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	The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 5,575 ratings — published 2019 — 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 Sword Defiant (Lands of the Firstborn, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 2,027 ratings — published 2023 — 11 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 Shadow Saint (The Black Iron Legacy, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 1,860 ratings — published 2020	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 Broken God (The Black Iron Legacy, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 1,093 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	The Sword Unbound (Lands of the Firstborn, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 648 ratings — 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
	The Sword Triumphant (Lands of the Firstborn #3) 4.29 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Tolkien's World: A Guide to the Peoples and Places of Middle-Earth by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan (Goodreads Author), Peter Mckinstry (Illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2012 — 18 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
	Traveller Core Rulebook 3.76 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2008 — 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 Laundry 4.05 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Tales from Wilderland by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan (Goodreads Author), Francesco Nepitello 4.30 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2012 — 7 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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Babylon 5 omniverse (159 books)
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The Black Iron Legacy (3 books)
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Lands of the Firstborn (3 books)
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Trail of Cthulhu RPG (25 books)
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“Ghouls love their eldritch mysterious stairwells descending infinitely into fucking shit-and-mushroom town.”
― Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer

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“God’s shit,” says Aleena. “That’s your idea of a fucking short cut? Let’s save time by getting sodomised by magic worms?”
― Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer

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“Ongent just keeps huffing and puffing up the steps, as if he's out for an afternoon constitutional and his only worry is getting to the top of this little hill, not getting robbed and left in a ditch.

She contemplates robbing him and leaving him in a ditch.”
― Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer

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The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

14 votes, 25.5%

The Strain by Guillermo del Toro

12 votes, 21.8%

The Gutter Prayer by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

10 votes, 18.2%

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

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Starless by Jacqueline Carey

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The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen

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