7 Best horror books like Do Better (Marla Mason) by T.A. Pratt

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Do Better (Marla Mason)

By: T.A. Pratt

4.20

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

Do Better gathers more than 20 stories set in the world of sorcerer/monster hunter/death god Marla …

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1. Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

By: William Gibson

3.89

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Hotwired to the leading edges of art and technology, Neuromancer is a cyberpunk, science fiction ma… read more

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  • fantasy
"Boy, I was daid."

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

"Things aren't different. Things are things."

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

"Don't let the little fuckers generation gap you."

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

"If god made anything better, he kept it for himself"

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

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2. Bryony and Roses

By: T. Kingfisher

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Bryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim hi… read more

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  • fantasy
"Oh dear God, no, stop!" Fumblefoot gave her a reproachful look. Stop what? I have broken into an enchanted manor house and my pony has crapped on the floor. Oh God. -Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher"

-T. Kingfisher, Bryony and Roses

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3. Little Gods

By: Tim Pratt

4.20

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Tim Pratt's debut collection brings together fifteen stories, including the Nebula-nominated 'Littl… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
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4. Jackalope Wives And Other Stories

By: T. Kingfisher

3.67

Format: 230 pages,

Winner of the Nebula and WSFA Short Fiction Awards From award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes a … read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
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5. The Seventh Bride

By: T. Kingfisher

3.09

Format: None pages,

Rhea is an ordinary miller's daughter, engaged to be married under suspicious circumstances to a ma… read more

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  • fantasy
  • horror
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6. The Halcyon Fairy Book

By: T. Kingfisher

4.23

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A collection of fairy tales annotated by T. Kingfisher and the complete Toad Words anthology. read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
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7. Summer in Orcus

By: T. Kingfisher

3.59

Format: None pages, ebook

When the witch Baba Yaga walks her house into the backyard, eleven-year-old Summer enters into a ba… read more

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  • fantasy
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8. Heirs of Grace

By: Tim Pratt

4.38

Format: None pages,

Recent art school graduate Bekah thought she'd hit the jackpot: an unknown relative died, and she i… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy

9. Briarpatch

By: Tim Pratt

3.37

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Darrin's life has been going downhill ever since his girlfriend Bridget walked out on him without a… read more

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10. Toad Words And Other Stories

By: T. Kingfisher

4.30

Format: 189 pages, ebook

From author T. Kingfisher comes a collection of fairy-tale retellings for adults. By turns funny an… read more

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11. The Nex

By: Tim Pratt

4.27

Format: None pages,

Welcome to THE NEX. Teenager Miranda Candle finds a mysterious necklace and is suddenly transported… read more

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12. Thornhedge

By: T. Kingfisher

4.00

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone … read more

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  • fantasy
  • horror
"Thorns die from the inside out, like priests."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"She was theirs; they were hers. The love of monsters was uncomplicated."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Two hundred years. It was immense—unthinkable—and ultimately meant nothing at all. Two years or two hundred or two thousand. The magic endures"

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Greenteeth did not slap one another—not out of any virtue, but because a slap was such a useless thing underwater. When greenteeth brawled, it was with teeth and strangling fingers, spines and claws."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

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13. A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

By: T. Kingfisher

4.09

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

2021 LODESTAR AWARD for BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK Fourteen-year-old Mona isn’t like the wizards char… read more

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  • fantasy
"After a minute, I said, “I never wanted to be a hero."

-T. Kingfisher, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

"She shouldn't have had to be a hero.' 'No,' said the Duchess, 'no, no one should."

-T. Kingfisher, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

"I expect this won’t be your last set of medals, my dear. Heroism is an unfortunate habit."

-T. Kingfisher, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

"...but hey, once a baker, always a baker. If I was going to get thrown in the dungeon, at least I was going to leave a trail of quality pastries behind me."

-T. Kingfisher, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

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14. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

By: Martha Wells

4.22

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more

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  • fantasy
"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

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15. Illuminations

By: T. Kingfisher

4.07

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Rosa Mandolini knows in her heart that her family are the greatest painters of magical illumination… read more

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  • fantasy
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16. Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)

By: Tamsyn Muir

4.35

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Her city is under siege. The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is a birthday party.… read more

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  • fantasy
  • horror
"Love and freedom don't coexist."

-Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)

"This is all there is to love? Simply by being in your life, I have added indelibly to its weight?"

-Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)

"Have you been eating sand again?' [Cam asked] 'I haven't eaten sand in months', Nona protested, then more truthfully: 'Weeks,' and more truthfully than that: 'one week."

-Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)

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17. Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.16

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

A paladin, an assassin, a forger, and a scholar ride out of town. It’s not the start of a joke, but… read more

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  • fantasy
"There are few things in life as steadying as someone you have to be brave for."

-T. Kingfisher, Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)

"Are you sure you wouldn't like some nice murderers instead?" he asked plaintively. "Quite sure, thanks"

-T. Kingfisher, Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)

"If I'd given him too much, he'd know something was afoot. Too much money is as dangerous as too little; it means you want it too bad."

-T. Kingfisher, Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)

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18. Witch King

By: Martha Wells

3.71

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more

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  • fantasy
"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."

-Martha Wells, Witch King

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19. 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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  • fantasy
  • 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)

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20. A House with Good Bones

By: T. Kingfisher

3.69

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explor… read more

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  • fantasy
  • horror
"Like many family dynamics, it didn't have to be healthy, it just had to work."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"He's got an alibi. People with alibis in the first half of the show are always suspicious."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"I could research it. I am a champion researcher. It's why they pay me the meager academic bucks."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"I understood Grand Mae then, I think. I could not pity the adult she had become, but I could pity the girl she had been."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

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21. Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.32

Format: 446 pages, ebook

Marguerite Florian is a spy with two problems. A former employer wants her dead, and one of her new… read more

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  • fantasy
"They say the gods never give us more than we can handle, but let's just say that the gods had an overinflated sense of my abilities."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

"It's the thought that counts," said Marguerite. "Not with the explosives, it isn't," said Ashes, and on that point, Marguerite had to agree."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

"The whole world is made of words," said Marguerite irritably. "Treaties and contracts and secrets and laws are nothing but words, but everything runs on them. Of course they've got power."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

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22. Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

By: Martha Wells

4.31

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall. When M… read more

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"Tural left with the air of escaping before things got worse."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"The only thing worse than humans infantilizing bots was bots infantilizing themselves."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans do the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans so the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

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23. Light from Uncommon Stars

By: Ryka Aoki

4.06

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian … read more

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  • fantasy
"Lindsey Stirling?"

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"I shall make you feel all the joy, the terror in loving who you are."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"A sandwich that is more than a sandwich. Coffee that is more than coffee."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"When you rush, all you are doing is practicing your mistakes at a faster pace."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

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24. Swordheart

By: T. Kingfisher

4.15

Format: 426 pages, Hardcover

Halla is a housekeeper who has suddenly inherited her great-uncle's estate… and, unfortunately, his… read more

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  • fantasy
"Your god. Why a rat?"

-T. Kingfisher, Swordheart

"Zale steepled their fingers. “Do you want to talk about that?"

-T. Kingfisher, Swordheart

"Sarkis turned around and began to beat his forehead very gently against the wall. “The great god is punishing me,"

-T. Kingfisher, Swordheart

"The miller back home was like that,' she said. 'He had a little bit of power and he lorded it over everyone. Although there's less damage you can do with a mill than with a religious order."

-T. Kingfisher, Swordheart

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25. Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

By: Martha Wells

4.34

Format: 8 pages, Kindle Edition

Murderbot—the sardonic, almost-homicidal, media-loving android created by Martha Wells—has proven t… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
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26. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

By: Martha Wells

4.47

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no one can hear. It worries about the fragile human cre… read more

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"Ugh, emotions."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"So, you have a relationship with this transport."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I'm a murderbot, I don't give a crap about boats."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I am actually trying my best despite the fuck-ups."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

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27. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

By: Claire North

4.03

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Some stories cannot be told in just one lifetime. Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter… read more

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"To regret your soul is to regret your past."

-Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

"Time, it transpires, is not so good at telling after all."

-Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

"There is no loss, if you cannot remember what you have lost."

-Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

"Forgive me," I wrote at the bottom. "I did not think I would break."

-Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

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28. The Wonder Engine (Clocktaur War, #2)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.22

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

Pull three people out of prison--a disgraced paladin, a convicted forger, and a heartless assassin.… read more

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  • fantasy
"It could,"

-T. Kingfisher, The Wonder Engine (Clocktaur War, #2)

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29. Doors of Sleep (Journals of Zaxony Delatree, #1)

By: Tim Pratt

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

What would you do if you woke up and found yourself in a parallel universe under an alien sky? This… read more

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  • fantasy
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30. Do Better (Marla Mason)

By: T.A. Pratt

4.20

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

Do Better gathers more than 20 stories set in the world of sorcerer/monster hunter/death god Marla … read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror

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William Gibson

3.89

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T. Kingfisher

4.08

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Tim Pratt

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Cara Devlin

4.54

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