How to Be Eaten
By: Maria Adelmann
3.60
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
This darkly funny and provocative novel reimagines classic fairy tale characters as modern women in…
Want to Read $ 11.99"But something changes after tragedy,"-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten
"Morals create a labyrinth of rules geared toward blaming the victim"-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten
"What if, for some of us, moving on involves finding good in the bad? Or being thankful for how we changed? That doesn't mean we wished it to happen."-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten
"Maybe just don't leave the house at all", Gretel pipes in. "Maybe stay home". "But isn't that where accidents happen?" says Ashlee. "So lock all of the doors", says Ruby. "Doesn't always help", says Bernice. "Don't let anyone in," says Ashlee. (...) "Especiallynot if you trust them", says Gretel."-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten
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1. Rouge
By: Mona Awad
3.56
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lone… read more
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- magical realism
- fiction
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"If I had beauty, I decided then, I would never throw it away. I would never give it up."-Mona Awad, Rouge
"I mean, we all have our dark days. Very dark days, sometimes. When our demons come out to play. No one lives entirely in the light, right?"-Mona Awad, Rouge
"That I can’t protect you from my terrible places that I still go, can’t help but go because no one protected me, no one saved me, no one ever held out their hand and walked me away. But I’m trying to…"-Mona Awad, Rouge
2. Nestlings
By: Nat Cassidy
3.86
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the c… read more
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- fiction
- horror
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"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are. It’s an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway. A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."-Nat Cassidy, Nestlings
3. The Familiar
By: Leigh Bardugo
3.84
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishavers… read more
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- magical realism
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
"There was nothing more dangerous than a woman witha pen in her hand."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
"She was allowed to want more for herself. And even if she wasn't, she would find a way to get it."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
"And you're not afraid...of the devil? Of his minions? "Fear men, Luzia," he said. "Fear their ambition and the crimes they commit in its service. But don't fear magic or what you may do with it."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
4. 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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- retellings
- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- 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)
5. Diavola
By: Jennifer Marie Thorne
3.95
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
6. 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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- fiction
- horror
- contemporary
- adult
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- audiobook
"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
7. Black Sheep
By: Rachel Harrison
3.60
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
A cynical twentysomething must confront her unconventional family’s dark secrets in this fiery, irr… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"How can anyone know when ruin wears the disguise of love?"-Rachel Harrison, Black Sheep
"I hoped wherever she was, she was having a shitty time, had an itch in a place she couldn't scratch."-Rachel Harrison, Black Sheep
8. 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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- adult
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- audiobook
"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
9. The Salt Grows Heavy
By: Cassandra Khaw
3.59
Format: 106 pages, Hardcover
From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewi… read more
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- retellings
- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"And you shall know her by the trail of dead"-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
"There is nothing wrong with being a monster."-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
"A thousand mythologies contributed to my conception."-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
"The truth liberates; it cannot cripple or maul, cannot injure, not unless one declares themselves its apostate."-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
10. Starling House
By: Alix E. Harrow
3.83
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E. Harrow about a small town haunted by secrets that ca… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"You’re a pretty good liar"-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House
"Survival is a hard habit to break."-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House
"Maybe the truth is always messy that way."-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House
"the Bible only got it half right: there were demons aplenty, but no fire at all"-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House
11. Piglet
By: Lottie Hazell
3.47
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An elegant, razor-sharp debut about women's ambitions and appetites—and the truth about having it a… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"She picked up salted butter, thick Greek yoghurt, and cream. The menu was not modest. Her basket was already heavy with Charlotte potatoes, fresh herbs, and a Duchy chicken. It was too hot for a roas…"-Lottie Hazell, Piglet
"She picked up salted butter, thick Greek yoghurt, and cream. The menu was not modest. Her basket was already heavy with Charlotte potatoes, fresh herbs, and a Duchy chicken. It was too hot for a roas…"-Lottie Hazell, Piglet
"She opened the capers, green and freckled as amphibians, and with a teaspoon eased them from their brine. The olives were next, and she pushed pits from the aubergine-dark fruits, dropping their fles…"-Lottie Hazell, Piglet
"On the platter before her there was a bowl of beef bourguignon, the sauce dark with merlot; the corner of dauphinoise potatoes, gruyère-crusted top browned, bubbled with heat; there was a small plate…"-Lottie Hazell, Piglet
12. How to Be Eaten
By: Maria Adelmann
3.60
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
This darkly funny and provocative novel reimagines classic fairy tale characters as modern women in… read more
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- fairy tales
- retellings
- magical realism
- feminism
- fiction
- contemporary
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"But something changes after tragedy,"-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten
"Morals create a labyrinth of rules geared toward blaming the victim"-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten
"What if, for some of us, moving on involves finding good in the bad? Or being thankful for how we changed? That doesn't mean we wished it to happen."-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten
"Maybe just don't leave the house at all", Gretel pipes in. "Maybe stay home". "But isn't that where accidents happen?" says Ashlee. "So lock all of the doors", says Ruby. "Doesn't always help", says …"-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten
13. Horror Movie
By: Paul Tremblay
3.45
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
14. The Book of Gothel: Memoir of a Witch
By: Mary McMyne
3.84
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Everyone knows the story of Rapunzel in her tower, but do you know the story of the witch who put h… read more
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- retellings
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- fantasy
- audiobook
15. The Ministry of Time
By: Kaliane Bradley
3.62
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the natu… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
- audiobook
"And then when she was given a second chance, she caught the sword and came up singing."-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
"You'll have lived through heat waves by now, and you'll know that they make time go utterly Dali clocks."-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
"What was it like, to be the only one who came back? The only one who still had a body to touch, to hurt, to yearn with? The last one still able to die?"-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
"He was here, by and with and in my body. He lives in me like trauma does. If you ever fall in love, you’ll be a person who was in love for the rest of your life."-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
16. The God of Endings
By: Jacqueline Holland
3.80
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Collette LeSange has been hiding a dark secret: She is immortal. In 1834, Collette’s grandfather gr… read more
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- horror
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- fantasy
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17. Annie Bot
By: Sierra Greer
3.83
Format: 231 pages, Hardcover
Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner, Doug. Designed to satisfy h… read more
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- feminism
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
18. Sin Eater
By: Megan Campisi
3.61
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
For the crime of stealing bread, fourteen-year-old May receives a life sentence: she must become a … read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
- audiobook
"It's always women who eat sins, since it was Eve who first ate a sin: the Forbidden Fruit."-Megan Campisi, Sin Eater
"The Sin Eater walks among us, unseen, unheard Sins of our flesh become sins of Hers Following Her to the grave, unseen, unheard The Sin Eater Walks Among Us."-Megan Campisi, Sin Eater
"With how you came into the world and what you've seen lately you should know, the more you live, the more the sinner and the saint can't be pulled apart. All of us just getting by."-Megan Campisi, Sin Eater
"Don’t I know by now that folk see their sins in the way they choose? There’s always a reason as to why selfishness is not really selfish and crimes are honest and waiting safely by while somefolk els…"-Megan Campisi, Sin Eater
19. Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories
By: GennaRose Nethercott
3.76
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
From the author of the breakout fantasy novel Thistlefoot : a collection of dark fairytales and fra… read more
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- retellings
- magical realism
- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
20. The Devil and Mrs. Davenport
By: Paulette Kennedy
4.24
Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition
The bestselling author of The Witch of Tin Mountain and Parting the Veil mines the subtle horrors o… read more
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