The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix

THE LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON by Garth Nix is likely intended for a young adult audience (the main character, Susan, has just turned eighteen), but I am highly recommending it for readers of any age who enjoy adventure and fantasy. It is the 1980s and Susan takes off for London, intending to find her birth father and enroll in college. Somehow, though, the veil between the New World and the Old World is shifted and suddenly magical creatures are in pursuit of Susan and Merlin, one of the title characters. Merlin and his bookseller relatives (some are right-handed and some are even-handed) use their varied talents to work quietly to keep the two realities separate and at peace. Deftly including suspense, humor and even a bit of romance, THE LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON is an engrossing escape into a magical world. Nix’s latest title received positive reviews from Booklist (“A remarkable romp..."), Publishers Weekly ("[an] immersive fantasy"), and Kirkus who writes, “Readers will beg for more adventures in this London.” I agree.