Best Dan Simmons Novels - April 2024

Gilchrist: A Novel

Winner Best Mystery-Thriller — Writer's Digest 6th Annual Self-Published Ebook Awards"Gilchrist by Christian Galacar is terrifying. Stephen King made his readers afraid of clowns, cars and so much more; Christian Galacar WILL make you afraid of small towns and memories!" - Charla White, WordsAPlenty"If you like Stephen King or Dean Koontz you will like this story." - Sunny DuPree"A genuinely scary book that I should not have read right before bed." - Dannielle InsalacoBag of Bones meets Stranger Things. . .Gilchrist is as beautiful as it is terrifying — a novel of mounting suspense, with... [Read More]

• ASIN: B075X9K9WN
• ASIN: B075X9K9WN

Summer of Night: A Novel

This masterfully crafted horror classic, featuring a brand-new introduction by Dan Simmons, will bring you to the edge of your seat, hair standing on end and blood freezing in your veinsIt's the summer of 1960 and in the small town of Elm Haven, Illinois, five twelve-year-old boys are forging the powerful bonds that a lifetime of change will not break. From sunset bike rides to shaded hiding places in the woods, the boys' days are marked by all of the secrets and silences of an idyllic middle-childhood. But amid the sundrenched cornfields their loyalty will be pitilessly tested. When a long-si... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0312550677
• ASIN: 0312550677
• ISBN: 0312550677
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin

The Terror

The bestselling novel, "a brilliant, massive combination of history and supernatural horror" (Stephen King) is now a major TV series.The men on board the HMS Terror have every expectation of finding the Northwest Passage. But what they don't expect is a monstrous predator lurking behind the Arctic ice. When the expedition's leader, Sir John Franklin, meets a horrifying end, Captain Francis Crozier takes command, leading his surviving crewmen on a last desperate attempt to flee south across the ice.But another winter is rapidly approaching, and with it, scurvy and starvation. Crozier and his me... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316486094
• ASIN: 0316486094
• ISBN: 0316486094
• Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos)

• ASIN: 0553283685
• ASIN: 0553283685
• ISBN: 0553283685
• Brand: Simmons, Dan
• Manufacturer: Spectra

The Outsider: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER—soon to be an HBO limited series starring Ben Mendelsohn! An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories.An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City’s most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a qu... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501180983
• ASIN: 1501180983
• ISBN: 9781501180989
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

The Abominable: A Novel

ALA Reading List Award for History, Short ListA thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of Mount Everest, from the bestselling author of The TerrorIt's 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine high on the shoulder of Mt. Everest. By the following year, three climbers -- a British poet and veteran of the Great War, a young French Chamonix guide, and an idealistic young American -- find a way to take their shot at the top. They arrange funding... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316198846
• ASIN: 0316198846
• ISBN: 0316198846
• Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

The Fall of Hyperion

• ASIN: 0553288202
• ASIN: 0553288202
• ISBN: 0553288202
• Brand: Spectra
• Manufacturer: Spectra

Elevation

• ASIN: 1982102314
• ASIN: 1982102314
• ISBN: 1982102314
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

Carrion Comfort: A Novel

"CARRION COMFORT is one of the three greatest horror novels of the 20th century. Simple as that." --Stephen King"Epic in scale and scope but intimately disturbing, CARRION COMFORT spans the ages to rewrite history and tug at the very fabric of reality. A nightmarish chronicle of predator and prey that will shatter your world view forever. A true classic." --Guillermo del Toro"CARRION COMFORT is one of the scariest books ever written. Whenever I get the question asked Who's your favorite author? my answer is always Dan Simmons." --James Rollins"One of the few major reinventions of the vampire c... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0312567073
• ASIN: 0312567073
• ISBN: 0312567073
• Brand: Griffin
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin

Pandemic (The Extinction Files Book 1)

From A.G. Riddle, the worldwide bestselling author with OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD, comes a new sci-fi thriller The Guardian book review says, “...reads like a superior collaboration between Dan Brown and Michael Crichton.”* * *A worldwide pandemic...A scientific experiment that could change humanity forever...A race to find a cure--and unravel humanity’s darkest secrets.* * *In Kenya, a deadly outbreak spreads quickly. Local villagers are infected, as are two American college students on summer break.The CDC and WHO send a team, led by Dr. Peyton Shaw. In Africa, Peyton soon discovers t... [Read More]

• ASIN: B06Y382BHS
• ASIN: B06Y382BHS
• Brand: Riddle Inc.
• Manufacturer: Legion Books

The Cartel (Power of the Dog Series)

The New York Times bestselling second novel in the explosive Power of the Dog series—an action-filled look at the drug trade that takes you deep inside a world riddled with corruption, betrayal, and bloody revenge. Book Two of the Power of the Dog Series It’s 2004. Adán Barrera, kingpin of El Federación, is languishing in a California federal prison. Ex-DEA agent Art Keller passes his days in a monastery, having lost everything to his thirty-year blood feud with the drug lord. Then Barrera escapes. Now, there’s a two-million-dollar bounty on Keller’s head and no one else capable of ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0525436510
• ASIN: 0525436510
• ISBN: 9780525436515
• Manufacturer: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

The Enceladus Mission: Hard Science Fiction (Ice Moon Book 1)

A space odyssey that’s worth taking. (Kirkus)In the year 2031, a robot probe detects traces of biological activity on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons. This sensational discovery shows that there is indeed evidence of extraterrestrial life. Fifteen years later, a hurriedly built spacecraft sets out on the long journey to the ringed planet and its moon.The international crew is not just facing a difficult twenty-seven months: if the spacecraft manages to make it to Enceladus without incident it must use a drillship to penetrate the kilometer-thick sheet of ice that entombs the moon. If lif... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07GKPC16B
• ASIN: B07GKPC16B
• Manufacturer: Hard-SF.com

The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion)

The magnificent conclusion to one of the greatest science fiction sagas of our timeThe time of reckoning has arrived. As a final genocidal Crusade threatens to enslave humanity forever, a new messiah has come of age. She is Aenea and she has undergone a strange apprenticeship to those known as the Others. Now her protector, Raul Endymion, one-time shepherd and convicted murderer, must help her deliver her startling message to her growing army of disciples. But first they must embark on a final spectacular mission to discover the underlying meaning of the universe itself. They have been followe... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0553572989
• ASIN: 0553572989
• ISBN: 0553572989
• Brand: Simmons, Dan
• Manufacturer: Spectra

The Final Winter: An Apocalyptic Horror Novel

Critically acclaimed #1 Bestseller in Horror Fiction and Apocalyptic Fiction with hundreds of 5 star reviews.It's snowing over every inch of the Earth; something that should not be possible.Grieving alcoholic Harry Jobson expected to end his night facedown in vomit like most nights down the pub, but the impossible blizzards have made old routines impossible, and he instead finds himself trapped with an odd group of strangers. Everyone is worried by the recent climatic events, but all Harry wants to do is drink alone.But when the body of a mangled teenager crashes through the pub's front window... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0052F4GLW
• ASIN: B0052F4GLW
• Manufacturer: SalGad Publishing Group

Ilium (Ilium series Book 1)

• ASIN: B000FC129Q
• ASIN: B000FC129Q
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books

Granny Dan : A Novel

A simple box, filled with mementos and memories, provides a surprising legacy from a grandparent to her grandchild, who discovers that her beloved grandmother had once been a prima ballerina in czarist Russia, until war,

• UPC: 774725
• Rating: 4.4

I Am Charlotte Simmons : A Novel

Wolfe masterfully chronicles college sports, fraternities, keggers, coeds, and sex--all through the eyes of Charlotte Simmons, a bright and beautiful freshman at the fictional Dupont

• UPC: 3931678
• Rating: 3.556

Song of Kali. Dan Simmons

Books : Song of Kali (Fantasy Masterworks)

• UPC: 226142995
• Rating: 3.7

Carrion Comfort : A Novel

The Classic Epic of Ultimate Horror, Dark Fantasy, Action and Intrigue, Featuring A New Introduction By Dan

• UPC: 11012135
• Rating: 3.818

Summer of Night : A Novel

In the summer of 1960, in Elm Haven, Illinois, a sinister being is stalking the town's children, and when a long-silent bell peals in the middle of the night, the town residents know that it

• UPC: 15548682
• Rating: 4.471

My Best Friend's Exorcism : A Novel

An unholy hybrid of Beaches and The Exorcist that blends teen angst, adolescent drama, unspeakable horrors, and a mix of '80s pop songs into a pulse-pounding supernatural thriller The year is 1988. High school sophomores

• UPC: 55695819
• Rating: 4.087

The Best of Us : A Novel

Paradise isn't quite what it seems as four college friends meet for an island vacation in this captivating new novel from the acclaimed author of "These Girls." An all-expense-paid week at a luxury villa in

• UPC: 21277570
• Rating: 4.222

The Cruiser : A Dan Lenson Novel

"On the brink of a nuclear war, Captain Dan Lenson must steer between frightening choices in this military

• UPC: 52928206
• Rating: 4.0

The Abominable : A Novel

ALA Reading List Award for History, Short ListA thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of Mount Everest, from the bestselling author of The Terror It's 1924 and the race

• UPC: 38412619
• Rating: 3.625

Children of the Night : A Vampire Novel

"Simmons writes like a hot-rodding angel." -Stephen King An evil legacy comes to life in this classic and ultimately human novel about believable vampires, featuring a brand-new introduction by Dan Simmons. Children of the Night

• UPC: 20528986
• Rating: 3.111