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  Name of Book: The Gates of Midnight Author: Helene Wecker ISBN: 978-0-06-246868-0 Publisher: Harper  Part of a Series: (The Golem and the Jinni as well as The Hidden Palace are prequels)  Type of book: Fantasy, 1900s to 1920s? Golem, jinni, tales, history, past, memory, earth,  secrets, hidden memories, hidden monsters, sailing, building, architecture, New York, Judaism  Year it was published: 2026 Summary: The long-awaited final installment in the award-winning, bestselling Golem and the Jinni trilogy. At the beginning of The Hidden Palace, the second book in Helene Wecker’s Golem and Jinni trilogy, Ahmad the jinni travels to Syria with the copper flask that holds the captured wizard Yehudah Schaalman. There in the desert he buries the flask for all time . . . or so he thinks. In The Gates of Midnight, the riveting conclusion to the saga of the Golem and teh Jinni, it’s 1930 and three decades have passed since Schaalman’s defeat. Chava the golem quietly tends...

  Name of Book: Goddess of the River Author: Vaishnavi Patel ISBN: 978-0-7595-5734-5 Publisher: Redhook Type of book: India, -3000s, retelling of Mahabharata,  Hastinapur, family feud, war, secrets, drowning children, marriage, prophecy, getting used to life on earth  Year it was published: 2024 Summary: A powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, from Vaishnavi Patel, author of the instant New York Times bestseller Kaikeyi . A mother and a son. A goddess and a prince. A curse and an oath. A river whose course will change the fate of the world. Ganga, joyful goddess of the river, serves as caretaker to the mischievous godlings who roam her banks. But when their antics incur the wrath of a powerful sage, Ganga is cursed to become mortal, bound to her human form until she fulfills the obligations of the curse. Though she knows nothing of mortal life, Ganga weds King Shantanu and becomes a queen, determined to regain her fre...