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• Retribution Falls

  a Tale of the Ketty Jay

  Wooding, Chris, 1977-

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  A rollicking steampunk adventure story that will appeal to fans of Joss Whedon's 'Firefly'. Full of fantastic world-building, expect an entire world living and trading between air ships, fighting with guns and blades, and even daemonists…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Soulless

  Carriger, Gail, pseud., 1976-

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  A mesmerizing medley of genres, this series is full of drama, adventure, romance and razor sharp wit. If you’re a fan of flamboyant vampires or handsome werewolves, then you should sink your fangs (or claws) into this story of murder and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Anubis Gates

  Powers, Tim, 1952-

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  Brendan Doyle, an expert on Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is invited on a time travel adventure to see Coleridge speak, only to find himself trapped in Regency London. Hijinks ensue! Steampunk elements blend with evil clowns, Ancient Egyptian…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

  Verne, Jules, 1828-1905

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  Long considered one of the original Steampunk books from before the term was coined, Jules Verne's classic story of Captain Nemo and the Nautilus is full of adventure, as well as crazy and novel (for the time) inventions. Whether you're a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Infernal Devices

  Jeter, K. W., 1950-

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  Author K.W. Jeter is a Steampunk staple, and was in fact the first author to refer to their work as 'steampunk'. 'Infernal Devices' is a great adventure full of time travel, mysteries, adventure, and a fair share of femme fatals. George is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Difference Engine

  Gibson, William, 1948-

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  This is the book touted as the catalyst for the Steampunk movement gaining mass popularity. London is becoming increasingly uninhabitable and paleontologist Edward Mallory has created an interesting theorem that shakes the fundamentals of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Boneshaker

  Priest, Cherie, 1975-

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  This fast-paced adventure comes complete with a strong female lead and all the fantastical hallmarks of the steampunk genre. Inventor Leviticus Blue accidentally destroys Seattle’s city centre when his new machine unearths a stream of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Aeronaut's Windlass

  Butcher, Jim, 1971-

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  We're treated to a world in the clouds in this new series from the 'Dresden Files' author Jim Butcher. People have abandoned the surface of the Earth and instead live in giant towers known as Spires— each Spire is its own nation and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Alloy of Law

  a Mistborn Novel

  Sanderson, Brandon, 1975-

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  Book Four in Sanderson's Mistborn series does something quite unique— it's set in the same world, but 300 years in the future, where the world has evolved from its Dark Ages to something like America's Old West. Only here, society is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Diabolical Miss Hyde

  Carr, Viola

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  In this reimagining of the classic Jekyll and Hyde, we have serial killers, mad science, and witch-hunts combine to make a page-turner of a steampunk gothic mystery. Unlike her father, Dr Eliza Jekyll uses her brilliant mind to help the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Perdido Street Station

  Miéville, China, 1972-

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  Perdido Street Station introduces us to a great new fantastical world filled with magic, steampunk, and layers of peculiar beings. The author has an amazing grasp on language, making for a horrifying and imaginative read. In a city that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Iron Wyrm Affair

  Saintcrow, Lilith, 1976-

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  Set in an industrial London filled with illogical magic, and based on an alternate British history and mythology, this one is a fast paced, action packed, magical Sherlock Holmes homage. London's geniuses are being picked off by a vicious…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• God Save the Queen

  Locke, Kate, 1971-

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  An alternate history steampunk novel featuring creepy goblins, sexy werewolves, and an undead Queen Victoria! Set in 2012, Her Exsanguinated Highness has ruled with an iron fist for over 175 years. Our feisty heroine is Xandra, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Phoenix Rising

  Ballantine, Philippa, 1971-

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  Written by New Zealand born husband-wife authors Pip Ballantyne and Tee Morris, this book features a kick butt kiwi agent with a penchant for explosives, an antisocial archivist, and a gruesome Sherlockian mystery. The Ministry of Peculiar…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Invisible Library

  Cogman, Genevieve

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  A book about books? Yes, please! Irene is a librarian-spy whose responsibility it is to procure and archive significant written works from alternate realities. Sent to an alternative London with her new assistant Kai, they're tasked with…Read moreRead more of this annotation