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11/22/63 by Stephen King
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 79 ratingsOn November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Stephen King’s heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination—a thousand page tour de force...Categorized as:
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Light by Michael Grant
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsIt's been over a year since all the adults disappeared. Gone.In the time since every person over the age of fourteen disappeared from the town of Perdido Beach, California, countless battles have been fought: battles against hunger and lies and plague, and epic battles of good against evil... -
The Fallen by Charlie Higson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe Fallen by Charlie Higson is the fifth awesome book in The Enemy series. First the sickness rotted the adults' minds. Then their bodies. Now they stalk the streets, hunting human flesh. The Holloway crew are survivors. They've fought their way across London and made it to the Natural History Museum alive - just. But the fight will never end while the Enemy lives, unless there's another way.. -
The Time Hunters and the Spear of Fate by Carl Ashmore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings'The Time Hunters and the Spear of Fate’ is the third book in the bestselling Time Hunters saga.It’s Christmas time and Becky and Joe Mellor have returned to Bowen Hall to attend the annual GITT Christmas Party – ‘The Enchantment Beneath the Sea Dance.’ However, when the party comes to a sudden, terrifying end, they are pitched into a quest for the all-powerful Spear of Fate...Categorized as:
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Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsOctavia Butler tackles the creation of a new religion, the making of a god, and the ultimate fate of humanity in her Earthseed series, which began with Parable of the Sower, and now continues with Parable of the Talents...Categorized as:
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Shadow Children (Boxed Set): Among the Hidden; Among the Impostors; Among the Betrayed; Among the Barons by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsImagine a world where families are allowed only two children. Illegal third children -- shadow children -- must live in hiding. If they are discovered, there is only one punishment: Death... -
Dust & Decay by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsSix months have passed since the terrifying battle with Charlie Pink-eye and the Motor City Hammer in the zombie-infested mountains of the Rot & Ruin. It’s also six months since Benny Imura and Nix Riley saw something in the air that changed their lives...Categorized as:
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Down The Chimney by Debra Dunbar
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRoped into being the Ruling Council's Christmas ambassador, Sam finds herself more Santa than Satan at a slew of human social events, all while trying to score an impossible-to-get gift for Lux and plan the most amazing Christmas celebration any imp has ever thrown... -
The Rookie by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSet in a lethal pro football league 700 years in the future, THE ROOKIE is a story that combines the intense gridiron action of "Any Given Sunday" with the space opera style of "Star Wars" and the criminal underworld of "The Godfather... -
Chupacabra by Roland Smith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMonsters of legend come to life! The third thrilling title in Roland Smith's popular Cryptid Hunters series.A mysterious creature, a missing girl, and danger at every turn . . .CHUPACABRA, the riveting sequel to TENTACLES and CRYPTID HUNTERS, reunites Marty and his unusual uncle, cryptozoologist Travis Wolfe, as they search the world for Wolfe's daughter, Grace...Categorized as:
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Fear by Michael Grant
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsIt's been one year since all the adults disappeared. Gone.Despite the hunger and the lies, even despite the plague, the kids of Perdido Beach are determined to survive. Creeping into the tenuous new world they've built, though, is perhaps the worst incarnation yet of the enemy known as the Darkness: fear... -
Plague by Michael Grant
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsIt's been eight months since all the adults disappeared. GONE.They've survived hunger. They've survived lies. But the stakes keep rising, and the dystopian horror keeps building. Yet despite the simmering unrest left behind by so many battles, power struggles, and angry divides, there is a momentary calm in Perdido Beach... -
Doctor Who: Nothing O'Clock by Neil Gaiman
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThousands of years ago, Time Lords built a Prison for the Kin. They made it utterly impregnable and unreachable. As long as Time Lords existed, the Kin would be trapped forever and the universe would be safe. They had planned for everything… everything, that is, other than the Time War and the fall of Gallifrey... -
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 78 ratingsSet in the days of civilization's collapse, Station Eleven tells the story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear... -
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Monsters in Space! by Ray O'Ryan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZack learns that appearances aren’t everything when he has an up-close-and-personal monster encounter in this chapter book adventure.Zack is shocked when he goes to school one day and finds a monster in his seat! Who/what is this creature? At first Zack is scared, but he soon finds that this monster, Al, is kind and friendly... -
Capital Falling by Lance Winkless
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCapital Falling Lance Winkless As black smoke rises, order disintegrates... Former SAS soldier Andy Richards is no stranger to horrors, but no training could ever have prepared him for the nightmare unfolding at home. While a viral epidemic hammers London, Andy finds himself trapped in the epicenter, forced to protect his family... -
Sludgment Day by John Kloepfer, Steve Wolfhard
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe maul of America!It’s been two days since a zombie virus turned Zack Clarke’s parents, neighbors, and most of the country into brain-munching fiends... -
Ultimate Attack by Michael P. Spradlin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe action-packed series by Michael P. Spradlin returns. Each book covers a genetically engineered superpredator wreacking havoc on the environment. It's all come to this. Dr. Catalyst has had enough of Emmet Doyle's meddling... -
The Magic of Twelve: Marigold by Pepper North
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill this bookish beauty enjoy life as a Little as much as she always dreamed? The quiet life of a librarian is almost everything Marigold has ever wanted. But she longs for the passion and excitement of a love as true as the ones between the pages of those books. If only she had someone to call Daddy, just like her favorite heroines... -
Gun Runner by Larry Correia, John D. Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHRILLING SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURE FROM BEST-SELLING AUTHORS LARRY CORREIA AND JOHN D. BROWNTHE HEART OF A WARRIOR Once, Jackson Rook was a war hero. Raised from boyhood to pilot an exosuit mech, he’d fought gallantly for the rebellion against the Collectivists. But that was a long time ago, on a world very far away... -
Beyond Ender's Game: Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #2-4) by Orson Scott Card
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBeyond Ender Boxed SetContains three mass market novels from Orson Scott Card: Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide and Children of the MindSpeaker for the Dead:In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: The Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War... -
The Seaquel by Mo O'Hara
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Tom's big brother decides to become an Evil Scientist, his first experiment involves dunking Frankie the goldfish into toxic green gunk. Tom knows that there is only one thing to do: Zap the fish with a battery and bring him back to life! But there's something weird about the new Frankie. He's now a BIG FAT ZOMBIE GOLDFISH with hypnotic powers . . -
Mutation by Roland Smith
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMonsters of legend come to life! The final thrilling title in Roland Smith's popular series. Marty and his best friend, Luther, have managed to rescue Marty's cousin Grace from the clutches of the nefarious pseudo-naturalist Noah Blackwood, but their most dangerous mission lies ahead of them. Marty's parents have been missing in Brazil for months and their trail has all but run cold...Categorized as:
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The Fran That Time Forgot by Jim Benton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt was undoubtedly the most embarrassing moment in Franny K. Stein's young life. When someone revealed her middle name at the Science Fair award presentation, little Franny was so mortified that she decided to go back in time to change her moniker. Perhaps not surprisingly, our heroine's delightfully simple plan catapults her readers into a fourth dimension of fun... -
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The Fran with Four Brains by Jim Benton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGoosebumps and Bill Nye the Science Guy fans, meet Franny!Being a mad scientist in the modern world is very hard work. With so much that needs to be done in such a short period of time, multitasking can become overwhelming. Franny needs some additional help. But for Franny there is only one person in the world she trusts to help her with her experiments: herself... -
CyberSpace by Matthew Mather
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this long-awaited sequel to the massive bestseller CyberStorm, Mike and his family are caught up in a new disaster as the Kessler Syndrome unfolds and all satellites in orbit are suddenly destroyed."Couldn't put it down...CyberStorm series is not only a great thriller, but a wake up call... -
And Then She Vanished by Nick Jones
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe only looked away for a second.Still haunted by the disappearance of his little sister Amy over twenty years ago, Joseph Bridgeman's life has fallen apart. When a friend talks him into seeing hypnotherapist Alexia Finch to help with his insomnia, Joseph accidentally discovers he can time travel... -
Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid by Jim Benton
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFranny's mom says every mad scientist needs a lab assistant. So for Valentine's Day Franny gets just that -- a Lab assistant. Except Igor isn't a pure Lab. He's also part poodle, part Chihuahua, part beagle, part spaniel, part shepherd -- and all thumbs. Franny is fuming. She doesn't even need an assistant... -
The Enemy by Charlie Higson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsCharlie Higson's The Enemy is the first in a jaw-dropping zombie horror series for teens. Everyone over the age of fourteen has succumbed to a deadly zombie virus and now the kids must keep themselves alive. When the sickness came, every parent, police officer, politician - every adult fell ill. The lucky ones died. The others are crazed, confused and hungry...Categorized as:
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Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsIn the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in half. Benny doesn't want to apprentice as a zombie hunter with his boring older brother Tom, but he has no choice...Categorized as:
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Lies by Michael Grant
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 55 ratingsIt's been seven months since all the adults disappeared. Gone.It happens in one night. A girl who died now walks among the living; Zil and the Human Crew set fire to Perdido Beach; and amid the flames and smoke, Sam sees the figure of the boy he fears the most: Drake. But Drake is dead. Sam and Caine defeated him along with the Darkness—or so they thought... -
Shadow Unit 11 by Emma Bull, Leah Bobet
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit hunts humanity's worst nightmares, but there are nightmares humanity doesn't dream are real. The BAU sends those cases down the hall. There, Stephen Reyes and his team pursue criminals transformed by a mysterious force: the anomaly. Welcome to Shadow Unit, a series created by award-winning authors Emma Bull and Elizabeth Bear... -
The Nothing Within by Andy Giesler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRoot is... different.Though raised in a fearful society that reveres tradition and conformity, she’s irreverent, outspoken, and deeply curious. Her blindness sets her even further apart.Centuries after the Reckoning, a global biotech plague, savage chimeras still threaten human survival. After Root hears a voice that no one else can hear, she flees into the wilderness... -
Killer Species #3: Out for Blood by Michael P. Spradlin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe action-packed series by Michael P. Spradlin returns. Each book covers a genetically engineered superpredator wreacking havoc on the environment.Dr. Catalyst has finally come unhinged. Twice the crazed scientist has released his super predators into the wild to combat invasive species, and twice Emmet Doyle and his best friend Calvin Geaux have exploded his efforts... -
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The Hunted by A.J. Scudiere
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFirst they noticed the pets were missing, then the neighborhood of Rowena Heights started losing…people. It was only later that they actually saw the packs of creatures stalking the streets at night. As the Mazurs get close to the truth about the night hunters, they discover the hunters aren’t what they thought at all... -
Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt could be the mysterious bloodstained man who tries to stop their coach, or the fact no one seems to be around at the brand-new activity centre when Lance and the rest of his class arrive for the Year 6 school trip, but something is definitely not right at Crater Lake! What follows is a fight for survival that sees five pupils band together to save their classmates from an alien fate far worse...Categorized as:
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Ten Simple Tips for Surviving the Apocalypse by Cari Z.
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDo you have what it takes to survive the apocalypse? Are you sure?Let Javi help!Ten Simple Tips For Surviving The Apocalypse is a handy guide for anyone who wants to weather the end of the world's mayhem, misery, and mutants with flair... -
Dog Warrior by Wen Spencer
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOn the run from a fanatical cult, Ukiah Oregon is surprised to discover Atticus Steele, a brother he didn't know he had. He's even more surprised when Atticus involves them in the traffic of an alien drug that could end up getting them both killed... -
Blood is Red by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA collection of eight horror stories created by New York Times best-selling novelist Scott Sigler, author of Infected, Contagious and Ancestor. This eBook-only title features seven tales from Scott's six years of free audiobook podcasts, including the Parsec Award-winning "Red Man," plus the brand-new novella "Hunter Hunterson & Sons... -
Material Witness by Jonathan Maberry, Ray Porter
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHere is another highly entertaining short story featuring Jonathan Maberry's compelling hero, Joe Ledger.This short thriller takes Joe Ledger into the mysterious, troubled town of Pine Deep, Pennsylvania, the setting for Maberry's chilling Pine Deep Trilogy. In Pine Deep, nothing is what it seems... -
The Saints by Lex Thomas
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA cross between the Gone series and Lord of the Flies, Quarantine #2: The Saints contunues this frenetically paced and scary young adult series that illustrates just how deadly high school can be.Nothing was worse than being locked in—until they opened the door...McKinley High has been a battle ground for eighteen months since a virus outbreak led to a military quarantine of the school... -
The Long Walk by Richard Bachman, Stephen King
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsOn the first day of May, 100 teenage boys meet for an event known throughout the country as The Long Walk. If you break the rules, you get three warnings. If you exceed your limit, what happens is absolutely terrifying. Reissue... -
Hunger by Michael Grant
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 64 ratingsIt's been three months since everyone under the age of fifteen became trapped in the bubble known as the FAYZ.Three months since all the adults disappeared. GONE.Food ran out weeks ago. Everyone is starving, but no one wants to figure out a solution. And each day, more and more kids are evolving, developing supernatural abilities that set them apart from the kids without powers... -
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsRay Bradbury's moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his most enchanting novels. Dandelion Wine stands out in the Bradbury literary canon as the author's most deeply personal work, a semi-autobiographical recollection of a magical small-town summer in 1928...Categorized as:
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Lights Out by James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJames Patterson's high-octane sci-fi adventure series comes to a white-knuckle conclusion in the final battle that Daniel X has been waiting for his entire life. In this sixth and last installment of the Daniel X series, the alien-hunting hero is finally ready to take on the biggest threat in the galaxy: The Prayer--the same beast that brutally murdered his parents long ago... -
A Place Outside The Wild by Daniel Humphreys
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEight years after Z-Day, the surviving remnants of mankind face the unknown. The fences and walls kept the ravenous undead at bay until they wasted away. A once overwhelming foe has turned feeble and weak, and a world gone wild seems ripe for reclamation. The scars of the long war run deep. And hope is a dangerous thing when the real enemy might just be the survivors themselves... -
I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsRobert Neville is the last living man on Earth...but he is not alone. Every other man, woman, and child on Earth has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood.By day, he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for dawn... -
Sterling Squadron by Eric S. Nylund
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMillion-copy bestselling Halo author and game developer Eric Nylund again brings action-packed science fiction to a young audience with the riveting second book in The Resisters series... -
The Creatures from Beyond Beyond by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI didn’t think it was such a great idea when my parents decided the family would spend the summer in a vacant house in a small town called Blairingville. Boringville seemed more like it. But as it turned out, this vacation was anything but boring.It all started when my brother and I looked in that closet marked OFF LIMITS... -
The Last Man Alive by A.S. Neill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe adventures of a group who survived a poisonous cloud that turned everyone else into stone...Categorized as:
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