13 best-selling science fiction fantasy books like Pulling the Wings Off Angels by K.J. Parker

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Pulling the Wings Off Angels

By: K.J. Parker

3.70

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

Long ago, a wealthy man stole an angel and hid her in a chapel, where she remains imprisoned to thi…

"There's nothing quite like the scriptures for killing faith stone dead. Actually reading them and thinking about what they said evaporated my belief like spit on a hot stove."

-K.J. Parker, Pulling the Wings Off Angels

"There's nothing quite like the scriptures for killing faith stone dead. Actually reading them and thinking about what they said evaporated my belief like spit on a hot stove."

-K.J. Parker, Pulling the Wings Off Angels

"Mercy isn't fair, it means someone getting away with what he did because the Boss feels sorry for him. Justice is fair. Justice puts people in prison. Mercy lets them out again. Of course mercy isn't fair. It's breaking all the rules."

-K.J. Parker, Pulling the Wings Off Angels

"Mercy isn't fair, it means someone getting away with what he did because the Boss feels sorry for him. Justice is fair. Justice puts people in prison. Mercy lets them out again. Of course mercy isn't fair. It's breaking all the rules."

-K.J. Parker, Pulling the Wings Off Angels

If you liked the science fiction fantasy plot in Pulling the Wings Off Angels by K.J. Parker , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) by Malka Ann Older

1. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

By: Malka Ann Older

3.64

Format: 169 pages, Hardcover

The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) book and K.J. Parker's Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • science fiction
  • novella
  • adult
  • fiction
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2. Witch King

By: Martha Wells

3.71

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Witch King book and K.J. Parker's Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."

-Martha Wells, Witch King

Cover of Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction by Ann Leckie

3. Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction

By: Ann Leckie

4.05

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the SFF genre, for… read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction book and K.J. Parker's Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

4. Even Though I Knew the End

By: C.L. Polk

3.85

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Polk's Even Though I Knew the End book and K.J. Parker's Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"A warm firework blossomed in my chest, the brilliant sparks flying along my nerves. I barely stopped myself from reaching across the table for her hand."

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

"I never told her how she had saved me. I never told her how she became the dearest friend I’d ever had. I told her I loved her, but never enough. My Edith of the sparrows. My heart. My world."

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

"Ten years. It wasn't enough time, but I would live every blessed second of it. "We're going to San Fransisco." She smiled up at me. "We'll get a house in North Beach." "Right away," I said. "I've got…"

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

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5. 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 Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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6. 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 Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of House of Open Wounds (The Tyrant Philosophers, #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.51

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to a… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's House of Open Wounds (The Tyrant Philosophers, #2) book and K.J. Parker's Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

8. City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.96

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fanta… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1) book and K.J. Parker's Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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9. These Prisoning Hills

By: Christopher Rowe

3.55

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

These Prisoning Hills is a post-apocalyptic Appalachian "weird fiction" novella by Hugo and Nebula … read more

Similar categories in Christopher Rowe's These Prisoning Hills book and K.J. Parker's Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • novella
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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10. 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 Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • novella
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • 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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11. The Lies of the Ajungo (Forever Desert, #1)

By: Moses Ose Utomi

4.21

Format: 87 pages, Hardcover

Moses Ose Utomi's debut novella, The Lies of the Ajungo, follows one boy’s epic quest to bring wate… read more

Similar categories in Moses Ose Utomi's The Lies of the Ajungo (Forever Desert, #1) book and K.J. Parker's Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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12. The Butcher of the Forest

By: Premee Mohamed

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A world-weary woman races against the clock to rescue the children of a wrathful tyrant from a dang… read more

Similar categories in Premee Mohamed's The Butcher of the Forest book and K.J. Parker's Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • novella
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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13. 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 Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • novella
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Dead Country (The Craft Wars, #1) by Max Gladstone

14. Dead Country (The Craft Wars, #1)

By: Max Gladstone

4.17

Format: 239 pages, Paperback

Since her village chased her out with pitchforks, Tara Abernathy has resurrected gods, pulled down … read more

Similar categories in Max Gladstone's Dead Country (The Craft Wars, #1) book and K.J. Parker's Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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15. The Navigating Fox

By: Christopher Rowe

3.74

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Quintus Shu'al is the world's only navigating fox. He's also in disgrace after leading an expeditio… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Rowe's The Navigating Fox book and K.J. Parker's Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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16. The Keeper's Six

By: Kate Elliott

3.63

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

Kate Elliott's action-packed The Keeper's Six features a world-hopping, bad-ass, spell-slinging mot… read more

Similar categories in Kate Elliott's The Keeper's Six book and K.J. Parker's Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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17. Wild Massive

By: Scotto Moore

3.55

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Scotto Moore's Wild Massive is a web of lies, secrets, and humor in a breakneck, nitrous-boosted sa… read more

Similar categories in Scotto Moore's Wild Massive book and K.J. Parker's Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Pulling the Wings Off Angels by K.J. Parker

18. Pulling the Wings Off Angels

By: K.J. Parker

3.70

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

Long ago, a wealthy man stole an angel and hid her in a chapel, where she remains imprisoned to thi… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Parker's Pulling the Wings Off Angels book and K.J. Parker's Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • angels
  • adult
  • religion
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"There's nothing quite like the scriptures for killing faith stone dead. Actually reading them and thinking about what they said evaporated my belief like spit on a hot stove."

-K.J. Parker, Pulling the Wings Off Angels

"Mercy isn't fair, it means someone getting away with what he did because the Boss feels sorry for him. Justice is fair. Justice puts people in prison. Mercy lets them out again. Of course mercy isn't…"

-K.J. Parker, Pulling the Wings Off Angels

"That's the thing about belief, you can't make yourself do it. It's like falling asleep or being in love. You can lie there all night desperately wanting to go to sleep, and the more you want the more…"

-K.J. Parker, Pulling the Wings Off Angels

"He's perfect, so He must be like us and not a bit like them across the border. He thinks like us, obviously; He likes what we like and hates what we hate, and here's Scripture (recorded, translated, …"

-K.J. Parker, Pulling the Wings Off Angels

Cover of Judge Dee and the Mystery of the Missing Manuscript (Judge Dee, #5) by Lavie Tidhar

19. Judge Dee and the Mystery of the Missing Manuscript (Judge Dee, #5)

By: Lavie Tidhar

4.12

Format: 39 pages, ebook

Judge Dee must himself stand trial before his fellow vampires for the loss of a valuable manuscript… read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's Judge Dee and the Mystery of the Missing Manuscript (Judge Dee, #5) book and K.J. Parker's Pulling the Wings Off Angels

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

20. 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 Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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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21. 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 Pulling the Wings Off Angels

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy

21 Top fiction books like Pulling the Wings Off Angels by K.J. Parker

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Malka Ann Older

3.64

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Martha Wells

3.71

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Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction

Ann Leckie

4.05

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Even Though I Knew the End

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Peter Watts

4.01

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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

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Ann Leckie

4.09

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Alastair Reynolds

4.36

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