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	Between Two Fires 4.27 avg rating — 26,048 ratings — published 2012 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 25,766 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Those Across the River 3.71 avg rating — 13,239 ratings — published 2011 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lesser Dead 4.05 avg rating — 6,491 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Necromancer's House 3.76 avg rating — 3,311 ratings — published 2013 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0) 4.34 avg rating — 2,586 ratings — published 2024 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Suicide Motor Club 3.94 avg rating — 1,888 ratings — published 2016 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Howls from the Dark Ages by P.L. McMillan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Solomon Forse (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christopher Buehlman (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.77 avg rating — 885 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost Highways: Dark Fictions From the Road by D. Alexander Ward (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rio Youers (Goodreads Author), Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blacktongue Thief: Sneak Peek 4.54 avg rating — 65 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Christopher Buehlman and 31 other people liked C.L. Clark's review of The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1): "Well that was amazing. The audiobook production (narration, music, all) was stunning. Also, Galva, I am free Thursday if you are also free I am free and I don’t have a chodado cat. "
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Christopher Buehlman and 16 other people liked Leanne ☾'s review of The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1): " I was about to die. Worse, I was about to die with bastards. The first time I pick this up I ended up putting it down after a few chapters and deciding it wasn't for me, however, a few days later I found myself wanting to pick it back up again and fin" Read more of this review »
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Christopher Buehlman rated a book it was amazing The Tyranny of Faith (Empire of the Wolf, #2) by Richard Swan (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Rarely do I enjoy the second book in a series more than the first, and never before have I enjoyed one so much that I immediately revisited book one AND took a second lap around the sequel. Richard Swan’s villains get even nastier and stronger in thi ...more
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Christopher Buehlman and 268 other people liked Mark Lawrence's review of The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1): "Given my normal slowness this was a very quick read. It was one of the rare books that I MADE time for rather than fitted into the bits and pieces of spare time that come my way. Buehlman is an excellent writer who has honed his skills in other (close" Read more of this review »
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Christopher Buehlman rated a book it was amazing The Stone Man (The Stone Man, #1) by Luke Smitherd (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Luke Smitherd is one of the boldest, most imaginative authors working today. THE STONE MAN is my second foray into his work, and I can tell you there will be a third. Eight foot tall fucking stone man appears in Coventry and starts walking, utterly f ...more
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Christopher Buehlman and 19 other people liked Sherry's review of Between Two Fires: "Oh man! This was so good I had to go and buy a copy for my library! Definitely worth a re-read. Loved the main characters of this so much. They had such an arc of growth and real depth, something I absolutely love in a book. The story dovetailed beau" Read more of this review »
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Christopher Buehlman rated a book it was amazing The Vessel by Adam L.G. Nevill (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Adam L.G Nevill is busily repopulating England with lost gods, and I’m here for it. THE VESSEL is a lean book that punches above its weight, with a small cast, intimate spaces, and Nevill’s characteristic palette of horrors in bone white, blood red a ...more
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“One of the hardest and truest things a grown-up learns is that sometimes it's not okay.”
― Christopher Buehlman

tags: life-lessons

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“But when I make a good [taxidermy] mount I feel like I beat God in a small way. As though the Almighty said, Let such critter be dead, and I said, 'Fuck You, he can still play the banjo.”
― Christopher Buehlman, Those Across the River

tags: humor, religion, taxidermy

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“But it will be harder for you if you remember. Love is always harder. Love means weathering blows for another’s sake and not counting them. Love is loss of self, loss of other, and faith in the death of loss.”
― Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

tags: faith, love

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My Best Friend's Exorcism Grady Hendrix

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Odd Thomas Dean Koontz

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Floating Dragon Peter Straub

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Tender Is the Flesh Agustina Bazterrica

18 votes, 12.4%

The Force Don Winslow

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The Sins of the Fathers Lawrence Block

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Those Across the River Christopher Buehlman

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We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence Becky Cooper

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Coffin Shadows Glen Krisch

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