7 Best fantasy books like The Model by Robert Aickman

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The Model

By: Robert Aickman

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

After Robert Aickman's death in 1981 the manuscript of The Model, a wintry rococo fable set in Czar…

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Cover of La mujer que escribió Frankenstein by Esther Cross

1. La mujer que escribió Frankenstein

By: Esther Cross

3.90

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Con su letra grande, Mary Shelley escribe la historia del doctor Frankenstein y el monstruo. Tambié… read more

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"Hay lugares que son un imán en la vida de las personas. Van sumando razones de atracción que los convierten en lugares necesarios. De chica, Mary siempre iba a Saint Pancras. Aparecerá en sus recuerd…"

-Esther Cross, La mujer que escribió Frankenstein

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2. Eye in the Sky

By: Philip K. Dick

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

While sightseeing at the Belmont Bevatron, Jack Hamilton, along with seven others, is caught in a l… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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3. El entenado

By: Juan José Saer

3.96

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

Arcydzieło literatury światowej II połowy XX wieku. Bezimienny majtek wyrusza z Hiszpanii do Río… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Aprendí, gracias a esos envoltorios vacíos que pretendían llamarse hombres, la risa amarga y un poco superior de quien posee, en relación con los manipuladores de generalidades, la ventaja de la expe…"

-Juan José Saer, El entenado

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4. Stories of Your Life and Others

By: Ted Chiang

4.26

Format: 281 pages, ebook

What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we… read more

Similar categories in Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life and Others book and Robert Aickman's The Model

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Pragmatism avails a savior far more than aestheticism."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

"I remember when you'll be a month old, and I'll stumble out of bed to give you your 2:00 a.m. feeding."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

"Living with you will be like aiming for a moving target; you'll always be further along than I expect."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

"Maturity means seeing the differences, but realizing they don’t matter. There’s no technological shortcut."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

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5. The Model

By: Robert Aickman

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

After Robert Aickman's death in 1981 the manuscript of The Model, a wintry rococo fable set in Czar… read more

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  • british literature
  • literature
  • weird fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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6. My Abandonment

By: Peter Rock

3.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A thirteen-year-old girl and her father live in Forest Park, the enormous nature preserve in Portla… read more

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  • fiction
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7. El Llano en llamas

By: Juan Rulfo

4.47

Format: None pages,

'The Burning Plain and Other Stories consists of fifteen pieces ranging from brief anecdotes, casua… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
Cover of The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels by David Watson, Ágota Kristóf, Alan Sheridan, Marc Romano

8. The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels

By: David Watson , Ágota Kristóf , Alan Sheridan , Marc Romano

4.41

Format: 478 pages, Paperback

These three internationally acclaimed novels have confirmed Agota Kristof's reputation as one of th… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It is impossible to throw away the stroking on our hair."

-David Watson, The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels

"– Then why are you begging? – To find out what effect it has and to observe people’s reaction"

-David Watson, The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels

"You don't want to fight the enemy anymore?" "I don't want to fight anyone. I have no enemies. I want to go home."

-David Watson, The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels

"Para decidir si algo está 'bien' o 'mal', tenemos una regla muy sencilla: la redacción debe ser verdadera. Debemos escribir lo que vemos, lo que oímos, lo que hacemos."

-David Watson, The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels

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9. A Canticle for Leibowitz

By: Walter M. Miller Jr.

3.39

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, po… read more

Similar categories in Walter M. Miller Jr.'s A Canticle for Leibowitz book and Robert Aickman's The Model

  • fantasy
  • fiction

10. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver

3.90

Format: 216 pages,

If on a Winter's Night a Traveleris a marvel of ingenuity, an experimental text that looks longingl… read more

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11. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

By: Philip K. Dick

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Jason Tavener woke up one morning to find himself completely unknown. The night before he had been … read more

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12. Junky

By: William S. Burroughs , Allen Ginsberg , Oliver Harris

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Before his 1959 breakthrough, Naked Lunch, an unknown William S. Burroughs wrote Junky, his first n… read more

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13. Space Invaders

By: Nona Fernández , Jaime Pinos

4.03

Format: None pages, Paperback

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14. Tokyo Express

By: Seichō Matsumoto

3.68

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

In una cala rocciosa della baia di Hakata, i corpi di un uomo e di una donna vengono rinvenuti all’… read more

Similar categories in Seichō Matsumoto's Tokyo Express book and Robert Aickman's The Model

  • fiction
Cover of Como bestias by Violaine Bérot

15. Como bestias

By: Violaine Bérot

4.30

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Un pueblo aislado en las montañas; un joven de fuerza sobrehumana con un don para sanar a los anima… read more

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  • fiction
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16. The Hole

By: Hiroko Oyamada

3.49

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

Asa’s husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family’s home in the cou… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"I moved out here with my husband."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

"It's just, families are strange things, aren't they? You have this couple: one man, one woman. A male and a female, if you will. They mate, and why? To leave children behind. And what are the childre…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

"Abrí la ventana y oí a las cigarras cantar. No sé si era porque estaba en el campo y había muchos árboles o por la influencia del clima de ese año, pero nunca las había oído con tanta intensidad. Era…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

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17. La piedra de la locura

By: Benjamín Labatut

3.48

Format: 71 pages, Paperback

Una fascinante reflexión sobre el caos y la locura a partir de teorías científicas, expresiones lit… read more

Similar categories in Benjamín Labatut's La piedra de la locura book and Robert Aickman's The Model

  • horror
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18. The Shards

By: Bret Easton Ellis

4.00

Format: 595 pages, Hardcover

A sensational new novel from the best-selling author of Less Than Zero and Imperial Bedrooms that t… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"Non investivo nel mondo reale – perché avrei dovuto? Non era fatto per me o per i miei bisogni o desideri."

-Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards

"Eravamo adolescenti, bambini superficialmente sofisticati, che non sapevano davvero nulla di come funzionava il mondo - lo stavamo sperimentando, immagino, ma senza averne cognizione. Almeno fino a q…"

-Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards

"And I just stood there in the fading afternoon light, realizing at seventeen that I was already staring into my past — that the past had a meaning that would always define you. I remember this being …"

-Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards

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19. Illuminations: Stories

By: Alan Moore

3.53

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In his first-ever short story collection, which spans forty years of work, Alan Moore presents a se… read more

Similar categories in Alan Moore's Illuminations: Stories book and Robert Aickman's The Model

  • literature
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"When most of our contemporary superhero movies are showcases for their escalating special effects, then the question of which film has the greater cinematic or artistic value becomes a matter of comp…"

-Alan Moore, Illuminations: Stories

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20. Mystery Walk

By: Robert McCammon

3.97

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

An “impressive” tale of psychic power, Native American mysticism, and an ancient evil in Alabama, f… read more

Similar categories in Robert McCammon's Mystery Walk book and Robert Aickman's The Model

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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21. The White Dress

By: Nathalie Léger

3.82

Format: 119 pages, Paperback

'She wanted to bring peace to countries that had known war. She said she thought she could do that … read more

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"...everything is always muddled, everything is always unclear, inextricable, and perhaps never more so than at the moment when you think you're behaving with the most algorithmic lucidity..."

-Nathalie Léger, The White Dress

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