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Kira Jane Buxton

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April 02

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Kira Jane Buxton's writing has appeared in The New York Times, NewYorker.com, McSweeney’s, The Rumpus, Huffington Post, and more.

Her debut novel Hollow Kingdom was an Indie Next pick, a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the Audie Awards and the Washington State Book Awards, and was named a best book of 2019 by NPR, Book Riot, and Good Housekeeping. She calls the tropical utopia of Seattle home and spends her time with three cats, a dog, two crows, a charm of hummingbirds, five Steller's jays, two dark-eyed juncos, two squirrels, and a husband. ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 38,544 ratings · 7,408 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 28,416 ratings — published 2019 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feral Creatures (Hollow Kingdom, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 5,681 ratings — published 2021 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tartufo 3.75 avg rating — 4,442 ratings — published 2025 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hollow Kingdom & Feral Creatures 4.85 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“And everyone on earth knows if you have the respect of a cat it means your soul is worth being around.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Hollow Kingdom

tags: cats

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“I cannot recommend this to you enough: find something that you believe in, right down deep in the depths of your silvery plumage, and then throw your heart at it, blood and valves and veins and all. Because I did this, the world, though brambled and frothing at the mouth, looked more vibrant; blues were bluer, and even the fetid puddles that collected under rusting cars tasted as sweet as summer wine.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Hollow Kingdom

tags: inspirational

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“Trust it turned out, was a very beautiful and fragile thing with a taste like wild raspberries and experienced only by the very brave.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Hollow Kingdom

tags: trust

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4th Quarter 2019 - Fantasy #3

Deeplight by Frances Hardinge, 416p

6 votes, 30.0%

The Child Thief by Brom, 476p

5 votes, 25.0%

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 352p

4 votes, 20.0%

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang, 544p

2 votes, 10.0%

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton, 320p

1 vote, 5.0%

The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris, 366p

1 vote, 5.0%

The Book of Swords by Gardner Dozois, 522p

1 vote, 5.0%

The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee, 310p

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Lent by Jo Walton, 382p

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Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer, 368p

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