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	This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar (Goodreads Author), Max Gladstone (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 343,908 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The River Has Roots 3.95 avg rating — 40,059 ratings — published 2025 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (From a Certain Point of View, #3) by Elizabeth Schaefer (Editor), Charlie Jane Anders (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Tom Angleberger (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.91 avg rating — 2,796 ratings — published 2023 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Welcome to Bordertown (Borderland, #8) by Holly Black (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Terri Windling (Contributor), Ellen Kushner (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.08 avg rating — 2,423 ratings — published 2011 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Honey Month by Amal El-Mohtar (Goodreads Author), Oliver Hunter (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 1,001 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories 4.17 avg rating — 183 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anabasis 3.81 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Truth About Owls by Amal El-Mohtar (Goodreads Author), LeVar Burton (Narrator ) 3.99 avg rating — 107 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire and Ice (Bookburners, #2.7) 4.10 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wing 3.45 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Happy New Year! Bistraynti 3aleikoum! I hope that, regardless of what these first two weeks of 2026 have laid at your door, you've been able to enjoy some quiet, peace, and connection in the deep winter.

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Amal El-Mohtar wrote a new blog post Letter of News: January 2026 Dear Friends,Happy New Year! Bistraynti 3aleikoum! I hope that, regardless of what these first two weeks of 2026 have laid at your door, you've been a Read more of this blog post »
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“I love you. I love you. I love you. I'll write it in waves. In skies. In my heart. You'll never see, but you will know. I'll be all the poets, I'll kill them all and take each one's place in turn, and every time love's written in all the strands it will be to you.”
― Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

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“I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. Listen to me. I am your echo. I would rather break the world than lose you.”
― Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

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“Books are letters in bottles, cast into the waves of time, from one person trying to save the world to another.”
― Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

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What should our November 2019 pick be?

This Is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone (Science Fiction)

17 votes 23.9%

Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron (Urban Fantasy)

10 votes 14.1%

Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman (Urban Fantasy)

10 votes 14.1%

My Lady Jane - Cynthia Hand (Historical Fiction)

8 votes 11.3%

Maplecroft - Cherie Priest (Historical Fantasy, Lovecraftian Sea Monsters)

7 votes 9.9%

Surrender of a Siren - Tessa Dare (Historical Romance)

5 votes 7.0%

To Seduce a Witch's Heart - Nadine Mutas (Paranormal Romance)

3 votes 4.2%

Star King - Susan Grant (Sci-Fi Romance)

3 votes 4.2%

Darkest Flame by Donna Grant (Paranormal Romance)

2 votes 2.8%

Luck in the Shadows - Lynn Flewelling (Fantasy)

2 votes 2.8%

Stolen Songbird - Danielle L. Jensen (YA Fantasy, Troll)

2 votes 2.8%

The Architect of Song - A.G. Howard (Paranormal Romance)

1 vote 1.4%

Bringing Down the Duke - Evie Dunmore (Historical Romance) (write-in)

1 vote 1.4%

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Beyond Reality: April 2011 Nebula Nominee - THE GREEN BOOK by Amal El-Mohtar	5	30	Apr 05, 2011 03:58PM
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