Books like 'Out of Spite, Out of Mind'
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The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk show host, an heiress, and the man they shattered along the way. A rapidly deteriorating AI system. An inconvenient tiara upon the head of a friend.It is bedlam on the eighth floor.As management reels from the unexpected conclusion of the seventh level, the surviving crawlers stumble onto the eighth and find themselves scattered... -
![He Who Fights with Monsters 4 by Shirtaloon]()
He Who Fights with Monsters 4 by Shirtaloon
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAn old friend brings comfort while an old acquaintance brings trouble as Jason and Farrah get the change of scenery they've been longing for.The kingdom is in peril, which seems like small beans compared to saving the world a few times. It isn't even Jason's job to deal with as, for once, the powerful people around him are living up to their responsibilities...Categorized as:
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![The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman]()
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNew Achievement! Total, Utter Failure.You failed a quest less than five minutes after you received it. Now that’s talent.A floating fortress occupied by warrior gnomes. A castle made of sand. A derelict submarine guarded by malfunctioning machines. A haunted crypt surrounded by lethal traps. It was supposed to be easy. One bubble. Four castles. Fifteen days... -
![Carl's Doomsday Scenario: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 2 by Matt Dinniman]()
Carl's Doomsday Scenario: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 2 by Matt Dinniman
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 28 ratings"The training levels have concluded. Now the games may truly begin."The ratings and views are off the chart. The fans just can't get enough. The dungeon gets more dangerous each day. But in a grinder designed to chew up and spit out crawlers by the millions, Carl and Princess Donut need to work harder than ever just to survive. They call it the Over City... -
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![Beware of Chicken 4 by CasualFarmer, Travis Baldree]()
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... -
![Fashionably Dead and Wed by Robyn Peterman]()
Fashionably Dead and Wed by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI know I’m already mated…I wanna get married. What do you get when you combine a three headed monster named Charles, a rotund, gay, dancing Demon named Doug, a culinary disaster baked by Mother Nature, a celibate premarital councilor named Jeff, an offer from Satan that’s impossible to refuse and Steve Perry? You get the Royal Wedding from Hell—or to be more accurate—possibly in Hell... -
![Fashionably Fanged by Robyn Peterman, Audrey Lusk]()
Fashionably Fanged by Robyn Peterman, Audrey Lusk
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI have to trap the most evil, worst bad dude in existence without actually turning him to ash. So, what's a Vampyre to do?For starters, enter an undead beauty pageant - in Oklahoma, where the hair is jacked and the contestants are busty and brainless.My name is Venus. I'm a 200-year-old killing machine, and I'm trading in my daggers and sword for a sparkly dress and an obscene swimsuit... -
![The Land: Forging by Aleron Kong]()
The Land: Forging by Aleron Kong
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThe second captivating installment of Aleron Kong's, Chaos Seeds series. "We are life takers and heart breakers," Richter shouted... -
![Rising Covenant by Amanda M. Lee]()
Rising Covenant by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsZoe Lake and Aric Winters thought they were living happily ever after. They were wrong. Five years after surviving Covenant College’s final showdown, they find themselves at a crossroads. They’re living together. They’re happy. There is no future set in stone, though. When Zoe’s former roommate Paris shows up out of the blue, Zoe couldn’t be happier... -
![My Unfair Godmother by Janette Rallison]()
My Unfair Godmother by Janette Rallison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTansy Miller has always felt that her divorced father has never had enough time for her. But mistakenly getting caught on the wrong side of the law wasn't exactly how she wanted to get his attention. Enter Chrysanthemum "Chrissy" Everstar, Tansy's fairy in shining, er, high heels. Chrissy is only a fair godmother, of course, so Tansy's three wishes don't exactly go according to plan... -
![The Mayor of Noobtown by Ryan Rimmel]()
The Mayor of Noobtown by Ryan Rimmel
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIt could be worse. You could be stuck with a literal shoulder demon. After dying and being reborn into a world that's built like a video game, Jim has found himself stuck in a very old world style new player zone for low level adventurers. Unfortunately, the zone fell out of use centuries ago, and no one told the monsters they were supposed to take it easy on the Noobs...Categorized as:
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![The Nanny Job by Eve Langlais]()
The Nanny Job by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat’s a vampire to do when he accidentally makes a baby? Hire a sexy nanny, of course.A vampire for centuries, Frederick is tired of living in shadows. To that end, he hires the best and brightest scientists to find a way to help him tolerate the sun without losing the benefits that come from being a master of the night.One of them succeeds... -
![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... -
![Loner Life in Another World (Light Novel) Vol. 1 by Shoji Goji]()
Loner Life in Another World (Light Novel) Vol. 1 by Shoji Goji
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA sarcastic isekai comedy about surviving in a fantasy world with only the weirdest magic powers. Inspired the hit manga! When acerbic loner Haruka gets transported to another world with his class, he's not big on adventuring, but he wouldn't mind some cool magic of his own... -
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![My Fairly Dangerous Godmother by Janette Rallison]()
My Fairly Dangerous Godmother by Janette Rallison
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSome people bomb auditions. Sadie Ramirez throws up during her tryouts on TV show America's Top Talent. Her performance is so bad, it earns her a fairy godmother through the Magical Alliance's Pitiful Damsel Outreach Program. Enter Chrysanthemum Everstar: a gum-chewing, cell phone-carrying, high heel wearing fairy godmother in training... -
![Ghost of a Chance by Chris Tullbane]()
Ghost of a Chance by Chris Tullbane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Broken-Neck spat forth a stream of Spanish which no doubt contained disparaging comments about my intelligence. Or my appearance. Or my fashion sense. The only Spanish words I knew were the expletives my friend Mike had taught me. Even so, I recognized insults when I heard them."The White Ladies of San Diego are one of the city's supernatural powers, organized and led by Graciela... -
![Spell or High Water by Scott Meyer]()
Spell or High Water by Scott Meyer
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsThe adventures of an American hacker in Medieval England continue as Martin Banks takes his next step on the journey toward mastering his reality-altering powers and fulfilling his destiny. A month has passed since Martin helped to defeat the evil programmer Jimmy, and things couldn’t be going better. Except for his love life, that is...Categorized as:
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![An Unwelcome Quest by Scott Meyer]()
An Unwelcome Quest by Scott Meyer
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsEver since Martin Banks and his fellow computer geeks discovered that reality is just a computer program to be happily hacked, they’ve been jaunting back and forth through time, posing as medieval wizards and having the epic adventures that other nerds can only dream of having...Categorized as:
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![Hero Forged by Josh Erikson]()
Hero Forged by Josh Erikson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsstrong>Gabe thought he had covered all the angles, but it’s tough to plan a contingency for accidentally trapping an evil god in your brain.Gabriel Delling might call himself a professional con artist, but when walking superstitions start trying to bite his face off, his charm is shockingly unhelpful. It turns out living nightmares almost never appreciate a good joke... -
![Immortal by Gene Doucette]()
Immortal by Gene Doucette
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIMMORTAL is a first person confessional, penned by a man who is immortal but not invincible. In an artful blending of sci-fi, adventure, fantasy and humor, Immortal introduces us to a world with vampires, demons and other "magical" creatures, yet a world without actual magic. It is a contemporary fantasy for non-fantasy readers and enthusiasts alike... -
![Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer]()
Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMartin Banks is just a normal guy who has made an abnormal discovery: he can manipulate reality, thanks to reality being nothing more than a computer program. With every use of this ability, though, Martin finds his little “tweaks” have not escaped notice. Rather than face prosecution, he decides instead to travel back in time to the Middle Ages and pose as a wizard...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory]()
Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe year is 1995.Meet the Telemachuses: an apparently ordinary family with strikingly obvious issues. Their individual personalities are eccentric, their intergenerational relationships are strained, their collective failures are well documented, and their finances are, well, let's not even go there.The city is Chicago.For Grandson Matty Telemachus, this is just the way things have always been... -
![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... -
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![Sacré Bleu by Christopher Moore]()
Sacré Bleu by Christopher Moore
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 28 ratings“Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of that word.”—Carl Hiassen“[Moore’s novels] deftly blend surreal, occult, and even science-fiction doings with laugh-out-loud satire of contemporary culture.”—Washington Post“If there’s a funnier writer out there, step forward.”—PlayboyAbsolutely nothing is sacred to Christopher Moore... -
![Fight and Flight by Scott Meyer]()
Fight and Flight by Scott Meyer
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMartin and his friends discovered that their world is computer-generated and that by altering the code, they could alter reality. They traveled back in time to Medieval England to live as wizards. Almost everything they've done since then has, in one way or another, blown up in their faces. So, of course, they decide to make dragons. It does not go well...Categorized as:
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![My Hero Academia, Vol. 5 by Kohei Horikoshi]()
My Hero Academia, Vol. 5 by Kohei Horikoshi
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe final stages of the U.A. High sports festival promise to be explosive, as Uraraka takes on Bakugo in a head-to-head match! Bakugo never gives anyone a break, and the crowd holds its breath as the battle begins... -
![Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 1 by Julietta Suzuki, Tomo Kimura]()
Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 1 by Julietta Suzuki, Tomo Kimura
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsA divine comedy!Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity... -
![Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 6 by Naoko Takeuchi]()
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 6 by Naoko Takeuchi
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsJust when all seems well again in the world, another enemy appears. Two new figures from the private school Mugen Academy appear and take a special interest in Sailor Moon and company... -
![Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 8 by Naoko Takeuchi]()
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 8 by Naoko Takeuchi
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsChibi Usa’s sickly friend Hotaru isn’t just Sailor Saturn, Deity of Destruction. She’s also possessed by Master Pharaoh 90. Facing this cataclysmic power will be impossible--unless Sailor Moon can unite the powers of every Guardian of the Solar System. Then, when the moon eclipses the sun, a mystical unicorn begs for help...
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