Hi, i am on the look out for good, cheap reads. I like scary but funny stuff. Not slapstick but has laughs along with good storyline. like fantasy type - vampires, lycanthropes etc....Love Terry Pratchett and read them all - more than once
2007-02-05 02:40:42 · 12 answers · asked by Tilly Ward 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Mediator series by Meg Cabot is humerous and paranormal (ghosts).
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is now out in paperback and is a great vampire story. Not Terry Pratchett type humor but more understated. There are some funny parts.
The Xanth books by Piers Anthony. Start with A Spell for Chameleon. The books have a lot of puns and such in them and I think they would appeal to a Terry Pratchett fan.
Moon Called and Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs. These urban fantasy books have both werewolves and vampires in them and a bit of humor.
Hope that helps!
2007-02-05 03:13:09 · answer #1 · answered by DemonBookLover 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sunshine by Robin McKinley is a fresh, contemporary take on the vampire story.
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause is a good werewolf story -- the book seems very different from the new movie.
Laughs and a good story are Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books.
Sounds like Neil Gaiman is right up your alley -- mild horror with humor.
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova is the quintessential vampire novel -- it seems long but it reads quickly, never boring.
Anne Rice has good stories, but her books are overwritten, IMHO. Too many words for the story she tells, too much description of place and not much action.
Good, cheap reads are also James Patterson, John Grisham, Michael Crichton.
2007-02-05 10:56:02 · answer #2 · answered by suzykew70 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy by Mike Ashley
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman
Dead and Loving It by MaryJanice Davidson
The Fourth Bear: A Nursery Crime by Jasper Fforde
You Suck: A Love Story Hardcover by Christopher Moore
2007-02-05 10:58:55 · answer #3 · answered by Ralph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try L.A. Banks she right a good vampire series and other paranormal creatures its about a vampire huntress Damali Richards look her up on her website to read the storyline to her books you won't be sorry I promise and its got a good storyline outside the vampire parts of story. i started reading her about a 7 months ago and i can't wait for her next one to come out this month finally in another 5 days there is 9 books in this series 8 are out now the last is still to come .
2007-02-05 11:48:06 · answer #4 · answered by crysram27 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Nancy Drew Series is scary, and fun. I read them all the time. Also "In the Eyes of the Amaryllis" By Natalie Babbit is scary too. "The Secret Garden" By Frances Burnett is enchanting. Also, "Series of Unfortunate Events" By Lemony Snicket is good. Lois Lowry books are fun too. "Try Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye." Try those!
2007-02-05 11:08:30 · answer #5 · answered by Lily 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1987 Bram Stoker's award.Swan Song-956 pages, but it was one of those books that just didn't let go. Not so much Vampires and Werewolves, more along the lines of Good and Evil durning a Nuclear War. Check out the link
2007-02-05 11:21:24 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just finished reading a good thriller you might like. It's "Angelhair" by Joseph Noga. You can get a free preview to read on the authors website if you'ld like to check it out. Go to www.joenoga.com Enjoy the read and pass the word along.
2007-02-05 11:42:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you haven't read Anne Rice try starting with Interview with a Vampire
2007-02-05 10:49:20 · answer #8 · answered by C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'd probably like 'Fluke' or "I know why the caged whale sings" by Christopher Moore. All his books are funny, and very interesting. Also, try Carl Hiasen. Enviromental Comedy/Mysteries.
2007-02-05 10:50:54 · answer #9 · answered by Year of the Monkey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you will enjoy Visitors by Bob Chapman. I see you said cheap, well you can pick one up for under a fiver, look on the Amazon web site.
2007-02-05 11:06:02 · answer #10 · answered by taxiburt 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋