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Tom Holt

Author of Devices and Desires

Includes the names: K. Parker, K J Parker
Also includes: Thomas Holt (1), Tom Holt (1)

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Works by Tom Holt
Devices and Desires 1,042 copies, 36 reviews
Expecting Someone Taller 791 copies, 14 reviews
Who's Afraid of Beowulf? 699 copies, 15 reviews
Evil for Evil 582 copies, 11 reviews
Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City 557 copies, 31 reviews
Snow White and the Seven Samurai 557 copies, 7 reviews
Flying Dutch 525 copies, 6 reviews
In Your Dreams 497 copies, 12 reviews
The Escapement 496 copies, 13 reviews
Falling Sideways 496 copies, 13 reviews
Colours in the Steel 472 copies, 7 reviews
You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But it Helps 457 copies, 16 reviews
Earth, Air, Fire and Custard 454 copies, 15 reviews
Shadow 436 copies, 9 reviews
The Company 384 copies, 28 reviews
Nothing But Blue Skies 381 copies, 11 reviews
The Folding Knife 373 copies, 12 reviews
Only Human 372 copies, 5 reviews
Ye Gods 364 copies, 7 reviews
The Belly of the Bow 337 copies, 5 reviews
Valhalla 327 copies, 10 reviews
Little People 324 copies, 11 reviews
Grailblazers 312 copies, 5 reviews
The Proof House 305 copies, 2 reviews
Pattern 299 copies, 3 reviews
Barking 288 copies, 11 reviews
Prosper's Demon 276 copies, 14 reviews
Paint Your Dragon 271 copies, 2 reviews
Faust Among Equals 268 copies, 3 reviews
Memory 263 copies, 3 reviews
The First Tom Holt Omnibus: Flying Dutch & Faust Among Equals 258 copies, 3 reviews
The Outsorcerer's Apprentice 253 copies, 11 reviews
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sausages 253 copies, 15 reviews
The Hammer 245 copies, 9 reviews
Here Comes the Sun 241 copies, 4 reviews
Odds and Gods 241 copies, 3 reviews
Blonde Bombshell 238 copies, 7 reviews
Doughnut 236 copies, 10 reviews
Divine Comedies: Contains Here Comes the Sun and Odds and Gods 234 copies, 1 review
Sharps 233 copies, 8 reviews
May Contain Traces of Magic 228 copies, 12 reviews
Djinn Rummy 228 copies, 2 reviews
Overtime 226 copies, 2 reviews
My Hero 216 copies, 3 reviews
How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It 206 copies, 11 reviews
The Better Mousetrap 196 copies, 3 reviews
Open Sesame 193 copies, 2 reviews
Wish You Were Here 189 copies, 4 reviews
Alexander at the World's End 184 copies, 5 reviews
The Second Tom Holt Omnibus 178 copies, 4 reviews
The Walled Orchard 175 copies
Academic Exercises 160 copies, 8 reviews
Lucia in Wartime 156 copies, 1 review
When It's A Jar 147 copies, 4 reviews
Lucia Triumphant 140 copies, 3 reviews
The Devil You Know 138 copies, 15 reviews
A Practical Guide to Conquering the World 137 copies, 6 reviews
Tall Stories: Omnibus 5 137 copies
For Two Nights Only: Contains Overtime and Grailblazers 134 copies, 2 reviews
The Two of Swords: Volume One 129 copies, 6 reviews
The Good, The Bad and The Smug 128 copies, 4 reviews
Olympiad: An Historical Novel 125 copies, 3 reviews
Blue and Gold 125 copies, 8 reviews
The Last Witness 123 copies, 13 reviews
The Management Style of the Supreme Beings 118 copies, 3 reviews
Saints and Sinners: Omnibus 6 112 copies
A Song for Nero 111 copies, 6 reviews
Purple and Black 108 copies, 4 reviews
Fishy Wishes: Contains Wish You Were Here and Djinn Rummy 94 copies
Meadowland: A Novel of the Viking Discovery of America 87 copies, 5 reviews
An Orc on the Wild Side 83 copies, 3 reviews
Inside Man 83 copies, 3 reviews
The Two of Swords: Volume Two 76 copies, 2 reviews
Goatsong: A Novel of Ancient Athens (Walled Orchard Series, Vol 1) 75 copies, 1 review
The Two of Swords: Volume Three 67 copies, 2 reviews
Savages 67 copies, 2 reviews
Mightier than the Sword 65 copies, 5 reviews
Downfall of the Gods 65 copies, 7 reviews
Someone Like Me (Quick Reads) 58 copies, 2 reviews
Pulling the Wings Off Angels 53 copies, 3 reviews
The Father of Lies 50 copies, 1 review
The Walled Orchard 43 copies, 2 reviews
My Beautiful Life 43 copies, 3 reviews
The Long Game 38 copies, 2 reviews
The Big Score 36 copies, 4 reviews
Five Stories High: One House, Five Hauntings, Five Chilling Stories (Contributor) 30 copies, 4 reviews
Expecting Beowulf 21 copies
The Two of Swords: Part 1 19 copies, 2 reviews
Under My Skin 16 copies
Bitter Lemmings 12 copies, 1 review
Lucia and the Diplomatic Incident 11 copies
Under My Skin 10 copies, 1 review
A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong 9 copies, 1 review
Holt Who Goes There 8 copies
The Two of Swords: Part 2 8 copies
The Walled Orchard 8 copies, 1 review
No Choice 8 copies
The Two of Swords: Part 3 7 copies
Tom Holt Omnibus: "Only Human", "Portable Door" 7 copies
Amor Vincit Omnia 7 copies, 3 reviews
The Two of Swords: Part 15 7 copies
Let Maps to Others 7 copies, 1 review
The Two of Swords: Part 5 6 copies
The Two of Swords: Part 4 6 copies
The Two of Swords: Part 13 6 copies
"Poems by Tom Holt"; 6 copies
Sechzehn Wege, eine befestigte Stadt zu verteidigen 6 copies
The Two of Swords: Part 8 5 copies
The Two of Swords: Part 11 5 copies
The Things We Do for Love 4 copies
How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It (The Siege, #2) 4 copies
Burning Books for Pleasure and Profit: A Tor.Com Original 4 copies
The Two of Swords: Part 6 4 copies
The Two of Swords: Part 7 4 copies
The Two of Swords: Part 16 4 copies
The Two of Swords: Part 12 4 copies
The Two of Swords: Part 19 4 copies
The Two of Swords: Part 14 4 copies
The Sun And I 3 copies
The Two of Swords: Part 17 3 copies
A Rich, Full Week 3 copies
I Met a Man Who Wasn't There 3 copies
Richards Blockbuster 3 copies
Illuminated 3 copies
The Two of Swords: Part 10 3 copies
The Two of Swords: Part 18 3 copies
One Little Room an Everywhere 3 copies
The Two of Swords: Part 9 3 copies
Heaven Thunders the Truth 3 copies, 1 review
Tor.com Novellas Bundle 2 3 copies
Infiltrado 2 copies
The Jerk Who Fell to Earth 2 copies
Brownian Emotion [short fiction] 2 copies
Rich Men's Skins: A Social History of Armour 2 copies
Portrait of the Artist 2 copies
Message in a Bottle 2 copies
EL DEMONIO DE PRÓSPERO 2 copies
The Thought That Counts 1 copy
A Good Report Of The Worm 1 copy
Colours in the Steel / The Belly of the Bow / The Proof House 1 copy
No Peace for the Wicked 1 copy
Safe House 1 copy
Told by an Idiot 1 copy
Rules 1 copy
The Dragonslayer of Merebarton 1 copy
No choice [ebook] 1 copy
Without Fire 1 copy
Cutting Edge Technology: The Life and Sad Times of the Western Sword 1 copy
The Shard of Fire (The Chronicles of Gilgamesh Row Book 1) 1 copy
Cinna the Poet [Short Story] 1 copy
Saevus Corax Deals With the Dead 1 copy
The Two of Swords: Part 23 1 copy
Priest's Hole (Five Stories High Book 2) 1 copy
Saevus Corax Captures the Castle 1 copy
The Two of Swords: Part 21 1 copy
Tor.com Novellas Bundle 2 1 copy
Escape From The Planet Of The Bears 1 copy
Pizza To Go 1 copy
The Two of Swords: Part 20 1 copy
Priest's Hole (Five Stories High Book 2) 1 copy
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Also by Tom Holt
The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (Contributor, some editions) 500 copies, 1 review
The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy (Contributor) 329 copies, 2 reviews
Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery (Contributor) 279 copies, 6 reviews
The Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories (Contributor) 251 copies, 11 reviews
The Book of Swords (Contributor) 246 copies, 8 reviews
The Book of Dragons: An Anthology (Contributor) 196 copies, 7 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy (Contributor) 181 copies, 1 review
The Mammoth Book of Sorcerers' Tales (Contributor) 155 copies, 2 reviews
The Book of Magic: A Collection of Stories (Contributor) 151 copies, 2 reviews
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five (Contributor) 145 copies, 4 reviews
Shakespearean Whodunnits (Contributor) 140 copies, 2 reviews
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Seven (Author) 134 copies, 3 reviews
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six (Contributor, some editions) 133 copies, 4 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits (Contributor) 122 copies, 3 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits (Contributor) 113 copies, 3 reviews
Futures from Nature (Contributor) 113 copies, 5 reviews
Fearsome Journeys (Contributor) 106 copies, 1 review
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Eight (Contributor) 95 copies, 5 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011 Edition (Contributor) 89 copies, 1 review
The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction (Contributor) 88 copies, 3 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2014 Edition (Author) 76 copies, 4 reviews
Royal Whodunnits: Tales of Right Royal Murder and Mystery (Contributor) 70 copies, 1 review
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012 Edition (Contributor) 69 copies, 1 review
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2015 Edition (Contributor) 69 copies, 2 reviews
The Best of Subterranean (Contributor) 68 copies, 6 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas 2015 (Contributor) 60 copies
Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 2 (Contributor) 54 copies, 1 review
The Mammoth Book of Sword and Honour (Contributor) 48 copies, 1 review
Fearsome Magics (Contributor) 47 copies, 4 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Warriors and Wizardry (Contributor) 32 copies, 2 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas 2016 (Contributor) 28 copies
Heroic Adventure Stories: From the Golden Age of Greece and Rome (Contributor) 15 copies
Tales from the Vatican Vaults: 28 Extraordinary Stories (Contributor) 15 copies
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #157 (Contributor) 11 copies, 2 reviews
Tor.com Publishing Fall 2015 Sampler (Contributor) 11 copies
Clarkesworld: Issue 125 (February 2017) (Contributor) 5 copies, 1 review
Subterranean Magazine Winter 2014 (Contributor) 5 copies
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #192 (Contributor) 5 copies, 1 review
Subterranean Magazine Summer 2013 (Contributor) 5 copies
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #287 (Eleventh Anniversary Double-Issue) (Contributor) 5 copies, 1 review
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #250, Special Double-Issue (Contributor) 3 copies
Xenofilkia #54 August (Contributor) 2 copies
Subterranean Magazine Summer 2010 (Contributor) 2 copies
Subterranean Magazine Summer 2012 (Contributor) 2 copies, 1 review
The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year Seven (Contributor) 2 copies
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Canonical name
Holt, Tom
Legal name
Holt, Thomas Charles Louis
Other names
Parker, K. J.
Date of birth
1961-09-13
Date of death
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Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Country (for map)
England, UK
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Place of death
Cause of death
Places of residence
Chard, Somerset, UK
Education
University of Law, London
Wadham College, Oxford University
Westminster School
Occupations
novelist
Relationships
Holt, Hazel (mother)
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Disambiguation notice
Please do not combine with Tom or Thomas Holt as there is more than one Tom and Thomas Holt.

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