Ravens in the Library: Magic in the Bard's Name

10 best books like Ravens in the Library: Magic in the Bard's Name (Phil Brucato): Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores, Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness, Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy, The Book of Ballads, The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy, The Modern Fae's Guide to Surviving Humanity, In the Shadow of the Gargoyle, The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology, Human Tales, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection

Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores

Author

Greg Ketter

Bookstores are the greatest places on earth, yet there's never been an anthology devoted just to them. Here are sixteen stories, fourteen original to this anthology, each of which includes a bookstore at its core. Science fiction, fantasy and horror. Authors included are David Bischoff, P.D. Cacek,...

Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness

Author	Mike Allen
ISBN	1934169986

You hold in your hands a cornucopia of modern cutting-edge fantasy. The first volume of this extraordinary new annual anthology series of fantastic literature explodes on the scene with works that sidestep expectations in beautiful and unsettling ways, that surprise with their settings and startle...

Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy

Author	Ekaterina Sedia
ISBN	0979624606

This anthology of 21 original fantasy stories explores humanity’s most dynamic and forceful creation—the city. Featuring tales from fantasy heavyweights such as Hal Duncan, Catherynne M. Valente, Jay Lake, and Barth Anderson, the collection whisks readers from dizzying rooftop perches...

The Book of Ballads

Author	Charles Vess
ISBN	0765312158

In this graphic novel, Charles Vess illustrates many traditional folk ballads that have been rewritten by some fairly popular fantasy artists like Neil Gaiman or Emma Bull.

I didn't realize how many traditional ballads have negative interactions with strangers as their primary topic....

The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Author	Charles N. Brown
ISBN	0060594268

The Barnes & Noble Review
The introduction to The Locus Awards says it all: "This book contains some of the finest science fiction and fantasy short fiction ever written." Included within are some of the best Locus Award winning stories covering the last three decades. From Ursula K. Le Guin...

The Modern Fae's Guide to Surviving Humanity

Author	Joshua Palmatier
ISBN	0756407192

What if the fae were still here, living among us? Perhaps living in secret, doing their best to pass for human? Or perhaps their existence is acknowledged, but they're still struggling to fit in. How have they survived? Are they outcasts clinging to the edges of society, or do their powers ensure success...

In the Shadow of the Gargoyle

Author	Nancy Kilpatrick
ISBN	0441007007

For centuries, they have watched over us. Leering from the arches and peaks of ancient cathedrals. Spreading their wings across hallowed doorways. Even decorating our homes in stony, silent elegance. Are they angels or demons? Sacred or profane? In the Shadow of the Gargoyle features fifteen original...

The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology

Author	Gordon Van Gelder
ISBN	1892391910

Collecting more than two dozen stories that originally appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction—the premiere speculative fiction magazine—this extraordinary anthology celebrates 60 years of top-notch genre fiction.

This retrospective volume includes "All Summer...

Human Tales

Author	Jennifer Brozek
ISBN	0983099332

Be Wary and Beware....There are tales that every parent knows and must pass on to their child...Tales of warning and terror...of those who break their vows and kill for no reason other than malice.Tales of saving the lovely princess from a prince that is much less than charming...and what it takes to...

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection

Author	Ellen Datlow
ISBN	0312132190

Note, Jan. 11, 2015: I've just edited this to correct two misspellings.

Nov. 5, 2010
Of several annual "year's best" genre collections, editors Datlow and Windling's annual summation of the related, supernatural/magic-based fields of fantasy and "horror" enjoys one of the best reputations...

Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep

Author	Paula Guran
ISBN	1607014513

The sea is full of mysteries and rivers shelter the unknown. Dating back to ancient Assyria, folkloric tales of mermaids, sirens, rusalka, nymphs, selkes, and other seafolk are found in many cultures, including those of Europe, Africa, the Near East and Asia. Dangerous or benevolent, seductive or...

The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011

Author

Rich Horton

This third volume of the year's best science fiction and fantasy features thirty stories by some of the genre's greatest authors, including Carol Emshwiller, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Hand, Paul Park, RJ Parker, Robert Reed, Rachel Swirsky, Peter Watts, Gene Wolfe, and many others. Selecting the best...

Human for a Day

Author	Martin H. Greenberg
ISBN	0756407001

Here's an anthology that examines what it means to be human in all its positive and negative aspects. If you were an intelligent robot, would the opportunity to become human for a day be worth the risks? If a magic spell switched the bodies of a vampire and a teenage girl, would both savor the experience...

What's Your Story? (Postcard Collection)

Author	J.K. Rowling
ISBN	1902603575

Taken from Waterstone's Exclusive Postcard Book: To celebrate the National Year of Reading Waterstone's asked 13 world-class authors to tell us their story. We extended this invitation to our customers, in the form of a nationwide competition to win the opportunity to be published in this limited...

Other Worlds Than These

Author	John Joseph Adams
ISBN	1597804339

What if you could not only travel any location in the world, but to any possible world?

We can all imagine such “other worlds”—be they worlds just slightly different than our own or worlds full of magic and wonder—but it is only in fiction that we can travel to them. From The Wizard of Oz...

This Is My Letter To The World: The Omikuji Project Cycle One

Author

Catherynne M. Valente

For two years, acclaimed novelist Catherynne M. Valente has been sending stories out into the wild. Every month, for twenty-four months, a new tale has appeared in mailboxes all over the world.

Here, for the first time, these stories have been brought together in a single anthology. Two years...

Now We Are Sick: An Anthology of Nasty Verse

Author	Neil Gaiman
ISBN	1892058103

Dans l’ensemble, c’est un recueil que j’ai vraiment bien aimé. Comme l’indique la couverture, ce sont de sales poèmes, une lecture parfaite pour se mettre dans l’ambiance d’Halloween comme ce fut mon cas, hier. Ils sont un peu glauques, un peu gores et malsains pour certains mais ça...