1. "in teixcalaan, these things are ceaseless: star-charts and disembarkements."
— a memory called empire by arkady martine
2. "the night marcella died, she made her husband's favorite dinner."
— vengeful by ve schwab
3. "the snow in the mountains was melting and bunny had been dead for several weeks before we understood the gravity of our situation."
— the secret history by donna tartt
4. “the trees have to be tied down by sunset. when the woodsmen come, they always try to run.”
— the wolf and the woodsman by ava reid
5. “it is strange to think that the end of the empire of the wolf, and all the death and devastation that came with it, traced its long roots back to the tiny and insignificant village of rill.”
— the justice of kings by richard swan
6. “stephen’s god died a little after noon on the longest day of the year.”
— paladin’s grace by t. kingfisher
7. “this fairytale begins in 1968 during a garbage strike.”
— the changeling by victor la valle
8. “you are not here of your own free will. you are here because i desired you first.”
— chlorine by jade song
9. “if the bread hadn’t burned, this would be a very different story.”
— the familiar by leigh bardugo
10. “i was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions — for all the good it did me.”
— kaikeyi by vaishnavi patel