Shell Games
By: George R.R. Martin
2.91
Format: None pages, None
George R. R. Martin's first full "Wild Cards" story.
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1. Ruin (The Faithful and the Fallen, #3)
By: John Gwynne
4.49
Format: 768 pages, Hardcover
The Banished Lands are engulfed in war and chaos. The cunning Queen Rhin has conquered the west and… read more
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"YUK -Craf"-John Gwynne, Ruin (The Faithful and the Fallen, #3)
"Two for vengeance. One for love."-John Gwynne, Ruin (The Faithful and the Fallen, #3)
"Family. Friendship. Loyalty. These things have been my guiding stars, my light in these dark times."-John Gwynne, Ruin (The Faithful and the Fallen, #3)
"It was no dream. The Ben-Elim, he gave me a choice. Go forward or go back. I wanted to cross over, to be with my kin, my friends. To find peace.´ ´Why did you come back, then?´Fidele asked him. ´Thre…"-John Gwynne, Ruin (The Faithful and the Fallen, #3)
2. The Case of the Theater Phantom (Scooby Doo! And You: Collect the Clues Mystery)
By: Vicki Berger Erwin
3.75
Format: 60 pages, Paperback
When Scooby and the gang dress up for a night out at the Palace Theater, they expect to meet stars … read more
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3. Giantslayer (Gotrek & Felix #7)
By: William King
2.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Separated from their friends during a vicious battle, Gotrek Gurnisson and Felix Jaeger are magical… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
4. Vampireslayer (Gotrek & Felix #6)
By: William King
3.50
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Dwarf slayer Gotrek Gurnisson and his sworn human companion Felix Jaeger are beset by a new and ter… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
5. Wrath (The Faithful and the Fallen, #4)
By: John Gwynne
3.82
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
Events are coming to a climax in the Banished Lands, as the war reaches new heights. King Nathair h… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Today, F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for his novels, but in his lifetime, his fame stemmed from his … read more
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- short stories
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7. Bilbo's Last Song
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Pauline Baynes
4.50
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
Bilbo's Last Songis considered by many to be Tolkien's epilogue to his classic work The Lord of the… read more
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- short stories
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- fiction
8. Beastslayer (Gotrek & Felix #5)
By: William King
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
The storm clouds are gathering over the icy city of Praag as the evil forces of Chaos lay murderous… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
9. Memories of Ice (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #3)
By: Steven Erikson
3.73
Format: 251 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The ravaged continent of Genabackis is a terrifying new empire, the Pannion Domin, that devours all… read more
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10. Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
By: Steven Erikson
3.87
Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting, an… read more
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11. 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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- short stories
- fiction
"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
12. The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
By: Bernard Cornwell
3.90
Format: 15 pages, Paperback
This is the story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King A… read more
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13. The Tempest
By: William Shakespeare
4.27
Format: 127 pages,
In The Tempest, long considered one of Shakespeare's most lyrical plays, Prospero--a magician on an… read more
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14. The Haunter of the Dark: The H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus, #3
By: H.P. Lovecraft , August Derleth
3.95
Format: 544 pages, Paperback
WARNING! YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER A NEW DIMENSION OF UTMOST TERROR When you open this book you wil… read more
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- science fiction
- short stories
- fantasy
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"Into his mind floated pictures of alien orbs with great stone towers, and other orbs with titan mountains and no mark of life, and still remoter spaces where only a stirring in vague blackness told o…"-H.P. Lovecraft, The Haunter of the Dark: The H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus, #3
"And beyond all else he glimpsed an infinite gulf of sheer darkness, where solid and semi-solid forms were known only by their windy stirrings, and cloudy patterns of force seemed to superimpose order…"-H.P. Lovecraft, The Haunter of the Dark: The H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus, #3
15. Meathouse Man
By: George R.R. Martin , Raya Golden
2.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
Based on the short story by George R.R. Martin, bestselling author of A Game of Thrones, Meathouse … read more
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16. Superman: Red Son
By: None , Mark Millar , Andrew Robinson , Kilian Plunkett , Walden Wong
4.30
Format: 373 pages, Paperback
Strange visitor from another world who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his ba… read more
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17. Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1)
By: John Gwynne
4.30
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
A black sun is rising ... Young Corban watches enviously as boys become warriors under King Brenin'… read more
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18. The Emperor's Soul
By: Brandon Sanderson
3.53
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
Also available in . A heretic thief is the empire's only hope in this fascinating tale that inhabi… read more
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19. The Call of Cthulhu
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's 'the Call of Cthulhu' is a harro… read more
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20. The Sword of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy, #1)
By: Terry Brooks
4.50
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Long ago, wars of ancient Evil ruined the world and forced mankind to compete with many other races… read more
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21. The Hope of Elantris (Elantris, #1.5)
By: Brandon Sanderson
4.26
Format: None pages, ebook
The following is a short story I wrote in theElantris world back in January of 2006. At that point,… read more
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22. 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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- fantasy
- fiction
"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)
23. 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
24. Valor (The Faithful and the Fallen, #2)
By: John Gwynne
4.43
Format: 640 pages, Kindle Edition
The Banished Lands is torn by war as High King Nathair sweeps the land challenging all who oppose h… read more
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- fiction
"Don't punch at all if you can help it, he heard his father's voice, clear as if he were standing next to him, but if you must, punch first and punch hardest."-John Gwynne, Valor (The Faithful and the Fallen, #2)
"I don't understand.' 'Yes, you do. You just do not want to. You humans are all the same. Willing to live a lie, any lie, as long as it is prettier than the truth. It's one of the few things that I lo…"-John Gwynne, Valor (The Faithful and the Fallen, #2)
"He had had a taste of war now, though, and the thought of more of it filled him with dread. He was not scared, not of battle, anyway. It was more the knowledge of what came after - the loss of life, …"-John Gwynne, Valor (The Faithful and the Fallen, #2)
25. Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)
By: Brandon Sanderson
4.62
Format: 1219 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaited sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from epic fantasy auth… read more
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- fiction
26. Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive, #3.5)
By: Brandon Sanderson
4.42
Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition
From Brandon Sanderson—author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive and its fourt… read more
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"See?"-Brandon Sanderson, Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive, #3.5)
"Now,"-Brandon Sanderson, Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive, #3.5)
"They wanted to wow us, maybe?"-Brandon Sanderson, Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive, #3.5)
"Vstim said to always read contracts with friends an extra time,"-Brandon Sanderson, Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive, #3.5)
27. 1979 Short Stories (Study Guide): The Way of Cross and Dragon
By: Books LLC
3.77
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book cl… read more
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28. Before the Storm (World of Warcraft, #15)
By: Christie Golden
3.94
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
Taking place after the climactic events of Shadows of Argus, World of Warcraft: Before the Storm te… read more
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"... but we cannot go back to happier times. We can only live in the present, and right now that present is painful."-Christie Golden, Before the Storm (World of Warcraft, #15)
29. Shell Games
By: George R.R. Martin
2.91
Format: None pages, None
George R. R. Martin's first full "Wild Cards" story. read more
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30. Hungry
By: Shveta Thakrar
3.74
Format: None pages, None
When a rakshasi — a monster from Hindu mythology — awakens after centuries, she’s very, very hungry. read more
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