Category: fantasy
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Mastiff
By Tamora Pierce Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Random House, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, mystery, paranormal Series: Beka Cooper; 3 ISBN: 9780375814709 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 593 Setting: Kingdom of Tortall Time period: 249 H.E. (medieval) Plot summary: Beka Cooper and her partner, Mattias Tunstall, are summoned to a hunt by their Lord…
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River Marked
By Patricia Briggs; narrated by Lorelei King Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Penguin Audio, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery, mythic fiction Series: Mercy Thompson; 6 Format: Audiobook – MP3 ISBN: 9781101436547 Audience: Adult Length: 8 hours, 54 minutes Setting: Columbia River Gorge – OR & WA, Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, &…
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American Gods
By Neil Gaiman Place: Publisher & Year: New York: HarperTorch, c2001. Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, mythic fiction ISBN: 9780380789030 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 592 Setting: USA – Eagle Point, Indiana; Chicago & Cairo, Illinois; House on the Rock & Lakeside, Wisconsin; South Dakota; Lebanon, Kansas; Virginia; Lookout Mountain/ Rock City, Georgia; Fort Pierce, Florida;…
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Silver Borne
By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2008 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery Series: Mercy Thompson; 5 ISBN: 9780441018192 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 342 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Mercy is still adjusting to pack life; this is made…
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Daughter of Lir
By Judith Tarr Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Forge, 2001 Genres: Fantasy, historical fantasy, historical fiction Series: Epona; 3 ISBN: 9780312876166 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 415 Setting: City of Lir, Village of Long Ford, World’s End, Sea of Grass (open steppe) Time period: Prehistory – Neolithic time period Plot summary: When Rhian is…
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Level Up
By Gene Luen Yang; art by Thien Pham Place: Publisher & Year: New York: First Second, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal Format: Graphic novel ISBN: 9781596432352 Audience: Adult, young adult Number of pages: 160 Setting: An unspecified town somewhere in the US. Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Dennis Ouyang is kicked out of…
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Bone Crossed
By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery, vampire Series: Mercy Thompson; 4 ISBN: 9780441016761 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 309 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), & Spokane, WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Marsilia, the head of the local…
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Hunting Ground
By Patricia Briggs; narrated by Holter Graham Place: Publisher & Year: [New York]: Penguin Audio, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Format: Digital download – audio Series: Alpha and Omega series; 2 ISBN: 9781440644634 Audience: Adult Length: 8 hours, 25 minutes, 43 seconds Setting: Seattle, WA (opening scene takes…
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Miss Peregrines’s Home for Peculiar Children
By Ransom Riggs Place: Publisher & Year: Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, time travel fantasy, historical fantasy, mystery, paranormal, historical fiction Series: The author’s blog (8/9/2011) states that there will be a sequel to this book. ISBN: 9781594744761 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 352 Setting: Englewood, Florida & Cairnholm, Wales Time…
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Queen of the Dead
By Stacey Kade Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Hyperion, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal Series: A Ghost and the Goth Novel; 2 ISBN: 9781423134671 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 267 Setting: Groundsboro (state not specified but the town is near Decatur, so it could be Illinois) Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Alona…
Ra's Spiral Path 