Monstrous Tales: Stories of Strange Creatures and Fearsome Beasts from around the World
By: Sija Hong
3.92
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Monstrous Tales is a collection of traditional folktales about bewitching and bloodthirsty creature…
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1. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
By: Lynne Truss
3.87
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in e-mail and now "txt msgs", we have made … read more
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- adult
"The rule is: don’t use commas like a stupid person. I mean it."-Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
"Those spineless types who talk about abolishing the apostrophe are missing the point."-Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
"I hear there are now Knightsbridge clinics offering semicolonic irrigation – but for many it may be too late."-Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
"...punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop."-Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
2. So You've Been Publicly Shamed
By: Jon Ronson
3.93
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
For the past three years, Jon Ronson has travelled the world meeting recipients of high-profile pub… read more
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- adult
"The snowflake never needs to feel responsible for the avalanche."-Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed
"...all violence being a person’s attempt to replace shame with self-esteem."-Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed
"[W]e need to think twice about raining down vengeance and anger as our default position."-Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed
"A wronged person is still a wronged person even if they're an unfashionable wronged person."-Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed
3. Magic for Liars
By: Sarah Gailey
3.62
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
Ivy Gamble has never wanted to be magical. She is perfectly happy with her life. She has an almost-… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
"Fucking Mages."-Sarah Gailey, Magic for Liars
"If you need to hurry...you’re already too late."-Sarah Gailey, Magic for Liars
"A twenty-five-cent word sprang unbidden into my mind: “noctilucent."-Sarah Gailey, Magic for Liars
"the bags under my eyes were definitely well past the carry-on limit"-Sarah Gailey, Magic for Liars
4. The Unexpected Guest
By: Agatha Christie , Charles Osborne
3.95
Format: 254 pages, Paperback
When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog near the South Wales coast, and makes his wa… read more
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- classics
- fiction
5. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
By: Akira Himekawa
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Once upon a time, wizards tried to conquer the Sacred Realm of Hyrule. The Spirits of Light sealed … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
6. Existence (Existence Trilogy, #1)
By: Abbi Glines
3.95
Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition
What happens when you're stalked by Death? You fall in love with him, of course. Pagan Moore doesn'… read more
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- fantasy
7. You Have to Fucking Eat
By: Owen Brozman , Adam Mansbach
3.50
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the international bestseller Go the Fuck to Sleepcomes a long-awaited sequel abo… read more
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- fiction
8. Half Wild (The Half Bad Trilogy, #2)
By: Sally Green
3.65
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
"You will have a powerful Gift, but it's how you use it that will show you to be good or bad." In a… read more
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9. The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics
By: John Pollack
4.31
Format: 256 pages,
The pun is commonly dismissed as the lowest form of wit, and punsters are often unpopular for their… read more
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10. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
By: Vicki Myron , Bret Witter
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
How much of an impact can an animal have? How many lives can one cat touch? How is it possible for … read more
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11. Six Scary Stories
By: Stephen King , Elodie Harper , Paul Bassett Davies , Manuela Saragosa , Michael Button , Stuart Johnstone , Neil Hudson
4.46
Format: 192 pages,
Six Scary Stories selected and introduced by Stephen King Number 1 bestselling horror author Stephe… read more
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12. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
By: Jon Klassen
4.26
Format: 105 pages, None
Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more
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- folklore
- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
13. Creepy Cat, Vol. 1
By: Cotton Valent
3.86
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
A full-color young adult graphic novel series that originated as a webcomic about a beloved ghostly… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
14. What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
By: T. Kingfisher
3.89
Format: 165 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edg… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
"You shouldn't joke about fairies."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
"The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
"Most of us go to the Devil without him having to personally oversee things."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
"I had a strong urge to step back from them, and an even stronger urge to poke them with a stick."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
15. Looking Glass Sound
By: Catriona Ward
3.49
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
Looking Glass Sound is the newest twisty psychological horror novel from Catriona Ward, the interna… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
"Potatoes make everything okay."-Catriona Ward, Looking Glass Sound
16. Nothing But Blackened Teeth
By: Cassandra Khaw
2.66
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in … read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
"Every religion is a one-way relationship."-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth
"The dead miss the sun. It's dark down there."-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth
"Media’s all about the gospel of the lone wolf, but the truth is we’re all just sheep."-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth
"apologies didn’t exonerate the sinner, only compelled graciousness from its recipient."-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth
17. 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
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- fairy tales
- fiction
- horror
- adult
- 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
18. A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
By: Ava Reid
3.78
Format: 378 pages, Hardcover
Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"The only enemy is the sea."-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
"No one owns the right to tell a story."-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
"I find you very charming underneath all the smugness."-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
"The sea is treacherous, but women are even more treacherous."-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
19. How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
By: Sy Montgomery
4.05
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals-… read more
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- short stories
- adult
"Knowing someone who belongs to another species can enlarge your soul in surprising ways."-Sy Montgomery, How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
"I am still learning how to be a good creature. Though I try earnestly, I often fail. But I am having a great life trying..."-Sy Montgomery, How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
"I often wish I could go back in time and tell my young, anxious self that my dreams weren't in vain and my sorrows weren't permanent. I can't do that, but I can do something better. I can tell you th…"-Sy Montgomery, How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
"Even in the wake of tragedy, we could not have felt more amazed had we been visited by an angel that Christmas morning. When the angel met the shepherds in Bethlehem, the shepherds "were sore afraid.…"-Sy Montgomery, How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
20. Go the F**k to Sleep
By: Adam Mansbach
4.28
Format: 17 pages, Kindle Edition
A laugh-out-loud, adults-only bedtime story for parents familiar with the age-old struggle of putti… read more
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- short stories
- adult
- fiction
"All the kids from daycare are in dreamland. The froggie has made his last leap. Hell no you can't go to the bathroom. You know where you can go? The f**k to sleep."-Adam Mansbach, Go the F**k to Sleep
21. Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
By: Anna Bogutskaya
3.72
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
How bitches, trainwrecks, shrews, and crazy women have taken over pop culture and liberated women f… read more
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- adult
"All high school experiences are inherently dramatic because they are being experienced for the first time."-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"Unlikeable" is code. It's code for "fair game." If a woman in unlikable, she is stepping out of bounds. Which makes it fair game to decimate her socially, emotionally, or physically. Likeability give…"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"In 2015, a study about jury deliberation bias conducted at Arizona State University found that "when men expressed their opinion with anger, participants rated them as more credible, which made them …"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"When men get angry onscreen, they're angry at the system. When women are angry onscreen, they're angry at someone. Women are not allowed to be angry at the system, because that would be a tacit accep…"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
22. Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)
By: C.M. Waggoner
3.83
Format: 388 pages, Paperback
Onna can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men in her village school. Bu… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
"Prettiness is lent to you by youth; attractiveness is purchased with experience."-C.M. Waggoner, Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)
23. The Poison Season
By: Mara Rutherford
3.68
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
Outsiders are always given a choice: the Forest or the lake. Either way, they're never heard from a… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
24. House of Hollow
By: Krystal Sutherland
4.03
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
Seventeen-year-old Iris Hollow has always been strange. Something happened to her and her two older… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
"What if we were the monsters?"-Krystal Sutherland, House of Hollow
"She would bewitch everyone to make her lie the truth"-Krystal Sutherland, House of Hollow
"She moved through the world like no other woman I knew."-Krystal Sutherland, House of Hollow
"What you don't understand is that I am the thing in the dark"-Krystal Sutherland, House of Hollow
25. The Listeners
By: Jordan Tannahill
3.42
Format: 304 pages, ebook
A propulsive literary page-turner about a family torn apart by a mother’s obsession with a sound th… read more
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- fiction
- horror
26. Classics Reimagined in the World of the Shadowhunters
By: Cassandra Clare
4.58
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
This exclusive limited-edition chapbook is an illustrated, collaborative project by Cassandra Clare… read more
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- fairy tales
- short stories
- fantasy
27. How To Argue With A Cat
By: Jay Heinrichs
3.40
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
If you can persuade a cat ... you can persuade anyone. This is the essential guide to getting your … read more
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28. Monstrous Tales: Stories of Strange Creatures and Fearsome Beasts from around the World
By: Sija Hong
3.92
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Monstrous Tales is a collection of traditional folktales about bewitching and bloodthirsty creature… read more
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- fairy tales
- classics
- anthologies
- short stories
- folklore
- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
29. Fuck, Now There Are Two of You (Go the Fuck to Sleep #3) (Go the F to Sleep)
By: Adam Mansbach
3.82
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
The third installment in Adam Mansbach’s international best-selling Go the Fuck to Sleep series add… read more
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- adult
- fiction
30. The Enchanted Obelisk (Clockwork Calico Book 2)
By: Lana Axe
4.11
Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition
A new exhibit featuring Egyptian artifacts uncovered by renowned Egyptologist Carter Porchester has… read more
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