Monsters

A monster is often a type of grotesque creature, whose appearance frightens and whose powers of destruction threaten the human world's social or moral order.

A monster can also be like a human, but in folklore, they are commonly portrayed as the lowest class, as mutants, deformed, supernatural, and otherworldly.

Animal monsters are outside the moral order, but sometimes have their origin in some human violation of the moral law (e.g. in the Greek myth, Minos does not sacrifice the white bull Poseidon sent him to the god, so as punishment Poseidon makes Minos' wife, Pasiphaë, fall in love with th
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New Releases Tagged "Monsters"

Secrets of the Void (Deep Waters #5)
Oh No! There's an Ifrit in my Cosmic Cafe (Getting Cozy with Demons #2)
The Alpha of Grave Hills (Dragonkin, #2)
Titanoboa (Naga Brides, #7)
Oops! I Summoned a Liderc (Witches Love Monsters)
I, Medusa
The House Saphir
Between Two Kings (Split or Swallow, #2)
As Many Souls as Stars
A Light So Blinding (The Kingdom Below, #2)
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
Of Swamp & Sea, Volume One (Of Swamp & Sea, #1)
Nyx (Mate's Mark Book 3)
Hunk Sandwich (Fangs on Ice # 4.5)
He Who Fights With Monsters 7 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #7)
The Inheritance (Breach Wars, #1)
He Who Fights With Monsters 8 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #8)
He Who Fights with Monsters 11 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #11)
He Who Fights with Monsters 9 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #9)
He Who Fights with Monsters 10 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #10)
The Primal Hunter 3 (The Primal Hunter, #3)
The Primal Hunter 5 (The Primal Hunter, #5)
The Primal Hunter 7 (The Primal Hunter #7)
Resisting the Alien Rider (Cowboy Colony Mail-Order Brides, #3)
The Primal Hunter 9 (The Primal Hunter #9)
A Light So Blinding (The Kingdom Below, #2)
To Clutch a Razor (Curse Bearer, #2)
My Demon Hunter (Hell Bent, #2)
A Requiem for Fallen Stars (Cadence of the Fallen, #1)
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Space Horror
327 books — 292 voters

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Best Monster Novels
118 books — 69 voters
The Search for Synergy by Brett SalterEragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikRiders of Fire and Ice by Brett Salter
Dragon Lovers' Books
191 books — 231 voters


A Soul to Keep (Duskwalker Brides, #1)
Morning Glory Milking Farm (Cambric Creek, #1)
The Dragon's Bride (A Deal With a Demon, #1)
Soul Eater (Monstrous, #1)
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Luxuria (Shades of Sin, #1)
A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor (Tempting Monsters, #1)
Where the Wild Things Are
A Soul to Heal (Duskwalker Brides, #2)
Ensnared (The Spider's Mate, #1)

Murderers are not monsters, they're men. And that's the most frightening thing about them.
Murderers are not monsters, they're men. And that's the most frightening thing about them. ...more
Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones

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It’s a fitting punishment for a monster. to want something so much—to hold it in your arms — and know beyond a doubt you will never deserve it.
Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

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