Fiction - Fantasy - Humorous

An almost-mage discovers friendship--and maybe something more--in the unlikeliest of places in this delightfully charming novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Teller of Small Fortunes. Certainty Bulrush wants to be useful--to the Guild of Mages that took her in as a...

A delightfully cozy fantasy with found family, enchanted artifacts and a touch of romance? It's about time! Zani, a vampire-slaying, relic-hunting witch whose satchel is always packed for adventure, faces her most mortifying mishap yet: losing a dangerously enchanted artifact. Just her luck that...

"Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to be... Kurt Cobain!" Robbie Neville's big break on Stars in Their Eyes was supposed to launch him into rock stardom.Instead, it launched him into the afterlife.Rob is dead. But his body didn't get the memo.Now he's spending Saturday night...

Tal never thought he would end up as a flight attendant on a budget dragon airline. He was destined for the life of a mage after graduating from the most prestigious university in the realm. That is, until his magic abandoned him, forcing him...

Author: Bonnie QuinnISBN-10: 1668096595ISBN-13: 9781668096598Publisher: S&s/Saga PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2026Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.56d

When a determined killer targets her brother, a grim reaper risks everything to save him in this delightful cozy mystery. Nora Bird works for S.C.Y.T.H.E., which might seem odd for someone as terrified of death as she is. But ever since her parents died...

From the acclaimed critic and award-winning author of Anno Dracula comes a bitingly satirical story of superheroism, soap opera and alternative reality -- for readers of Austin Grossman's Soon I Will Be Invincible and George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards. When Chrissie Chambers (model actress...

In tis coming of age story, teen Chooka grows up in the weird world of 1950s Aussie pub life. When his alcoholic dad dies, he searches for his identity, and that of his shadowy underage girlfriend, Iris. Captivated by the pub's many crazy customers...

Can a high school cheerleader and a loner put aside their differences to save the world from total chaos?Author: Noa Gavin, Nick ScottISBN-10: 1941758673ISBN-13: 9781941758670Publisher: InksharesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/19/2016Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90dReview Citation(s): School Library Journal 05/01/2016 pg. 120

Don't kill the messengers.As a bodyguard for the King's Envoys, Gen is content with her life of traveling, drinking wine, and hitting things with her sword. It's the perfect job. Until the King sends her and her friend Cordyn into war-torn enemy territory on...

Author: David R. SlaytonISBN-13: 9798212913775Publisher: Blackstone PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/28/2025Format: Paperback

TALES OF THIEVES AND WARRIORS, WRITTEN BY FAN FAVORITES! FIND THE MARK The dragon's hoard. The dwarves' hidden mine. The mage's secret library overflowing with enchanted relics. The world is brimming with treasures--if you're bold enough to claim them. PLAN THE JOB Waltzing in...

Liz, a young librarian, finds herself in Hell after being hit by a bus-confusing, since she doesn't think she's a particularly bad person. Hell isn't how she'd pictured it, either. It's a crumbling bureaucracy with barely enough budget to house and torment souls. Satan...

"The two of us against all of them? How unfair for them."Hokuren would rather swallow poison than crawl back to her old job at the Velles City Watch. But if she doesn't snag a big case soon, she may have no other choice.Her private...

Step one of burning a book is finding a disagreeable premise within its interior to justify the act. In order to simplify this process for the reader, each short story in this collection is followed by a precise reason the short story should be...

Gallantry (1922) is a collection of comic fantasy tales by James Branch Cabell. Set in a fictionalized version of 18th century England, Gallantry is a relative outlier among Cabell's body of work, and is included in a series of novels, essays, and poems known...

Aboard the starship Undertoe, a skeleton crew of misfits takes orders from a smugly bureaucratic computer which couldn't care less if they live or die. The Undertoe is part of the Galactic Freedom Corporation, a huge interstellar conglomerate whose owner -- the inconceivably wealthy...

Trying to discover time travel, genius scientist Dr. Marvin Brewster accidentally transports himself to a parallel universe where magic really works and reality is ... a little different. His knowledge of science causes him to be mistaken for a sorcerer, something he exploits in...

A wholesome fantasy with sailing ships, a family of gods, the unique magic system that they gifted their people, and an underlying mystery affecting all in the world.Captain Rath and his crew aboard PearlHeart carry cargo and provide passage for people to wherever they...

"The two of us against all of them? How unfair for them."Hokuren would rather swallow poison than crawl back to her old job at the Velles City Watch. But if she doesn't snag a big case soon, she may have no other choice.Her private...

Fourteen dead faeries. One reporter who's new to the job. And a whole lot of people who don't want her to find out the truth.Tessa O'Hara never dreamed of being an investigative reporter, but here she is, solving magical murders for the Queen and...

All is not as it seems in the tranquil waters of the Aardvark Archipelago. After the death of his parents, Ascott Pudding ran away to the ends of the Earth--that is, to the Aardvark Archipelago, which is basically the same thing. But these tropical...

Susan Chambers woke up feeling like she had been hit by a bus.Mostly because she had been hit by a bus.And Susan Chambers wasn't so much waking up, as she was arriving in The After Death, the place between one life and the next.After...

From cold rivalry to hot cocoa and warm hearts.Jez, a grumpy Fennex, wants nothing to do with the cold, snow or bustling winter games descending on the charming town of Adenashire. She'd rather curl up for a nap. But a drunken boast lands her...

From cold rivalry to hot cocoa and warm hearts.Jez, a grumpy Fennex, wants nothing to do with the cold, snow or bustling winter games descending on the charming town of Adenashire. She'd rather curl up for a nap. But a drunken boast lands her...

The LitRPG bestseller releasing in a stunning new deluxe hardcover edition, now with a new Afterword. "How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps is an endlessly inventive and entertaining love letter to all of us underdogs who spent countless hours with...

"[The Story of the Amulet] first opened my eyes to antiquity, the 'dark backward and abysm of time'. I can still reread it with delight." C.S. LewisIn this sequel to Five Children and It, the children are reunited with the Psammead, and he guides...

Ten years after the death of his father, Vasily still can't find a shred of peace. When news comes that a perpetrator of his father's murder survived, Vasily must resurrect the grudge that controls his life. There is only one path to atonement, and...

When laughter collides with fear...Where humor meets terror, new heroes emerge. Whether laughing, or questing, or simply trying to survive, fate calls to the worthy. They answer only if they dare.Because daring to find light inside darkness, braving the mysteries beneath the surface of...

Three cloistered nymphs discover the wild land of Xanth in this epic adventure from the acclaimed fantasy author. The idyllic splendor of the Faun & Nymph Retreat never grows old. With not a stitch of clothing in sight, the fauns give chase, the nymphs...

From New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore comes a hilariously deranged tale of a mad scientist, a famous painter, and an undead woman's electrifying journey of self-discovery.Vienna, 1911. Gustav Klimt, the most famous painter in the Austrian Empire, the darling of Viennese society,...

Exorcism is easy. Living with loss is f*cking impossible.Father Denis Kaine has spent his life fighting demons, but nothing could prepare him for losing his twin brother, Xavier. When the Vatican declares Xavier's death a suicide, Denis knows better. Something made his brother pull...

Author: Daria LavelleISBN-10: 1668110385ISBN-13: 9781668110386Publisher: Simon & Schuster AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/20/2025Format: CD

Games, Undercover Costumes, and Evil Tech LairsGerri Wilder and the Matchmaker's Book Club are at it again, meddling with the best of intentions. With romance novels and a keen eye for potential, these matchmaking mamas have their sights set on pairing two stubborn gamers...

The Olympian Gods have made it to the 21st century AD. We may not have heard much about them in the last two thousand years, but they're still controlling what we humans are up to - or at least they think they are.The reality...

A witty, witchy fantasy murder mystery packed with ancient magic and fiendish puzzles. When Cornelia's twin sisters are taken by the Wickermere Reaper, Mallory, Diana and Theodore must race against time to uncover the buried secrets of the Broadwicks before it's too late. Perfect...

Author: Keilani McConnellISBN-10: 1963482018ISBN-13: 9781963482010Publisher: Spirit LionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/20/2025Pages: 416Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.93d

None of this was happening how I had imagined it.AUDRA JASHOWIN is a storyteller without a tale of her own.Her quiet life shattered by the revelation of a past she doesn't remember and the false memories she's long believed, Audra follows the compulsion to...

Magical makeovers are a messy business.But how was junior arcane lecturer Gerome to know his attempt to improve a part of his anatomy would open a portal to the Shade Planes? Or, worse, unleash the all-powerful "Harbinger of the New Dark" - fondly or...

Magical baker Lillie Dean is settling into her new life in Silverkeep, along with all the creatures who'd come out of hiding after magic was made legal once more. The south side of town near the wharf is bustling with new neighbors, including merchant...

Magical baker Lillie Dean is settling into her new life in Silverkeep, along with all the creatures who'd come out of hiding after magic was made legal once more. The south side of town near the wharf is bustling with new neighbors, including merchant...

A one-woman war machine wreaks havoc while exploring her all-too-human heart in the final installment of this fight-filled LitRPG adventure series.Accidentally banished to an alternate reality by her own hand, weapon-heavy cyborg NSLICE-00P has had to adapt to her new environment in order to...

Artifact Forge doesn't make monsters. She's a bioengineer. She creates exotic magical livestock, upgrades cats into witches' familiars, and can turn you into a goblin if you accept the risks. She's also thirteen, and has arrived in Goblita to learn her uncle is dead,...

In the first book of this imaginative LitRPG series, a quirky young woman embarks on the adventure of a lifetime in a virtual-reality fantasy game. Arwyn has just purchased Fantasia: Fantasy Life, an immersive virtual-reality game that allows sleeping players to dive into a...

Daring heists. Clever schemes. Snarky quips in the face of danger."A fabulously fun story that I can't wait to continue in the next two installments. I just LOVE this resourceful and hilarious thief and can't wait to read what mischief he gets himself into...

A Wild Modern-Day Quest for King Arthur's Magical Sword, Excalibur! Insurance adjuster Edward Stone's quiet life is completely upset when he's drawn into a wild search for King Arthur's fabled lost sword, Excalibur. From the towering monuments of Stonehenge to the dark mists of...

Living is the best revenge...even if it's living in Hell.When Akta is murdered by her adopted brother, the fearsome pixie swears a loyalty oath to the queen of the underworld for a chance to return to Earth and seek her revenge.However, pledging her soul...

This is a collection of the fourth six short stories in the Caverns and Creatures series. It includes the following titles: Djinngle Bells Genital Harpies The Unwashed Asses B.Oar Guests Wight Trash Probing the AnnisAuthor: Robert BevanISBN-10: 1537338390ISBN-13: 9781537338392Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Author: Aurora AscherISBN-10: 149675588XISBN-13: 9781496755889Publisher: Kensington Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/30/2025Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbs

Spilling the tea has never been so cozy...In the quaint town of Adenashire, Doli Butterbuckle, a people-pleasing sunshine dwarf, is content with her simple tea magic and circle of friends. It's true she's never quite lived up to family expectations, but life is just...