Category: fantasy
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Iron Kissed
By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2008 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery Series: Mercy Thompson; 3 ISBN: 9780441015665 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 287 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Mercy’s friend and mentor, Zee, is charged with a…
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Blood Bound
By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2007 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery, vampire Series: Mercy Thompson; 2 ISBN: 9780441014736 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 292 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland,Kennewick, &Pasco), WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Mercy’s friend, Stefan, asks her for a favor in the middle…
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Cry Wolf
By Patricia Briggs; narrated by Holter Graham Place: Publisher & Year: [New York, N.Y.]: Penguin Group (USA), Inc., 2008 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance Format: Digital download – audio Series: Alpha and Omega series; 1 ISBN: 9781429526609 Audience: Adult Length: 10 hours, 6 minutes Setting: Cabinet Mountains Wilderness & Aspen Creek, MT…
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The Ghost and the Goth
By Stacey Kade Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Hyperion, 2010 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal Series: A Ghost and the Goth Novel; 1 ISBN: 9781423124870 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 281 Setting: Groundsboro (state not specified but the town is near Decatur, so it could be Illinois) Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When…
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Kafka on the Shore
By Haruki Murakami; translated by Philip Gabriel Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Vintage International, c2005, 2006 Genres: General fiction, magical realism, fantasy ISBN: 9781400079278 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 464 Setting: Japan – mostly Takamatsu (Shikoku) & Nakano Ward (Tokyo), but also some unspecified mountains Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Two stories converge into…
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Ghost of a Chance
By Simon R. Green Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2010 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, paranormal, adventure Series: Ghost Finders Novel; 1 ISBN: 9780441019168 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 260 Setting: London, England Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: The Carnacki Institute specializes in getting rid of ghosts and other…
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Moon Called
By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2006 Genre: Fantasy, paranormal mystery, contemporary fantasy Series: Mercy Thompson; 1 ISBN: 9780441013814 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 288 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), WA & Aspen Creek, MT Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Mercy Thompson was repairing a VW Jetta transmission when…
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Who Fears Death
By Nnedi Okorafor Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Daw Books, Inc., 2010 Genres: Fantasy, dark fantasy, science fiction, magical realism ISBN: 9780756406172 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 387 Setting: Jwahir & Seven Rivers Kingdom, Africa Time period: An unspecified time in the future Plot summary: In a post-apocalyptic Africa, Onyesonwu is born to an…
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Dead and Gone
By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2009 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, faerie tale, paranormal, paranormal mystery, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 9 ISBN: 9780441017157 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 312 Setting: Bon Temps, LA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Werewolves and…
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Bones of Faerie
By Janni Lee Simner Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Random House, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, dark fantasy, faerie tale, dystopian Series: A sequel – Faerie Winter – is due to be published in April, 2011 ISBN: 9780375845635 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 247 Setting: St. Louis, Missouri area Time period: About twenty years in…
