11 Best science fiction books like The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks

Cover of The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah  Brooks

The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

By: Sarah Brooks

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Piranesi and The Midnight Library, a stunning historical fantasy novel set on a grand e…

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

1. The Last Murder at the End of the World

By: Stuart Turton

3.68

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Wat… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Turton's The Last Murder at the End of the World book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky

2. 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 Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

3. The Tainted Cup

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

None

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, w… read more

Similar categories in Robert Jackson Bennett's The Tainted Cup book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
Cover of How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1) by Django Wexler

4. How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1)

By: Django Wexler

3.77

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Groundhog Day meets Guardians of the Galaxy in Django Wexler’s laugh-out-loud fantasy tale about a … read more

Similar categories in Django Wexler's How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1) book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis

5. Dreadful

By: Caitlin Rozakis

3.72

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

A sharp-witted, high fantasy farce featuring killer moat squid, toxic masculinity, evil wizards and… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Rozakis's Dreadful book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Gug." Ah, monosyllables, his old friend. They would always be there, even when all other concepts of fundamental liguistics deserted him."

-Caitlin Rozakis, Dreadful

"It occured to him that a spell to make one's enemies into idiots via the power of breasts might be immensely helpful. Then again, it might not be a spell. It might have only been the breasts."

-Caitlin Rozakis, Dreadful

Cover of The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

6. The Ministry of Time

By: Kaliane Bradley

3.62

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the natu… read more

Similar categories in Kaliane Bradley's The Ministry of Time book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"And then when she was given a second chance, she caught the sword and came up singing."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"You'll have lived through heat waves by now, and you'll know that they make time go utterly Dali clocks."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"What was it like, to be the only one who came back? The only one who still had a body to touch, to hurt, to yearn with? The last one still able to die?"

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"He was here, by and with and in my body. He lives in me like trauma does. If you ever fall in love, you’ll be a person who was in love for the rest of your life."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

Cover of The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

7. The Stardust Grail

By: Yume Kitasei

3.78

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Save one world. Doom her own. From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes a thrilling anti-c… read more

Similar categories in Yume Kitasei's The Stardust Grail book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of When Among Crows by Veronica Roth

8. When Among Crows

By: Veronica Roth

3.73

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

When Among Crows is swift and striking, drawing from the deep well of Slavic folklore and asking if… read more

Similar categories in Veronica Roth's When Among Crows book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I don't find it painful to be ordinary."

-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows

"He pinches one of the petals and breaks it away from the flower. It doesn't feel like it's as powerful as it is, but maybe that's just how powerful things are- like the zmory, like Baba Jaga herself,…"

-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows

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9. Moonbound

By: Robin Sloan

4.09

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Robin Sloan expands the Penumbraverse to new reaches of time and space in a rollicking far-future a… read more

Similar categories in Robin Sloan's Moonbound book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis

10. Spitting Gold

By: Carmella Lowkis

3.52

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously haunting debut for fans of Sarah Waters and Sarah Penner set in 19th-century Paris, b… read more

Similar categories in Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1) by Genoveva Dimova

11. Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1)

By: Genoveva Dimova

3.97

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

The Witcher meets Naomi Novik in this fast-paced fantasy rooted in Slavic folklore, from an assured… read more

Similar categories in Genoveva Dimova's Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1) book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Every self-respecting witch had a few battle scars."

-Genoveva Dimova, Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1)

"He had the spine of a snake and the moral compass of a vulture."

-Genoveva Dimova, Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1)

Cover of The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

12. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.05

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Dead Cat Tail Assassins book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

13. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah  Brooks

14. The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

By: Sarah Brooks

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Piranesi and The Midnight Library, a stunning historical fantasy novel set on a grand e… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Moonlight Market by Joanne Harris

15. The Moonlight Market

By: Joanne Harris

3.54

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Joanne Harris comes a richly imagined and captivating novel … read more

Similar categories in Joanne Harris's The Moonlight Market book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
" Love never ends--- but it changes. In some cases, it grows like a tree, stronger and more fruitful. In others, it changes nature, like chrysalis to butterfly. "

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"And, at that, picking up his parcel of books, Spider began to walk purposefully down the road, a river of light at his ragged heels, his spindly shadow beside him."

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"He was close to her now, close enough to smell her scent, which was like bluebells in the rain, and the aroma of a forest in spring, and the peppery sweetness of petrichor."

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"There's daylight names and midnight names. Daylight names are safe enough. A spider brings good luck before midnight, but bad luck after. And you look to me like the kind of young man who needs good …"

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

Cover of The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

16. The Bright Sword

By: Lev Grossman

4.06

Format: 673 pages, Hardcover

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, onl… read more

Similar categories in Lev Grossman's The Bright Sword book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • historical
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die."

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

"God doesn't come when you snap your fingers, He comes when you're ready for Him." Nimue snapped her delicate fingers, producing a strikingly loud pop in the quiet. "That's the difference between a sp…"

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

Cover of The West Passage by Jared Pechaček

17. The West Passage

By: Jared Pechaček

3.96

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

A palace the size of a city, ruled by giant Ladies of unknowable, eldritch origin. A land left to s… read more

Similar categories in Jared Pechaček's The West Passage book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Phoenix Keeper by S.A.  MacLean

18. The Phoenix Keeper

By: S.A. MacLean

4.01

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Set in a magical zoo teeming with mythical beasts from dragons and unicorns to kelpies and krakens,… read more

Similar categories in S.A. MacLean's The Phoenix Keeper book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner

19. The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society

By: C.M. Waggoner

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A librarian with a knack for solving murders realizes there is something decidedly supernatural afo… read more

Similar categories in C.M. Waggoner's The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of A Little Trickerie by Rosanna Pike

20. A Little Trickerie

By: Rosanna Pike

4.33

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Listen. My one-time friend Maria did tell me once: "Make your own paradise, Tibb, since this world … read more

Similar categories in Rosanna Pike's A Little Trickerie book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Bringer of Dust (The Talents Trilogy, #2) by J.M. Miro

21. Bringer of Dust (The Talents Trilogy, #2)

By: J.M. Miro

4.22

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

In this highly anticipated second book in the Talents Trilogy, the world of the dead is closer than… read more

Similar categories in J.M. Miro's Bringer of Dust (The Talents Trilogy, #2) book and Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

21 best-selling fiction books like The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks

Transform Your Habits

The Last Murder at the End of the World

Stuart Turton

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Service Model

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

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The Tainted Cup

Robert Jackson Bennett

None

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Django Wexler

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So Thirsty

Rachel Harrison

4.03

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A Sorceress Comes to Call

T. Kingfisher

4.24

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Michelle Chouinard

3.87

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Richard Osman

4.33

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