18 Top novella books like Inside Man by K.J. Parker

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Inside Man

By: K.J. Parker

3.72

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

K.J. Parker returns to the amoral world of Prosper's Demon with a wry, sardonic novella that flips …

"Better the devil you know, so allow me to introduce myself: I'm the Devil."

-K.J. Parker, Inside Man

"He looks at me as though he's just bitten an apple in a garden and found me there."

-K.J. Parker, Inside Man

If you liked the novella plot in Inside Man by K.J. Parker , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of Aliens: Labyrinth (Dark Horse Collection) by Kilian Plunkett, Jim Woodring

1. Aliens: Labyrinth (Dark Horse Collection)

By: Kilian Plunkett , Jim Woodring

3.81

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Rumor has it that the crew members of space station Innominata are expendable and can be used in cl… read more

Similar categories in Kilian Plunkett's Aliens: Labyrinth (Dark Horse Collection) book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • fiction
  • horror
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2. Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1)

By: Tanith Lee

4.04

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Azhrarn, Prince of Demons, delights in creating amazing rewards, dangers, and horrors for the inhab… read more

Similar categories in Tanith Lee's Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1) book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
"Azhrarn, Lord of Terrors, terrified."

-Tanith Lee, Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1)

"When the night burned its cloak in the sunrise..."

-Tanith Lee, Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1)

"Dawn rose from the desert and turned the river to wine"

-Tanith Lee, Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1)

"and their days make no story for they were good and joyful and without event"

-Tanith Lee, Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1)

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3. Scale-Bright

By: Benjanun Sriduangkaew

3.79

Format: 110 pages, Hardcover

Julienne’s aunts are the archer who shot down the suns and the woman who lives on the moon. They te… read more

Similar categories in Benjanun Sriduangkaew's Scale-Bright book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"What is it that you long for best, that clenches teeth and claws over the ventricles of your heart?"

-Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Scale-Bright

"What do you do with humans? You eat from them just a little, if they are delicious. You delight in their flesh sometimes, if they are not tedious."

-Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Scale-Bright

4. Phule's Company (Phule's Company, #1)

By: Robert Lynn Asprin

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Meet the soldiers of Captain Willard Phule's Company--a handful of military rejects able to do more… read more

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5. Five Stories High: One House, Five Hauntings, Five Chilling Stories

By: K.J. Parker , Sarah Lotz , Tade Thompson , Nina Allan , Jonathan Oliver , None

2.97

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

One house, five hauntings, five chilling stories. Five Stories Highis a collection of five novellas… read more

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6. Of Sorrow and Such

By: Angela Slatter

4.45

Format: 864 pages, ebook

Mistress Gideon is a witch. The locals of Edda's Meadow, if they suspect it of her, say nary a word… read more

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7. 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 K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"(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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8. Elder Race

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.11

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the local… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) by Nghi Vo

9. 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 K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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10. The Salt Grows Heavy

By: Cassandra Khaw

3.59

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewi… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Khaw's The Salt Grows Heavy book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
"And you shall know her by the trail of dead"

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"There is nothing wrong with being a monster."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"A thousand mythologies contributed to my conception."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"The truth liberates; it cannot cripple or maul, cannot injure, not unless one declares themselves its apostate."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

Cover of The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3) by P. Djèlí Clark

11. The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3)

By: P. Djèlí Clark

3.98

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 returns to the alternate Cairo of Clark's short fiction, where humans … read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3) book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Los 13 exorcismos de Salomon Joch by Paul Arquier-Parayre

12. Los 13 exorcismos de Salomon Joch

By: Paul Arquier-Parayre

2.77

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

Acompaña al padre Salomon Joch en su lucha contra el mal en trece historias que culminan en una bat… read more

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13. Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3)

By: Nghi Vo

4.03

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorio… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3) book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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14. The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday

By: Saad Z. Hossain

4.06

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

Cuando Melek Ahmar, uno de los siete Señores Djinn, despierta de su encierro milenario, apenas reco… read more

Similar categories in Saad Z. Hossain's The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Gurung smiled. "I know just where to find many people needing decapitation. But first, a nap."

-Saad Z. Hossain, The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday

"Vomit, piss, blood, and unlikely amounts of semen pooled on almost every level surface, accompanied by lewd graffiti and knife marks gouging the walls, as well as various fist-sized holes, burns, aci…"

-Saad Z. Hossain, The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday

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15. Service Model

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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16. Walking to Aldebaran

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.75

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Chilling story of a lost astronaut on an alien artefact from Arthur C. Clarke award-winning Adrian … read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Walking to Aldebaran book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
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17. Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower

By: Tamsyn Muir

4.18

Format: 146 pages, ebook

When the witch built the forty-flight tower, she made very sure to do the whole thing properly. Eac… read more

Similar categories in Tamsyn Muir's Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • novella
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"It's also not fair at all that stupidity has gotten you this far. That's another creature you've killed simply by having no brains, which makes anyone with brains feel as if it isn't worth the headac…"

-Tamsyn Muir, Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower

"If one does nothing but think of someone, it takes up all the time you could use to do something about them. I wish nobody thought of me, but did a lot for me instead. It's just like someone else goi…"

-Tamsyn Muir, Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower

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18. 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 K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
"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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19. The Black God's Drums

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.01

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Creeper, a scrappy young teen, is done living on the streets of New Orleans. Instead, she wants to … read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Black God's Drums book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • historical
  • novella
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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20. If Found, Return to Hell

By: Em X. Liu

3.83

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

Being an intern at One Wizard sounds magical on the page, but in practice mostly means getting yell… read more

Similar categories in Em X. Liu's If Found, Return to Hell book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
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21. Light Chaser

By: Peter F. Hamilton

3.81

Format: 173 pages, Paperback

In Peter F. Hamilton and Gareth L. Powell's action-packed sci-fi adventure Light Chaser, a love pow… read more

Similar categories in Peter F. Hamilton's Light Chaser book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Historias de Xuya. La maestra del té y la detective. Siete de infinitos by Aliette de Bodard

22. Historias de Xuya. La maestra del té y la detective. Siete de infinitos

By: Aliette de Bodard

3.49

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Hace siglos, China llegó al continente americano antes de que lo hiciera Occidente, y con ello cons… read more

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Cover of Inside Man by K.J. Parker

23. Inside Man

By: K.J. Parker

3.72

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

K.J. Parker returns to the amoral world of Prosper's Demon with a wry, sardonic novella that flips … read more

Similar categories in K.J. Parker's Inside Man book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • historical
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
"Better the devil you know, so allow me to introduce myself: I'm the Devil."

-K.J. Parker, Inside Man

"He looks at me as though he's just bitten an apple in a garden and found me there."

-K.J. Parker, Inside Man

Cover of The Worm and His Kings (The Worm and His Kings, #1) by Hailey Piper

24. The Worm and His Kings (The Worm and His Kings, #1)

By: Hailey Piper

3.75

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

New York City, 1990: When you slip through the cracks, no one is there to catch you. Monique learns… read more

Similar categories in Hailey Piper's The Worm and His Kings (The Worm and His Kings, #1) book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
"She’s part of the nothing now."

-Hailey Piper, The Worm and His Kings (The Worm and His Kings, #1)

"I think death is what happens when anyone meets a god."

-Hailey Piper, The Worm and His Kings (The Worm and His Kings, #1)

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25. The Queen in the Cave

By: Júlia Sardà

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It’s a story of three sisters who explore a nearby forest in pursuit of a dream. As they go deeper,… read more

Similar categories in Júlia Sardà's The Queen in the Cave book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Limited Wish (Impossible Times, #2) by Mark  Lawrence

26. Limited Wish (Impossible Times, #2)

By: Mark Lawrence

4.04

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

One choice. Two possible timelines. And a world hanging in the balance.It’s the summer of 1986 and … read more

Similar categories in Mark Lawrence's Limited Wish (Impossible Times, #2) book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0) by Christopher Buehlman

27. The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Enter the fray in this luminous new adventure from Christopher Buehlman, set during the war-torn, g… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Buehlman's The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0) book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"To be loved by a man is to be issued a decree as written in advance and as presented to others. To receive a woman's love is to have a very personal letter written on one's body."

-Christopher Buehlman, The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)

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28. Hija de La Frontera

By: Asier Moreno Vizuete

3.68

Format: 543 pages, Hardcover

El Barón Albredo IV Cadágara ha muerto y la guerra civil sacude la Baronía de Arborias. La Frontera… read more

Similar categories in Asier Moreno Vizuete's Hija de La Frontera book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • fantasy
Cover of The Two Doctors Górski by Isaac Fellman

29. The Two Doctors Górski

By: Isaac Fellman

3.44

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

Annae, a brilliant graduate student in psychiatric magic and survivor of academic abuse, can’t stop… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Fellman's The Two Doctors Górski book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Monster Cats Vol. 1 (Monster Cats, #1) by Pandania

30. Monster Cats Vol. 1 (Monster Cats, #1)

By: Pandania

4.32

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

A full-color comic about humans living with adorably monstrous cats, from the author of Yokai Cats … read more

Similar categories in Pandania's Monster Cats Vol. 1 (Monster Cats, #1) book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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31. The Atrocities

By: Jeremy C. Shipp

3.19

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

Jeremy Shipp brings you The Atrocities, a haunting gothic fantasy of a young ghost's education W… read more

Similar categories in Jeremy C. Shipp's The Atrocities book and K.J. Parker's Inside Man

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal

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