17 Top fantasy books like The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2) by John Connolly

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The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

By: John Connolly

3.91

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Twice upon a time - for that is how some stories should continue . . . Phoebe, an eight-year-old…

"They were books speaking to other books, which was what books did, because no book was ever created in isolation, and literature was a long, ongoing conversation between stories."

-John Connolly, The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

"They were books speaking to other books, which was what books did, because no book was ever created in isolation, and literature was a long, ongoing conversation between stories."

-John Connolly, The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

"To do nothing in the face of another's misfortune is to be no better than those who might have caused it to begin with, and the measure of the best of us is that we can correctly measure our own inconvenience against the weight of someone else's pain."

-John Connolly, The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

"To do nothing in the face of another's misfortune is to be no better than those who might have caused it to begin with, and the measure of the best of us is that we can correctly measure our own inconvenience against the weight of someone else's pain."

-John Connolly, The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2) by John Connolly , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. You Like It Darker

By: Stephen King

4.32

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new coll… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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2. Black River Orchard

By: Chuck Wendig

4.13

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A small town is transformed by dark magic when a strange tree begins bearing magical apples in this… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Warm Hands of Ghosts

By: Katherine Arden

4.02

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despit… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"Winter said there's ghosts all around you. Faland snorted. When you swim in the ocean there's water all around you, but no one mentions it."

-Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts

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4. The Familiar

By: Leigh Bardugo

3.84

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishavers… read more

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  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"There was nothing more dangerous than a woman witha pen in her hand."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"She was allowed to want more for herself. And even if she wasn't, she would find a way to get it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"And you're not afraid...of the devil? Of his minions? "Fear men, Luzia," he said. "Fear their ambition and the crimes they commit in its service. But don't fear magic or what you may do with it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

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5. A Haunting on the Hill

By: Elizabeth Hand

3.35

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

From three-time Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Hand come… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Hand's A Haunting on the Hill book and John Connolly's The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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6. Holly

By: Stephen King

4.12

Format: 449 pages, Hardcover

Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's Holly book and John Connolly's The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"Sometimes the universe throws you a rope. If it does, climb it. See what's at the top."

-Stephen King, Holly

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7. Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories

By: Kate Atkinson

3.71

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author o… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Hello, Boy," Franklin said. He liked dogs, they were uncomplicated. "I'm a girl, actually," the dog said."

-Kate Atkinson, Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories

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8. The Last Murder at the End of the World

By: Stuart Turton

3.68

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Wat… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Turton's The Last Murder at the End of the World book and John Connolly's The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Fox Wife

By: Yangsze Choo

4.01

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, or life force, bu… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Chinese traditionally consider shadows part of the soul. Harm done to a shadow, whether by pinning it to the ground or stepping on it, was considered spiritual damage to the person. Of course none of…"

-Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife

"Sometimes our wishes come back in the darkest, most twisted ways, like a thorn that pierces and grows through your flesh. A tree that drinks blood and blots out the sun. The sin was mine; I had water…"

-Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife

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10. Starling House

By: Alix E. Harrow

3.83

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E. Harrow about a small town haunted by secrets that ca… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You’re a pretty good liar"

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"Survival is a hard habit to break."

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"Maybe the truth is always messy that way."

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"the Bible only got it half right: there were demons aplenty, but no fire at all"

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

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11. 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 John Connolly's The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

  • 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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12. A Short Walk Through a Wide World

By: Douglas Westerbeke

3.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets Life of Pi in this dazzlingly epic debut that charts the in… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Westerbeke's A Short Walk Through a Wide World book and John Connolly's The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. 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

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  • magic
  • fiction
  • 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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14. The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1)

By: Jess Armstrong

3.56

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

An atmospheric gothic mystery that beautifully brings the ancient Cornish countryside to life, Arms… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The only creatures in my whole dismal life who never once failed me were an overly fluffy black house cat and an eccentric Scottish bookseller."

-Jess Armstrong, The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1)

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15. The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

By: John Connolly

3.91

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Twice upon a time - for that is how some stories should continue . . . Phoebe, an eight-year-old… read more

Similar categories in John Connolly's The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2) book and John Connolly's The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

  • fairy tales
  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"They were books speaking to other books, which was what books did, because no book was ever created in isolation, and literature was a long, ongoing conversation between stories."

-John Connolly, The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

"To do nothing in the face of another's misfortune is to be no better than those who might have caused it to begin with, and the measure of the best of us is that we can correctly measure our own inco…"

-John Connolly, The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

"Raging against it, or despairing, would not change anything. The past does not imprison us. We may offer ourselves up as its captives, but equally, we can choose to open the cell door and walk free. …"

-John Connolly, The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

"You have to love not one dog, but all dogs," he would explain to Ceres. "You only have them for a short time, you see. To them it's a lifetime, while for you it's never long enough. So you love each …"

-John Connolly, The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

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16. The Parliament

By: Aimee Pokwatka

3.74

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

The Birds meets The Princess Bride in this tale of friendship, responsibility, and the primal force… read more

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  • fairy tales
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • books about books
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17. After the Forest

By: Kell Woods

3.81

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. A drop of blood to bind its power. 1650: The Black Forest, Wurt… read more

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  • fairy tales
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"And old enough to know that womenfolk have little enough power of their own. That is why they must have their charms and their tricks. Their books and their ink and blood. Their eyes, their smiles, t…"

-Kell Woods, After the Forest

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18. The Lost Story

By: Meg Shaffer

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale fo… read more

Similar categories in Meg Shaffer's The Lost Story book and John Connolly's The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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19. The Moonlight Market

By: Joanne Harris

3.54

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Joanne Harris comes a richly imagined and captivating novel … read more

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  • fairy tales
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
" Love never ends--- but it changes. In some cases, it grows like a tree, stronger and more fruitful. In others, it changes nature, like chrysalis to butterfly. "

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"And, at that, picking up his parcel of books, Spider began to walk purposefully down the road, a river of light at his ragged heels, his spindly shadow beside him."

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"He was close to her now, close enough to smell her scent, which was like bluebells in the rain, and the aroma of a forest in spring, and the peppery sweetness of petrichor."

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"There's daylight names and midnight names. Daylight names are safe enough. A spider brings good luck before midnight, but bad luck after. And you look to me like the kind of young man who needs good …"

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

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20. Agent Gatz: A Great Gatsby Prequel

By: R.M. Spencer

4.11

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

A young Jay Gatsby finds himself working as a foreign spy in this riveting debut novel by R.M. Spen… read more

Similar categories in R.M. Spencer's Agent Gatz: A Great Gatsby Prequel book and John Connolly's The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2)

  • fiction
"Jay would return to New York one day. When he did, he would make something of himself--not by way of luck or happenstance, but by means of his own industry. One day he would make New York his own. Th…"

-R.M. Spencer, Agent Gatz: A Great Gatsby Prequel

21 must-read fiction books like The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #2) by John Connolly

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