21 Best fiction books like Wayward (Wanderers, #2) by Chuck Wendig

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Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

By: Chuck Wendig

4.21

Format: 816 pages, Hardcover

Five years ago, ordinary Americans fell under the grip of a strange new malady that caused them to …

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1. 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 Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • 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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2. 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 Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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3. 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 Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • audiobook
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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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 Chuck Wendig's Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • 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. 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 Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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7. The Terraformers

By: Annalee Newitz

3.37

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Destry is a top network analyst with the Environmental Rescue Team, an ancient organization devoted… read more

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's The Terraformers book and Chuck Wendig's Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • audiobook
  • thriller
  • 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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9. The Future

By: Naomi Alderman

3.86

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling, award-winning author of The Power delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handfu… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Alderman's The Future book and Chuck Wendig's Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"There’s a beautiful world on the far shore,"

-Naomi Alderman, The Future

"The day was new now, as it is new every morning."

-Naomi Alderman, The Future

"There was fog, but behind the fog there was morning."

-Naomi Alderman, The Future

"The most persistent hauntings are the ghosts of lost futures."

-Naomi Alderman, The Future

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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 Chuck Wendig's Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • 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

Cover of Across the Sand (The Sand Chronicles, #2) by Hugh Howey

12. Across the Sand (The Sand Chronicles, #2)

By: Hugh Howey

4.05

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The first original novel from author Hugh Howey in six years, Across the Sand takes us back to the … read more

Similar categories in Hugh Howey's Across the Sand (The Sand Chronicles, #2) book and Chuck Wendig's Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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13. The Handyman Method

By: Nick Cutter

3.27

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

A chilling domestic story of terror for fans of Black Mirror and The Amityville Horror. When a y… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Handyman Method book and Chuck Wendig's Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • audiobook
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"When prey dies in fear, hunters will say the meat tastes bitter."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"What of happiness, then? May we speak of the taste of joyful meat?"

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"Old memories were like land mines: dormant, forgotten, but forever deadly."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

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14. 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 Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • audiobook
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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15. 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 Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • audiobook
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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16. Big Time

By: Ben H. Winters

3.43

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Ben Winters, whom critics attest  "you'll follow...anywhere" ( New York Times Book Review ), return… read more

Similar categories in Ben H. Winters's Big Time book and Chuck Wendig's Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. 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 Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • 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 Wayward (Wanderers, #2) by Chuck Wendig

18. Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

By: Chuck Wendig

4.21

Format: 816 pages, Hardcover

Five years ago, ordinary Americans fell under the grip of a strange new malady that caused them to … read more

Similar categories in Chuck Wendig's Wayward (Wanderers, #2) book and Chuck Wendig's Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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19. The Deluge

By: Stephen Markley

4.23

Format: 896 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Ohio, a masterful American epic charting a near future approaching c… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Markley's The Deluge book and Chuck Wendig's Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Yeah, well, time marches on. Getting caught up in causes don’t interest me. Not anymore. Especially when you see the scope of what this is."

-Stephen Markley, The Deluge

Cover of Antimatter Blues (Mickey7, #2) by Edward Ashton

20. Antimatter Blues (Mickey7, #2)

By: Edward Ashton

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Summer has come to Niflheim. The lichens are growing, the six-winged bat-things are chirping, and m… read more

Similar categories in Edward Ashton's Antimatter Blues (Mickey7, #2) book and Chuck Wendig's Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2) by M.R. Carey

21. 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 Chuck Wendig's Wayward (Wanderers, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

13 best-selling fantasy books like Wayward (Wanderers, #2) by Chuck Wendig

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

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Transform Your Habits

You Like It Darker

Stephen King

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Starter Villain

John Scalzi

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Ferryman

Justin Cronin

3.93

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18 Best fiction books like Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2) by M.R. Carey

Transform Your Habits

Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Peter Watts

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Service Model

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Transform Your Habits

House of Open Wounds (The Tyrant Philosophers, #2)

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.51

Transform Your Habits

Alien Clay

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

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