27 must-read fiction books like Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms by John Joseph Adams

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Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

By: John Joseph Adams

3.76

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Here be dragons...and a lot of stories that would make a dragon blink. A fascinating kaleidoscope o…

If you liked the fiction plot in Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms by John Joseph Adams , here is a list of 27 books like this:

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1. Lost Lake (Lost Lake, #1)

By: Sarah Addison Allen

3.42

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the author of the beloved bestseller Garden Spellscomes a beautiful, haunting story of old lov… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Addison Allen's Lost Lake (Lost Lake, #1) book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • fantasy
  • fiction

2. The Jewel and Her Lapidary

By: Fran Wilde

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

From Fran Wilde, the Andre Norton and Compton Crook Award-winning author of Updraft. The kingdom in… read more

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3. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages

By: Dan Jones

4.41

Format: 636 pages, Hardcover

An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the ri… read more

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4. Feed Them Silence

By: Lee Mandelo

3.52

Format: 105 pages, Hardcover

Lee Mandelo dives into the minds of wolves in Feed Them Silence, a novella of the near future.What … read more

Similar categories in Lee Mandelo's Feed Them Silence book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) by Nghi Vo

5. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

By: Nghi Vo

4.17

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."

-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

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6. 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 John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • short stories
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. Undercover (Into Shadow, #5)

By: Tamsyn Muir

4.01

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

When a stranger comes to town, secrets are sure to come out. New York Times bestselling author Tams… read more

Similar categories in Tamsyn Muir's Undercover (Into Shadow, #5) book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
"The dancer moaned and scrabbled at the cage mesh. She made guttural honks of frustration and excitement. The raspberry mouth opened to reveal the long black tongue and pointed pink teeth. It was a lo…"

-Tamsyn Muir, Undercover (Into Shadow, #5)

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8. Falling Bodies (The Far Reaches, #3)

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

3.68

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

A young man caught between two disparate worlds searches for his place in the universe in a wrenchi… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Roanhorse's Falling Bodies (The Far Reaches, #3) book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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9. Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1)

By: Lavie Tidhar

4.02

Format: 32 pages, ebook

No vampire is ever innocent… The wandering Judge Dee serves as judge, jury, and executioner for … read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1) book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2) by Alix E. Harrow

10. A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2)

By: Alix E. Harrow

3.76

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A Mirror Mended is the next installment in USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's Fractured … read more

Similar categories in Alix E. Harrow's A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2) book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"You have to make the best of whatever story you were born into, and if your story happens to suck ass, well, maybe you can do some good before you go."

-Alix E. Harrow, A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2)

"everybody knows that happily is never really ever after. The truth is buried in the phrase itself, if you look it up. The original version was “happy in the ever after,"

-Alix E. Harrow, A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2)

"The mirror showed me you, out of all the possible people in all the universes,' It sounds almost like an apology. 'Why?' 'Well, what were you doing at the time?' 'I was looking into the mirror, obvio…"

-Alix E. Harrow, A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2)

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11. 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 John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • short stories
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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12. When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

By: Nghi Vo

4.18

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ach… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2) book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • short stories
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Oh yes. Some people are just more . . . edible than others if you are a tiger."

-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

"She killed, for she was angry, and she did not eat what she killed, for she was heartsick."

-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

"Your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind."

-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

"Now your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind."

-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

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13. 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 John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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14. Arboreality

By: Rebecca Campbell

4.06

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

A professor in pandemic isolation rescues books from the flooded and collapsing McPherson Library. … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Campbell's Arboreality book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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15. Small Monsters

By: E. Lily Yu

3.91

Format: 37 pages, ebook

All it’s life, a small monster with emerald scales has been source of never-ending food to larger a… read more

Similar categories in E. Lily Yu's Small Monsters book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror
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16. Judge Dee and the Three Deaths of Count Werdenfels (Judge Dee, #2)

By: Lavie Tidhar

3.89

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Judge Dee is back to solve a brand-new case involving the mysterious death of the vampire Count Wer… read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's Judge Dee and the Three Deaths of Count Werdenfels (Judge Dee, #2) book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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17. St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid

By: C.L. Polk

3.86

Format: 21 pages, ebook

All magical requests comes with a price. A girl with witchcraft, no friends, and only her mother’s … read more

Similar categories in C.L. Polk's St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. Wormwood Abbey (The Secrets of Ormdale, #1)

By: Christina Baehr

4.28

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

As a Victorian clergyman’s daughter, Edith Worms has seen everything — until a mythical salamander … read more

Similar categories in Christina Baehr's Wormwood Abbey (The Secrets of Ormdale, #1) book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. The Last Hero (The First Sister Trilogy, #3)

By: Linden A. Lewis

4.26

Format: 624 pages, Paperback

The flame of rebellion burns across the solar system in this dazzling conclusion to Linden A. Lewis… read more

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  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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20. The Second Rebel (The First Sister Trilogy, #2)

By: Linden A. Lewis

4.23

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Linden A. Lewis returns with this next installment of The First Sister Trilogy, perfect for fans of… read more

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  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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21. The Lay of Lilyfinger

By: G.V. Anderson

3.82

Format: 32 pages, ebook

A fantasy adventure story from G.V. Anderson "The Lay of Lilyfinger" is a Tor.com OriginalAn acclai… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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22. The First Sister (The First Sister Trilogy, #1)

By: Linden A. Lewis

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

First Sister has no name and no voice. As a priestess of the Sisterhood, she travels the stars alon… read more

Similar categories in Linden A. Lewis's The First Sister (The First Sister Trilogy, #1) book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Go to sleep, I sing. “No,"

-Linden A. Lewis, The First Sister (The First Sister Trilogy, #1)

"Isn’t that what growing up means, learning to be disappointed by your parents? You’ve said it is accepting them as human, but that’s the same damn thing, Lito. Seeing your parents as humans instead o…"

-Linden A. Lewis, The First Sister (The First Sister Trilogy, #1)

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23. Masquerade

By: O.O. Sangoyomi

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale ex… read more

Similar categories in O.O. Sangoyomi's Masquerade book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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24. Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

By: John Joseph Adams

3.76

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Here be dragons...and a lot of stories that would make a dragon blink. A fascinating kaleidoscope o… read more

Similar categories in John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • adventure
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of Catfishing on CatNet (CatNet, #1) by Naomi Kritzer

25. Catfishing on CatNet (CatNet, #1)

By: Naomi Kritzer

4.05

Format: 288 pages, ebook

How much does the internet know about YOU? Because her mom is always on the move, Steph hasn’t … read more

Similar categories in Naomi Kritzer's Catfishing on CatNet (CatNet, #1) book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • science fiction
  • fiction
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26. River's Giving

By: Heather Shaw

3.90

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

A mystical phenomenon brightens the dreary days of winter — until one year, when it suddenly stops. read more

Similar categories in Heather Shaw's River's Giving book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction

27. Wok Hei St.

By: Guan Un

3.91

Format: None pages, None

A story of a stolen wok, magic, and manipulation. This story was originally published in Strange Ho… read more

Similar categories in Guan Un's Wok Hei St. book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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28. Corinne

By: Rebecca Morrow

3.48

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

You want to walk away from the things that were bad for you and never look back. That's what Cor… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Morrow's Corinne book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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29. New Adventures in Space Opera

By: Jonathan Strahan

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Have you ever wanted a faster-than-light trip to the future? Are you tired of reading science ficti… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Strahan's New Adventures in Space Opera book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
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30. Family Cooking

By: Ana Maria Curtis

4.10

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

A tale of complicated family relationships and magical cooking. read more

Similar categories in Ana Maria Curtis's Family Cooking book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • fantasy
Cover of Let All the Children Boogie by Sam J. Miller

31. Let All the Children Boogie

By: Sam J. Miller

3.89

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Nebula-Award-winning author of The Art of Starving comes Sam J. Miller's sci-fi time trave… read more

Similar categories in Sam J. Miller's Let All the Children Boogie book and John Joseph Adams's Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
"To say that there was so much to be afraid of—nuclear winter, ecological devastation, the death spasms of patriarchy. That the next fifty years would see unspeakable suffering. But we could survive i…"

-Sam J. Miller, Let All the Children Boogie

"There would be time to tell Fell all of it. To say that there was so much to be afraid of—nuclear winter, ecological devastation, the death spasms of patriarchy. That the next fifty years would see u…"

-Sam J. Miller, Let All the Children Boogie

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Lee Mandelo

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4.17

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4.24

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4.01

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Seanan McGuire

4.09

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Malka Ann Older

3.64

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4.00

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