12 must-read fantasy books like Wanderers (Wanderers, #1) by Chuck Wendig

Cover of Wanderers (Wanderers, #1) by Chuck Wendig

Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

By: Chuck Wendig

3.98

Format: 845 pages, ebook

Shana wakes up one morning to discover her little sister in the grip of a strange malady. She appea…

"You're brave and smart and kind and I'd be a fool not to trust you."

-Chuck Wendig, Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

"You're brave and smart and kind and I'd be a fool not to trust you."

-Chuck Wendig, Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

"You're brave and smart and kind and I'd be a fool not to trust you."

-Chuck Wendig, Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

"Humankind was a disease. The earth was the body. Climate change was the fever."

-Chuck Wendig, Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

If you liked the fantasy plot in Wanderers (Wanderers, #1) by Chuck Wendig , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3) by Justin Cronin

1. The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3)

By: Justin Cronin

4.21

Format: 602 pages, Hardcover

The world we knew is gone. What world will rise in its place? The Twelve have been destroyed an… read more

Similar categories in Justin Cronin's The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3) book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Who is the monster now?"

-Justin Cronin, The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3)

"All things found their ends."

-Justin Cronin, The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3)

"City of memories, city of mirrors."

-Justin Cronin, The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3)

"The heart, once broken, stayed broken."

-Justin Cronin, The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3)

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2. The Passage (The Passage, #1)

By: Justin Cronin

4.05

Format: 784 pages, Hardcover

IT HAPPENED FAST. THIRTY-TWO MINUTES FOR ONE WORLD TO DIE, ANOTHER TO BE BORN. First, the unthi… read more

Similar categories in Justin Cronin's The Passage (The Passage, #1) book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"What strange places our lives can carry us to, what dark passages."

-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)

"The sky was so thick with stars it was as if he could reach out and brush them with his hand."

-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)

"Zander was always sneaking off to the library to get more books ... Guy would read anything. Said books were more interesting than people."

-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)

"And then, despite all these concerns, Arnette felt her mind begin to loosen, the images of the day unwinding inside her like a spool of thread, pulling her down into sleep."

-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)

3. The Twelve (The Passage, #2)

By: Justin Cronin

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin Cronin constr… read more

Similar categories in Justin Cronin's The Twelve (The Passage, #2) book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

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4. Boys in the Valley

By: Philip Fracassi

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

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5. The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror literature It’s been f… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3) book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I used to be all about the final girl standing on top of a pile of the dead at the end of the movie, her face dripping blood, her chest heaving, her eyes fierce. Now I’m all about holding the door of…"

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

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6. 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

Similar categories in Stephen King's You Like It Darker book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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7. Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.07

Format: 457 pages, Hardcover

Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2) book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • 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

Cover of The Watchers (The Watchers, #1) by A.M. Shine

9. The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

By: A.M. Shine

3.93

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's is no different… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1) book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Every grudge, if it is to stand the test of time, relies on the certainty of a selective memory."

-A.M. Shine, The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

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10. The Ferryman

By: Justin Cronin

3.93

Format: 538 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Passage comes a riveting standalone novel about a… read more

Similar categories in Justin Cronin's The Ferryman book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Fever House (Fever House, #1) by Keith Rosson

11. Fever House (Fever House, #1)

By: Keith Rosson

4.03

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

A small-time criminal. A has-been rock star. A shadowy government agency. And a severed hand whose … read more

Similar categories in Keith Rosson's Fever House (Fever House, #1) book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
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12. 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 Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"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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13. The Gathering

By: C.J. Tudor

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secret… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Tudor's The Gathering book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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14. Whalefall

By: Daniel Kraus

3.73

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

Whalefall is a scientifically accurate thriller about a scuba diver who’s been swallowed by an eigh… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Kraus's Whalefall book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"There need be no struggle when we are all the same weight."

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

"But those three people waiting outside are the tones of Jay's voice, the organs in Jay's body."

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

"The simple sharing of hope, its weight not so heavy after all, is a wonder. A lifting. A rising. A surfacing."

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

"Jay's not sure he believes in therapy. He definitely doesn't believe in closure. People aren't doors. They're whole floor plans, entire labyrinths, and the harder you try to escape, the more lost ins…"

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

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15. Among the Living

By: Tim Lebbon

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestseller and author of Netflix’s The Silence comes a terrifying horror no… read more

Similar categories in Tim Lebbon's Among the Living book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Small Town Horror

By: Ronald Malfi

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Five childhood friends are forced to confront their own dark past as well as the curse placed upon … read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Small Town Horror book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Becoming the Boogeyman by Richard  Chizmar

17. Becoming the Boogeyman

By: Richard Chizmar

4.13

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, haunting sequel to the New York Times bestselling thriller Chasing the Boogeyman—a tale… read more

Similar categories in Richard Chizmar's Becoming the Boogeyman book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Ascension

By: Nicholas Binge

3.58

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A mind-bending speculative thriller in which the sudden appearance of a mountain in the middle of t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Binge's Ascension book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"There’s something that runs deeper than that – biological instinct, perhaps, that won’t let you go through with mutilating yourself."

-Nicholas Binge, Ascension

"People like to think empathy means being able to imagine how you'd feel in a certain situation,' she said, head tilted, holding my gaze. 'But it really doesn't. It means being able to imagine how the…"

-Nicholas Binge, Ascension

Cover of Wanderers (Wanderers, #1) by Chuck Wendig

20. Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

By: Chuck Wendig

3.98

Format: 845 pages, ebook

Shana wakes up one morning to discover her little sister in the grip of a strange malady. She appea… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1) book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You're brave and smart and kind and I'd be a fool not to trust you."

-Chuck Wendig, Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

"Humankind was a disease. The earth was the body. Climate change was the fever."

-Chuck Wendig, Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

"Nothing except the desire between them, the ground below them, the night above."

-Chuck Wendig, Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

"Somehow, the disappearance of coffee feels worse than the disappearance of all humankind."

-Chuck Wendig, Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

Cover of I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

21. I Was a Teenage Slasher

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.68

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story wi… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's I Was a Teenage Slasher book and Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook

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