10 must-read paranormal books like Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things by Martina McAtee

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Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

By: Martina McAtee

4.22

Format: 490 pages, Hardcover

Three reapers. Two worlds. One prophecy. Seventeen-year-old Ember Lonergan has made an art of is…

If you liked the paranormal plot in Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things by Martina McAtee , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1) by Susan Beth Pfeffer

1. Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)

By: Susan Beth Pfeffer

3.89

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when a meteor knocks the moon closer to the ear… read more

Similar categories in Susan Beth Pfeffer's Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1) book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • fantasy
  • young adult
"People see what they want to see"

-Susan Beth Pfeffer, Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)

"People see what they want to see."

-Susan Beth Pfeffer, Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)

"I have no privacy. But I feel so alone."

-Susan Beth Pfeffer, Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)

"I wonder if I cry whether my tears would be gray."

-Susan Beth Pfeffer, Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)

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2. Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book

By: Jennifer Donnelly

3.89

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Smart, bookish Belle, a captive in the Beast’s castle, has become accustomed to her new home and ha… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Donnelly's Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
"It’s your move,"

-Jennifer Donnelly, Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book

"Nevermore wants me,"

-Jennifer Donnelly, Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book

"What was the wager?"

-Jennifer Donnelly, Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book

"Death wins only if you let her."

-Jennifer Donnelly, Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book

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3. Initiate (The Unfinished Song, #1)

By: Tara Maya

3.39

Format: 440 pages,

The initiation ceremony is the gateway to ultimate power...or death. A DETERMINED GIRL Dindi can't … read more

Similar categories in Tara Maya's Initiate (The Unfinished Song, #1) book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • young adult

4. The Grand Hotel

By: Scott Kenemore

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the hotel where nobody can check out. When a desk clerk welcomes a group of tourists int… read more

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5. Fair Game (Alpha & Omega, #3)

By: Patricia Briggs

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Patricia Briggs, the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson novels, "always e… read more

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6. River Marked (Mercy Thompson, #6)

By: Patricia Briggs

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Mercy Thompson: Mechanic, Shapeshifter, Fighter. Car mechanic Mercy Thompson has always known th… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Briggs's River Marked (Mercy Thompson, #6) book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • urban fantasy
  • shapeshifters
  • werewolves
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
"What?"

-Patricia Briggs, River Marked (Mercy Thompson, #6)

"I don't break; I bounce."

-Patricia Briggs, River Marked (Mercy Thompson, #6)

"I am so glad Todd and I eloped,"

-Patricia Briggs, River Marked (Mercy Thompson, #6)

"Adam didn't approve of Wal-Mart."

-Patricia Briggs, River Marked (Mercy Thompson, #6)

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7. The Invocations

By: Krystal Sutherland

4.11

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . . Zara Jones believes in magic because the… read more

Similar categories in Krystal Sutherland's The Invocations book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • paranormal
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"What if Savannah had found whatever it was she sold a piece of her soul to go looking for."

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"Even the devil does not trust men to honor a bargain, so it does not deal with them. It offers power only to women."

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"What about trans women?" Zara asks, writing the question in her document. "How does that work?" "Of course I have written invocations for trans women," Emer says. "Demons do not care about bodies. Th…"

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"They understand what they are looking at. They understand that it could have been them. A wrong turn on the wrong night, and it could have been them. There is no sense to that. That you can be going …"

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

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8. Snow, Glass, Apples

By: Neil Gaiman

4.07

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

A chilling fantasy retelling of the Snow White fairy tale by bestselling creators Neil Gaiman and C… read more

Similar categories in Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • fantasy
"I will not scream. I will not give them that satisfaction. They will have my body, but my soul and my story are my own, and will die with me."

-Neil Gaiman, Snow, Glass, Apples

"Lies and half-truths fall like snow, covering the things that I remember, the things I saw. A landscape, unrecognizable after a snowfall; that is what she has made of my life."

-Neil Gaiman, Snow, Glass, Apples

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9. Burn Bright (Alpha & Omega, #5)

By: Patricia Briggs

4.34

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Now mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham face a threat like no other–one that lurks too… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Briggs's Burn Bright (Alpha & Omega, #5) book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • urban fantasy
  • shapeshifters
  • magic
  • werewolves
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
"Fire is a powerful thing. It cleanses as it destroys- and it brings light to darkness."

-Patricia Briggs, Burn Bright (Alpha & Omega, #5)

"Ours, said Brother Wolf. She is perfect, our soul mate, our anchor, the reason we were created. So that we could be hers."

-Patricia Briggs, Burn Bright (Alpha & Omega, #5)

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10. Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)

By: Patricia Briggs

4.40

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, must stop a disaster of world-shattering proportions… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Briggs's Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20) book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • urban fantasy
  • shapeshifters
  • magic
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
"Locks only eve keep out people who aren't determined to come in."

-Patricia Briggs, Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)

"Fine. When they shovel our frozen corpses out next spring, they can put 'They thought it would be fun' on our gravestone."

-Patricia Briggs, Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)

"Saddest thin in the world is listening to a nineteen minutes of a twenty-minute sex scene," said Sherwood in a mock-mournful voice."

-Patricia Briggs, Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)

"Are you embarrassed that your audiobook started in the middle of a very hot sex scene between three men in a swimming pool?" asked Sherood politely. "There's no reason to be embarrassed about that."

-Patricia Briggs, Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)

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11. Murder, Interrupted

By: James Patterson

3.79

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Two true-crime thrillers as seen on Discovery's Murder is Forever TV series - premiering January 20… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's Murder, Interrupted book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

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12. Twice Bitten (New Moon #1)

By: Belle Harper

4.13

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

For seventeen years Alexis “Lexi” Turner has been running. From foster homes, creeps on the street … read more

Similar categories in Belle Harper's Twice Bitten (New Moon #1) book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • shapeshifters
  • werewolves
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
Cover of Wild Sign (Alpha & Omega, #6) by Patricia Briggs

13. Wild Sign (Alpha & Omega, #6)

By: Patricia Briggs

4.51

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham must discover what could make an entire community … read more

Similar categories in Patricia Briggs's Wild Sign (Alpha & Omega, #6) book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • urban fantasy
  • shapeshifters
  • magic
  • werewolves
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
"He is very good at blending in, my father-in-law. But don't mistake him for anything but a ruthless bastard."

-Patricia Briggs, Wild Sign (Alpha & Omega, #6)

"Anna was pretty sure no one else at the table believed the cold relationship Bran and Leah had was a good thing. It wasn't abusive - not quite. Not physically abusive, anyway. But Anna would have las…"

-Patricia Briggs, Wild Sign (Alpha & Omega, #6)

Cover of Trailer Park Trickster (Adam Binder, #2) by David R. Slayton

14. Trailer Park Trickster (Adam Binder, #2)

By: David R. Slayton

4.16

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

They are my harvest, and I will reap them all. Returning to Guthrie, Oklahoma, Adam Binder once … read more

Similar categories in David R. Slayton's Trailer Park Trickster (Adam Binder, #2) book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
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15. A Shadow Crown (The Halfling Saga, #2)

By: Melissa Blair

4.11

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

The highly anticipated second installment of the fantasy saga that took BookTok by storm sees Keera… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Blair's A Shadow Crown (The Halfling Saga, #2) book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • magic
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
Cover of Big Witch Energy (Starfall, #2) by Molly Harper

16. Big Witch Energy (Starfall, #2)

By: Molly Harper

3.91

Format: 300 pages, Audible Audio

From the wacky, fantastical brain of bestselling paranormal romance author Molly Harper comes a wic… read more

Similar categories in Molly Harper's Big Witch Energy (Starfall, #2) book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • magic
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
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17. A Court of Thorns and Roses (Part 1 of 2)

By: Sarah J. Maas

4.50

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The sexy, action-packed first dramatized audiobook adaptation in the #1 New York Times bestselling … read more

Similar categories in Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses (Part 1 of 2) book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • magic
  • fantasy
"a promise was law, a promise was currency, a promise was your bond."

-Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses (Part 1 of 2)

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18. A Court of Thorns and Roses (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)

By: Sarah J. Maas

4.61

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The sexy, action-packed first dramatized audiobook adaptation in the #1 New York Times bestselling … read more

Similar categories in Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • magic
  • fantasy
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19. The Color of Lies

By: C.J. Lyons

3.62

Format: 336 pages, ebook

High school senior Ella Cleary has always been good at reading people. Her family has a rare medica… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Lyons's The Color of Lies book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • young adult
Cover of A Court of Mist and Fury, Part 1 of 2 (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2) by Sarah J. Maas

20. A Court of Mist and Fury, Part 1 of 2 (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)

By: Sarah J. Maas

4.73

Format: 1 pages, Audio CD

The seductive and stunning #1 New York Times bestselling sequel to Sarah J. Maas’s spellbinding A C… read more

Similar categories in Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Mist and Fury, Part 1 of 2 (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2) book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • magic
  • fantasy
Cover of Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things by Martina McAtee

21. Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

By: Martina McAtee

4.22

Format: 490 pages, Hardcover

Three reapers. Two worlds. One prophecy. Seventeen-year-old Ember Lonergan has made an art of is… read more

Similar categories in Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things book and Martina McAtee's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • urban fantasy
  • shapeshifters
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • werewolves
  • paranormal
  • zombies
  • supernatural
  • fantasy

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