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  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Love Will Tear Us Apart by C.K. McDonnell

    Love Will Tear Us Apart by C.K. McDonnell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Love can be a truly terrible thing.Marriages are tricky at the best of times, especially when one of you is dead.Vincent Banecroft, the irascible editor of The Stranger Times, has never believed his wife died despite emphatic evidence to the contrary...
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    paranormal  humor  crime  magic  urban  ghosts  fantasy  urban-fantasy
  • 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...
  • Between Family by W.R. Gingell

    Between Family by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When someone tries to threaten me by telling me they know my name, I take that personally.G’day. I’m not really a pet anymore, but you might as well keep calling me Pet. It’s not like I’m gunna tell you my name anyway. And if I sound stroppy, well, I am. First, I was threatened. Now, someone has cut off my house from the human world and left my emotional support vampire on the human side...
  • Something to Witch About by Amanda M. Lee

    Something to Witch About by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Life's a witch ... and then you die. It's the dying part vexing Bay Winchester these days. She may be a long-suffering daughter, thankless newspaper editor, and keyed-up girlfriend, but she's barely holding off a royal freakout Landon's family is visiting the inn -- and they're not exactly open minded...
  • 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...
  • Out of House and Home by Drew Hayes

    Out of House and Home by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With his wedding behind him, Fred is looking forward to nightly life finally settling down. Unfortunately, someone from his past has other, far less peaceful, plans in mind. Finding his clan under attack, Fred must scramble to discover who is working against him and how to fight back...
  • Witching on a Star by Amanda M. Lee

    Witching on a Star by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When you're a witch, being wicked comes naturally. For the Winchester witches, though, being wicked is only half the fun. After a long winter, spring has finally hit Hemlock Cove and Bay Winchester thinks things are finally settling down in the town – and with her family. Unfortunately, just the opposite is true...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
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    paranormal  magic  humor  urban  crime  urban-fantasy  fantasy  fiction
  • 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...
  • Netherworld Paranormal Police Department Full Series Box Set, #1-5 by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Netherworld Paranormal Police Department Full Series Box Set, #1-5 by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Thousands sold. Millions of pages read. Get your badge today! *INCLUDES BOOKS 1-5* Nearly 900 pages of action-packed adventure. Blood Crossed (Book 1) Meet Piper Shaw. She's one of the Netherworld Paranormal Police Department's toughest. She's also an immortal, and she's got one hell of a chip on her shoulder. Meet Reaper Payne. He's an actual reaper. Yes, one of those guys who ferries the dead...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  magic  humor  ghosts  crime  urban  mystery  contemporary
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Death Mage by Brad Magnarella

    Death Mage by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Playing fast and loose with the Order’s rules has finally caught up with me. Sentenced to hunt down a cagey insurgent known as the Death Mage, I’m not feeling overly optimistic. Wizards with far more experience have tried and, well … died. But overmatched or not, I want this assignment. The Death Mage killed my mother—he might also be my father. I can’t lose my head, though...
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    humor  magic  paranormal  urban  adult  audiobook  book  comedy
  • The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch

    The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The Hanging Tree was the Tyburn gallows which stood where Marble Arch stands today. Oxford Street was the last trip of the condemned. Some things don't change. The place has a bloody and haunted legacy and now blood has returned to the empty Mayfair mansions of the world's super-rich. And blood mixed with magic is a job for Peter Grant.Peter Grant is back as are Nightingale et al...
  • 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...
  • The Witchstone by Henry H. Neff

    The Witchstone by Henry H. Neff

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An unforgettable, high-stakes, laugh-out-loud funny novel, The Witchstone blends the merciless humor of The Good Place with the spellbinding fantasy of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods.Meet Laszlo, eight-hundred-year-old demon and Hell’s least productive Curse Keeper. From his office beneath Midtown, he oversees the Drakeford Curse, which involves a pathetic family upstate and a mysterious black stone...
  • 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...
  • The Stranger Times by C. K. McDonnell, Brendan McDonald

    The Stranger Times by C. K. McDonnell, Brendan McDonald

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    There are Dark Forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular) and so thank God The Stranger Times is on hand to report them. A weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird and the wonderful (but more often the weird) of modern life, it is the go-to publication for the unexplained and inexplicable...At least that’s their pitch. The reality is rather less auspicious...
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    crime  humor  magic  paranormal  urban  adult  audiobook  book
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Revenge of the Furballs by D.M. Guay

    Revenge of the Furballs by D.M. Guay

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One loser, one talking cockroach, and one karate-chopping bombshell stand between YOU and a menacing army of...fat, adorable hamsters? Wait. Back up.Lloyd Wallace has been through a lot these past few months. He's stopped the zombie apocalypse, fought off demonic possession by the deadly sin of sloth, and helped the grim reaper get his job back...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  magic  urban  fantasy  horror  demons  fiction
  • The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross

    The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    For outstanding heroism in the field (despite himself), computational demonologist Bob Howard is on the fast track for promotion to management within the Laundry, the supersecret British government agency tasked with defending the realm from occult threats...
  • 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...
  • Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch

    Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Peter Grant—cop, magical apprentice, and Londoner to the core—is being forced out of his comfort zone and into the English countryside. His latest case involves the disappearance of children in the small village of Herefordshire, and the local police are unwilling to admit there might be a supernatural element involved...
  • Tales from the Gas Station, Vol. 1 by Jack Townsend

    Tales from the Gas Station, Vol. 1 by Jack Townsend

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Working at a dead-end retail job in the middle of nowhere can be hard. The long hours. The helpless customers. The enormous eldritch horror living deep below the building… As the only full-time employee at the twenty-four hour gas station at the edge of town, Jack has pretty much seen it all...
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    crime  humor  paranormal  urban  zombies  adult  anthologies  audiobook
  • Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy, Tom Percival

    Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy, Tom Percival

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 50 ratings
    Meet Skulduggery PleasantAce DetectiveSnappy DresserRazor–tongued WitCrackerjack SorcererandWalking, Talking, Fire-throwing Skeleton—as well as ally, protector, and mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old.These two alone must defeat an all-consuming ancient evil.The end of the world?Over his dead body...
  • 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 Rhesus Chart by Charles Stross

    The Rhesus Chart by Charles Stross

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    LONDON CAN DRAIN THE LIFE OUT OF YOU . . .Bob Howard is an intelligence agent working his way through the ranks of the top secret government agency known as 'the Laundry'. When occult powers threaten the realm, they'll be there to clean up the mess - and deal with the witnesses.There's one kind of threat that the Laundry has never come across in its many decades, and that's vampires...
  • Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Four by Jack Townsend

    Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Four by Jack Townsend

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As the new owner of the worst business in history, Jack has a lot on his plate. His self-appointed “biggest fan” wants to finally meet, and won’t take no for an answer. The annoying cultists are back and cultier than ever. Plus, there’s a creature living under the building's crawlspace that must be fed regularly (or else)...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  ghosts  magic  horror  fiction  fantasy  audiobook
  • The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross

    The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Computational demonologist Bob Howard catches up on filing in the Laundry archives when the top secret Fuller Memorandum vanishes - and his boss, suspected of stealing the file. Bob faces Russian agents, ancient demons, a maniacal death cult, and finding the missing memorandum before the world disappears next...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • The Deadliest Bite by Jennifer Rardin

    The Deadliest Bite by Jennifer Rardin

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I have two choices. Carve Brude's name into Hell's bile-encrusted gates. Or lose my soul.After an assassination attempt on Vayl, I find myself pulled into a tangled web that takes the gang to Romania...
  • Purge City by Brad Magnarella

    Purge City by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    If you can't stand the heat... When New York City unveils a program to roast supernaturals, I wonder if I should be sweating. The bloodthirsty Arnaud thinks so, and he’s insisting that our survival depends on a wizard-vampire alliance. Never mind his history of wanting me dead. Or undead...
    Categorized as:
    humor  magic  paranormal  urban  zombies  adult  audiobook  book
  • Real Vampires Hate Skinny Jeans by Gerry Bartlett

    Real Vampires Hate Skinny Jeans by Gerry Bartlett

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Someone is eating for two... Full-figured vampire Glory St. Clair thinks things are finally going her way. She's no longer possessed by a demon, the legions of hell aren't on her tail, and her love life is heating up since she managed to reconnect with her maker-and longtime lover-Jeremy Blade.When a pregnant demon shows up on her doorstep, Glory knows that everything is about to go to hell...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  urban  zombies  adult  book  comedy  contemporary
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