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TheNew York Timesbestseller and basis for the Tony-winning hit musical, soon to be a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande

With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire’sWickedis established not only as a commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for years to come.Wickedrelishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel,The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while playing sleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film starring Margaret Hamilton (and Judy Garland). In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination.

Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s most promising young citizens.

But Elphaba’s Oz is no utopia. The Wizard’s secret police are everywhere. Animals—those creatures with voices, souls, and minds—are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals—even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas.

Recognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial publication, the novel has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same name—one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But while the novel’s distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism, mythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency, Maguire’s Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch.
The Witch of Maracoor

The Witch of Maracoor

Gregory Maguire

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The Witch of Maracoor

The Witch of Maracoor

Gregory Maguire

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The Witch of Maracoor

The Witch of Maracoor

Gregory Maguire

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Salon Fantastique

Salon Fantastique

Unknown

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The Oracle of Maracoor

The Oracle of Maracoor

Gregory Maguire

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The Oracle of Maracoor

The Oracle of Maracoor

Gregory Maguire

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The Brides of Maracoor

The Brides of Maracoor

Gregory Maguire

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The Brides of Maracoor

The Brides of Maracoor

Gregory Maguire

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The Brides of Maracoor

The Brides of Maracoor

Gregory Maguire

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A Wild Winter Swan

A Wild Winter Swan

Gregory Maguire

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A Wild Winter Swan

A Wild Winter Swan

Gregory Maguire

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Hiddensee

Hiddensee

Gregory Maguire

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After Alice

After Alice

Gregory Maguire

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After Alice

After Alice

Gregory Maguire

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After Alice

After Alice

Gregory Maguire

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After Alice

After Alice

Gregory Maguire

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Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

P. L. Travers

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The Wicked Years Complete Collection

The Wicked Years Complete Collection

Gregory Maguire

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Out of Oz

Out of Oz

Gregory Maguire

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Out of Oz

Out of Oz

Gregory Maguire

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The Next Queen of Heaven

The Next Queen of Heaven

Gregory Maguire

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The Next Queen of Heaven

The Next Queen of Heaven

Gregory Maguire

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Wicked

Wicked

Gregory Maguire

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A Lion Among Men

A Lion Among Men

Gregory Maguire

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Click: One Novel, Ten Authors

Click: One Novel, Ten Authors

Linda Sue Park, David Almond, Eoin Colfer, Deborah Ellis, Nick Hornby, Roddy Doyle, Tim Wynne-Jones, Ruth L. Ozeki, Margo Lanagan, Gregory Maguire

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Click: One Novel, Ten Authors

Click: One Novel, Ten Authors

Linda Sue Park, David Almond, Eoin Colfer, Deborah Ellis, Nick Hornby, Roddy Doyle, Tim Wynne-Jones, Ruth L. Ozeki, Margo Lanagan, Gregory Maguire

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Missing Sisters

Missing Sisters

Gregory Maguire

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Mirror Mirror

Mirror Mirror

Gregory Maguire

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Son of a Witch

Son of a Witch

Gregory Maguire

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A Lion Among Men

A Lion Among Men

Gregory Maguire

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Mirror Mirror

Mirror Mirror

Gregory Maguire

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Lost

Lost

Gregory Maguire

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Son of a Witch

Son of a Witch

Gregory Maguire

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Leaping Beauty

Leaping Beauty

Gregory Maguire

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