12 Fantastic Katherine Addison Books for Fans of The Goblin Emperor

Maia is the bastard son of the Emperor, a half-goblin who has lived in exile and been kept away from courtly life by his family. When his father and three half-brothers in line for the throne are killed in an "accident," he is forced to take up the crown as the only rightful heir. Maia has never been trained in political life. He's all alone, surrounded by sycophants and backstabbers, and he knows that someone wants to kill him just like his father and brothers. The new goblin Emperor must fight to rule and to survive.

When the young half-goblin emperor Maia needed answers about the deaths of his family, he turned to an obscure resident of his Court, a Prelate of Ulis and a Witness for the Dead. Thara Celehar uncovered the culprit, but doing so lost him his place as a retainer of his cousin the former Empress. Now, Celehar lives far away from the court in semi-exile, eager to live modestly and avoid further political drama. But as a Witness for the Dead, he can, sometimes, speak to the recently deceased, and there's no chance they'll leave him alone. He must uncover even more killers and put himself in harm's way.

Celehar’s life as the Witness for the Dead of Amalo has garnered him more attention than he has ever desired, but it's also made him less isolated as his circle of friends expands. He has been given an apprentice to teach, one who will assist him as he deals with a newly discovered scandal in the city. The foundling girls are orphans with no families to claim them. Foundling boys go to the Prelacies; foundling girls are sold into service, or worse, and Celehar wants to change that.

Thara Celehar has lost his ability to speak with the dead. That means he can no longer call himself Witness for the Dead. But while his title is gone, his duties remain. He has to deal with a municipal cemetery with decades of secrets hidden among the tombstones. There's a group of miners who would trade Celehar’s life for a chance at what they feel they’re owed by their superiors. Fortunately, Celehar has help in the form of his mentee Velhiro Tomasaran, his opera director friend Iäna Pel-Thenhior, and the valiant guard captain Hanu Olgarezh. 

It's London of the 1880s but not as we knew it. Angels inhabit every public building. Vampires and werewolves walk the streets in open view of humans, with whom they live alongside thanks to a truce. It seems like this is a new age for humanity. But Angels are tricky things. They can Fall, and that Fall is like a nuclear bomb that devastates both the physical and metaphysical worlds. A strange killer known as Jack the Ripper is stalking the streets. It falls upon a very unique angel to stop him: the angel of the crows.

Felix Harrowgate is a highly respected wizard, but his peers don't know of his dark past. He was trained to pass as a nobleman by his abusive former master. He hoped he'd be safe from those horrors. But the shadows of the past have a bad habit of rearing their ugly head. Mildmay the Fox is a thief and assassin who has been accused of a murder he didn't commit. But now he has been caught by a mysterious foreign wizard using a powerful calling charm who was looking for Felix. Thrown together by fate, Felix and Mildmay journey far from Melusine to exorcize their demons and find out about the curious bonds that tie them together.

Felix Harrowgate was a dashing and powerful wizard until his former master wrenched Felix’s magic from him and used it to shatter the Virtu: the orb that is the heart of the protection for the wizards of the entire city. He's struggled to return to a lucid state and now wants to reclaim his old life. But to do that, he'll need to restore the Virtue. Mildmay the Fox is hindered by a curse that has damaged his leg and left him unable to steal. His fate is tied to that of Felix, but Felix’s former master, the cruel and decadent wizard Malker Gennadion, wants to tear them apart.

Within the confines of Mélusine lies the Mirador, the city’s citadel of power and magic. It is here where Felix has finally found his place in society, his magic and sanity restored to him. Mildmay Foxe won't let Felix out of his sight. He is Felix's half-brother and their fates are irrevocably entwined. But Mildmay becomes distracted by his growing attraction to Mehitabel Parr, professional actress and unwilling spy for the Bastion. The Bastion is a rival stronghold of wizards and they want Felix to destroy the Mirador. But to get to him, they'll need to take on Mildmay first…

When Felix Harrowgate and Mildmay Foxe are charged with heresy and exiled from Mélusine, it feels like the end for them both. They're sent to country of Corambis to face judgment for their crimes but find themselves in the middle of an insurrection. The rebels are losing and they've turned to a strange ancient machine to change their fortunes. But this contraption threatens to destroy them all. Only a powerful wizard can put a halt to the engine’s mysterious and terrifying force. Fortunately, Felix is available for the task. 

Kyle Murchison Booth just wants to be left alone, but the dead and the monstrous of this world have business with him. An unwilling experience with necromancy means that Kyle is now sensitive to the things that go bump in the night: ghosts, ghouls, incubi, demons, and all manner of things you'd find in a horror story. Over ten stories, Monette/Addison delves into Booth's work as a museum archivist with an eye for the supernatural, solving decades-old mysteries and finding out about the past he never wanted to know.

Kyle Murchison Booth, archivist at the Parrington Museum has heard all the stories of the infamous Thirdhop Scarp. has. The house has been notorious ever since the night that homeowner J.A. Cathcart murdered his entire family there. He was found the next morning, his daughter's heart clutched in his hands. Now the new owner of Thirdhop Scarp, one Marcus Oleander, is gathering a ragtag group of experts to the house for a séance. Booth goes along reluctantly, along with Miss Griselda Parrington, daughter of the museum's founder. Can this nightmare home be cleansed of his demons, or does its darkness run deeper than anyone could ever have predicted?

Isolfr is a young nobleman chosen to become a wolfcarl—a warrior who is bonded to a fighting wolf. His people depend on the wolfcarls to protect them from outside forces and the looming threat of the return of the trolls. On the winter of Isolfr's bonding, the trolls descend upon his village and wreak havoc. It is up to Isolfr, bonded to the queen wold Viradechtis, to fight for his honor and that of his people.

In Iskryne, the war against the Trollish invasion has been won, and the lands of men are safe again. But for how long? Isolfr and his wolf Viradechtis have formed their own community. Viradechtis has taken two mates, and so the human pack has two war leaders. A new army of men is fast approaching them and they do not wish to form an alliance. The giant trellwolves and their human brothers have never hunted men before, but to defend their homes and their lives, they must.

Many years have passed since Isolfr first bonded with his wolf. Now, his daughter Alfgyfa, is taking up his mantle. The warrior culture of Iskryne forbids many things to women. Bonding with the trelwolves is a fate solely for the men. But Alfgyfa is very much her father's daughter, and she plans to break with tradition. Isolfr has long planned to send his daughter to Tin, a matriarch among the elves who live nearby, to be both apprentice and ambassador. Her leadership could pave the way for a new future. But the old ways are not so easily dismissed…