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Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
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WINNER 75,800 votes
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Leigh Bardugo is back on top with Hell Bent, the winner of this year’s Fantasy category. Not coincidentally, the book is the sequel to Ninth House, 2019’s winner in Fantasy. Bardugo’s beloved series has established a new trajectory for dark academia books, promising Ivy League hopefuls a world of secret societies, occult rituals, and interdimensional portals.

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