26 must-read fantasy books like Bent Twig by Joe R. Lansdale

Bent Twig

By: Joe R. Lansdale

3.03

Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition

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1. How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

By: Neil Gaiman

4.05

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

A Neverwhere short story from one of the brightest, most brilliant writers of our generation - the … read more

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"The Marquis de Carabas did not trust people. It was bad for business and it could set an unfortunate precedent. He did not trust his friends or his occasional lovers, and he certainly never trusted h…"

-Neil Gaiman, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

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2. White Sand, Volume 1 (White Sand, #1)

By: Brandon Sanderson , Rik Hoskin , None

3.60

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A brand new saga of magic and adventure by #1 New York Times best-selling author Brandon Sanderson.… read more

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"The sickness I feel right now, this pain -- this is responsibility."

-Brandon Sanderson, White Sand, Volume 1 (White Sand, #1)

"Grains of sand will only flow with the winds, Kenton, never against them."

-Brandon Sanderson, White Sand, Volume 1 (White Sand, #1)

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3. Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.17

Format: 50 pages,

Originally appearing in the Dangerous Women anthology and now available as a solo ebook, Shadows fo… read more

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"Hush now, my dear one... be not afraid. Night comes upon us, but sunlight will break. Sleep now, my dear one... let your tears fade. Darkness surrounds us, but someday we'll wake...."

-Brandon Sanderson, Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

"What would it take?" she asked. "For you to see a miracle instead of a coincidence?" "It would take a miracle,obviously," Silence said, picking up her knife. "Instead of just a coincidence."

-Brandon Sanderson, Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

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4. Off to Be the Wizard (Magic 2.0, #1)

By: Scott Meyer

4.00

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

Martin Banks is just a normal guy who has made an abnormal discovery: he can manipulate reality, th… read more

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5. The Lost Metal (Mistborn, #7)

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.23

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Lost Metal is the tentative title for the fourth and final book set in Mistborn Era 2. read more

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6. Rogues

By: Gillian Flynn , Daniel Abraham , George R.R. Martin , Carrie Vaughn , Michael Swanwick , Matthew Hughes , Garth Nix , Joe Abercrombie , Neil Gaiman , Steven Saylor , Cherie Priest , Patrick Rothfuss , Gardner Dozois , Joe R. Lansdale , Scott Lynch , Connie Willis , Walter Jon Williams , Paul Cornell , Bradley Denton , Phyllis Eisenstein , Lisa Tuttle , David Ball

3.72

Format: None pages,

If you're a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection fro… read more

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7. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide, #2)

By: Douglas Adams

3.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a craving for tea.… read more

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8. The Slow Regard of Silent Things (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5)

By: Patrick Rothfuss , Nate Taylor

3.88

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient pa… read more

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"Estaba harta de ser tan única."

-Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5)

"Some days simply lay on you like stones."

-Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5)

"...and he was absolutely not a selas sort."

-Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5)

"Her name was like an echo of an ache in her."

-Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5)

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9. The Grownup

By: Gillian Flynn

3.56

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless frau… read more

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"She is an incredibly intelligent idiot"

-Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

"People want passion. People want a sense of purpose."

-Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

"... it’s a nice day’s work when you make a lot of people smile."

-Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

"But I felt, for once, decent. Not telling-myself-I-am decent, but just decent."

-Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

10. Sinbad

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.70

Format: None pages,

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11. Snuff

By: Chuck Palahniuk

3.35

Format: None pages,

From the master of literary mayhem and provocation, a full-frontal Triple X novel that goes where n… read more

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12. The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

By: Patrick Rothfuss

4.07

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Bast knows how to bargain. The give-and-take of a negotiation is as familiar to him as the in-and-o… read more

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"Laughter was the true applause you offered to the world for being beautiful."

-Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

"But this? Convincing someone of the truth they were too twisted up to see? How could Bast begin to loosen such a knot? It was baffling. These creatures, fraught and frayed in their desire. A snake wo…"

-Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

"What he was asking for was, effectively, a story without all the conflict. Without tension and animosity. Without many of the things I'd been taught were essential to storytelling. This wasn't a tota…"

-Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

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13. Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.48

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson brings us a gripping story set in the Cosmer… read more

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"I am the one that nightmares fear"

-Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

"There is more salt in this soup than there is soup."

-Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

"Pay attention. At times, this is what heroism looks like."

-Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

"Smiles, like radiation, are made more potent by proximity."

-Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

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14. The Sunlit Man

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.34

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson―creator of The Stormlight Archive, the … read more

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"Try some curry powder next time. It has a much better flavor than tyranny. Less nutty."

-Brandon Sanderson, The Sunlit Man

"She knew how she liked to look. And she didn't care that others knew it was artificial. In expressing herself, the artificial became more authentic than the original."

-Brandon Sanderson, The Sunlit Man

"Your planet shouldn't have different countries. You should have conquered and unified it all." "Conquest doesn't remove countries," Nomad said. "It removes lines on a map. Unity requires something el…"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Sunlit Man

"This man might not be brilliant or clever, though he'd think himself both. Truth was, he didn't need either to be dangerous. Because he had power and power - wielded by a fool - could crush anyone, s…"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Sunlit Man

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15. The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (Secret Projets #2)

By: Brandon Sanderson

3.77

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

A man awakes in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, wher… read more

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"Horses were less the thundering creatures Of pounding hoof beats and unparalleled speed found in movies and more like golf carts that ran on a tank of grass and occasionally bit you."

-Brandon Sanderson, The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (Secret Projets #2)

"A little pebble starts as an avalanche," I said. "Life isn't like the craps table, where the next roll has the same chance of winning as the last one. In real life, you lose a little - and that makes…"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (Secret Projets #2)

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16. The Girl Who Wasn't There

By: Arvind Ethan David

3.12

Format: 1 pages, Audible Audio

A window is but a piece of glass through which we view the world outside. It is not meant to distor… read more

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17. White Sand, Volume 3 (White Sand, #3)

By: Brandon Sanderson

3.65

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Underpowered and overwhelmed, Kenton tries to hold the Sand Masters together as forces political an… read more

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"You are striding atop a very thin wall, my friend. Loyalty is a difficult thing to divide."

-Brandon Sanderson, White Sand, Volume 3 (White Sand, #3)

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18. White Sand, Volume 2 (White Sand, #2)

By: Brandon Sanderson

3.54

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Following the loss of most of his colleagues in a violent ambush, Kenton has become Lord Mastrell o… read more

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"If it was the Sand Lord's will, I would have been there.' 'I... just cannot argue with that logic. It's... mind-blowing."

-Brandon Sanderson, White Sand, Volume 2 (White Sand, #2)

"I've always found one has to make time for words. If you don't have words, then people tend to see through to the really important things."

-Brandon Sanderson, White Sand, Volume 2 (White Sand, #2)

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19. A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

By: Scott Lynch

4.15

Format: 105 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Theradane, a city of deep magic, ruled by a council of eternally feuding wizards! A cit… read more

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"What the hell did I just drink, anyway?"

-Scott Lynch, A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

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20. The Rogue Prince, or, a King's Brother

By: George R.R. Martin

3.74

Format: 33 pages, None

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21. Tough Times All Over

By: Joe Abercrombie

3.81

Format: 42 pages, ebook

Carcolf, courier and operative, is transporting a package through the underbelly of Sipani, a city … read more

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22. Bent Twig

By: Joe R. Lansdale

3.03

Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition

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23. Diamonds from Tequila (Dagmar Shaw, #3.5)

By: Walter Jon Williams

3.64

Format: None pages, ebook

Sean Makin was a washed-up child actor, until Dagmar Shaw made him a star. Now he's starring in a b… read more

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24. Tawny Petticoats

By: Michael Swanwick

3.03

Format: 60 pages, None

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25. Roaring Twenties

By: Carrie Vaughn

3.63

Format: 33 pages, Kindle Edition

An invisible speakeasy, flappers and gangsters, hot action, cool jazz — and a whole lot of magic. I… read more

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26. The Inn of the Seven Blessings

By: Matthew Hughes

3.31

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

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27. The Lightning Tree

By: Patrick Rothfuss

3.96

Format: 93 pages, None

The Lightning Tree is a companion short story in The Kingkiller Chronicle series. It was first publ… read more

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28. How Old Holly Came to Be

By: Patrick Rothfuss

3.19

Format: 11 pages, ebook

How Old Holly Came to Be is a companion short story in The Kingkiller Chronicle series. It was firs… read more

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29. The Curious Affair of the Deodand

By: Lisa Tuttle

3.42

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Can also be found in the anthologyDown those strange Streets. read more

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30. A Better Way to Die: The Collected Short Stories

By: Paul Cornell

3.27

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

Paul Cornell has written Doctor Who for the BBC, Batman & Robin for DC, and Wolverine for Marvel. H… read more

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"Most people would be full of questions,"

-Paul Cornell, A Better Way to Die: The Collected Short Stories

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