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Book Throne, One Book Throne reader will score 10 page-turning paperbacks and a $200 Amazon gift card to load up on even more reads or whatever else catches their eye. Final call hits at midnight on August 10.

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Step into a haunting exploration of memory, loss, and identity with The Topography of Pain by Ivan Lesay. Enter the Goodreads giveaway for a chance to win this evocative novel that charts three lives across shifting epochs and a shared homeland. Nada grapples with autonomy and morality as illness reshapes her worldview. Jaro is left raw and reflective as his ideals unravel during political transformation. And Adam, born of their shadows, drifts through a world as ambiguous as promising. From lofty dreams to unspoken regrets, their stories echo with sorrow, resolve, and transformation.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for a chance to win People Like Us, Jason Mott’s powerful new novel, a surreal, emotionally charged journey through grief, identity, and the fragile hope of connection. Though not a memoir, it pulses with intimate echoes of Mott’s own experiences, blurring the line between truth and imagination. Time bends, sea monsters surface, and peacocks strut through landscapes shaped by love, memory, and violence.
At its heart are two Black writers navigating a fractured world: one fresh off a major literary prize, traveling the globe; the other preparing to speak at a school marked by tragedy. As their paths converge, the story bursts with dark humor, absurdity, and tenderness, trophies become cocktail glasses, dangers creep beneath quiet scenes, and through it all, a refusal to stop dreaming.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for a chance to win Hollow, Karina Halle’s atmospheric new novel, a seductive, sinister twist on the legend of Sleepy Hollow. Since childhood, Kat Van Tassel has known she was promised to Brom Bones, her best friend. That future was shattered when Brom vanished as a teen, leaving behind a trail of mystery in their haunted hometown.
Now nineteen, Kat arrives at the elite Sleepy Hollow Institute, where dark secrets coil beneath the surface. Her new teacher, the magnetic and mysterious Ichabod Crane, ignites a fascination with forbidden magic that awakens something inside her. Then Brom returns, forever changed, his memories erased, his soul fractured, and Sleepy Hollow begins to bleed.
As gruesome murders spread and whispers of the Headless Horseman intensify, the trio spirals into a tangled web of lust, obsession, and danger. What they uncover might explain Brom’s madness, or doom them all. Hollow is a gothic fever dream pulsing with desire, dread, and deadly secrets.

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Step into the Goodreads Red Brick Road Book Giveaway for your chance to win Red Brick Road by J. T. Maxwell, a genre-bending, wildly original spin on a classic tale. When Brendon Connor is swept into a surreal blizzard, his world shifts dramatically, forcing him to face hard truths and haunting memories. This audacious reimagining of The Wizard of Oz trades whimsy for raw grit, where outdated tech meets radical ideas and chaos reigns supreme. Expect crude laughs, unexpected violence, and just enough irreverence to keep you guessing. But beneath the madness lies a surprisingly poignant message about humanity and hope. If you crave literary absurdity with emotional weight, this is the twisted journey you've been waiting for.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for The Poisoner by I.V. Ophelia, a decadent plunge into obsession, deception, and botanical revenge. Alina Lis isn’t your typical botanist; she moonlights as a poetic vigilante, poisoning corrupt men with careful precision. But when her latest target, the arrogant aristocrat Silas Forbes, strolls into her apothecary very much alive, Alina realizes her elegant vendetta may have met its match.
Their unlikely entanglement ignites rumors across high society, while secrets, enemies, and hidden identities churn beneath the surface like roots in toxic soil. As their connection deepens, so does the danger, and not even the hydra could predict the questions that multiply in its wake. Is love possible where poison once bloomed? Or will their pasts prove fatal?
This Gothic romance is as seductive as it is unsettling—perfect for readers who crave dark passion and tangled mysteries.