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  • Last Stand of Dead Men by Derek Landy

    Last Stand of Dead Men by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The eighth instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe - and the follow-up to 2012’s number-one bestseller, Kingdom of the Wicked…War has finally come.But it's not a war between good and evil, or light and dark – it's a war between Sanctuaries...
  • The Dying of the Light by Derek Landy

    The Dying of the Light by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The ninth book in the original, jaw-droppingly stupendous Skulduggery Pleasant series.Valkerie. Darquesse. Stephanie. The world ain’t big enough for the three of them. The end will come…The War of the Sanctuaries has been won, but it was not without its casualties...
  • Good Omens by Dirk Maggs, Terry Pratchett

    Good Omens by Dirk Maggs, Terry Pratchett

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman’s celebrated apocalyptic comic novel, with bonus length episodes and outtakes.According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday in fact. Just after Any Answers on Radio 4….Events have been set in motion to bring about the End of Days...
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    angels  demons  humor  myths  paranormal  religion  retellings  satire
  • Wild Side by Shayne Silvers

    Wild Side by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    To become a Godkiller you have to awaken the monster inside you… Almost a year has passed since Nate’s ex-fiancée woke up a Greek god intent on world domination and war. The problem? He doesn’t know which god. And the promised war hasn’t started yet...
  • Kingdom of the Wicked by Derek Landy

    Kingdom of the Wicked by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The seventh instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe…Magic is a disease.Across the land, normal people are suddenly developing wild and unstable powers. Infected by a rare strain of magic, they are unwittingly endangering their own lives and the lives of the people around them...
  • Tiny Gods by Shayne Silvers

    Tiny Gods by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Power is patient, power is kind… No, wait. That’s not right. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely… Just ask Nate’s ex-fiancée. It’s almost this wizard’s birthday, so, he can cry if he wants to...
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    angels  dark  humor  mystery  myths  paranormal  retellings  vampires
  • 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...
  • Brief Cases by Jim Butcher

    Brief Cases by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Brief Cases is the sequel anthology of Side Jobs, and will be released before Peace TalksSet to include the following stories:An exclusive novellette from the perspective of Maggie and Mouse.“Curses” — from The Naked City, edited by Ellen DatlowTakes place between Small Favor and Turn Coat...
    Categorized as:
    crime  demons  humor  mystery  myths  paranormal  retellings  vampires
  • Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Two by Jack Townsend

    Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Two by Jack Townsend

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nightshift clerk and high-functioning insomniac Jack is back to work, trying his best to keep out of trouble. But when his chain-smoking coworker discovers a mysterious radio signal revealing the guarded secrets of their town, Jack will learn that an annoying new dayshift manager is far from the worst of his problems...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  humor  mystery  myths  paranormal  retellings  satire
  • Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

    Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 95 ratings
    ‘Armageddon only happens once, you know. They don’t let you go around again until you get it right.’People have been predicting the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it’s only natural to be sceptical when a new date is set for Judgement Day...
  • Resurrection by Derek Landy

    Resurrection by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The skeleton detective is coming back to life...again! It's the tenth, triumphant novel in the Skulduggery Pleasant series, and it will rearrange your world.Skulduggery and Valkyrie are back in the tenth instalment in the best-selling Skulduggery Pleasant series - an incredible and unexpected treat for the legions of fans around the world...
  • Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Three by Jack Townsend

    Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Three by Jack Townsend

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An army of monsters walks among us, hidden in plain sight. They’re fast. They’re strong. They’re unrelenting. And they only want one thing: the sh*tty gas station at the edge of town.Coming as a surprise to absolutely no one, Jack—night-shift clerk and local crazy person—has found himself neck-deep in the middle of yet another world-ending terror. And this time around, nobody can be trusted...
  • Monster Hunter Nemesis by Larry Correia

    Monster Hunter Nemesis by Larry Correia

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    #5 in multiple New York Times bestseller Larry Correia's Monster Hunter series. Agent Franks of the U.S. Monster Control Bureau is a man of many parts—parts from other people, that is. Franks is nearly seven feet tall and all muscle. He's nearly indestructible. Plus he’s animated by a powerful alchemical substance and inhabited by a super-intelligent spirit more ancient than humanity itself...
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    crime  dark  dark-fantasy  demons  humor  mystery  paranormal  pulp
  • Beast Master by Shayne Silvers

    Beast Master by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Nate's To-Do List: De-pants Ganesh. Shut down a Monster Circus. Rescue a Chimera. And host Friendsgiving for his guests - an Angel, Achilles, and Death, just to name a few... Easy-Peasy... The Beast Master has come to town, and he's kidnapping shifter kids for his show.But the Queens of Fae also want a little deep-fried wizard for the holidays...
    Categorized as:
    angels  dark  demons  humor  myths  paranormal  retellings  vampires
  • Deadly Assessments by Drew Hayes

    Deadly Assessments by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    After several years as a vampire, starting a business, founding his own clan, and proposing to his girlfriend, Fred is finally beginning to settle into life as an undead accountant. Unfortunately, not everyone is happy about his continued survival, or the dangerous friends he’s made along the way...
  • Blood is Thicker by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Blood is Thicker by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Broken Pact. An Ancient Enemy. A Bitter Betrayal. What does a vampire fear more than sunlight? The Cazadoras Sangrientas-Blood Hunters. Michiko Nakatomi has led the Dark Council for over a century, maintaining the uneasy truce between humanity and the supernatural. But when an ancient enemy returns the delicate balance is shattered and vampires start dying...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  vampires  mystery  humor  dark-fantasy  crime  myths  dark
  • Side Jobs by Jim Butcher

    Side Jobs by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    Here, together for the first time, are the shorter tales from Jim Butcher's DRESDEN FILES series — a compendium of cases that Harry and his cadre of allies managed to close in record time. The tales range from the deadly serious to the absurdly hilarious. Also included is a new, never-before-published novella that takes place after the cliff-hanger ending of the new April 2010 hardcover, Changes...
  • The Fangs of Freelance by Drew Hayes

    The Fangs of Freelance by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When Fred formed his own parahuman clan out of necessity, he understood that it was going to come with new responsibilities. Much as he hoped those tasks would center around extra paperwork and perhaps the occasional mandatory class, enough time around the supernatural has taught him to be ready for anything. Or so he thought...
  • Playing with Fire by Derek Landy

    Playing with Fire by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Skulduggery and Valkyrie are facing a new enemy: Baron Vengeous, who is determined to bring back the terrifying Faceless Ones and is crafting an army of evil to help him. Added to that, Vengeous is about to enlist a new ally (if he can raise it from the dead): the horrible Grotesquery, a very unlikable monster of legend...
  • Undeading Bells by Drew Hayes

    Undeading Bells by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    After surviving countless perils and dangers, including an examination by the Blood Council, Fred is preparing to take on his most important adventure to date: marrying Krystal. That is, if he can get everything handled in time. Visiting Boarback, hiring new staff, clearing out his schedule for a honeymoon; there’s no shortage of tasks to check off before the big day arrives...
  • Silver Tongue by Shayne Silvers

    Silver Tongue by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    My resume is pretty full: I’ve cow-tipped the Minotaur, decimated a gang of weredragons, sucker-punched an Angel, and eaten pancakes with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse… I’ve kidnapped one of the most powerful wizards on the planet, and slaughtered the Brothers Grimm. I’m kind of a big deal...
  • The Delirium Brief by Charles Stross

    The Delirium Brief by Charles Stross

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Someone is dead set to air the spy agency’s dirty laundry in The Delirium Brief, the next installment to Charles Stross’ Hugo Award-winning comedic dark fantasy Laundry Files series!Bob Howard’s career in the Laundry, the secret British government agency dedicated to protecting the world from unspeakable horrors from beyond spacetime, has entailed high combat, brilliant hacking, ancient magic,...
  • The End of the World by Derek Landy

    The End of the World by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Skulduggery and Valkyrie are back, in an exclusive World Book Day novelette, set after the momentous events of Death Bringer…Hey, punks! Skulduggery and Valkyrie are about to make your day…15-year-old Ryan is running away from home, looking for escape and adventure. But unfortunately, sometimes people DO get what they wish for...
  • Hell for the Holidays by D.M. Guay

    Hell for the Holidays by D.M. Guay

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The tree is trimmed. The mistletoe is hung. The eggnog is spiked. It’s time to celebrate the merriest, most heart-warming Christmas ever! Or not? No. Definitely, absolutely not. This Christmas won’t be cheerful. It’ll be more like Ash vs Evil Dead meets National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Because the Wallace family’s annual Christmas Eve party is about to skid off the rails...
  • Bloody Acquisitions by Drew Hayes

    Bloody Acquisitions by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The third book in Drew's outrageously adventurous and satirical series, including THE UTTERLY UNINTERESTING AND UNADVENTUROUS TALES OF FRED, THE VAMPIRE ACCOUNTANT (Book 1) and UNDEATH & TAXES (Book 2).With a thriving parahuman accounting practice, a steady relationship, and a circle of trusted friends, Fred’s undead life has become more enjoyable than his normal one ever was...
  • Blood Debts by Shayne Silvers

    Blood Debts by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.A Wizard, an Angel, and a Horseman of the Apocalypse walk into a bar…The ancient pact between mankind, Heaven, and Hell has been broken. And Nate Temple’s quest for vengeance may have just kicked off Armageddon. So, time to grab a stiff drink…or maybe four...
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    angels  dark  demons  humor  mystery  myths  paranormal  vampires
  • Monster Hunter Legion by Larry Correia

    Monster Hunter Legion by Larry Correia

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Monster Hunter International might be the premier monster eradication company in the business, but they’ve got competition. When hunters from around the world gather in Las Vegas for a conference, a creature left over from a World War Two weapons experiment wakes up and goes on a rampage across the desert...
    Categorized as:
    dark  dark-fantasy  demons  humor  mystery  paranormal  pulp  vampires
  • Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch

    Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The seventh book of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes in the city of London.The Faceless Man, wanted for multiple counts of murder, fraud, and crimes against humanity, has been unmasked and is on the run...
  • Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch

    Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A mutilated body in Crawley. Another killer on the loose. The prime suspect is one Robert Weil - an associate of the twisted magician known as the Faceless Man? Or just a common garden serial killer?Before PC Peter Grant can get his head round the case, a town planner going under a tube train and a stolen grimoire are adding to his case-load.So far so London...
  • Silver Clouds Dirty Sky by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Silver Clouds Dirty Sky by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    London Bridge is falling...but it's not their fault...mostly. Montague and Strong have left the building-in fact, they’ve left the continent. When a teleportation circle sends them to London, The Penumbra Consortium-and older, darker version of the Dark Council requests Montague & Strong look into the murder of the leading demonologist, Mage Nigel Warrenton...
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    dark  demons  humor  mystery  myths  paranormal  retellings  vampires
  • Monster Hunter Vendetta by Larry Correia

    Monster Hunter Vendetta by Larry Correia

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Owen Pitt never met a gun he didn’t like, or a monster he couldn’t shoot. But now, the monsters are shooting back . . .Accountant turned professional monster hunter, Owen Zastava Pitt, managed to stop the nefarious Old One’s invasion plans last year, but as a result made an enemy out of one of the most powerful beings in the universe...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  dark-fantasy  demons  humor  mystery  myths  paranormal
  • Bad Wolf by Lauren Dawes

    Bad Wolf by Lauren Dawes

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A rookie cop. A team of supernatural detectives. A shifter with some impulse control issues.My name is Cat McKenzie, and I thought wood sprites weren’t a thing.Apparently, they are. Fun fact: they enjoy eating carrion which was how I discovered the body of a hunter in the woods. The local werewolf pack confirms it’s a bad wolf doing the biting...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  demons  humor  crime  vampires  mystery  myths  romance
  • Monster Hunter Alpha by Larry Correia

    Monster Hunter Alpha by Larry Correia

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    #3 in the break-out, best-selling Monster Hunter series. Earl Harbinger, head of Monster Hunter International, faces down an old nemesis -- a very nasty former KGB werewolf who is working to create a new, unstoppable breed. Dirty Harry meets Twilight. #3 in the break-out series and a follow-up to Monster Hunter International and Monster Hunter Vendetta...
  • Shadow Duel by Brad Magnarella

    Shadow Duel by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Beware the shadow of many faces, but fear the master of many places…It’s Monday morning, and I’ve recovered a strange glyph-covered chest from a landfill. By Monday afternoon, someone’s stolen it from my warded loft.Before I can suss out who, why, and most importantly, how, I’m neck-deep with the NYPD on a murder case...
  • Investigation, Mediation, Vindication by Chris Tullbane

    Investigation, Mediation, Vindication by Chris Tullbane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The stakes are real. The mediator isn't."Investigation, Mediation, Vindication." That's how the Yellow Pages ad starts, and if it sounds like the sort of thing a drunk teenager might come up with... well, you'd only be wrong about the teenager part. John Smith owns San Diego's smallest private investigation firm, but he doesn't know the first thing about mediation. Or vindication...
  • Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch

    Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    In Tufnell Park, North London, a pair of railway tracks diver under a school, taking train to and from Kings Cross. Wet, filthy, dangerous. Lovely place. And one Sunday before Christmas a sweet (sort of) kid called Abigail took me and my long suffering colleague Lesley May down there to look for a ghost.We found one...
  • Undeath and Taxes by Drew Hayes

    Undeath and Taxes by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The sequel to the Amazon bestseller THE UTTERLY UNINTERESTING AND UNADVENTUROUS TALES OF FRED, THE VAMPIRE ACCOUNTANT. After discovering just how filled with magic, intrigue, and adventure the parahuman world of being an Undead American can be, Fredrick Frankford Fletcher did exactly what was expected--he became a certified parahuman accountant...
  • Grave Intentions by Nazri Noor

    Grave Intentions by Nazri Noor

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Something has stolen the darkling mage’s face. Reports of arcane theft and violence are pouring in from all over Valero. They all have one thing in common: a perpetrator who looks exactly like Dustin Graves. But Dust has been hanging in the hideout, barely out of sight of his bloodthirsty companions...
  • Midnight by Derek Landy

    Midnight by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are back in their most gripping story yet, as book 11, Midnight, picks up where Resurrection left off – and runs.For years, Valkyrie Cain has struggled to keep her loved ones safe from harm, plunging into battle – time and time again – by Skulduggery Pleasant’s side, and always emerging triumphant...
  • Black Luck by Brad Magnarella

    Black Luck by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ’Cause sometimes luck ain’t enoughIn the year since the Whisperer’s attack, I’ve been busting my hump to become my best wizard, like my father. Now I’m ready for a test.When a dark mage starts planting infernal bags around New York City, I get my wish. Like time bombs, the bags detonate without warning, spawning demonic beings that rip the souls of innocents from their bodies...
  • Bad Kitty by Lauren Dawes

    Bad Kitty by Lauren Dawes

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A rookie cop. A team of supernatural detectives. A vigilante kitty shifter breaking bad. My name is Cat McKenzie, and despite what people might think, I don’t enjoy being chased down darkened streets at night by a ten-foot shadow man who can literally make me die of fright.Of course, that’s how all this started—the discovery of an underground fight club stocked completely with supernatural slaves...
  • Be Still My Vampire Heart by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Be Still My Vampire Heart by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    If it was still beating. Angus MacKay has been undead for almost five hundred years and it's not often something, or someone, surprises him. Until Emma Wallace. The sight of this luscious agent from the CIA's elite Stake-Out team was enough to stop Angus in his tracks. But then he discovers that she's a vampire slayer, intent on killing the "monsters" who killed her parents...
  • All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks

    All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Toni Davis's Christmas wish list1. Springing my best friend from the psych ward.2. Living somewhere that doesn't have coffins in the basement. Occupied coffins.3. Finding Mr. Right. Please make him tall, dark, handsome, and alive.This Christmas isn't so merry for Toni...
  • Dead Case in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Dead Case in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "Nothing good ever happens at the butt-crack of dawn. No doubt, the headless corpse on the autopsy table in front of me would agree."-Violet Parker Real estate agent. Violet "Spooky" Parker stumbles upon a body-part theft ring at the local funeral parlor and suspects her caustic coworker has a hand in it or maybe a foot...
  • The Stranger by Max Frei

    The Stranger by Max Frei

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The millions-selling fantasy epic of the new Russian literary icon-a freeloading freebooter who finds a new home in a magical world Max Frei's novels have been a literary sensation in Russia since their debut in 1996, and have swept the fantasy world over. Presented here in English for the first time, The Stranger will strike a chord with readers of all stripes...
  • Grave New World by John P. Logsdon

    Grave New World by John P. Logsdon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Council Gods Are Brutal. The Lesser Gods Are Worse. I'm All That Stands Between Them...You won't find me in the lore of the gods, but I'm there, hidden between the lines. Whenever the lesser gods torture humanity, creating armies of supernatural beasts to rain hell down on the innocent, it's my job to stand against the tidal wave of pain and death.I like my job...
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    paranormal  mystery  humor  crime  vampires  myths  dark  spirituality
  • Dark Harvest by Nazri Noor

    Dark Harvest by Nazri Noor

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dustin Graves has three days to live.The darkling mage has found himself in the company of scoundrels. Maybe that's what Dustin deserves: a werewolf, a vampire, and a talking sword for teammates, and a rogue sorcerer as his mentor and master.But a doomsday cult has surfaced. Twelve mutilated bodies are found drowned in blood and in wine...
  • Paper Cuts by Dave Turner

    Paper Cuts by Dave Turner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Older cover edition of ASIN B0128G90GIGetting the work/life balance correct is tricky when you're employed by Death. Dave Marwood is starting to realise that relationships are a lot easier when they don't involve the undead. Caught between the demands of the afterlife and spending time with his new girlfriend, he tries to find the answers to some difficult questions...
  • Untethered Magic: A wizard in Bremen Part 1 by Steve Higgs

    Untethered Magic: A wizard in Bremen Part 1 by Steve Higgs

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My Name is Otto Schneider and I am a wizard. I think. When a missing person case brings me into contact with the only other supernatural creature I have ever seen, it’s not long before I am ass-deep in trouble. The police don’t like me, there’s a clandestine organisation who want me to join them, and what might be a demon trying to catch me...
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