7 best-selling science fiction books like Menace of the Monster: Classic Tales of Creatures from Beyond by Mike Ashley

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Menace of the Monster: Classic Tales of Creatures from Beyond

By: Mike Ashley

3.81

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The fact that humanity is not alone in the universe has long preoccupied our thoughts. In this comp…

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Cover of Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5) by Douglas Adams

1. Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)

By: Douglas Adams

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of  The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,  soon to be a Hulu o… read more

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  • science fiction
  • classics
"Fuck ’em,"

-Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)

"You live and learn. At any rate, you live."

-Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)

"Life will always find a way og hanging on in somewhere."

-Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)

"I think we have different value systems." —Arthur "Well mine's better." —Ford"

-Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)

Cover of So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4) by Douglas Adams

2. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)

By: Douglas Adams

4.09

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ra… read more

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  • science fiction
  • classics
"Shit!"

-Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)

"Non tout baigne, tout ce qui est susceptible de biagner, baigne."

-Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)

"Non è un vero scienziato chi ha timore che la gente lo ritenga pazzo."

-Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)

"God's Final Message to His Creation: 'We apologize for the inconvenience."

-Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)

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3. Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

By: Iain M. Banks

3.85

Format: 467 pages, Paperback

The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the … read more

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  • science fiction
"Better still to have problems than to let death eradicate them all...."

-Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

"Look on the happy side, think of the good things. Hadn't it been clever? Yes, it had."

-Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

"Experience as well as common sense indicated that the most reliable method of avoiding self-extinction was not to equip oneself with the means to accomplish it in the first place."

-Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

"The Jinmoti of Bozlen Two kill the hereditary ritual assassins of the new Yearking's immediate family by drowning them in the tears of the Continental Empathaur in its Sadness Season."

-Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

Cover of Let It Bleed (Inspector Rebus, #7) by Ian Rankin

4. Let It Bleed (Inspector Rebus, #7)

By: Ian Rankin

4.26

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

In the dark days and biting windstorms of an Edinburgh winter, two drop-out kids dive off the tower… read more

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Cover of Reaper Man (Discworld, #11; Death, #2) by Terry Pratchett

5. Reaper Man (Discworld, #11; Death, #2)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Death has to happen. That's what bein' alive is all about. You're alive, and then you're dead. It … read more

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6. Rivers of London (Peter Grant, #1)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.12

Format: 29 pages, Hardcover

Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. Too… read more

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Cover of Worlds' End (The Sandman #8) by Stephen        King, Neil Gaiman, John Watkiss, Mike Allred, Bryan Talbot, Michael Zulli, Mark Buckingham, Vince Locke, Steve Leialoha, Todd Klein, Gary Amaro, Tony Harris, None, Alec Stevens, None

7. Worlds' End (The Sandman #8)

By: Stephen King , Neil Gaiman , John Watkiss , Mike Allred , Bryan Talbot , Michael Zulli , Mark Buckingham , Vince Locke , Steve Leialoha , Todd Klein , Gary Amaro , Tony Harris , None , Alec Stevens , None

3.64

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A "reality storm" draws an unusual cast of characters together. They take shelter in a tavern, wher… read more

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  • horror
Cover of Get Shorty (Chili Palmer, #1) by Elmore Leonard

8. Get Shorty (Chili Palmer, #1)

By: Elmore Leonard

3.95

Format: None pages,

Mob-connected loan shark Chili Palmer is sick of the Miami grind--plus his "friends" have a bad hab… read more

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9. The Kindly Ones (The Sandman #9)

By: Neil Gaiman , Glyn Dillon , Dean Ormston , Charles Vess , Todd Klein , None , Teddy Kristiansen , Marc Hempel , D'Israeli , Kevin Nowlan , None

3.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Penultimate volume to the phenomenal Sandman series: distraught by the kidnapping and presumed … read more

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  • horror
Cover of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with the Merry Men & Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson, Tim Middleton

10. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with the Merry Men & Other Stories

By: Robert Louis Stevenson , Tim Middleton

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

In seeking to discover his inner self, the brilliant Dr. Henry Jekyll discovers a monster. This spi… read more

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  • science fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror

11. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

By: Philip K. Dick

3.73

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

Dick at his wildest and strangest - a mystifying but brilliant book- SF: 100 Best Novels In the ove… read more

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12. Bloodchild and Other Stories

By: Octavia E. Butler

4.02

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable B… read more

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13. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

By: Tom Stoppard , None

3.48

Format: None pages,

Hamlettold from the worm's-eye view of two minor characters, bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenster… read more

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14. Ghost Story

By: Peter Straub

4.09

Format: 372 pages,

In life, not every sin goes unpunished. GHOST STORY For four aging men in the terror-stricken town … read more

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15. The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #4)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

The placid village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his acci… read more

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16. Hell House

By: Richard Matheson

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Can any soul survive? Regarded as the Mount Everest of haunted houses, Belasco House has witnessed … read more

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17. Corelli's Mandolin

By: Louis de Bernières

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

Captain Corelli's Mandolin is set in the early days of the second world war, before Benito Mussolin… read more

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18. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race

By: Reni Eddo-Lodge

3.67

Format: 542 pages, Hardcover

'One of the most important books of 2017' Nikesh Shukla, editor of The Good Immigrant A powerful an… read more

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19. Lud-in-the-Mist

By: Neil Gaiman , Hope Mirrlees , Douglas A. Anderson

4.43

Format: 269 pages,

Lud-in-the-Mist, the capital city of the small country Dorimare, is a port at the confluence of two… read more

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20. My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.54

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

You won’t find a more hardcore eighties-slasher-film fan than high school senior Jade Daniels. And … read more

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  • horror
"Some girls just don't know how to die."

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"Is it really winning if everybody dies?"

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"Horror's not a symptom, it's a love affair."

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"We all become history at some point or another, right?"

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

Cover of Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton

21. Madhouse at the End of the Earth

By: Julian Sancton

4.27

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expeditio… read more

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"Among the greatest threats future travelers to Mars are likely to face is an interplanetary version of winter over-syndrome. The unknown icescapes around the earth poles, particularly Antarctica, see…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"Cook referred to the symptoms collectively as polar anemia. Researchers today use the term winter over-syndrome. But it's essentially the same thing. A prevailing theory suggests it's a form of hypot…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"But in emphasizing the likelihood of a connection between winter over-syndrome and what is now known as seasonal effective disorder, a variation in mood that correlates with a dwindling of daylight h…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"Note: Dr. Lawrence Polinkis who analyzed clinical data from American men and women at Antarctica's Mcmurdo station Amundsen Scott's South Pole station posits specifically that the memory loss and oth…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

Cover of Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito

22. Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection

By: Junji Ito

4.23

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

FRESH NIGHTMARES BROUGHT TO YOU BY HORROR MASTER JUNJI ITO. Countless tombstones stand in rows, … read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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23. Hummingbird Salamander

By: Jeff VanderMeer

3.25

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Annihilation, a brilliant speculative thriller of dark conspiracy, endangered sp… read more

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  • science fiction
"But the trick of the world was to contain all things."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander

"Were companies units or loose, ever-shifting alliances of individuals? Still didn't know."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander

"I felt like a child. I was a child. I could blow things up but I couldn't put things back together."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander

"The Christmas decorations at the entrance were garish, incomprehensible, partisan. What kind of a country did we live in?"

-Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander

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24. Starve Acre

By: Andrew Michael Hurley

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died sudden… read more

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  • horror
"What you go searching for and what you find aren't always the same."

-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre

"The will of Richard's father had been to ensure that his son was in no doubt that a church was merely a meeting place for the mentally ill, and that all who gathered there--priest and parishioners--w…"

-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre

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25. The Facemaker

By: Lindsey Fitzharris

4.29

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true s… read more

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Cover of France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain by Julian T. Jackson

26. France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain

By: Julian T. Jackson

4.17

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twen… read more

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Cover of The Lure of Atlantis: Strange Tales from the Sunken Continent by Michael Wheatley

27. The Lure of Atlantis: Strange Tales from the Sunken Continent

By: Michael Wheatley

3.57

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

'All about us on the stairs was some of the most exquisite statuary I have ever seen... save for a … read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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28. Polar Horrors: Strange Tales from the World’s Ends

By: John Miller

3.46

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by ground-breaking expeditions in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, writers of… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • anthologies
  • horror
Cover of The Darkest of Nights (British Library Science Fiction Classics Book 6) by Charles Eric Maine

29. The Darkest of Nights (British Library Science Fiction Classics Book 6)

By: Charles Eric Maine

3.40

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

A deadly plague engulfs East Asia - the rest of the world's governments look on callously, until th… read more

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  • science fiction
  • classics
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30. Menace of the Monster: Classic Tales of Creatures from Beyond

By: Mike Ashley

3.81

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The fact that humanity is not alone in the universe has long preoccupied our thoughts. In this comp… read more

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  • classics
  • short story collection
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • horror
  • science fiction
Cover of Heavy Weather: Tempestuous Tales of Stranger Climes (Tales of the Weird) by Kevan Manwaring

31. Heavy Weather: Tempestuous Tales of Stranger Climes (Tales of the Weird)

By: Kevan Manwaring

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Since Odysseus’ curious crew first unleashed the bag of winds gifted him by Aeolus, the God of Wind… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • anthologies
  • horror

7 must-read classics books like Menace of the Monster: Classic Tales of Creatures from Beyond by Mike Ashley

Transform Your Habits

Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)

Douglas Adams

3.96

Transform Your Habits

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)

Douglas Adams

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with the Merry Men & Other Stories

Robert Louis Stevenson , Tim Middleton

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Polar Horrors: Strange Tales from the World’s Ends

John Miller

3.46

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11 must-read graphic novels books like The Kindly Ones (The Sandman #9) by Neil Gaiman, Glyn Dillon, Dean Ormston, Charles Vess, Todd Klein, Teddy Kristiansen, Marc Hempel, D'Israeli, Kevin Nowlan

Transform Your Habits

The Dead Boy Detectives

Ed Brubaker , Bryan Talbot , Steve Leialoha

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Swamp Thing, Vol. 2: Love and Death

Alan Moore , John Totleben , Stephen R. Bissette , Shawn McManus

3.54

The Kindly Ones (The Sandman #9)

Neil Gaiman , Glyn Dillon , Dean Ormston , Charles Vess , Todd Klein , None , Teddy Kristiansen , Marc Hempel , D'Israeli , Kevin Nowlan , None

3.12

Transform Your Habits

Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing

Ramsey Campbell , Alan Moore , John Totleben , Stephen R. Bissette , Rick Veitch

3.67

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