Best Mike Carey Books

The best books by Mike Carey — 7 titles spanning Horror, Fantasy, averaging 4.01 BLT stars.

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Mike Carey brought genuine noir grit to urban fantasy with the Felix Castor series — a run of London-set novels where the dead have started walking and a freelance exorcist with a tin whistle and bad judgment takes the cases nobody else will touch. The Devil You Know and Vicious Circle are tight, atmospheric, and darkly funny, with a protagonist who drinks too much, owes everyone a favor, and still manages to be the most morally interesting person in the room. Carey writes with sardonic wit and a hard-boiled rhythm that keeps the supernatural grounded in consequence — his world feels dangerous because the rules are real and breaking them costs something. Readers who want urban fantasy with the texture of crime fiction, and don't mind their heroes making genuinely terrible decisions, will find Castor essential.

Mike Carey's highest-rated book in our collection is Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology (4.15 BLT stars). Browse the full list below.

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    Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology

    by Jonathan Maberry, George A. Romero, Brian Keene, Carrie Ryan, David J. Schow, David Wellington, Isaac Marion, Jay Bonansinga, Joe R. Lansdale, John Skipp, Max Brallier, Mike Carey, Mira Grant, Neal Shusterman, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Ryan Brown, John A. Russo, Craig E. Engler, Chuck Wendig, Brendan Shusterman

    ★ 4.15 BLT Score (1.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (1.8K)
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    The Naming of the Beasts

    Felix Castor • Book 5

    by Mike Carey

    ★ 4.14 BLT Score (5.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (5.7K)
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    Thicker Than Water

    Felix Castor • Book 4

    by Mike Carey

    ★ 4.13 BLT Score (6.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (6.1K)
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    Dead Men's Boots

    Felix Castor • Book 3

    by Mike Carey

    ★ 4.06 BLT Score (8.0K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (8.0K)
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    Vicious Circle

    Felix Castor • Book 2

    by Mike Carey

    ★ 4.06 BLT Score (9.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (9.3K)
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    The Devil You Know

    Felix Castor • Book 1

    by Mike Carey

    ★ 3.86 BLT Score (17.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (17.4K)
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    Zombies: More Recent Dead

    by Paula Guran, Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman, Kathleen Tierney, Stephen Graham Jones, Joe R. Lansdale, Jonathan Maberry, Carrie Vaughn, Carrie Ryan, Matthew Johnson

    ★ 3.64 BLT Score (212 ratings)
    ★ 3.63 Goodreads (212)
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