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  • Dark Days by Derek Landy

    Dark Days by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior.Oh yes. And dead.Skulduggery Pleasant is gone, sucked into a parallel dimension overrun by the Faceless Ones. If his bones haven’t already been turned to dust, chances are he’s insane, driven out of his mind by the horror of the ancient gods. There is no official, Sanctuary-approved rescue mission. There is no official plan to save him...
  • The Faceless Ones by Derek Landy

    The Faceless Ones by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    The third bone-breaking, belly-busting adventure in the series that puts the “funny” back in, um, funny series...
  • Lies Ripped Open by Steve McHugh

    Lies Ripped Open by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Over a hundred years have passed since a group of violent killers went on the rampage, murdering innocent victims for fun. But even back then, sorcerer Nate Garrett, aka Hellequin, knew there was more to it than simple savage pleasure—souls were being stolen.Nate’s discovery of the souls’ use, and of those supporting the group’s plan, made him question everything he believed...
  • Only Ashes Remain by Rebecca Schaeffer

    Only Ashes Remain by Rebecca Schaeffer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    After escaping her kidnappers and destroying the black market where she was held captive, all Nita wants is to find a way to live her life without looking over her shoulder. But with a video of her ability to self-heal all over the dark web, Nita knows she’s still a prime target on the black market.There’s only one way to keep herself safe...
  • Blood Trade by Faith Hunter

    Blood Trade by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker who’s always up for a fight—even if it means putting her life on the line... The Master of Natchez, Mississippi has a nasty problem on his hands. Rogue vampires—those who follow the Naturaleza and believe that humans should be nothing more than prey to be hunted—are terrorizing his city...
  • The Neon Boneyard by Craig Schaefer

    The Neon Boneyard by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Daniel Faust has clawed his way from the gutter to a penthouse suite, carving a bloody swath across the Las Vegas underworld. He's buried his enemies and more than a few friends along the way. If there's one thing a modern-day sorcerer knows for certain, though, it's that the past never stays buried forever...
  • The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Schaefer

    The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Nobody has ever escaped from the Iceberg. It's a privately-owned prison deep in the Mojave Desert, staffed by brutal guards and surrounded by desolate wasteland. Inside the walls, gangs and predators are constant threats; outside the walls, there's nothing but a sniper's bullet or a slow death in the desert heat...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  magic  paranormal  urban  action-adventure  adult  angels
  • The Castle Doctrine by Craig Schaefer

    The Castle Doctrine by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Out of prison and back on the streets, Daniel Faust returns home to a city on fire. The Chicago mob is making their play for control of Las Vegas, with an army of gunmen and a lethal shapeshifter on their side, while Daniel's friend Jennifer marshals the forces of the Vegas underworld...
  • Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher

    Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    "B is for Bigfoot" takes place between Fool Moon and Grave Peril. "I Was a Teenage Bigfoot" takes place circa Deadbeat. "Bigfoot on Campus" takes place between Turn Coat and Changes.Chicago wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden is used to mysterious clients with long hair and legs up to here...
  • Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint

    Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From World Fantasy Award-winning author Charles de Lint, a tale of love, courage, and the transforming power of imagination Isabelle Copley's visionary art frees ancient spirits. As the young student of the cruel, brilliant artist Vincent Rushkin, she discovered she could paint images so vividly real they brought her wildest fantasies to life...
  • Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong

    Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The #1 "New York Times" bestselling author sets the stage for a battle of epic proportions.Savannah Levine is all grown up. As a witch endowed with an array of spells, she is also a force to be reckoned with. As a paranormal investigator she is finally coming into her own. But her last case tore a family apart, and Savannah swore she'd give up her powers to fix the mess she helped create...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  ghosts  magic  paranormal  urban  action-adventure  angels
  • Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

    Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong has bewitched audiences with her Otherworld series of supernatural thrillers. Now, in this new collection of shorter fiction, some of Armstrong's most tantalizing lead characters appear alongside her unforgettable supporting players, who step out of the shadows and into the light...
  • Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

    Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong has bewitched audiences with her Otherworld series of supernatural thrillers. Now, in this new collection of shorter fiction, some of Armstrong's most tantalizing lead characters appear alongside her unforgettable supporting players, who step out of the shadows and into the light...
  • The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction by Neil Gaiman, Marlon James

    The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction by Neil Gaiman, Marlon James

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An outstanding array—52 pieces in all—of selected fiction from the multiple-award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, curated by his readers around the world, and introduced with a foreword by Booker Prize-winning author Marlon JamesSpanning Gaiman’s career to date, The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction is a captivating collection from one of the world’s most beloved...
  • Vultures by Chuck Wendig

    Vultures by Chuck Wendig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In the sixth and final thriller of the “wildly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) Miriam Black series, Miriam tries to break the curse of her powers, but first she must face The Trespasser a final time...
  • The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur

    The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Danger turns her on. Desire turns her dangerous…Riley Jenson hunts evildoers—and does it with a style all her own...
  • Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

    Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 86 ratings
    Under the streets of London there's a place most people could never even dream of. A city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, knights in armour and pale girls in black velvet. This is the city of the people who have fallen between the cracks.Richard Mayhew, a young businessman, is going to find out more than enough about this other London...
  • The Naming of the Beasts by Mike Carey

    The Naming of the Beasts by Mike Carey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    They say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, but if you ask Castor he'll tell you there's quite a bit of arrogance and reckless stupidity lining the streets as well. And he should know. There's only so many times you can play both sides against the middle and get away with it. Now, the inevitable moment of crisis has arrived and it's left Castor with blood on his hands...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  ghosts  magic  paranormal  urban  action-adventure  adult
  • Saint Odd by Dean Koontz

    Saint Odd by Dean Koontz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The future is haunting Odd Thomas.The carnival has returned to Pico Mundo, the same one that came to town when Odd was just sixteen. Odd is drawn to an arcade tent where he discovers Gypsy Mummy, the fortune-telling machine that told him that he and Stormy Llewellyn were destined to be together forever.But Stormy is dead and Pico Mundo is under threat once more...
  • Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong

    Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    At twenty-one, Savannah Levine-orphaned daughter of a notorious dark witch and an equally notorious cutthroat sorcerer-considers herself a full-fledged member of the otherworld. The once rebellious teen has grown into a six-foot-tall, motorcycle-riding jaw-dropper, with an impressive knowledge of and ability to perform spells...
  • Stolen by Kelley Armstrong

    Stolen by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    It was in Bitten, Kelley Armstrong's debut novel, that thirty-year-old Elena Michaels came to terms with her feral appetites and claimed the proud identity of a beautiful, successful woman and the only living female werewolf...
  • Dangerous Games by Keri Arthur

    Dangerous Games by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    To catch a killer, Riley Jenson will use every seductive trick in the book. But this killer has found a new way to play…In Melbourne’s urban underworld, there’s a nightclub for every fantasy and desire. But for Riley Jenson, one such club has become an obsession...
  • The Minority Council by Kate Griffin

    The Minority Council by Kate Griffin

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Matthew Swift, sorcerer, Midnight Mayor, is in charge. Or so he'd like to think. London, being London, is having its issues. Drug use is rampant. Teenage vandalism is driving away business. Violent crimes are on the rise. Once upon a time, Matthew Swift wouldn't have cared. Now it's his mess to clean up...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  magic  paranormal  urban  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Blood Cross by Faith Hunter

    Blood Cross by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock is back on the prowl against the children of the night... The vampire council has hired skinwalker Jane Yellowrock to hunt and kill one of their own who has broken sacred ancient rules — but Jane quickly realizes that in a community that is thousands of years old, loyalties run deep..
  • A Plain-Dealing Villain by Craig Schaefer

    A Plain-Dealing Villain by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It's hard to make a dishonest buck in Sin City, especially when a rogue FBI agent is gunning for your head. Flat broke and one step ahead of the law, Daniel Faust flees Vegas and lands in Chicago, where a risky heist promises to fill his pockets with cash...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  magic  paranormal  urban  action-adventure  adult  angels
  • Thicker Than Water by Mike Carey

    Thicker Than Water by Mike Carey

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Felix Castor is a freelance exorcist, so dealing with the dead is his stock in trade. Between his private clients and some consulting for the Met, he thinks he's seen it all. But a late-night call out to a South London housing estate proves that he still has a few surprises left. After all, it's not every day you see your own name painted in blood at a a crime scene.But that's only the beginning...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  ghosts  magic  paranormal  urban  action-adventure  adult
  • The Bride Wore Black Leather by Simon R. Green

    The Bride Wore Black Leather by Simon R. Green

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    John Taylor is marrying the love of his life, Suzie Shooter, the Nightside’s most fearsome bounty hunter. But before he can walk down the aisle he has one more case to solve as a private eye — a case that has him on the run from friends and enemies both, with his bride-to-be looking to collect the bounty on his head..
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  ghosts  magic  paranormal  urban  action-adventure  adult
  • Weaveworld by Clive Barker

    Weaveworld by Clive Barker

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Clive Barker has made his mark on modern fiction by exposing all that is surreal and magical in the ordinary world --- and exploring the profound and overwhelming terror that results...
  • Tempting Evil by Keri Arthur

    Tempting Evil by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    She’s a woman, a werewolf, and a vampire, and she’s having the time of her life!In a world of sorcery and seduction, the nights bring out the beautiful, the damned, and the desired. Here, Riley Jenson is on her own—half werewolf, half vampire, working for an organization created to police the supernatural races...
  • Angel Fire East by Terry Brooks

    Angel Fire East by Terry Brooks

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Angel Fire East marks the close of Terry Brooks's Word and Void trilogy, which began with 1997's Running with the Demon. In this book, the story returns to Nest's native Hopewell, where once again Nest and John must face off against the Void...
  • The Neon Court by Kate Griffin

    The Neon Court by Kate Griffin

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    War is coming to London. A daimyo of the Neon Court is dead and all fingers point towards their ancient enemy - The Tribe. And when magicians go to war, everyone loses.But Matthew Swift has his own concerns. He has been summoned abruptly, body and soul, to a burning tower and to the dead body of Oda, warrior of The Order and known associate of Swift...
  • Twilight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

    Twilight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The third book in the bestselling Russian trilogy that is part fantasy, part vampire story, and part detective story, tells of an ancient race of humans who have supernatural powers and swear allegiance to either the Dark or the Light. In Twilight Watch, they face their greatest threat yet...
  • Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap

    Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Am I dead?”Mebuyen sighs. She was hoping the girl would not ask.Spells and stories, urban legends and immigrant tales: the magic in Isabel Yap’s debut collection jumps right off the page, from the joy in her new novella, 'A Spell for Foolish Hearts' to the terrifying tension of the urban legend 'Have You Heard the One About Anamaria Marquez'...
  • Deep State by Christopher Farnsworth

    Deep State by Christopher Farnsworth

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s been four years since a new president ascended to the White House. Zach Barrows has not seen Nathaniel Cade, the President’s Vampire, since being fired from his position as Cade’s handler and sent to a small, cramped office in a government building in Nebraska.Once, he and Cade fought a shadow war against the monsters, spies, and demons that threatened the United States...
  • I’m Glad You’re Dead by Hunter Blain

    I’m Glad You’re Dead by Hunter Blain

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After helplessly witnessing the execution of his family, John is approached by a strange man that promises the power of revenge, for a price; his life for the ability to walk the mortal plane for eternity. Fast forward several hundred years where John finds himself with an unlikely ally, Father Thomes Philseep...
  • Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? by Paul Cornell

    Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? by Paul Cornell

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The ghost of Sherlock Holmes is dead, but who will solve his murder?The Great Detective's ghost has walked London's streets for an age, given shape by people's memories. Now someone's put a ceremonial dagger through his chest. But what's the motive? And who - or what - could kill a ghost?When policing London's supernatural underworld, eliminating the impossible is not an option...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  ghosts  magic  paranormal  urban  adult  audiobook
  • Glass Predator by Craig Schaefer

    Glass Predator by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For Harmony Black, practicing witch and government agent, defeating criminal masterminds and eliminating supernatural threats are all in a day’s work. She’s ready to fight, as long as she can count on her partner, Jessie Temple; her team at off-the-books special FBI unit Vigilant Lock; and her magic. But her latest case threatens it all...
  • Chasing the Shadows by Keri Arthur

    Chasing the Shadows by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Nikki James is in San Francisco at the request of her partner and best friend, Jake. The wife of an old friend is missing, and Jake intends to find her—whatever the cost. The authorities believe the kidnappings to be the work of a sick mind, but Nikki knows that the truth is something much worse—especially since she seems to have an unexpected psychic link to the killer...
  • Ghoul Interrupted by Victoria Laurie

    Ghoul Interrupted by Victoria Laurie

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    M.J. Holliday and her crew interrupt the frantic schedule of their reality TV show, Ghoul Getters, and hotfoot it to New Mexico, where a dreadful demon is waging tribal warfare. Sam Whitefeather- M.J.'s spirit guide-urgently needs her help to stop this evil spirit from wiping out the descendants of his tribe. It doesn't take a psychic to predict that M.J...
  • Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain

    Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A teen girl disappears from her small town deep in the bayou, where magic festers beneath the surface of the swamp like water rot, in this chilling debut supernatural thriller for fans of Natasha Preston, Karen McManus, and Rory Power.La Cachette, Louisiana, is the worst place to be if you have something to hide...
  • The Midnight Mayor by Kate Griffin

    The Midnight Mayor by Kate Griffin

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    It's said that if the ravens ever leave the Tower of London, then the Tower will crumble and the kingdom will fall. Resurrected sorcerer Matthew Swift is about to discover that this isn't so far from the truth...One by one, the protective magical wards that guard the city are falling: the London Wall defiled with cryptic graffiti, the ravens found dead at the Tower, the London Stone destroyed...
  • Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong

    Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Meet the smart, sexy — supernatural — women of the otherworld. This is not your mother’s coven... Kelley Armstrong returns with the eagerly awaited follow-up to Dime Store Magic. Paige Winterbourne, a headstrong young woman haunted by a dark legacy, is now put to the ultimate test as she fights to save innocents from the most insidious evil of all.. .
  • Magic on the Hunt by Devon Monk

    Magic on the Hunt by Devon Monk

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    In the secret lockup of the Authority, the council that decides what can and can't be done with magic, an undead magic user has possessed one of the prisoners. He wants his freedom-and then some. Now Allie Beckstrom and her lover, Zayvion, are the first line of defense against the chaos he's about to unleash on the city of Portland..
  • Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

    Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    The second in a blockbuster series of novels from Russia's most popular science fiction author, Day Watch brings us back into the hyperimaginative world of Sergei Lukyanenko and continues the dramatic battle between good and evil, light and dark, day and night...
  • Mockingbird by Chuck Wendig

    Mockingbird by Chuck Wendig

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Miriam is trying. Really, she is.But this whole "settling down thing" that Louis has going for her just isn't working out. She lives on Long Beach Island all year around. Her home is a run-down double-wide trailer. She works at a grocery store as a check-out girl...
  • The Living End by Craig Schaefer

    The Living End by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    As the FBI closes in on the Las Vegas underworld, Daniel Faust -- grifter, thief, and sorcerer -- isn't the only one feeling the heat. Half-demon racket boss Nicky Agnelli is fighting to hang onto his empire, leaving a trail of dead informants in his wake, while Daniel's ex-girlfriend Jennifer rallies her forces on the street and aims her sights at Nicky's crown...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  magic  paranormal  urban  action-adventure  adult  angels
  • Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

    Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 79 ratings
    Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. By age twenty, in fact, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away...
  • Hex and the City by Simon R. Green

    Hex and the City by Simon R. Green

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Lady Luck has hired John Taylor to investigate the origins of the Nightside--the dark heart of London where it's always 3 A.M. But when he starts to uncover facts about his long-vanished mother, the Nightside--and all of existence-- could be snuffed out...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  ghosts  magic  paranormal  urban  action-adventure  adult
  • On the Prowl by Patricia Briggs, Eileen Wilks

    On the Prowl by Patricia Briggs, Eileen Wilks

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Alpha and Omega 0.5 by Patricia BriggsThe werewolf Anna finds a new sense of self when the son of the werewolf king comes to town to quell unrest in the Chicago pack- and inspires a power in Anna that she's never felt before.Inhuman by Eileen WilksKai has a secret gift of sensing thoughts and desires. What she senses in her neighbor Nathan could be dangerous...
  • Hell to Pay by Simon R. Green

    Hell to Pay by Simon R. Green

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    In the wake of the war that left the Nightside leaderless, Jeremiah Griffin-one of the last of the immortal human families-plans to fill the power vacuum. But his granddaughter has disappeared, and he wants John Taylor to use his special abilities to find her. Except someone-or something-is blocking Taylor's abilities...
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