Hi,
i am looking for a good steampunk book, possibly something along the "Parasol protectorate by G. Carriger" lines or "the Iron Duke by Meljean Brook".
If you have something good, please do feel free to recommend!

Thank you!

[red6devil]

try the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld:

Prince Aleksander, would-be heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, is on the run. His own people have turned on him. His title is worthless. All he has is a battletorn war machine and a loyal crew of men.
Deryn Sharp is a commoner, disguised as a boy in the British Air Service. She's a brilliant airman. But her secret is in constant danger of being discovered.
With World War I brewing, Alek and Deryn's paths cross in the most unexpected way…taking them on a fantastical, around-the-world adventure that will change both their lives forever.

i think you'll enjoy.

The girl in steel corset(steampunk chronicles#1)

Dearly,departed(gone with respiration#1)Love can never die.

Love conquers all, so they say. But can Cupid’s arrow pierce the hearts of the living and the dead—or rather, the undead? Can a proper young Victorian lady find true love in the arms of a dashing zombie?

The year is 2195. The place is New Victoria—a high-tech nation modeled on the manners, mores, and fashions of an antique era. A teenager in high society, Nora Dearly is far more interested in military history and her country’s political unrest than in tea parties and debutante balls. But after her beloved parents die, Nora is left at the mercy of her domineering aunt, a social-climbing spendthrift who has squandered the family fortune and now plans to marry her niece off for money. For Nora, no fate could be more horrible—until she’s nearly kidnapped by an army of walking corpses.

But fate is just getting started with Nora. Catapulted from her world of drawing-room civility, she’s suddenly gunning down ravenous zombies alongside mysterious black-clad commandos and confronting “The Laz,” a fatal virus that raises the dead—and hell along with them. Hardly ideal circumstances. Then Nora meets Bram Griswold, a young soldier who is brave, handsome, noble . . . and dead. But as is the case with the rest of his special undead unit, luck and modern science have enabled Bram to hold on to his mind, his manners, and his body parts. And when his bond of trust with Nora turns to tenderness, there’s no turning back. Eventually, they know, the disease will win, separating the star-crossed lovers forever. But until then, beating or not, their hearts will have what they desire.

In Dearly, Departed, romance meets walking-dead thriller, spawning a madly imaginative novel of rip-roaring adventure, spine-tingling suspense, and macabre comedy that forever redefines the concept of undying love.(less)

The Clockwork Century series by Cherie Priest.
The Boneshaker by Kate Milford (this is also the same title of Clockwork Century #1, so don't be confused).

[Nobody102]

You might take a look at these books :

Kiss Of Steel - Bec Masters
God Save the Queen - Kate Locke
Vampire Empire series - Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith

For something more in the lines of Sherlock Holmes, try the Burton & Swinburne series by Mark Hodder.

Emma Cornwall - Incarnation Steampunk and vampires.

tales of the ketty jay chris wooding, i think.
there's 4 of them out so far, good solid steampunk fantasy.

If your into steampunk you might check out the band abney park as well. They're drunken airship pirates, it's their thing. but kind of awesome. they've got a book, and i think a tabletop rpg out set in their world. Haven't been able to find the book online, but the music is.

i have only read these two but i am really enjoying this genre
The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge
The Dark Unwinding


I tried the girl in the steel corset but couldn't get into it

The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling.

Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare?

try the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld:

Prince Aleksander, would-be heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, is on the run. His own people have turned on him. His title is worthless. All he has is a battletorn war machine and a loyal crew of men.
Deryn Sharp is a commoner, disguised as a boy in the British Air Service. She's a brilliant airman. But her secret is in constant danger of being discovered.
With World War I brewing, Alek and Deryn's paths cross in the most unexpected way…taking them on a fantastical, around-the-world adventure that will change both their lives forever.

i think you'll enjoy.

Finally gotten to this and you were right i really liked this. So thanks for recommending

Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare?

Thank for recommending but i am not a CLARE fan in general - couldnt even get through the Mortal instruments first instalment.

Is this any better?

You might take a look at these books :

Kiss Of Steel - Bec Masters
God Save the Queen - Kate Locke
Vampire Empire series - Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith

For something more in the lines of Sherlock Holmes, try the Burton & Swinburne series by Mark Hodder.

Just finished Vampire empire.
It was nice, so thanks for that - probably will try the rest

Magnificent Devices
London, 1889. Victoria is Queen.
Charles Darwin’s son is Prime Minister.
And steam is the power that rules the world.

The Magnificent Devices novels are set in an alternate Victorian age where the combustion engine has been a flop and steam-powered devices are capable of sending the adventurous to another city, another continent … or even another world. Society is divided into Wits (those who make their way using their intellect) and the Bloods (those who have inherited what they have).

Lady Claire Trevelyan has been born a Blood, but she has the heart, soul, and mind of a Wit. And therein lies the problem …

Book One: Lady of Devices
Book Two: Her Own Devices
Book Three: Magnificent Devices
Book Four: Brilliant Devices

by Shelly Adina

it is an excellent steampunk adventure, and enough humor to get a giggle every so often.