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The Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsUniversally acclaimed as the maestro of horror and the morbid, Edgar Allan Poe's dark gift has for more than a century and a half set the standard for the genre.Now, Caedmon Audio presents a classic collection of Poe's most terrifying tales performed by two of the most brilliant interpreters of his work ever to be recorded: Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone... -
![The Dex-Files by Karina Halle]()
The Dex-Files by Karina Halle
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe truth is out there...The Dex-Files is a compilation novel that accompanies the Experiment in Terror Series and is not to be-read as a stand-alone. In the Dex-Files we find a variety of scenes and chapters from the enigmatic Dex Foray's POV from books #1-6 in the series. Some of these scenes have been previously published, albeit from Perry's POV, while other scenes are completely new... -
![The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin]()
The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsMara Dyer knows she isn't crazy. She knows that she can kill with her mind, and that Noah can heal with his. Mara also knows that somehow, Jude is not a hallucination. He is alive. Unfortunately, convincing her family and doctors that she's not unstable and doesn't need to be hospitalised isn't easy. The only person who actually believes her is Noah... -
![Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 9 by Miya Kazuki, 香月 美夜]()
Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 9 by Miya Kazuki, 香月 美夜
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Battle of Gerlach begins at last. Together with Matthias, Rozemyne must defeat the cold-blooded giebe Grausam—but an unexpected development makes that easier said than done. Body doubles, collateral damage, even more dark plots transpiring in the shadows.. -
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![Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky]()
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsHarry Potter and the Methods of Rationality is a work of alternate-universe Harry Potter fan-fiction wherein Petunia Evans has married an Oxford biochemistry professor and young genius Harry grows up fascinated by science and science fiction. When he finds out that he is a wizard, he tries to apply scientific principles to his study of magic, with sometimes surprising results... -
![Kaleidoscope by Dean Koontz]()
Kaleidoscope by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNameless is wrestling with more violent visions of the future when his next mission comes with the assurance, This one will be easy. It’s a promise that leaves Nameless dangerously unprepared.It seems straightforward enough: Get a foot in the door by posing as a potential investor in a lucrative underground business—then bring the place down from the inside. There’s more here than meets the eye... -
![The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin]()
The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsMara Dyer wants to believe there's more to the lies she’s been told.There is.She doesn’t stop to think about where her quest for the truth might lead.She should.She never had to imagine how far she would go for vengeance.She will now.Loyalties are betrayed, guilt and innocence tangle, and fate and chance collide in this shocking conclusion to Mara Dyer’s story.Retribution has arrived... -
![The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch]()
The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsHarry Mulisch's magnum opus, is a rich mosaic of twentieth-century trauma in which many themes—friendship, loyalty, family, art, technology, religion, fate, good, and evil—suffuse a suspenseful and resplendent narrative.The Discovery of Heaven begins with the meeting of Onno and Max, two complicated individuals whom fate has mysteriously and magically brought together... -
![What Lies Beyond The Stars by Michael Goorjian]()
What Lies Beyond The Stars by Michael Goorjian
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Something in me knows of a life I was meant to live but for whatever reason, I have not . . . ”Words that ring painfully true for Adam Sheppard, a San Francisco programmer who has spent the vast majority of his 30-something years lost in the dim glow of a computer screen...Categorized as:
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![King of the Murgos by David Eddings]()
King of the Murgos by David Eddings
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsBeginning of the Quest...The infant son of Garion and Ce'Nedra had been foully kidnapped. Now they began the great quest to rescue the child, with the immortal Belgarath the Sorcerer, his daughter Polgara the Sorceress, and inevitably the little Drasnian, Silk. Guided by the Orb of the God Aldur, their way led through the foul swamps of Nyissa, then into the lands of the Murgos... -
![Mystic Tea by Rea Nolan Martin]()
Mystic Tea by Rea Nolan Martin
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA community of quirky, mismatched, and endearing women struggle to find meaning and purpose on a ramshackle monastery in upstate New York. Having spent their lives in service to a church that seems to no longer serve them, they are confused about their own futures and the future of the entire monastery... -
![Reversione: Reset the Future by Chris A. Jones]()
Reversione: Reset the Future by Chris A. Jones
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMankind had spent decades trying to overcome an impending ecological global disaster. By the late 23rd century the disaster that they were attempting to prevent was at hand, and there was no reversing the damage... -
![Live and Let Drood by Simon R. Green]()
Live and Let Drood by Simon R. Green
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Secret Histories Novels combine “witty banter, tough guy standoffs, visceral fight scenes, bad guy atrocities, surprise revelations, and high stakes”* in supernatural adventures that can only come from the imagination of New York Times bestselling author Simon R. Green.The name is Bond, Shaman Bond... -
![Normal Rules Don't Apply by Kate Atkinson]()
Normal Rules Don't Apply by Kate Atkinson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life which offer the gimlet eye and delightful social critique that have made Atkinson one of the most lauded writers of our time.In this brilliant volume, nothing is quite as it seems... -
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![Edge of Eternity by Randy Alcorn]()
Edge of Eternity by Randy Alcorn
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsImagine Being Pulled Into the Hereafter. While You’re Still Alive. A disillusioned business executive whose life has hit a dead-end, Nick Seagrave has lost loved ones to tragedy and his family to neglect. Now, at a point of great crisis, he unbelievably and inexplicably finds himself transported to what appears to be another world... -
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Brother Odd by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 54 ratingsLoop me in, odd one.The words, spoken in the deep of night by a sleeping child, chill the young man watching over her. For this was a favorite phrase of Stormy Llewellyn, his lost love, and Stormy is dead, gone forever from this world. In the haunted halls of the isolated monastery where he had sought peace, Odd Thomas is stalking spirits of an infinitely darker nature... -
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Anima Rising by Christopher Moore
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore comes a hilariously deranged tale of a mad scientist, a famous painter, and an undead woman’s electrifying journey of self-discovery.Vienna, 1911. Gustav Klimt, the most famous painter in the Austrian Empire, the darling of Viennese society, spots a woman’s nude body in the Danube canal...Categorized as:
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![Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz]()
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 73 ratingsThe dead don't talk. I don't know why. But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Sometimes the silent souls who seek out Odd want justice. Occasionally their otherworldly tips help him prevent a crime. But this time it’s different... -
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Circle by Mac Barnett
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMac Barnett and Jon Klassen deliver the final tale about Triangle, Square, and Circle.This book is about Circle. This book is also about Circle's friends, Triangle and Square. Also it is about a rule that Circle makes, and how she has to rescue Triangle when he breaks that rule... -
![Forever Odd by Dean Koontz]()
Forever Odd by Dean Koontz
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 58 ratingsI see dead people. But then, by God, I do something about it.Odd Thomas never asked for his special ability. He's just an ordinary guy trying to live a quiet life in the small desert town of Pico Mundo. Yet he feels an obligation to do right by his otherworldly confidants, and that's why he's won hearts on both sides of the divide between life and death... -
![The Cripple and His Talismans by Anosh Irani]()
The Cripple and His Talismans by Anosh Irani
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPrepare to enter a world where the norms of human behavior—even the rules governing time and gravity—are set on their heads. This dark and wry fable begins with the narrator waking up and discovering he is missing an arm...Categorized as:
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![Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read With the Lights On by Alfred Hitchcock, Roald Dahl]()
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read With the Lights On by Alfred Hitchcock, Roald Dahl
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContents:Introduction by Alfred HitchcockDeath Out of Season by Mary BarrettWitness in the Dark by Fredric BrownShadows on the Road by Robert ColbyMr. Mappin Forecloses by Zena CollierGranny by Ron GoulartThe Landlady by Roald DahlThree Ways to Rob a Bank by Harold R. DanielsNo Loose Ends by Miriam Allen deFordGoodbye, Pops by Joe GoresPin Money by James CrossSocial Climber by Robert J... -
![The Double by José Saramago]()
The Double by José Saramago
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsTertuliano Maximo Afonso is a history teacher in a secondary school. He is divorced, involved in a rather one-sided relationship with a bank clerk, and he is depressed. To lift his depression, a colleague suggests he rent a certain video. Tertuliano watches the film and is unimpressed. During the night, noises in his apartment wake him... -
![Who's Your Baby Daddy: Season Two by Stasia Black]()
Who's Your Baby Daddy: Season Two by Stasia Black
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Why Choose Romance JANUS: Our woman’s in her second trimester and we’re all primed to claim her. But I’m done taking orders. It’s time to step up and be alpha of our little band of misfits. I'm ready to be the leading man both on and off-stage now.I don’t care what my twin brother has to say about it. It’s time for him to learn his place. I’ve bailed him out one too many times... -
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![They Don't Come Home Anymore by T.E. Grau]()
They Don't Come Home Anymore by T.E. Grau
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Find a safe place to die. And make sure it is away from the people and away from the sky.”Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author T.E. Grau delivers a tale of obsession, alienation, and a teenage girl in search of something beyond the reach of death. But sometimes, when they journey too far, They Don’t Come Home Anymore... -
![Vanilla by Mona Kabbani]()
Vanilla by Mona Kabbani
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho knew innocence could cause so much death? The cure for the sick is in the Devil’s blood. He invests this magic in the children. One child’s life saved in exchange for a sacrifice. And parents are eager to sacrifice. But what happens when the Devil comes across a child he cannot find the will to return? A child he wishes to keep... -
![Raising Stony Mayhall by Daryl Gregory]()
Raising Stony Mayhall by Daryl Gregory
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn 1968, after the first zombie outbreak, Wanda Mayhall and her three young daughters discover the body of a teenage mother during a snowstorm. Wrapped in the woman’s arms is a baby, stone-cold, not breathing, and without a pulse. But then his eyes open and look up at Wanda — and he begins to move...Categorized as:
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![Thuggin In Miami (The Family Is Made : Part 1) by R.A. Robinson]()
Thuggin In Miami (The Family Is Made : Part 1) by R.A. Robinson
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the death of his father, Rich Kid takes his destructive, malicious, and loyal team of hustlers, known amongst them-selves as The Family, to the next level of thuggin. Using his relationships within the drug distribution realm, Richard catapults his growing empire, taking down anyone who stands in his way... -
![Oracle by Andrew Pyper, Joshua Jackson]()
Oracle by Andrew Pyper, Joshua Jackson
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOracle is a psychological thriller audiobook following Nate Russo, an FBI psychic who helps solve abductions and homicides by touching those close to the missing persons. His unique gift comes with a terrible price: He sees the horrific moments before the victims disappeared... -
![An Ethical Guide To Murder by Jenny Morris]()
An Ethical Guide To Murder by Jenny Morris
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow to Kill Your Family meets The Power in this entertaining and thought-provoking read, that asks: If you had the power between life and death, what would you do? Thea has a secret.She can tell how long someone has left to live just by touching them... -
![Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey]()
Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTwo people. Infinite lifetimes. One impossible choice.Thora and Santi are strangers in a foreign city when a chance encounter intertwines their fates. At once, they recognize in each other a kindred spirit—someone who shares their insatiable curiosity, who is longing for more in life than the cards they’ve been dealt. Only days later, though, a tragic accident cuts their story short... -
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Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsNew York Times Book Review Notable Book of the YearPart fairy tale, part mystery, part coming-of-age novel, this novel tells the story of Isobel Fairfax, a girl growing up in Lythe, a typical 1960s British suburb... -
![Twelve Nights at Rotter House by J.W. Ocker, Matt Godfrey]()
Twelve Nights at Rotter House by J.W. Ocker, Matt Godfrey
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFelix Allsey is a travel writer with a keen eye for the paranormal, and he's carved out a unique, if only slightly lucrative, niche for himself in nonfiction; he writes travelogues of the country's most haunted places, after haunting them himself... -
![The Society of S by Susan Hubbard]()
The Society of S by Susan Hubbard
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"If you ever want to hide from the world, live in a small city, where everyone seems anonymous."That's the advice of twelve-year-old Ariella Montero, who lives with her father in Saratoga Springs, New York, in a house haunted more by secrets than by memories... -
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