Best supernatural thriller books according to redditors
We found 551 Reddit comments discussing the best supernatural thriller books. We ranked the 97 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 551 Reddit comments discussing the best supernatural thriller books. We ranked the 97 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Not sure how popular this is, but the Coldfire Trilogy by C.S. Friedman is really nice.
Nightblade by Ryan Kirk is another one.
EDIT 1: If you delve into urban fantasy (or would like to for a change of pace) try Mind Dimensions. I love it when I find new competent authors!
EDIT 2: Starships Mage is really good if you want something that straddles fantasy and science fiction.
I will edit this post to add more once I peruse through my kindle in a bit.
https://www.amazon.com/Armada-A-Novel/dp/B00VN00OXE
I checked it out, assuming it is this: Wartime. The cover is terrible, as is the description, and the sample I read wasn't much better. A pass from me, but maybe others will give it a try.
I feel like this post is author self promotion, or by someone close to them.
Hello all! I'm Palm, and I write a high fantasy serial called By The Sword, of which I just published the first book!
The first book of it is titled "Blood and Steel" and I'm super excited to get to share it! The synopsis of it is:
> Death is a fickle thing.
> For most, it’s a force of nature, but Agil Novan sees the reaper in a different light. As the greatest swordsman of all time, he cherishes life, and he’s lived one full of both struggle and success. After all of his accomplishments, he too must face the reaper and its scythe.
> When challenged, however, the swordsman is not one to go without a fight. After parrying it once and impressing the reaper with a show of the blade, he is offered something more. A second chance at life—one that he is all but forced to accept.
> Now, stranded in an unfamiliar land with an unfamiliar body and far too many questions, Agil has his life threatened at every turn. Still, he is determined to survive. He knows what the reaper did to him.
> And he has never been one to let vengeance go unfulfilled.
And since I'm really gonna go all out for promotion and I have these links already on hand, you can find the book on Amazon in a bunch of different marketplaces!
Kindle Ebook
US | UK | DE | FR | ES | IT | NL | JP | BR | CA | MX | AU
Physical Paperback
Note: With Kindle’s Matchbook program, you can get a free ebook copy with any paperback purchase!
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If you end up reading it, please consider leaving a review! They're really crucial to the success of any indie book, so I would really appreciate it!
Okay, that's about it for my self-promotion. Thanks for reading!
The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell is set 25 years post-Zombie Apocalypse. It's a really good read, though I do have one little complaint as the author describes east Texas (specifically the area between Longview and Houston) as looking desolate like west Texas, but that area is full of trees, water, and vegetation. It's obviously an oversight that no one caught in editing because it's not crucial to the plot in any way, but it's a little annoying. Other than that...it's fabulously written. As the blurb on the cover suggests...it's what you would imagine zombies written by Flannery O'Connor would be.
Hey friend, terrorist sex offenders are no joke. For more information, I recommend this book.
Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry is kind of like The Walking Dead 10 or so years on. It starts in a village surrounded by a fence and people have adjusted to life where dead people reanimate (some carry long nails to shove into recently dead people's ears to "quiet" them without requiring too much corpse mutilation).
The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell is similar but people have kept things running a bit better in places.
Napier's Bones, by Derryl Murphy. Has to be one of the worst in recent memory, and probably the last bad book that I actually finished. (I continue to stand by my assessment of Pillars of the Earth, however, as a bad book; I couldn't get past the first 50 pages.)
Napier's Bones is a science-fiction/fantasy story, but it's just so...disappointing. I didn't care about the characters, I couldn't suspend my disbelief long enough to believe in the world of the story. It felt labored, poorly written, contrived.
I'll tag in, then :) I'm Ino, I write primarily fantasy fiction but have some scifi stuff.
Mostly on RS I write Spark of Divinity, but for those who like that, check out Wanderer on my sub! It's book 2 of my urban fantasy series, Remnants of Magic, and while book 1 is only on Amazon, it's 99 cents for a limited stretch here :D
Remnants of Magic follows Jon through an increasingly chaotic series of conflicts as he both discovers magic is quite real and gets caught up in the middle of the wars surrounding it. Together with his
drunk and irritabletrusty sidekick, a thousand-year-old immortal, he's left to carve a home out of the madness.You could also check out my debut novel: The Caldarian Conflict. Shameless self-promo.
Another good indie book is Bad Radio by Michael Langlois.
Both are just 2.99 on Amazon, and have received several 4- and 5-star reviews.
S. M. Reine's Descent and Ascension series have a female protagonist who is far from silly. I would say that Elise Cavanaugh's personality is more like Anita Blake's (if you've read Laurell K. Hamilton), but Elise deals with angels, demons, and a whole mess of nasty supernatural creatures. She's an angry, crass, kick-ass character. Also, sex takes a back burner to story in Reine's books. The first three books in the Descent series are currently free for Kindle on Amazon (via the provided link).
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Nice find. That led me to this, apparently its based on this book.
https://www.amazon.com/Seasons-Heaven-1-nico-augusto/dp/1530951933
> One of America’s great authors, Louis L’Amour once said, “There will come a time when you believe that everything is finished. Yet, that will be the beginning.” In Seasons of Heaven that is exactly what a small group of people who find themselves survivors of the greatest purge every known will ultimately come to realize. In their struggles to survive on a stripped and barren earth, they will learn that humans across the world literally died as a result of their own careless actions. Centuries of lying waste to the very land that sustained them was what would kill them in the end. The animals would be killed and eaten into extinction. The trees would be cut more rapidly than they were replaced. The water needed to sustain all life would be polluted until it was undrinkable, and the air would be filled with waste that would suffocate the oxygen that was vital to their survival and the survival of everything else on earth. As the survivors learn to survive in a whole new world they will have to remember that the very things that gave their fellow humans a sense of superiority and even omnipotence were what had killed them in the end. Seasons of Heaven will take you from deep inside of a mystical forest at the beginning of time all the way through to the twenty-first century and the fall of civilization. It will take you on a journey with Yann, a young boy with Asperger’s syndrome and his faithful companion, Ani, a French bulldog who Yann is able to communicate with through telepathy. As you follow along on their journey you’ll have the opportunity to meet the rest of the major players and bear witness to the enlightenment of some and the demise of others. This story will allow you to experience the awe of discovering the most beautiful, magical place that ever existed while at the same time staying only one step ahead of the dark and vile underbelly of the human race. Most importantly Seasons of Heaven will awaken your imagination and open your mind to possibilities you may never have considered. It will have you on the edge of your seat as you question everything you thought you knew about humanity and begin to realize that the possibility of things existing that can’t be seen with our eyes but only felt within our hearts and souls, really do exist.
Has no one here heard of Napier's Bones?
http://www.amazon.com/Napiers-Bones-Derryl-Murphy/dp/1926851099/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348613442&sr=8-1&keywords=napier%27s+bones
I just suggested these on another thread:
Kat Richardson's Greywalker series is a good one for MC that stands their own ground
Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim series and Rob Thurman's Cal Leandros series are a little more on the "punch you if you look wrong" side, but they develop well.
And if I can publicize myself a little, since book 2 will be out in a few months: Talon's Grasp has an MC who's sole job is stopping monsters, so he's not one to take much crap
You need to read this.
My girlfriend bought me The Horny Ghost of Osama Bin Laden for Christmas:
> When an American diver goes in the search of the body of Osama bin Laden, he's surprised to find not only the body,but also Bin Laden's terrifying and horny ghost. Abused by the ghost and forced to sail to America, the duo arrive in Miami where Bin Laden is overwhelmed by the sexy American women. Discovering that his power increases by having sex with young women, Bin Laden sets out to get as many women as possible in effort to become the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. With the American government unable to stop him because weapons have no effect on his ghostly body, all hope seems lost. As politicians leave the White House to operate from top secret locations, Janet a young psychic, convinces the leaders to employ help from the ghosts of dead Americans to combat the most unimaginable terror ever unleashed on American soil. But as Bin Laden's powers begin to grow, he sets out to take all that he sees. With the fate of the world in the hands of a sex-crazed terrorist. it's up to an influential figure from our past to save America from this bleak, sexual future. An entertaining mix of horror and comedy, this thrilling novel keeps readers on the edge of their seats. Filled with twists and turns that will keep readers guessing until the final page, this exhilarating book takes terrorism to a whole new level.
The writing's pretty poor and the dialogue between characters reads like a stream of consciousness, but at least it's a good conversation starter.
For UK: Silvertongue (Remnants of Magic Book 1) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07NTR9YY4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_yjZACbAK67GWN
Well done pal, great to see a dream come true! In the middle of a series right now but I love the concept, I’ll buy it and save it for later :)
Can I give you a list? Imma give you a list with a little from each category. I LOVE books and posts like this!
Non-fiction or Books About Things:
The Lost City of Z: In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called “The Lost City of Z.” In this masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett’s quest for “Z” and his own journey into the deadly jungle, as he unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century. Cumberbatch will play him in the movie version of this.
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers: Hilariously gross and just super interesting. Her writing is like a non-fiction Terry Pratchett. Everything she's written is great, but this one is my favorite.
Devil in the White City: All about HH Holmes and his murder hotel during the Chicago World's Fair. Incredibly well-written and interesting.
The Outlaw Trail: Written in 1920 by the first superintendent of Capitol Reef National Park (aka, the area around Robber's Roost). He went around interviewing the guys who were still alive from the original Wild Bunch, plus some of the other outlaws that were active during that time. Never read anything else with actual interviews from these guys and it's a little slice of life from the end of the Wild West.
Fiction, Fantasy, Sci-Fi:
Here I'm only going to give you the less known stuff. You can find Sanderson (light epic fantasy), Pratchett (humor / satire fantasy), Adams (humor fantasy), etc easily in any bookstore. They are fantastic and should be read, but they are easy to find. I suggest:
The Cloud Roads: Martha Wells is an anthropologist and it shows in her world building in every series. She creates societies instead of landscapes. These are very character-driven and sometimes emotional.
The Lion of Senet: Jennifer Fallon starts a great political thriller series with this book. If you like shows like House of Cards or things where there's a lot of political plotting, sudden twists, and a dash of science v. religion, then you'll love these.
The Book of Joby: Do you want to cry? This book will make you cry. Mix arthurian legend with some God & Devil archetypes and it's just this very powerful story. Even though it deals with religious themes and icons, I wouldn't say it's a religious book. Reads more like mythology.
On Basilisk Station: Awesome military space opera. Really good sci-fi.
Grimspace: Pulpy space opera. Brain bubble gum instead of serious reading. But that's fun sometimes too!
My own series, Luther Cross, focuses on a black paranormal investigator operating in Chicago. The first book, Devil's Due, is on sale right now.
iPhone Tips & Tricks So Good They'll Shock You (A Short, Short Guide)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N8QLLV9
FREE until February 13th
> An iPhone doesn’t come with a user’s manual, but there are all sorts of shortcuts and productivity hacks inherent to the device. Think of it like a secret menu at a restaurant. This book is your secret iPhone menu. Within these pages, you'll discover the best tips and tricks to mastering your iPhone. Some tips you'll already know, but some tips and tricks are sure to SHOCK you!
>Best of all: there’s no fluff or filler, so you’ll waste no time getting to the good stuff! This is a short, short guide -- because a short guide is too long. And who has the time?!
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Sin Eater (The Aria Knight Chronicles Book 1)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06ZZD44YB
FREE until February 28th
> Aria Knight has an unusual set of skills: she will hold back the hounds of Hell so that you can fly toward the Pearly Gates, and she will wipe your slate clean so you don't become karma's bitch...for a price.
>A sin eater has to make a living in today's world somehow.
>But when she's called in the dead of night to perform her rite for a recluse billionaire, she stumbles upon a murder scene, and the evidence points to her.
Since you mentioned fiction, this:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/701653685/fireteam-zero-0
is based on these:
http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Radio-Emergent-Earth-Book-ebook/dp/B005IHANGG
http://www.amazon.com/Liars-Harvest-Emergent-Earth-Book-ebook/dp/B00A886BC0
The first one's 8 hours long.
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It's based off a book: https://smile.amazon.com/Seasons-Heaven-1-nico-augusto/dp/1530951933/
I finished off Seveneves, by Neal Stephenson, narrated by Peter Brook, yesterday, and immediately got started on Armada, by Ernest Cline, narrated by Wil Wheaton.
The narration in Seveneves was decent, but I found some parts hard to stay engaged in.
Peter Brook is a good narrator, but he has a tendency to be very dry and matter of fact. This book is a lot of hard science, so I suppose it benefits from it, but in lighthearted moments, it didn't read well.
I'd previously listened to Cline's book Ready Player One, which is also narrated by Wil Wheaton.
Wil is a good narrator, but sometimes his pronunciations are off, which can take me out of the story briefly.
Overall though, he's very good. Very entertaining.
I got both books through Amazon/Audible.
Seveneves link.
Armada link.
SM Reine's Descent-series. Elise is a badass and not your usual heroine, who's there just to end up with a romance. I keep suggesting this one for people, but it's just that good (and you can get the first books for free on Kindle). :)
Ignore the haters regarding Robin Hobb. I enjoyed all 3 books. There were some parts in the 2nd book I had to "just get through" but the conclusion of the 3rd is well worth it, trust me. Great fantasy.
Check out Kelly McCullough, notably his Webmage series!
edit: I highly recommend listening to THIS version of hobbs books.
Hmm. I have Kindle Unlimited so Amazon won't let me easily look up if a book is in Prime Reading too, so this may or may not apply (sorry) but these were the best I've read recently:
edit: Also why do so many of these Prime/KU requests always seem unpopular? "What are some good affordable books you can suggest" seems like a very reasonable question to me.
It's got a 3.5 on Amazon, which is pretty low for a book from someone with hundreds of thousands of fans and about a star lower than Ready Player One.
https://www.amazon.com/Armada-novel-author-Ready-Player-ebook/dp/B00TNDID0O
I agree with the other posts regarding going with the most natural feeling verb tense and not forcing present.
If you want to read a pretty decent example of a first-person-present that doesn't feel clunky but actually pulls you into the action, try reading Grimspace by Ann Aguirre She writes all six books with first-person-present and I enjoyed them (they're not Dickens or Shakespeare, but they're enjoyable).
Have you checked Web Mage by Kelly McCullough?
I bought Napier's Bones mostly for the cover, and the fact that it was $2.37 at Borders the week before they closed.
Thank you very much! It means a lot to me just being appreciated, so that kind of reward was a bit surprising.
The best things on the Kindle Store I can recommend at the moment are anything by SM Reine. The 19 Dragons is a nice steampunk novella, and you can get the first three books of her death-defying, god-slaying Descent Series for free. (They also come separately.)
(The 19 Dragons) http://www.amazon.com/The-19-Dragons-ebook/dp/B005AWPQ8E/
(Books 1-3 of the Descent Series all together) http://www.amazon.com/The-Descent-Series-Books-ebook/dp/B009YADS38/
(Book 1) http://www.amazon.com/Deaths-Hand-1-Descent-ebook/dp/B00AQZX4BG/
(Book 2) http://www.amazon.com/Darkest-Gate-Descent-ebook/dp/B0080RED3U/
(Book 3) http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Union-3-Descent-ebook/dp/B008NXLRQW/
http://www.amazon.com/WebMage-Ravirn-Book-Kelly-McCullough/dp/0441014259/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309619091&sr=8-1 It isn't the best written series in the world but it is good and its unique. Science fantasy is an under-explored genre for sure.
If anyone is interested, this is the EXACT premise of one of my favourite series: The Mind Dimension.
Does it have to be well-told? :P
Grimspace series - Ann Aguire
Friday - Robert A. Heinlein
Stardoc - S.L. Viehl
Blade Dancer - S. L. Viehl
Califia's Daughters - Leigh Richards (post-apocalypse)
I totally want to see Nicholas Cage Star in the movie adaption of this. http://www.amazon.com/Horny-Ghost-Osama-Bin-Laden/dp/1490372091
You talk about what could have been? This. This could have been.
Ahh shit, I did not really see the part about you wanting longer audio. Book length is pretty short for litrpg so this is really tough.
The best I can do for that criteria is recommend good long audiobooks but they wont be litrpg.
Ready Player One is a self explanatory recommendation. 16 hours
Super Powereds super hero book. Super long at 26hours per book and 4 books total in series
Wool followed by Shift followed by Dust. Its an international bestseller post-apocalyptic drama. I dont really like drama but this one is amazing
Three body problem followed by Dark Forest followed by Deaths end . Its a three part ultra hard core science fiction. There are moments when it gets boring only to turn around and fuck your mind so hard you wont know what hit you. Written by a Chinese author which introduces an interesting perspective on things you dont see with American authors. 14/23/25 hours
Dresden Files is a great long running series with avg 16h per book
I'm hoping so seeing all the pop-in textures during the teaser.
> “There will come a time when you believe that everything is finished. Yet, that will be the beginning.”
>In Seasons of Heaven that is exactly what a small group of people who find themselves survivors of the greatest purge every known will ultimately come to realize.
Source
Maybe try the Newsflesh Trilogy or The Reapers are the Angels. Also, Rot & Ruin and Warm Bodies. That last one is told from the zombie's POV.
I want to read Armada by Ernest Cline because I really enjoyed Ready Player One. I know it won't be as good, but I feel like it would still be interesting. If you haven't read Ready Player One yet, I highly recommend it.
Only Forward by Micheal Smith.
That's pretty wild. It's a sort of mystery/sci fi hybrid. The neighborhoods alone in the city that the detective lives in are very odd. Like the "silent neighborhood" where you have to wear quite shoes and all noise is forbidden save one hour a day where you can go into a little room and scream all you want.
Or the "color neighborhood" where the walls will change color to compliment the clothes you are wearing as you pass.
It's a bit old, so it's really cheap on amazon.
Thank you, found it on amazon now, the first book in the series uses a different art cover than the original and is quite expensive (14 bucks) for a first in such a long running series, weird.
https://www.amazon.com/Nightlife-Cal-Leandros-Novel-Book-ebook/dp/B005UAHZPS
vs.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001QNVPWM/ref=series_rw_dp_sw
'Soul' is now available from Amazon in print and kindle.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1092960295
https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Dave-Blackwell-ebook/dp/B07QCJZR6G/
A snowstorm. A body with the cause of death unknown. A bloody crime scene. A missing elderly woman. An unidentified young girl.
A young girl found naked and covered in blood at a crime scene harbours a powerful gift and a traumatic past that changes the lives of Marie and her foster daughter in ways they couldn't imagine.
Death is only the beginning.
This is the story of Kimimela.
On the same wavelength, the Ravirn series by Kelly McCullough is about a supernatural coder. Ravirn is a descendant of the Fates, and uses code to accomplish magical effects. Not as low level as Wiz Biz, but not bad, either. WebMage is the first book, and there are currently 4 in the series.
OP, I think you posted link to paperback book instead of Kindle edition.
I think this is the right link:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QCJZR6G/
The only one worth mentioning is the Dresden Files. Crime fantasy staring the Detective Harry Dresden a wizard. It's narrated by James Marsters - he's pretty good!
*my bad read the title wrong