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A chaotic, laugh-out-loud supernatural heist where the fate of the world rests in the hands of the most unqualified misfits imaginable. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Everything Box.
- chaotic
- frenetic
- gritty-yet-goofy
- neon-lit
- 01
Sandman Slim
Richard Kadrey
A whiskey-soaked, blood-spattered joyride through a grimy supernatural Los Angeles with a protagonist who literally crawled out of Hell.
- 02
Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim)
Richard Kadrey
A gritty, ticking-clock supernatural thriller where a half-dead antihero races through a shadowy Los Angeles to pay off a demonic debt.
- 03
Secondhand Souls
Christopher Moore
A hilariously macabre romp through San Francisco where the afterlife is just another bureaucratic nightmare managed by lovable misfits.
- 04
Practical Demonkeeping
Christopher Moore · 1992
A chaotic, laugh-out-loud romp through a quirky coastal town besieged by a very hungry, very inconvenient monster.
- 05
Foundryside
Robert Jackson Bennett
A kinetic, cyberpunk-flavored fantasy heist where magic is a programming language and scrappy underdogs are hacking the system.
- 06
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits
David Wong
A neon-soaked, hyper-violent joyride through a capitalist dystopia where the only thing more absurd than the villains is the reluctant hero trying to survive them.
- 07
The Invisible Library
Genevieve Cogman
A witty, gaslamp-lit heist across alternate realities where books are the ultimate currency and magic bleeds into the cobblestones.
- 08
Hard magic
Larry Correia
A gritty, high-octane collision of 1930s noir and explosive magical combat.
- 09
The causal angel
Hannu Rajaniemi
A dazzling, mind-bending caper through a post-human solar system where quantum physics and the power of myth collide.
- 10
Half-resurrection blues
Daniel José Older
A shadowy, supernatural mystery that explores the eerie, liminal space between the living and the dead.
- 11
Good guys
Steven Brust
A gritty, cynical urban fantasy where underpaid magical operatives question the morality of the secretive institution they serve.
- 12
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Robin Sloan
A cozy, puzzle-box adventure that bridges the dusty magic of ancient books with the gleaming optimism of modern technology.
