11 best-selling fantasy books like Maxwell's Demon by Steven Hall

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Maxwell's Demon

By: Steven Hall

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Fourteen years after the monumental publication of the international bestseller The Raw Shark Texts…

If you liked the fantasy plot in Maxwell's Demon by Steven Hall , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Only Revolutions by Mark Z. Danielewski

1. Only Revolutions

By: Mark Z. Danielewski

3.22

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

They were with us before Romeo Juliet. And long after too. Because they're forever around. Or so b… read more

Similar categories in Mark Z. Danielewski's Only Revolutions book and Steven Hall's Maxwell's Demon

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • fantasy
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2. Shades of Grey

By: Jasper Fforde

4.11

Format: 559 pages,

From the bestselling author of Thursday Next-- a brilliant new novel about a world where social ord… read more

Similar categories in Jasper Fforde's Shades of Grey book and Steven Hall's Maxwell's Demon

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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3. Desarticulaciones

By: Sylvia Molloy

4.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

Como pelando una cebolla, capa a capa, el mal de Alzheimer avanza sobre ML., desalojando de su ment… read more

Similar categories in Sylvia Molloy's Desarticulaciones book and Steven Hall's Maxwell's Demon

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary

4. Bats of the Republic: An Illuminated Novel

By: Zachary Thomas Dodson

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bats of the Republicfeatures original artwork and an immaculate design to create a unique novel of … read more

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5. House of Leaves

By: Mark Z. Danielewski

4.09

Format: 710 pages, Paperback

A young family moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly w… read more

Similar categories in Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves book and Steven Hall's Maxwell's Demon

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
"I must read. I must read. I must read."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Do not entrust your future to the limits of your stride."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Sublime is something you choke on after a shot of tequila."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Knowledge is hot water on wool. It shrinks time and space."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

6. The Business

By: Iain Banks

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

Kate is a senior executive officer in a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organization. T… read more

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7. One Rainy Day in May (The Familiar, #1)

By: Mark Z. Danielewski

4.50

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

NATIONAL BEST SELLER From the author of the internationalbest seller House of Leavesand National B… read more

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8. Honeysuckle & Pain (The Familiar #3)

By: Mark Z. Danielewski

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

The exciting and radical literary event continues with Honeysuckle & Pain, the third episode in the… read more

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9. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

Similar categories in S.F. Said's Tyger book and Steven Hall's Maxwell's Demon

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Steven Hall's Maxwell's Demon

  • adult
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • 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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11. Orpheus Builds a Girl

By: Heather Parry

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Based on a true story, Orpheus Builds a Girl is a novel of sisterly love, sinister obsession, and t… read more

Similar categories in Heather Parry's Orpheus Builds a Girl book and Steven Hall's Maxwell's Demon

  • mystery
  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
"Our ability to embrace science is hindered entirely by men who would deny the possibility of impossible things."

-Heather Parry, Orpheus Builds a Girl

Cover of Rabbits (Rabbits, #1) by Terry Miles

12. Rabbits (Rabbits, #1)

By: Terry Miles

3.64

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

Conspiracies abound in this surreal and yet all-too-real technothriller in which a deadly undergrou… read more

Similar categories in Terry Miles's Rabbits (Rabbits, #1) book and Steven Hall's Maxwell's Demon

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We each had our reasons for wanting the fantastical world promised by Rabbits to replace the flawed emotional narrative of our real lives."

-Terry Miles, Rabbits (Rabbits, #1)

"The world felt smaller from that vantage point, and much easier to understand. Life was messy and complicated when you were in the middle of it, while it was rushing toward you from all angles, close…"

-Terry Miles, Rabbits (Rabbits, #1)

Cover of Maxwell's Demon by Steven  Hall

13. Maxwell's Demon

By: Steven Hall

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Fourteen years after the monumental publication of the international bestseller The Raw Shark Texts… read more

Similar categories in Steven Hall's Maxwell's Demon book and Steven Hall's Maxwell's Demon

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Dvalan (Flickorna och mörkret, #3) by Camilla Grebe

14. Dvalan (Flickorna och mörkret, #3)

By: Camilla Grebe

3.87

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Artonårige Samuel råkar sabotera en drogaffär och tvingas till en desperat flykt undan narkotikabos… read more

Similar categories in Camilla Grebe's Dvalan (Flickorna och mörkret, #3) book and Steven Hall's Maxwell's Demon

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. All of You Every Single One

By: Beatrice Hitchman

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From an acclaimed and powerful talent in historical fiction, a literary historical novel set in a b… read more

Similar categories in Beatrice Hitchman's All of You Every Single One book and Steven Hall's Maxwell's Demon

  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M. John Harrison

16. The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again

By: M. John Harrison

3.39

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

Shaw had a breakdown, but he's getting himself back together. He has a single room, a job on a deca… read more

Similar categories in M. John Harrison's The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again book and Steven Hall's Maxwell's Demon

  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. The Black Locomotive

By: Rian Hughes

3.68

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

London is built from concrete, steel and the creative urge. Old technology gives way to the new.… read more

Similar categories in Rian Hughes's The Black Locomotive book and Steven Hall's Maxwell's Demon

  • literary fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. Hum

By: Helen Phillips

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the National Book Award–longlisted author of The Need comes an extraordinary novel about a wif… read more

Similar categories in Helen Phillips's Hum book and Steven Hall's Maxwell's Demon

  • adult
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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19. Appliance

By: J.O. Morgan

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

**Finalist for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2022 ** From the Costa Award winner, a highly… read more

Similar categories in J.O. Morgan's Appliance book and Steven Hall's Maxwell's Demon

  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of 88 Names by Matt Ruff

20. 88 Names

By: Matt Ruff

3.41

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

John Chu is a “sherpa", a paid guide to online role-playing games like the popular Call to Wizardry… read more

Similar categories in Matt Ruff's 88 Names book and Steven Hall's Maxwell's Demon

  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint by Ellie Harrison

21. The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint

By: Ellie Harrison

3.40

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Ellie Harrison's The Glasgow Effect art project funded by Creative Scotland to the tune of £15k, ca… read more

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16 must-read fiction books like Maxwell's Demon by Steven Hall

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Mark Z. Danielewski

3.22

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Shades of Grey

Jasper Fforde

4.11

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Desarticulaciones

Sylvia Molloy

4.73

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House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

4.09

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The Recognitions

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4.20

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Sharpe's Gold (Sharpe, #9)

Bernard Cornwell

3.50

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Sharpe's Company (Sharpe, #13)

Bernard Cornwell , None

4.25

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