AmongReaders.com Add a tiny library
📚 AmongReaders — track what you read, talk chapter by chapter without spoilers, and read with friends. Free.Join AmongReadersSign in

🧲 Books like this

Blood Lite

Kevin J. Anderson · back to the book

What’s in it

Tap a tag: ❤ = this matters to me · tap again ✕ = don’t care · again to reset. The list below updates each time.

24 books with the same feel

Include books by the same author
❤️

Blood Lite III: Aftertaste

Kevin J. Anderson, Jim Butcher, J.G. Faherty, Stephen Dorato, Jeff Ryan, Mike Resnick, Lezli Robyn, Will Ludwigsen, Heather Graham, Daniel Pyle, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, L.A. Banks, John Alfred Taylor, David Sakmyster, Norman Prentiss, Don D'Ammassa, Adrian Ludens, Chris Abbey, D.L. Snell, Ken Lillie-Pa · 456 pages

AnthologyDark ComedyHorrorShort Stories
❤️

Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

Neil Gaiman · 352 pages

"En las manos maestras de Neil Gaiman, la magia es mucho más que un mero juego de engaños. La destreza y el poder de invención de este gran fabulador transforman el entorno cotidiano en un mundo hechizado por sucesos sombríos y extraños, en el que una anciana puede comprar el Santo Grial en una tienda de segunda mano, unos asesinos se anuncian en los clasificados de un periódico bajo la rúbrica ±C

AnthologyDark ComedyShort StoriesHorror
❤️

Creepshow

Stephen King, Bernie Wrightson · 64 pages

**CREEPSHOW - STEPHEN KING EM QUADRINHOS É MUITO DARKSIDE®** Por Stephen King e Bernie Wrightson. Adaptado do filme de George A. Romero. Tudo começou em 1982. King juntou forças com outro gênio das sombras, o diretor George A. Romero (A Noite dos Mortos-Vivos), para realizarem um filme inspirado em quadrinhos clássicos dos anos 1950, como Contos da Cripta, da EC Comics. O longa-metragem m

AnthologyShort StoriesDark ComedyHorror
❤️

Обожженные языки (сборник)

Чак Паланик, Крис Картер, Деннис Уидмайер, Ричард Томас, Нил Кролики, Гейл Тауэлл, Тони Либхард, Майкл де Вито-мл., Тайлер Джонс, Фил Джордан, Ричард Леммер, Аманда Гауин, Мэтт Иган, Фред Вентурини, Брендон Тиц, Адам Скорупскас, Брайан Хоуи, Брайан Пиекос, Джейсон Файлан, Теренс Илс, Кит Бьюи, Гас М · 294 pages

Кто может написать так же, как Чак Паланик?А может, эти начинающие литераторы пишут даже лучше Паланика?Мастер лично отметил достижения молодых талантов, предоставив им место на своем фанатском веб-сайте в качестве дискуссионной площадки, и затем, отобрав лучших из лучших, смешал в палитре этого дебюта сатиру и хоррор, лирику и шок, курьез и мечту.Рассказы, представленные в этом сборнике, получили

AnthologyShort StoriesDark ComedyHorror
🙂

Burnt Tongues

Amanda Gowin, Matt Egan, Fred Venturini, Brandon Tietz, Adam Skorupskas, Bryan Howie, Brien Piechos, Jason M. Fylan, Terence James Eeles, Keith Buie, Gus Moreno, Daniel W. Broallt, Neil Krolicki, Chris Lewis Carter, Tony Liebhard, Michael De Vito, Jr., Phil Jourdan, Richard Lemmer, Tyler Jones, Gayl · 329 pages

A collection of short stories from the transgressive fiction genre feature tales about taboo subjects from the horrific to the humorous with shocking imagery not soon forgotten.

AnthologyShort StoriesDark ComedyHorror
🙂

The Lottery and Other Stories

Shirley Jackson · 304 pages

A haunting and powerful collection of stories from one of America's finest writers, with a new Introduction by Patrick McGrath. Eerie, unforgettable, and by turns terrifying and hilarious, Shirley Jackson's collection of stories plunges us into a unique, brilliantly etched world where the uncanny lurks in the everyday and where nothing is quite what it seems. In "The Lottery," Jackson's most famo

AnthologyDark ComedyShort StoriesHorror
🙂

Zombies Vs. Unicorns

Alaya Dawn Johnson, Maureen Johnson, Carrie Ryan, Scott Westerfeld, Meg Cabot, Garth Nix, Kathleen Duey, Margo Lanagan, Naomi Novik, Diana Peterfreund, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare · 432 pages

It's a question as old as time itself: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? In this anthology, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (unicorn and zombie, respectively), strong arguments are made for both sides in the form of short stories. Half of the stories portray the strengths--for good and evil--of unicorns and half show the good (and really, really bad-ass) side of zombies. C

AnthologyShort StoriesHorrorFunny
🙂

Haunted

Chuck Palahniuk · 416 pages

Twenty-three stories chronicle the experiences of people who have answered an ad for an artist's retreat, believing that they will find a peaceful refuge, only to find themselves isolated and trapped in a cavernous old theater.

Dark ComedyShort StoriesHorrorAnthology
🙂

Prom Nights from Hell

Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer, Lauren Myracle · 304 pages

In this exciting collection, bestselling authors Meg Cabot (How to Be Popular), Kim Harrison (A Fistful of Charms), Michele Jaffe (Bad Kitty), Stephenie Meyer (Twilight), and Lauren Myracle (ttyl) take bad prom nights to a whole new level—a paranormally bad level. Wardrobe malfunctions and two left feet don't hold a candle to discovering your date is the Grim Reaper—and he isn't here to tell you h

AnthologyShort StoriesHorrorFunny
🙂
AnthologyShort StoriesHorrorParanormal
🙂

Many Bloody Returns

Christopher Golden, Bill Crider, Kelley Armstrong, Jim Butcher, P.N. Elrod, Rachel Caine, Jeanne C. Stein, Tanya Huff, Carolyn Haines, Tate Hallaway, Elaine Viets · 361 pages

Never-before-published vampire stories by Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Kelley Armstrong, and many others.Suspenseful, surprising, sometimes dark, sometimes humorous-these all-new stories will ensure that readers never think of vampires (or birthdays) in quite the same way again.In New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris's "Dracula Night," Sookie Stackhouse is the only human at the ann

AnthologyShort StoriesHorrorFunny
🙂

This is How You Die: Stories of the Inscrutable, Infallible, Inescapable Machine of Death

Ryan North, Matthew Bennardo, David Malki · 512 pages

Using the premise of a machine that predicts how, but not where or when, a person will die, the editors cull together the best of the thousands of submissions they received, many of which have unexpected endings.

AnthologyDark ComedyShort StoriesFunny
🙂

By Blood We Live

John Joseph Adams · 485 pages

From Dracula to Buffy the Vampire Slayer; from Castlevania to Tru Blood, the romance between popular culture and vampires hearkens back to humanity's darkest, deepest fears, flowing through our very blood, fears of death, and life, and insatiable hunger. And yet, there is an attraction, undeniable, to the vampire archetype, whether the pale European count, impeccably dressed and coldly masculine,

AnthologyShort StoriesHorrorParanormal
🙂

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer · 506 pages

A collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly in verse, although some are in prose) are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. In a long list of works, including Troilus and Criseyde, Hous

AnthologyShort StoriesDark ComedyFunny
🙂

Hellboy: Weird Tales, Vol. 1

Scott Allie · 128 pages

Mike Mignola's award-winning series Hellboy has been lauded as much by other artists as it has by award ceremonies and fans. Over the years, many of the best artists in the industry have asked if they could do a backup story, just to get a chance to play with the characters and worlds Mignola has created. As Dark Horse gears up for the release of the 2004 Hellboy motion picture, we present this la

AnthologyHorrorShort StoriesParanormal
🙂

The Restless Dead: Ten Original Stories of the Supernatural

Herbie Brennan, Nancy Etchemendy, Chris Wooding, Marcus Sedgwick, Libba Bray, M.T. Anderson, Holly Black, Kelly Link, Annette Curtis Klause · 262 pages

Companion volume to Gothic! ten original dark tales.

AnthologyShort StoriesHorrorParanormal
🙂

Carniepunk

Rachel Caine, Rob Thurman, Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne, Mark Henry, Jaye Wells, Allison Pang, Hillary Jacques, Jennifer Estep, Kelly Meding, Nicole Peeler, Jackie Kessler, Kelly Gay, Seanan McGuire · 440 pages

A collection of urban fantasy stories that take place at carnivals. From vampires and creepy clowns to mermaids, Druids, and wisecracking Irish wolfhounds, you'll find out that carnivals aren't the healthiest types of places to hang out at....

AnthologyShort StoriesHorrorFunny
🙂

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

David Sedaris · 192 pages

If animals were more like us, if mice kept pets and toads could cuss, if dogs had wives and chipmunks dated, sheep sat still and meditated, then in the forest, field, and dairy you might find this bestiary, read by storks, by rats and kitties, skimmed by cows with milk-stained titties. "I found the book to be most droll," might quip the bear, the owl, the mole. Others, though, would be more coarse

AnthologyDark ComedyShort StoriesFunny
🙂

Love Is Hell

Melissa Marr, Scott Westerfeld, Justine Larbalestier, Gabrielle Zevin, Laurie Faria Stolarz

Sure, love is hell. But it's totally worth it.In these supernatural stories by five of today's hottest writers — Melissa Marr (Wicked Lovely), Scott Westerfeld (Specials), Justine Larbalestier (Magic or Madness), Gabrielle Zevin (Elsewhere), and Laurie Faria Stolarz (Blue is for Nightmares) — love may be twisted and turned around, but it's more potent than ever on its quest to conquer all.From two

AnthologyHorrorShort StoriesParanormal
🙂

Vampires: The Recent Undead

Paula Guran · 430 pages

AnthologyShort StoriesHorrorParanormal
🙂

The Winter Spirits

Bridget Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Natasha Pulley, Jess Kidd, Andrew Michael Hurley, Elizabeth Macneal, Laura Purcell, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Stuart Turton, Catriona Ward, Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Susan Stokes-Chapman · 464 pages

THE DAZZLING SECOND GHOST STORY COLLECTION FROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON, NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK.'Terrific - every bit as good as an MR James collection' ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHANFeaturing new and original stories from:Bridget Collins Imogen Hermes Gowar Kiran Millwood Hargrave Andrew Michael Hurley Jess Kidd Natasha PulleyElizabeth Macneal Laura Purcell Susan Stokes-Ch

AnthologyHorrorShort StoriesParanormal
🙂

Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural

Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye, · 658 pages

Contents Marvin Kaye – Introduction: In Search Of Masterpieces Bram Stoker – Dracula’s Guest Theodore Sturgeon – The Professor’s Teddy Bear Ivan Turgenev – Bubnoff And The Devil Patricia Highsmith – The Quest For Blank Claveringi Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – The Erl King Robert Louis Stevenson – The Bottle Imp Craig Shaw Gardner – A Malady Of Magicks M. Lucie Chin – Lan Lung Richard

AnthologyShort StoriesHorror
🙂

The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire

Rachel Caine, Cecil Castellucci, Cassandra Clare, Melissa de la Cruz, Karen Mahoney, Maria V. Snyder, Holly Black, Kelley Armstrong, Libba Bray, Sarah Rees Brennan, Nancy Holder, Debbie Viguie, Lilith Saintcrow, Dina James · 416 pages

Thirteen vampire tales where supernatural forces and desires come alive.

AnthologyShort StoriesHorrorParanormal
🙂

Teeth: Vampire Tales

Cecil Castellucci, Cassandra Clare, Melissa Marr, Holly Black, Neil Gaiman, Jeffrey Ford, Nathan Ballingrud, Kathe Koja, Catherynne M. Valente, Ellen Kushner, Lucrius Shepard, Genevieve Valentine, Emma Bull, Tanith Lee, Steve Berman, Christopher Barzak, Delia Sherman, Garth Nix, Suzy McKee Charnas, · 466 pages

Contains: Things to Know About Being Dead by Genevieve Valentine All Smiles by Steve Berman Gap Year by Christopher Barzak Bloody Sunrise by Neil Galman Flying by Delia Sherman Vampire Weather by Garth Nix Late Boomer by Suzy Mekee Charnas The List of Definite Ending by Kaaron Warren Best Friends Forever by Cecil Castellucci Sit the Dead by Jeffrey Fond Sunbleached by Nathan Ballingrud Baby by Kat

AnthologyShort StoriesHorrorParanormal

In the works

To be read SpinnerCan’t pick your next book? Spin your Want to read.Blind date with a bookPick a mood, unwrap a surprise.Add a tiny librarySnap a little free library and its books.