David Thorpe

90 books

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula

Bram Stoker

497 pages • first pub 1897 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Eagle's Conquest by Simon Scarrow

The Eagle's Conquest

Eagles of the Empire #2

Simon Scarrow

434 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous tense medium-paced
Granta 123: Best of Young British Novelists 4 by Salman Rushdie, Julian Barnes, Jeanette Winterson, Zadie Smith, Pat Barker, Alan Hollinghurst, Will Self, David Mitchell, Rose Tremain, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro, A.L. Kennedy, Helen Simpson

Granta 123: Best of Young British Novelists 4

Granta #123

Salman Rushdie, Julian Barnes, Jeanette Winterson, Zadie Smith, Pat Barker, Alan Hollinghurst, Will Self, David Mitchell, Rose Tremain, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro, A.L. Kennedy, Helen Simpson

395 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky

House of Open Wounds

The Tyrant Philosophers #2

Adrian Tchaikovsky

608 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark funny medium-paced
How Not To Murder Your Ex by Katie Marsh

How Not To Murder Your Ex

The Bad Girls Detective Agency #1

Katie Marsh

358 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Hybrids by David Thorpe

Hybrids

David Thorpe

304 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction science fiction young adult adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
The Killer of Pilgrims by Susanna Gregory

The Killer of Pilgrims

Matthew Bartholomew #16

Susanna Gregory

440 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction historical mystery mysterious fast-paced
King of Ashes by Raymond E. Feist

King of Ashes

The Firemane Saga #1

Raymond E. Feist

512 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous medium-paced
Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham

Look to the Lady

Albert Campion Mysteries #3

Margery Allingham

274 pages • first pub 1931 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
More Work for the Undertaker by Margery Allingham

More Work for the Undertaker

Albert Campion Mysteries #13

Margery Allingham

256 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced