Private Rites by Julia Armfield Courtney's Picks Do you have a young

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adrenaline-fueled pop horror thriller reminiscent of Dean Koontz and Stephen King

his students always come first

Koffi has regained her freedom

But these are pedestrian concerns—he has a higher calling

Private Rites by Julia Armfield Courtney's Picks Do you have a youngA NEW YORK TIMES Editors' Choice! From the BELOVED, AWARD WINNING author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, centering three sisters navigating queer love and loss in a drowning world One of my FAVORITE NOVELS of the past few years. Jeff VanderMeer, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of Annihilation Its been raining for a long time now, so long that the land has reshaped itself and old rituals and religions are creeping