Gail Carriger
1) Prudence
Author
Series
Custard protocol volume 1
Language
English
Description
Twenty-year-old Prudence "Rue" Akeldama and her friends journey in a gaudy dirigible to India in search of a superior type of tea for her adoptive father, a wealthy vampire, only to run headfirst into danger, intrigue, and local politics.
Author
Series
Finishing school volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
In her alternate England of 1851, fifteen-year-old Sophronia tries to uncover who is behind a plot to control a prototype that has the potential to alter human and supernatural travel, and to learn what role Mademoiselle Geraldine's academy for young spies plays in the affair.
Author
Series
Finishing school volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
In an alternate England of 1851, spirited fourteen-year-old Sophronia is enrolled in a finishing school where, she is suprised to learn, lessons include not only the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but also diversion, deceit, and espionage.
Author
Series
Finishing school volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
In an alternate England of 1851, Sophronia Temminnick is the only hope for her friends, her school, and all of London when she must put her espionage training to the test to thwart an evil Picklemen plot.
5) Blameless
Author
Series
Parasol protectorate volume 3rd
Language
English
Formats
Description
Quitting her husband's house and moving back in with her horrible family, Lady Maccon becomes the scandal of the London season.
Queen Victoria dismisses her from the Shadow Council, and the only person who can explain anything, Lord Akeldama, unexpectedly leaves town. To top it all off, Alexia is attacked by homicidal mechanical ladybugs, indicating, as only ladybugs can, the fact that all of London's vampires are now very much interested in seeing...
Author
Series
Finishing school volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
In her alternate England of 1851, while taking her friend Sidheag by train to her werewolf pack in Scotland, sixteen-year-old Sophronia uncovers a plot that threatens to dissolve all of London into chaos and must decide where her loyalties lie once and for all.
Author
Series
Publisher
GAIL CARRIGER LLC
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
The aliens are coming for us and they want our voices.
New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger brings you a gloriously warm and unique scifi about the power of art, celebrity, and found family. The first in a completed trilogy.
Phex is a barista on a forgotten moon. Which is fine – he likes being ignored and he's good at making drinks. Until one day an alien hears him singing and recruits him to
8) Competence
Author
Series
Custard protocol volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Accidentally abandoned! All alone in Singapore, proper Miss Primrose Tunstell must steal helium to save her airship, the Spotted Custard, in a scheme involving a lovesick werecat and a fake fish tail. When she uncovers rumors of a new kind of vampire, Prim and the Custard crew embark on a mission to Peru. There, they encounter airship pirates and strange atmospheric phenomena, and are mistaken for representatives of the Spanish Inquisition. Forced...
Author
Language
English
Description
"I knew it would all end in tears the moment I saw the hat." In this short comedic fairytale , New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger doles out tea-saturated prose and food-driven biting wit suitable for a younger audience. Cups is a fairy with a problem. She can't grow wings because she is under a death promise to a local king. So she takes service at the castle as the Least Jester hoping to earn her adult wings, learning a great deal about...
Author
Language
Español
Description
Cups es un hada con un problema. No le pueden crecer las alas porque está atada a una antigua promesa efectuada a un rey del lugar. Esto la lleva a prestar servicio en el castillo en calidad de bufón menor con la esperanza de ganarse sus alas, aprendiendo por el camino mucho sobre cupcakes, demonios del té y dragones de tierra.
Un cuento de hadas en tono de comedia en el que la señorita Carriger se embarca con su habitual prosa saturada de té...
11) Funny Fantasy
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
From evil overlords to bumbling henchmen, talking cats to lovelorn fishermen, mad queens to wise opossums, the collected fourteen stories subvert popular fantasy tropes in surprising and delightful ways. This book collects some of the best funny fantasy fiction published in the past decade.
12) Imprudence
Author
Series
Custard protocol volume 2
Language
English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger comes the delightful sequel to Prudence.
Rue and the crew of the Spotted Custard return from India with revelations that shake the foundations of England's scientific community. Queen Victoria is not amused, the vampires are tetchy, and something is wrong with the local werewolf pack. To top it all off, Rue's best friend Primrose keeps getting engaged to the most unacceptable military types.
Rue...
13) Meat Cute
Author
Language
English
Description
From the comedic mind of New York Times bestseller Gail Carriger comes the much requested prequel short story to Soulless. Narrated by the wonderful Emma Newman!
Alexia Tarabotti attends what appears to be a very dull London party, until the new werewolf Alpha turns up, is unconscionably rude to her, and sits on a hedgehog.
Don't miss this charming novelette featuring the very first encounter between the Parasolverse's most popular power couple, preternatural...
Author
Language
English
Description
Tired of the hero's journey?
Frustrated that funny, romantic, and comforting stories aren't taken seriously?
Sad that the books and movies you love never seem to be critically acclaimed, even when they sell like crazy?
Gail Carriger presents a clear concise analysis of the heroine's journey, how it differs from the hero's journey, and how you can use it to improve your writing and your life.
In this book you'll learn:
• How to spot the heroine's...
15) Soulless
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
16) Timeless
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Lady Alexia Maccon, soulless, is at it again, only this time the trouble is not her fault. When a mad ghost threatens the queen, Alexia is on the case, following a trail that leads her deep into her husband's past.
17) Changeless
Author
Series
Parasol protectorate volume 1st
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
18) Heartless
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Lady Alexia Maccon, soulless, is at it again, only this time the trouble is not her fault. When a mad ghost threatens the queen, Alexia is on the case, following a trail that leads her deep into her husband's past.
Author
Series
Parasol protectorate volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Settling into her new life as the Lady Woolsey, Alexia finds her days quite challenging. Whether it is a regiment of supernatural soldiers camped out on her front lawn or the demands of being the Queen's 'muhjah,' there never seems to be a want of new hurdles to overcome. But when stories of supernaturals rendered normal by some unknown force begin cropping up, Alexia has a rather serious mystery on her hands. Can she root out the cause of this phenomenon,...
20) Reticence
Author
Series
Custard protocol volume 4
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Bookish and proper Percival Tunstell finds himself out of his depth when floating cities, spirited plumbing, and soggy biscuits collide in this delightful conclusion to NYT bestselling author Gail Carriger's Custard Protocol series"--