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Miracle Martin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Built in 2025, for the people who still read for joy.
BookBlend was founded in 2025 by Miracle Martin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with a simple mission: to bring book lovers together. Whether you're a casual reader looking for your next great book, or a content creator building your bookish brand on social media, BookBlend has everything you need.
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30+ titles hand-picked for our clubs and vending machine bags — dark academia to dragons to swoony romance, and every voice worth listening to in between.
Dark academia · MysteryWhere Sleeping Girls Lie
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
A new student at an elite boarding school investigates the disappearance of her roommate — and uncovers the rot at the heart of its hallowed halls.
Contemporary romanceThe Kiss Countdown
Etta Easton
A struggling event planner agrees to fake-date a charming astronaut for the three months before his space mission. Three months. Real feelings.
Epic fantasyShe Who Became the Sun
Shelley Parker-Chan
In 14th-century China, a peasant girl claims her dead brother's destiny of greatness — and rises through war, disguise, and ambition to remake her world.
YA fantasy · DragonsSo Let Them Burn
Kamilah Cole
Five years after the gods chose her to save the islands, a young hero's sister bonds with an enemy dragon — forcing her to choose between family and her people.
Anthology · YABlack Girl Power
Ed. Leah Johnson
Fifteen short stories from leading Black women writers — joy, struggle, magic, and triumph, all in celebration of Black girlhood.
Thriller · SuspenseThe Perfect Ruin
Shanora Williams
A sun-soaked thriller of revenge, secrets, and a woman whose carefully built life is about to come apart at the seams.
YA · LiteraryPet
Akwaeke Emezi
In a town that swears all monsters are gone, Jam and a creature called Pet hunt the one nobody wants to admit is still hiding here.
Cozy fantasyThe House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune
A by-the-book caseworker is sent to a remote island orphanage of magical children — and quietly falls in love with the strange, gentle family he finds.
Graphic novelWash Day Diaries
J. Rowser & R. Smith
Four Bronx best friends, four chapters, four wash days. An intimate graphic novel about Black womanhood, friendship, and tender self-care.
Graphic novel · DystopiaBLACK
Osajyefo · Smith
In a world where only Black people have superpowers, a young man caught at the wrong place must decide what to do with the truth — and who to trust.
YA fantasy · Book 1Legendborn
Tracy Deonn
After a magical attack at her university, a grieving Black teen uncovers a secret society of Arthurian descendants — and her own ancestral powers.
YA fantasy · Book 2Bloodmarked
Tracy Deonn
Bree confronts the cost of her bloodline, the loyalty of her allies, and what it really means to wield ancestral magic in a war that won't wait.
YA fantasy · Book 3Oathbound
Tracy Deonn
The Legendborn Cycle hurtles toward its reckoning — Bree pushes deeper into power, betrayal, and the legacy that's been hers all along.
Epic fantasy · Hugo winnerBlack Sun
Rebecca Roanhorse
In a Mesoamerican-inspired world, a blind man with a dark prophecy sails toward a holy city on the eve of an eclipse that will change everything.
Graphic novel · MythicBlack Sands: The Seven Kingdoms
Godoy · Lenormand
Four young heroes from a fantasy version of ancient Egypt are pulled into the warring Seven Kingdoms — a vibrant Afrofuturist epic.
Fantasy · LinguisticsA Language of Dragons
S.F. Williamson
In an alt-1923 London where dragons walk among humans, a young codebreaker is recruited to decode a secret dragon dialect that could ignite a war.
Historical · SapphicThese Heathens
Mia McKenzie
1960 Atlanta: a poor Black teen travels into the heart of the civil rights movement with a fierce mentor — and a sapphic awakening she can't undo.
Speculative · HistoricalThe Deep
Rivers Solomon
Descendants of pregnant African women thrown from slave ships live as water-breathers in the deep — and one young historian must hold all their memories.
Mythic fantasy · Mami WataSkin of the Sea
Natasha Bowen
A Mami Wata sworn to ferry drowned souls saves a living boy from a slave ship — breaking divine law and setting off a West African ocean epic.
Silkpunk fantasyThe Black Tides of Heaven
Neon Yang
Twin children of a ruthless empress are gifted to a monastery as collateral — and grow into rebels, prophets, and lovers in a world torn by power.
Romantasy · DragonsFourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros
Forced into a deadly dragon-rider academy where most cadets don't survive year one, a fragile scholar must outwit murderous classmates — and bond with a dragon.
Graphic novel · WitchesBrooms
Walls & DuVall
1930s Mississippi: five queer kids of color race brooms in an underground witch league for prize money, freedom, and the future they want.
Cozy sci-fiLight From Uncommon Stars
Ryka Aoki
A trans runaway, a violin teacher who owes seven souls to a demon, and an alien donut-shop owner find unlikely family in suburban California.
Graphic novel · EpicMalika: Warrior Queen
Roye Okupe
In medieval West Africa, a young queen defends her kingdom from invaders, sorcerers, and her own court — a lush, sweeping graphic novel epic.
Dark fantasyGodkiller
Hannah Kaner
In a kingdom where gods are outlawed, a battered godkiller, a bonded child-god, and a knight on the run forge a doomed alliance.
Southern thrillerAll the Sinners Bleed
S.A. Cosby
The first Black sheriff of a small Virginia town hunts a serial killer hiding behind the town's polite — and quietly racist — veneer.
Urban fantasyBlack Water Sister
Zen Cho
A Malaysian-American woman returns to Penang and finds her dead grandmother's vengeful ghost has very specific plans — including stopping a god.
Poetry · DiasporaFrom From
Monica Youn
A piercing collection on diaspora, race, and the question never asked of a white person — where are you really from?
Mystery · SuspenseMonsters We Make
Kali White
Two missing-boy cases haunt a small Iowa town in 1984 — and a paperboy's older sister chases the truth through suburban silence.
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For Hosts · 2026-07-20
Got a café, lobby, or waiting room?
A BookBlend machine gives your customers a reason to linger, come back, and photograph your space. Hosting is hands-off — we handle stocking and payments.
Think your spot would be perfect? Tell us on the Find a Machine page.
Reading Tips · 2026-07-15
The one habit that makes people read more
The average person hits 45+ minutes of unplanned waiting every day. If a book is in your bag, that dead time becomes chapters — which is exactly why our machines live where you wait.
Book Bags · 2026-07-08
Four bags, four moods
The Page Turner: un-put-downable thrillers and romance. The Plot Twist: a surprise until you open it. The Whole Story: a novel plus cozy extras. The Book & Brew: a book, a warm drink, and a treat.
Check the Find a Machine page to see which bags are stocked near you right now.
Machines · 2026-07-01
So… what exactly is a book vending machine?
Browse the bags in the window, tap your card, and a hand-picked bundle of books drops into your hands. No lines, no browsing paralysis, no shipping fees.
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