As worlds collide and secrets surface, the fight for freedom reaches its breaking point.
House of Hollow
Written by Krystal Sutherland
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland follows the Hollow sisters, who vanished as children and returned changed - with black eyes, white hair, and strange abilities. When the eldest disappears again, Iris must uncover the dark truth about what happened to them.
House of Open Wounds
The Tyrant Philosophers (Book 2)
Written by Adrian Tchaikovsky
House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky is a grimdark fantasy set in a field hospital behind the Palleseen front lines, where forbidden healers patch up the empire's wounded. A war novel about complicity, compassion, and the cost of survival.
House of Roots and Ruin
Sisters of the Salt (Book 2)
Written by Erin A. Craig
House of Roots and Ruin by Erin A. Craig continues Sisters of the Salt with Verity sent to paint a young lord's portrait. This gothic sequel delivers atmospheric horror, dark secrets, mysterious estate, and Craig's signature lush prose in a standalone-adjacent story.
House of Salt and Sorrows
Sisters of the Salt (Book 1)
Written by Erin A. Craig
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig retells The Twelve Dancing Princesses with gothic horror as Annaleigh investigates her sisters' mysterious deaths. This #1 New York Times bestselling YA debut delivers maritime atmosphere, dark fairy tale dread, and supernatural mystery.
House of Sky and Breath
Crescent City (Book 2)
Written by Sarah J. Maas
House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas is a high-stakes urban fantasy sequel packed with rebellion, ancient secrets, and slow-burn romance. As tensions rise in Crescent City, alliances fracture and the cost of freedom grows ever higher.
Howling Dark
The Sun Eater (Book 2)
Written by Christopher Ruocchio
Howling Dark by Christopher Ruocchio expands the Sun Eater saga as Hadrian Marlowe ventures beyond the Empire, facing alien war, isolation, and moral reckoning.
Icebreaker
Maple Hills (Book 1)
Written by Hannah Grace
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace is a cozy sports romance featuring slow burn love, forced proximity, and emotional safety set within a close-knit college community.
Ignite Me
Shatter Me (Book 3)
Written by Tahereh Mafi
Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi is a turning point in the Shatter Me series, where power is reclaimed, rebellion ignites, and identity is finally owned.
Illuminae
The Illuminae Files (Book 1)
Written by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman
This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she'd ever do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded. Illuminae is a genre-defying space thriller told entirely through hacked documents, IMs, and classified files.
Imagine Me
Shatter Me (Book 6)
Written by Tahereh Mafi
Imagine Me by Tahereh Mafi is the explosive Shatter Me finale, where identity is reclaimed, power is integrated, and revolution reaches its defining moment.
Imago: Lilith's Brood 3
The Xenogenesis Trilogy (Book 3)
Written by Octavia E. Butler
Jodahs: first human-ooloi construct. Shapeshifter. DNA manipulator. Raised male, becomes third sex. Butler's 1989 finale from most alien perspective. Master powers or doom all. Locus nominee. Androgynous, powerful, profound.
Inevitable
Carter Kids (Book 5)
Written by Chloe Walsh
Inevitable by Chloe Walsh is a dark contemporary romance driven by emotional turmoil, obsession, and undeniable attraction. As two broken souls collide, love becomes inescapable, forcing them to confront pain, trust, and the cost of surrendering control.
Inherit the Flame
The Scorched Continent (Book 3)
Written by Megan O'Keefe
War comes to Hond Steading. Detan returns home to find Thratia's army at the gates - then the empire arrives. Caught between two armies, dark magicians, and uneasy alliances, Detan schemes to survive. O'Keefe's explosive trilogy finale.
Inheritance
The Inheritance Cycle (Book 4)
Written by Christopher Paolini
Inheritance by Christopher Paolini is the epic conclusion to a dragon-rider saga, where war reaches its climax and the fate of Alagaësia is finally decided.
Iron Flame
The Empyrean (Book 2)
Written by Rebecca Yarros
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros is a high-stakes fantasy sequel where survival, rebellion, and dragon-rider bonds are tested as Violet faces brutal truths and escalating war.
Iron Gold
Red Rising (Book 4)
Written by Pierce Brown
Iron Gold by Pierce Brown continues Darrow’s saga in a fractured solar system, blending political intrigue, rebellion, and epic battles as new and familiar heroes struggle to shape a future after the fall of the Gold hierarchy.
Ironside
Modern Faerie Tale (Book 3)
Written by Holly Black
Ironside by Holly Black is a dark urban fantasy finale where faerie courts collide, hidden identities surface, and survival depends on choice, loyalty, and sacrifice.
It Ends With Us
It Ends with Us (Book 1)
Written by Colleen Hoover
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover is an emotionally powerful romance about love, trauma, and the courage required to break destructive cycles and choose a healthier future.
It Starts with Us
It Ends with Us (Book 2)
Written by Colleen Hoover
It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover is a hopeful romance about healing, second chances, and building a healthy love after choosing to break destructive cycles.
Jade City
The Green Bone Saga (Book 1)
Written by Fonda Lee
Jade City by Fonda Lee follows the Kaul family of No Peak clan in jade-wielding Kekon. This award-winning debut blends Asian-inspired fantasy, crime family dynamics, martial arts magic, and clan warfare through morally complex characters navigating loyalty and power.
Jade Legacy
The Green Bone Saga (Book 3)
Written by Fonda Lee
Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee concludes the Green Bone Saga across decades as the next generation inherits clan conflicts. This epic finale explores generational change, Kekon's transformation, legacy's weight, and resolution for the Kaul family's multi-decade journey.
Jade War
The Green Bone Saga (Book 2)
Written by Fonda Lee
Jade War by Fonda Lee continues the Green Bone Saga as foreign powers threaten Kekon and No Peak faces betrayals. This sequel expands scope whilst deepening character arcs, exploring morally complex choices, escalating clan conflict, and power's accumulating costs.
Juniper & Thorn
Written by Ava Reid
Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid reimagines a dark Grimm fairy tale in Imperial Russia-inspired fantasy. This standalone delivers gothic atmosphere, captivity, monstrous father, slow burn romance, and Reid's most intense literary prose exploring control and agency.
Just For The Summer
Part of Your World (Book 3)
Written by Abby Jimenez
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez follows Justin and Emma, who believe they're cursed to have exes find true love after dating them. They fake-date to break the curse in this Minnesota summer romance exploring family dysfunction and healing.
Keeping 13
Boys of Tommen (Book 2)
Written by Chloe Walsh
Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh is a contemporary romance novel filled with heartfelt emotion, slow-burn romance, and personal growth. Characters navigate love, trust, and small-town drama while facing family secrets and unexpected challenges.
King of Scars
King of Scars (Book 1)
Written by Leigh Bardugo
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo follows Nikolai Lantsov as he fights for his crown while battling dark magic, political unrest, and the monsters within and beyond Ravka.
King's Cage
Red Queen (Book 3)
Written by Victoria Aveyard
King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard is a dark fantasy of captivity and control, where rebellion fractures and survival depends on endurance, loyalty, and sacrifice.