Between Two Fires
By: Christopher Buehlman
4.27
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village…
Want to Read $ 8.99"The only thing I say to God is my daughter's names; and it is not a prayer, it's a rebuke."-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
"He was being kissed now by his own mouth, not as lovers kiss, with tongues, but as true lovers kiss, sharing breath."-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
"A dark-haired little boy just in pants stood bewildered near the blaze, saying, as if there had been some mistake, "We live here. We live here."-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
"But it will be harder for you if you remember. Love is always harder. Love means weathering blows for another’s sake and not counting them. Love is loss of self, loss of other, and faith in the death of loss."-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
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1. The Deep
By: Nick Cutter
3.42
Format: 394 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of The Troop—which Stephen King raved “scared the hell out of me and I co… read more
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"What are you so afraid of? said that same voice inside Luke’s head. Everything, another voice answered."-Nick Cutter, The Deep
"Well, time works differently down here, boss. Sometimes I feel like I've lived a thousand lifetimes ... it's funny. The pain is constant. Sometimes it's so much that I can't stand it. I bite at mysel…"-Nick Cutter, The Deep
"The water wasn't the same down here. Water is what runs out of the kitchen taps or a playground drinking fountain. It fills bathubs and pools and yes, of course, the ocean- but at a certain depth, wa…"-Nick Cutter, The Deep
2. Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
By: Joe Abercrombie
4.34
Format: 536 pages, Paperback
The end is coming. Logen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him but it's going to be a b… read more
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- dark fantasy
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"You have to realistic about these things."-Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
"Cleverness is no guarantee of sensible behavior."-Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
"Luck is a woman. She's drawn to those that least deserve her."-Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
"Rare rages render a man frightening. Common ones render him ridiculous."-Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
3. The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
By: Joe Abercrombie
4.21
Format: 515 pages, Paperback
Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he… read more
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"Fucking pinks!"-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
"I’ve fought in three campaigns,"-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
"Body found floating by the docks..."-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
"The best steel doesn't always shine the brightest."-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
4. Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
By: Joe Abercrombie
4.35
Format: 441 pages, Trade Paperback
Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with trai… read more
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"So we wait?"-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
"Empathy? What’s that?"-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
"Great men have great faults."-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
"Those with the least always lose the most in war."-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
5. The Croning
By: Laird Barron
3.73
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
Strange things exist on the periphery of our existence, haunting us from the darkness looming beyon… read more
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"The cold impassive stars didn't bother him so much as the gaps between them did."-Laird Barron, The Croning
"Ramirez walked ahead with a torch he'd fashioned from a stick and some rags and by that queer and reddish light, devils, or the shadows of devils hooked to the shoes of the men and capered across the…"-Laird Barron, The Croning
"They would, according to his experience of their traditions, suspect he was a demon, or demon-inhabited. Considering the volume of alcohol saturating his liver, that ancient gateway of spirits, of co…"-Laird Barron, The Croning
"The light in the gallery changed subtly and he whirled and saw someone approaching him from between the exhibit cases. The individual moved with alarming speed, bent low to the floor, but straighteni…"-Laird Barron, The Croning
6. Between Two Fires
By: Christopher Buehlman
4.27
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village… read more
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"The only thing I say to God is my daughter's names; and it is not a prayer, it's a rebuke."-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
"He was being kissed now by his own mouth, not as lovers kiss, with tongues, but as true lovers kiss, sharing breath."-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
"A dark-haired little boy just in pants stood bewildered near the blaze, saying, as if there had been some mistake, "We live here. We live here."-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
"But it will be harder for you if you remember. Love is always harder. Love means weathering blows for another’s sake and not counting them. Love is loss of self, loss of other, and faith in the death…"-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
7. The Fisherman
By: John Langan
3.91
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reser… read more
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"You can make an oyster surrender its pearl,"-John Langan, The Fisherman
"Have you ever been so scared of something you move toward it, try to touch it, that kind of thing?"-John Langan, The Fisherman
8. The Library at Mount Char
By: Scott Hawkins
3.44
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
A missing God. A library with the secrets to the universe. A woman too busy to notice her heart sl… read more
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9. Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
By: Pierce Brown
None
Format: 525 pages, Hardcover
Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his … read more
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10. Lost Gods
By: Brom
3.53
Format: None pages, ebook
A young man descends into Purgatory to save his wife and unborn child in this gorgeous, illustrated… read more
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11. The Troop
By: Nick Cutter
3.84
Format: 407 pages, Hardcover
Once a year, scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a three-d… read more
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"Soldering iron, Max."-Nick Cutter, The Troop
"You’ve never heard of the tapeworm diet?"-Nick Cutter, The Troop
"I been to hell ... I ain't afraid to go back"-Nick Cutter, The Troop
"His fear was whetted to such a fine edge that he could actually feel it now: a disembodied ball of baby fingers inside his stomach, tickling him from the inside. That's what mortal terror felt like, …"-Nick Cutter, The Troop
12. Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
By: Jeff VanderMeer
4.34
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2015 Nebula Award. Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades… read more
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13. A Short Stay in Hell
By: Steven L. Peck
4.22
Format: 110 pages, Paperback
An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunite… read more
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"Remember you are never really alone. Although it may feel like it for very long stretches of time."-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell
"[Y]ou are here to learn something. Don’t try to figure out what it is. This can be frustrating and unproductive."-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell
"Strange, how a moment of existence can cut so deeply into our being that while ages pass unnoticed, a brief love can structure and define the very topology of our consciousness ever after."-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell
"I could tell you of occasionally, every eon, meeting a person, with whom I might stay for a billion years. But what of it? After a billion years there is nothing left to say, and you wander apart, un…"-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell
14. Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
By: Cormac McCarthy
4.16
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
Blood Meridian is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expa… read more
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"See the child."-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
"If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay."-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
"Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle."-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
"There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto."-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
15. The Haar
By: David Sodergren
4.17
Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition
“I don’t fear death... but they do.” Muriel McAuley has lived in the Scottish fishing village of… read more
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16. Boys in the Valley
By: Philip Fracassi
4.18
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more
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" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley
"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley
"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley
17. All the Fiends of Hell
By: Adam L.G. Nevill
4.01
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe. Annihilation on a biblical scale. Seeing the mor… read more
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18. Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell
By: Nathan Ballingrud
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A gripping collection of six stories of terror—including the novella “The Visible Filth,” the basis… read more
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19. The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
By: James Islington
4.63
Format: 639 pages, Kindle Edition
At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secret… read more
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"Death is only meaningless if it does not change us, Vis."-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
"I am curious about no small number of things, but it's not fair to sate my curiosity at the expense of her pain."-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
"And this is the risk of our world, Diago. The flaw of our system is in its head. In us. The qualities of a king change the kingdom. And not one of us is perfect enough to have a right to lead ... I w…"-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
20. The Sword of Kaigen
By: M.L. Wang
4.47
Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition
A mother struggling to repress her violent past, A son struggling to grasp his violent future, A … read more
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"The enemy is a tornado. What are you going to do?' 'Kill it."-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen
"Flayed and boneless, he faced the creature he had awakened, this woman of god’s blood and fury."-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen
"I’ve never needed a sword to protect you—to raise you the way your father wanted. Caring for my family meant putting away the fighter, so I did."-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen
"This... you are my story... and I was so selfish, so tied to that shadow that I missed it. And my son, I— I’m so sorry it took me this long to understand. I’m sorry—"-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen
21. 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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- fiction
- historical fiction
- horror
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- audiobook
"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)
22. Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
By: Brom
4.29
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only… read more
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"You will think me foolish. But I wanted to be a fairy queen, to run barefoot through the woods, to sing like a bird and fly through the trees." She smiled. "To be able to talk to the animals."-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
"He stared up into the trees, watched them sway in the soft breeze, watched the sun drift slowly across the sky, hour after hour, until it began to sink from view, trying to let go, to let his mind dr…"-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
"Buzzing filled his ears, and he watched several bumblebees bounce from flower to flower. He found their hum soothing, and there, at the moment, felt he could watch them forever. He drank in the scent…"-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
23. The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3)
By: Richard Swan
4.11
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The third novel in an epic fantasy trilogy, which follows the tale of Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Empero… read more
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- fiction
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24. Hellmouth
By: Giles Kristian
4.00
Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition
Bohemia. 1370. A lost soul named Galien leads a band of hardened mercenaries on a mission for Mothe… read more
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25. The Spear Cuts Through Water
By: Simon Jimenez
4.19
Format: 525 pages, Hardcover
Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal fa… read more
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- fantasy
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- audiobook
"There is no correct way to shake hands with pain."-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water
"They fought because it was the easiest language they spoke."-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water
"I have lived a long time," she said. "And the longer I live, the more it surprises me, and saddens me, how wise the young must become to live in this world."-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water
"But the truth of the matter was they fought because Jun was grieving and Keema was terrified and Jun was exhilarated and Keema was joyful and Jun was exhausted and Keema was repulsed."-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water
26. Negative Space
By: B.R. Yeager
3.72
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
Four teens in a New Hampshire mill town abuse a bizarre hallucinogen called WHORL in order to cope … read more
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- horror
"I don't know whether I actually did anything. Whether I was actually responsible for or had any influence on her escape. But I let her believe it, because it meant the world could be something more t…"-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space
"I dreamed about a super computer that could raise anything in existence. First I erased all the spiders. Then I erased all the people, including myself. I wasn’t there anymore, but I could still thin…"-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space
"I dreamed about a super computer that could erase anything in existence. First I erased all the spiders. Then I erased all the people, including myself. I wasn’t there anymore, but I could still thin…"-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space
"I'm there now. Tell me I will succeed. That it's the world blinking out and not me, like the ones I've loved and tried to pull back. Tell me he'll never set the world afire. Tell me so I can finally …"-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space
27. Maggie's Grave
By: David Sodergren
4.06
Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition
The small Scottish town of Auchenmullan is dead, and has been for years. It sits in the shadow of a… read more
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28. Red Rabbit
By: Alex Grecian
4.18
Format: 455 pages, Hardcover
A folk horror epic about a ragtag posse that must track down a witch through a wild west beset by d… read more
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29. His Black Tongue
By: Mitchell Lüthi
3.41
Format: None pages, Paperback
There is no plague in Enfaire… Dead things have been found in the fields of Enfaire, a God-feari… read more
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30. Howls from the Dark Ages
By: P.L. McMillan
3.77
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Uncover the secret annals of untold history in these eighteen medieval manuscripts. Each tortured s… read more
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