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Spinning Silver

by Naomi Novik · 2018

Literary Fiction · ranked #247 in category

Winner · The Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, 2019

Miryem, a moneylender's daughter, finds she can turn silver into gold — a gift that draws the attention of the Staryk, cold fae lords from a world of ice and silver, and binds her to one of them in marriage. Novik's Locus Award-winning fantasy, loosely inspired by Rumpelstiltskin, weaves together three women's stories of bargains, debts and the price of survival in a world where every transaction has consequences.

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Category
Literary Fiction
First published
2018 · 2010s
Author
Naomi Novik
Standing
Essential Read

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