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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorOne of Our Thursdays Is Missing
Jasper Fforde · 394 pages
It is a time of unrest in the BookWorld. Only the diplomatic skills of ace literary detective Thursday Next can avert a devastating genre war. But a week before the peace talks, Thursday vanishes. Has she simply returned home to the RealWorld or is this something more sinister? The written Thursday is soon hot on the trail of the factual Thursday, and she stumbles on a plot so fiendish that it thr
Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming
Roger Zelazny, Robert Sheckley · 288 pages
Azzie Elbub, demon, attempts to ensure that the Powers of Dark will win the grand prize given at the turn of each millennium to the being who does the most to reshape the world.
Witches Abroad
Terry Pratchett · 304 pages
Be careful what you wish for...Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother named Desiderata who had a good heart, a wise head, and poor planning skills—which unforunately left the Princess Emberella in the care of her other (not quite so good and wise) godmother when DEATH came for Desiderata. So now it's up to Magrat Garlick, Granny Weatherwax, and Nanny Ogg to hop on broomsticks and make for fa
The Princess Bride
William Goldman · 399 pages
*The Princess Bride is a timeless tale that pits country against country, good against evil, love against hate. This incredible journey and artfully rendered love story is peppered with strange beasties monstrous and gentle, memorable surprises both terrible and sublime, and such unforgettable characters as...* **Westley**, the handsome farm boy who risks death (and much worse) for the woman he
Another Fine Myth
Robert Lynn Asprin · 200 pages
A magician's apprentice teams up with the demon Ashz and experiences a variety of adventures with many strange characters.
Mostly Harmless
Douglas Adams · 235 pages
In the fifth volume of the Hitchhiker series, Random, the daughter of Arthur Dent, leaves her remote home planet on the edge of the universe to set out a cross-galactic odyssey in search of her ancestors' native planet.
The Creeps
John Connolly · 320 pages
Samuel Johnson and his faithful dachshund Boswell join with a ragtag band of dwarves, policemen, and polite monsters when the Multiverse is threatened with destruction, starting in the little English town of Biddlecombe. "In this clever and quirky follow-up to The Gates and The Infernals, Samuel Johnson's life seems to have finally settled dow-n-after all, he's still got the company of his fait
Jack of Fables, Vol. 9: The End
Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges · 136 pages
Jack Frost seeks to kill a dragon, unaware that it's his own father. Jack Frost has just set upon the greatest quest in a long and distinguished career of great quests: To kill a dragon. Of course, he is not aware that the dragon in question is in fact his own father. Meanwhile, the Page Sisters find a new purpose in life: restoring the Great Library.
John Dies at the End
David Wong · 428 pages
This may be the story of John and David, a drug called soy sauce, and other-worldly beings invading the planet. Or, it may be the story of two beer-drinking friends who live in an unnamed Midwestern town and only think something horrific is going on. But the important thing is, according to the narrator, "None of this is my fault."
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman
A Coast Guard vet named Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, are trapped in a fantasy dungeon. Read by Jeff Hays. 13 hours, 31 minutes unabridged.
Redshirts
John Scalzi · 320 pages
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It's a prestige posting, with the chance to serve on "Away Missions" alongside the starship's famous senior officers. Life couldn't be better...until Andrew begins to realize that 1) every Away Mission involves a lethal confrontation with alien forces, 2)
Ogre, Ogre
Piers Anthony · 307 pages
From the back cover: WHEN OGRE-HOOD WAS IN FLOWER Smash knew all about ogres. After all, despite his having a human mother, Smash was an ogre himself. Ogres were not only huge and horribly ugly, as Smash was; they were also so stupid they could hardly speak, and they spent most of their time fighting, destroying, and eating young girls. So what was he doing here with seven assorted fema
The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear
Walter Moers · 704 pages
Captain Bluebear is a bear with blue fur, a creature as unique as the fantastic adventures he undergoes. Unlike cats, which have only nine lives, bluebears have twenty-seven. This is fortunate, because our hero is forever avoiding disaster by a paw's breadth. In this remarkable book, Captain Bluebear tells the story of his first thirteen-and-a-half lives spent on the mysterious continent of Zamoni
Practical Demonkeeping
Christopher Moore · 249 pages
In Christopher Moore's ingenious debut novel, we meet one of the most memorably mismatched pairs in the annals of literature. The good-looking one is one-hundred-year-old ex-seminarian and "roads" scholar Travis O'Hearn. The green one is Catch, a demon with a nasty habit of eating most of the people he meets. Behind the fake Tudor facade of Pine Cove, California, Catch sees a four-star buffet. Tra
Twice Upon a Time
James Riley · 340 pages
Jack, of the village of Giant's Hand, is now accompanied by a prince as he continues trying to help a reluctant princess find her family, while also attempting to save a city full of fairies from a nameless curse.
The Three Pigs
David Wiesner · 40 pages
The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon.
The Complete Compleat Enchanter
L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt · 532 pages
Job: A Comedy of Justice
Robert A. Heinlein · 372 pages
SciFi - Alexander Hergensheimer, KS minister, faints after firewalking in Polynesia. When he returns to his ship, it appears very different and he is referred to as Alec Graham. With stewardess Margrethe he goes through a series of changes through alternate Universes at the whim of some higher power. Is it just paranoia or is God (Satan, Loki) out to get him?
Searching for Dragons
Patricia C. Wrede · 249 pages
A fast paced, humorous YA fantasy novel. Princess Cimorene, assistant to the dragon king, and Mendebar, the young king of the Enchanted forest, team up to foil the latest plots of the Society of Wizards. Book two of the Enchanted Forest series.