Judging books by their covers 2

Just want to share some books whose covers I love! Once every 4 weeks, I'll post 4 books and super short synopses of books whose covers catch my eye. 

  1. Smoke: A Novel edited by Dan Vyleta (Doubleday, 2016): Welcome to a Victorian England where wicked thoughts (both harmless and hate-filled) appear in the air as telltale wisps of Smoke. Young Thomas Argyle, a son of aristocracy, has been sent to an elite boarding school. Here he will be purged of Wickedness, for the wealthy do not Smoke. On a trip to London, Thomas and his best friend witness events that make them question everything they have been taught about Smoke. 
  2. Join: A Novel by Steve Toutonghi (Soho Press, 2016): When Join arrived, it was hailed as a miracle: a technology that allowed humans to join consciousnesses. To experience perfect, constant companionship through multiple bodies. To never die. But Chance and Leap—two joins of five and four respectively—discover a terrifying malfunction in the technology.
  3. Meddling Kids: A Novel by Edgar Cantero (Doubleday, 2017): A nostalgic and subversive trip rife with sly nods to H. P. Lovecraft and pop culture, Edgar Cantero’s Meddling Kids is a strikingly original and dazzling reminder of the fun and adventure we can discover at the heart of our favorite stories, no matter how old we get.
  4. The Golem and the Jinni: A Novel by Helene Wecker (Harper, 2013): A marvelous and absorbing debut novel about a chance meeting between two supernatural creatures in turn-of-the-century immigrant New York. 



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