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Date Type Language Title Authors Parent Title Parent Authors Tags
2024-10-15 NOVEL English An Instruction in Shadow Benedict Jacka     dark fantasy (1), contemporary (1)
2024-10-01 NOVEL English Candle & Crow Kevin Hearne     urban fantasy (1), Suspense (1), paranormal (1), humour (1), Action, (1), fantasy (1), contemporary (1)
2024-03-04 NOVEL English Merlin's Mantle Theophilus Monroe     contemporary (1), mystery (1), Suspense (1), urban fantasy (1)
2024-06-04 NOVEL English The God and the Gumiho Sophie Kim     fantasy (2), contemporary (1), Korean mythology (1), mystery (1), mythology (1), romance (1), Science Fiction, (1), urban fantasy (1)
2024-10-22 SHORTFICTION English The Wood at Midwinter Susanna Clarke     women (1), strong female characters (1), contemporary (1), Christmas (1), conversing with animals (1), woods (1), surrogate mother (1), saintliness (1)
2023-10-05 NOVEL English An Inheritance of Magic Benedict Jacka     contemporary (1), dark fantasy (1), fantasy (1), london (1), urban fantasy (1)
2023-05-17 NOVEL English Angelina Joel Shepherd     alternate history (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), urban fantasy (1)
2023-02-28 SHORTFICTION English The Crane Husband Kelly Barnhill     contemporary (1), Fairy Tales (1), fantasy (1), Folk Tales (1), legends (1), mythology (1)
2023-03-07 NOVEL English The God of Endings Jacqueline Holland     contemporary (1), fantasy (1), historical (1), horror (1), occult (1), paranormal (1), supernatural (1)
2023-06-08 NOVEL English Winter's Gifts Ben Aaronovitch     America (1), contemporary (1), crime (1), detective (1), fantasy (1), mystery (1), Police Procedural (1)
2022-04-07 NOVEL English Amongst Our Weapons Ben Aaronovitch     london (1), wizards (1), urban fantasy (1), supernatural (1), Police Procedural (1), paranormal (1), mythology (1), mystery (1), mage (1), action (1), legends (1), humor (1), Folk Tales (1), fantasy (1), detective (1), crime (1), contemporary (1)
2022-05-03 NOVEL English Ballad & Dagger Daniel José Older     young-adult fantasy (1), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), Hispanic (1), Latino (1), United States (1)
2022-10-11 NOVEL English Dead Man's Hand James J. Butcher     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1)
2022-03-01 NOVEL English Edgewood Kristen Ciccarelli     young-adult fantasy (1), contemporary (1), dark fantasy (1), Fairy Tales (1), fantasy (1), folklore (1), romance (1)
2022-11-28 NOVEL English Juniper Wiles and the Ghost Girls Charles de Lint     contemporary (1), fantasy (1), urban fantasy (1)
2022-02-01 NOVEL English Only a Monster Vanessa Len     fantasy (2), contemporary (1), horror (1), magic (1), paranormal (1), romance (1)
2022-08-02 NOVEL English The Last White Man Mohsin Hamid     race (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), city (1), family (1)
2022-08-23 NOVEL English The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches Sangu Mandanna     fantasy (2), contemporary (1), england (1), occult (1), romance (1), rural (1), small town (1), supernatural (1), wicca (1)
2022-06-03 SHORTFICTION English Walking Off Her Vanity Frank Sawielijew     female protagonist (1), fantasy (1), contemporary (1)
2021-10-26 NOVEL English Grave Reservations Cherie Priest     psychic (1), contemporary (1), detective (1), magical realism (1), mystery (1), Police Procedural (1), Women Sleuths (1), fantasy (1)
2021-03-02 NOVEL English Later Stephen King     horror (2), first person point of view (1), mother-son bonding (1), fraud (1), murder (1), illegal drugs (1), crooked police (1), lesbian couple (1), paranormal evil (1), serial bomber (1), illegal drug business (1), sees dead people (1), strong female characters (1), contemporary (1), novelist (1), literary agent (1), paranormal (1)
2021-02-09 SHORTFICTION English Our Language Yohanca Delgado     marriage (1), motherhood (1), transformation into creature (1), Dominican Republic (1), contemporary (1), female protagonist (1), first person point of view (1)
2021-08-10 NOVEL English Paper & Blood Kevin Hearne     fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), Australia (1), contemporary (1), paranormal (1), urban fantasy (1)
2021-11-30 NOVEL English Risen Benedict Jacka     action (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), paranormal (1), supernatural (1), urban fantasy (1)
2021-02-04 NOVEL English The Library of the Dead T. L. Huchu     alternate history (1), Amateur Sleuth (1), contemporary (1), crime (1), Edinburgh (1), fantasy (1), mystery (1), paranormal (1), urban fantasy (1)
2021-02-04 NOVEL English The Noose of a New Moon Helen Harper     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), london (1), magic (1), mystery (1), paranormal (1), shapeshifters (1), vampires (1), werewolves (1)
2020-09-01 NOVEL English A Killing Frost Seanan McGuire     urban fantasy (2), paranormal (1), fantasy (1), contemporary (1)
2020-11-00 SHORTFICTION English And This Is How to Stay Alive Shingai Njeri Kagunda     fantasy (1), time travel (1), suicide (1), siblings (1), LGBTQ (1), Kenya (1), contemporary (1), multiple points of view (1), bullying (1), African traditional reality (1)
2020-09-29 NOVEL English Battle Ground Jim Butcher     urban fantasy (2), action (1), Chicago (1), contemporary (1), detective (1), fantasy (1), vampires (1)
2020-07-00 SHORTFICTION English Crawfather Mel Kassel     First person plural point of view (1), contemporary (1), horror (1), monster (1), family (1)
2020-11-15 SHORTFICTION English Did You Die at Home? Alexander Chee     contemporary (1), North Koreans (1), East Germany (1), spies (1), lovers (1), farewell (1), ghost (1)
2020-02-20 NOVEL English False Value Ben Aaronovitch     urban fantasy (2), action (1), contemporary (1), crime (1), detective (1), fantasy (1), london (1), mage (1), mystery (1), Police Procedural (1), supernatural (1), wizards (1)
2020-11-24 NOVEL English Forged Benedict Jacka     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), london (1), Mages (1), magic (1), occult (1), paranormal (1), supernatural (1)
2020-04-00 SHORTFICTION English Glass Bottle Dancer Celeste Rita Baker     fantasy (2), cockroaches (1), contemporary (1), Caribbean dialect (1), Caribbean (1), female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), insect point of view (1), multiple points of view (1), first person point of view (1), dancing (1), bottles (1)
2020-07-12 SHORTFICTION English If Wishes Was Horses David Mitchell     first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), prison (1), illness (1), phantom (1)
2020-08-25 NOVEL English Ink & Sigil Kevin Hearne     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), folklore (1), humour (1), murder (1), mystery (1), mythology (1)
2020-11-17 SHORTFICTION English Last Stand in Lychford Paul Cornell     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), fairy (1), witchcraft (1), witches (1)
2020-07-12 SHORTFICTION English Line 19 Woodstock / Glisan Karen Russell     Time (1), contemporary (1), Night (1), bus (1), female protagonist (1)
2020-09-15 NOVEL English Piranesi Susanna Clarke     fantasy (1), water (1), Nomeados ao Hugo em Português (1), parallel worlds (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), mystery (1), United States (1), labyrinth (1), amnesia (1), skeletons (1), statues (1), journals (1), strong female character (1), occultist (1)
2020-07-12 SHORTFICTION English Recognition Victor LaValle     ghost (1), apartment building (1), first person point of view (1), Covid-19 (1), contemporary (1), New York City (1), death (1)
2020-09-01 SHORTFICTION English Shine in Pearl Seanan McGuire     contemporary (1), fantasy (1), paranormal (1), urban fantasy (1)
2020-07-31 COLLECTION English Tales from the Folly Ben Aaronovitch     collection (1), contemporary (1), detective (1), fantasy (1), london (1), mystery (1), police (1), urban fantasy (1)
2020-03-24 NOVEL English The City We Became N. K. Jemisin     fantasy (1), contemporary (1), magic (1), New York (1), supernatural (1), urban fantasy (1), Nomeados ao Hugo em Português (1), Lovecraftian (1)
2020-07-00 SHORTFICTION English The Inaccessibility of Heaven Aliette de Bodard     angels (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), Magazine (1), magic (1), myth (1)
2020-08-13 NOVEL English The Midnight Library Matt Haig     contemporary (1), fantasy (1), literary (1), science fiction (1), time travel (1), women (1), suicide (1)
2020-10-15 SHORTFICTION English The Rat Yohanca Delgado     fantasy (1), female protagonist (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), grief (1), rat (1)
2019-05-00 SHORTFICTION English Chasing Oumuamua Sean Monaghan     first person point of view (1), female protagonist (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), family (1), mental illness (1), NASA (1), Oumuamua (1), interstellar object (1), space probe (1), engineering (1)
2019-09-24 NOVEL English Fallen Benedict Jacka     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), london (1), Mages (1), magic (1), occult (1), paranormal (1), supernatural (1)
2019-02-12 SHORTFICTION English Horsepower & Medicine Charles de Lint     contemporary (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), urban fantasy (1)
2019-05-07 NOVEL English Middlegame Seanan McGuire     alchemy (2), fantasy (2), action (1), contemporary (1), dark fantasy (1), Nomeados ao Hugo em Português (1)
2019-10-08 NOVEL English Ninth House Leigh Bardugo     urban fantasy (1), thriller (1), supernatural (1), Privilege (1), occult (1), magic (1), fantasy (1), contemporary (1), alternate reality (1)
2019-02-26 NOVEL English Phoenix Falling Laura Bickle     urban fantasy (2), weird west (2), alchemy (1), contemporary (1), dark fantasy (1), fantasy (1), love (1), magic (1), mystery (1), United States (1)
2019-05-14 NOVEL English Sync K. P. Kyle     science fiction (1), parallel universe (1), thriller (1), contemporary (1)
2019-11-05 NOVEL English The Book of Lost Saints Daniel José Older     ghosts (2), contemporary (1), Cuba (1), Cuban Revolution (1), family life (1), fantasy (1), Hispanic (1), historical (1), Latino (1), magical realism (1), USA (1)
2019-02-28 SHORTFICTION English The Buzz Kill Kevin Hearne     Australia (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), humour (1), murder (1), urban fantasy (1)
2019-11-19 CHAPBOOK English The Lights Go Out in Lychford Paul Cornell     Apparitions (1), contemporary (1), faery (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), urban fantasy (1), witchcraft (1), witches (1)
2019-09-03 NOVEL English The Nightjar Deborah Hewitt     contemporary fantasy (1), contemporary (1), Fairy Tales (1), fantasy (1), Folk Tales (1), legends (1), london (1), mythology (1), paranormal (1), urban fantasy (1)
2019-05-31 SHORTFICTION English The October Man Ben Aaronovitch     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), crime (1), detective (1), fantasy (1), Germany (1), mage (1), mystery (1), Police Procedural (1), supernatural (1), Trier (1), Warlock (1), wizard (1)
2019-05-14 NOVEL English The Plague Stones James Brogden     horror (3), contemporary (1), london (1), occult (1), revenge (1), supernatural (1), thriller (1)
2019-11-05 NOVEL English The Starless Sea Erin Morgenstern     magical realism (2), Fairy Tales (2), contemporary (1), epic (1), fantasy (1), Folk Tales (1), legends (1), romance (1)
2019-09-03 NOVEL English The Unkindest Tide Seanan McGuire     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), fae (1), faery (1), fairies (1), Fairy Tales (1), fantasy (1), Folk Tales (1), legends (1), magic (1), mythology (1), paranormal (1), romance (1)
2018-11-11 SHORTFICTION English Alma and Esperanza's Tragic Quest: A Story in 10 Parts Diana Abu-Jaber and Jaquira Diaz and Sarah Gerhard and Lauren Groff and Andres Holleran and Lindsay Hunter and Alissa Nutting and Karen Russell and Laura van den Berg and Jeff VanderMeer     Florida (1), female protagonists (1), twins (1), Disney World (1), manatees (1), palmetto bug (1), mall (1), sinkhole (1), dead mother (1), quest (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), curse (1), blessing (1), future (1), dolphins (1)
2018-08-07 NOVEL English Alternate Routes Tim Powers     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), America (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), paranormal (1), spies (1), supernatural (1)
2018-08-00 SHORTFICTION English Dead Air Nino Cipri     horror (1), epistolary format (1), lesbians (1), ghost voices (1), weird family (1), contemporary (1), Washington state (1), female protagonist (1)
2018-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Dead Lovers on Each Blade, Hung Usman T. Malik     contemporary (1), magic (1), Mythic (1), Pakistan (1), Lahore (1), horror (1), snake venom (1), child bride (1), first person point of view (1), heroin addict (1)
2018-09-18 NOVEL English Hallowdene George Mann     contemporary (1), Detectve (1), supernatural (1), fantasy (1), Folk Tales (1), horror (1), legends (1), murder (1), mystery (1), mythology (1)
2018-11-15 NOVEL English Lies Sleeping Ben Aaronovitch     urban fantasy (2), wizard (1), Warlock (1), supernatural (1), Police Procedural (1), mystery (1), mage (1), london (1), fantasy (1), detective (1), crime (1), contemporary (1)
2018-07-03 NOVEL English Marked Benedict Jacka     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), london (1), Mages (1), magic (1), occult (1), paranormal (1), supernatural (1)
2018-11-11 SHORTFICTION English Muzik di Zumbi Akwaeke Emezi     music (1), freedom (1), price (1), memory (1), fantasy (1), child protagonist (1), female protagonist (1), death (1), Curacao (1), second person point of view (1), contemporary (1), dead protagonist (1)
2018-11-25 SHORTFICTION English Neid-Fire Caldon Mull     weird fantasy (1), magical reality (1), contemporary (1), African speculative fiction (1), paranormal mystery (1)
2018-09-19 SHORTFICTION English Nine Last Days on Planet Earth Daryl Gregory     contemporary (1), alien plants (1), meteorites (1)
2018-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Poor Unfortunate Fools Silvia Park     mermaids and mermen (1), research (1), alternate reality (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1)
2018-04-03 NOVEL English Scourged Kevin Hearne     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), Druidism (1), druids (1), Fairy Tales (1), Folk Tales (1), humourous (1), legends (1), magic (1), mythology (1), paranormal (1)
2018-07-00 NOVEL English The Book of Hidden Things Francesco Dimitri     contemporary (1), fantasy (1), friendship (1), italy (1), mafia (1), mystery (1)
2018-03-17 NOVEL English The Green Man's Heir Juliet E. McKenna     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), england (1), fantasy (1), mystery (1), myth (1), mythical creatures (1), supernatural (1)
2018-08-29 SHORTFICTION English The Kite Maker Brenda Peynado     first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), alien immigrants (1), xenophobia (1), kites (1)
2018-01-16 NOVEL English The Myth Manifestation Lisa Shearin     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), paranormal (1), romance (1)
2018-04-16 COLLECTION English The Official Report on Human Activity Kim D. Hunter     surrealism (1), African American (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), surreal (1)
2018-05-22 NOVEL English The Outsider Stephen King     Suspense (1), horror (1), into-tv (1), smalltown (1), families (1), police (1), serial killer (1), contemporary (1), Oklahoma (1), ancient evil (1), doppelganger (1), strong female character (1)
2018-11-11 SHORTFICTION English The Three Women, the Bear and the Fox Peter Rock     traveler (1), death (1), memory (1), senile dementia (1), bear (1), fox (1), telephone (1), fantasy (1), contemporary (1), Montana (1)
2018-10-23 SHORTFICTION English Through the Flash Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah     time loop (1), science fiction (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), female protagonist (1), teenage protagonist (1), strong female character (1), psychopath (1), remorse (1), repentance (1), atomic bomb (1), family (1)
2018-11-01 SHORTFICTION English What Everyone Knows Seanan McGuire     kaiju (1), motherhood (1), sea monster (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), Seattle (1)
2018-11-11 SHORTFICTION English What We Did for Love Michael Cunningham     fantasy (1), first person point of view (1), fairy (1), love (1), poet (1), dancer (1), Montreal (1), art (1), sacrifice (1), contemporary (1), poets (1)
2018-11-11 SHORTFICTION English Who Pays? Sarah Hall     forest (1), fantasy (1), women (1), men (1), magic well (1), Turkey (1), contemporary (1), celebration (1)
2018-02-27 NOVEL English Witch Creek Laura Bickle     weird west (2), urban fantasy (2), alchemy (2), contemporary (1), dark fantasy (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), mystery (1), United States (1)
2017-10-10 CHAPBOOK English A Long Day in Lychford Paul Cornell     Clergy (1), contemporary (1), faery (1), urban fantasy (1), witchcraft (1), witches (1)
2017-06-06 NOVEL English All Good Things Emma Newman     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), fae (1), faery (1), fairy (1), fantasy (1), Gargoyle (1), london (1), paranormal (1), romance (1)
2017-04-04 NOVEL English Bound Benedict Jacka     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), london (1), Mages (1), magic (1), psychics (1), fantasy (1)
2017-03-21 NOVEL English Chalk Paul Cornell     horror (2), dark fantasy (2), contemporary (1), fantasy (1)
2017-03-08 SHORTFICTION English Come See the Living Dryad Theodora Goss     contemporary (1), historical (1), mystery (1)
2017-06-06 CHAPBOOK English Dead Light March Daniel José Older     action (1), adventure (1), Brooklyn (1), contemporary (1), diversity (1), friendship (1), ghosts (1), Hispanic (1), Latino (1), magic (1), Multicultural (1), United States (1), urban fantasy (1)
2017-08-15 NOVEL English Ferocious Paula Stokes     young-adult sf (1), virtual reality (1), thriller (1), Suspense (1), action (1), science fiction (1), People Trafficking (1), contemporary (1), adventure (1)
2017-07-17 NOVEL English In Other Lands Sarah Rees Brennan     young-adult fantasy (1), contemporary (1), Fairy Tales (1), fantasy (1), folklore (1), Growth (1), humour (1), love (1), Romantic (1), mythical creatures (1)
2017-04-18 NOVEL English Legend Has It Elliott James     urban fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), paranormal (1), speculative fiction (1)
2017-03-21 NOVEL English Phantom Pains Mishell Baker     urban fantasy (2), contemporary (1), faery (1), Fairy Tales (1), fantasy (1), Folk Tales (1), Hard-Boiled (1), legends (1), Mental Health (1), mental illness (1), mystery (1), mythology (1), fae (1), detective (1)
2017-06-13 NOVEL English The Changeling Victor LaValle     horror (2), literary fantasy (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), speculative fiction (1), literary (1), Magic Realism (1), mystery (1), witches (1), magical realism (1)
2017-06-00 SHORTFICTION English The Furthest Station Ben Aaronovitch     urban fantasy (2), london (2), contemporary (1), detective (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), mystery (1), supernatural (1)
2017-08-15 CHAPBOOK English The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion Margaret Killjoy     Political (1), police (1), horror (1), fantasy (1), dark fantasy (1), contemporary (1), urban fantasy (1)
2017-07-25 SHORTFICTION English The Man in Room Eleven Michael Cunningham     New Haven (1), hotel (1), gothic (1), horror (1), contemporary (1)
2017-08-31 NOVEL English Tom and Lovey: Under the Moon Into the Wood G. R. Jerry     devil (1), first person point of view (1), human-animal hybrids (1), contemporary (1), United States (1), small town (1), multiple points of view (1), horror (1), native americans (1), christianity (1), human sacrifice (1), manichaeism (1), strong female characters (1)
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