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Readers who enjoyed The Cornerstone by Nick Spalding & John Hasler also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Beware of Chicken 4 by CasualFarmer, Travis Baldree
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratings17 hours and 26 minutesA laugh-out-loud, slice-of-life martial-arts fantasy about . . . farming????Jin Rou wanted to be a cultivator. A man powerful enough to defy the heavens. A master of martial arts. A lord of spiritual power. Unfortunately for him, he died, and now I’m stuck in his body.Out in the middle of nowhere, I’ve managed to escape a life of cultivation and politics. Until now, that is... -
![Going Rogue by Drew Hayes]()
Going Rogue by Drew Hayes
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAdventuring is a costly affair, and while the tolls are often paid in blood, gold can drain away just as quickly. The party’s trek out of Solium and across the lands of Alcatham has left them with only a handful of gold between them. Fortunately, they have drawn near Camnarael, Alcatham’s capital, where all manner of quests--and rewards--await. But all is not as expected in the capital... -
![The Wandering Inn: Book 10 - The Wind Runner by Pirateaba, Andrea Parsneau]()
The Wandering Inn: Book 10 - The Wind Runner by Pirateaba, Andrea Parsneau
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe floodwaters have receded, and the war is over. A ruler has fallen. The Wind Runner lives, missing yet not forgotten.The world is changing, growing larger. After the horrors of war and the loss of spring comes the renewal of summer, a chance for a new beginning.Ryoka Griffin has reappeared in Izril's north. The Quarass is dead, yet the King of Destruction's war continues... -
![You Can't Fight A Prophecy, Susan: Welcome To Midlife Magic: Book Four by Lauretta Hignett]()
You Can't Fight A Prophecy, Susan: Welcome To Midlife Magic: Book Four by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA handsome stranger appears on Susan's doorstep, bringing some devastating news. War is coming. It is inevitable.But first, Susan is going to have to fight some battles far closer to home. Bonds will be tested, some will be broken... -
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![It's Called Magic, Susan: Welcome To Midlife Magic: Book Two by Lauretta Hignett]()
It's Called Magic, Susan: Welcome To Midlife Magic: Book Two by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe knows it's real... she just has to learn how to use it.Before she blows someone else up.Susan's neck-deep in trouble - the Songbird has been kidnapped, her vile mother is out for Susan's blood, and Connor is hunting some very powerful spark stones... -
![How I Stole The Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy: The Coronation: The Complete Works Bonus Short Story by A.J. Sherwood]()
How I Stole The Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy: The Coronation: The Complete Works Bonus Short Story by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe bonus short story from the compilation... -
![Shadow of the Ring by Michael Anderle]()
Shadow of the Ring by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJames achieved something epic with his proposal. Now it is Shay’s turn. In planning the wedding, the tomb raider soon finds she sympathizes with what James had to go through. How does someone top something so special? The world’s mightiest class-six bounty hunter believes he’s conquered his amulet... -
![Susan, Break The Curse! by Lauretta Hignett]()
Susan, Break The Curse! by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSusan's dreams are coming true.Unfortunately... So are her nightmares.Susan Moore in back in her element as the maestro of middle management, relishing her new job as Client Experience and Customer Support Contact Center Department Manager... -
![Tanya: Princess of the Elves by Larry Correia]()
Tanya: Princess of the Elves by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFree MHI short story.The epic saga of a young trailer park elf and her quest to be more like Elvis Presley... -
![Critical Failures VI (Caverns and Creatures) by Robert Bevan]()
Critical Failures VI (Caverns and Creatures) by Robert Bevan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the wake of their recent loss, the Caverns & Creatures gang are left hanging. Do their choices amount to more than waiting around to die of thirst and leaping to a quicker death? Probably, or else this would have been a much shorter book... -
![Dead Tired 2 by RavensDagger]()
Dead Tired 2 by RavensDagger
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the distant past, a time of magic and swordplay, there lived Harold, the mightiest lich of all, a master of arcane sciences, and a challenger of gods. After reaching the pinnacle of his power and finding it surprisingly bland, Harold waged a cataclysmic war against the gods, aiming to shatter the very system that confined him.He took a nap, but he is awake once more... -
![The Fifth Britain by Charlotte E. English]()
The Fifth Britain by Charlotte E. English
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCast away from the Society (sort of) and out on our own, we've got a big problem on our hands - and an exciting prospect, too. They call it time travel on TV... -
![Here Be Dragons by David P. Macpherson]()
Here Be Dragons by David P. Macpherson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mid-life crisis, a castle gardener, an unfaithful steed, a dastardly hero, a merciless king, and a dragon that needs saving. With heroes this bad who needs villains... When Orus graduated from the Cromalot School for Heroes he was ready for a life of glory and adventure... -
![Ariel's Antics by Robyn Peterman]()
Ariel's Antics by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAriel What in the clam shell does a Mermaid have to do to find true love? I’m bored. And if I’m being honest, I’m jealous. I want my sister to have her happily ever after. I do. But I want my own adventures and my own true love. For two hundred years I’ve suffered through one immortal asshat after another while stuck on Mystical Isle... -
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![Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson]()
Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling authors Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson comes Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians, the thrilling conclusion to the Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians saga.As a Knight of Crystallia, I, Bastille, swore to protect the Smedry clan from the Evil Librarians. (And believe me, screwups like them constantly need protecting... -
![The Vexed Generation by Scott Meyer]()
The Vexed Generation by Scott Meyer
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn the latest rollicking adventure in the Magic 2.0 series, it’s time for the teenagers to show the adults how wizardry really works.Mattie and Brewster are normal, typical 16-year-old twins who live with their normal, boring parents: Martin and Gwen Banks. Normal and boring, that is, until the day their father's best friend shows up at their house - dressed in what appears to be a bathrobe... -
![Critical Failures V by Robert Bevan]()
Critical Failures V by Robert Bevan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMany view "hitting rock bottom" as foundation on which to rebuild one's life, a place from which one can only ascend. Gamers know to search for a secret door leading down to the sewer... -
![Playing Hearts by W.R. Gingell]()
Playing Hearts by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt begins the way it has always begun: with a card on Mabel’s pillow. But Mabel has been in Underland before, and she’s not so anxious to go back. No matter what name it takes, Underland is always bizarre, always mad, always dangerous.There’s the Queen of Hearts, terrifying, powerful, and possibly insane. There’s Hatter, purple-eyed and undoubtedly mad... -
![One Year Gone by Rebecca Dessertine, Eric Kripke]()
One Year Gone by Rebecca Dessertine, Eric Kripke
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDean believes that Sam is in Hell so he is trying to keep his promise to his brother and live a normal live with Lisa and Ben. When he realizes that a spell in the Necronomicon could raise Lucifer and therefore Sam, he convinces his new family to travel with him on vacation to Salem. Meanwhile Sam is not as far away as Dean thinks and is determined to protect his brother from the Salem witches.. -
![The Better Mousetrap by Tom Holt]()
The Better Mousetrap by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt touches all our lives; our triumphs and tragedies, our proudest achievements, our most traumatic disasters. Alloyed of love and fear, death and fire, and the inscrutable acts of the gods, insurance is indeed the force that binds the universe together. Hardly surprising, therefore, that Frank Carpenter, one of the foremost magical practitioners of our age, felt himself irresistibly drawn to it... -
![The Wizardry Compiled by Rick Cook]()
The Wizardry Compiled by Rick Cook
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter his adventures in Wizard's Bane, Wiz Zumwalt thinks he deserves a little peace and quiet. But The Black League is making plans to strike back at their nemesis, and Wiz must come up with another trick to defeat them... -
![The Wizardry Cursed by Rick Cook]()
The Wizardry Cursed by Rick Cook
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWiz Zumwalt and his gang of Silicon Valley hackers and otherworld wizards must stop whoever has created the adjoining universe, where magic and technology both work and whose power could destroy their own world... -
![The Wizardry Consulted by Rick Cook]()
The Wizardry Consulted by Rick Cook
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsComputer programmer extraordinaire "Wiz" Zumwalt, the man who mastered magic, has been taken prisoner by the dragons, who demand a piece of the magical action... -
![The Wizardry Quested by Rick Cook]()
The Wizardry Quested by Rick Cook
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsComputer programming and magic have never been an easy mix, but when you add a couple of Soviet ex-spies, a 20-foot lobster hungry for a landfood dinner, 128 dwarves on a quest of their own, the Endangered Species Act, zombie dragon riders, a top-secret U.S. military base, a computer trade show, a pink mechanical rabbit with a gun and attitude--things get complicated for Wiz... -
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![Gluttony Bay by Matt Wallace]()
Gluttony Bay by Matt Wallace
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGluttony Bay is the penultimate Sin du Jour affair, Matt Wallace's funny foodie series about the New York firm that caters to the paranormal, which began with Envy of Angels.Welcome to Gluttony Bay High Security Supernatural Prison. We value your patronage. For your entertainment this evening, we are delighted to welcome the world's most renowned paranormal culinary experts.And on the menu: You... -
![Jake's War by John Booth]()
Jake's War by John Booth
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe author of Wizards, The Spellbinder & Inspector Monde does it again. In this sequel to Wizards, Jake & his dragon Fluffy find themselves in trouble again.Jake is in solitary confinement in jail suspected of being involved in the disappearance of Bronwyn Matthews and the injuries to her parents... -
![In Your Dreams by Tom Holt]()
In Your Dreams by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'A definite must for all fans of comic fantasy' - ENIGMA'Wacky humour bubbles through the polished narrative ... Holt doesn't skimp on the flashes of brilliance' - SFXEver been offered a promotion that seems too good to be true? You know - the sort they'd be insane to be offering to someone like you... -
![Weźmisz czarno kure... by Andrzej Pilipiuk]()
Weźmisz czarno kure... by Andrzej Pilipiuk
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFragmenty "Słowa Fabryki", organu prasowego "Fabryki Słów": Przegląd prasy - z kraju i z zaświatów. Z kąta recenzentaDziś, w naszym wrednym kącie kulturalnym literata ocenia literat. W filmowym skrócie. „Weźmisz czarno kure...” to „Blade Runner” opisany w klimacie „Samych swoich” – podsumowuje Andrzej Ziemiański.Hymn bimbrownikaWytwórnie płytowe już biją się o to nagranie... -
![Zagadka Kuby Rozpruwacza by Andrzej Pilipiuk]()
Zagadka Kuby Rozpruwacza by Andrzej Pilipiuk
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKsiążka dla wszystkich, którzy dostrzegają absurdy codzienności, ludzkich przyzwyczajeń, współczesnej kultury...Andrzej Pilipiuk nawiązuje do znanych i uznanych mitów – w szerokim znaczeniu tego słowa – naszej kultury. Zagadka Kuby Rozpruwacza, która przez sto lat intrygowała kolejne pokolenia, zostaje rozwiązana... -
![Wieszac kazdy moze by Andrzej Pilipiuk, Michał Smyk]()
Wieszac kazdy moze by Andrzej Pilipiuk, Michał Smyk
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCaution! No English version! Polish release... -
![Myth-Gotten Gains by Robert Lynn Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye]()
Myth-Gotten Gains by Robert Lynn Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAahz discovers that the shabby-looking sword he bought at a flea market in a remote dimension is Ersatz, leader of the Golden Hoard, a fabled collection of powerful magical treasures that can turn any ordinary being into a hero. Together they go in search of members of the Hoard, only to find they're not the only ones looking... -
![Wizard's Bane by Rick Cook]()
Wizard's Bane by Rick Cook
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhat Wiz Zumalt could do with computers was magic on Earth. Then, one day the master computer hacker is called to a different world to help fight an evil known as the Black League. Suddenly, the Wiz finds himself in a place governed by magic--and in league with a red-headed witch who despises him... -
![The Garden Of Unearthly Delights by Robert Rankin]()
The Garden Of Unearthly Delights by Robert Rankin
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYOU ARE NOW LEAVING THE AGE OF AQUARIUS PLEASE LOWER YOUR SEAT WHEN RISING FROM YOUR HEAD.It was something to do with the cycles of history. The way great civilizations rise and fall. Golden ages and dark ages. Things of that nature.Few people noticed at first. The changes. They were subtle to begin with... -
![Earth, Air, Fire and Custard by Tom Holt]()
Earth, Air, Fire and Custard by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'Frantically wacky and wilfully confusing ... gratifyingly clever and very amusing' - Mail on Sunday'Frothy, fast and funny' - Scotland on SundayJ.W. Wells seemed to be a respectable establishment, but the company now paying Paul Carpenter's salary is in fact a deeply sinister organisation with a mighty peculiar management team... -
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![Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sausages by Tom Holt]()
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sausages by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPolly is a real estate solicitor. She is also losing her mind. Someone keeps drinking her coffee. And talking to her clients. And doing her job. And when she goes to the dry cleaner's to pick up her dress for the party, it's not there. Not the dress -- the dry cleaner's.And then there are the chickens who think they are people... -
![License Invoked by Robert Lynn Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye]()
License Invoked by Robert Lynn Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIrish rock singer Fionna Kemare is set to play her first concert in the U.S.--but something unseen has been attacking her. Her only hope is two offbeat government agents: Liz Mayfield, special agent for the British Office of Occult & Paranormal Sightings Investigation, and her FBI counterpart, Beauray Boo-Boo Boudreau... -
![Out of Spite, Out of Mind by Scott Meyer]()
Out of Spite, Out of Mind by Scott Meyer
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWhen you discover the world is a computer program, and you figure out that by altering the code you can time travel and perform acts that seem like magic, what can possibly go wrong? Pretty much everything. Just ask Brit, who has jumped around in time with such abandon that she has to coexist with multiple versions of herself... -
![Faust Among Equals by Tom Holt]()
Faust Among Equals by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe management buy-out of Hell wasn't going quite as well as had been hoped. For a start, there had been that nasty business with the perjurors, and then came the news that the Most Wanted Man in History had escaped, and all just as the plans for the new theme park, EuroBosch, were underway... -
![Grailblazers by Tom Holt]()
Grailblazers by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFifteen hundred years have passed and the Holy Grail is still missing, presumed ineffable. The knights have dumped the quest and now deliver pizzas, while the sinister financial services of the lost kingdom of Atlantis threatens the universe with fiscal Armageddon... -
![Doughnut by Tom Holt]()
Doughnut by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe doughnut is a thing of beauty. A circle of fried doughy perfection. A source of comfort in trying times, perhaps. For Theo Bernstein, however, it is far, far more.Things have been going pretty badly for Theo Bernstein. An unfortunate accident at work has lost him his job (and his work involved a Very Very Large Hadron Collider, so he's unlikely to get it back). His wife has left him... -
![I Dream of Genies by Judi Fennell]()
I Dream of Genies by Judi Fennell
Rated: 3.26 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe needs to change his luck, and fast!Matt Ewing would gladly hunt down a fortune in lucky pennies if he thought it would help save his business. But for all his hoping, Matt's clueless when his long-awaited lucky charm falls in his lap in the form of a beguiling genie. He just can't believe that this beautiful woman could be the answer to his prayers.. -
![Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody by Michael Gerber]()
Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody by Michael Gerber
Rated: 2.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe bestselling HB parody hits paperback...
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