12 Best adult books like The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry

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The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

By: H.G. Parry

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The ultimate book-lover's fantasy, featuring a young scholar with the power to bring literary chara…

"We’ve read our own myths into the world."

-H.G. Parry, The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

"We’ve read our own myths into the world."

-H.G. Parry, The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

"Where the light was strongest, there were no buildings."

-H.G. Parry, The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

"Where the light was strongest, there were no buildings."

-H.G. Parry, The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

If you liked the adult plot in The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Kick Start (Dangerous Ground, #5) by Josh Lanyon

1. Kick Start (Dangerous Ground, #5)

By: Josh Lanyon

3.83

Format: 216 pages, ebook

Will is finally braced to bring Taylor home to meet the folks. Unfortunately, not every member of t… read more

Similar categories in Josh Lanyon's Kick Start (Dangerous Ground, #5) book and H.G. Parry's The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

  • mystery
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2. Hell

By: Robert Olen Butler

4.26

Format: None pages,

Hatcher McCord is an evening-news presenter who has found himself in Hell and is struggling to expl… read more

Similar categories in Robert Olen Butler's Hell book and H.G. Parry's The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

  • fantasy
  • fiction

3. The Sunshine Kid

By: None , Harry Baker

3.97

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Harry Baker combines the nerdiness of being a mathematician with the hopefulness of being a human. … read more

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4. Getting Started Knitting Socks

By: Ann Budd

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From cast-on stitches to binding off, this handbook details the simple steps needed to turn seeming… read more

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5. Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum

By: Richard Fortey

3.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

'Dry Store Room No. 1' is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the ecce… read more

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6. Sister Mine

By: Nalo Hopkinson

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Nalo Hopkinson--winner of the John W. Campbell Award, the Sunburst Award, and the World Fantasy awa… read more

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7. Starter Villain

By: John Scalzi

4.16

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

Cover of Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) by Heather Fawcett

8. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

By: Heather Fawcett

4.02

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and dis… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) book and H.G. Parry's The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"How was it that I suddenly had faerie kings, plural, demanding to marry me?"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"I could not tell if he was terrible at drawing cats or if he simply had a terrible cat."

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"Shadow padded up to me and put his head on my knee, all forgiven, as it always is with dogs. If I frightened my cat as I had Shadow, she'd ignore me for days, or possibly put a curse on me, but then …"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"And you shall shut yourself away forever in those old stones with your books and your mysteries like a dragon with her hoard, having as little association with the living as possible and emerging onl…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

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9. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017

By: Charles Yu

3.75

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

“This volume showcases the nuanced, playful, ever-expanding definitions of the genre and celebrates… read more

Similar categories in Charles Yu's The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017 book and H.G. Parry's The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) by Heather Fawcett

10. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

By: Heather Fawcett

4.32

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wi… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) book and H.G. Parry's The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"One of the guiding principles of dryadology,"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I may not be a miller's daughter, but you are not so different from the Folk as you think, Your Highness." I lifted her wineglass and dashed the remainder against her face, spilling it across her mou…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I brushed the hair from his face. It is very soft--- ludicrously so, in fact, more like rabbit down or dandelion seed than human hair--- and I found I could not stop stroking it. He murmured somethin…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"Dr. Farris Rose has served as Department Head for over a decade, taking over from Letitia Barrister, who was abducted by a bogle in the Hebrides and returned several weeks later aged to approximately…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

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11. The Tainted Cup

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

None

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, w… read more

Similar categories in Robert Jackson Bennett's The Tainted Cup book and H.G. Parry's The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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12. Turncoat

By: Tihema Baker

4.20

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

I see you’re coming to terms with what it means for a Human to serve the Hierarch.’ ‘Well, I know … read more

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13. The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

By: H.G. Parry

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The ultimate book-lover's fantasy, featuring a young scholar with the power to bring literary chara… read more

Similar categories in H.G. Parry's The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep book and H.G. Parry's The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

  • urban fantasy
  • magical realism
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"We’ve read our own myths into the world."

-H.G. Parry, The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

"Where the light was strongest, there were no buildings."

-H.G. Parry, The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

"There is not a poem on earth that doesn't make sense to anyone."

-H.G. Parry, The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

"Things in writing exist. They are not always true. But they exist."

-H.G. Parry, The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

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14. The Book of Doors

By: Gareth Brown

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go? In New York City, bookseller Cassie An… read more

Similar categories in Gareth Brown's The Book of Doors book and H.G. Parry's The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

  • magical realism
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"It's not the number of books that matters, is it? It's what one does with them."

-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

"One does not look at a dog and assume it is the only animal to exist. ~ Edmund Fox"

-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

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15. The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)

By: Josiah Bancroft

3.82

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

The first book in a wildly inventive and mesmerizing new fantasy series from acclaimed author Josia… read more

Similar categories in Josiah Bancroft's The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1) book and H.G. Parry's The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

  • urban fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Do not neglect to live your life. No cause, no matter how noble, will ever love you."

-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)

"Administrators are oblivious and generally get in the way; effective employees learn to work around them. That's how it always is."

-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)

"I read in the paper yesterday that astronomers believe there are planets out there that don't ride on a rail around a star like our rock does. They call them nomads. These nomads are up there wanderi…"

-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)

Cover of The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1) by A.J. Hackwith

16. The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1)

By: A.J. Hackwith

3.82

Format: 384 pages, ebook

In the first book in a brilliant new fantasy series, books that aren't finished by their authors re… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Hackwith's The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1) book and H.G. Parry's The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

  • urban fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"The best stories are bled."

-A.J. Hackwith, The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1)

"Nothing burns up humanity as thoroughly as eternity."

-A.J. Hackwith, The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1)

"Beat an archangel, divert war, save our souls. Simple as that?"

-A.J. Hackwith, The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1)

"Build good fences, make good friends, and keep your laundry indoors."

-A.J. Hackwith, The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1)

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17. La sposa dell'Ade (Italian Edition)

By: Eleonora Fasolino

3.74

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Lui è il signore delle ombre. Lei è il fiore della rinascita. Come potranno mai amarsi? Ade, dio de… read more

Similar categories in Eleonora Fasolino's La sposa dell'Ade (Italian Edition) book and H.G. Parry's The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

  • fantasy
Cover of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

18. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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19. La Mesmerista - Inganni e Polvere di Stelle

By: Sara Simoni

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

1920. I venti di guerra minacciano di scuotere ancora l’Europa ora che gli austroungarici sono entr… read more

Similar categories in Sara Simoni's La Mesmerista - Inganni e Polvere di Stelle book and H.G. Parry's The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

  • fantasy
Cover of The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah  Brooks

20. The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

By: Sarah Brooks

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Piranesi and The Midnight Library, a stunning historical fantasy novel set on a grand e… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett

21. Destroyer of Light

By: Jennifer Marie Brissett

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A 2021 Kirkus Best of the Year Book A 2021 Kirkus Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book The Mat… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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Transform Your Habits

Hell

Robert Olen Butler

4.26

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Starter Villain

John Scalzi

4.16

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Heather Fawcett

4.02

Transform Your Habits

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Charles Yu

3.75

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Annalee Newitz

4.33

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Gabriela Romero Lacruz

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Sue Lynn Tan

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Kerstin Hall

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