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Ashfall Crown
Ashfall CrownSeren Oduya · Fantasy · English · Ongoing

The volcano chose a queen. The court would rather she burned.

903K reads · 77K votes · 57 parts · 67 min · ★ 4.9
The Cartographer’s Daughter
The Cartographer’s DaughterAna Duarte · Fantasy · English · Completed

Her father drew every road in the kingdom except the one that led to where he vanished.

734K reads · 58K votes · 44 parts · 44 min · ★ 4.8
The Salt Between Us
The Salt Between UsMira Castellanos · Romance · English · Completed

A marine biologist returns to the island she swore off, and to the fisherman who never stopped writing to her.

1.2M reads · 96K votes · 32 parts · 35 min · ★ 4.7
Signal from Europa
Signal from EuropaKai Nakamura · Sci-Fi · English · Completed

Forty kilometres under the ice, something has started answering back in her dead brother’s voice.

356K reads · 28K votes · 26 parts · 22 min · ★ 4.7
Nine Doors Down
Nine Doors DownTomas Hale · Thriller · English · Ongoing

Every tenant on the ninth floor has a key to 9C. Only one of them used it the night Mrs. Aldana vanished.

488K reads · 31K votes · 22 parts · 23 min · ★ 4.6
The Quiet Hours
The Quiet HoursElias Wren · Literary · English · Ongoing

Between 2 and 5 a.m., a night-shift pharmacist becomes the keeper of everyone’s secrets.

205K reads · 14K votes · 12 parts · 13 min · ★ 4.6
The Hollow at Ravensmere
The Hollow at RavensmereIris Blackwood · Horror · English · Ongoing

The house was free. The only condition was never to open the window on the third landing.

274K reads · 22K votes · 15 parts · 14 min · ★ 4.5
Lanterns Over Lahore
Lanterns Over LahoreAabnoor Rashid · Romance · English · Ongoing

Two families, one rooftop, and a bundle of unsigned letters that could ruin everything before Eid.

612K reads · 48.1K votes · 8 parts · 11 min · ★ 4.8
The Bookbinder of Anarkali
The Bookbinder of AnarkaliAabnoor Rashid · Literary · English · Completed

A widow inherits a bindery and a ledger of books that were never collected.

21K reads · 2.3K votes · 14 parts · 17 min · ★ 4.6