Books like 'The Boy Who Cast No Shadow'
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Untitled by Leigh Bardugo
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLeigh Bardugo confirmed that her longterm plan for the Grishaverse involves a third Six of Crows book "many years down the line"... -
![The Night Club: Part One by Jiří Kulhánek]()
The Night Club: Part One by Jiří Kulhánek
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the dark corners of Prague, a crazed couple plots a sinister demise for a kidnapped girl. But justice is swift in the form of a shadowy group called the Night Club. The couple meets an untimely end and the little girl is saved-just one of many innocent victims rescued by the members of the Club... -
![The Night Club - Part II. by Jiří Kulhánek]()
The Night Club - Part II. by Jiří Kulhánek
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Night Club Part II, by Jiri Kulhanek, is the second part of the author’s first novel translated into English. At the story's heart is the Night Club, a secret organization operating in Prague that hunts down evildoers, who evade the police and operate above the law... -
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![A Bone in His Teeth by Kellen Graves]()
A Bone in His Teeth by Kellen Graves
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen a fall from the mast leaves Alba Marsh unable to sail, he finally has the chance to run away from his family debts in search of a better life. He hopes to reunite with his mother, Edythe, where they always promised to meet if things went awry, but finding the small, secluded, secretive town of Moon Harbor proves a greater challenge than Alba ever expected... -
![The Wound of the World by Edward W. Robertson]()
The Wound of the World by Edward W. Robertson
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDante and Blays have forced Gladdic from the Collen Basin. But the victory might only be the first battle in a much larger war. With the land on the brink of starvation and politically fractured, Dante and Blays scramble to secure Collen's food, borders, and allies. Before their work is done, rumor arrives from Mallon. The enemy is mustering for another attack... -
![Winter's King by Bryce O'Connor]()
Winter's King by Bryce O'Connor
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Monster of Karth has risen once more. Quin Tern has met his fate, and his council has born the price of crossing Raz i'Syul Arro. Now, as the cruel walls of Azbar fade into the winter storms at his back, Raz rides north, seeking to take the High Priest Talo Brahnt up on an offer he never should have refused... -
![The Ghost Files 3.5 by Apryl Baker]()
The Ghost Files 3.5 by Apryl Baker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTick tock… Mary Cross has been forced to accept the world of the supernatural because of an experience that left her with the ability to hear—but not see—the supernatural. She survived three weeks of being kidnapped and tortured, and it has left her emotionally and physically scarred... -
![Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire]()
Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom fairy tale forest to gloomy gothic moor, from gleaming epidemiologist’s lab to the sandy shores of Neverland, Seanan McGuire’s short fiction has been surprising, delighting, confusing, and transporting her readers since 2009. Now, for the first time, that fiction has been gathered together in one place, ready to be enjoyed one twisting, tangled tale at a time... -
![The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe]()
The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second installment of the Devoured Worlds trilogy by award-winning author Megan E. O'Keefe. Naira and Tarquin have escaped vicious counter-revolutionaries, misprinted monsters, and the pull of a dying planet... -
![The Earth is Online ฝ่าวิกฤตพิชิตหอคอยดำ เล่ม 1 by Mo Chen Huan, 莫晨歡]()
The Earth is Online ฝ่าวิกฤตพิชิตหอคอยดำ เล่ม 1 by Mo Chen Huan, 莫晨歡
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"ติ๊งต่อง! วันที่ 15 พฤศจิกายน 2017 โลกออนไลน์แล้ว" จู่ ๆ หอคอยดำขนาดมหึมาที่ปรากฏขึ้นเหนือน่านฟ้าทั่วโลกเมื่อหกเดือนก่อน ก็ส่งเสียงประกาศให้ทุกคนเข้าร่วมเกมที่หอคอยเป็นผู้สร้างและกำหนดกติกา.. -
![Page of Tricks by Amelia Faulkner, A.K. Faulkner]()
Page of Tricks by Amelia Faulkner, A.K. Faulkner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere’s nowhere left to run. Quentin d’Arcy has escaped his father’s clutches for six years, but the life he has built in San Diego is about to come crashing down. The skeletons in his closet won’t stay hidden. The Duke of Oxford’s pawns are all in place... -
![The Endless King by Dave Rudden]()
The Endless King by Dave Rudden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe final book in the award-winning Knights of the Borrowed Dark trilogy, perfect for fans of Skulduggery Pleasant.'You have no idea what real war is . . . but I'm afraid you're going to find out.'There's nothing like an apocalypse to kick off the school year.Denizen Hardwick has travelled to Daybreak, the ancestral home of the Order of the Borrowed Dark, to continue his training as a knight... -
![Strange Girl by S.A. Hunter]()
Strange Girl by S.A. Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*You look awesome.* This is a typical text from Jake, the mysterious guy who saved Mary from the Shadowman. After everything had settled down, he started sending little messages to her. They brighten her day and make her feel special. She likes Jake. He's different like her. A freak. They send texts back and forth frequently, and Mary hasn’t told anyone about him. He's her secret friend... -
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![How We End by L.M. Juniper]()
How We End by L.M. Juniper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA deadly infection. Seven Strangers. The fight for survival begins...Jake didn’t think his night could get worse, but that was before his train stops deep underground and zombies attack and things go from worst-day-ever to run-for-your-life terror.Liv is good at running, mostly from other people straight into a bottle of vodka... -
![The Xander Years, Vol. 2 by Jeffrey J. Mariotte]()
The Xander Years, Vol. 2 by Jeffrey J. Mariotte
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"But I mean, what is it? How do you get it? Who doesn't have it? And who decides who doesn't have it? What is the essence of 'cool'?"Most teens have trouble finding themselves now and then, but when you're living on a hellmouth, "trouble" is an understatementespecially if you're Xander Harris. He has never been very popular, and has never had much luck with women, but he is uniquely Xander... -
![The Lord of the Sabbath by Mariana Palova]()
The Lord of the Sabbath by Mariana Palova
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe abyss watches him. Nightmares hunt him. And now, a battle begins.Terrifying creatures, unseen to all around him, have tormented Elisse since he was a little boy. These “night terrors” and the cruel life as a young Westerner in a refugee camp have left him isolated and alone... -
![Children of Anubis by Tim Waggoner]()
Children of Anubis by Tim Waggoner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSam and Dean Winchester have spent their lives on the road, battling every kind of supernatural threat. Over the years, after dozens of bloody adventures, they have faced everything from the yellow-eyed demon that killed their mother to vampires, ghosts, shapeshifters, angels and fallen gods... -
![Foreshadow: Stories to Celebrate The Magic of Reading & Writing YA by Emily X.R. Pan, Nova Ren Suma]()
Foreshadow: Stories to Celebrate The Magic of Reading & Writing YA by Emily X.R. Pan, Nova Ren Suma
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThirteen Short Stories from Bold New YA Voices & Writing Advice from YA IconsCreated by New York Times bestselling authors Emily X. R. Pan and Nova Ren Suma, Foreshadow is so much more than a short story collection...Categorized as:
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![In the Eyes of Mr Fury by Philip Ridley]()
In the Eyes of Mr Fury by Philip Ridley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the day Concord Webster turned eighteen, the Devil died. The Devil’s real name was Judge Martin, but Concord’s mother called him the Devil. She said he boiled babies for dinner and made lampshades out of human skin. So why did she, who hated him so venomously, have a key to his house? The key will unlock more than just Judge’s front door... -
![Silent Ground Part 1 by Quil Carter]()
Silent Ground Part 1 by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSasha’s crazy. He knows he’s crazy, his uncle and best friend both know he’s crazy, and for a long time, they’d accepted it and loved him anyway. But now, now things are changing... -
![The Left Right Game by Jack Anderson Northman]()
The Left Right Game by Jack Anderson Northman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA man living in Bristol, UK doesn’t think much of it when his former roommate, Alice, drops out of contact shortly after leaving to pursue her dream job as a journalist in America. But then he receives a batch of files, seemingly e-mailed by Alice, that point toward a dreadful fate... -
![Two Worlds and in Between: The Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan, Volume One by Caitlín R. Kiernan]()
Two Worlds and in Between: The Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan, Volume One by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaitlín R. Kiernan’s short fiction was first published in 1995. Over the intervening decade and a half, she has proven not only one of dark fantasy and science fiction’s most prolific and versatile authors, but, to quote Ramsey Campbell, “One of the most accomplished writers in the field, and very possibly the most lyrical.” S. T... -
![Joyride by John Passarella]()
Joyride by John Passarella
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA brand new Supernatural novel inspired by the record-breaking show starring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles.Sam and Dean Winchester have spent their lives on the road, battling every kind of supernatural threat... -
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![Heritage and Exile by Marion Zimmer Bradley]()
Heritage and Exile by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Heritage of Hastur: Nominated for a Hugo Award, and described as “Bradley’s best [Darkover] novel” by Locus, The Heritage of Hastur is a brilliant epic of the pivotal events in the love-hate relationship between the Terran worlds and the semi-alien offspring of the forgotten colonists who peopled Darkover... -
![The Xander Years, Vol. 1 by Keith R.A. DeCandido]()
The Xander Years, Vol. 1 by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHaving a Y-chromosome in Sunnydale is never easy. But Buffy the vampire slayer's friend Xander seems to find extra trouble with the opposite sex. When he starts dating Cordelia, things seem to be working until she decides he's harming her social standing... -
![The Horror at Chiller House by R.L. Stine]()
The Horror at Chiller House by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTake a little Horror home with you! Jonathan Chiller has called the kids from books #13-18 back to HorrorLand to collect payment. The only way for the kids to get back home is for them to win at a HorrorLand-style scavenger hunt. They each must find a red chest. Inside, the miniature Horror will act as a portal to send them back home... -
![Slappy New Year! by R.L. Stine]()
Slappy New Year! by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTake a little Horror home with you!Ray Gordon loves to scare his younger brother, Brandon. It's not hard considering Brandon is terrified of everything--loud noises, roller coasters, and especially the wooden dummy, Slappy, that Ray got from Jonahttan Chiller's HorrorLand gift shop. In order to throw his big New Year's Even party, Ray's parents make him promise to leave Brandon alone... -
![The Boy in the Smoke by Maureen Johnson]()
The Boy in the Smoke by Maureen Johnson
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn a cold night, Stephen Dene went to the Eton boathouse to perform a desperate act. But someone stopped him along the way, sending his life in a new and decidedly strange direction–leading him to London, to two new friends, and to a world of shadows and mystery... -
![The Disturbing Incidents at Lonesome Woods Boarding School by Dr. Harper]()
The Disturbing Incidents at Lonesome Woods Boarding School by Dr. Harper
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe devastating start to Dr. Harper's career.I wasn't always like this, you know - paranoid, temperamental, vindictive.I mean, sure, I've always been a bit... high strung. But I never used to stalk my therapist patients. Or yell at them. Or hold them captive in my garage.No, all of that started after the incidents at Lonesome Woods Boarding School.And I'm not talking about the school shooter... -
![Skeleton Song by Seanan McGuire]()
Skeleton Song by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsChildren have always disappeared under the right conditions—slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere . . . else. Adventures are always interesting, but they’re not always happy.From the worlds of Wayward Children comes a story of love, of devotion, of bones wrapped in flesh... -
![The Evil We Love by Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman]()
The Evil We Love by Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAll evil starts somewhere, and Simon Lewis learns how The Circle—led by Valentine Morgenstern—began. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.The Shadowhunter Academy has only just reopened following the disastrous rise of the Circle. Now the faculty can finally admit to what happened when Valentine was a student...Categorized as:
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![The Unforgotten Flame by Rebekah Sinclair]()
The Unforgotten Flame by Rebekah Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"We should have seen this coming.I should have seen this coming."Calypso, a resilient Wind Siren, grapples with the aftermath of a devastating battle that thrusts her best friend, Rhea, into the clutches of their greatest enemy, Ares, the God of War... -
![Agla. Alef by Radek Rak]()
Agla. Alef by Radek Rak
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDługo wyczekiwana książka Radka Raka – laureata Nagrody Literackiej NikeAgla to brawurowa historia przygodowa, ale też wnikliwa i wzruszająca powieść psychologiczna o dojrzewaniu i przemianie, o miłości i odkrywaniu swej cielesności, o zawiedzionych przyjaźniach, wykluczeniu i samotności, o odnajdywaniu siebie i stawaniu się człowiekiem w pełni znaczenia tego słowa... -
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![The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 3 by Nancy Holder]()
The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 3 by Nancy Holder
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings""She's stronger than any Slayer you've faced. Force won't get it done. You gotta work from the inside. To kill this girl...you have to love her.""For Buffy the Vampire Slayer, birthdays aren't all parties and cake -- hers tend to involve a life-or-death battle with a big evil. Her seventeenth celebration isn't an exception... -
![When The Ghost Dog Howls by R.L. Stine]()
When The Ghost Dog Howls by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTake a little Horror home with you!In HorrorLand's eerie gift shop Andy finds a hound's-tooth necklace. The big tooth is yellow, has two sharp points, and, according to the shopkeeper, is said to grant wishes. But Jonathan Chiller knows something else about the tooth. It's said to be haunted by the ghost of a huge hound. A ghost that's got a mouthful of sharp teeth--but wants this one back... -
![The Return of Nightfall by Mickey Zucker Reichert]()
The Return of Nightfall by Mickey Zucker Reichert
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe has been known by countless names and terrifying deeds, but chief among those names is that of Nightfall, a man-or perhaps the legendary demon himself-gifted with a unique power which any sorcerer would kill to possess. Now, Nightfall is bound by magic and oath to guard and guide a newly-crowned king... -
![Passenger by Andrew Smith]()
Passenger by Andrew Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBest friends Jack and Conner can’t stay away from Marbury. It’s partly because of their obsession with this alternate world and the unresolved war that still wages there. But it’s also because forces in Marbury—including the darkest of the dark, who were not revealed in The Marbury Lens—are beckoning the boys back in order to save their friends . . . and themselves... -
![Dead Man Stalking by T.A. Moore]()
Dead Man Stalking by T.A. Moore
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Blood and Bone Novel Agent Luke Bennett proved that humans could rise just as high in the ranks as their vampire colleagues—until a kidnapper held him captive for a year and turned him without his consent. Now he’s Took: a reluctant monster afraid to bite anyone, broke, and about to be discharged from his elite BITERs unit... -
![Objects of Worship by Claude Lalumière]()
Objects of Worship by Claude Lalumière
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwelve strange, eerie, sensual stories by a bold new voice in weird fiction. Capricious gods rule a world of women. Zombies breed human cattle. The son of a superhero must decide between his heritage and his religion. Young lovers worship a primordial spider god. The apocalyptic rebirth of the god of the elephants . . -
![Odd Adventures with your Other Father by Norman Prentiss]()
Odd Adventures with your Other Father by Norman Prentiss
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBecause one of her fathers died when she was very young, much of Celia's family knowledge comes from stories her surviving father narrates—road-trip adventures from the mid-80s that explore homophobia in a supernatural context... -
![Wrong Things by Poppy Z. Brite, Caitlín R. Kiernan]()
Wrong Things by Poppy Z. Brite, Caitlín R. Kiernan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis short collaborative collection contains "The Crystal Empire," an original novella by Poppy Z. Brite, "Onion," an original novella by Caitlín R. Kiernan, and "The Rest of the Wrong Things," a brand-new collaborative story by Caitlín and Poppy set in Poppy's fictional stomping grounds of Missing Mile, North Carolina... -
![Rosen und Knochen by Christian Handel]()
Rosen und Knochen by Christian Handel
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFürchtest du dich, bei Mondschein das Grab einer Hexe zu betreten?Unter den Decknamen Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot ziehen die Dämonenjägerinnen Muireann und Rose durch die Lande. Sie bekämpfen Trolle, retten Jungfrauen vor Wassermännern und vertreiben Kobolde aus Mühlen und Bauernhäusern... -
![Pan by Francesco Dimitri]()
Pan by Francesco Dimitri
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNelle notti romane ci sono bambini che sognano, e che nel sogno, ogni volta, ripetono il viaggio verso una grande isola che non c'è. Nelle notti romane ci sono ville borghesi illuminate dalla luna piena, e dai loro giardini spesso s'innalzano, non visti, mastodontici galeoni pirata... -
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![Breakable Things by Cassandra Khaw]()
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![Alex Wise vs. the End of the World by Terry J. Benton-Walker]()
Alex Wise vs. the End of the World by Terry J. Benton-Walker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to the summer of the apocalypse. One 12-year-old boy leads the charge against the forces of evil as he tries to stop the Four Horsemen from taking over the world in the start to a wildly funny and addictive fantasy series about accepting yourself and finding your inner hero.Alex Wise feels like his world is ending...Categorized as:
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![The Wizard of Ooze by R.L. Stine]()
The Wizard of Ooze by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTake a little Horror home with you!While visiting HorrorLand, Marco Gonzales and his friend Gabriella Smith find a rare edition of the The Wizard of Ooze at Jonathan Chiller's HorrorLand shop. The Ooze is a popular graphic novel series about an evil mutant who is made of oil sludge. Marco is excited because in the back of the comic are secret instructions on how to gain your own super powers... -
![Satan Loves You by Grady Hendrix]()
Satan Loves You by Grady Hendrix
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSatan hates his job. Managing Hell is the worst job ever invented and after several millennia of listening to the constant whining of damned souls, Satan is totally burned out. But there are no holidays in Hell, and now, in the face of a power grab by the officious and smarmy Heavenly Host, Satan's got to reach deep and find a way to save his home from corporate takeover... -
![Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2016 by Ellen Datlow, Charlie Jane Anders]()
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2016 by Ellen Datlow, Charlie Jane Anders
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on Tor.com in 2016. Includes stories by Charlie Jane Anders, Nina Allan, Tara Isabella Burton, Monica Byrne, Rebecca Campbell, P. Djèlí Clark, Indrapramit Das, Alix E. Harrow, N. K... -
![Blood Moon by Geoffrey Huntington]()
Blood Moon by Geoffrey Huntington
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe mystery of the Tower at Ravenscliff is at last revealed in the long await continutation of The Ravenscliff Series."The terror begins on page one and never stops! This is my kind of book-filled with magic and dozens of frightening surprises." -R.L. Stine"A rich, riveting and sophisticated read...
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