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October Reads Worth Falling For

Danger, desire, second chances, and unexpected romanceβ€”discover this month’s Fresh Fiction Featured Books.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.


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Supernatural sparks fly
between a bookseller
& her hard-boiled ghost.


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If Her Highness thinks I’ll let another man claim her and my child, she’s lost her royal mind. Sophaya’s mine.


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She found a body. Then she started asking the wrong questions.


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He ghosted her ten years ago. Now she’s stuck with him for Christmas.


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She’s the lady everyone overlooks. He’s the prince who can’t look away.

Codex by Lev Grossman

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Also by Lev Grossman:

The Bright Sword, July 2024
Hardcover / e-Book
Summer Days and Summer Nights, June 2017
Trade Size / e-Book (reprint)
Summer Days and Summer Nights, May 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
The Magician's Land, August 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
The Magician King, August 2011
Hardcover
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet Of Curiosities, July 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
The Magicians, May 2010
Paperback
The Magicians, August 2009
Hardcover
Codex, May 2005
Trade Size (reprint)

CODEX
By: Lev Grossman

An accomplished, powerful literary thriller, Codex explores dark mysteries of both the medieval era and the present, keeping readers guessing right up until its astonishing conclusion.

Harvest Books
May 2005
Featuring: Edward Wozny; Margaret Napier; Gervase of Langford
368 pages
ISBN: 015602859X
Trade Size (reprint)
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When hotshot young investment banker Edward Wozny is called to the home of an important and mysterious client, the last thing he expects is to be ordered to uncrate and organize a library of rare books. Edward's indignation turns to curiosity when he learns that among the volumes there may be hidden a unique medieval codex, a priceless treasure kept sealed away for many years and for many reasons.

Enlisting the help of Margaret Napier, a passionate and brilliant medieval scholar, Edward learns the strange history of the codex's author, Gervase of Langford, as well as the dark, intricate tale that lies within the missing medieval text. As Edward's obsession with the codex deepens, friends introduce him to MOMUS, an addictive computer game set in a fantasy world that, perplexingly, begins to parallel the legend of the codex. Yet MOMUS confounds more than it clarifies, and it becomes evident that someone is trying to prevent Edward and Margaret from ever finding the elusive codex. As they race against an unknown enemy, the two begin to uncover secrets that the codex's powerful owner will do anything to keep hidden.

Media Buzz

All Things Considered - April 27, 2006