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How the Marquis Got His Coat Back
by Neil Gaiman
The Marquis de Carabas searches for his stolen coat in the magical underworld of London.
Paterson Joseph stars as the Marquis de Carabas in this brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Neil Gaiman's spin-off short story, set in the magical world of Neverwhere . Returning us to ... (Barnes & Noble)
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
A mysterious journey through a hidden realm of London, filled with danger and unexpected allies.
Neverwhere is the story of Richard Mayhew and his trials and tribulations in London. At the start of the story, he is a young businessman, recently moved from Scotland and with a normal life ahead. ... (Wikipedia)
Fortunately, the Milk
by Neil Gaiman
A wild and wacky journey through time and space, involving pirates and dinosaurs.
An absolute delight of a madcap story for the young (and young-at-heart) by New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, with equal parts pirates and piranhas, adventure and aliens, oddity and ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Hedge Knight
by George R.R. Martin
A lowborn squire's quest to become a knight, amidst a tapestry of political intrigue and personal conflict.
A novella originally published August 25, 1998 in the Legends anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg. Set in the world of the Song of Ice and Fire series eighty-nine years before the events of the ... (Goodreads)
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
by Bryan Lee O'Malley
A young man's misadventures in love, learning lessons of responsibility and maturity.
Scott Pilgrim's life is totally sweet. He's 23 years old, he's in a rock band, he's "between jobs," and he's dating a cute high school girl. Nothing could possibly go wrong, unless a seriously ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Call of Cthulhu
by H.P. Lovecraft
A tale of horror and mystery, as a man investigates an ancient cult's dark secrets.
The story's narrator, Francis Wayland Thurston, recounts his discovery of various notes left behind by his great uncle, George Gammell Angell, a prominent professor of Semitic languages at Brown ... (Wikipedia)
Scott Pilgrim, Volume 3: Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness
by Bryan Lee O'Malley
A comedic exploration of love, relationships, and modern life through the lens of a young man.
Scott Pilgrim, a 23-year-old slacker, lives in Toronto with his roommate Wallace Wells. He is the bass player for Sex Bob-omb, an unsuccessful band consisting of himself, guitarist Stephen Stills, ... (Wikipedia)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
A young girl falls down a rabbit hole into a fantastical world filled with peculiar creatures and nonsensical situations.
Enjoy Lewis Carroll's, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, as you've never seen it before. Now in paperback, Andrea D'Aquino's modern, illustrative interpretation of this classic tale follows Alice on ... (Goodreads)
Saga, Volume 3
by Brian K. Vaughan
A family's epic adventure of survival in a dangerous and unpredictable universe.
The Eisner, Harvey, and Hugo Award-winning phenomenon continues, as new parents Marko and Alana travel to an alien world to visit their hero, while the family's pursuers finally close in on their ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Bear and the Nightingale
by Katherine Arden
A folktale of a brave girl who defies the dark forces threatening her village.
At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn't mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a ... (Goodreads)
From Hell
by Alan Moore
A gripping story of murder, conspiracy and suspense set in 19th century London.
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence , also known as Prince Eddy, marries and fathers a child with Annie Crook, a shop girl in London's East End . Prince Eddy had visited the area under an assumed ... (Wikipedia)
Kingdom Come
by Mark Waid
An exploration of a dystopian future, and the heroes who struggle to save it.
In this Elseworlds story, Superman and the Justice League abandon their roles as superheroes after the rise and strong public support of a superhero named Magog , who has no qualms about ... (Wikipedia)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
by Angela Carter
A collection of subversive, darkly fantastical tales exploring the power of femininity.
Angela Carter was a storytelling sorceress, the literary godmother of Neil Gaiman, David Mitchell, Audrey Niffenegger, J. K. Rowling, Kelly Link, and other contemporary masters of supernatural ... (Goodreads)
This Immortal
by Roger Zelazny
Conrad Nomikos, an immortal, escorts a group of tourists through a post-apocalyptic Earth while dealing with political intrigue and personal demons.
After being devastated by a nuclear war, the Earth is a planet with a population of only 4 million, overrun by a variety of mutated lifeforms. Worse, much of the Earth is now owned by the Vegans, a ... (Wikipedia)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
A murder mystery set in an alternate reality, with characters that explore the boundaries of identity and tradition.
The book opens with Meyer Landsman, an alcoholic homicide detective with the Sitka police department, examining the murder of a man in the hotel where Landsman lives. Beside the corpse lies an open ... (Wikipedia)
The Burning Sky
by Sherry Thomas
A young elemental mage disguises herself as a boy to escape an arranged marriage and becomes embroiled in a dangerous plot to overthrow the magical realm's tyrannical ruler.
Magic, romance, and intrigue combine in this extraordinary novel—the first in the Elemental Trilogy—for fans of Cinda Williams Chima and Kristin Cashore. Publishers Weekly called it "a wonderfully ... (Barnes & Noble)
Wool Omnibus
by Hugh Howey
Uncovering the truth behind a post-apocalyptic world, where society is hidden beneath a giant dome.
The story of Wool takes place on a post-apocalyptic Earth. , Humanity clings to survival in the Silo, a subterranean city extending one hundred forty-four stories beneath the surface. The series ... (Wikipedia)
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
Set in an alternate 1962, a man must confront a dark and oppressive new world order.
It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In San Francisco, the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some twenty ... (Goodreads)
Ajax Penumbra 1969
by Robin Sloan
A prequel to "Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore," Ajax Penumbra travels to San Francisco to find a mysterious book.
August 1969 San Francisco. Ajax Penumbra seeks a book–the single surviving copy of the Techne Tycheon , a mysterious volume that has brought and lost great fortune for anyone who has owned it. Late ... (Goodreads)
Saga, Volume 1
by Brian K. Vaughan
A young family from opposite sides of a galactic war fight to survive and protect their newborn child.
Each issue of Saga is titled with a numerical Chapter, such as "Chapter 1" for the debut issue. Every six chapters comprise a story arc designated as a "Volume" and are reprinted as trade paperbacks. ... (Wikipedia)
The Gospel of Loki
by Joanne M. Harris
The trickster god Loki narrates his own story, from his birth to his role in Ragnarok, in this humorous and irreverent retelling of Norse mythology.
“A surprise from the author of Chocolat ,” New York Times bestselling author Joanne M. Harris, “this pacy adult fantasy is narrated by Loki, the Norse god of fire and mischief” ( Vogue ). This novel ... (Barnes & Noble)
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume II
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Collection of exciting mysteries, solved by the world’s greatest detective.
Since his first appearance in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback ... (Goodreads)
The Last Mortal Bond
by Brian Staveley
The final battle between the Annurian Empire and the Csestriim is at hand, as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
The climactic third and final novel in the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne The trilogy that began with The Emperor's Blades and continued in The Providence of Fire reaches its epic conclusion, as war ... (Goodreads)
The Fifth Season
by N.K. Jemisin
A world where seismic and magical disasters ravage the land, and a woman's journey to save humanity.
In a prologue, an extraordinarily powerful orogene discusses the sad state of the world and laments the oppression of his race. He then uses his enormous power to fracture the entire continent along ... (Wikipedia)
The Sworn Sword
by George R.R. Martin
A tale of chivalry, loyalty, and honor as a knight undertakes a perilous quest.
The Sworn Sword is a novella by George R. R. Martin that first appeared in the Legends II anthology series. This is the second in the series of Dunk and Egg stories. ... (Goodreads)
Tales of the Peculiar
by Ransom Riggs
Mysterious, fantastical stories of peculiar people with extraordinary abilities.
Before Miss Peregrine gave them a home, the story of peculiars was written in the Tales. Wealthy cannibals who dine on the discarded limbs of peculiars. A fork-tongued princess. The origins of the ... (Goodreads)
Parker Pyne Investigates
by Agatha Christie
Parker Pyne, a detective who specializes in solving problems of the heart, takes on a series of cases that lead him to uncovering dark secrets and hidden motives.
Agatha Christie's name is synonymous with brilliant deception, ingenious puzzles, and surprise denouements. The Queen of Crime. Curious? Then you're invited to read ... 'Parker Pyne Investigates'. In ... (Goodreads)
The Lonely Hearts Hotel
by Heather O'Neill
Two orphans with extraordinary talents fall in love and create a magical circus, but their pasts catch up with them.
With echoes of The Night Circus , a spellbinding story about two gifted orphans in love with each other since they can remember whose childhood talents allow them to rewrite their future. The Lonely ... (Goodreads)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A man's internal struggle between good and evil forces, as he attempts to reconcile his dual personalities.
Gabriel John Utterson and his cousin Richard Enfield reach the door of a large house on their weekly walk. Enfield tells Utterson that months ago, he saw a sinister-looking man named Edward Hyde ... (Wikipedia)
Arm of the Sphinx
by Josiah Bancroft
The crew of the Stone Cloud airship is hired to retrieve a mysterious artifact from the Sphinx's arm, leading to unexpected adventures.
Senlin continues his ascent up the tower in the word-of-mouth phenomenon fantasy series about one man's dangerous journey through a labyrinthine world. "One of my favorite books of all time" — Mark ... (Barnes & Noble)
