6 must-read horror books like And Put Away Childish Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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And Put Away Childish Things

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Harry Bodie’s been called into the delightful fantasy world of his grandmother’s beloved children’s…

"Folklore, myth, you know."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, And Put Away Childish Things

"Folklore, myth, you know."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, And Put Away Childish Things

"Folklore, myth, you know."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, And Put Away Childish Things

"Ah, yes, hindsight, always my weapon of choice."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, And Put Away Childish Things

If you liked the horror plot in And Put Away Childish Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

By: Malka Ann Older

3.64

Format: 169 pages, Hardcover

The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • science fiction
  • novella
  • adult
  • fiction
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2. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

By: Martha Wells

4.22

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • novella
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

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3. Translation State

By: Ann Leckie

4.09

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Translation State book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I am not a potato."

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

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4. 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

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Starter Villain book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • fiction
  • science 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

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5. Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series— Machine Ve… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"A small request like that, who am I to turn it down? There is something you can do for me in return, though, especially now that you’re practically on our doorstep."

-Alastair Reynolds, Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

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6. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

By: Nghi Vo

4.17

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."

-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

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7. Witch King

By: Martha Wells

3.71

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Witch King book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • magic
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."

-Martha Wells, Witch King

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8. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)

By: Nghi Vo

4.24

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • novella
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

By: K.J. Parker

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

There’s no formal training for battlefield salvage. You just have to pick things up as you go along… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Parker's Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The men of Sirupat weren't fighters because they didn't want to be, and in my book there's no higher praise than that--and that's the main reason, when you come to think of it, why women are so infin…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

"Where you always go wrong is trying to persuade people with facts and arguments. It's why you can only write comedy. What gets people going is stuff that doesn't mean shit but sounds great. Blood, to…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

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10. Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1)

By: M.R. Carey

4.17

Format: 499 pages, Paperback

 From bestselling author M. R. Carey comes a brilliant genre-defying story of humanity's expansion … read more

Similar categories in M.R. Carey's Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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11. The Tusks of Extinction

By: Ray Nayler

3.85

Format: 192 pages, ebook

When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA. Moscow has res… read more

Similar categories in Ray Nayler's The Tusks of Extinction book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • novella
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"When you bring back a long-extinct species, there's more to success than the DNA."

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"But there were links [to memories] that were broken as well. That no longer led to other memories. Were those memories still there, disconnected but whole, like planets that had escaped the gravity o…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"He was afraid to lose this memory. He returned to it often, like a person checking their pockets to make sure their keys were still there. He had lost so many memories of her. The further away he mov…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

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12. 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 Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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13. Some Desperate Glory

By: Emily Tesh

4.06

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

While we live, the enemy shall fear us. All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge … read more

Similar categories in Emily Tesh's Some Desperate Glory book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"While Earth's children live, the enemy shall fear us."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. We are what's left. We are what must survive."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

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14. Rose/House

By: Arkady Martine

3.72

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Dust jacket illustration by David Curtis. Arkady Martine, the acclaimed author of the Teixcalaan… read more

Similar categories in Arkady Martine's Rose/House book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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15. The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

By: Sofia Samatar

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Celebrated author Sofia Samatar presents a mystical, revolutionary space adventure for the exhauste… read more

Similar categories in Sofia Samatar's The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • novella
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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16. And Put Away Childish Things

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Harry Bodie’s been called into the delightful fantasy world of his grandmother’s beloved children’s… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • urban fantasy
  • novella
  • magic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"Folklore, myth, you know."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, And Put Away Childish Things

"Ah, yes, hindsight, always my weapon of choice."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, And Put Away Childish Things

"Sometimes there's a place where fiction and reality meet. Folklore, myth, you know."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, And Put Away Childish Things

"Sometimes a wardrobe is just a wardrobe. Sometimes books are just books. That's why we call it fiction."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, And Put Away Childish Things

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17. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.05

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Dead Cat Tail Assassins book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • novella
  • magic
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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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

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • magic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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19. We Speak Through the Mountain (The Annual Migration of Clouds, #2)

By: Premee Mohamed

3.98

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

The enlivening follow-up to the award-winning sensation The Annual Migration of Clouds Traveling al… read more

Similar categories in Premee Mohamed's We Speak Through the Mountain (The Annual Migration of Clouds, #2) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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20. Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2)

By: M.R. Carey

4.36

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the critically acclaimed Infinity Gate comes the second and final novel in the Pandominio… read more

Similar categories in M.R. Carey's Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's And Put Away Childish Things

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

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  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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