A Stroke of the Pen
By: Terry Pratchett
4.03
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black a…
Want to Read $ 11.99"Dragons Invade The Crumbling Castle Area,’ shouted the first page (this was the headline), and then he said in an ordinary voice: ‘For full details hear Page Three."-Terry Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen
"Dragons Invade The Crumbling Castle Area,’ shouted the first page (this was the headline), and then he said in an ordinary voice: ‘For full details hear Page Three."-Terry Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen
If you liked the magic plot in A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett , here is a list of 11 books like this:
1. I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons
By: Peter S. Beagle
3.78
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
A cast of characters trapped within their roles of dragon hunter, princess, and more must come toge… read more
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- humor
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Fear cannot breed where there is action."-Peter S. Beagle, I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons
2. The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)
By: Patrick Rothfuss
4.07
Format: 240 pages, ebook
Bast knows how to bargain. The give-and-take of a negotiation is as familiar to him as the in-and-o… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- magic
- short stories
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Laughter was the true applause you offered to the world for being beautiful."-Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)
"But this? Convincing someone of the truth they were too twisted up to see? How could Bast begin to loosen such a knot? It was baffling. These creatures, fraught and frayed in their desire. A snake wo…"-Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)
"What he was asking for was, effectively, a story without all the conflict. Without tension and animosity. Without many of the things I'd been taught were essential to storytelling. This wasn't a tota…"-Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)
3. 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
- magic
- fiction
- audiobook
"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
4. 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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- humor
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"(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)
5. Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)
By: Travis Baldree
4.20
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we nee… read more
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- fantasy
- magic
- fiction
- audiobook
"See you in the story past the story."-Travis Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)
6. Starter Villain
By: John Scalzi
4.16
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more
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- humor
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
- comedy
- audiobook
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
7. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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- humor
- comedy
- audiobook
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
8. Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography
By: Rob Wilkins
4.68
Format: 435 pages, Hardcover
'People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it’s the other way around.' At the tim… read more
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- humor
- audiobook
9. Winter's Gifts (Rivers of London, #9.5)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
3.99
Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition
When retired FBI Agent Patrick Henderson calls in an ‘X-Ray Sierra India’ incident, the operator do… read more
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- fantasy
- magic
- fiction
- audiobook
"My decision to apply to be a special agent crept up on me some time between the case of the spontaneously exploding tractor and the cows that ate Paris, Arkansas."-Ben Aaronovitch, Winter's Gifts (Rivers of London, #9.5)
10. Szary płaszcz (Drużyna do zadań specjalnych, #5)
By: Marcin Mortka
4.23
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Zima przyszła, ale spokój nie będzie trwał długo. Doliną zawładnęła zima, ale Edmund zwany Kocio… read more
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- fantasy
- magic
- fiction
- audiobook
11. Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)
By: Jasper Fforde
4.50
Format: 459 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Shades of Grey—in an exclusive edition… read more
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- humor
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Choice," went the Word of Munsell, "leads only to dithering and unhealthy speculation over alternative outcomes. The choice to have no choice is the best choice of all."-Jasper Fforde, Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)
12. A Stroke of the Pen
By: Terry Pratchett
4.03
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black a… read more
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- humor
- science fiction fantasy
- magic
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
- comedy
- audiobook
"Dragons Invade The Crumbling Castle Area,’ shouted the first page (this was the headline), and then he said in an ordinary voice: ‘For full details hear Page Three."-Terry Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen
13. Relight My Fire (Stranger Times, #4)
By: C.K. McDonnell
4.48
Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition
Some comebacks can be murder . . . Stella is enjoying life as an almost student, or at least she… read more
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- humor
- magic
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
14. What You Need to Be Warm
By: Neil Gaiman
4.20
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
During the coldest season, when the world feels scary—what do you remember about being warm? Baked … read more
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15. Rivers of London Vol. 11: Here Be Dragons
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.14
Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition
Some say a dangerous monster is at large above the streets of London. A monster red in tooth and cl… read more
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- fantasy
- magic
- fiction
16. 42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams
By: Douglas Adams
4.21
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Over 60 boxes full of notebooks, research, letters, scripts, jokes, speeches, to-do lists, hard dri… read more
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- humor
17. Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being A Witch
By: Rhianna Pratchett
4.57
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
"They say you don't find witchcraft, it finds you . . ." An illustrated and practical guide to b… read more
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- humor
- magic
- fiction
- fantasy
- comedy
18. Els confins i la tenebra (Stella Signata #1)
By: Ricard Efa
4.30
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Una sublevació militar amenaça amb trencar la Pau dels Confins, el sistema solar on la humanitat ha… read more
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- science fiction
19. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
By: Katherine Rundell
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more
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- fantasy
- magic
- fiction
- audiobook
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
20. The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
New York City, New York. Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad - … read more
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- fantasy
- magic
- fiction
- audiobook
21. Terry Pratchett: HisWorld - A Brief Guide to Discworld
By: Stephen Briggs
4.50
Format: 60 pages, Hardcover
Launched to celebrate the new exhibition at Salisbury Museum, Terry Pratchett: HisWorld, this colle… read more
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- fantasy
