The First Chronicles Of Prydain

10 best books like The First Chronicles Of Prydain (Lloyd Alexander): Busman's Honeymoon, Weaveworld, To Sir Phillip, With Love, The Wee Free Men, Doomsday Book, Boy, Snow, Bird, Foxglove Summer, You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost), A Monstrous Regiment of Women, A Letter of Mary

Busman's Honeymoon
AuthorDorothy L. Sayers
ISBN0061043516
Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride, mystery writer Harriet Vane, start their honeymoon with murder. The former owner of Talboys estate is dead in the cellar with a misspelled "notise" to the milkman, not a spot of blood on his smashed skull, and £600 in his pocket..
Weaveworld
AuthorClive Barker
ISBN0007117140
Clive Barker has made his mark on modern fiction by exposing all that is surreal and magical in the ordinary world --- and exploring the profound and overwhelming terror that results. With its volatile mix of the fantastical and the contemporary, the everyday and the otherworldly, Weaveworld is an...
To Sir Phillip, With Love
AuthorJulia Quinn
ISBN0380820854
an alternate cover edition can be found here

Sir Phillip knew from his correspondence with his dead wife's distant cousin that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except...
The Wee Free Men
AuthorTerry Pratchett
ISBN0060012382
"Another world is colliding with this one," said the toad. "All the monsters are coming back."

"Why?" said Tiffany.

"There's no one to stop them."

There was silence for a moment.

Then Tiffany said, "There's me."

Armed only with a frying pan and her common...
Doomsday Book
AuthorConnie Willis
ISBN0553562738
For Kivrin, preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity's history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the fourteenth century and inventing an alibi for a woman traveling alone. For her instructors in the twenty-first century, it meant painstaking...
Boy, Snow, Bird
AuthorHelen Oyeyemi
ISBN1594631395
BOY Novak turns twenty and decides to try for a brand-new life. Flax Hill, Massachusetts, isn’t exactly a welcoming town, but it does have the virtue of being the last stop on the bus route she took from New York. Flax Hill is also the hometown of Arturo Whitman –- craftsman, widower, and father of Snow....
Foxglove Summer
AuthorBen Aaronovitch
ISBN0575132507
In the fifth of his bestselling series Ben Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant out of whatever comfort zone he might have found and takes him out of London - to a small village in Herefordshire where the local police are reluctant to admit that there might be a supernatural element to the disappearance of some...
You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)
AuthorFelicia Day
ISBN1476785651
From online entertainment mogul, actress, and “queen of the geeks” Felicia Day, a funny, quirky, and inspiring memoir about her unusual upbringing, her rise to Internet-stardom, and embracing her individuality to find success in Hollywood.

The Internet isn’t all cat videos. There’s...
A Monstrous Regiment of Women
AuthorLaurie R. King
ISBN0006514944
A Monstrous Regiment of Women continues Mary Russell's adventures as a worthy student of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and as an ever more skilled sleuth in her own right. Looking for respite in London after a stupefying visit from relatives, Mary encounters a friend from Oxford. The young woman...
A Letter of Mary
AuthorLaurie R. King
Guilty. I committed a great reading faux-pas.

Years ago I read The Beekeeper's Apprentice and A Monstrous Regiment of Women. My book group was reading The Beekeeper's Apprentice , so I reread it and loved it even more than I remembered. I decided to buy the next two books in the series, A Monstrous...
The Moor
AuthorLaurie R. King
ISBN0006510868
In the eerie wasteland of Dartmoor, Sherlock Holmes summons his devoted wife and partner, Mary Russell, from her studies at Oxford to aid the investigation of a death and some disturbing phenomena of a decidedly supernatural origin. Through the mists of the moor there have been sightings of a spectral...
Mr. Fox
AuthorHelen Oyeyemi
ISBN0330536265
It’s a bright afternoon in 1938 and Mary Foxe is in a confrontational mood. St John Fox, celebrated novelist, hasn’t seen her in six years. He’s unprepared for her afternoon visit, not least because she doesn’t exist. He’s infatuated with her. But he also made her up.
“You’re a villain,”...
The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog
AuthorElizabeth Peters
Alternate cover for ISBN 13: 9780446364782

A brand-new Elizabeth Peters novel is one of the uncompromising pleasures in life. As Peter Theroux in the New York Times Book Review points out, "Her wonderfully witty voice and her penchant for history lessons of the Nile both ancient and modern...
Dragon Rider
AuthorCornelia Funke
Classic Coming of Age Story

--Minus the love triangles, savior complexes, and completely stupid decisions that plague many of the YA fiction I've read

The Dragons of this world are scattered. The packs have long been broken up and devoured by the Golden One. Firedrake the Dragon remembers...
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg
AuthorDubravka Ugrešić
ISBN1847670660
"Baba Yaga is an old hag who lives in a house built on chicken legs and kidnaps small children. She is one of the most pervasive and powerful creatures in all mythology."

"But what does she have to do with a writer's journey to Bulgaria in 2007 on behalf of her mother?"

"Or with a trio of women...
A Cold Day For Murder
AuthorDana Stabenow
Eighteen months ago, Aleut Kate Shugak quit her job investigating sex crimes for the Anchorage DA's office and retreated to her father's homestead in a national park in the interior of Alaska. But the world has a way of beating a path to her door, however remote. In the middle of one of the bitterest Decembers...
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl
AuthorRee Drummond
ISBN0061658197
#1 New York Times Bestseller

Paula Deen meets Erma Bombeck in The Pioneer Woman Cooks, Ree Drummond’s spirited, homespun cookbook. Drummond colorfully traces her transition from city life to ranch wife through recipes, photos, and pithy commentary based on her popular, award-winning...
The Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy
AuthorLaini Taylor
ISBN0316286389
The perfect gift for readers who want to be swept away.
The Daughter of Smoke & Bone Trilogy Gift Set includes three hardcovers: Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Days of Blood & Starlight, and Dreams of Gods & Monsters.

From master storyteller and National Book Award finalist...
AuthorAlan Dean Foster
ISBN0446341819
Alan Dean Foster has written, according to Wikipedia, over 100 novels, and as I was (re)reading The Hour Of The Gate I was trying to work out in my head if, based on sheer volume alone, Foster would rank as my favorite author.

I counted up the books I've read by him, and it's 18. The only other authors...
Introverted Mom: Your Guide to More Calm, Less Guilt, and Quiet Joy
AuthorJamie C. Martin
ISBN0310354978
Motherhood is beautiful; motherhood is hard. All moms understand this paradoxical truth. Yet introverted mothers face unique challenges. When our quiet nature collides with our often loud role, frustration and guilt result. We wonder why motherhood feels at odds with our personality, and in our...
Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds
AuthorJen Wilkin
ISBN1433541769
Many Christian women find great encouragement and joy in and through women's Bible studies. However, popular Bible teacher Jen Wilkin is concerned that sometimes we let our emotions rule our study of Scripture and forget that the Bible is primarily about God, not us. Challenging hungry women to go...
Disconnected Kids: The Groundbreaking Brain Balance Program for Children with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Disorders
AuthorRobert Melillo
A proven drug-free program addressing the cause—not just the symptoms—of Autism Spectrum Disorders and related conditions.

Each year, an estimated 1.5 million children are diagnosed with autism, Asperger’s syndrome, ADHD, dyslexia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. But...
Rotherweird
AuthorAndrew Caldecott
The town of Rotherweird stands alone - there are no guidebooks, despite the fascinating and diverse architectural styles cramming the narrow streets, the avant garde science and offbeat customs. Cast adrift from the rest of England by Elizabeth I, Rotherweird's independence is subject to one disturbing...
A Match for Marcus Cynster
AuthorStephanie Laurens
ISBN0778318346
#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens unveils a dramatic new tale of desire and devotion in her beloved Cynster series.

Marcus Cynster is waiting for Fate to come calling. He knows his destiny lies near his home in Scotland, but what will it be? Who is his fated bride? One fact...
The Nothing Girl
AuthorJodi Taylor
Jodi Taylor brings all her comic writing skills to this heart-warming tale of self-discovery.

Getting a life isn't always easy. And hanging on to it is even harder...
Known as “The Nothing Girl” because of her severe stutter and chronically low self-confidence, Jenny Dove is only...
No Time Like the Past
AuthorJodi Taylor
ISBN1783759054
Jodi Taylor’s best-selling series The Chronicles of St Mary is back with a bang…

St Mary’s has been rebuilt and it’s business as usual for the History department.

But first, there’s the little matter of a seventeenth-century ghost that only Mr Markham can see.

Not...
Crimson Shore
AuthorDouglas Preston
ISBN1455525928
A secret chamber. A mysterious shipwreck. A murder in the desolate salt marshes. A seemingly straightforward private case turns out to be much more complicated-and sinister-than Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast ever could have anticipated. Pendergast, together with his ward Constance Greene,...
The Start of Everything
AuthorEmily Winslow
In this stunning psychological thriller for readers of Tana French, Kate Atkinson, and Donna Tartt, Emily Winslow has crafted a literary prism told through the eyes of her many intricately drawn characters. Masterly and mesmerizing, The Start of Everything will captivate until the very last page.
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The Something Girl
AuthorJodi Taylor
From the bestselling author of The Chronicles of St Mary's.

The Nothing Girl has grown up…

It’s life as usual at Frogmorton Farm – which is to say that events have passed the merely eccentric and are now galloping headlong towards the completely bizarre.

Once again...
The Mysterious Affair at Castaway House
AuthorStephanie Lam
ISBN1405917008
Stephanie Lam's stunning debut novel, The Mysterious Affair at Castaway House, is a gripping read laced with mystery, secrets and love.

It's 1965 and eighteen year-old Rosie Churchill has run away to the beautiful but run-down Castaway House in the seaside town of Helmstone. But when she...
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