Sim Kern

Dec 27, 2023 | booksaremagic.squarespace.com | Sim Kern |Erica Berry |Kate Clayborn |Louisa Hall

This is not your average best-of-the-year list! Our booksellers have read a lot this year, and we’re bringing you our favorites from 2023 that you won’t find on every other year-end roundup—the underrated, unsung, under the radar hits we think you have to pick up. Read on for the best in fiction, horror, romance, kids lit, and more! Monstrilio by Gerardo Samano Cordova This book reminded me why I love fiction!! A spooky, thoughtful book of grief incarnate.

Mar 1, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Sim Kern |Holly Jackson

A coming-of-age story set in the Dust States in the year 2075. Sassparylla McCracken is just another Dusty, a White girl destined to a life of working for the oil refinery or running with outlaw scrounger gangs, stealing water in drought-stricken Texas. Rylla dreams of escaping her overbearing mother by going to college and learning how to improve things in the Dust.