Reading list: Halloween Book Bingo - Supernatural square

Created by: Murder by Death

This category on the Halloween Bingo is almost a gimme square: most of the other categories include or imply some variation of "Supernatural" (witches, ghosts, vampires, magic).

To keep this list from being largely a repeat of the other bingo lists, I'm going to stick with supernatural books that *don't* include witches, ghosts, vampires, or werewolves in the main premise. They might show up now and again, but these will be books that are oriented toward psychical talents and malevolence (and zombies).

NOTE: The focus of this list is NOT the limitations of the bingo square itself: anything 'Supernatural' will qualify for the bingo.

Please leave any recommendations in the comments below and I'll add them to the list asap.

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Books: 106

Firestarter

by Stephen King

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Carrie

by Stephen King

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The Monstrumologist

by Rick Yancey

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Discount Armageddon

by Seanan McGuire

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London Falling

by Paul Cornell

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Fated

by Benedict Jacka

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The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

by Seth Grahame-Smith

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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs

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Carrion Comfort

by Dan Simmons

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Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye

by Victoria Laurie

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Mayhem

by Sarah Pinborough

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Deathnote Vol. 1 (in Japanese) (French Edition)

by Tsugumi Ohba

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First Grave on the Right

by Darynda Jones

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Death, Doom and Detention

by Darynda Jones

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Mr. Monster

by Dan Wells

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The Rook

by Daniel O'Malley

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Blood of the Demon

by Rosalie Lario

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Someone in the House

by Barbara Michaels

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The Pale Horse

by Agatha Christie

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Hell House

by Richard Matheson

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The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster

by Scott Wilbanks

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The Eyre Affair

by Jasper Fforde

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Mort

by Terry Pratchett

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Angelfall

by Susan Ee

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Dogs and Goddesses

by Lani Diane Rich, Anne Stuart, Jennifer Crusie, Lucy March

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The Clairvoyant Countess

by Dorothy Gilman

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Kaleidoscope

by Dorothy Gilman

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An Angel to Die for

by Mignon F. Ballard

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Truly, Madly

by Heather Webber

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A Veiled Deception

by Annette Blair

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Written in Red

by Anne Bishop

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The Fellowship of the Ring

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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The Hobbit

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Seraphina

by Rachel Hartman

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Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight #1

by Brynne Stephens, Lela Dowling, Cynthia Martin, Anne McCaffrey

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Empire of Ivory

by Naomi Novik

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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

by C.S. Lewis

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Eragon

by Christopher Paolini

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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

by Michael Chabon

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The Round House

by Louise Erdrich

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Busy Monsters: A Novel

by William Giraldi

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Gold Fame Citrus

by Claire Vaye Watkins

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The Buried Giant

by Kazuo Ishiguro

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The Adventure of the Devil's Foot

by Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Melmoth the Wanderer

by Charles Robert Maturin, Victor Sage

Note: Can also be used for:
Gothic square
Classic Horror square
Genre: Horror square
Dark and Stormy Night square

48.

Goblin Market

by Christina Rossetti

Note: Can also be used for:
Gothic square
Scary Women Authors square

49.

Krabat

by Otfried Preußler

Note: Can also be used for:
YA Horror square

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Fool on the Hill

by Matt Ruff

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Lords and Ladies (Discworld, #14)

by Terry Pratchett

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

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The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

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A Game Of Thrones: Lettered (Song Of Ice And Fire)

by George R.R. Martin

Note: This one is arguable more fantasy than the rest, but it does have a zombie like species.

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Letters To The Damned

by Austin Crawley

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The Book of Atrix Wolfe

by Patricia A. McKillip

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Company Of Liars

by Karen Maitland

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The Owl Killers

by Karen Maitland

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Tales from the Perilous Realm

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Dance Hall of the Dead

by Tony Hillerman

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Skinwalkers

by Tony Hillerman

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The Ghostway

by Tony Hillerman

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The Shaman Sings

by James D. Doss

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Grandmother Spider

by James D. Doss

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White Shell Woman: A Charlie Moon Mystery (Charlie... - James D. Doss

White Shell Woman: A Charlie Moon Mystery (Charlie Moon Mysteries)

by James D. Doss

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The Shaman Laughs

by James D. Doss

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While the Light Lasts

by Agatha Christie

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Mrs. Zant and the Ghost

by Wilkie Collins, Gillian Anderson

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Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

by Neil Gaiman

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Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions

by Neil Gaiman

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American Gods: A Novel

by Neil Gaiman

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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Ag... - Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

by Washington Irving, Tom Mison

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The Turn of the Screw

by Henry James

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Hearts in Atlantis

by Stephen King

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The Green Mile

by Stephen King

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Voices from the Other World: Ancient Egyptian Tale... - Naguib Mahfouz, Raymond Stock

Voices from the Other World: Ancient Egyptian Tales

by Naguib Mahfouz, Raymond Stock

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The Phantom Ship (1839), by Frederick Marryat (Gothic novel ): Captain Frederick Marryat

by Frederick Marryat

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The House on the Strand

by Daphne du Maurier

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The Cabinet of Curiosities

by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

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The Dykemaster

by Theodor Storm

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Darkness on the Edge of Town

by Brian Keene

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My Best Friend's Exorcism: A Novel

by Grady Hendrix

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Old Eyes (The Marked World) (Volume 1) -...

Old Eyes (The Marked World) (Volume 1)

by Danyal Fryer

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NOS4A2

by Joe Hill

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St. Patrick's Gargoyle

by Katherine Kurtz

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A Dirty Job

by Christopher Moore

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Library of Souls

by Ransom Riggs

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Anansi Boys

by Neil Gaiman

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Riddle-Master: The Complete Trilogy

by Patricia A. McKillip

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The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

by Patricia A. McKillip

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The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories

by Nnedi Okorafor, Patricia Hermes, K.J. Parker, Kamila Shamsie, Jamal Mahjoub, Catherine King, Kuzhali Manickavel, Monica Byrne, Kirsty Logan, E.J. Swift, J.Y. Yang, Usman T. Malik, Sophia Al-Maria, Jared Shurin, Claire North, Neil Gaiman, James Smythe, Maria Dahvana Headl

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The Phantom Ship

by Frederick Marryat

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Rosemary and Rue

by Seanan McGuire

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John Peters in the land of Demons

by A.H. Matai

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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

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A Night in the Lonesome October

by Gahan Wilson, James Warhola, Roger Zelazny

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Strange Practice

by Vivian Shaw

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Iron and Magic

by Ilona Andrews

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The Hunger

by Alma Katsu

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Daughters of Darkness Volume Three : A Gallery Gir... - Gallery Girls Artists

Daughters of Darkness Volume Three : A Gallery Girls Book

by Gallery Girls Artists

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Cold Days

by Jim Butcher

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The Child Thief

by Brom

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Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23)

by Terry Pratchett

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Elizabeth: A Novel of the Unnatural

by Jonathan Janz, Ken Greenhall, Jessica Hamilton

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Stars of Fortune

by Nora Roberts

Note: Entire trilogy qualifies.

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Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 8 years ago

Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Devil's Foot" (ISBN 13: 9781438514840; ISBN 10: 1438514840) and "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (ISBN 13: 9780451528018; ISBN 10: 0451528018) (unless you consider the Hound a ghost, in which case it ought to go on that particular list ... in addition to all the other lists where it is already, that is.)
C.R. Maturin: "Melmoth, the Wanderer" (ISBN 13: 9780140447613; ISBN 10: 014044761X) -- also for "Gothic," "Classic Horror," "Genre: Horror," and "Dark and Stormy Night."
Christina Rossetti: "Goblin Market" (ISBN 13: 9780811816496; ISBN 10: 0811816494) -- also for "Gothic" and "Scary Women Authors"
Otfried Preußler: "Krabat" (aka "The Satanic Mill") (ISBN 13: 9783522144100; ISBN 10: 3522144104) -- YA, so would also work for "YA Horror"

Murder by Death 8 years ago

Added - thanks!

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 8 years ago

Thank *you*!

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 8 years ago

Thinking of zombies -- if you include those, arguably George R.R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" would qualify for the "Supernatural" square, too. "The Others" / "The White Walkers" are a mighty zombie-like species. (Don't know whether the inclusion of dragons would make a book qualify, though. If those are enough, half the entire canon of fantasy literature would fit this square.)

Also, looking at the other end of the spectrum, there are
-- good fairies and elves in Matt Ruff's "Fool on the Hill" (ISBN 13: 9780802135353; ISBN 10: 0802135358)
-- and very bad elves in Terry Pratchett's "Lords and Ladies" (ISBN 13: 9780552138918; ISBN 10: 0552138916), which is part of the "Witches" subset, so it would obviously also qualify for that particular square.

And then ... I don't know if anybody besides me would be nutty enough to read Shakespeare for a bingo game, but just in case, the Bard's two plays with supernatural elements (other than "Macbeth": witches) are
* "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (ISBN 13: 9780743477543; ISBN 10: 0743477545) -- fairies and elves
* and "The Tempest" (ISBN 13: 9780743482837; ISBN 10: 0743482832) -- Ariel, the spirit; and Prospero's magic gifts.

Murder by Death 8 years ago

I added those you included ISBNs for (even the Shakespeare - totally supernatural, imo). The dragons are a fine line, I agree, but they are magical, which by definition is supernatural, so I included the ones that didn't scream "fantasy".

I was really just aiming at not making this list a duplicate of the others, and offer the bingo players a wide variety of choices.

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 8 years ago

Thank you, and I totally agree on your approach (incidentally, when I mentioned dragons I was thinking of G.R.R. Martin, too, since dragons are sort of crucial to the series). Anyway, in case anyone is using it for the bingo, the ISBNs for the first book are ISBN 13: 9781892065308 and ISBN 10: 1892065304.

Murder by Death 8 years ago

Added with a note about the zombies. :D

7 years ago

One I really enjoyed last year was Letters to the Damned by Austin Crawley. Very supernatural and only around 200 pages!

Murder by Death 7 years ago

Added! :)

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 7 years ago

Copied from the comments section of Moonlight Reader's suggestions post (http://moonlightreader.booklikes.com/post/1591111/a-few-bingo-suggestions):

Elentarri's Book Blog:
Patricia A McKillip also has a whole bunch of short stand-alone novels that cover all sorts of topics, usually with some sort of paranormal/mystical/magical bent.
[...]
All of them are good, especially the Riddle-Master Trilogy.
[...]
Atrix Wolfe by McKillip has a sort of shape shifting wolf thing in it. Nearly all her books have some sort of sorceress/sorcerer/witch/wizard in it. Od Magic is a good one if you want a wizard/sorcerer and a magic school.

Linda Hilton:
Jennifer Roberson has a whole series on shapeshifters, the Cheysuli, but I don't know if there are any wolves in it.

Murder by Death 7 years ago

Added the ATrix Wolfe, although I couldn't tell which books were part of the riddle master trilogy. Same with Roberson - she has too many and none of them seem to mention the Cheysuli in the titles.

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 7 years ago

There's an omnibus volume of the Riddle Master trilogy -- ISBN 9780441005963.

Maybe Linda or someone else who knows the series can help with Jennifer Roberson's Cheysuli books?

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 7 years ago

Karen Maitland: "The Owl Killers", "Company of Liars"
J.R.R. Tolkien: "Tales from the Perilous Realm"
Tony Hillerman: "The Ghostway", "Skinwalker", "Dance Hall of the Dead"
James D. Doss: "The Shaman Laughs", "The Shaman Sings", "Grandmother Spider", "White Shell Woman"
Agatha Christie: "While the Light Lasts"
Wilkie Collins: "The Ghost and Mrs. Zant"
Neil Gaiman: "Fragile Things", "Smoke and Mirrors", "American Gods"
Neil Gaiman / Terry Pratchett: "Good Omens"
Washington Irving: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Henry James: "The Turn of the Screw"
Stephen King: "Hearts in Atlantis", "The Green Mile"
Naguib Mahfouz: "Voices from the Other World"
Frederick Marryat: "The Phantom Ship" -- also qualifies as "gothic"
Daphne du Maurier: "The House on the Strand"
Douglas Preston / Lincoln Child: "The Cabinet of Curiosities"
Otfried Preussler: "Krabat" -- also for "Chilling Children"
Theodor Storm: "The Dykemaster" ("Der Schimmelreiter") -- also qualifies as "gothic"

Murder by Death 7 years ago

Added!

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 7 years ago

Thank you! :)

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 7 years ago

Oops, now I see "Krabat" is on the list twice. Sorry, my bad!

Murder by Death 7 years ago

Fixed. ;)

Elentarri's Book Blog 7 years ago

I just started a book titled St Patrick's Gargoyle by Katherine Kurtz. It's only 240 pages, has a gargoyle (for the monster or supernatural square) and he also does some sleuthing (amateur sleuth square?).

Murder by Death 7 years ago

I couldn't find this one in the database - do you have an ISBN by any chance?

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 7 years ago

ISBN 9780441009053, I think (Elentarri?).

Elentarri's Book Blog 7 years ago

ISBN. 978-1-1012-0800-7 Publisher is ACE Published 2001

This book fits the supernatural square is several ways and its pretty good without being gory or horrifying. No sex.
the book is set in Dublin, Ireland just before Christmas (for Christmas Bingo?)and makes use of various churches and one "castle"as settings.

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 7 years ago

Yup. Same book, judging by the description -- the ISBN I mentioned is the MMP that Amazon currently defaults to.

It does sound like a cute little book -- perfect both for the Halloween bingo and for a pre-Christmas read!

From the description, I'd definitely also say it qualifies for "amateur sleuth" in the bingo.

Murder by Death 7 years ago

Added it - thanks to both of you for that. :)

7 years ago

Christmas Bingo? That sounds interesting. I wonder how many different types of holiday books could be found for that? Perhaps bring in the different cultural holidays as well as different approaches to Christmas stories!

Murder by Death 7 years ago

I love the idea of the multicultural holiday bingo - I could easily fill a bingo card with Christmas books, but a multi winter holiday card would be both fun and challenging. And hell on my TBR. ;)

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 7 years ago

Oh yes -- don't even bring up the TBR context here ...

25 holiday stories / books from all over the world *would* make for a great bingo. Or, heck, just something of the (more reduced) size of the "12 Tasks of the Holiday Season" version from last year ...

7 years ago

A 9 square perhaps? A quick Google search yesterday told me that while Hannukah can easily be found and various Pagan holidays, Islam isn't aligned with the same dating system, not even loosely. And the holiday books that exist tend to be for small children.

XOX 7 years ago

The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey

Murder by Death 6 years ago

Added.

The better to see you, my dear 6 years ago

Firestarter is there twice

Anansi Boys by Gaiman

Murder by Death 6 years ago

Thanks for catching that duplicate!

Added Anansi Boys. :)

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 6 years ago

Patricia McKillip - The Riddle Master (9780441005963)
Patricia McKillip - The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (9781473212039)
Various Authors - The Djinn Falls in Love, and Other Stories (9781781084168)
Frederick Marryat - The Phantom Ship (9781845882068)

Murder by Death 6 years ago

Added. :)

SusannaG - Confessions of a Crazy Cat Lady 6 years ago

Seanan McGuire - Rosemary and Rue (0756405718). Fae.

Murder by Death 6 years ago

Added. :)

6 years ago

I've got John Peters In The Land Of Demons by A.H.Matai this year. One of my Netgalley reads.

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 6 years ago

ISBN for John Peters In The Land Of Demons by A.H.Matai: 978-1304206343

Additional books from Halloween Bingo 2018 participant reading plan lists posted to date:

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (9781408856888)
A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny (9781911440864)
Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw (9780356508870)
Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews (9781721618804)
The Hunger by Alma Katsu (9780525536277)
Daughters of Darkness by Various Authors (9780865620353)

Murder by Death 6 years ago

Thanks TA - They're all added. :)

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 6 years ago

Thank you, you're a star! :)

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 6 years ago

More books from the participants' reading plan lists -- including unassigned / "free square" / "wild card" books that would fit this category:

Cold Days by Jim Butcher (9780451419125)
Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts (9780515155907) -- and the other 2 books of the Guardians Trilogy would work here as well, probably.
The Child Thief by Brom (9780061671340)
Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett (9780552146159)
Elizabeth by Ken Greenhall (9781943910670)

Murder by Death 6 years ago

9780515155907 isn't in the database, although I was able to find it via title.

Added.

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 6 years ago

Thank you, and sorry!

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 6 years ago

More from the participants' "reading plans" posts:

A Strange Hymn by Laura Thalassa (9781974677368)
-- also "The Bargainer", book 1: "Rhapsodic" (9781541130852)
Catskinner’s Book by Misha Burnett (9781479179732)
Salvage: a Ghost Story by Duncan Ralston (9781533405647)
The Reaper’s Daughter by K. M. Randall (9781988256238)
The Liminal People by Ayize Jama-Everett (9781931520331)
The Nun’s Dragon by Christine Emmert (9781507768198)
Wyrmhole by Jay Caselberg (9781977053046)
The Queen is Dead by Kate Locke (9780356501444)
-- also "Immortal Empire", book 1: "God Save the Queen" (9780356501437)
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (9780552124751)
Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett (9780552148405)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd by Phil Rickman (9780857890146)

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 6 years ago

Next batch from the participants' "reading plans" posts:

The Siren and the Specter by Jonathan Janz (9781787580053)
Possessing the Witch by Elle James (9780263254105)

6 years ago

Force of Chaos by Lin Senchaid. This is a good one for people who don't like scary. YA fun.

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